On Tuesday, the Russian Embassy in Islamabad Pakistan announced that Pakistan has received its first shipment of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) from Russia, marking Pakistan as the second largest buyer of LPG. The embassy said the shipment was successfully delivered to Pakistan with Iran’s help, which came after an earlier deal of crude oil between Pakistan and Russia. The embassy further stated that Russia has successfully delivered the first shipment of 100,000 metric tons of LPG to Pakistan through Iran’s Sarakhs special zone, making it the second-largest South Asian country. The embassy further added that “consultation on a second shipment…
Author: Saifullah
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has formulated the polling scheme for the upcoming general elections, aiming to establish a total of 91,809 polling stations across 859 constituencies in national and provincial assemblies. Among these, 32,000 have been identified as sensitive, while 17,000 are categorized as highly sensitive. These details were disclosed in a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, chaired by Senator Taj Haider. The committee emphasized the importance of the electoral body conducting the polls within the constitutional framework of 90 days. During the meeting, ECP Secretary Omar Hamid Khan provided insights into the arrangements,…
Sarfraz Bugti, the caretaker interior minister, has retracted his earlier statement about Nawaz Sharif’s potential arrest. He stated that his initial comments were taken out of context regarding Nawaz Sharif’s arrest. This clarification comes after facing strong backlash from PMLN leaders in response to Bugti’s initial statement on Nawaz Sharif’s arrest. Previously, Bugti had mentioned on a television show that Nawaz Sharif would be arrested upon arrival if he failed to secure bail in the cases against him. He also stated that no political workers would be allowed within the premises of the airport, deeming it a sensitive zone. Bugti…
Peshawar: A big achievement for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa security forces. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa security forces apprehended a terrorist group, responsible for collecting extortion money from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s local politicians and mine owners. While speaking at the news conference Director General Counter-terrorism Finance Unit Imran Shahid said, that in a successful operation, they have identified 71 member groups of extortionists operating from Afghanistan through WhatsApp calls. He said, “We have arrested Commander Bilal and two other extortionists who were actively involved in extorting money and terrorism financing”. They collected heavy extortion money from local politicians, and mine owners to use it in terror…