Tag: Prime Minister

#KnitForJacinda: New Zealand PM’s pregnancy kicks off knitting movement

A New Zealander has kicked off a knitting movement inspired by the news that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is pregnant, reports BBC. Ms Ardern announced...

Govt and NAB lock horns over appointment of prosecutor general

--Law secretary tells SC President Mamnoon has rejected five names nominated by PM for NAB prosecutor general --CJP asks law secretary to come up with...

Provision of basic amenities government’s priority: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday said that the provision of basic facilities like education and health besides creation of employment opportunities are...

Zardari to contest elections from Nawabshah

Zardari says Bilawal will be the next PM NAWABSHAH: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Friday told his party workers to...

No one would keep Imran Khan as security guard, let alone...

FAISALABAD: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Monday that due to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s ‘impious behaviour,' no one would want him...

Attempts being made to spread chaos in country, PM says

--Abbasi says PML-N continues to be criticised despite carrying out massive development in country --Says Sialkot airport is 'world' first successful greenfield airport'   SIALKOT: Prime Minister...

Mission of our martyrs to continue till logical conclusion: Prime Minister

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi while speaking during a meeting with family members of martyred Additional Inspector General (AIG ) Ashraf Noor at Prime...

PM’s education reforms programme faces delay due to non-release of funds

ISLAMABAD: The up-gradation work of the public sector schools of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) under Phase-II of the Prime Minister’s Education Sector Reforms Programme...

Prime Minister lauds PRC’s role for humanitarian assistance

ISLAMABAD:  The Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday appreciated the role of Pakistan Red Crescent(PRC) for humanitarian assistance and provision of health services,...

PM Abbasi inaugurates Burhan-Shah Interchange on Wednesday, says political decisions should...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated the 47-kilometre long Burhan-Shah Maqsood section of Hazara Motorway on Wednesday. During the ceremony, he said that...

Federal cabinet likely to ratify prevention detention order

Govt set to authorise premier to order detention of any suspected person ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet is likely to ratify the preventive detention order...

Shehbaz’s nomination: A PML-N bid to patch up with establishment

With the nomination of Shehbaz Sharif’s name as the candidate for the premiership in the next general elections by the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...

PM summons cabinet meeting on 21st

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has summoned a cabinet meeting to review political and economic developments in the country on Thursday. The cabinet meeting...

Will summon PM if I have to, warns IHC judge in...

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court's (IHC) Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui said on Friday that he would summon the prime minister if he had to in connection with...

Plot to kill British PM May foiled

LONDON: Two men arrested last week had been charged with terrorism offences and would appear in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, according to reports. The...

PM, COAS reach Saudi Arabia to attend ongoing IMCTC conference

 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Bajwa reached Saudi capital Riyadh on Monday...

Bangladesh PM says forced disappearances take place in UK, US

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s prime minister has said that forced disappearances allegedly perpetrated by security forces in the country also occur in Britain and the US,...