RAWALPINDI, June 15(ABC): Former Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Wednesday said that Pakistan Army and its leadership took the right decision of supporting former president Pervez Musharraf’s return to Pakistan. Sheikh Rashid said that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has no choice but to support Army’s decision. Criticizing PML-N supremo, he said that Nawaz Sharif always had problems with …

LAHORE, June 15(ABC): A court in Lahore on Wednesday exempted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz from attending Wednesday’s hearing of a money laundering case against them. The Lawyer for both Shehbaz and Hamza told Judge Naseem Ahmed Virk that the prime minister was busy in Islamabad due to the National Assembly’s (NA) session, Hamza, on …

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – At the outset, Minister for Water Resources Khursheed Shah voiced his concerns over the absence of other cabinet members and MNAs from the house. He said we have rendered sacrifices for the sake of democracy, stressing that the elected representatives should accord respect to the house by ensuring their presence. He requested the chair to adjourn …

LAHORE, June 15(ABC): Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly Sardar Dost Mazari on Wednesday will attend the budget session set to be held in Aiwan-e-Iqbal. The Deputy Speaker Mazari will be attending the session after coming by-air from Islamabad while he will be chairing the budget session. Sardar Awais Laghari will be presenting the budget of the fiscal year 2023. Earlier, Speaker Punjab …

ISLAMABAD, June 14(ABC): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hear the petitions of the convicts in the Noor Mukadam murder case on June 28, 2022. A local court in Islamabad had sentenced the prime accused, Zahir Jaffer, to death for killing Noor after a long-drawn trial of over four months. Meanwhile, co-accused Jan Muhammad and Muhammad Iftikhar — the gardener …

ISLAMABAD, June 14(ABC): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari reaches Iran on a two-day official visit. During his stay, the Foreign Minister will hold talks with the Iranian leadership on the entire spectrum of bilateral relations. He will hold delegation level talks with his Iranian counterpart and discuss ways and means to further bolster bilateral relations. Both Pakistan and Iran are …

ISLAMABAD, June 14(ABC): Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal said on Tuesday that former Prime Minister Imran khan has left Pakistan on a very weak position and PML-N government is putting their politics at stake to save the country. Talking to media in Islamabad, the Federal Minister said, “Imran khan deliberately gave subsidy on petrol to give tough …

ISLAMABAD, June 14(ABC): PML-N senior leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says the country would have been facing a situation like Sri Lanka and subsequently defaulted, if Imran Khan remained in power today but that they [the coalition government] had taken a tough decision to come into power in a bid to steer the country out of an …

LAHORE, June 14(ABC): Mainly very hot and dry weather is expected in most plain areas of the country during next twelve hours. However, gusty with dust raising winds are likely in south Punjab and upper Sindh with rain-wind and thunderstorm in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, south Punjab, Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir and its adjoining hilly areas during evening and night. Temperature of …

LAHORE, June 14(ABC): Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has risen to 1,531,325. The nationwide tally of fatalities stands at 30,381 on Tuesday. According to the latest figures by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 54 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 across the country …