ISLAMABAD: :Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Widecasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Friday said that preceding governments were responsible for economic crisis in the country.In a tweet, she said that Sharif family did commit economic terrorismism with the country which resulted into the bleeding of the economy.Reacting to reports

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has extended airspace restrictions until the end of May, a civil aviation official said on Thursday, forcing foreign carriers to take costly detours since the country's standoff with rival India.Following the Pulwama attack in Occupied Kashmir, both countries carried out aerial bombing missions on each other's soil and their

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LONDON: Shehbaz Sharif has said the kind of "dictation" government was taking from the IMF is unprecedented."This is Imran Khan's "Naya Pakistan," said the Pakistan Muslim League-N President in an interview with Geo freshs.He said all the reports regarding delay in his return were baseless, adding that he means to come back before budget session

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Srinagar: Finish shutdown is being observed in occupied Kashmir nowadays (Friday) to protest against the ongoing eliminateing spree by Indian troops in the territory, according to Kashmir Media Service.Call for the shutdown has been given by the Joint Resistance Leadership.Every shops and commerce set upments are shutd in Srinagar and all

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ISLAMABAD: A westerly wave is affecting most parts of the country and likely to effect different parts of the country during next 2 days.Weather Forecast for Friday:Dust-thunderstorm/rain with loney hailstorm is expected at scattered places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Mardan, Bannu, D.I.Khan divisions), Punjab

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Pakistan: Today's Sehar and Iftar timingsToday is the 11th day of Ramzan 2019 in Pakistan. Muslims abstain from eating and drinking between Sehar and Iftar time (from dawn until sunset) during the holy month.Under are Sehar and Iftar timings for two major school of thoughts: Fiqa Hanafia (Sunni) and Jafaria (Shia) living in six major cities of

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Here are the prayers timings for Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Quetta on May 17, Friday, 11th Ramadan. (Starting time)KarachiFajr: 4:22 am, Zohar: 12:29 pm, Asr: 5:09 pm, Maghreb: 7:10 pm, Isha: 8:35 pmSunrise: 5:47LahoreFajr: 3:32 am, Zohar: 11:59 pm, Asr: 4:50 pm, Maghreb: 6:53 pm, Isha: 8:27 pmSunrise: 5:05IslamabadFajr: 3:29 am, Zohar:

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ISLAMABAD : The Hashoo Group has announced the re-opening of its five-star hotel in Gwadar.The Zaver Pearl-Continental Boilingel was shutd after a terrorismist attack on Saturday."The hotel is fully operational following a safety check and security at the hotel has been further strengthened in cooperation with authorities," the Hashoo Group said.

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KARACHI: Cop Thursday night arrested Amir-ul-Ebad, the brother of former Sindh governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad from Gulistan-e-Johar area of the metropolis over the complaint of issuing a bad cheque.According to police, they arrested the accused after a lawyer Tariq Niazi had filed a first information report (FIR) earlier in associateion with a

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LAHORE: A local court dismissed bail petitions of 11 Chinese nationals, allegedly involved in trafficking of Pakistani girls to China after contracting marriages.Judicial Magistrate Amir Raza Bittu conducted the proceedings on bail petitions filed by Hongfa Yang, Chuanjia Liu, Libing Liu, Bo Wang, Gongze He, Tianyi Liu, Yang Feng Xnu, Song

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ISLAMABAD: Kuninori Matsuda, Ambassador of Japan called on Prime Minister Imran Khan at the Prime MinisterOffice on Thursday.The Japanese Ambassador disstubborn areas of bilateral cooperation between Pakistan and Japan. PM Imran Khan appreciated Japanrole as Pakistankey development partner over the years and highlighted

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KARACHI: Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Thursday said that country's economy would be improved after implementation of IMF program.Addressing a assembly with the commerce community at the Sindh Governor Home, he said that different programmes were needed for the stabilization of economy of

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ISLAMABAD: Renowned devout scholar Maulana Tariq Jameel has finally opened up about Ramzan transmissions on television channel during the holy month.Speaking in Geo freshs programme Jirga, Maulana Tariq Jameel said &There is muchhing wrong in hosting Ramzan transmission by actors and artists on television channels.&Tariq Jameel went on

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QUETTA: At least nine terrorismists were eliminateed in security forces and counter terrorismism departmentjoint operation in BalochistanMastung area.According to details, nine terrorismists were eliminateed and four personnel of security forces sustained injuries during the search operation in MastungKabo Koh Mehran.The

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KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that PPP government during the final none year has enhanced development budgetary allocation from Rs55 billion in 2008-9 to Rs274 billion in 2017-18 just to uplift peoples& lives, livelihood and well-being.This he said while participating in policy dialogue on Sustainable Development

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday approved ‘Kamyab Jawan Program& a youth empowering initiative of the government.The program contained comprehensive welfare plans for countyyouth.Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Muhammad Usman Dar on the occasion briefed the prime minister about the

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ISLAMABAD: Central Development Working portiony (CDWP) assembly on Thursday advised Sindh federal government's Karachi Urban Movement Job (Yellow Line)& worth Rs. 61436.00 million to ECNEC for consideration.Executive Committee of National Council (ECNEC) is essential panel for economic and advancement policy making.The assembly offered approval

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ISLAMABAD: As many as 572 Pakistani prisoners in various jails of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are set to be released during Ramzan under amnesty announced by the UAE President.The Pakistanis were among the 3,005 prisoners who were pardoned by UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan as an act of kindness during the blessed month of

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ISLAMABAD: An amount of Rs. 224 million has been saved by the President Secretariat since the incumbent Government took over, as part of the drive to slash expenses by adopting austerity degrees.This has been done under the directions of President Dr Arif Alvi to reduce expenses without affecting the efficiency of operations and quality of service

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Karachi: Pakistan has presented implementation report on the recommendations of the Financial Task Force (FATF).According to Geo freshs, a Pakistani delegation led by Finance Secretary Younis Daga has attended a assembly of Asia Pacific Group, an affiliate of the FATF, in China.Also read: FATF set to assess Pak performanceThe report into

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Maryam Nawaz has said that her father former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was more concerned about the rapid economic deterioration and the common manordeal than his frail health.Maryam took to Twitter said &Mian Nawaz Sharif is leader of the masses. He was more concerned about the rapid economic deterioration and the common

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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday announced that all government schools would be converted into ''Science technology schools'' soon.He said all advance countries across the globe are using latest technology for the bright future of their generations.Talking to a private news channel , he said

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