5+ hour, 3+ min ago   (638+ words) Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday announced a “relief scheme” for users of motorcycles, autos and vehicles of up to 800cc to “alleviate the burden” of rising global oil prices. Renewed hostilities in the Middle East, which have resulted in disruption…...

15+ hour, 44+ min ago   (817+ words) KARACHI: Speakers at a programme called for the creation of new administrative units or provinces and constitutionally empowered local governments (LGs), arguing that Pakistan’s existing provincial structure has failed to cope with rapid population growth, urban expansion and worsening governance....

10+ hour, 16+ min ago   (626+ words) KARACHI: All opposition parties in the Sindh Assembly have jointly rejected the proposed amendments to the Sindh Local Government (LG) Act, calling the draft law “unconstitutional” and an attempt to weaken elected local bodies. The parliamentary committee formed to review…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (770+ words) Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah said on Saturday that Parliament will decide on the matter of creating new provinces. The recent debate regarding new provinces began in late July when Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi called…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (314+ words) Punjab Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Saturday defended Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz amid recent criticism of her use of a government jet for a private visit and her remarks on the province facing a terrorism threat from neighbouring provinces. “The…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (454+ words) LAHORE: Around 100 Pakistani Sikh pilgrims, including women and children, were stopped at Faisalabad International Airport on Friday from travelling to India to perform religious rituals at Gurdwara Sri Hemkund Sahib, after the immigration authorities raised questions over their travel documents…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (679+ words) GILGIT: Federal Minister for Law and Justice Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Friday that consultations on the constitutional and legal status of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) were under way, while the federal government was considering an arrangement to give the region…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (599+ words) • PTI delegation meets Fazl; both sides discuss joint strategy on national issues• Opposition leaders to review conference preparations on 15th ISLAMABAD: The JUI-F on Friday agreed to participate in the multi-party conference (MPC) being organised by the PTI ahead of its…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (689+ words) • Passes resolution against Maryam Nawaz; terms her remarks about ‘security threats from neighbouring provinces’ harmful to national unity• PML-N claims her statement is being misread, misrepresented PESHAWAR: After suspending the day’s agenda, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Friday passed a…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (348+ words) Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday ordered that there should be no loadshedding for more than two hours in any area of the country, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The premier was chairing a meeting…...