Opposition meets on 20th to discuss anti-govt campaign

PML-N senior leader Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday said opposition parties will sit together on September 20 and deliberate on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ‘inability’ to deal with the issues. Talking to newsmen here, Ahsan Iqbal said the government’s sympathy should always be with the victim and not with the culprit. “Shehbaz Sharif completed the Punjab […]

Flour and sugar scandal probes will be taken to logical conclusion: NAB

Justice (r) Javed Iqbal, Chairman National Accountability Bureau, has said that the name of the country had been placed in the grey list due to the billions of rupee corruption committee by those who claim they did not devour even a single penny. Speaking at a cheque distribution among Modarba affectees, he said the plight […]

NLCC surveys 195,573 hectares of land under anti-locust operation

The National Locust Control Centre (NLCC) surveyed around 195,573 hectares area during the past twenty-four hours and carried out locust control operation in two districts of Balochistan and Punjab provinces. According to press statement issued here Monday by the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, no locust was found in the provinces of Khyber […]

Afghan government presses truce demand in Taliban negotiations

The Afghan government on Monday pressed its calls for a truce with the Taliban, reiterating its desire for a long-term ceasefire at historic talks in Qatar. The two sides are in the early stages of meetings in Doha as they try to hammer out a deal that would bring 19 years of bloodshed in Afghanistan […]

coronavirus carnage in an isolated india

“May you live in interesting times”, a phrase often attributed to an ancient Chinese curse feels strangely apt within the global environment we currently find ourselves hostage to. South Asia in particular finds itself at a curious juncture. A rapidly changing world, far from the relative stability of the distant 2 decade long ‘Pax Americana’; […]