ISLAMABAD, Oct 27(ABC): Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most plain areas of the country, while cold in northern parts of the country during next twelve hours. However, light rain-wind with thunderstorm is expected in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit Baltistan. Temperatures of some major cities recorded this morning: Islamabad thirteen degree centigrade, Lahore nineteen, Karachi twenty-six, Peshawar …

BAHAWALPUR, Oct 26 (ABC): Khawaja Farid Chair, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur on Wednesday organized a national conference on the theme of “Oneness of Being” to convey the messages of the great Sufi poet Hazrat Khawaja Ghulam Farid (R.A.) to the new generation at Baghdad ul Jadeed Campus. Addressing the seminar, Vice Chancellor IUB Engr. Prof. Dr Athar Mahboob said …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (ABC): The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 520 shelter kits among survivors of floods in Sindh province. Unprecedented monsoon rains and floods have killed at least 1,725 people, affected 33 million and cost Pakistan more than $30 billion in economic losses since mid-June. In response to the flood devastation, KSrelief last month …

ISLAMABAD, Oct. 26 (Internews): Muhammad Irfan, an employee of a government agency under the Ministry of Information, disappeared from his house after receiving death threats from unknown armed men. According to the sources, Muhammad Irfan, an employee of the Federal Ministry of Information’s subsidiary, is accused of having provided some sensitive information to the well-known journalist Arshad Sharif who was …

Oct 26(ABC): The Election Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday expressed its displeasure over what it termed were “delaying tactics” being adopted by Lahore in the conduct of local government elections in the province. This was stated by the Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja on Tuesday while hearing a petition on local government elections in Punjab. Leading a three-member bench, …

Oct 26(ABC): In a move aimed at boosting tourism in the region, the autonomous Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) region on Tuesday inaugurated its first-ever airline. Essentially flying helicopters instead of jet planes in a region which lacks commercial landing strips, the vertical landing and take off ability of helicopters will make it easy for aircraft to ferry people between …

LAHORE, Oct 26(ABC): Pakistan has reported one death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,573,807. The nationwide tally of fatalities jumped to 30,625 on Wednesday. According to the latest figures by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 52 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 across the …

KARACHI, Oct 26(ABC): Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed said Tuesday the body would restore the Prime Minister Laptop Scheme in the next few days. Speaking with journalists in Karachi, the chairman announced that the HEC will also initiate a programme for online courses for students in Pakistan’s universities with support from Microsoft and different global organisations. He …

Oct 26(ABC): Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the PML-N-led government will not fall as a result of the long march. Abbasi’s remarks come a few hours after PTI Chairman Imran Khan announced the date for the long march yesterday. He said his party’s much-awaited long march will start on Friday, October 28. The march will start from …

Oct 26(ABC): A policeman guarding a polio vaccination team was shot dead in Pakistan on Tuesday, local government officials said, the latest death in a bloody campaign to eradicate the disease. The attack took place in the Pishin district of Balochistan during a week-long nationwide polio drive that hopes to inoculate 25 million children. Pakistan is one of two countries, …

RAWALPINDI, Oct 25(ABC): Awami Muslim League Pakistan (AMLP) leader Sheikh Rashid on Tuesday called out Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zaradari for speaking against the state institutions. Taking to Twitter, he said that speaking against the state institutions in presence of ministers is questionable. He said that politics is filled with people who are just …

QUETTA , Oct 25(ABC): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday announced the elections schedule for the reserved seats of the local government in Balochistan. “The polling for the reserved seats in 32 districts of Balochistan will be held on December 14,” said the ECP Balochistan Spokesman, Naeem Ahmed. He said that the ECP was all set to hold …

LAHORE, Oct 25(ABC): The Civil Lines police Monday registered a case against Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen on terrorism charges, following his speech at the Asma Jahangir Conference a day ago. The FIR was registered under Sections 124A, 149, 305 PPC and Anti-Terrorism Act, 1977-II-X on the complaint of a citizen, Naeem Mirza. As per the complainant, Pashteen …

