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Cuba Ambassador to Pakistan Zéner Caro on Monday called out Federal Minister for Planning and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal for his “disrespectful” remarks on Cuba, given during a press conference in Lahore yesterday. At a media talk on Sunday, Iqbal had said that Pakistan wanted to become a strong country for which it needed a strong economy and positioning with the global …

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Monday rubbished reports of fuel shortage in parts of the country, maintaining that “adequate” supplies of petrol and diesel were available to cater to domestic needs. An Ogra spokesperson said that speculation was rife about the shortage of diesel in a few pockets of Punjab, adding that “Ogra is monitoring the situation …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday suspended its earlier order directing the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to decide the foreign funding case against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in 30 days. A two judge bench, presided by Chief Justice Athar Minallah and including Justice Babar Sattar, suspended the earlier order given by the court’s single-judge bench comprising Justice Mohsin …

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Monday said that the whereabouts of Dua Zehra, a teenage girl allegedly kidnapped from Karachi’s Al Falah area last week, have been traced. Shah did not provide further details as he said the matter was “sensitive”. Certain media reports claimed the girl had been found in Lahore. However, Lahore police denied these reports …

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja has said that he has no intention of tendering his resignation, and will continue to work in the “best interests of the country”. Raja’s statement comes a day after PTI Chairman Imran Khan called for his resignation, saying the party believed him to be “biased”. Addressing a press conference at his Bani Gala residence, …

Pakistan on Sunday categorically rejected the “malicious Indian propaganda” accusing Islamabad of using the Kartarpur Corridor for business meetings, saying “it is a deliberate smear campaign seeking to undermine Pakistan’s historic initiative of opening the corridor for Sikh pilgrims from India and around the world”. The response from the Foreign Office comes in the wake of reports carried by certain sections of …

Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday accused former prime minister Imran Khan of “playing with Pakistan’s interests” to keep his “failed politics” alive. Addressing a press conference in Lahore, the minister said the National Security Committee (NSC) twice dismissed the possibility of any foreign conspiracy, however, “Imran Niazi is playing with national interests to keep his politics …

A “black day” was observed and anti-India demonstrations were held in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited occupied Jammu and Kashmir in what was his first visit to the disputed territory since New Delhi revoked special status nearly three years ago. New Delhi nullified the area’s special status in August 2019, when authorities …

ISLAMABAD: Youth appear to be divided over the fairness and credibility of the next general elections as about 51.9 per cent of them think that the polls will be free, fair and credible while almost an equal number (46.9pc) believe otherwise. This was the finding of an opinion survey conducted among 422 members of Pildat’s Youth Parliament Pakistan (YPP) spreading …

ISLAMABAD: In a first, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has decided to live-stream judicial proceedings for which it ran a trial on Friday. The court administration has installed the necessary equipment for live streaming and, according to an official, it will be available to the general public by next month. The streaming of judicial proceedings is not a new phenomenon, …