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ISLAMABAD: Senior PTI leader Ghulam Sarwar Khan has refused to accept the aviation ministry, Geo freshs reported Friday.On Thursday, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced major reshuffle in his cabinet and changed portfolios of measure of his senior ministers including Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Fawad Chaudhry, Mohammad Mian Soomro, Brig (r) Ijaz Shah and
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A Canadian woman who had alleged she was sexually harassed by two men in Pakistan has withdrawn her case against the offenders reportedly.In a video message, Assma Galuta stated she has identified the men who harassed her and that she wishes to withdraw the case she filed against them.Galuta also expressed gratitude on the way she was looked after
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ISLAMABAD: Members of the Pakistan cricket team chooseed for the upcoming World Cup 2019 met with Prime Minister Imran Khan here at the Prime Minister Home on Friday.The team was accompanied by chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ehsan Mani, Coach Mickey Arthur and Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq.Officials of the PCB Management
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ISLAMABAD: A day after changing the portfolios of key cabinet members, the government is expected to approve a bureaucratic shakeup too.According to Geo freshs, Secretary Petroleum, Secretary Finance, Secretary Interior and a number of additional and joint secretaries would be transferred as part of the reshuffling.Interior chief secretary
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ISLAMABAD: freshly appointed Interior Minister Brig (r) Ijaz Shah has assumed the office earlier nowadays.He reached his office located in Block R of the Pakistan Secretariat at 09:30am and took charge.Shah was appointed as interior minister yesterday after a major cabinet reshuffle during which portfolios of measure big names including Fawad
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MULTAN: Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday said Pakistan was ready to hold speechs with the new elected government in India for regional peace.He said Pakistan was always ready to play a constructive role for regional peace and it had already taken many steps in that regard.Talking to media, he said Pakistan initiated
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday directed the Ministry of Power to make special arrangements for ensuring uninterrupted supply of electricity during the holy month of Ramadan, specificly at Sehr and Iftar timings.He was chairing a high level assembly here on the things relating to energy.The assembly was attended by Minister for
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ISLAMABAD: Spokesperson to Prime Minister, Nadeem Afzal Chan on Thursday said that former finance minister Asad Umar had no corruption charges.Talking to a news channel, he said reshuffling in the cabinet was a good step of the prime minister after reviewing the performance.He expressed the hope that the changes in the cabinet would have positive
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday approved reallocation of portfolios in the federal cabinet and new appointments, including that of Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh as Advisor on Finance.Following is the detail of reallocation of portfolios in the federal cabinet and new appointments:-Chaudhry Fawad Hussain: Federal Minister for Science and
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RAWALPINDI: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor has said that the Indian Minister of External affairs revealed the truth about Balakot air strike under compulsions of ground reality.According to local media, the Indian Minister, while addressing an event in Ahmadabad on Thursday said
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ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javaid Bajwa on Thursday called on Prime Minister Imran Khan to discuss the security situation, Geo freshs, citing sources, reported.Matters related to the security situation came under discussion in the assembly.The assembly between Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javaid
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ISLAMABAD: In a major reshuffling in the central cabinet, various portfolios have been reallocated by the prime minister Imran Khan here on Thursday.These allocations have been mentioned in the muchification issued by the Cabinet Division: Choudhry Fawad Hussain, who was Federal Minister for Information - Widecasting has now been made Federal
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ISLAMABAD: Following Finance Minister Asad Umar's removal, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has also resigned from PM Imran's cabinet, Geo freshs reported Thursday.According to sources, Chaudhry has been asked to step down as part of a major reshuffle in Prime Minister Imran Khan's cabinet.They further added that Firdous Ashiq
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ISLAMABAD: There may be changes in various ministries in the central cabinet and prime minister Imran Khan shall announce it as soon the reshuffling is finalized, sources said.Geo freshs reported that after Asad Umar decided to resign as the finance minister, the prime minister also asked minister for petroleum Ghulam Sarwar Khan to resign from
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ISLAMABAD: Asad Umar has reiterated his confidence in Prime Minister Imran Khan's ability to steer Pakistan out of crisis.Talking to media after announcing his decision to quit the Federal Cabinet, Umar was of the view that quitting cabinet doesn't mean he is much with the vision of ‘Naya Pakistan&.Referring to the bailout package, he
