ISLAMABAD, Sep 6(ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that those trying to draw a wedge between masses and armed forces of the country are not loyal to Pakistan. PM Shehbaz chaired a meeting of federal cabinet to discuss future strategy over PTI Chief Imran Khan’s anti-army statements. Interior Minister briefed the cabinet over possible legal action that could …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 6(ABC): Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday rejected a petition by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against phased acceptance of resignations submitted by its members of National Assembly. The IHC has declared acceptance of resignation by then Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri illegal. The court also rejected plea of PTI counsel for forming larger bench on the issue. Earlier, PTI had …

RAWALPINDI, Sep 6(ABC): Awami Muslim League Pakistan (AMLP) leader Sheikh Rashid on Tuesday said that disqualifying or containing the popularity of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan can backfire. Taking to Twitter, the former Interior Minister said that the country is facing a huge political pressure and going towards a closed street. Sheikh Rashid while lashing out at the Pakistan …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 6(ABC): The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Tuesday approved increase in electricity tariff by Rs3.39 per unit. The power regulator has hiked the power tariff under the quarterly fuel adjustment mechanism. Already burdened with inflation and rising prices of petroleum products, masses will have bear burden of Rs95 billion.

ISLAMABAD, Sep 6(ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Pakistan Monument at Shakarparian in Islamabad on Tuesday on the occasion of Defence and Martyrs’ Day. He laid a floral wreath at Yadgar-e-Shuhada to pay tributes to the valiant soldiers of the armed forces. In his address on the occasion, the Prime Minister said the whole nation salutes its martyrs and ghazis …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 6(ABC): The nation is celebrating its 58th Defense and Martyrs Day today (Tuesday), to remember the courageous war which incurred a shameful defeat to a six times bigger enemy India. The Defense and Martyrs Day is celebrated every year on September 6th to revitalize the national spirit, remember and eulogize the sacrifices of the martyrs, who spilled their …

RAWALPINDI, Sep 6(ABC): Pakistan is observing today (Tuesday) Defence Day with patriotic zeal and zest and remembering the valorous martyrs of the 1965 war, as the nation continues its battle against historic floods. The nation observes the day every year on September 6 to pay homage to the shuhahda and ghazis of the battle and reaffirm its commitment to defend Pakistan against all threats. …

Manchar Lake, Sep 6(ABC): The embankment at Manchar Lake was breached at two more points to lower the reservoir’s water level which remained dangerously high, posing a threat to adjoining areas. The new cuts were made near the RD-50 and RD-52 points in Pakistan’s largest freshwater lake. Nearly a third of Pakistan is under water — an area the size …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 6(ABC): Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan said Tuesday he’d had enough of the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) “cabal of crooks” propagating to malign him. PDM — the ruling parties who have formed the government after ousting Khan from the prime minister’s office in April — severely criticised Khan’s recent comments against the military and its …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 05 (ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday while expressing satisfaction at the upward trajectory in Pakistan-US relationship, underlined the need for a constructive and sustained bilateral engagement based on mutual respect, trust and understanding. The prime minister, in the meeting with a US Congressional delegation led by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee here, appreciated its visit to Pakistan …

RAWALPINDI, Sep 05 (ABC): The Pakistan Army on Monday was aghast at the defamatory and uncalled for statement about the senior leadership of Army by Chairman PTI during a political rally at Faisalabad. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that regrettably, an attempt was made to discredit and undermine senior leadership of Pakistan Army at a …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 05 (ABC): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday disposed of a  petition of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan against a ban imposed by PEMRA on live telecast of his speeches by TV channels. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah, who heard the writ filed by the former prime minister through Barrister Ali Zafar, observed that giving irresponsible statements …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 5 (ABC): Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Monday said the floods have incurred colossal damage to the country and the government was working to form a national strategy to cope with floods and manage post-flood situation which will be challenging. Talking to media here, he said, “We will be definitely consulting the institutions concerned to cope …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 5(ABC): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed the relevant authorities on Monday to provide the details of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leaders’ travel expenses in a government helicopter. A citizen had moved the court seeking information on a government helicopter used to fly in the PTI’s prime ministerial candidates for Azad Kashmir for an interview with the party head …

