KARACHI, OCT 02 (DNA) – Pakistan People’s Party leader Qamar Zaman Kaira criticized on Friday the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority for imposing a ban on airing of Nawaz Sharif’s speeches and questioned the regulator’s authority to do so. PEMRA’s directives came after recent speeches by Nawaz Sharif that were critical of the government and the military establishment. “Under which law, PEMRA is stopping Nawaz Sharif’s speeches,” Kaira asked. He noted that Prime Minister Imran Khan had said that he had permitted airing of Nawaz’s speeches on TV. How could the primeRead More

QUETTA, OCT 02 (DNA) – Quetta has its first-ever woman traffic police sergeant responsible for controlling traffic and guiding drivers. According to the traffic police spokesperson, Sobia Khan is the first ever woman to be appointed as a sergeant in the history of Balochistan. Khan’s appointment is being touted as special and encouraging for the female drivers of Quetta. They said that Khan gives them the strength and motivation that women in the province can achieve anything they want to. The sergeant fined three women drivers on her first day of duty.Read More

KARACHI, OCT 02 (DNA) – Governor of Sindh, Imran Ismail on Friday said the Prime Minister Imran Khan was committed to solve the problems being faced by the masses and fully conscious of the ground realities. Addressing a session organized by Pakistan Association of Press Photographers (PAPP-Karachi chapter) at Karachi Press Club, reiterated that PTI government holds a road map to address challenges being faced by different sections of the society. And photo journalists along with print media journalists and those associated with electronic media are an extremely important segment of theRead More

ISLAMABAD, OCT 02 (DNA) – Chief Minister of Punjab (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar on Friday has met Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan and discussed strategy regarding Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) protests against the arrest of Opposition Leader in National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in money laundering case. According to details, both the leaders have also discussed ongoing political situation, development projects and administrative matters in the province. CM Buzdar is also scheduled to participate in the meeting that will be chaired by PM Imran to devise planRead More

ISLAMABAD, OCT 02 (DNA) – The Election Commission of Pakistan has released the final voter lists showing 115,748,753 of registered voters in Pakistan. According to ECP, there are 64,078,616 men, 51,667,599 women and 2,538 transgender voters in the country. The total registered voters in Punjab are 66,236,144, including 36,371,326 male, 29,862,932 female, and 1,886 transgender voters. In Sindh, total numbers of voters are 24,351,681, which include 13,443,983 male, 10,907,267 female, and 431 transgender voters. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there are 19,533,964 voters in total, including 11,076,630 male, 8,457,201 female and 133 transgender. TotalRead More

LAHORE, OCT 02 (DNA) – Pakistan has reported 15 deaths in last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 313,431. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 6,499. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 625 persons have been tested positive for COVID-19 in 24 hours. Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of cases followed by Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad. Till now 137,467 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 99,605 in Punjab,Read More