Energy Minister Awais Leghari speaking in a video message. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious roadmap to increase clean electricity’s share in Pakistan’s power mix to 90 per cent by 2035. He also revealed that limitations under the country’s IMF programme prevent the government from introducing a market-based…
FM to call on King Abdullah II, hold series of bilateral meetings with fellow foreign ministers Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar arrives in Amman to attend the Ministerial Meeting on Jerusalem. PHOTO: FO Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Amman on Wednesday to participate in the…
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N has made key decisions regarding the formation of the next government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) after securing a simple majority in the recent elections, including a decision not to include lawmakers elected on refugee seats in the cabinet. According to party sources, PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has finalised the party’s…
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will spend Rs5.072 billion on constructing a 9.25-kilometre, six-lane carriageway along the existing Service Road East from Faizabad to Koral Chowk (Gulberg Housing Society) in the federal capital. According to official sources, the new road, to be built parallel to the Islamabad Expressway, is expected to reduce traffic congestion…
Cops suspended for ‘poor supervision and negligence’ include the station house officer; suspect arrested The Lahore police on Tuesday suspended the entire staff of Ghaziabad Police Station over administrative lapses and poor supervision after an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was arrested for allegedly raping a mentally challenged woman on the premises. On August 3, a first…
Dar will meet regional counterparts on the sidelines of the Jerusalem ministerial meeting in Amman Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar leaves for Jordan to attend the Ministerial Meeting on Jerusalem in Amman. Photo: FO Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will travel to Jordan on Tuesday night to attend a…
Calls on govt to restore Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi Khan’s right to see their family and lawyers, seek medical care Amnesty International on Tuesday called on the federal government to release Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder and former premier Imran Khan ahead of the completion of three full years in incarceration. Imran has been imprisoned since August…
Anti-graft watchdog claims Rs2.45tr recovered in second quarter, expands AI-based investigations The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday claimed to have made direct and indirect recoveries worth Rs2.45 trillion during the second quarter of 2026, taking its total recoveries for the first six months of the year to Rs5.41tr, which it described as the highest-ever…
Reviews disaster response arrangements, assures full military support to civil authorities Field Marshal Asim Munir addresses participants during a briefing on disaster preparedness and monsoon response at the NDMA headquarters on Tuesday. Photo: ISPR Chief of Defence Staff and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir on Tuesday emphasised the importance of preparedness, effective…
JUI-F chief says state’s writ has collapsed in K-P and Balochistan, urges constitutional governance Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. Photo: Facebook Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman launched a scathing attack on the government on Tuesday, declaring that the writ of the state has practically collapsed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, leaving citizens…