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ISLAMABAD: The investigation report about the PIA plane crash has been presented to Prime Minister Imran Khan today (Monday), exactly a month after the tragedy struck. Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan met the prime minister and briefed him on the investigation into the incident. On May 22, flight …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan defended his decision not to impose a complete COVID-19 lockdown once again, saying that Pakistan’s circumstances were different from Wuhan city and Europe. Speaking about the havoc that the coronavirus has wreaked on Pakistan’s economy, the prime minister said that he had not been in …

ISLAMABAD: Chairman of Ummat e Wahida Pakistan Allama Muhammad Amin Shaheedi offers his condolence on the demise of a renowned Pakistani scholar Allama Talib Jauhary. He paid a tribute to the great scholar for his scholarly services. He said, ” An epoch making person; an extra-ordinary preacher, the best orator …

KARACHI: Head of the Jamia Binoria Karachi, Mufti Naeem, passed away in the city on Saturday. Confirming reports of his death, son of the deceased religious scholar, Mufti Noman said that his father, Mufti Naeem breathed his last while he was on the way to a hospital. He was suffering …

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday unveiled the Rs923 billion budget for the financial year 2020-21 which focuses on improvement in the health sector and tax relief for businesses hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. KP Minister for Finance Taimur Saleem Jhagra presented the budget in the provincial assembly. …

ISLAMABAD: The joint opposition on Friday, while welcoming the Supreme Court’s verdict on several petitions pertaining to the Justice Qazi Faez Isa case, demanded that President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan should step down for filing an “unlawful, unconstitutional, and false reference based on pure mala fide intentions.” …

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police refused to register a case against US citizen and blogger Cynthia Dawn Ritchie, who has accused the top PPP leadership of rape and harassment. A report was forwarded from the Bani Gala police station to the additional sessions judge’s court in this regard. PPP leader Waqas Abbasi …

RAWALPINDI: The government has allowed resumption of international flight operations to and from all international airports in the country — except Gwadar and Turbat airports — from Saturday (today). Spokesman for the Aviation Division Abdul Sattar Khokhar said in a press release on Friday that the permission for international flight …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday quashed the presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa and ordered the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to seek explanation from his family members on the nature and source of funding for the offshore properties in their names. “The Order of the Court is …

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday warned India against any misadventure, saying such a move would evoke a prompt telling response from Pakistan. “Beware, beware, remember February (2019) and be ready for a quick retaliation while casting an evil eye on us,” he said while speaking in the …