Hamid Butt

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry asserted on Saturday that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa is the pride of Pakistan.   In a post on Twitter, the minister wrote in an ironic tone…

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif announced on Saturday to step down as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament. Responding to questions put to him by reporters at the…

ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan would award around 3000 scholarships to Afghan students under a four-year programme. This was stated by Special Advisor to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous…

ISLAMABAD: The portal designated for Assets Declaration Scheme 2019 on the website of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has crashed owing to the influx of people trying to access the site. As per details received by  News so far, the portal…

LAHORE: A Lahore court on Saturday acquitted a couple in a case pertaining to the 2014 murder of a lady doctor of Sheikh Zaid Hospital Lahore. Additional Sessions Judge Rai Nawaz Marth announced the judgement which he had previously…

GILGIT: President Dr. Arif Alvi arrived in Gilgit on Saturday for a week-long official visit to Gilgit-Baltistan.  After his arrival, Governor Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon and Chief Minister Gilgit Baltistan Hafiz Hafeez ur Rehman received…

KARACHI: Pakistan Metreological Department (PMD) has predicted light rain with strong winds in Karachi on the weekend.  As per details, the weather will remain cloudy on Saturday with an expected temperature of 34-degree centigrades…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is mulling over inducting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Babar Awan, who was recently exonerated by an accountability court from corruption charges, into his cabinet. Sources relayed Babar Awan will…

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Saturday took notice of indecent videos and sexual abuse of children in the province. He directed Inspector General of Punjab (IGP) Captain (retd) Arif Nawaz Khan to take effective…

ISLAMABAD: As the nation is gearing up for PakVSAfg match, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistan enlightened Afghanistan’s players with the game of cricket.  Sharing his thoughts prior to the World Cup match between…

LAHORE: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday filed an application before an accountability court seeking exemption from personal appearance in today’s hearing of the Ashiana-e-Iqbal housing scheme…

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan termed on Saturday the passage of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) first federal budget in the National Assembly the opposition’s…

KARACHI: In what can be called as the second blunder in less than a month, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) had to offload 50 passengers at the Beijing airport, when the emergency chute of its Boeing 777 was mistakenly activated.…

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) barred Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former Punjab Education and Sports minister Rana Mashood from flying abroad at Lahore airport early Saturday. Sources relayed Rana…

KARACHI: The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s (KMC) anti-encroachment cell demolished on Saturday an office of K-Electric, the city’s sole power distributor, built on pavement on Shahrah-e-Quaideen road. An official of KMC relayed a…

KARACHI: Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country while very hot in plain areas of Punjab and Sindh today. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), rain with gusty winds is expected at…

ISLAMABAD: In a major development, former station house officer (SHO) among six police personnel have been dismissed from service over their alleged negligence in Farishta murder case on Friday. According to the details, Deputy Inspector…

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law and Justice has recommended speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser not to issue the production orders of the two tribal MNAs Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar. The NA speaker had sought legal advice from the Law…

LAHORE: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani concluded his two-day long visit of Pakistan, and headed back to his country on Friday. As per details, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar accompanied the Afghan President to see him off on the…

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan today (Friday) claimed that the government’s initiative for tax collection was now a national slogan for unity. In a tweet, she said the…

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi on Friday hinted to join politics in future while speaking in  exclusive World Cup 2019 show Har Lamha Purjosh. Replying to a question of making his own party, Afridi said he has no such plans,…

A whirlwind over by Shaheen Shah Afridi gave early break through, he picked two wickets in his first over of Afghanistan’s skipper Gulbadin Naib and Hashmatullah Shahidi on the very next ball. Rahmat Shah tried to score a decent score…

Afghanistan versus Pakistan is perhaps the World Cup match that cricket fans in the war-weary nation will be watching most intensely. With years of distrust and blame between the two countries, a high-stakes victory over Pakistan in the…

Pakistan’s former flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Khan Afridi appreciated Bangladesh for playing quality cricket in the ongoing World Cup and asked Pakistan team to not take them lightly in their clash on July 5. “For me, they have shown…

KARACHI: Research and Policy Division of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) organized an interactive session on Draft National SME Policy here at the Federation House. FPCCI Capital Office in Islamabad and…

Pakistani Rupee (PKR) continued with its declining trend on Thursday, as it depreciated by another Rs1.9 against the US Dollar (USD) in interbank session, a private media house reported. By the end of the day’s trade, the value of PKR…

ISLAMABAD: Exports from Pakistan, in terms of rupees, increased by 22.92 per cent during July-May 2018-2019, compared with the corresponding period of last year. The exports from Pakistan during the period under review were recorded at…

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with its losing streak for the fourth consecutive session on Thursday, as the indices that opened positively soon gave into pressure to close in the red zone. On the economic front,…

ISLAMABAD (APP): Like other parts of the globe,International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking will be marked on June 26 across the globe including Pakistan to raise awareness of the major problem that illicit drugs represent…

Tehran, June 24 (AFP):Iran said Monday that no cyber attack against the Islamic republic has ever succeeded, after American media reported the US launched one last week amid a standoff between the two countries. "The media are asking about…