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Pakistan likely to face acute water shortage within three years
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Of all the crises confronting Pakistan today, water scarcity is the least talked about but most challenging for a country where over 30 million citizens have no access to clean drinking water. In three years, Pakistan will be staring at acute water scarcity
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PTI leader files petition in IHC against blasphemy cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry filed a written petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday requesting that blasphemy cases registered against the party's leadership be declared "illegal".
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PTI leaders shares 'proof' of US role in ousting Imran Khan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders on Monday shared the footage of US defence analyst Rebecca Grant who confirmed that their country had played a role in ousting PTI Chairman Imran Khan through the vote of the no-confidence motion.
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Pakistan: PML-Q leader claims charges against Imran Khan part of 'politica
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Moonis Elahi, Pakistan Muslim League Qaid (PML-Q) top leader, claimed a political vendetta behind the registration of FIR against the former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, and warned the Sharif brothers to refrain from any kind of revengeful moves.
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Pakistan: PM Sharif's aid offers PKR 50,000 reward for anyone who rips off
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): In a rather weird offer, Hanif Abbasi, special assistant to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that anyone who rips off and brings former Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid's wig will be rewarded PKR 50,000.
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Pakistan: PML-Q accuses Sharif of influencing court decisions
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League (Q) leader Moonis Elahi accused Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his extended family of influencing the judicial system and while taking a dig said that courts open at night when decisions are in their favour.
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Pak Minister claims Imran Khan retained official vehicle worth PKR 150 mln
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Pakistan Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Sunday claimed that former Prime Minister Imran Khan has retained an official vehicle worth Pakistani rupees 150 million, reported local media.
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State-run Pak TV fails to cover PM Sharif's event due to non-availability
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Pakistan state television PTV was unable to make an on-the-spot coverage of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's Lahore visit last week due to the "non-availability of a functional laptop".
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Pak court gives Rashid's nephew 2-day police remand for 'insulting' Shehba
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Former Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed's nephew Sheikh Rashid Shafiq who was arrested on Sunday for his alleged involvement in the Madinah incident, has been sent to remand in police custody for another two days.
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Ex Pak Minister accuses ruling party of plans to kill him
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Taking a jibe at PML-N leaders during a press conference in Islamabad, former interior minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed questioned the dynamics of the party while also claiming that Sharif and his party members are planning to kill him.
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Pakistan to rejig postings of its envoys in important world capitals
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will rejig postings of the country's envoys later this month after consulting State Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and other senior officials.
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Pakistan: Farmers decry urea crisis after gas supply to fertilizer units w
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Farmers of Pakistan fear that the urea crisis would be severe this year because of the reduction in the gas supply that has been diverted to help overcome the electricity shortage in the country.
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