LAHORE, July 27(ABC): Soon after Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi was declared Punjab Chief Minister by the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan, the newly appointed CM has started to reshuffle bureaucracy of the province. The Punjab government has made important transfers including the CCPO Lahore Bilal Siddique Kamyana, who has been removed from his post. Bilal Siddique …

ISLAMABAD, July 27(ABC): All hospitals across Pakistan are taking necessary steps to deal with monkeypox after directives were issued from the country’s top health body, Minister for Health Qadir Patel said Wednesday. The minister’s comments came during a special meeting of the Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination convened at the directives of Patel after the World Health …

ISLAMABAD, Jul 27(ABC): Pakistan Railways has retrieved around 523 acres precious land worth billion of rupees from illegal occupants under its anti-encroachment operation across the country. “The encroachment operation has been launched with the assistance of railway police and district administrations,” an official in the Ministry of Railways told. Giving details, he said, the department retrieved 267 acres land in …

ISLAMABAD, July 27(ABC): More rain with wind and thundershower is expected in Sindh, Balochistan, upper and central Punjab, Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan during the next twelve hours. Isolated heavy falls are likely in Kashmir, upper Punjab, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and north eastern Balochistan. Temperature of some major cities recorded this morning: Islamabad and Muzaffarabad twenty-four degree centigrade, Lahore …

ISLAMABAD, July 27(ABC): The 74th martyrdom anniversary of Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed is being observed today (Wednesday). Muhammad Sarwar was born on November 10, 1910 at Singhori village in Gujjar Khan. He was commissioned in Punjab Regiment during 1944. He was awarded with Nishan-e-Haider for laying down his life during the first Pakistan-India war in 1948.

ISLAMABAD, July 27(ABC): Reacting to the comments of the Indian foreign ministry’s spokesperson on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Islamabad said that New Delhi’s attempts to cast aspersions over the project shows “India’s insecurity as well as the pursuit of a hegemonic agenda that has held back socio-economic development in South Asia for decades”. Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad …

KARACHI, Jul 26(ABC): Wardah International Service – GSA of Iraqi Airways in Pakistan, has announced to start four flights for Karachi and two for Islamabad in a week from 1st of Muharram-ul- Haram. Executive of Wardah International Service, Basil Affendi said, “We shall start our operations from Baghdad and Najaf to Karachi and Islamabad from the 1st of Moharram.” The …

ISLAMABAD, July 26(ABC): Federal Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir Tuesday said the federal cabinet has decided to increase the power tariff by Rs3.50 per unit with immediate effect and has issued special directives to the Ministry of Power for protecting the poor consumers from its impact. Addressing a press conference flanked by Minister of State for Petroleum Musadiq Malik, Dastagir …

RAWALPINDI, July 26(ABC): The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced on Tuesday that 32 brigadiers have been promoted to the rank of major general. The military’s media wing said that the promotions were approved after Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa presided over a promotion board meeting at the General Headquarters. Out of the 32, eight officers belonged …

WEB DESK, July 26(ABC): PTI Chairperson and former prime minister Imran Khan Tuesday called upon human rights organisations to take action against the Indian government for torturing Kashmiri freedom fighter, Yasin Malik. Taking to Twitter, the PTI leader condemned Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “fascist” government for forcing Malik to go on a hunger strike. “Strongly condemn fascist Modi government …