Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Deputy Speaker Zahid Akram Durrani on Sunday emphasised facilitating dialogue on the climate crisis among the global parliamentary community. The deputy speaker was heading a parliamentary delegation to the United Nations Framework for Climate Conference (UNFCCC). He said it would help identifying inter-parliamentary solutions for a more sustainable world. Mr Durrani said Pakistan needed the support of …

ISLAMABAD: The dumping of garbage and sewage by restaurants and food chains operating in the Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP) is posing a serious risk to wildlife and biodiversity of the protected area. Different hotels and recreational spots established in the national park are gradually eating up beauty of the area making nature lovers to think why a proper mechanism …

LAHORE: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has warned the commercial consumers of action (gas supply disconnection) if they continue to ignore the instructions to switch on to the Regasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG). The company also says the time to procure expensive RLNG and provide it to the commercial consumers at cheaper rates (at the price of indigenous …

GILGIT: A host of factors, including sociocultural stigma, communication gap between parents and children, academic pressure, lack of employment opportunities and limited access to professional psychological help are resulting in an increase in suicide cases in Gilgit-Baltistan, a new report has said. According to the report titled “Prevention of Suicides in Gilgit Baltistan: An Integrated Multisectoral Strategy and Roadmap for …

LAHORE: Chinese Consul General in Lahore Zhao Shiren has said four corridors are being added to the flagship China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), as both Islamabad and Beijing have agreed to it during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent visit to the country. Speaking at a seminar here on Sunday on impacts of the policies adopted at the 20th congress of the Communist Party …

ISLAMABAD: Undeterred by the failures of development plans in the past, the government is working on ‘Vision 2035’ and ‘Vision 2047’ agenda, with the Planning Commission having initiated a study aimed at drawing a roadmap for the country’s rapid socioeconomic development. The study, which will identify policy choices that the country’s leadership may need to make in consultation with all …

Citizens in Karachi bemoaned the closure of Dr Ziauddin Ahmed Road and other adjoining routes leading towards the Chief Minister’s House as the protest by healthcare providers continued on Monday. Healthcare providers are protesting against the Sindh government’s decision to permanently withdraw the health risk allowance from their salaries. Last week, police had manhandled and arrested the protesters as they attempted to …

Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Monday that former prime minister Imran Khan will have to provide an answer for the apparent change in his narrative regarding a foreign conspiracy being behind his ouster. In an interview with British newspaper Financial Times, Imran — who has repeatedly claimed that a US-backed conspiracy was behind his ouster in April — said he no longer “blamed” the …

PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Monday that his party had simultaneously approached Supreme Court (SC) registries in multiple cities for the constitution of a judicial commission to probe several “important matters”, including an attempt on Imran’s life in Wazirabad on November 3. Speaking to the media in Lahore, Qureshi said the petitions were filed in Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and …

GUJRAT: PTI Chai­r­man Imran Khan on Satur­day claimed that he did not make the appointment of the new army chief “controversial” as he only propagated ‘merit’ for such high-level postings. “There are one or two allegations against me for making the appointment controversial. I have never made this matter controversial. I have only said that whoever is on merit should …