Islamabad, june 30 : Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said on Tuesday that all the controversial laws, including those involving the National Accountability Bureau, should be reformed. Addressing the National Assembly that continued on with its second consecutive session, the federal minister said that the government should spend money on the youth now. “We have spent a lot on old businessmen and industrialists… Now we need to spend on our youth,” he said. Chaudhry said urged politicians to move forward, give up bickering among one another and uniteRead More

PESHAWAR, June 30:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Labour and Culture Shaukat Yousafzai Tuesday said the provincial government has decided to issue 100 percent Sehat Insaf Card (SIC) at provincial level during the financial year 2020-21. Talking to a delegation of Insaf Doctors Forum at District Headquarters Hospital Alpuri during his visit to Shangla, he said the government has allocated a considerable amount in the budget for the health sector for up-gradation of all Basic Health Units and District Headquarters Hospitals. Education and Health sectors are top priorities of the provincial governmentRead More

ISLAMABAD, Jun 30: Director General of National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) Hassan Baig Tuesday said forest plays an important role in ecological and economical life. Pakistan has one of the lowest forest areas in the world. About 20-25 percent of the total land area is the desired level for the forest. Research shows that the forest is one of main factor for clean and pure environment for the inhabitants. Forests are natural way to purify the atmosphere and make it healthy for living ones said a press release issuedRead More

DNA ISLAMABAD, June 30 :Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday said that he had approached United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and other world leaders to stop India from illegal annexation of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K) and illegitimate attempts to change demography of the occupied territory. The prime minister on his twitter account, further said that issuance of domicile certificates to 25,000 Indian nationals was part of those illegal attempts by India to change demographic structure of the IOJ&K which was also a clear violation of the UN SecurityRead More

ISLAMABAD: Thirty-eight Indian High Commission officials in Islamabad headed homewards on Tuesday through the Wagah border crossing after Pakistan asked India to cut the size of its diplomatic staff here by half in a tit-for-tat response to the neighbouring country’s similar move. According to sources, the Indian High Commission officials, including six diplomats, left by two buses and a truck for the Wagah border. The Indian officials also included a first secretary, two second secretaries, and three attachés. A total of 100 officials of the Pakistani High Commission in NewRead More

ISLAMABAD : The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday overturned the Sindh High Court (SHC) order of transferring the Mehar triple murder case to an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC). A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Mushir Alam announced a reserved verdict on an appeal. The apex had reserved the judgment on May 29, 2020. Last year in the month of February, the Sindh High Court (SHC) had ordered hearing of Mehar triple murder case in an anti-terrorism court. The high court’s Sukkur bench announced its reserved judgment.Read More