Joint session of the parliament will be held in Islamabad on Thursday at 5 p.m. President Dr Arif Alvi will address the joint session. Meanwhile, National Assembly will meet on Friday at 10:30 am. Source: Radio Pakistan
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reiterated the resolve to further deepen Pakistan-UK cooperation across multiple sectors including trade, investment, security, defence, culture and people-to-people linkages. He was talking to UK’s Deputy Leader of Labour Party, Angela Rayner who called on him in Islamabad today (Tuesday) along with Member of House of Lords Lord Wajid Khan.…
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar has underlined the need for comprehensive plans to equip the people in Pakistan to help them cope with future impacts of climate change. In her virtual address from Islamabad to the event on an upscale UN Flash Appeal for Pakistan floods held in Geneva, she said…
A report from Punjab Home Department’s Provincial Intelligence Center (PIC) has unearthed a plethora of crimes occurring at the District Jail Attock. According to the report, crimes like harassment of female visitors, bribery, and drug peddling have become commonplace in jail. Furthermore, prison staff is directly involved in delivering drugs to inmates via female visitors.…
Saudi Arabia has extended the visa for Umrah performers of all nationalities from one to three months. Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah made this announcement in Tashkent during his two-day official visit to Uzbekistan. He said the recent Hajj season saw the participation of some 12,000 Uzbek pilgrims after authorities increased…
In Palestine, two Palestinians were martyred by Israeli forces during an operation near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Monday. The Palestinian Health Ministry said sixteen Palestinians were also arrested in the Israeli raids across the West Bank. Source: Radio Pakistan
The United Nations says Yemen’s warring sides have failed to reach an agreement to extend a nationwide ceasefire. In a statement, after the deadline to extend the agreement-expired, the UN’s envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg called on all sides to refrain from acts of provocation as the talks continue. The UN Envoy regretted that no…
A twelve-day anti-typhoid vaccination campaign begins in Peshawar on Monday. According to the Health Department, more than eight-hundred thousand children aged nine months to fifteen years will be vaccinated against typhoid fever during the first phase. Source: Radio Pakistan
Flood water has been drained out from fifty percent agricultural land in Sindh and the land of some districts is now ready for Rabi crops. This was stated by Sindh Agriculture Adviser Manzoor Wassan in a statement in Karachi on Sunday. He said wheat is cultivated in Sindh from October 15 to December 15. In…
