BAHAWALPUR, May 22 (ABC): Minister for Interior Rana Sana Ullah on Sunday said the government was taking all decisions in the larger national interest and with the consultation of all its allies parties. While addressing a workers’ convention of Pakistan Muslim League-N here, he said it would also be discussed with the ally parties that how to handle the Pakistan …

PESHAWAR, May 22(ABC): PTI Chairman Imran Khan announced on Sunday that he will be arriving in Islamabad on May 25 for his party’s much-anticipated long march and will meet his workers and supporters at 3pm at the Srinagar Highway. Khan made the announcement while holding a press conference in Peshawar after concluding a meeting of the PTI’s core committee. The …

GUANGZHOU, May 22 (ABC): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has expressed Pakistan’s determination of not allowing anyone to dent Pakistan-China relations. Speaking at a joint news conference, along with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Guangzhou tSumnday, he said Pakistan and China enjoy unique and time-tested iron brotherhood. He said bilateral relations between the two countries are based on solidarity, …

SHERANI, May 22(ABC): The fire that started two weeks ago in olive and pine nuts (chilghoza) forests at the Balochistan-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa border is still burning despite all-efforts by provincial and federal disaster management authorities. The fire has engulfed swathes of forest at the Koh-e-Suleiman in Balochistan’s Sherani and Musakhail districts. Sherani Forest Officer Ateeq Kakar has said that so far, …

LAHORE, May 22(ABC): The much-anticipated Punjab Assembly session scheduled for today by Pervaiz Elahi has been postponed till June 6. The session was adjourned within six minutes of it starting after a delay of two hours on Sunday. MPAs reached the PA to attend the meeting previously scheduled to begin at 12:30pm. However, the session couldn’t be started on time …

ISLAMABAD, May 22 (ABC): The electricity shortfall in the country on Sunday touched 5,349 MW. The total power generation in the country is 19,210 MW, whereas, the total demand for electricity in the country is 26,049 MW, according to the sources in the power division. It is also learnt from the sources in the power division that 4,940 MW of …

BEIJING, May 22(ABC): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Guangzhou on Sunday. According to details, both leaders discussed issues of mutual interest and bilateral relations. Earlier, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Wang Wenbin, during a press briefing in Beijing, said China hopes to use Bilawal Bhutto Zardari s visit as an opportunity to carry on with …

NEW YORK, May 22(ABC): Google Doodle is celebrating the 144th birthday of great Indian wrestler Ghulam Muhammad Bakhsh Butt, popularly known as Gama Pehlwan or The Great Gama, to remember and honour his accomplishments. Today’s Doodle has been created by guest artist Vrinda Zaveri. Gama Pehlwan was born on this day in 1878 in Amritsar. He fought a total of …

LAHORE, May 22(ABC): A crucial session of the Punjab Assembly is being held today for which strict security arrangements have been made around the Assembly amid rising political tensions in Lahore. PA Speaker Pervaiz Elahi called the session today, while cancelling the previous date of the assembly session scheduled for May 30. The political situation intensified Sunday morning with the arrest …

PESHAWAR, May 22 (ABC): Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (JUIF) Chief Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman on Saturday while criticizing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairperson said the noise of foreign conspiracy is just a drama. We will bury Imran Khan’s politics forever. Addressing the Taqadus-e-Haram-e-Nabwi Conference in Peshawar, the JUI-F chief said that when the Jews attacked Masjid-e-Aqsa, at that time we had held an …