Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Special Technology Zone Authority (STZA) is all set to start work for setting up the Islamabad Technopolis near Chak Shahzad. Sources in STZA said that National Engineering Services Pakistan (Nespak) is the consultant of the project. Its land use and layout plan has been prepared jointly by the consultant and the authority, they said, adding that the Capital …

ISLAMABAD: Voicing concern about India’s missile incident, experts on Tuesday said New Delhi’s irresponsible attitude could lead to nuclear escalation in the already fraught security environment in South Asia. Speaking at a seminar at the Centre for International Strategic Studies (CISS) Islamabad, nuclear expert Dr Naeem Salik contended that the March 9 incident of an Indian missile landing in Mian Channu …

ISLAMABAD: President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry on Tuesday urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries to impose economic sanctions on India and boycott its products. Addressing a special meeting of the Kashmir Contact Group of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at Parliament House here he asked the OIC to help stop oppression and barbarism …

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar suggested on Tuesday that many leaders of the Muslim world did not have the moral courage to fight for the rights of Muslims, but Prime Minister Imran Khan was different. He said that being a truthful, faithful, brave and confident leader, Mr Khan pleaded the Muslims’ case on Islamophobia at the …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial has emphasised that while elevating judges to high courts, the presence of a “particular expertise” among them, coupled with needs of the courts to which they are to be appointed should be kept in mind. He made the observation during a meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s Rules Committee which was …

PESHAWAR: The Elec­tion Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday served a second notice on Prime Minister Imran Khan to explain his position on the allegation of violating the code of conduct for the second phase of local body elections in 18 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The notice was issued by District Monitoring Officer of Malakand Ziaur Rehman through the prime minister’s …

ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) constituted a five-judge apex court bench on Tuesday to hear the Supreme Court Bar Association’s (SCBA) petition over the no-confidence motion, together with the presidential reference seeking interpretation of Article 63-A of the Constitution. The hearing will commence on Thursday (tomorrow). The bench consists of CJP Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel, Justice …

As the country celebrates Pakistan Day on Wednesday, the armed forces displayed their might in the annual military parade in Islamabad while dignitaries participating in the 48th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) watched as guests of honour. Pakistan Day commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution on March 23, 1940, when …

ISLAMABAD: Emboldened by the support of Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed’s nephew, the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has asked the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to allow it to install tubewells in the federal capital’s jurisdiction for the citizens of Rawalpindi. The garrison city’s civic agency has the support of member of National Assembly (MNA) Sheikh Rashid Shafique who wrote …

LONDON: The CEO of asset recovery firm Broadsheet, which years ago was contracted by General Musharraf to probe political opponents including the Sharifs, has issued an apology to the PML-N supreme leader through a video interview with GEO News for allegations of corruption. “We found a lot of plundered wealth [linked to others], but I can categorically state after virtually 21 years …