LAHORE, June 21(ABC): Rain and windstorm with thundershower in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Islamabad, Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir, Sindh and northeast Balochistan has made weather pleasant across the country. Heavy to very heavy rainfall and a few hailstorms may also occur at scattered places during the forecast period. Heavy falls may trigger land sliding in vulnerable areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Galyat, Kashmir …

KARACHI, June 21(ABC): The 69th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is being celebrated in a befitting manner on Tuesday. The party leaders and workers are converging at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto to pay tribute to Benazir Bhutto. Benazir Bhutto was not only the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan but she was also the first women Prime …

 ISLAMABAD, Jun 21 (ABC): Legislators in the National Assembly on Monday underlined the need for increasing the revenue generation by imposing taxes on the imports of luxury goods and non-productive items used by the privileged class. They asked for improving the quality of local products to meet the standards of imported items and subsequent encouragement to ‘Made in Pakistan’ brand. …

BEIJING, June 20 (ABC): The first batch of Pakistani students has left for China to resume their studies after an interval of over two years. Over 5,800 Pakistani students had returned from China when the Covid-19 pandemic was first reported in 2020 but could not rejoin their universities after Beijing imposed travel restrictions. Federal Minister for Federal Education and Professional …

QUETTA, June 20 (ABC):  Pre-monsoon heavy rainfall has caused flooding in various districts of Balochistan,  reported on Monday. Heavy rainfall with gusty winds in Jaffarabad, Naseerabad, Sohbatpur and Jhal Magsi districts of the province, uprooted several electricity poles disrupting the power supply to the area. Floodwater swept away several electric poles in Kohlu, while power supply has been suspended in …

LAHORE, June 20 (ABC): PML-N estranged MPA Jalil Sharaqpuri called on Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz on Monday. During the meeting, he expressed confidence in the leadership. “The PML-N is my party and I am with the party. I will vote as per party policy in the assembly. However, it is my right to have an opponent opinion,” he maintained. …

ISLAMABAD, June 20 (ABC): Rising inflation has led to the exodus of one million students from Punjab schools, says a report on Monday. Some 30,000 students have left schools in Lahore, the provincial capital of the most populous province of the country. Expensive education and education-related materials including books and stationary have contributed to this unfortunate development. According to the …

LAHORE, June 20 (ABC): State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Monday called on Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz, it emerged. During the meeting, matters of mutual interest and overall political situation of country were discussed. The two discussed further course of action to completely take Pakistan out of the Financial Action Task Plan’s (FATF) grey list. The …

LAHORE, June 20 (ABC): PTI dissident leader Aleem Khan has accumulated more assets than the incumbent Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz and former CM Usman Buzdar, according to the asset details of the provincial assembly members, it has been reported on Monday. The Election Commission of Pakistan has released asset details of the Punjab Assembly members. According to the list, …

KARACHI, June 20 (ABC): A judicial magistrate of Karachi has directed the authorities to fix a date for the exhumation of Aamir Liaquat’s body for carrying out postmortem. After Liaquat’s death earlier this month, the police also wanted to conduct postmortem to ascertain death cause, but the deceased’s family had refused it following which he was laid to rest in …