KARACHI, Aug 23(ABC): The case of deceased televangelist Aamir Liaquat Hussain’s postmortem is back in court as the petitioner of the initial plea seeking exhumation and an autopsy approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) with the same demand again. A district and sessions judge had overruled the decision to conduct Aamir Liaquat’s post-mortem, which had been made by another judge of the …

KARACHI, Aug 23(ABC): All schools and colleges across Sindh will remain closed on Wednesday and Thursday (August 24-25) amid warnings of heavy rainfall, the education department has announced. The Board of Intermediate Education (BIEK), Karachi, postponed the exams scheduled for August 24 and 25, according to BIEK Chairman Dr Saeeduddin. A new date for the examinations will be announced later, …

KARACHI, Aug 23(ABC): The Sindh government on Tuesday wrote to the provincial Election Commission of Pakistan requesting the postponement of the upcoming local government elections that were scheduled to take place on August 28 in light of the monsoon rains in the province. According to the letter, the provincial government asked the body to reconsider the date of the second …

LAHORE, Aug 23(ABC): Pakistan has reported two deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,566,869. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 30,557 on Tuesday. According to the latest figures by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 217 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 across …

ISLAMBAD, Aug 23(ABC): Rain-wind/thundershower is expected in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, East Balochistan, Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan during the next twelve hours. Isolated heavy falls are also likely in northeast Balochistan, Sindh and south Punjab during the period. Temperature of some major cities recorded this morning: Islamabad twenty-five degree centigrade, Lahore twenty-nine, Karachi twenty-eight, Peshawar twenty-seven, Quetta twenty-one, Gilgit nineteen, …

RAWALPINDI, Aug 23(ABC): Awami Muslim League Pakistan (AMLP) leader Sheikh Rashid on Tuesday said that Pakistan economically and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has politically bankrupted. Taking to Twitter, the former Interior Minister lashed out at the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and said that Noon and Sheen are going to confront each other. Rashid said that the electricity bill is a …

PESHAWAR, Aug 23(ABC): An application has been filed in provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for registration of case against Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leadership over alleged hate speech. According to details, KP’s cabinet has started working on filing sedition cases against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz, JUI-F head Maulana Fazlur Rehman and other leaders of ruling …

KARACHI, Aug 23(ABC): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said that lust for power is driving ‘one man’ crazy. According to details, members of Sindh cabinet called on former President Asif Ali Zardari to discuss matters of mutual interest and flood situation in the country. On the occasion, Asif Ali Zardari said that situation is worrisome …

LAHORE, Aug 23(ABC): Punjab Chief Minister and Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Tuesday said that it is not easy to touch Pakistan Tehereek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan. “If anyone will try to touch him then he will not get a place in the world,” he said. CM Elahi went on to say that …

LAHORE, Aug 22 (APP):Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi declaring all flood affected areas as calamity hit, announced to waive off water rates, and land revenue in Rajanpur, Taunsa, DG Khan and Esakhel. He was chairing a meeting to review the flood situation and relief operations in Rajanpur, Taunsa and DG Khan, here on Monday. The CM directed to deliver …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 22 (ABC): As the 15th National Assembly concluded its 4th parliamentary year, the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency (PILDAT) on Monday released analysis of its performance based on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The 15th National Assembly during its fourth year passed 55 laws as compared to 60 bills in the third year. Some 32 government bills …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 22(ABC): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader and former federal minister on Monday reacted to the current political situation, claiming that the coalition government will be ousted before September 10 and the power will be transferred to the public. In his statement, Fawad said the government feared of Imran Khan’s yesterday rally and filed a case of terrorism. The …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 22(ABC): Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) Atta Tarar on Monday asked Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi do as much cruelty as he could bear. Addressing to media outside IHC, Tarar claimed that the Punjab government is taking revenge of PTI leader Shahbaz Gill from his opponents. He alleged that CM Elahi is presenting Imran Khan with …

PESHAWAR, Aug 22 (ABC): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday declared two districts D. I. Khan and Chitral as calamity-hit areas after flash floods unleashed by heavy rainfall and promised to announce special rehabilitation package for the affected areas soon. Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan has directed concerned authorities to expedite relief and rescue operation in the calamity hit …

