Pakistan’s strategic location and growing middle class make it to qualify for an economic hub Pakistani American Community a ‘connective tissue’ between Pakistan and US Pak-US partnership contributed towards making world safer HOUSTON, June 30 (ABC): Ambassador Masood Khan has urged US investors and Pakistani diaspora to take Pakistan as the emerging market and to invest their excess capacity for …

KARACHI, June 30 (ABC): The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has applied a cut on the pension of its retired employees, sources said on Wednesday. According to sources, the retired additional directors of executive group 7 have faced a cut in their pensions and the decision was taken by the board of directors of the CAA. “Director-General CAA Khaqan Murtaza suggested …

LAHORE, June 30(ABC): Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz Sharif has reiterated his commitment to save people from various contagious diseases including corona, dengue and congo through effective policies. Chairing a meeting in Lahore on Wednesday, he expressed dismay over the failure to provide correct data regarding anti dengue measures. He directed the Chief Secretary to present performance of every districts …

KARACHI, June 30(ABC): With the Met office’s forecast of  heavy monsoon rainfall across the country from July 1 to 5, Karachi a day earlier received light rain which turned the weather pleasant Thursday morning in the port city, reported. The areas that received rain overnight included Saddar, I I Chundrigar Road, Old city areas, North Karachi, Super Highway, Defence and …

ISLAMABAD, June 30(ABC): In the wake of the surge in COVID cases in the country, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has strictly warned airlines against not adhering to face mask instructions during domestic flights. The recent warning issued by the CAA comes after the government decided to “fully activate” the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). According to CAA, it has …

SARGODHA, June 29(ABC): Six members of a family were killed and one injured in a Rickshaw-van collision on Khushab road in Sargodha. According to the details, Falak Shair (48) along with Mumtaz Hakim (55), Ghulam Shabbir (47), Mazhar Hayyat (45), Foji Mumtaz (55), Khawaja Muhammad Yasin and Muhammad Abdullah (55) was on his way to Sargodha on Motorcycle Rikshaw. Near …

KARACHI, June 29(ABC): Sindh High Court on Wednesday extended its earlier restraining order against the exhumation and postmortem of former TV host and Member National Assembly (MNA) Aamir Liaquat’s body. The two-judge bench, headed by Justice Muhammad Junaid Ghaffar, heard the plea and extended a stay order on the postmortem of the late politician till July 19. Meanwhile, the petitioner …

ISLAMABAD, June 29(ABC): Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday has raised the issue of blocking the Twitter accounts of Pakistani embassies in India with Twitter. In a statement on Twitter, PTA stated that Twitter was contacted to restore the Pakistan embassies and other notable figures in its country blocked by India. “PTA urges Twitter to reconsider its biased suppression of …

WEB DESK, June 29(ABC): The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee announced Wednesday that the Zil-Hajj moon has not been sighted in Pakistan, adding that Eid ul Adha in Pakistan will be observed on July 10 (Sunday). Chairman Maulana Syed Abdul Khabir Azad announced the decision following a meeting of the committee, held in Karachi after Maghrib prayers to sight the crescent moon. …

Lahore, June 29 (ABC): The Executive Committee of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry has strongly condemned the Indian cruelty against the Muslims. The LCCI Executive Committee in a meeting, presided by the President Mian Nauman Kabir, also passed a resolution saying that the Muslims across the world cannot tolerate Islamophobic comments. LCCI President Mian Nauman Kabir, Senior Vice …

RAWALPINDI, June 29(ABC): Awami Muslim League Pakistan (AMLP) leader Sheikh Rashid on Wednesday said that further inflation in July can increase political crisis in the country. Taking to Twitter, former Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said that Pakistan has still not received any verdict of International Monetary Fund (IMF) on sending aid to Pakistan and Pakistan is also not out from …

ISLAMABAD, June 29 (ABC): Another powerful earthquake has jolted Islamabad and its surroundings on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was 130 km beneath the Koh-e-Hindukush Mountains as per the National Seismic Monitoring Centre, Islamabad. The earthquake was measured at 4.5 on the Richter Scale and its depth was reported 130 kilometres underground. Pertinent to note that a 4.3 magnitude …

ISLAMABAD, Jun 29 (ABC): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday announced that on the occasion of the completion of 75 years of creation of Pakistan, as part of Diamond Jubilee celebrations a special ‘Logo’ has been launched under the title “Azm Aali Shan, Shad Rahey Pakistan”. In a tweet, she said that it was manifestation of the …

