Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) added another feather to its cap as it began international flight operations from the new Gwadar International Airport, where the Maiden flight started for the Omani capital of Muscat on Friday. A PIA spokesperson said the inaugural flight, PK-197, was carrying 39 passengers. They were seen off at the airport by […]
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Listen to the article In a unanimous agreement between the government and the opposition, Junaid Akbar Khan, a member of Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI), has been elected chairman of the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The PAC meeting, led by special secretary Muhammad Mushtaq, then key members of both the reigning party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
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Listen to article Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) President Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed that only parliament has authority to turn on the 26th constitutional change, saying no other institution would be recognized if it attempts to undo the amendment. He approached the media in the House of Parliament and also clarified that PPP is not part
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Listen to article Sher Afzal Marwat, a senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI), has rejected media reports suggesting that the party’s founder refused to meet him and called the claims false and misleading. In a speech with the media outside Parliament on Friday, Marwat managed that the latest news that the PTI founder had blocked
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Listen to article The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly has passed a resolution condemning the amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), Express News reported. The resolution stated that the amended PECA Act introduces restrictions on freedom of the press, which the KP Assembly strongly rejects as a violation of free speech and expression. The
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Listen to article Chinese investors have approached the Sindh High Court seeking legal intervention over alleged harassment and extortion by the local police, Express News reported. The petitioners appeared before the court and alleged that they were subjected to harassment and extortion by police officers in Sindh. They warned that unless the authorities intervened, they
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Listen to the article Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) President Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has rejected speculation about the party’s endorsement to the federal cabinet and rejected reports of his participation in US President Donald Trump’s deployment. Bilawal spoke to journalists after meeting senate chairman at Islamabad and said, “The news of participating in the inauguration came
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Listen to article Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced the creation of a special task force to tackle the growing issue of human trafficking networks in Pakistan. The decision comes in the wake of a tragic incident where several Pakistani citizens lost their lives in an illegal drifting boat tragedy as the task force will
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Listen to article A fire broke out unexpectedly near the Rawalpindi Railway Yard Station on Thursday, causing considerable concern among the locals and railway staff, Express News reported. The blaze primarily affected the surrounding grass and brush, but fortunately no injuries or economic losses were reported. The fire was quickly contained by the railway police
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Listen to article Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) has decided to jump the fourth round of negotiations with the government, a day after Imran Khan, the party’s founder, instructed the suspension of the negotiations due to the delay in the formation of legal commissions. The National Assembly’s speeches, Ayaz Sadiq, had scheduled the meeting on January 28
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