LAHORE, May 22(ABC): Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has once again convened a meeting of the provincial assembly today (Sunday) in a surprise move ahead of the previous date fixed for the session. The assembly was previously slated to meet on May 30. This is the third time that the date of the PA session has been changed as …

LAHORE, May 21 (ABC):Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting with former president and Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) President Asif Ali Zardari here on Friday and discussed the prevailing situation in the country. The senior government ministers, and the leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and PPPP were present in the meeting. The allied parties expressed confidence in the prime …

ISLAMABAD, May 21(ABC): Islamabad High Court on Saturday ordered the government to immediately release former federal minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Dr Shireen Mazari and form a judicial commission to probe into her arrest. Former federal minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Dr Shireen Mazari, who was taken into custody by a team of the Anti-Corruption Establishment and Police …

ISLAMABAD, May 21 (ABC): President Dr. Arif Alvi on Saturday asked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to review his advice seeking appointment of new Governor Punjab. President has stated that Omar Sarfaraz Cheema is still Governor Punjab and there is no occasion to propose a new appointment. Current situation of the country requires that the ‘incumbent Governor’ continues to hold office, …

RAWALPINDI, 21 May (ABC): General Hulusi Akar (Retired), Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Turkey called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS). During the meeting, matters of mutual interest including defence & security cooperation between both the countries and overall regional security situation were discussed. Both reiterated the desire to further enhance bilateral relations …

LAHORE, May21(ABC): Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz has ordered the release of former federal minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Dr Shireen Mazari. Hamza Shahbaz said that Shireen Mazari is respectable as a woman and ordered her release. He said, “Arrest of any woman is not in line with social values.” Hamza Shahbaz Sharif has also ordered an investigation against the …

LAHORE, May21(ABC): PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz Saturday responded to PTI leader and former human rights minister Shireen Mazari’s arrest, saying that she was “not happy” about it. During an interaction with PML-N’s social media team, Maryam said: “I was not happy to learn about Mazari’s arrest, but I saw on TV that the case against her was established during …

LAHORE, MAY 21 (ABC): Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz has said  everlasting friendship between Pakistan and China is of special importance in the world. In his message on completion of 71 years of Pak-China diplomatic relations on Saturday, he said China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project is a testament to Pak-China friendship and China is a very trusted friend of Pakistan. The …

ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister and senior PTI leader Shireen Mazari has been arrested by Punjab’s anti-corruption department, Islamabad Police said Saturday. According to the sources, the PTI leader was taken into custody in a case related to the encroachment of a piece of land in District Rajanpur, filed in 1972. Former Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, in a tweet, said that he …

ISLAMABAD, May 21 (ABC): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has stressed that the United States and Pakistan must move beyond the past events and engage in a far broader, deeper and more meaningful relationship. He said the US and Pakistan must move beyond past tensions over Afghanistan and expressed the confidence that the two countries were now entering a new …