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Sindh cabinet appoint NICVD Ex. Director, approve various draft bills
Sindh cabinet appoint NICVD Ex. Director, approve various draft bills

KARACHI: Sindh Cabinet met under the Chairmanship of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah this evening at New Sindh Secretariat and took important decisions, including appointment of executive Director of NICV and approved some draft bills and...

Nawaz Sharif visits Ahsan Iqbal at Services Hospital
Nawaz Sharif visits Ahsan Iqbal at Services Hospital

LAHORE: Former Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif visited Lahore’s Services Hospital on Tuesday to inquire about the health of Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal.

He prayed for early recovery of the minister, who was wounded in an assassination attempt during a visit to...

Nawaz Sharif visits Ahsan Iqbal at Services Hospital
Nawaz Sharif visits Ahsan Iqbal at Services Hospital

LAHORE: Former Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif visited Lahore’s Services Hospital on Tuesday to inquire about the health of Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal.

He prayed for early recovery of the minister, who was wounded in an assassination attempt during a visit to...

Army Chief inaugurates border fencing along Pak-Afghan border in Balochistan

QUETTA: Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday inaugurated work on border fencing along the Balochistan portion of Pak- Afghan border at Panjpai.

According to Inter Services Public Relations, the Army Chief, interacting with...

President stresses on easy accessibility of assistive technology for disabled people
President stresses on easy accessibility of assistive technology for disabled people

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain Tuesday stressed upon promotion and easy accessibility of assistive technology for the rehabilitation of people suffering from disabilities or weakness, which was imperative for the progress and...

People-to-people contact vital to improve Pak-US ties: Aizaz Chaudhry
People-to-people contact vital to improve Pak-US ties: Aizaz Chaudhry

Dallas: Pakistani Ambassador to US Aizaz Chaudhry has underscored the importance of people-to-people contact to improve bilateral ties between two countries.

“There have been ups and downs between Pakistan and the US at governmental level, but people t...

NA passes bill aimed at ensuring rights of transgender persons
NA passes bill aimed at ensuring rights of transgender persons

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Tuesday passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2018 aimed at ensuring rights of transgender persons with majority vote.

Syed Naveed Qamar of Pakistan People Party Parliamentarian (PPPP) piloted the bill...

Former MNA Javed Waraich joins PTI
Former MNA Javed Waraich joins PTI

RAHIMYAR KHAN: A former member of National Assembly from Rahimyar Khan, Javed Waraich, announced his decision to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday.

Mr Waraich met Imran Khan at Bani Gala in Islamabad, where he announced his decision.

In addition, Chaudhry Shafiq, who had...

CJ administers oath to Justice Munib Akhtar as SC judge
CJ administers oath to Justice Munib Akhtar as SC judge

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar administered the oath of office to Justice Munib Akhtar, Judge High Court Sindh, as Supreme Court Judge in a simple but dignified ceremony here on Tuesday.

Judges of the superior court, Attorney General, Advocate General...

Bilawal decides to change venue for May 12 rally after PPP-PTI clash
Bilawal decides to change venue for May 12 rally after PPP-PTI clash

KARACHI: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has directed his party to find another location for its May 12 rally and invited PTI's Imran Khan to hold his jalsa at Hakim Saeed Ground in Karachi.

In a Twitter statement detailing 9-point fact-sheet about...