The Islamabad High Court has postponed the hearing of a petition filed by former Prime Minister and PTI chief's wife, Bushra Bibi, seeking enhanced security for her husband while in Adiala Jail until next week. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq presided over the hearing. Bushra Bibi's attorney, ...

Asian Development Bank is expected to approve 600 million dollars program for Pakistan’s social protection during the first week of next month. This was stated by the Bank's Director General of Central and West Asia, Eugenue Zhukov, during a meeting with Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance ...

RAWALPINDI – The National Assembly has approved the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill, 2021. The bill paves way for establishing an independent commission for the protection of journalists and media professionals. Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari, who had moved ...

The Israeli government has quietly allowed Jews to hold prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, a move that poses threat to the site’s status quo. The Jews are being let to pray at the site, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, under the protection of Israeli ...

South Waziristan - Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday during his visit to South Waziristan launched Ehsaas Kafaalat programme in the district of South Waziristan and reviewed the status of first-ever digital survey in the district. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Ehsaas Dr ...

The government has requested the World Bank for a loan of $600 million to roll out an innovative hybrid social protection scheme to support its aspirations around risk mitigation and financial inclusion among the poor and informal workers. The scheme will blend social assistance with social risk ...

ISLAMABAD-Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul Wazir Thursday said the present government had taken unprecedented steps over the last two years for the protection of environment.Addressing a joint press briefing over two year performance of the government, flanked byFederal Minister for ...

ISLAMABAD- Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has called on the United Nations to provide international protection to Palestinians from "the escalating Israeli assaults" in the Palestinian territories.  Member of the PLO Executive Committee and chairman of the human rights department, ...

ISLAMABAD-National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) will hold a dialogue session titled "Protection of Balochistan's Culture" on 11th of this month. Eminent scholars and artists will participate in the event to discuss the ways to protect culture of ...

ISLAMABAD-Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division Dr. Sania Nishtar has said that Ehsaas Emergency Cash program is the most extensive and transparent social protection operation ever undertaken in the history of Pakistan. She was addressing a ...