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Image review of Iftar dinner in honor of Asim Khichi Managing Director Associated Press of Pakistan with Uzbekistan Ambassador Aybek Arif Usmanov hosted by Uzbekistan embassy on 08-04-23 at Islamabad. Rana Imran Latif Editor Daily Urdu Times is also seen prominently in the picture. Read More »

Associated Press Service January 17, 2023; General Syed Asim Munir, Chief Of Army Staff (COAS) visited Khuzdar and Basima areas of Balochistan. COAS was briefed on prevailing security situation and Formation’s operational preparedness along with measures being taken to ensure a peaceful and secure environment. While interacting with troops COAS emphasized on maintaining optimum operational readiness to thwart the attempts ... Read More »

Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD: (December 19, 2022-The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has strongly condemned the abuse and character assassination campaign by the Muslim League-N workers against the female host of Hum News TV’s morning show Shifa Yousafzai. Nawaz Sharif,Shahbaz Sharif,Maryam Nawaz and Ahsan Iqbal have been demanded to take disciplinary action against the Muslim League workers who made baseless ... Read More »

Asma read, wrote, learned and adopted her style with great effort: Kishore Naheed Salutes the courage of Asma Shirazi:  Afzal Butt, President PFUJ Chaudhry Ahsan Premee Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD: Veteran journalist and anchor Asma Shirazi has exposed the dark forces of the country in her book titled “Kahani Barhhey Ghar Ki” wherein she shed light on negative aspects of ... Read More »

The promise of dignity and equality in rights, has been under a sustained assault in recent years We need to renew the social contract between Government and people so as to rebuild trust We need to find a new energy that motivates young people, Speakers Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD: December 10, 2022: Justice Qazi Faez Isa of the Supreme Court ... Read More »

Associated Press Service, Islamabad ISLAMABAD: December 8, 2022; President Dr Arif Alvi conferred the award of Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) upon the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Syed Asim Munir Ahmad Shah, at a special investiture ceremony held, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, today. Prime Minister, Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Chairman of Senate, Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani, Speaker of the National Assembly, Raja Pervaiz ... Read More »

Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD: December 7, 2022: The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), donated $7.5 million worth of medical oxygen supplies to the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination.  The support will also provide training to 163 hospitals throughout Pakistan to increase their capability to treat patients suffering from severe COVID-19 and other ... Read More »

Samad Salik   Published December 02,2022 The Ex COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa in his last address to the nation claimed that the fall of Dhakka in 1971 was to be blamed on political reasons rather than being termed as military failure and that the number of troops was 32000 instead of 93000 as claimed by different sources. This claim was ... Read More »

Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD: (November 30, 2022): A 60 member delegation of National School of Public Policy (NSPP), comprising of the Rector NSPP, faculty members and course participants of 117th National Management Course from various services/occupational groups of Civil Bureaucracy of Pakistan called on Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Umar Ata Bandial in the Supreme Court, Islamabad on 30.11.2022 ... Read More »

An undeclared boycott by the ruling alliance Muslim League (N), People’s Party and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam  First 33 members and then only 14 members were present during the speech of the President of Pakistan BY   MASHAL BALOCH STAFF WRITER ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi has said during the joint session of Parliament that democracy should continue to grow for ... Read More »

Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD: September 29, 2022 – The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad hosted a diplomatic reception to commemorate the 75th anniversary of bilateral relations between the United States and Pakistan.  Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was the guest of honor, representing the people and government of Pakistan.  This pivotal anniversary of diplomatic relations offers a valuable opportunity to reflect on ... Read More »

Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD: August 17, 2022-  Mr. Julien Harneis, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Pakistan, called on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif today. Various areas of UN’s work and cooperation with Pakistan were discussed during the meeting including the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework, flood relief, food security, and ecosystem restoration. The Prime Minister underscored Pakistan’s firm ... Read More »

Associated Press Service Peshawar, August 4, 2022: The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), presented 36 vehicles to the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Health Department to help strengthen tracking and management of infectious diseases, including COVID-19.  U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Health and Finance Taimur S. Khan led the ... Read More »

The Prime Minister should take action against the mafia involved in damaging the trees in the forests of Murree Locals, along with corrupt Forest Department staff, are damaging trees and selling them to the timber mafia. Piyaas International Associated Press Service Murree: Piyaas International , a leading international organization working for environmental protection, has demanded from the Prime Minister of ... Read More »

Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD:May 25,2022: Mushaal Hussein Mullick, wife of jailed Kashmiri Hurriyat Leader Yasin Malik, strongly and condemned and rejected the biased and ruthless decision of life imprisonment to Yasin Malk in false and politically motivated cases and vowed that the verdict would be contested at international court of justice (ICJ). Mushaal, who is also Chairperson of the Peace ... Read More »

Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD: May 21, 2022- Her daughter and well-known lawyer Iman Zainab Mazari Hazir said in a tweet that “male policemen beat my mother and took her away”. “I was only told that he had been taken away by the Lahore anti-corruption wing,” he added. On the other hand, PTI leader Shahbaz Gil in a tweet instructed PTI ... Read More »

Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD: May 15, 2022-The 6th AFIGP Annual Conference was held at National Police Academy Islamabad on 14th May, 2022 under the auspices of Association of Former Inspectors General of Police (AFIGP). The conference was set on the theme of “Reform through Technology Oriented Policing TOP” and was chaired by the President AFIGP Mr. Iftikhar Rashid and Mr. ... Read More »

Associated Press Service SIALKOT:(May 14, 2022-Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan has claimed that a murder plot was hatched against him and said that he had recorded a video in which all the characters were named. Addressing a rally in Sialkot, Chairman PTI Imran Khan said that what Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N has done today, Nawaz Sharif ... Read More »

Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD:(May 13, 2022-Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan has said that messages are coming from the establishment, I am not talking to anyone, I have blocked the numbers of these people till the general election is announced. Will not talk to anyone. Talking to reporters in Bani Gala, former Prime Minister Imran Khan ... Read More »

Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD: May 11, 2022- Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the possibility of general elections in the country cannot be ruled out even before the appointment of new Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan this year. In an exclusive interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation, he said that before the appointment of the army chief, we ... Read More »