News about Happenings in Pakistan
Italy has announced plans to employ more than 10,000 Pakistani workers over the next three years under a new labour agreement between the two countries, aimed at expanding legal employment opportunities for Pakistanis in Europe. Under the arrangement, Pakistan has been allocated a dedicated workforce quota, allowing skilled and semi-skilled […]
LAHORE: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi is set to lead a major Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf rally at Minar-e-Pakistan today, turning his Lahore visit into a high-profile show of the party’s mobilisation in Punjab. The announcement comes amid claims that PTI’s influence in Punjab has weakened, a view Afridi rejected while […]
United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in Pakistan on his first official visit on Friday. Upon arrival at Pakistan Air Force Nur Khan Air Base, the visiting dignitary was accorded a 21-gun salute. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, […]
WEB DESK: Federal Minister for Planning and senior PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal briefly dropped out of a live television interview on Thursday when his video link abruptly cut, before returning moments later to reassure viewers that “all is well”. During the interruption, a voice could be heard saying, “shut this […]
RAWALPINDI: The Commander of the Royal Navy of Oman, Rear Admiral Saif Bin Nasser Bin Mohsin Al Rahbi, called on Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf at Naval Headquarters in Islamabad on Wednesday, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. During the meeting, both sides discussed matters of […]
ISLAMABAD: United Arab Emirates President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will undertake an official visit to Pakistan on December 26, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday. Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said this would be Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed’s first visit to Pakistan since […]
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army’s top leadership has expressed firm resolve that no malicious interest, political or otherwise, aimed at undermining national unity, security and stability will be tolerated, the Inter-Services Public Relations said on Wednesday. The resolve was expressed during the 273rd Corps Commanders’ Conference held at General Headquarters in […]
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court on Tuesday issued a stay order on the conduct of local government elections in Quetta, halting the electoral process until further proceedings. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Aminuddin heard the case, with Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Ali Baqar Najafi as members of […]
ISLAMABAD: The Arif Habib Corporation Limited–led consortium has acquired a majority stake in Pakistan International Airlines after submitting the highest bid of Rs135 billion in the privatisation process of the national flag carrier. The consortium raised its offer from Rs115 billion to Rs135 billion in the second round of open […]
Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces, visited the National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad, where he was briefed by civil and military participants of the ongoing National Security and War Course on academic perspectives regarding national security challenges and strategies to address them. […]