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Pakistan |2017-09-30 23:02:54
Pemra seeks ARY News response to IB complaint against 'fake news'

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Saturday directed ARY News to respond to a complaint filed by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) against its report on a list of lawmakers suspected of links with banned militant groups allegedly compiled by the IB...
The list first came to light when ARY News programme 'Power Play' aired a report on Sept 25 claiming that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had directed the IB on...
Pakistan |2018-03-24 20:35:03
Local news channel claims to have hired first transgender news anchor

Local news channel Kohenoor News on Friday claimed to be the first in the country to have hired a transgender woman as a news anchor...
Maavia Malik, who launched her career in the entertainment industry as a model, was first seen on Kohenoor News during a Pakistan Day news transmission on March 23...
Pakistan |2019-04-16 21:15:03
Pemra serves notices to ARY, Bol News over 'fake' news regarding cabinet reshuffle

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has issued show-cause notices to ARY News and Bol News for airing news items regarding a reshuffle in the federal cabinet and change in the portfolios of some federal ministers, it emerged on Tuesday...
The two media outlets had aired the news on Monday morning about a possible reshuffle in the posts for Minister for Finance and Minister of State for Interior held by Asad Umar...
Archive |2016-02-18 06:34:41
Formation of 9th NFC completed

ISLAMABAD: The constitution of the ninth National Finance Commission is now complete as President Mamnoon Hussain has approved appointment of Nawid Ahsan as non-statutory member...
An official announcement of the finance ministry said Mr Ahsan will represent Punjab in the NFC
Blogs |2017-11-10 17:21:42
How South Asian music helped my identity formation as a British-Pakistani

So, Pakistani pop and rock music from bands such as Junoon, Vital Signs, Awaaz were loved as much by Pakistani diasporic communities in the UK as they were in Pakistan, with songs such as Sayonee making it to playlists where earlier Pakistani artists were unheard of...
Pakistan |2017-10-28 07:44:38
ANP hints at formation of new province after Fata’s merger

The ANP chief criticised ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif for not fulfilling a promise he had made to him at the end of the first meeting of CPEC to brief leaders of political parties about the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor...
The ANP leader said that after the meeting he had asked the former prime minister to tell him the CPEC project would be a Pakistan Economic Corridor or Punjab Economic Corridor...
Pakistan |2017-10-28 23:46:34
Nisar rubbishes 'rumours' regarding formation of forward block in PML-N

Senior PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday refuted the rumours regarding the formation or presence of any "forward block" within the ranks of the party...
This is not the first time Nisar has rubbished rumours regarding the formation of a forward block...
Pakistan |2015-05-29 07:11:04
Formation of parliamentary committee on CPEC — a daunting task for NA speaker

ISLAMABAD: The decision by an all-party conference (APC) on Thursday to form a parliamentary committee to oversee the implementation of China- Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project can become a cumbersome task for the National Assembly speaker since the Senate has already formed its committee on the issue...
If the same principle is applied for the formation of the committee on the CPEC, the National Assembly will be required to...
Pakistan |2017-08-11 06:59:41
SHC orders formation of JIT over ‘missing’ MQM-L activists

HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday ordered Sindh home department to form a joint investigation team (JIT) within 15 days regarding the cases of five ‘missing’ activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London and submit a report...
The division bench comprising Justices Salahuddin Panhwar and Faheem Ahmed Siddiqui also directed Hyderabad SSP to ensure recovery of all five missing persons and appear...
Archive |2017-08-06 03:11:46
Formation of new power ministry

THE new prime minister has wasted no time in merging two vital ministries into a single Ministry of Energy, something that the PML-N had promised it would do in its election manifesto of 2013...
The water and power ministry has been bifurcated, and its power wing is now to be merged with the petroleum ministry
Sport |2017-08-02 00:02:42
Andy Flower to 'play key role' in formation of World XI team: PCB official

Former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower will play a key role in the formation of the World XI which is likely to tour Pakistan in mid-September, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official confirmed to DawnNews...
Pakistan has not hosted international cricket — barring a limited-overs series against Zimbabwe in 2015 — since the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in March 2009...
Pakistan |2017-08-03 06:59:20
PTI slams Sharif’s role in formation of new cabinet

ISLAMABAD: In its first meeting after Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was sworn in, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leadership expressed concern over the involvement of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the formation of a new federal cabinet...
Media reports said that the former prime minister presided over a meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz held at his residence in Murree and consulted the new prime minister...
Archive |2017-08-10 06:59:18
Disgruntled Junaid wants formation of independent body to probe WHL disaster

LAHORE: Slamming the way he was dismissed by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), sacked head coach of national team Khawaja Junaid has urged the government to constitute an independent committee to probe the real reasons behind the team’s pathetic performance in the World Hockey League...
“After our series in Ireland [which Pakistan lost 0-2] before the WHL I rang up the PHF president urging him to include the senior players [in the...
Archive |2015-06-17 07:15:52
Formation of minority rights commission demanded

The meeting organised by South Asia Partnership of Pakistan (SAP-Pk) at a local hotel was attended by leaders of minority groups, civil society activists and legislators...
Radesh and Bishan Lal said Hindus were Pakistanis like Muslim majority and therefore, they should be considered citizens of Pakistan and shouldn’t be called Indians...
Pakistan |2017-05-03 17:43:39
Zardari asks PM Nawaz to step down following formation of JIT against him

PPP-Parliamentarians President Asif Ali Zardari, while addressing a political gathering in Badin district, urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to step down following the formation of the joint investigation team (JIT) to probe his assets and his sons' business dealings abroad...
The former president, who was addressing a rally in Rahuki village in Badin district on Wednesday, claimed that Nawaz Sharif was not aware of the issues faced...