ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan was on Wednesday brie­fed on the implementation of a five-year development package for Gilgit-Baltistan. The plan was announced by the government early this year. Under the plan, Rs370 billion would be released for various development projects in Gilgit-Baltistan till fiscal year 2025-26. “The federal government is focused on accelerating the pace of work on various …

ISLAMABAD: Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen Mazari inaugurated the first Transgender Protection Centre in the country in H-9/4 on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, Dr Mazari said similar centres would be established in other cities to ensure the rights of the transgender community, emphasising that members of the community should be provided the same employment and health facilities as other …

ISLAMABAD: In view of the increasing leopard population in the Margalla Hills range, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday directed that a preservation zone be set up in the hills to ensure natural habitat for the endangered species. The prime minister also approved establishment of the Wildlife Information Centre in Marghazar Zoo. The decisions were taken in a meeting of …

The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication on Thursday notified the amended social media rules that stakeholders and digital rights activists have strongly criticised. The rules, titled the “Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure, Oversight and Safeguards) Rules, 2021”, have been framed under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca), 2016. The federal cabinet had last month approved amendments to …

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary on Wednesday acknowledged that the fallout of a rift among institutions can be “immense”, but insisted that the current civil-military leadership “remain on the same page” and are cognizant of the fact that their “unity and stability” is in the country’s best interest. Chaudhry’s comments were in the context of the ongoing impasse between Prime Minister Imran Khan …

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday said it was convention for the prime minister to meet candidates before appointments were made to key positions such as the ISI chief, adding that efforts to make the process controversial were inappropriate. “The process for appointing the new DG ISI will be completed soon. The game that a specific section …

Yasir Hussain is sharing recalling legendary singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s humility with a story narrated by Indian actor Ajay Devgn. “Nusrat Sahab jesa Artist sadiyon mai paida hota hai. (An artist like Nusrat Sahab is only born once in centuries)” Yasir Hussain captioned alongside Ajay Devgn’s clip on his Instagram this Wednesday. In the video, fans could see Ajay …

Olivia Rodrigo recently sat down for a chat and addressed her thoughts regarding the toxic nature of the internet and social media. The singer unpacked her thoughts while sitting for an interview for Rolling Stone’s Musicians on Musicians issue. During the course of the chat, she was quoted saying, “Somewhere around 22, I stopped reading everything because it wasn’t really relevant to …

Alicia Keys recently got candid about the single most emotional moment during her son Egypt’s performance that hit her ‘like a ton of bricks’ overhead. The singer took her walk down memory lane during a chat with People (The TV Show)’s Kay Adams for the weekly issue. Egypt’s performance in question, Raise a Man, occurred at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music …

Vocal powerhouse Adele is ready to bring her life’s most turbulent period to the forefront through the help of her music. The Hello singer, 33, announced on Instagram that her new album, 30, will be dropping on November 19. “I was certainly nowhere near where I’d hoped to be when I first started it nearly 3 years ago,” she wrote. …