Wednesday, April 6th, 2022
Opposition decides to hold session of its own at hotel after Punjab Assembly is sealed off
LAHORE, APR 6: After the Punjab Assembly was on Wednesday sealed off with barbed wires and the building’s main gate was locked, the opposition lawmakers, led by the PML-N, decided to hold a session of its own at a private hotel. In a video shared by PML-N on Twitter, PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz and Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Hamza Shehbaz — who is their party’s candidate for the vacant Punjab chief ministry — were seen riding a bus towards the hotel alongside other party leaders. ItRead More
World Economic Forum, Global Pace Canada, PILDAT laud NAB’s anti-corruption policy: Chairman
Islamabad: Apr 6, (DNA):-National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Honourable Justice Javed Iqbal has said that more than 50,000 character building societies have been set up in universities across the country to provide awareness to the youth about the dangers of corruption.NAB’s anti-corruption awareness policy has been praised by Transparency International, World Economic Forum, Global Peace Canada, PILDAT and other reputable organisations.The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has introduced a new concept of Combine Investigation Team (CIT) for effective investigation of cases, which has benefited from the experience and collective wisdom ofRead More
Cooperating with autocrats: When is too much, too much?
Two recent publications have fuelled debate about democratic cooperation with autocratic governments in general, and Saudi Arabia in particular, in the wake of the Ukraine war. It is a debate that challenges US President Joe Biden’s framing of the conflict as a struggle between good and evil, democracy and autocracy. The commentaries by prominent geopolitical analyst and travel writer Robert Kaplan and former Wall Street Journal publisher Karen Elliott House raise multiple, and perhaps troubling, questions that go to the core of culture wars in the United States and other Western countries. The absenceRead More
Punjab Assembly sealed with barbed wires amid confusion over session for CM’s election
LAHORE, APR 6: The Punjab Assembly was sealed on Wednesday, with barbed wires installed atop its boundary walls, amid confusion over the scheduling of a crucial session for the election of the province’s new chief minister. The development coincided with the submission of a no-confidence motion against Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari after he said the session for the chief minister’s election would take place today at 7:30 pm, but a spokesperson for the provincial assembly and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) denied the development. Reacting to the development, PPP Chairperson BilawalRead More
Ramazan relief package successfully launched
Islamabad, APR 6 /DNA/ – Federal government has successfully launched the Ramadan Relief Package through Utility Stores Corporation to provide special subsidy on 19 basic items for the convenience of the people. Special discounts of up to 15% are also being offered on over 1500 items available at utility stores.The Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan has ensured uninterrupted supply of all items through more than 4,000 stores spread across the country.All the stores across the country are crowded with people. Utility Stores Corporation is providing a large quantities of subsidizedRead More
Saudi envoy distributes ration, dates among deserving people
DNA ISLAMABAD, APR 6: Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki on Wednesday distributed rations and dates among the deserving people. He, on behalf of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, also distributed the copies of holy Quran, translated into Urdu, Sindhi and Pashto languages. He, reviewing the shipments, said the Saudi government dispatched a great quantity of groceries in various areas of Pakistan for the vulnerable segments of the society every year particularly in the holy month of Ramazan.