ISLAMABAD, JUN 01 (DNA) – Former CJP Nasirul Mulk took oath as caretaker Prime Minister on Friday at the Presidency where outgoing PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was also present. The newly-appointed caretaker chief executive’s oath was administered by President Mamnoon Hussein at the President House. Following the ceremony, Justice Mulk was presented a guard of honour by the armed forces. The retired judge assumed charged as the country’s 29th prime minister after the incumbent government became the second democratic set-up to complete its five-year constitutional term at midnight on MayRead More

ISLAMABAD, JUN 01 (DNA) – The hearing of appeal against former foreign minister Khawaja Asif’s disqualification by Islamabad High Court (IHC) concluded on Friday. A three-member bench headed by Justice Umer Ata Bandial heard the case. Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) member Usman Dar’s lawyer argued that Khawaja Asif continued employment in a foreign company despite being a federal minister. “The move is a conflict of interest,” he asserted. “Can disqualification occur due to conflict of interests? There has been a lot of discussion on this topic in the world. Trump’s daughter performs dutiesRead More

KARACHI, JUN 01 (DNA) – The outgoing Sindh government and opposition have named former chief secretary Fazlur Rehman as Sindh caretaker chief minister. The decision was taken unanimously during a meeting between outgoing Sindh chief minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and opposition leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan in Karachi on late Thursday night. Fazlur Rehman is likely to take oath as caretaker chief minister of Sindh today (Friday). Governor Sindh Mohammad Zubair will administer the oath.