Lahore: Punjab Minister for Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife Sibtain Khan has resigned from his position after being arrested by NAB in a corruption case.Sibtain Khan was arrested on charges of illegally awarding a multi-billion-dollar contract to an alleged fake company in 2007. As a Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) minister for mines and

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Islamabad: The National Accountability Bureau has opposed Nawaz Sharif plea seeking suspension of sentence handed down to him in Al-Azizia reference.According to Geo News, the NAB has submitted its response to Sharif's plea with the Islamabad High Court.The response was submitted by NAB's Deputy Prosecutor Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi after the

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Karachi: Heatwave continues to persist in Karachi on Saturday with temperatures rising to 41 degree Celsius. The Met office said the temperature was recorded at 33 degree at 9: 00 am in the morning while humidity was 43.Meanwhile, K-Electric has added to the miseries of the people by resorting to load-shedding

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Pakistan weather forecast: Saturday 15-06-2019Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the countryِ.However, dust-thundershower/rain with gusty winds is expected at isolated places in Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha, Multan, D.G khan, Mirpurkhas divisions,

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BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday pointed out that his three meetings with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the last eight months were fully reflective of the high level of China-Pakistan all-weather strategic partnership and both countries should carry out closer coordination and cooperation under the changing regional and international

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Karachi: Regional UNAIDS officials briefed Friday Sindh Governor Imran Ismail that unsafe injection practices and poor infection control had emerged as the leading cause of the recent HIV outbreak in Ratodero area of Larkana, saying UNAIDS was ready to extend all possible support to the Pakistani health authorities in managing the situation and to

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved appointment of Pakistanformer Ambassador to United States, Ali Jehangir Siddiqui as &Ambassador-at-Large& for foreign investment.A notification has been issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here on Friday.According to the notification, Ali Jehangir Siddiqui has been

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BISHKEK: Prime Minister Imran Khan took the centre stage with Russian President Vladimir Putin while his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi was snubbed at the 19th annual summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Bishkek.PM Imran Khan, in the videos and pictures of the summit, could be seen exchanging pleasantries with world leaders, however,

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BISHKEK: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi exchanged pleasantries on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Bishkek.Indian media reported that PM Imran Khan and Narendra Modi exchanged ‘usual& pleasantries on the second day of the SCO summit.Imran Khan also congratulated

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan PeopleParty (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that there is no difference in Naya Pakistan and former president General (retd) Pervez MusharrafPakistan.Addressing a press conference following the arrest of PPP leader Faryal Talpur by National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Bilawal said, &The

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Karachi: Sindh government has announced 15 per cent increase in the salary of provincial employees in the budget 2019-20.Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday presented a Rs1,217 billion zero deficit budget for the next financial year in which a 15 percent salary and pension has been increased across the board.The chief minister

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KARACHI: Sindh chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday presented a Rs1,217 billion zero deficit budget for the next financial year, 2019-20 in which a 15 percent salary and pension has been increased across the board.In the budget Peoples Promise Programme, a programme for poverty reduction as pledged by the Chairman PPP in his election

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Islamabad: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested PPP leader Faryal Talpur in money laundering case.According to Geo News, Faryal, a Member of the Sindh Assembly, was arrested hours after NAB chairman signed arrest warrant for her.He, however, has declared Faryal Talpur's resident in the capital as sub-jail and the PPP

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ISLAMABAD: After severe backlash, President Dr Arif Alvi Friday ordered the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to stop the development projects being undertaken by it at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.The projects have been stopped in pursuance of the governmentausterity drive, spokesperson of Aiwan-e-Sadr said in a statement.On Thursday, a tender

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ISLAMABAD: Senior leader of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Friday asked Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser to issue production order of former President Asif Ali Zardari, enabling him to attend the budget session.On a point of order, he said &The former president is at three- minute distance from the National

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday proposed an eight-pronged course of action for Shanghai Cooperation Organization calling for a peaceful co-existence, regional trade, soft and infrastructure connectivity and a framework against corruption and white collar crimes among the member states.Addressing the 19th meeting of the SCO Council of

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on Friday heard references against the Supreme Court judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Karim Khan (KK) Agha of Sindh High Court.Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa chaired the Supreme Judicial Council meeting where Supreme Court Judges Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh

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Prime Minister Imran Khan is in Kyrgyzstan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization , a political, economic, and security alliance established in 2001.Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping are also among the leaders who are in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek to attend summit

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday met President of China Xi Jinping wherein both the countries reaffirmed their all-weather strategic cooperative partnership and resolved to advance China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).The meeting took place in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz capital, on the sidelines of the meeting of the Council of Heads of

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ISLAMABAD: Continental air is prevailing over most parts of the country. Severe tropical Cyclone &VAYU& in the Northeast Arabian Sea has intensified as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS).Weather Forecast for Friday:Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the countryِ۔ However, dust-thundershower/rain with

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