Day: January 3, 2023

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has expressed his displeasure over the callous and heartless act of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) to withhold the issuance of a transcript and degree to a BBA student due to procedural hiccups between FUUAST and Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM). While rejecting the representation against the decision of the Wafaqi Mohtasib (WM), the President on Tuesday directed PBM to redress the grievances of the aggrieved student and directed FUUAST to issue the degree and transcript to the student within 15 days. The President observed that the University was well aware that the student was pursuing his education on a need-based scholarship under the Ehsaas Scholarship Programme paid by PBM directly to the University, but instead ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said Maryam Nawaz Sharif has drive, determination and experience to lead party’s organizational matters. In a tweet on Tuesday, he said undoubtedly, Maryam Nawaz will very effectively galvanize PML-N’s rank and file with the vision of our Quaid Nawaz Sharif. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday promoted Maryam Nawaz as Senior Vice-President to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Maryam Nawaz has been authorized to re-organize the party at all functional tiers/levels as “Chief Organizer”.

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has asked the PTI Chairman Imran Khan to apologize to the people of Pakistan for the havocs he wreaked on the country during his tenure instead of issuing white papers. Talking to newsmen here in Islamabad on Tuesday, she slammed the PTI Chairman for issuing a so-called White Paper on the coalition government's performance and urged him to instead issue White Paper on his own performance during last four years. She said no white paper can whiten Imran Khan's black thefts and corruption. She mentioned with concern that PTI is in power in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since last nine years but could not make a single institution to counter terrorism and today terrorism is sprouting there once again posing a challenge to whole...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) has released first payment to the deserving families in Karachi, under the “Orphans and Widows Support Programme (OWSP)”. In a ceremony organized at Karachi, President Women Wing (PPP) and Member Provincial Assembly (Sindh), Faryal Talpur launched the programme by releasing the initial payments, in the presence of Senator Waqar Mehdi and Managing Director PBM, Amir Fida Paracha, says an official statement released here in Islamabad on Tuesday. Faryal Talpur, in her address, said the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) truly reflects the sympathetic approach of Benazir Bhutto (Shaheed) towards the down trodden segments of the country. Admiring the OWSP project for educating and empowering poor women and girls of the country, she appreciated th...