LAHORE: Acting President Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the PPP might join PML-N’s Punjab government if offered “a proper share”. The Senate chairman, who’s serving as the acting president in the absence of Asif Ali Zardari, made these remarks on Saturday while talking to reporters at his residence. Mr Gilani, who belongs to PPP, said his party leadership could consider joining the cabinet of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif if provided with a “proper space” in the province. The acting president also talked about the Defamation Bill, 2024 recently passed by the Punjab Assembly. The bill, which caused a huge uproar, has yet…
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KARACHI: An special flight chartered by the Sindh government brought another batch of 180 stranded students from Kyrgyzstan on Saturday, who belonged to different parts of the country. Sindh Governor Kamran Khan Tessori, Sindh ministers Sharjeel Memon and Nasir Hussain Shah and deputy mayor Salman Murad received the students. Emotional scenes were witnessed at the Quaid-i-Azam International Airport where parents and family members received the students with tears in their eyes and smiles on their face. Earlier on Thursday the first special flight brought “205 trapped students” from Kyrgyzstan, belonging to different parts of Sindh. The fresh flight, however, carried…
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Safe City Authority’s online system was knocked down by hacker(s) leading to its shut down, police officers privy to the development told Dawn on Saturday. They said the hacker(s) attacked the system two days ago and since then it was shut down. The hacker(s) entered the main server of the system on Thursday and then the server having data and record of criminals, they said. Some servers, including that of Complaint Management System, Criminal Management Record System, Human Resources Management System and the ones operating software and applications for the Operation Division were shut down immediately. The firewall of…
Veteran TV and stage actor Talat Hussain died in Karachi on Sunday at the age of 83. Hussain, born on Sept 18, 1940, passed away after a prolonged illness, state broadcaster PTV said in a post on social media platform X. Arts Council of Pakistan (ACP) Karachi President Ahmed Shah also confirmed Hussain’s death, adding that the actor had long been undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Karachi. In a statement, Shah recalled that the actor had a “deep connection” with ACP as he had remained a part of its governing body. “An acclaimed actor like Talat Hussain is born after…
A Pakistan Army captain and a soldier were martyred on Sunday while five terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Peshawar district’s Hassan Khel area, the military’s media wing said. A statement issued by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that security forces conducted the IBO on the reported presence of terrorists. “During conduct of the operation, own troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location, as result of which five terrorists were sent to hell while three terrorists got injured,” the ISPR said. It said that during the exchange of fire, 25-year-old Captain Hussain Jahangir, who was “leading…
Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani have agreed to visit Pakistan on the invitation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, state-run Radio Pakistan reported on Sunday. According to the report, the development came during two separate meetings Shehbaz held in Islamabad with Kuwait’s Ambassador to Pakistan Nassar Abdulrahman Jasser Almutairi and Qatar’s Ambassador to Pakistan Ali Mubarak Ali Essa Al-Khater. “In his meeting with the prime minister, the Kuwaiti ambassador presented a letter from the emir of Kuwait expressing his intention to visit Pakistan on mutually agreed dates,” the report said. After receiving the letter,…
Royal watchers are convinced First Lady of Nigeria took a sly dig at Meghan Markle for her revealing choice of clothes during her trip earlier this month. Speaking at an event to mark President Bola Tinubu’s one year in office to recognise how women have made significant contributions to all spheres of life, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, urged the Nigerian children against succumbing to Western influence. In a clip making rounds on X, formerly Twitter, she said: “We are not having a Met Gala. The nakedness is just everywhere, and the men are well-clothed. So we have to do something. Tell…
Kate Middleton is taking some strict caution as she continues her preventative cancer treatment. The Princess of Wales, who is reportedly moving to Sandringham to recover, has not met her friends since the diagnosis. “The key thing for her now is avoiding any kind of stress or anxiety and just getting on with the business of getting better,” a friend of Princess Kate and Prince William told The Daily Beast. “They will bail out and be off to Sandringham the moment school breaks up.” Previously, The Daily Mail’s Richard Eden reported that the Princess of Wales has not met with her friends since…
Britney Spears is always going to advocate for survivors of abuse. Over the weekend, the Princess of Pop, 42, showed support for her former fling and longtime choreographer, Wade Robson, who has accused the late King of Pop Michael Jackson of abuse. Taking to her Instagram on Friday, May 24, Spears re-posted video of Wade in a since-deleted post via Page Six, writing, “It warms my heart to see an older man take his time to even speak on such a subject !!” Having herself suffered from emotional and financial abuse under her former 13-year-long conservatorship, she urged followers to openly…
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle revert to an old royal tradition often observed by Queen Elizabeth when she went on royal tours. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex travelled to Nigeria earlier this month but their two children, Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, almost 3, were left back home in Montecito, California. While the tour was not made on behalf of King Charles, the tour has a stark likeness to a royal tour. Nigeria had hosted the couple as the country is reportedly set to host Invictus Games in the future. Royal commentator Gareth Russell told GB News that it is unclear…