KARACHI, Oct 25(ABC): The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Tuesday said the country will witness its second partial solar eclipse today (October 25). According to the notification issued by the PMD, the solar eclipse will be partially visible in Pakistan. “The second partial solar eclipse on 25th October, 2022. It will be visible from most of Europe, Northern Africa, the Middle …

Oct 25(ABC): The services of the WhatsApp messaging app have started to resume after a more than an hour disruption, WABetaInfo, a platform that keeps a watch on developments related to the app, confirmed Tuesday. WhatsApp users across India, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Asia reported issues with sending and receiving texts and videos. “Some messages may finally …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (ABC): President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday urged the need to identify and collectively address the underlying reasons for the rising incidents of Islamophobia across the globe through the forum of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC). The president said that OIC was the collective voice of the Muslim Ummah. The president expressed these views while talking …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (ABC): The UAE Pakistan Assistance Programme (UAE PAP) has announced the results of the UAE Polio Vaccination Campaign carried out in Pakistan from 2014 to the end of September 2022, highlighting that the campaign succeeded in administering 647,758,365 doses of vaccination against polio in nine years in Pakistan. The move follows the directives of President UAE Sheikh …

KARACHI, Oct 24(ABC): Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will be resuming its flights in the United Kingdom after a two-year ban, sources told on Monday. A five-member delegation of the Civil Aviation Authority has left for Brussels to meet officials of the European Commission and International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) on October 25, said the sources. The sources further said that the European authorities …

Oct 24(ABC): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Asad Umar on Sunday alleged that a party worker’s brother had been arrested in Islamabad after the capital police failed to extract the worker himself. In a tweet, the PTI leader criticised the law enforcement agencies in Islamabad for “ripping the law up to shreds” claiming that the police arrested Mehtab Bukhari when …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 23(ABC): Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Aseefa Bhutto Zardari on Sunday requested all parents to support the government in its effort towards polio eradication. Ahead of World Polio Day 2022, she said the recent polio cases in Pakistan are a threat to our future generations and our children can be saved from childhood diseases like polio through vaccine. …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 23(ABC): Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Sunday eulogized Begum Nusrat Bhutto, the spouse of former prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, on her 11th death anniversary. In her message received here, the federal minister said, “On the death anniversary of the mother of democracy Begum Nusrat Bhutto, I pay tribute to her on behalf of …

LAHORE, Oct 23(ABC): Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Sunday said that Islam teaches its followers to respect the minorities. On the occasion of Diwali, a special function was organized at the Chief Minister House, where which Pervaiz Elahi participated as the chief guest, cutting a cake along with the Hindu community and other minorities. On this occasion, CM …

RAWALPINDI, Oct 23(ABC): Awami Muslim League (ANL) chief and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad on Sunday warned that the country is close to default. In a statement on Twitter, the AML chief said that the Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has failed as he did not get any help and neither was he given the chance for a meeting. Sheikh …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 23(ABC): Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Interfaith Harmony and the Middle East Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi said Islam rejected sectarianism, extremism, and terrorism in all their forms and manifestations. Addressing an “International Tahzeem-e-Harmain Al-Sharifain Conference” in Abuja (Nigeria), he said to get rid of these social evils, it was necessary to disseminate the message of Islam in its …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (ABC): President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday said amid the evolving global challenges, the way forward for Pakistan was to outline a national strategy securing the domains of both traditional and non-traditional security including cyber warfare. Addressing the inaugural session of the Global Strategic Threat & Response (GSTAR) 2022 conference on ‘Challenges and Opportunities Evolving Global Order’, …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19(ABC): Head of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has summoned the meeting of government s alliance on Friday (October 21), Dunya News reported The meeting will be held at the Muslim League Secretariat in Chak Shahzad on Friday which will be presided over by Maulana Fazlur Rehman. All heads of political …

