Shaukat Muhammad’s Commitment to Customers Recognized with Appreciation Dinner By: Raja Zahid Khanzada Shaukat Muhammad, a renowned insurance expert in Dallas south Asian community was honored with a client appreciation dinner at a local restaurant in Plano. The event was attended by prominent members of the South Asian community, including former President of the Pakistan Society,  PSNT Dr. Rabia Khan, …

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa deposited on Monday a valuable gift to Toshakhana which was received to him by Muslim World League Secretary Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa. The Muslim World League secretary gifted an expensive pen, named Bab-e-Kaaba, to the chief justice. Both of them had met in April. Muslim World League is an international non-governmental organisation headquartered …

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training on Monday reopened a girls’ school in North Waziristan that was blown by the terrorists a week ago. “We are thrilled to share the news that, by the grace of Almighty, we have accomplished our mission,” said the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training in a message. The Afia Girls School …

More than 300 more Pakistani students evacuated from Kyrgyzstan reached Islamabad on a flight from Bishkek, which saw a wave of mob attacks against foreign students last week. Islamabad International Airport manager Aftab Gillani welcomed the a batch of Pakistanis comprising 179 students, who escaped violence in the Kyrgyz capital, back home. Violent attacks erupted in Bishkek, targeting a number …

Expressing his annoyance over authorities’ failure to recover missing Kashmiri poet and journalist Ahmed Farhad Shah, Islamabad High Court’s Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani on Monday questioned if the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) sector commander lives on the moon. The poet was allegedly abducted from his house last week. On May 15, his wife approached the IHC, seeking his recovery. She also …

As Sindh braces for a scorching spell, Chief Meteorologist Sardar Sarfaraz has said that there is no chance of any heatwave in Karachi for the upcoming week. “Sea breeze is blowing in the city, no need to worry about heatwave,” he told a private news channel on Monday. He said the weather would remain hot for the next 10 days …

The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has rejected the timetable for the deferred matriculation exams on social media, saying that the new official schedule will be released soon. The Universities and Boards Department has deferred the remainder of ongoing matric and ninth class papers in the wake of the heatwave alert. Two papers each of two classes are yet …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that he is concerned for Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz’s health after it emerged that he is being treated for lung inflammation. Saudi King Salman will undergo treatment at Al Salam Palace in Jeddah for a lung inflammation, the state news agency reported Sunday, hours after he underwent medical tests. Citing the royal …

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Monday forecast increased day temperatures from May 21 -27, advising the citizens to adopt precautionary measures to protect them from severe heat wave conditions. The PMD revealed that the day temperatures were likely to remain 4°C to 6°C above normal in Islamabad, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Balochistan from May 21-27. The day temperatures are likely …

In a bid to protect students from scorching heat, the Punjab government on Monday issued new timings for public and private colleges across the province, effective from May 21 (Tuesday) to May 31. In a notification issued on Monday, the province’s Higher Education Department (HED) said the decision has been taken owing to “severe hot weather”. As per the communique, …