ISLAMABAD, Sep 08 (ABC): A lower court of Islamabad on Thursday extended interim bail of PTI’s chairman and former prime minister till September 27, in an FIR pertaining vandalizing the public property during his party’s long march. District and Session Judge Kamran Basharrat Mufti heard the pre-arrest bail petition of Imran Khan. The judge inquired about the attendance of former …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 8 (ABC):The government is embarking on an ambitious plan to replace 9,000 MW electricity being generated on costly fossil fuel with clean and low-cost hydel energy. Official sources told APP here Thursday that currently the share of costly thermal based electricity in total energy mix stood at around 70 per cent. Keeping in view, the high prices of …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 7 (ABC): Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Wednesday said the leaders and close associates of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had disowned their Chairman Imran Khan’s statements spewing hate against state institutions. Addressing a joint presser flanked by Federal Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail, the Minister lambasted the former premier for justifying his spiteful remarks against the senior …

D I KHAN, Sep 07 (ABC): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif here Tuesday inspected pace of work on Sagu bridge and appreciated the relevant authorities for the pace work on the project. The Prime Minister visited its different sections and reviewed pace of work there. Maulana Fazalur Rehman, Central Ameer of Jamait Ulema Islam, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 7 (ABC):Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday decided not to retain any foreign gifts and ordered that all precious gifts, received by him during his foreign visits, would be permanently displayed at PM House. According to an official source, “The Prime Minister does not wish to retain any of the gift Items presented to him during his visits …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 7 (ABC): Terming the hike in electricity and petroleum prices a result of unwise policies of the previous government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI),  Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail Wednesday hinted at slowing down the inflation rate from next month. “The nation would have to bear the higher rates for one more month”, he said while addressing …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 6(ABC): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has allowed live telecast of former prime minister Imran Khan’s speeches on the electronic media and set aside the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) order. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah, while hearing the ex-prime minister’s plea against the ban, directed Pemra on Tuesday to ensure effective enforcement of Supreme Court judgement …

PESHAWAR, Sep 6(ABC): Former prime minister Imran Khan, during his speech at a PTI rally in Peshawar on Tuesday, explained that his criticism of the army was “constructive and for its own improvement” as opposed to the comments made in the past by incumbent government leaders — clips of which were shown on the big screen in front of PTI …

Sep 6(ABC): Cats can now talk with their owners! It is the most popular app among cat lovers because it allows you to learn how your cat is feeling. However, it is often hard to figure out what they think, whether they are meowing, growling, or purring. Cats are mysterious and aloof in nature. A Japanese developer’s new ‘cat translator’ …

Sep 6(ABC): Apple Watch Pro expected design leaked by 91mobiles shows the biggest display on a wearable by Apple, which will be unveiled at the upcoming iPhone launch “Far Out” event. Apple’s first Pro smartwatch has been the subject of persistent rumors. It’s anticipated to be a rugged smartwatch, and the CAD renderings obtained and posted by 91Mobiles depict a large wearable. According …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 6(ABC): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has given last chance to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) top submit response in prohibited funding case. A four member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja took up the prohibited funding case against PTI. During the proceedings, PTI s lawyer Shah Khawar Shah submitted that the party has sought information …

Sep 6(ABC): A team of scientists has developed remote-controlled cockroaches that are part insect and part machine and have battery backpacks powered by solar panels, reported CNET. The cyborgs will act as tiny investigators of the environment. They are also meant to help with rescue missions after natural disasters. The insect’s nervous system is connected to the controller by attaching …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 6(ABC): Federal government has decided to increase the net amount of flood relief assistance program for flood-affected families to 70 billion rupees from initial assessment of 28 billion rupees. This was announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while chairing meeting of federal cabinet in Islamabad on Tuesday. He said the increase has been made keeping in view the …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 5(ABC): Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordered Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to be included in investigation with the police in the contempt of court case against him for threatening a female judge. IHC stopped police to present a challan against the PTI Chairman. While a JIT has been formed against Imran Khan in contempt of court case. …

ISLAMABAD, Sep 5(ABC): PTI Chairman Imran Khan once again drew severe criticism from the military leadership and politicians alike for his derogatory remarks towards the Pakistan Army made during a public rally in Faisalabad on Monday. Though the PTI has defended its leader’s statement, President Arif Alvi — who is also a party member — distanced himself from the statement …

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, …