The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has announced PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi as its candidate for Punjab chief minister after incumbent Usman Buzdar presented his resignation to the prime minister. Prime minister’s aide on political communication, Shahbaz Gill, made the announcement on Twitter. The development comes less than an hour after the opposition formally tabled a no-confidence resolution against PM Imran in the National Assembly.
With the National Assembly set to vote on a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, the YouTube channel of the Prime Minister’s office has been renamed to “Imran Khan.” The “about” section of the channel shows that it was created in 2019, then it does raise a question as to why party activists were running an official account of the country’s top-most office.
An irregularity has been found in disbursement of funds under Ehsaas Scholarships initiative of the federal government for students in Karachi University. It has emerged that Rs100 million funds were utilized for paying salaries of the employees of the varsity. Each student had to be given Rs40,000 under scholarship, however, KU has not disbursed the amount to students.
Bollywood movie, 83, inspired by the life on Indian cricketer Kapil Dev has been topping the charts on Netflix. However, Pakistanis, especially fans of Prime Minister Imran Khan could not help but notice one particular detail in the movie. A scene depicting a younger version of the PM interacting with Indian skipper displeased a lot of viewers. READ ALSO: FORMER
World renowned English commentator, Rob Key, who is currently in Pakistan says he had a somewhat negative image of the country but spending some time here has cleared all his misconceptions. While sharing his experience of traveling to Pakistan, Rob Key confessed that his current stay in Pakistan has proven him wrong. “Pakistan has completely blown me away”, he said.
President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday conferred civil awards on Pakistani and foreign nationals in recognition of their services in different fields during a ceremony on Pakistan Day. The awards included Nishan-I-Imtiaz, Hilal-I-Imtiaz, Sitara-I-Pakistan, Sitara-I-Shuja’at, Sitara-I-Imtiaz, President’s award for Pride of Performance, Sitara-I-Quaid-I-Azam, Tamgha-I-Shuja’at and Tamgha-I-Imtiaz. Noted literary figures including Nazar Muhammad Rashid aks Noon Meem Rashid, Kishwar Naheed, and
Prime Minister Imran Khan, in a video message has invited Pakistanis to attend the March 27 rally in support of his government. The rally will be held in Islamabad ahead of the no-confidence vote against the PM by the opposition. The premiere said the Qur’an had ordered Muslims to stand with the “good against evil.”
The results of a survey based on the World Bank’s (WB) data, showed Pakistan as the country with the lowest unemployment rate in the entire region. According to the findings, 4.3 percent Pakistanis were unemployed, while regional rival and immediate neighbor India had the highest unemployment rate at 8%. Maldives’ unemployment rate was found to be 6.3% and Sri Lanka’s 5.9%
Aitekaf at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah will resume during Ramazan after two years, the Saudi government has announced. The religious ritual of staying in mosques for the sole purpose of worship and meditation is observed during Ramazan. As many as 100,000 worshipers perform Aitekaf at the two holy mosques during last 10 days of the holy month.
The Soho tribe has made history by appointing the first female tribal chief in Sindh. PPP MPA, Heer Ismail Soho, called it a “huge honour” and said she had the backing of her family and community members in running the affairs of the clan. The Soho tribe is spread across Sindh but dominates the Mirpur Bathoro area of the Sujawal coastal district.