Pakistan's Energy Minister Sardar Awais Leghari bragged about massive wins in the power sector during a big press meeting in Islamabad. The government boss said electricity companies cut their huge losses from 591 billion rupees down to 399 billion rupees. Better management helped these power firms slash their wasteful spending and boost their performance big time. Leghari credited smart reforms for turning around the struggling energy sector. The minister claimed his team's hard work paid off with real results across the country.
Power company bosses get picked based on their skills rather than political connections under the new system. Revenue collection improved dramatically while some electricity firms crushed power theft in their...
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi slammed wild rumors flying around about President Asif Ali Zardari quitting his job. The top government official fired back at gossip claiming Army Chief General Asim Munir wants to grab the presidency. Naqvi posted angry messages on social media calling the stories a nasty attack campaign. He said the rumors target President Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the military boss. The minister made clear that nobody ever talked about Zardari stepping down from his position.
Naqvi defended the army chief and said he has zero interest in becoming president. The interior minister praised the good relationship between Zardari and military leaders. He stressed that General Munir only cares about making...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif rolled out the red carpet for a mountain climbing superstar from Qatar. Sheikha Asma Al Thani made history as the first woman from her country to conquer Nanga Parbat. The deadly peak gets called the Killer Mountain because climbers often die trying to reach the top. Sharif praised her amazing courage and said she inspires women around the world. He appointed her as Pakistan's official mountain tourism ambassador on the spot.
Pakistan brags about having five of the world's tallest mountains that attract daredevil climbers. The prime minister promised international mountaineers would get full government support and protection. He thanked the brave Pakistani guides and porters who help foreign climbers...
Pakistan's Finance Minister Mohammad Aurangzeb warned that his country faces deadly threats from climate change and population explosion. The government official spoke at a ceremony in Islamabad on World Population Day about the crisis hitting the nation. He said the rapidly growing population hurts every part of Pakistani life and drains the country's resources. Pakistan's population keeps growing at a scary rate of 2.5 percent each year while most other countries grow much slower. The minister demanded that provincial governments step up their efforts to control population growth.
Aurangzeb revealed that the federal government plans to spend massive amounts of money fighting the population crisis. He announced that one third of a...
A court cleared Senate Chairman Yousaf Raza Gillani of nine more corruption charges. The politician beat the rap in cases tied to the massive Trade Development Authority scandal. Gillani has beaten 12 charges out of 26 total cases the feds brought against him. The judge accepted his legal papers asking for freedom from prosecution. The court said prosecutors could not prove their case against the top politician.
The Federal Investigation Agency went after Gillani hard over the trade authority mess. Government investigators claimed crooked companies stole billions in trade money. The scam involved fake paperwork and backdated checks during his time as Prime Minister. Prosecutors said fraudulent businesses got massive payouts they never...
Pakistan's climate minister blasted poachers after they killed a deer inside a protected national park. Dr. Musadik Malik went ballistic when he saw the sick video spreading across social media. The cruel hunters targeted the innocent animal right inside Margalla Hills National Park where wildlife gets special protection. Malik called the act totally unacceptable and demanded cops investigate the crime immediately. He ordered officials to hand over a full report about the illegal hunting without any delays.
Police already filed charges against the suspected poachers at Kohsar station and started their official probe. The accused killers live in Gokina village near the park and quickly applied for bail before cops could arrest them...
Pakistani military chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry made a high-profile visit to the University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in Muzaffarabad. Students at the campus welcomed the top army officer with passionate speeches about their homeland. The young people declared that Kashmir serves as the jugular vein of Pakistan and cannot be separated from the country. They vowed to reclaim Kashmir at any cost and said the territory would soon become part of Pakistan. The students expressed unwavering determination to achieve their goal of full integration.
The university crowd praised the Pakistan Army for standing up to Indian forces along the disputed border. Students thanked military leaders for giving strong responses to what...
Health officials across Pakistan prepare for deadly monsoon floods that could hit 1.3 million people. The World Health Organization teams up with the government to launch an emergency plan covering 33 danger zones. Officials worry about pregnant women, kids under five, disabled people and elderly folks living in flood areas. The plan targets ten districts each in Punjab and Sindh plus nine in Balochistan and four in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Emergency teams will rush medical supplies and set up mobile clinics when disaster strikes.
Pakistani authorities remember the horror of 2022 floods that hurt over 33 million people and wrecked 2,000 hospitals. The country ranks as the eighth worst hit by extreme weather between 2000 and 2019 according...
Pakistan People's Party boss Bilawal Bhutto Zardari slammed India during a shocking interview with The Wire news outlet. He called the terrorism charges against Pakistan completely false and misleading. The politician accused Indian leaders of lying to their people about Pakistan's role in terror attacks. Bhutto Zardari said his country fights terrorism on the front lines and has paid a heavy price. He claimed Pakistan would welcome international investigators to examine any terror incidents.
The PPP leader criticized India for refusing to cooperate on joint investigations. He said Indian authorities make wild claims but never provide objective evidence to back them up. Bhutto Zardari specifically mentioned the recent Pahalgam attack...