ISLAMABAD, June 29 (ABC): In a major step to bring reform to the health sector, Directorate of Central Health Establishment (DoCHE) has been shifted to its parent building in Karachi. A notification to this effect has been issued. The mandate of DoCHE is vast and comprises of the whole country. The name “Directorate of Central Health Establishment did not reflect …

LAHORE, June 29(ABC): Protests are being held across country after hours-long loadshedding in different cities including Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and several others. The power shortfall has reached up to its worst condition in the scorching heat and humid weather. Citizens of different cities staged protests on roads against the hours-long power outages. Situation of loadshedding in the federal capital also …

ISLAMABAD, June 29(ABC): Mainly hot and humid weather is expected in most parts of the country during the next twelve hours. However, rain-thundershower is expected in Kashmir and Southern parts of Sindh. Temperature of some major cities recorded this morning: Islamabad twenty-seven degree centigrade, Lahore thirty-two, Karachi thirty, Peshawar twenty-nine, Quetta twenty-four, Gilgit seventeen, Murree twenty-one and Muzaffarabad twenty-four degree …

KARACHI, June 29(ABC): The Pakistan Metrological Department (PMD) has warned of urban flooding in Karachi due to heavy monsoon rainfall with thunderstorms starting from July 1 across Sindh, reported. According to the PMD, moist currents from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal are likely to enter upper parts of the country from 29th June (Wednesday) which may intensify and expand …

• Ambassador Masood Khan meets Texas Governor Greg Abbott AUSTIN, June 29 (ABC): Texas and Pakistan would explore close cooperation in the areas of petroleum, agriculture, livestock, green energy, climate, tech sector, genetic engineering and semi-conductors. The scope of such cooperation was discussed when Ambassador Masood Khan met the Governor of Texas at his stately Capitol office in Austin. The …

ISLAMABAD, June 28 (ABC): Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar on Tuesday made it clear that Pakistan was in no isolation as its foreign policy moved in the right direction with all diplomatic missions working complicatedly on all fronts. Winding up the debate on Demands for Grants for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the next fiscal …

LAHORE, June 28(ABC): Awami Muslim League Pakistan (AMLP) leader Sheikh Rashid on Tuesday said that if transparent polls will not be ensured then youth will not leave the polling stations. While talking to media in Lahore, former Interior Minister Rashid said that he will be holding rallies in all four constituencies of Lahore after Eid-ul-Azha for the Punjab by-polls. He …

ISLAMABAD, June 28(ABC): The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Tuesday has predicted monsoon rains in the country from June 30. According to the Meteorological Department, moist currents from Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal are likely to enter in upper parts of the country from 29th June (Wednesday) which may intensify and expand to southern parts of the country by …

ISLAMABAD, June 28(ABC): Federal cabinet on Tuesday approved the country s first-ever National Hazardous Waste Management Policy. This was announced by Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb while briefing the media persons in Islamabad on Tuesday along with other cabinet members including Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman and Qamar Zaman Kaira. Giving details of the policy, the Minister …

ISLAMABAD, June 28(ABC): The opposition leader of the National Assembly Raja Riaz Ahmad on Tuesday said that he will fully support the treasury benches in the budget 2022-2033 approval process. Sources privy to the development said that Raja Riaz called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and discussed the political situation including appointment of the new NAB chairman while Shehbaz Sharif …

LAHORE, June 28(ABC): Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday barred Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif from inauguration of dam in Kahuta ahead of by-election in PP-7 Rawalpindi. The Prime Minister was stopped by the ECP from violating the code of conduct. He was scheduled to inaugurate the dam in Kahuta on June 29. The area falls within the constituency of …

PESHAWAR, June 28(ABC): Three people, including two policemen, were killed and one person was left injured on Tuesday in an attack on a polio team in North Waziristan, police officials confirmed. In the surrounding area of Tang Kalli tehsil Dattakhel, unidentified assailants opened fire and killed two policemen and one polio worker, while one civilian was injured. The deceased were …

ISLAMABAD, June 28 (ABC): PIA will start direct weekly passenger flights between Islamabad and Chengdu, China from July 6, Gwadar Pro reported on Tuesday quoting a statement of the national flag carrier. Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan, China, is the third destination other than Beijing for which PIA recently got operating licences from the Civil Aviation Administration of China …

