Tag: Minister

Country to have uniform prayer timing system soon: minister

  Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sardar Muhammad Yousaf said on Tuesday that uniform prayer timing system would soon be implemented across the...

Saudi defence minister to visit Pakistan on Sunday

The Deputy Crown Prince and Minister for Defence of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud will visit Pakistan on Sunday. According to...

Minister on toes as AIDs, hepatitis rise alarmingly in interior Sindh

  The Sindh Health Department on Thursday expressed deep concern over the increasing number of AIDs and Hepatitis patients in the province, and directed the...

Asif, Belarus minister discuss cooperation in energy, defence sectors

  Belarus Minister for Industry Vitaly Vovk called on Federal Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif to discuss areas of mutual interest and...

Iraq’s deputy justice minister kidnapped in Baghdad

Iraq’s deputy justice minister was kidnapped from his vehicle on Tuesday by black-clad gunmen in a north Baghdad district, three security sources said, the...

Afghan Parliament rejects defense minister as Taliban battle near Kabul

Afghanistan's parliament rejected a second nominee for defense minister on Saturday, leaving a vacuum that has already lasted nine months, while government forces battled...

Air India flyers offloaded to make way for minister

An Indian government minister issued an apology on Thursday after three passengers were ordered off a domestic flight just before take-off last week so...

SA cabinet minister Chabane killed in car crash

A South African cabinet minister, Collins Chabane, and two of his security staff have been killed in a car crash, country media reported on...

Minister says no seminary involved in terrorism

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Yousuf said Sunday that no seminary is involved in terror-related activities adding that they need “educational reforms”. Talking to...

Minister for protecting journalists

While addressing an international conference on security of journalists in Islamabad on Tuesday, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Minister Pervaiz Rashid said that the...

Minister asks PTI to attend electoral reforms committee meetings

Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday asked the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to send its representatives to attend meetings of the parliamentary...

Minister assures continued support for higher education

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal Thursday assured the vice chancellors and rectors of all public and private sector universities that...

Minister stresses investment in education in third IPEMC

State Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Balighur Rehman said the country could be put on the road to progress, prosperity and development...

Minister believes trees can save us from floods

Addressing a tree plantation ceremony organised by Subh-e-Nau at Pakistan Sports Complex, Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Main Riaz Husain Pirzada Thursday said...

Sirajul Haq steps down as KP senior minister

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq on Wednesday resigned as senior minister of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government owing to “preoccupations as JI chief”. In a...

Pakistan sincere for Kashmir settlement: minister

ISLAMABAD APP   Pakistan is serious and sincere for the peaceful settlement of the Kashmir issue and in this regard it is ready for any strategy that...

Indian minister calls for Goa beach bikini ban

A minister in India’s resort state of Goa has drawn ridicule by saying women in bikinis should be banned from beaches and girls in...