ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has reaffirmed unwavering commitment to democracy and the principles of good governance to live up to the expectations of...
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Senator Sherry Rehman said Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) always in favor to conduct elections after its completion of...
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has urged that Afghanistan and Jammu and Kashmir be included to the scope of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), a UN agency that supports peace efforts in nations that have experienced armed conflict. The UN General Assembly, which was debating the annual report on the 31-member Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund, was informed by Ambassador Munir Akram that “Peacebuilding is a growth industry.” Recognising the Peacebuilding Commission’s escalating demands, the Pakistani envoy claimed that its financial resources only cover half of what is needed. “Yet we must acknowledge that the PBC’s coverage is not universal,” he said. “Significant situations such as in Afghanistan...
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced that people who use up to 200 units per month will not be impacted by the increase in the cost of electricity. He said this while speaking at an event in Lahore when a framework LNG contract was signed between Pakistan LNG Limited and the Azeri business Socar. The national average tariff was increased last week after the federal cabinet granted the power regulator’s proposal. Some residential consumers will now pay up to Rs7.50 more per unit as a result. The cabinet had approved the hike through a summary and the decision was conveyed to the...
ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi asked Pakistan’s designate ambassador to Ethiopia on Monday to encourage commercial and economic ties with Ethiopia by enabling and improving connections between the two nations’ business groups. Additionally, he exhorted the envoy to engage Ethiopian businesspeople about importing Pakistani goods in order to increase trade volume with Ethiopia. According to a press statement from the President Secretariat Press Wing, the president was speaking to Mian Atif Sharif, Pakistan’s future ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, who had visited him at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. President Alvi said that Pakistan-Ethiopia bilateral ties were marked by common history, interests, and support for each other on various international fora....
RAWALPINDI: US Central Command (Centcom) commander General Michael Erik Kurilla and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir spoke on Monday about the security situation in the region. According to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the event took place during the top US military official’s meeting with COAS Munir at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. Gen. Kurilla recognised and applauded Pakistan’s efforts to maintain regional peace and security as well as the Pakistan Army’s victories in the war against terrorism. The military’s media wing stated that topics of mutual interest and defence cooperation were discussed at the meeting in addition to the regional security situation. “Both reiterated the desire to further enhance bilateral relations in all fields,” the ISPR said. The meeting comes as both...
SHEIKHUPURA: The Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated on Monday that the industrial sector must use current technologies and alternative energy sources in order to be competitive in the global market. Speaking at the soft launches of the Ombre Special Economic Zone, Sundar Green Special Economic Zone, and Smart Special Economic Zone, the prime minister said that the only way to reduce the cost of local goods was to take advantage of the potential of solar, wind, and hydropower energy. According to him, the problem of circular debt, which was growing as a result of the annual loss of billions of rupees due to transmission and line losses as well as power theft, needed to be attacked on a war-footing basis. The prime minister appreciated the private sector for chalking out a plan to establish the three special economic zones and...
Ishaq Dar, the current finance minister and a leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), could serve as the caretaker prime minister, according to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), one of the two main coalition partners in the Centre. With the PPP’s Qamar Zaman Kaira stating that no politician can be nominated as a judge and vice versa, both major coalition parties have agreed that a politician should be appointed as the head of the interim set-up. ...
Tasneem Ahmed Qureshi, state minister for production and industries, stated on Monday that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) believed in democracy and had worked to ensure that people had access to basic necessities. He claimed in a media interview that Benazir Bhutto, the previous premier, and PPP founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had worked tirelessly throughout their lives to improve the lives of the underprivileged. ‘Roti, Kapra Aur Makan’ [Food, Clothing, and Shelter] for Every Poor By Using All Possible Resources is the PPP’s campaign slogan. Every time the Pakistan People’s Party has in office, according to Tasneem, it has taken action to improve the lives of ordinary people. He wished the PPP well in the next elections.
FAISALABAD: On Sunday, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif encouraged the populace to defeat Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political masquerades in the forthcoming general elections in...
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