A high-level meeting between the civil and military leadership at the General Headquarters (GHQ) on Tuesday resolved to protect the core national interests and effectively counter any negative outside influence.
Massive rain and windstorms on Wednesday evening hit Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Peshawar, Lahore and some other parts of the country, killing at least 15 persons as walls and roofs collapsed while billboards and trees were uprooted. As many as 75 persons were also injured in the windstorm.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday pledged up to $500 million to develop the southern Iranian port of Chabahar, laying a railway line from the port city to Zahedan, in a move to give his country trade access to Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia. Up to 12 agreements of cooperation have also been signed between India, Iran, and Afghanistan.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will attend a parliament session today (today) to answer the questions of the opposition on the PanamaLeaks.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday the opposition was not entitled to ask questions and advised his adversaries not to assume the role of a judicial commission on the question of the PanamaLeaks.
While the Punjab government claims that all public and private schools of the province will reopen on Monday (today), many leading private schools will not open because of what they term ‘harassment’ by the government in the name of security.
The Pakistan National Assembly will elect a new speaker for its remaining term of two- and-a-half years today.
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