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Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Monday said retrogressive thinking was a "danger for Pakistan" in reference to the recent measures taken by the Taliban government in Afghanistan regarding women. "You see that two extremist regimes have cropped up on right and left of Pakistan. On one side there is Afghanistan where the Taliban have arrived. We want to fully help the Afghan people. "But saying that women can't travel alone or go to schools and colleges — this kind of retrogressive thinking is a danger for Pakistan," the information minister said, while addressing a ceremony in Islamabad. He added that a similar Hindu extremist mindset was rising in India so the Pakistani state's "biggest" and "most important" fight was against these "two extremist thoughts". "We have had failures and successes but till now Pakistan is that bright hope in this region which while remaining amid these extremes can emerge out f...

Pakistan’s first-ever National Security Policy (NSP) 2022-2026 was approved Monday, with Prime Minister Imran Khan terming it a "historic moment" for the country. The NSP was approved during the 36th meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC), which was chaired by the prime minister, according to a statement from the PM Office. The meeting was attended by Federal Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Defence, Information and Broadcasting, Interior, Finance, Human Rights, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, all Services Chiefs, National Security Advisor, and senior civil and military officers, the statement said. National Security Advisor (NSA) Mooed Yusuf, presenting the NSP for approval, highlighted that Pakistan was shifting to a "Comprehensive National Security Framework". Through the framework, the ultimate purpose of national security would be to ensure the safety, security, and dignity of the citizen of Pakistan, the NSA said. "To ensure this ...

The timings for various schools in Islamabad have been changed in view of traffic congestion on roads due to ongoing construction work, it emerged on Sunday. Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Hamza Shafqaat shared a notification issued on December 23 by the office of the district magistrate, which notes that traffic congestion due to construction of IJP Road and Rawal Dam chowk "has increased manifold causing nuisance, frequent accidents and road blockage". "In order to reduce peak hour traffic congestion and facilitate smooth flow of traffic, the following blocks have been made sector-wise to streamline the traffic," the notification stated. It added that the decision has been made on the recommendation of the Senior Superintendent of Police, Traffic, Rai Mazhar. All educational institutes that fall under the notified areas must abide by the newly notified timings. Timings Block 1 which consists of Sectors I and H will have the morning shift from 8am to 1pm, ev...

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry Sunday said that former Gilgit-Baltistan chief justice Rana Shamim had gotten his affidavit— in which he accused former CJP Mian Saqib Nisar of collusion to deny bails to PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz before the general elections 2018— notarised in the presence of Nawaz Sharif at his office. Taking to Twitter, Fawad Chaudhry shared a newspaper clipping and said new revelations proved once again that the Sharif family worked like a Sicilian mafia. He said that the report exposed the Sharif family’s expertise in blackmailing institutions, including the judiciary, like a “mafia” As per the report shared by the minister, “Rana Shamim, former chief judge of Gilgit-Baltistan took the oath and signed an affidavit in the office of none other than Mian Nawaz Sharif, trying to incriminate former chief justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar and honorable sitting judge of the Islamabad High Court.” On No...

Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar and former finance minister Miftah Ismail on Sunday sparred on Twitter over the use of furnace oil for power generation. It all began when Azhar tweeted a thread to "clarify some misconceptions" on the status of operations in the country's refineries and the use of furnace oil. The energy minister said that this summer Pakistan faced a "moderate shortage" of furnace oil as furnace oil power plants ran more than last year, attributing it to a merit order that ranks available sources of energy in ascending order of costs associated. He said furnace oil had to be relied on due to low water levels in dams. Consequently, furnace oil consumption was 116% higher. He went on to state that for winter, 200,000 tonnes of furnace oil has been imported due to three reasons: a higher demand projection, risks of further default by LNG cargoes and low stock levels at independent power producers. Azhar said that fortunately, during the Nove...

Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed on Sunday said that if PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif wants to return to Pakistan, he will issue a "visa" to him within 24 hours and will also "pay for his air ticket". Rasheed made the announcement after rumours started spreading that Nawaz would possibly return to Pakistan ahead of the next general elections. Speaking during a press conference in Karachi, the interior minister said that Nawaz had left the country citing medical reasons but "never visited a doctor" once he reached England. Answering a question related to the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif, Rasheed said: "Your threats will not affect us in any way; you should look at your own conduct. No one else has been as corrupt as you, so you cannot hold us accountable for anything." Rasheed went on to say that both, the Sharif and Zardari families, are "corrupt", so Prime Minister Imran Khan will continue to ...

The Sindh Board Committee of Chairmen on Sunday announced to pass all matric and intermediate students who could not appear in their practical exams. According to a notification issued in this regard, another change has been introduced for matric and intermediate students in Sindh: Those students who wish to reappear in a paper for the purpose of improvement can now do it four times. Previously, students who wished to improve their percentages could only retake the exam once. Acording to the Chairman of the Sindh Board Committee of Chairmen Professor Saeed Uddin, the decision has been taken in line with the system in place for federal board students. He also said that special examinations will be conducted for students in February 2022. from latest-news - SUCH TV https://ift.tt/3esyF6a