Directs establishment of a pension desk in all major ministries and corporations ISLAMABAD, June 28 (ABC): Federal Ombudsman Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi took notice of the alarming situation of pensioners and directed the establishment of a pension desk in all major ministries and corporations.  He has been receiving a large number of complaints regarding delays in their pension and other post-retirement …

ISLAMABAD, June 28 (ABC): On the directions of Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Abdul Qadir Patel (NHSR&C), NCOC team arranged the meetings with Health Department Sindh to formulate strategy at provincial level amid slight rise in COVID-19 cases in Karachi. It was decided to increase testing, contact tracing and implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), especially mask wearing …

ISLAMABAD, June 28 (ABC): Health experts have shown concerns over the deceptively dangerous marketing tactics of tobacco industry to attract the youth. In a press release shared by Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), the experts warned that a global “talent hunt” competition organized by the biggest tobacco company in the world will further spread …

RAWALPINDI, Jun 28 (ABC): Rawalpindi District Administration would not allow anyone to collect hides of sacrificial animals without permission and a No-objection Certificate (NoC) from the authorities concerned as per the directive of the Punjab government. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Office Rawalpindi had announced that the applications for collecting hides of sacrificial animals would be received till June 30 and after …

ISLAMABAD, June 28(ABC): Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah on Monday said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) would win by-elections on more than 16 seats of the Punjab Assembly. Rana Sanaullah said that PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz would lead the election campaign of the party s candidates. The minister said the PML-N was not afraid of anyone as the current government …

RAWALPINDI, June 28(ABC): At least five persons died after inhaling poisonous gas in a well in Rawat area near Rawalpindi on Monday, reported. According to details, a man went inside a well in Rawat to clean it but fell unconscious due the poisonous gas accumulated in the well. Seven other persons immediately went inside the well to rescue them, but …

MAKKAH, June 28(ABC): The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who is on a visit to Saudi Arabia, performed Umrah on Monday, reported. COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa also prayed for peace, stability and prosperity of the country at Masjid-ul-Haram. Earlier on Sunday, COAS had paid respect at Roza-e-Rasool (Peace Be Upon Him) in Madina Munawara. COAS …

KARACHI, June 28(ABC): Deputy convener of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) Rabita Committee and former MNA, Kunwar Naveed Jamil, has suffered a brain hemorrhage. MQM spokesperson said Kanwar suffered a brain hemorrhage in the wee hours of Tuesday and is now admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). While the spokesperson requested people to pray for his health.

  KARACHI, June 28(ABC): Fed up of the frequent power cuts across the city, citizens have been protesting on Mauripur Road since yesterday (Monday). The road is blocked and traffic has been suspended for over 15 hours. Traffic from the ICI bridge to the Lyari Expressway has been suspended for 15 hours, according to sources. A major traffic jam caused …

WASHINGTON DC, June 27 (ABC): Ambassador Masood Khan while addressing 80 international students at prestigious Johns Hopkins University today has said that US and Pakistan are conducting a structured dialogue to promote their ties in pharmaceutical, diagnostics, commercial cooperation, public-private dialogue to enhance bilateral trade and investment in the healthcare sector and cooperation in combating pandemics. The Ambassador said that …

ISLAMABAD, June 27 (ABC): The Millennium Education group wins the prestigious and pioneering Ed-TECH Educational Technology Award 2022 last day says a press release. Dr. Faisal Mushtaq TI, Founder & Chief Executive of The Millennium Education Group Pakistan received the prestigious award from the President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan His Excellency Dr. Arif Alvi at a special ceremony at …

KARACHI, June 27 (ABC): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday inaugurated the Peoples Intra District Bus Service in Karachi to facilitate the people with inexpensive and high-standard transport. In the first phase, as per state media, the 30-bus fleet will run on a 29 KMs long route from the Model Colony to Tower. There are seven routes have been …

FATEHJHANG, June 27 (ABC): At least five persons were killed and three others sustained bullets injuries and two rivals groups attacked each other over land dispute in Fatehjang town of Attock on Monday, Police and hospital sources said.  A man and his son are among dead. The blood bath shed in Dhoke Mugalan near Dhurnal in the limits of Fatehjnag …

ISLAMABAD, June 27 (ABC): China says Pakistan is an important member of the group of friends of the Global Development Initiative. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian during a regular briefing in Beijing today [Monday] said that China highly values the important role of Pakistan in advancing implementation of the UN 2030 agenda for a sustainable development. He said that …