Umar Cheema
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Reference against CEC will likely damage PTI
ISLAMABAD: If Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf files a reference against the Chief Election Commissioner for displaying incompetence by not carrying out delimitation on time, this will turn out... → Read More
Azmat likely to head commission for regularising illegal societies
The former SC judge will likely head the commission set up to regularize more than 6000 illegal housing societies in Punjab → Read More
Ali Zafar has concluded what govt didn’t hope for
Jehangir Khan Tareen is being unfairly targeted by the government agencies, says the report → Read More
Proposed NAB law to undo Nawaz’s conviction amid talk on 18th Amendment
ISLAMABAD: As efforts are afoot to win support for amending the 18th Amendment, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz in collaboration with Pakistan People’s Party has prepared a draft of proposed... → Read More
PIA awards Rs700m contract to dubious company
A retired Pakistan Air Force officer, Group Captain (R) Khawaja Moizuddin, is the owner of that company, M/s Avionic Solutions Private Limited. → Read More
A guerrilla report about defections that went unheeded
According to my guerilla report, Mushahid Hussain Sayed told the participants, a businessman had a mid-night meeting with a PPP leader. He named the tycoon and the person he met. Role of the businessman was of a messenger sent to convey that Sindh government will be toppled in case of no-cooperation in the Senate. → Read More
Who defected
To the rude shock of many, several opposition senators who voted for Sadiq Sanjrani are still not on radar at a time when the opposition is busy in looking for black sheep in its rank and file. → Read More
Govt proposed to raise special force
ISLAMABAD: “I will break your legs. There will be no bone intact. I will make you disappear. Your body will be thrown outside your home. There will be a special squad for the purpose.”... → Read More
SECP official, a judge’s relative, nabbed in Zardari case
The arrest was made in Karachi and the person in custody was later shifted to Islamabad for transit remand. He isadditional registrar of Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan in Karachi. More arrests of SECP officials are expected in coming days, according to an official. → Read More
Vawda claims launching self-employment scheme, he’s wrong
ISLAMABAD: Six weeks after making a claim that “there will be so many jobs within next four weeks that organisations will run out of people to employ”, Faisal Vawda has claimed of giving... → Read More
Shabbar not fit to be FBR chairman: cabinet summary
Prime Minister Imran Khan announced late on Monday the appointment of Shabbar Zaidi as new FBR chairman but he together with his cabinet are still struggling to understand how to translate this announcement into reality due to plethora of challenges. → Read More
Imran’s China visit and protocol controversy
“Level of reception has always been the same,” said an official approached by The News. He denied the impression that it was different when PM went on a maiden visit in November last year. → Read More
NAB hesitant to nab minister who ‘ballooned to billions’
The person under question is also part of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s cabinet, holding a prized lucrative portfolio. His younger brother is an important minister in the provincial cabinet. → Read More
In jail, PPP leaders find a different Nawaz
The PPP had been taunting PML-N leadership for the exile deal it brokered in 2000 with the former military dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf. That Sharifs don’t have the mettle to face hardships of jail was an oft-repeated jibe. No more. “What a politician wants in jail? That he could transfer himself to a hospital. The opposite is true in case of Nawaz Sharif,” said a PPP leader who didn’t want to… → Read More
DRAP CEO finally removed for dubious PhD
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has removed its top drug regulator for holding a dubious doctorate degree that he used to burnish his credentials when applied for the position of CEO Drug... → Read More
Goodwill of political bosses must for secretaries to secure tenure
Arbab Shehzad, a retired bureaucrat who is Adviser to PM on Establishment, will head a five-member selection committee for shortlisting a panel of three officers against each vacant position. → Read More
Minister finds PBS data on prices hard to digest
ISLAMABAD: In the beginning of this month, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics gave a presentation to the federal cabinet wherein it said the poor section of the society hasn’t been much... → Read More
Cabinet set to discuss sin tax for increasing health budget
The bill titled “The Federal Health Levy Bill, 2019” is to be presented by the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination for the cabinet approval after which it will land in the Parliament. Only passage from there will convert it into a law for enforcement. The bill envisages imposition of health levy on cigarette packs at the rate of Rs10 per pack of 20-cigarette… → Read More
Sukkur-Multan Motorway project: Chinese company responds to minister’s allegations
In a rare clarification issued on Tuesday, China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) without naming the minister has said it “feels extremely shocked by the recent groundless allegations made through media. The whole tendering, bidding process and award of the contract was made in accordance with local laws and international practices which, the company says, it won after declared… → Read More
Pak Jew allowed to travel to Israel for first time
Fishel Khalid, 31, will be the first Pakistani in public knowledge as he had been permitted to travel to Israel. He lives in Karachi and has been very open about his religious beliefs. Son of a Muslim father and Jewish mother, Fishel chose to become a Jew and got it registered with Nadra. His four brothers opted for Islam. There are around 700-800 Jews in Pakistan. → Read More