KOTRI, Sep 5(ABC): While water levels have returned to low to medium flood at Guddu and Sukkur barrages in Sindh, the Kotri Barrage was still in high flood on Monday with floodwater inundating several villages in Kaccha areas in Kotri and Hyderabad. In Dadu’s Khairpur Nathan Shah, flood survivors are living on the roadsides. In Sehwan, the Manchhar Lake was …

Sep 5(ABC): If the idea of a pair of smart glasses that lets you create your own mini-cinema excites you, they you would want to give Lenovo’s new Glasses T-1 a try. The wearable display device was first unveiled at IFA 2022 and is set to hit the Chinese markets later this year. It allows a user to connect to …

Sep 5(ABC): An Artificial Intelligence (AI) application that can listen for coronavirus in your voice has been created, a researcher revealed on Monday at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Barcelona, Spain. “The promising results suggest that simple voice recordings and fine-tuned AI algorithms can achieve high precision in determining which patients have Covid-19 infection,” said Wafaa Aljbawi, a …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 5(ABC): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued notices to respondents on a bail petition filed by PTI leader Shehbaz Gill, who was arrested on August 9 under sedition charges. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the petition on Monday and issued notices to Islamabad’s Kohisar Police Station SHO and City Magistrate Ghulam Murtaza. The PTI leader has …

KARACHI, Sep 5(ABC): The Pakistani rupee is struggling against the US dollar after its recent rally came to a grinding halt last week. On Monday, the US dollar appreciated by Rs0.52 to rise to Rs219.50 in interbank Monday, despite a $1.1 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Rupee’s three-day winning streak of about Rs3.30 was broken on Thursday and …

QAMBAR SHAHDAT KOT, Sep 5(ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said the government had decided to increase the flood relief assistance under Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) from the existing Rs 28 billion to Rs 70 billion. The 2.5 times increase in the volume of the assistance programme has been made in view of the gross damages of lives, …

KARACHI, Sep 5(ABC): Former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) president Asif Ali Zardari on Monday said that the former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan is maligning the state institutions while terming his agenda anti-Pakistani Zardari in his statement has said that the entire nation knows by now who is the real Fitna (evil) of this …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 5(ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has strongly denounced statements of PTI Chairman Imran Khan against institutions. In a statement on Monday, he said Imran Khan’s highly condemnable campaign of defaming institutions and spreading hatred against them is reaching a new extreme every day. The Prime Minister regretted that the PTI Chairman is now directly resorting to mudslinging and …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 5(ABC): An earthquake measuring 5.3 on Richter scale jolted federal capital Islamabad and several cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab on late Sunday night, Dunya News reported. The tremors were felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Mardan, Abbottabad, Swabi, Mohmand, Bajour, Buner and their adjacent areas. People came out of their homes in panic and started reciting verses from …

MANCHAR LAKE, Sep 5(ABC): The city administration has decided to make two more breaches to the embankment at Manchar Lake as the water level has yet to recede due to the continuous deluge from Balochistan. The dyke has already been breached once at the RD-14 point near Bagh-e-Yousuf due to the increased risk of the embankment breaking down as the …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 5(ABC):  The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday asked whether PTI Chairman Imran Khan wanted to hurt the morale of the armed forces by delivering anti-military speeches. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah’s remarks came during a hearing against the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s (PEMRA) order prohibiting television channels from airing Khan’s speeches live. At the last hearing, …

DUBAI, Sep (ABC): Pakistan on Sunday won the nail-biting match against arch-rivals India by five wickets in their first match of the Super Four stage to make it even against the Rohit Sharma-led side. India had set a mammoth 182-run target for Pakistan to chase in their 20 overs after being asked to bat first. The Pakistani innings started slow …

