Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by State Life Insurance Corporation (SLIC) and the federal and Punjab governments to ensure up to Rs1 million annual health insurance for the population of Islamabad and Punjab. National Health Services Secretary Aamir Ashraf Khwaja, Chief Executive Officer of Punjab Health Initiatives Management Company …

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday announced the cabinet’s approval of supplementary finance bill — or the mini-budget as the opposition calls it — paving way for the bill to be presented in the National Assembly (NA). “The cabinet has approved the finance bill, which will now be introduced in the National Assembly,” the information minister tweeted.   The bill …

Karachi is expected to receive a second spell of winter rain in the first week of January, according to an official of the Pakistan Meteorological Department on Thursday. Dr Sardar Sarfaraz, chief meteorologist at the Met department, told Dawn.com that Karachi was likely to receive rain on Jan 5 and 6. He said moderate to heavy rainfall was expected with thunder and …

LARKANA: The central executive committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) which met in Naudero House on late Monday evening paid homage to its slain leader, Benazir Bhutto, on her 14th death anniversary, and lauded her exceptional leadership qualities. The meeting was chaired by PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. It strongly opposed moves to bring those extremists, who had been involved …

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday said the government would bring back self-exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to the country as he would never return himself, insisting that the opposition was incapable of toppling the present setup led by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). Speaking at a joint press conference with National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yusuf after a …

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law and Justice on Tuesday constituted a 40-member special committee in line with the requirement of Section 15 of the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act 2021, which will be headed by Parliamentary Secretary for Law Barrister Maleeka Ali Bukhari as its chairperson. Under Section 15, the law ministry can appoint the special committee consisting of members …

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved the first-ever National Security Policy (NSP) of the country but deferred approval of the supplementary finance bill [mini-budget] which was scheduled to be tabled in the National Assembly on Wednesday (today). In a significant decision, the cabinet ordered publication of members of parliament (MPs) 2019 tax directory and observed that “no other sector …

LAHORE: Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood says how Asif Ali Zardari can launch a campaign against the government when he should be in jail. Speaking to the media at the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday, he said Mr Zardari could not launch any anti-government drive because the PPP leader was facing multiple corruption cases and should be in jail instead. Let …

ISLAMABAD: A special committee constituted by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman and Prime Minister Imran Khan last week to review the party’s organisational structure has decided to revoke the present constitution of the party and revive the previous one adopted in 2015 with a few changes aimed at strengthening the party at grassroots level. The committee has recommended that the party …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has expressed concern over the government’s act of bypassing parliament in the formulation of the country’s first National Security Policy. PPP Senator Raza Rabbani said in a statement on Tuesday that the National Security Policy, which had been first approved by the National Security Committee (NSC) on Monday and the next day by the federal cabinet, was …