Islamabad: Justice Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar was sworn in as Chief Justice of IHC at a ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad on Tuesday. The Oath-toaking ceremony was held one day after President Asif Ali Zardari approved their appointments, based on JCP’s nominations. President Zardari also managed Ed to Chief Justice Dogar. The ceremony participated in […]
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Ankara: Turkey’s foreign and defense ministers will visit Pakistan on Wednesday for talks with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to discuss bilateral ties, regional issues and defense industry, a Turkish diplomatic source said Tuesday. Turkey has strong ties with Pakistan and expressed solidarity with it during its military conflict with India in May and angry India.
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Listen to article Islamabad: The Privatization Commission’s Board of Directors on Tuesday declared four local parties, including three in connection with cement business entitled to offer the acquisition of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), which came one step closer to the sale of loss -making unit. In a related development, the Cabinet Committee for Privatization (CCOP)
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Listen to article Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday asked the relevant authorities to present a comprehensive action plan to increase agricultural production and introduce agricultural reforms in the country. He was chairman of a review meeting on the performance of the agricultural sector and ongoing reforms. “Improving agricultural productivity, value added and increased
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Listen to article Islamabad: The federal cabinet has approved the import of 500,000 tonnes of sugar, derogating 53% in import duties to offset the negative effect of its previous decision to allow sugar exports despite objections from the Ministry of Finance. The cabinet waived all duties and taxes on the import of sugar, which has
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Lahore: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab on Tuesday released a flooding alarm, confirming that all major rivers, hill -teens and streams in the province are currently flowing on either normal or low flood levels. According to the latest data, there was no report on flooding with medium or high level at any time
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Islamabad: A parliamentary body on Tuesday expressed serious concerns about the allocation of a major highway contract to a blacklisted company that raised alarms over transparency, procedural lapse and financing delays in Rajanpur-dera Ismail Khan section of the Indus Highway Project. The Senate Standing Committee for Communication, which met at Parliament’s House with its chairman
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Islamabad: Justice Inaam Ameen Minhas from Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued a message to the Election Commission for Pakistan (ECP) and sought a response to a various petition submitted by the PTI parliamentary members on the award of reserved seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly. During the hearing, the petitioner’s lawyer’s lawyer Sultan Muhammad
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Rawalpindi/Lahore: The family of PTI founder Imran Khan, including his sons Suleman Khan and Kasim Khan, will be part of the protest movement called by him, his sister Aleema Khan said Tuesday. Aleema spoke to the media after her two sisters Uzma and Noreen Khan and party attorneys met the PTI founder in Adiala Prison.
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Islamabad: After a break of almost seven months, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi has called for a meeting in Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on July 12. SJC is a constitutional body authorized to continue against judges in the overall courts on charges of mismatch. Currently, CJP Afridi acts as chairman. Other members include
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