The Federal Cabinet has decided to form a committee for preparing long, medium and short term strategies for energy conservation in the country. The decision was taken at a meeting of federal cabinet held in Islamabad on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the chair. The committee headed by Minister for Defence…
Pakistan has ‘categorically rejected’ the Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi’s claims about Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu Kashmir (IIOJK) during a public gathering in Gujarat. The Indian PM claimed while addressing the gathering on Monday that he had ‘resolved’ the Kashmir conflict. The Foreign Office (FO) responded on Tuesday that his statement was not only…
The authorities arrested two hackers allegedly involved in the Prime Minister (PM)’s office leaks on Monday. Reports confirmed that an intelligence agency arrested the hackers, one of whom is from Rawalpindi and is associated with an educational institution there, while the other belongs to a city in central Punjab. Both of the hackers have been…
The National Assembly was informed on Monday that the government has successfully got released nineteen thousand out of the total thirty-two thousand Pakistani prisoners detained abroad. Responding to a question during the Question Hour in the House on Monday, Parliamentary Secretary on Foreign Affairs Syed Hussain Tariq said these people have been repatriated to Pakistan.…
Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sajid Hussain Turi has said the federal government is committed to improve the living standard of labourers in the country. He stated this while inaugurating 546 residential flats for Laborers at Nawa Kali area in Quetta on Monday. He said that all facilities including schools and…
In Nigeria, at least 10 people have died and sixty people are missing after a boat capsized in southeastern Anambra state. National Emergency Management Agency said, in a statement, that the vessel with 85 people on board capsized amid heavy flooding. Source: Radio Pakistan
In Austria, the polling is underway on Suday to elect the new president after completion of six years term. Six point four million registered voters are casting their votes to elect the president among six candidates. Source: Radio Pakistan
In Ukraine, at least 17 people were killed due to heavy shelling in Zaporizhzhia city. Kyiv and Moscow have blamed each other for shelling at the city which is about 125 km from the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Source: Radio Pakistan
North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles towards the eastern waters of the peninsula on Sunday. It was Pyongyang’s seventh weapons test in two weeks. The Japanese government said North Korea had fired two ballistic missiles which reached an altitude of 100km and covered a range of 350km. Source: Radio Pakistan