LAHORE, Oct 19(ABC): Pakistan has reported three deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,573,490. The nationwide tally of fatalities jumped to 30,624 on Wednesday. According to the latest figures by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 55 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 across the …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19(ABC): The federal government on Tuesday decided to file a review petition over the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s verdict to acquit Shahrukh Jatoi and his accomplices in the Shahzeb murder case. In the text of the letter written by the Attorney General’s (AG) Office on the federal government’s decision to review the petition stated that the opinion of …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19(ABC):The Islamabad Police on Wednesday arrested Sameena Shah, mother of Shahnawaz Amir — the main accused in the Sarah Inam murder case. The law enforcement agency arrested Shah after Additional Sessions Judge Sohail Sheikh dismissed her bail plea. Police Station Shehzad Town’s personnel arrested the accused outside the courtroom after she appeared before the judge with her lawyer. …

KARACHI, Oct 18(ABC): Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) Karachi President Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman Tuesday alleged that the postponement of local body elections in Karachi was part of Pakistan Democratic Movement’s “joint agenda” and demanded resignation from the chief election commissioner. Rehman’s remarks came after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced to the postponement of Karachi’s local body elections which were scheduled …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 18(ABC): Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman said Tuesday that Pakistan would advocate for the inclusion of “loss and damage” upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP27). Rehman’s comments came during the first meeting of the Pakistan Climate Change Council (PCCC) at the PM House, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the chair. “We will be advocating for loss and damage …

Oct 18(ABC): The Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja said that Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) cannot be implemented in a hurry or on someone’s wish. It it is rushed, he warned that any elections held by this new system have the potential to become controversial. He said this while hearing a case on the local body elections in Punjab at …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 18(ABC): National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Tuesday said that the sacrifices rendered by Karsaz martyrs will always be remembered in history. In a statement, he said the loyalty of Karsaz martyrs to democracy is unmatchable. They sacrificed their lives for the protection of democracy and their leader Muhtarma Benazir Bhutto, he added. The Speaker said that …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 18(ABC): A flight steward of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) mysteriously went missing from Toronto Airport on Tuesday. The PIA spokesperson said that Ejaz Ali Shah had reached Islamabad from Canada through PK-781, while the flight attendant was supposed to return to Islamabad on October 16, adding that disciplinary action will be taken against him by the PIA administration …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 18(ABC): Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salem Al-Zaabi called on Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi in Islamabad on Tuesday. They discussed matters of regional maritime affairs during the meeting. The Ambassador appreciated the efforts of the Pakistan Navy during the recent flood in the country. The CNS thanked …

RAWALPINDI, Oct 18(ABC): Awami Muslim League Pakistan (AMLP) leader Sheikh Rashid on Tuesday said that the backdoor talks have always been failed. Taking to Twitter, the former Interior Minister Rashid said that after Sunday’s by-elections, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is running away from the elections. While talking about the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo and former prime minister Nawaz …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 18(ABC): After witnessing no progress in the implementation of the political deal with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) once again hinted at quitting the Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition government. A delegation led by MQM-P convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Minister for Overseas Pakistanis’ Affairs Faisal Sabzwari, Governor Sindh …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 18 (ABC): The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has sacked acting secretary general Dr Adeel Nawaz from his post. “Dr Adeel Nawaz, Acting Secretary General, has been de-notified and will relinquish the charge with immediate effect,” a notification issued by the PRCS read. The notification was released with the signatures of PRCS Chairman Sardar Shahid Ahmed Laghari. PRCS …

KARACHI, Oct 17 (ABC): Sindh Information Minister, Sharjeel Inam Memon, on Monday, said that the people of Multan and Karachi have rejected Imran Khan’s narrative and both PTI chairman and vice chairman have been defeated by workers of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). Sharjeel Memon while reacting to Imran Khan’s news conference lamented political approach of Imran Khan and said that …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (ABC): A Saudi Armed Forces delegation led by Director Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Saudi Armed Forces, Major General Hamed Bin Rafei Al Amri on Monday called on Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu. During the meeting, the matters of regional security situation, enhanced bilateral and defence …