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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 »

Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD– April 22, 2022: The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is partnering with the Pakistani government to launch a $23.5 million, four-year power sector improvement project to address climate change and increase the share of green energy in Pakistan’s energy mix. Through technical assistance to the government and private sector, ... Read More »

Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD: (March 28,2022)- Chief Justice Omar Ata Bandial remarked that the consequences of violating party policy are to be borne during the hearing of the Presidential Reference on the Interpretation of Article 63A.  Article 63A states that membership will expire, you want to determine the period of disqualification. He further said that if any member is deposed ... Read More »

Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD: March 15, 2022- If any issue arises during the no-confidence motion, the Speaker of the National Assembly will be responsible for it. Former Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said that he was the first Prime Minister in the history of the country to be elected unanimously. He was speaking at the launch of former federal ... Read More »

Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD: March 8, 2022- The Chairperson of Peace and Culture Organisation, Mushaal Hussein Mullick lamented that Indian troops have been committing shocking crimes against Kashmiri women of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) for the last three decades but ironically the world powers observed criminal silence in this regard. Mushaal, who is the wife of the ... Read More »

Associated Press Service International Women’s Day was observed today on the occasion of International Women’s Day Nyla Raja, a well-known young lawyer and social media personality,speaking to the Associated Press Service, said that “WOMEN” in Pakistan will be silent no more. Each year on March 8, International Women’s Day, their voices come together in an ever louder crescendo to demand ... Read More »

Associated Press Service Chief Guest Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr. Shirin Mazari distributed awards and gifts to women journalists who served during the Corona epidemic on the occasion of International Women’s Day on 07-03-22 at Islamabad.Organized by the National Press Club and SSDO. Nayyar Ali, Finance Secretary, National Press Club Islamabad is also in the picture. Anwar Raza President ... Read More »

Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD: February 20, 2022-The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed serious concerns over the reported approval of the federal cabinet to make draconian amendments to the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016, through an ordinance.  In a joint statement, President PFUJ Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary General Nasir Zaidi said that it is alarming that instead ... Read More »

Associated Press Service ISLAMABAD: (Feb 16,2022) Pakistan federal union of journalists (PFUJ) has announced countrywide protest by tomorrow (Thursday) against the arrest of senior journalist Mohsin Baig who was arrested today from his residence in Islamabad.              In a statement PFUJ President Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary General Nasir Zaidi while deploring clandestine arrest of Mohsin baig by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) ... Read More »

Foreign Minister’s Interaction with Members of Foreign Relations Committee of Congress  Associated Press Service Spain: January 11, 2022- Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah MahmoodQureshi interacted with members of the Foreign Relations Committee of Congress of Deputies,headed by H.E. Pau Mari Klose, today, and exchanged views on various aspects of bilateral relations between Pakistan and Spain.  Highlighting the enormous potential between the ... Read More »

Leading anchor and Columnist Gharidah Farooqi is offering tribute to late Zia-ud-Din, former editor of Daily Dawn during condolence reference on 22-12-21 at National Press Club Islamabad. Editor-in-Chief Associated Press Service Chaudhry Ahsan Premee also seen in the picture. Read More »