  ISLAMABAD, Aug 22 (ABC): Chinese embassy on Monday announced the opening up of visas for long-term Pakistani (international) students receiving academic education in China as well as allowed entry for business card holders. According to notice available on the website of the Chinese embassy, “From now on, long-term international students receiving academic education in China can apply for the …

ISLAMABAD: The Millennium Universal Colleges TMUC, Islamabad organized the Graduation Ceremony of International undergraduate degree for University of Hertfordshire UH to honour the hard work of the graduates, faculty, and staff last day, says a press release. The ceremony held in Serena Hotel Islamabad, was an effort to celebrate and acknowledge the diligent efforts of graduating business and computing students …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 20(ABC): Chairman, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lieutenant General Akhtar Nawaz on Saturday said the country received an unprecedented monsoon rainfall and the Authority keeping in view the recent spell in Sindh has sent a special relief package to its flood-affected areas. Addressing the ceremony for relief assistance being dispatched to flood-hit areas of Sindh, the NDMA Chairman …

QUETTA, Aug 20 (ABC): A man was killed while nine others including a woman got injured as a passenger coach overturned in the Bolan area of Balochistan here on Saturday.Levis officials said that the passenger coach was on its way to Karachi from Quetta when due to over speeding, it skidded off the road and overturned at Qambri bridge of …

ISLAMABAD, August 19(ABC): The Federal government on Friday imposed section 144 in Islamabad after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supremo Imran Khan announced nationwide rallies to show solidarity with Shahbaz Gill. Deputy Commissioner Islamabad in a issued notification stated that there is a ban on the gathering of more than five people at any place, and on all kinds of gatherings, meetings, …

LAHORE, Aug 19 (ABC): Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has approved the adoption of emergency management model in hospitals in a meeting which also reviewed the proposal to declare emergencies as a completely separate department in hospitals. An in-principle approval was given to use disposable bed sheets in emergency wards. The CM endorsed the decision to give special allowance …

ISLAMABAD, August 19(ABC): The apex poll body in the country on Friday made the startling concession that there were ‘loopholes’ in the voter lists and the electoral system according to which recent local bodies polls in Sindh and Balochistan were conducted and the recent by-elections in Punjab. However, the poll body said that it has worked to fix the issues …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (ABC): Pakistan on Friday categorically rejected the deliberate Indian attempts of pre-poll rigging and overt manipulation in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The latest announcement of permitting even temporary residents in the occupied territory, including outside workforce and security personnel, to register as “voters” was a clear manifestation of the treacherous Indian design to …

KARACHI, August 19(ABC): Sindh Labor Minister Saeed Ghani has resigned from the ministry, he has sent his resignation to the Sindh Chief Minister. As per details, Saeed Ghani resigned from the ministry to campaign for local government elections. He has also served as Sindh Education Minister and Provincial Local Government Minister. Saeed Ghani sent his resignation to Sindh Chief Minister …

RAWALPINDI, August 19(ABC): Awami Muslim League Pakistan (AML-P) leader Sheikh Rashid on Friday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is the most helpless PM and Finance Minister Miftah Ismail is the spokesperson of International Monetary Fund (IMF). Taking to Twitter, former Interior Minister Rashid said that along with Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), MQM Pakistan is also pressurizing PM Shehbaz. While …

ISLAMABAD, August 19(ABC): Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on Friday afternoon said that all internet services in Pakistan have been restored, hours after an outage was reported across the country. “The technical fault in data networks which caused internet outage in Pakistan has been resolved,” read a press release issued by the authority. PTA said that all iinternet services in Pakistan “have …

