Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Yet an­other loser in the Febr­uary 8 general elections has become a victor following recount of votes on the orders of the Election Commission of Pakistan. Former minister of state for interior Abdul Rehman Kanju is the latest addition to the list. Kanju was defeated by PTI-backed independent candidate Rana Faraz Noon from NA-154 (Lodhran), with a margin of …

RAWALPINDI: Federal Minister of Aviation Khawaja Asif has claimed that Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flights to the UK will resume soon after clearance from the European Aviation Safety Agency by mid-May. According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Aviation on Friday, the minister’s remarks were based on conversations with “relevant quarters”. The minister also hoped that EASA’s clearance to …

PESHAWAR: The opposition and government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are headed for legal confrontation after the government refused to follow the order of the governor, who had called a session of the provincial legislature. On Friday, opposition members staged a protest demonstration against the government for refusing to call a sitting of the KP Assembly. They alleged that the government wanted to deprive …

ISLAMABAD: Pakis­tan’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Asif Durrani, has said there is no pause in relations with the Taliban administration in Kabul despite recent military actions. Talking to Dawn on Friday after a meeting with Afghan Charge d’Affa­ires Sardar Ahmad Shakib, Ambassador Durrani described the meeting as a continuation of engagement with Taliban officials after the strikes against Gul Bahadur Group hideouts in Afghanistan. …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday assured Chinese workers of top-level security as it pushed for the second phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) through the launch of five special industrial zones. At a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Jiang Zaidong, Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal assured the Chinese side that Pakistan had made significant efforts to safeguard …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday formed seven cabinet committees, inclu­ding the Economic Coordi­nation Committee (ECC) and the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE). According to separate notifications issued by the cabinet division, the prime minister will now chair meetings of the ECC and the CCoE. Earlier, the finance minister used to head the ECC. According to a notification, the …

As Pakistan Day celebrations are under way, President Asif Ali Zardari has stressed upon the nation to participate in the nation-building process actively, embracing the values of hard work, integrity, and compassion. This day is celebrated to commemorate the Lahore Resolution passed on March 23, 1940 and the adoption of the first Constitution of Pakistan on March 23, 1956. Speaking …

KARACHI: A Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) sailor was martyred and two Indian fishermen went missing at sea when an Indian fishing boat carrying eight fishermen tried to escape and capsized after they were caught fishing in Pakistani waters in the Arabian Sea, a PMSA statement said on Thursday. It said that a PMSA ship while patrolling Pakistan’s Exclusive Economic …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Co­­u­rt on Thursday overturned its Nov 8, 2018 determination of holding illegal the appointment of playwright and columnist Ataul Haq Qasmi as director/chairman of state-run Pak­istan Television (PTV). Mr Qasmi was appointed director/chairman of PTV on Dec 23, 2015, and served in the position until Dec 18, 2017, on a salary package of Rs1.5 million. A three-judge Supreme Court …

MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly speaker and senior Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Chaudhry Latif Akbar has proposed that his party’s chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari should be appointed as chief of the parliamentary Kashmir committee. He put forward this suggestion at a press conference along with two cabinet members — Sardar Javaid Ayub and Syed Bazil Ali Naqvi …