Pakistan

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle recently demanded an apology from the Royal Family which has reportedly left them ‘baffled’. The Sun on Sunday revealed the Royal Family’s alleged reaction to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s request to meet to address their “issues”. A palace insider told the outlet: “Who’s apologising to whom?” while another source shared: “The King does not …

Richardson ISD has named a teacher of the year from each of its campuses. A campus-based committee selected the teachers based on how they have made a positive difference in the lives of learners through best teaching practices. The teachers were also designated as being an ambassador for public education, according to the district. The selected teachers exemplify the district’s …

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has initiated inquiry into alleged corruption cases in the Pakistan Standard and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA), worth around Rs1 billion by the officers who deposited the money in personal accounts to get profit and made improper investments. Since the PSQCA is an attached department of Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), the accountability watchdog …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan should take lead in recognising the government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, said experts at a conference here. The roundtable ‘Transformation of Taliban from militia to military: prospects, challenges and implications for regional security’ was organised by Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS). The speakers were of the view that the building of the Afghan …

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan finally announced the date for the dissolution of the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies and disclosed that both houses would be disbanded on Dec 23 (Friday) to force the government for early elections. During his virtual address from Zaman Park in Lahore, the former prime minister lashed out at former army chief Qamar …

LAHORE: Just a couple of days after getting involved in an altercation with Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi at a cabinet meeting, the provincial minister for livestock and dairy development Sardar Hasnain Bahadur Dreshak on Saturday tendered his resignation to quit the cabinet. Mr Dreshak, as a member of the cabinet, had attempted to speak at the meeting held two …

KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Saturday sent Dania Shah, widow of late media personality and politician Aamir Liaquat Hussain, to prison on judicial remand in a case pertaining to leaking his indecent video on social media. She was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Lodhran on Thursday. On Saturday, investigating officer Arfa Saeed produced her before Judicial Magistrate (East) Sheikh …

PPP Secretary General Nayyar Bokhari has said his party was of the opinion that the PTI government’s decision to extend former army chief retired General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s tenure at the end of his initial three-year tenure in 2019 was “not a mistake”. “We don’t think it was a mistake,” Bokhari said while speaking to DawnNewsTV and explained that the extension was …

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday summoned the National Assembly session on Dec 20, which will apparently pass the bill seeking amendment to the Foreign Investment (Promotion and Protection) Act aimed at pacifying the estranged allies in the ruling coalition.The bill has already been passed by the Senate. The joint sitting of parliament is also scheduled to be held …

KARACHI: Mystery shrouds the investigations into a scam involving import of Bentley Mulsanne, said to have been stolen in the United Kingdom and registered here in the name of a European diplomat, as diplomatic immunity has complicated the investigators’ as well as prosecution’s job, it has emerged. In early September, Customs authorities recovered the 2014 Bentley Mulsanne V8 (valued Rs41,439,322) from a house …