ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (ABC): Pakistan on Friday categorically rejected the deliberate Indian attempts of pre-poll rigging and overt manipulation in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The latest announcement of permitting even temporary residents in the occupied territory, including outside workforce and security personnel, to register as “voters” was a clear manifestation of the treacherous Indian design to …

KARACHI, August 19(ABC): Sindh Labor Minister Saeed Ghani has resigned from the ministry, he has sent his resignation to the Sindh Chief Minister. As per details, Saeed Ghani resigned from the ministry to campaign for local government elections. He has also served as Sindh Education Minister and Provincial Local Government Minister. Saeed Ghani sent his resignation to Sindh Chief Minister …

RAWALPINDI, August 19(ABC): Awami Muslim League Pakistan (AML-P) leader Sheikh Rashid on Friday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is the most helpless PM and Finance Minister Miftah Ismail is the spokesperson of International Monetary Fund (IMF). Taking to Twitter, former Interior Minister Rashid said that along with Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), MQM Pakistan is also pressurizing PM Shehbaz. While …

ISLAMABAD, August 19(ABC): Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on Friday afternoon said that all internet services in Pakistan have been restored, hours after an outage was reported across the country. “The technical fault in data networks which caused internet outage in Pakistan has been resolved,” read a press release issued by the authority. PTA said that all iinternet services in Pakistan “have …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19(ABC):Pakistan Railways has leased out around 4,687 acres of its land during the last four years to transform the department into profitable entity by generating more revenue. The leased-out land was located in seven divisions including Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi Multan and Sukkar, an official in the Ministry of Railways told APP. He said Pakistan Railways had …

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (ABC): Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Masood Khan, discussed a host of issues, ranging from Pak-US multilateral cooperation on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to connectivity and digital inclusion, when he met US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, Ambassador Michele Sison, on Thursday, according to an embassy press release. Following the meeting, the ambassador …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 18 (ABC): Federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman on Thursday said that flash floods in the country swept away hundreds of houses, left families homeless, death toll increases, whereas people were facing shortage of medical supplies and food. Taking the floor of the Senate, she said at a time when the country was facing natural calamities, the …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 18 (ABC): Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) has set a target to enroll three million additional children by financial year 2022-23 through the allocation of Rs35 billion under the Benazir Taleemi Wazaif Program, a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) initiative. According to the details shared by the BISP, so far eight million children have been enrolled under this initiative …

RAWALPINDI, Aug 18(ABC): As many as 11 more dengue cases were reported in Rawalpindi during the last 24 hours, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 110. District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control(DCEPC), Dr Sajjad Mehmood, Thursday said that, among the new cases, five patients had arrived from Chak Jalaldin, two from Rawalpindi Cantonment and Kulyial and one each from …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 18 (ABC): Ambassador of the Republic of Egypt Tarek Mohamed Dahrough, on Thursday called on Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif and appreciated Pakistan’s support and assistance for Egypt. The Defence Minister welcomed the Ambassador and assured him of all possible assistance in the promotion of relations especially in the field of Defence between Pakistan and Egypt, a …