RAWALPINDI, June 29(ABC): Awami Muslim League Pakistan (AMLP) leader Sheikh Rashid on Wednesday said that further inflation in July can increase political crisis in the country. Taking to Twitter, former Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said that Pakistan has still not received any verdict of International Monetary Fund (IMF) on sending aid to Pakistan and Pakistan is also not out from …

ISLAMABAD, June 29 (ABC): Another powerful earthquake has jolted Islamabad and its surroundings on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was 130 km beneath the Koh-e-Hindukush Mountains as per the National Seismic Monitoring Centre, Islamabad. The earthquake was measured at 4.5 on the Richter Scale and its depth was reported 130 kilometres underground. Pertinent to note that a 4.3 magnitude …

ISLAMABAD, Jun 29 (ABC): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday announced that on the occasion of the completion of 75 years of creation of Pakistan, as part of Diamond Jubilee celebrations a special ‘Logo’ has been launched under the title “Azm Aali Shan, Shad Rahey Pakistan”. In a tweet, she said that it was manifestation of the …

ISLAMABAD, June 29 (ABC): In a major step to bring reform to the health sector, Directorate of Central Health Establishment (DoCHE) has been shifted to its parent building in Karachi. A notification to this effect has been issued. The mandate of DoCHE is vast and comprises of the whole country. The name “Directorate of Central Health Establishment did not reflect …

LAHORE, June 29(ABC): Protests are being held across country after hours-long loadshedding in different cities including Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and several others. The power shortfall has reached up to its worst condition in the scorching heat and humid weather. Citizens of different cities staged protests on roads against the hours-long power outages. Situation of loadshedding in the federal capital also …

ISLAMABAD, June 29(ABC): Mainly hot and humid weather is expected in most parts of the country during the next twelve hours. However, rain-thundershower is expected in Kashmir and Southern parts of Sindh. Temperature of some major cities recorded this morning: Islamabad twenty-seven degree centigrade, Lahore thirty-two, Karachi thirty, Peshawar twenty-nine, Quetta twenty-four, Gilgit seventeen, Murree twenty-one and Muzaffarabad twenty-four degree …

KARACHI, June 29(ABC): The Pakistan Metrological Department (PMD) has warned of urban flooding in Karachi due to heavy monsoon rainfall with thunderstorms starting from July 1 across Sindh, reported. According to the PMD, moist currents from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal are likely to enter upper parts of the country from 29th June (Wednesday) which may intensify and expand …

• Ambassador Masood Khan meets Texas Governor Greg Abbott AUSTIN, June 29 (ABC): Texas and Pakistan would explore close cooperation in the areas of petroleum, agriculture, livestock, green energy, climate, tech sector, genetic engineering and semi-conductors. The scope of such cooperation was discussed when Ambassador Masood Khan met the Governor of Texas at his stately Capitol office in Austin. The …

ISLAMABAD, June 28 (ABC): Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar on Tuesday made it clear that Pakistan was in no isolation as its foreign policy moved in the right direction with all diplomatic missions working complicatedly on all fronts. Winding up the debate on Demands for Grants for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the next fiscal …

LAHORE, June 28(ABC): Awami Muslim League Pakistan (AMLP) leader Sheikh Rashid on Tuesday said that if transparent polls will not be ensured then youth will not leave the polling stations. While talking to media in Lahore, former Interior Minister Rashid said that he will be holding rallies in all four constituencies of Lahore after Eid-ul-Azha for the Punjab by-polls. He …