Pakistan

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday announced that an emergency meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has been called on March 22 in Istanbul to discuss the causes, impacts and way forward in the aftermath of the New Zealand terror attacks. Earlier in the day, the Foreign Office confirmed that the …

KARACHI: A senior Pakistan Peoples Party leader and provincial minister said on Sunday that no discussion at any official forum had so far been made regarding creation of more districts in Karachi, but there was a proposal to bifurcate West district to create a Keamari district. Recently, disgruntled Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Dr Farooq Sattar, MQM-Pakistan and Pak Sarzameen Party …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) has decided to close down six of its premises as they were operating at losses, it emerged on Sunday. “It has been decided in the meeting that the following sick units/restaurants of PTDC Motels, which are continuously incurring losses should be closed immediately,” said a letter issued by the PTDC. The six premises …

LAHORE: Reacting strongly to Rail­ways Minister Sheikh Rashid’s “threat” to party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, several leaders of the Pakistan Peoples Party on Sunday announced that the party would not ignore the minister’s statement and might take legal action against him. “From delivering hate speeches in the past, the federal minister is now hurling a direct death threat at Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. …

ISLAMABAD: A new nationwide poll of Pakistanis by the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) Centre for Insights in Survey Research reveals strong approval rating for the new government and confidence in the July 2018 elections. A combined 57 per cent of respondents think that Prime Minister Imran Khan is doing either a “very good job” (17pc) or a “good job” (40pc) …

GWADAR: Fishermen in the port city of Gwadar will resume their protest on Monday (tomorrow) as the government has failed to resolve the issue of changing the design of Eastbay Expressway. This was announced by Fishermen Alliance Committee president Khuda-i-Dad Wajo at a press conference here on Saturday. Local leaders of different political parties were present on the occasion to …

LAHORE: Water level at the country’s mega reservoir — Tarbela Dam — is likely to touch its dead level by the end of next week as its conservation level reached to 1,393.35 feet on Friday, just 1.35 feet away from 1,392 feet, its minimum operating level. However, the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) sees the situation as not worrisome as …

ISLAMABAD: Accusing the Sharif family of “politicising” the ailment of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has said the government cannot send a convicted person abroad for treatment. “Nawaz Sharif is a convicted criminal and the government is not authorised to allow a prisoner to move abroad,” said PTI’s central information secretary Omer Sarfaraz Cheema in …

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani has requested Prime Minister Imran Khan to form a steering committee to monitor the development projects launched in the province under the federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP). In a letter sent to the prime minister, the chief minister said the federal government was working on various development projects in Balochistan under …

KARACHI: In a jibe at Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday said the premier could not utter a single word against Modi’s atrocities and the government offered “NRO” to the Indian pilot for his release but on the other hand it was registering false cases against the opposition parties in the country. Addressing …