The World Bank Group’s Board of Directors approved a $300 million International Development Association (IDA) loan for the Punjab Clean Air Programme (PCAP), which aims to improve air quality management and combat pollution.PCAP will support the Punjab government’s Smog Mitigation Action Plan (SMAP) in addressing the pressing issue of smogRead More →
FAISALABAD (A News) – A man was sentenced to jail and a fine under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA). According to the ruling issued by Additional Sessions Judge Special Anti-Rape Court, the offender was sentenced to 10 years in jail and fined Rs 1 million. If the fineRead More →
ISLAMABAD (A News) A new debate erupted in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) over the case transfer issue, pitting Acting Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar against fellow justices. The acting chief justice issued an administrative order stating that Justice Babar Sattar had recused himself from hearing a particular case. However, theRead More →
ISLAMABAD (A News) On Friday, the federal government reduced petrol prices by Re1 per liter for the next two weeks. The finance ministry issued a notice lowering the petrol price by Re1 to 254.63 a liter. The government has dropped fuel prices by Re1 per liter, reducing the new priceRead More →
ISLAMABAD (A News) Bushra Bibi, former prime minister Imran Khan’s wife, has petitioned the Islamabad High Court for an expedited hearing on her sentence suspension motion in the £190 million case. Bushra Bibi noted in her petition that the hearing was originally set for March 25, but was postponed owingRead More →
(Web Desk) – The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) declared on Wednesday that giving the first wife the ability to dissolve her marriage if her husband remarries without her consent is un-Islamic. It emphasized that any legal decision allowing such annulment defies Islamic beliefs. The CII session, led by DrRead More →
ISLAMABAD (A. News) – Journalist Waheed Murad was brought before Judicial Magistrate Abbas Shah’s court, where he was placed under the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency. During the hearings, FIA officers notified the court that Murad had been arrested the night before. They said that he had posted messagesRead More →
PESHAWAR (A.News)– The BRT investigation against Parvez Khattak, Prime Minister’s adviser and former KP chief minister, has been ended. According to a NAB spokeswoman, the anti-corruption bureau has ended its investigation into current KP chief secretary Shahab Ali Shah. According to the spokesperson, there was insufficient proof against the formerRead More →
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A landmine killed a Russian state television journalist and critically wounded her cameraman in Russia’s Belgorod district near the Ukrainian border, state television reported on Wednesday. According to a statement released by the Pervy Kanal TV channel, war journalist Anna Prokofieva and cameraman Dmitry Volkov stepped onRead More →
Ukrainian President Zelensky praised US-brokered agreements between Ukraine and Russia to suspend attacks in the Black Sea and on energy facilities on Tuesday, but criticized Washington for agreeing to loosen restrictions on Russian exports. An previous White House statement on the subject did not specify when such a halt wouldRead More →