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (ABC): Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Masood Khan, discussed a host of issues, ranging from Pak-US multilateral cooperation on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to connectivity and digital inclusion, when he met US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, Ambassador Michele Sison, on Thursday, according to an embassy press release. Following the meeting, the ambassador …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19(ABC):Pakistan Railways has leased out around 4,687 acres of its land during the last four years to transform the department into profitable entity by generating more revenue. The leased-out land was located in seven divisions including Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi Multan and Sukkar, an official in the Ministry of Railways told APP. He said Pakistan Railways had …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 18 (ABC): Federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman on Thursday said that flash floods in the country swept away hundreds of houses, left families homeless, death toll increases, whereas people were facing shortage of medical supplies and food. Taking the floor of the Senate, she said at a time when the country was facing natural calamities, the …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 18 (ABC): Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) has set a target to enroll three million additional children by financial year 2022-23 through the allocation of Rs35 billion under the Benazir Taleemi Wazaif Program, a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) initiative. According to the details shared by the BISP, so far eight million children have been enrolled under this initiative …

RAWALPINDI, Aug 18(ABC): As many as 11 more dengue cases were reported in Rawalpindi during the last 24 hours, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 110. District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control(DCEPC), Dr Sajjad Mehmood, Thursday said that, among the new cases, five patients had arrived from Chak Jalaldin, two from Rawalpindi Cantonment and Kulyial and one each from …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 18 (ABC): Ambassador of the Republic of Egypt Tarek Mohamed Dahrough, on Thursday called on Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif and appreciated Pakistan’s support and assistance for Egypt. The Defence Minister welcomed the Ambassador and assured him of all possible assistance in the promotion of relations especially in the field of Defence between Pakistan and Egypt, a …

LAHORE, Aug 18 (ABC): An anti polio drive will start on August 22 in the province. According to the Health department sources on Thursday, the campaign will remain intact till August 28 in high risk districts, including Lahore, Rawalpindi and Faisalabad, while the campaign will conclude on August 26 in rest of the districts. The Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department …

LONDON, August 18(ABC):  A British-Pakistani woman has been elected as a councillor in Salford for Higher Irlam and Peel Green. Mishal Saeed, who is a graduate of the University of Oxford, won by 1,317 votes on Labour Party’s ticket. Local elections are an important opportunity for residents to make their voices heard regarding local issues and how they want them …

ISLAMABAD, August 18(ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday assigned the portfolio of anti-narcotics to the newly appointed Special Assistant Attaullah Tarar. After the approval of Shahbaz Sharif, the notification for the appointment of Atta Tarar has been issued. According to the official notification, he will work under Federal Minister for Narcotics Control Shah Zain Bugti.

ISLAMABAD, Aug 18 (ABC):Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq Wednesday said that Pakistan had always given priority to the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Government of Pakistan was looking forward to enhance the relationship that would be mutually beneficial for the two countries. “Pakistan and Iran are not only neighbors but brothers”, he said during a luncheon …

ISLAMABAD, August 18(ABC): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar on Tuesday said that the long march option is always in consideration with Imran Khan, he will use it whenever he thinks fit. PTI General Secretary said that elections are the only solution to the political and economic crisis in Pakistan, the time frame of the elections should be given, then …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 17(ABC): Deputy Director General, Ministry of Public Security (MPS) of Peoples’ Republic of China, Gao Fei along with a delegation on Wednesday visited National Counter Terrorism Authority’s (NACTA) Headquarters. Muhammad Tahir Rai, National Coordinator, NACTA briefed the delegation on authority’s contribution to counter terrorism and extremism, said a press release. Rai emphasized the significance of cooperation in sharing …

ISLAMABAD, August 16(ABC): United States Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome on Tuesday said that the U.S. stands with communities in Pakistan recovering from the devastation caused by severe flooding. In his tweet, he said, “I issued a declaration of humanitarian need, and in response, USAID Pakistan will provide $100,000 to affected populations.” This USAID International Disaster Assistance funding will help …

PESHAWAR, August 16(ABC): Awami National Party (ANP) provincial president Aimal Wali Khan on Tuesday said that talks with terrorists will not yield any concrete results. Talking to journalists, he said that any kind of fighting on Pashtun lands will not be tolerated. Aimal Wali Khan said that Pakhtun Qaumi Jirga makes it clear that instead of bringing about fundamental changes …

ISLAMABAD, August 16(ABC): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday formally started preparations for the upcoming general elections. In this regard, a committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Riaz Fatiana for the selection and initial scrutiny of PTI candidates. Sources privy to the matter said that the committee headed by Riaz Fatiana held informal meetings with the candidates, the committee …