Thursday, December 2nd, 2021
Local bodies elections to be held through EVMs: Fawad
ISLAMABAD , DEC 02 : Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday said that local bodies elections will be held through electronic voting machines (EVMs). Talking to media persons after meeting of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) core committee, Fawad Chaudhry said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa local bodies election will be held on December 19 while a new structure for village council will be introduced for Punjab. The minister further said that local bodies act of Punjab will also be approved in coming days, paving the way for elections inRead More
Pakistan, Kazakhstan sign deal to promote research
ISLAMABAD , DEC 02 : Pakistan and Kazakhstan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Thursday to kick-start an era of research and academics in various fields of commonalities, a statement said. The agreement was signed between the Islamabad Policy Research Institute and the Foreign Policy Research Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan at a roundtable, organised to celebrate the three decades of congenial and cooperative relations between the two countries. This agreement will bring together five think tanks in both the countries. The roundtable spread overRead More
Govt school teachers stage protest outside Parliament House
ISLAMABAD , DEC 02 : Public school teachers on Thursday staged a protest outside the Parliament House in Islamabad amid heavy police deployment. Per the report, the teachers are protesting against the decision to hand over the management of public schools to the municipal corporation and are demanding the reversal of the decision. The report further mentioned that protesters gathered on both sides of Shahrah-e-Dastoor holding placards. They chanted slogans and reiterated their demands, stating that once public schools come under the authority of the mayor, teachers will have theirRead More
Those who support corruption should not be spared: PM Imran
ISLAMABAD , DEC 02 : Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday that those who support corruption should not be spared. He said this in in his meeting with members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) who called on him in Islamabad on Thursday. During the meeting, Imran Khan told the members of the PAC that there was need to raise the matters relating to corruption. He asked the senior politicians to expose corruption of previous government, adding that no concessions should be made to anyone who supports corruption. TheRead More
Pakistan announces squads for T20I, ODI series against WI
KARACHI , DEC 02 : Pakistan cricket selectors on Thursday announced the T20I and ODI squads for the home series against the West Indies, which will be played in Karachi from December 13-22, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said. In a statement, the PCB said the 20-over matches will count towards the ICC T20I Rankings, while the 50-over games will be part of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League. From the 18 players who were part of the recently-concluded T20I series against Bangladesh, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, SarfarazRead More