Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Education has decided to call a national summit to discuss the Single National Curriculum (SNC) and reach a consensus on the much-trumpeted document of the previous PTI government. Federal Education Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain and Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal presided over a meeting here at the Education Ministry to receive a briefing on the SNC. The …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday ordered that natural gas from fertiliser and captive power plants be diverted to the power sector and timely payment of funds be ensured to end loadshedding from May 1. “The prime minister has directed that there would be zero loadshedding from May 1,” Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said after a meeting presided over …

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday withdrew a petition filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) for the return of her passport so that she could travel to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah. A special division bench headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi had taken up the petition earlier today. During the hearing, Maryam’s counsel, Advocate Amjad Pervez, informed …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday instructed Punjab Governor Omar Sarfaraz Cheema to “ensure the completion of the process” of administering oath to Chief Minister-elect Hamza Shehbaz, either himself or through a nominee, “on or before” April 28 (Friday). The decision was announced in an open court at 10am on a petition filed by Hamza seeking the court’s direction to the …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja to submit their responses on April 29 in connection with a reference to de-seat dissident PTI lawmakers in the Punjab Assembly. Justice Shujaat Ali Khan heard the petition which was filed by the party’s parliamentary leader in the provincial …

President Arif Alvi administered oath to PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday who would be joining Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif cabinet as a federal minister. The oath-taking ceremony was held at Aiwan-i-Sadr, where PM Shehbaz was also present. Thirty-three-year-old Bilawal was first elected to the National Assembly in 2018. This is the first time he will be serving as a …

PTI Chairman Imran Khan said on Wednesday that he wanted two million people to gather in Islamabad when he gives the call to his party’s supporters on a yet unspecified date. Addressing an adoring crowd chanting slogans in support of the PTI chairman at a workers’ convention in Lahore, he said: “I want two million people to come to Islamabad …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday defended the chief election commissioner (CEC) and said former premier Imran Khan was exerting pressure on the Election Commission of Pakistan to influence the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) foreign funding case. He praised CEC Sikander Sultan Raja for withstanding the pressure of the former government and improving the standing of the …

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said that the draft local government law was under consideration in the select committee of the provincial assembly. “We have already decided in the cabinet that the local government law will be amended in the light of the Supreme Court judgement,” he said and added the draft law had nothing to do with …

SWAT: The police on Monday claimed the recovery of a kidnapped Sikh boy and the arrest of his captors. The Mingora police said Karam Chund, a resident of Mingora, lodged a complaint against his brothers, including Janam Raj and Prem Chand, and his nephew, Jatindar Kumar, for the ‘kidnapping’ of his son, Taran Kumar. They, however, said the investigation found …