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday served muchices to replyents in a petition ccorridorenging the eligibility of three Members of National Assembly (MNAs) of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insafaaf (PTI): Maleeka Ali Bokhari, Tashfeen Safdar and Kanwal Shauzab.The petitioners pleaded that the three MNAs did much meet the criteria to hold
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Karachi: Adviser to the chief minister Sindh on Information, Law and Anti-Corruption, Barrister Murtaza Wahab has dispelled the impression that were differences between the provincial government and IG Cop.He said the chief minister Sindh had held nowadays a assembly on law and order with Cop. While speeching to
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Following Asad Umar's removal as Finance Minister, speculations regarding who shall occupy the pivotal cabinet position are rife.Meanwhile degree names have emerged regarding who might possibly be appointed as the next Finance Minister including Omar Ayub.Moreover, it is also being speculated that Ishrat Hussain, Hafeez Pasha and
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KARACHI: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday welcomed government decision for what he said removing Asad Umar as finance minister.Speaking to the media, he expressed the hope that the decision would have positive affect on the economy.The Pakistan People's portiony chairman said the government has realized after eight months that its
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ISLAMABAD: The PML-N has reacting strongly to Finance Minister Asad Umar's announcement and blamed the policies of Prime Minister Imran Khan for the economic mess that has been created."If PTIand Asad Umerpolicies were so good, and the problems were from PMLN government,then why was he asked to step down, PML-N's spokesperson,
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ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar has decided to quit the Federal Cabinet instead of taking the energy ministry as desired by Prime Minister Imran Khan.In a social media message Thursday, the PTIfinance guru stated that the prime minister wants him to take charge as energy minister.However, Umar added that he does much wish to take
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ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) is all set to open colourful activities for fun lovers of federal capital here from April 19 to 21 at the Heritage Museum featuring traditional foods, textile exhibition and musical evenings.The three-day 'National Exhibition of Textiles' in collaboration with
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ISLAMABAD: Cop on Thursday said two men accused of harassing a Canadian woman have been arrested.Identified as Hamza Sohail and Anas Kamran, the men were arrested two days after humanitarian worker Assma Galuta, approached Islamabad police with a complaint regarging sexual harassment.In her complaint, the woman stated that two motorists followed
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan shall leave for Iran on Sunday on a two-day official visit.The Pakistani leader is undertaking the visit on the invitation of President Hassan Rouhan.It shall be the first visit of the prime minister to Iran which shall include a brief stop-over in Mashhad before arriving in Tehran for bilateral
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ORMARA: At least 14 people were eliminateed on Thursday after being identified and offloaded from passenger buses on Makran Coastal Highway approach Ormara.According to Levies sources, the dead bodies were being shifted to approachby health facility in Ormara.The attackers were wearing uniforms from the paramilitary Frontier Corps, provincial home
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Wednesday that Agha Siraj Durrani should act like a speaker of provincial assembly rather than behaving like a don.In a statement, the minister said threatening PTI leader Khurram Shair Zaman in the Home was highly sentenceable and regrettable act on the part of Siraj
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ISLAMABAD: Chinese travellers, commercemen and corporate expatriates, who visited or stayed in Pakistan have praised the country and its people.This was stated by a Chinese Muslim lady, named Ayesha Eva Zheng in her tweet.She said that the Chinese people started streaming on China's top video sharing platform ‘Douyin&, promoting
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday chaired a assembly on digitalization of the government processes and how the latest IT solutions such as blockchain could help ensuring efficiency, transparency, eliminating red-tapism and improving overall service delivery in line with the vision of the Government.A team of Pakistani IT experts
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fresh York: Prime Minister Imran Khan, US President Donald Trump, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, fresh Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern and Abu DhabiCrown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed have been named among the ‘100 most influential people& of 2019 by Time magazine.The list of 100 most influential people was unveiled on
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KARACHI: Pakistan Peopleportiony (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has expressed his profound grief over loss of precious lives from heavy rainfall and over the loss of expensive crops also from the heavy showers.In his message, the PPP Chairman expressed total solidarity with the affected people and demanded instant relief and rescue
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