Saturday, April 5th, 2025
Internet services suspended again!
QUETTA, APR 5: The citizens were facing hardships due to the internet outage. According to details surfaced on Saturday, the internet services were suspended again in Quetta due to the security concerns. The city faced the internet outage again following five days of the suspension of the services. Meanwhile, the netizens were facing severe hardships due to the internet outage.
PM Shehbaz hails coalition govt’s efforts for reducing power prices
ISLAMABAD, APR 5: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday hailed the government’s efforts for reducing power prices. Sources divulged that the party leaders called on PM Shehbaz Sharif at his residence in Lahore. On this occasion, the premier held consultations with the party leaders over the country’s situation. “It is the good omen that their allied government is being run with trust,” said the premier. “The allied government is being worked by joining hands together for the sake of the country’s prosperity,” said PM Shehbaz. The premier expressed optimism aboutRead More
Ali Amin Gandapur’s chief ministership under threat: Azma Bokhari
ISLAMABAD, APR 5 – Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari said on Saturday that Ali Amin Gandapur’s chief ministership was under threat. Expressing her thoughts in Lahore, Bokhari said: “The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari should discuss problems with the centre.” Bokhari took a jibe at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-led government, saying, “The stories of corruption in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.” “People from Ali Amin Gandapur’s own party are talking about his corruption,” she said.
President Zardari recovering well, will be discharged within 48 hours: Dr Asim
KARACHI, APR 5: President Asif Ali Zardari is recovering well and will be discharged from the hospital in a day or two, said his physician Dr Asim Hussain on Saturday. “The president is fine now,” said Dr Asim while addressing the media in Karachi. He added that “speculations should stop now”. The president had been placed in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19 a few days ago. In the previous update, the physician said that the president was receiving medical care from infectious disease specialists at a private hospital. InRead More
FinMin Aurangzeb hopes to turn US tariffs into ‘win-win’ situation
ISLAMABAD, APR 5: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb expressed optimism that the current concerns around US tariffs could be transformed into a mutually beneficial opportunity for both countries. “We want to make sure that we, in terms of our representations, put forward how we see it in the medium to long term as a win-win situation for both Pakistan and the US,” Aurangzeb said during a press conference in Islamabad on Saturday. US President Donald Trump has imposed a staggering 29% tariff on imports from Pakistan — one of the sharpestRead More
Balochistan govt tells BNP-M to protest at Sariab Road, warns against violations
QUETTA, APR 5: Authorities asked the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) on Saturday to limit their protest to Quetta’s Sariab Road and warned against violations of Section 144 imposed in the provincial capital. Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind on Saturday said they had held two rounds of talks with the BNP-M, where the party expressed the wish to protest in the Red Zone. He said that the demand could not be allowed, and hence, the government offered the Sariab Road location as an alternative. The BNP-M declared a “long march” fromRead More