The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has announced a strike today against the decision to form an 8-member bench against the Supreme Court Bill. Talking to Geo News, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bar Council Hasan Raza Pasha has said that the Supreme Court Bill was an old demand of the Bar…
Another ancient house has been discovered from the ruins of a house in Sarki Gate in the inner city of Peshawar, after which the team of the Department of Archeology reached the concerned area. According to the Department of Archaeology, the house discovered in Mohalla Bar seems to be 100 years old. The Department of…
The director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that the staff-level agreement will be signed soon, after which the board will approve it. In his statement, the IMF director said that it is hoped that Pakistan will continue to make progress on reforms in various sectors. The IMF said that it is hoped that…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called a federal cabinet meeting yesterday. Sources say that the economic and political situation of the country will be discussed in the meeting. In the meeting, issues related to the decision of the Supreme Court will be considered. According to the sources, constitutional and legal issues will also be considered in…
File photo The security forces killed 3 terrorists in an operation based on a tip-off in Loi Sim area of Bajaur. According to ISPR, there was a fierce exchange of fire between the terrorists and the security forces during the operation. Arms and ammunition were recovered from the possession of the slain terrorists, the terrorists…
Even after 35 days, academic activities could not be resumed in Peshawar University. The provincial government became a spectator in the dispute between the vice-chancellor and the teachers. Due to the closure of the university, students’ studies started to suffer, who will compensate for it? The question arose. Students say that they should not be…
Photo file There has been significant progress in tackling financial fraud through mobile apps. Securities and Exchange Companies of Pakistan (SECP) disabled 40 out of 75 illegal financial fraud apps. The SECP says that with the help of Google, the rest of the apps will also be disabled by May 31. Apps operating from overseas…
The report based on research by the Economist Impact partnership across 13 African countries, A Triple Dividend: The health, social and economic gains from financing the HIV response in Africa, estimates that millions of lives will also be saved if funding is forthcoming. Not only would there be between 40 and 90 per cent fewer new…
El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, briefed the Security Council on major developments in the West African country over the past three months. MINUSMA was established a decade ago following insecurity in the north and a failed military coup, which led to the signing of…
IOM’s Missing Migrants Project documented 441 deaths during this period, though the true toll is likely to be higher. Investigations continue into several reports of so-called invisible shipwrecks – cases where boats are reported missing but there are no records of survivors or search and rescue (SAR) operations. The fates of more than 300…
