ISLAMABAD : President-elect of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Volkan Bozkir reached the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad on Monday. On arrival, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi welcomed the visiting dignitary. Bozkir also planted a sapling at the office of the foreign ministry, a day after Pakistan kicked off its largest plantation drive in history. After the meeting, Shah Mahmood Qureshi and the UNGA President-elect will hold a joint press conference. Bozkir will hold meetings with the top leaders of the country, including Prime Minister Imran Khan. TheRead More

ISLAMABAD: Accountability court on Monday has indicted Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari in Park Lane reference. The hearing was conducted by AC Judge Azam Khan. Asif Ali Zardari, Anwar Majeed along with nine accused were indicted in the reference via video link hearing. Asif Zardari joined the indictment proceedings via video link from Bilawal House Karachi, Anwar Majeed from a hospital in Karachi while three other accused, Farooq Abdullah, Hanif, and Saleem Faisal joined the video link proceedings from Karachi. The accused refused toRead More

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has thanked all those who came out on his call to participate in the tree plantation drive on Sunday across the country. PM Imran in his tweet said: “From Lower Dir to all parts of the country; from Tigers and youth to the elderly; all came out in huge numbers to plant trees.” “I want to thank everyone who responded to my call to plant a tree today,” PM Imran added. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday had launched a record-breaking plantation drive inRead More