KACHHI, Sep 4 (ABC): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said during the current situation which arose after the monsoon rains and floods, the entire nation was working in unison and inspiration to overcome the problems which was very important. Expressing his view after getting a briefing from the relevant authorities over the reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts of road, …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 4 (ABC): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday urged the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and other global agencies to support Pakistan as the climate-induced calamities had adversely affected the country’s children. On his Twitter handle, the prime minister said over 400 children were dead in recent floods which make up one-third of the overall …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 04 (ABC):The unprecedented torrential monsoon rains across the country on Sunday inflicted further lives and property losses as the total death count in various incidents reached 1,290 and 12,588 individuals got injured since the onset of the rainy season. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued a 24-hour situation report released on routine basis that accounted overall life, …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 3(ABC): Pakistan on Saturday vowed to bring back “normalcy” and provide relief to the affected people after deadly floods killed more than 1,200 and destroyed millions of homes. In a press conference at the National Flood Response and Coordination Centre alongside military officials, Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal called on the international community to support Pakistan and assured …

BEIJING, Sep 3(ABC): Chinese researchers have developed a prototype of planar and flexible 3D printed sodium-ion micro batteries (NIMBs) with ultra-high areal capacity and boosted rate capability, according to a research article recently published in the journal Advanced Materials. Planar NIMBs are a promising new micro-power source because of their rich sodium resources, low cost, and fast sodium ion transmission. …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 2(ABC): Senior PTI leader Shahbaz Gill on Friday approached Islamabad High Court (IHC) after continuous efforts to get bail from a trial court in a sedition case filed against him. PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s chief of staff Gill has been in detention since last month when he was arrested after a treason case was filed against him for …

WASHINGTON, Sep 2(ABC): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned against protests and instability in Pakistan amid rising inflation — which just hit a 47-year-high in August. Pakistan’s inflation measured by the consumer price index (CPI) has hit a 47-year high, accelerating to 27.3% in August 2022, the level last seen in May 1975. The full impact of massive flooding …

BOBAR (GHIZAR), Sep 2 (ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday assured the flood-stricken people that the government would not leave them alone until all the victim families were rehabilitated. The prime minister, in an interaction with the flood-affected people of Ghizar’s Bobar village expressed condolence over the loss of lives and properties. During the briefing, the prime minister was …

KARACHI, Sep 02 (ABC): Pakistan Rupee gains reduces to 33 paisa after opening Rs 1.5 up in the interbank against the dollar as inflation hit 47 years high. The rupee is trading at 218.42 in interbank at PST 12:39 after hitting high of 217.25 in the earlier session against yesterday closing of 218.75. Pakistan CPI inflation General, increased by 27.3% …

SARGODHA, Sep 1(ABC): Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supremo Imran Khan on Thursday claimed that four people conspired in a closed room to disqualify him. While reacting to his recent telethon, PTI’s Imran Khan said at a public rally in Sargodha that overseas Pakistanis generously donated to the telethon, adding that many people could not be contacted because …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 1(ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday announced an exemption from fuel cost adjustment charges for consumers using less than 300 units of electricity per month. The previous exemption that was allowed last month on August 23 was for consumers of 200 units of electricity. “I believe an increase of 100 units will make a difference in inflationary …

RAJANPUR, Sep 1(ABC): Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed on Thursday reached flood-affected areas of Rojhan of district Rajinpur in Punjab and met flood victims at a relief camp, the military said in a statement. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army chief assured flood affectees that the Pakistan Army will help them to overcome their …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 1(ABC): The UK is providing further urgent life-saving support of £15 million to Pakistan following devastating floods that have left a third of the country underwater. According to a statement issued by the British High Commission in Islamabad on Thursday, Foreign Secretary of the UK Liz Truss has said that the Humanitarian support totaling £15 million from the …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 1(ABC): The federal government on Thursday requested the Supreme Court of Pakistan to dismiss Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan’s petition challenging recent amendments to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) laws. The federal government has submitted a reply on Imran Khan’s petition challenging the amendments to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) ordinance in the apex court while in intial response …