Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, is holding an emergency ministers’ meeting Sunday to discuss the high electricity bills that have caused some people to take to the street in protest.“In the meeting, a briefing will be taken f…
Protests against soaring power prices continued in Pakistan for a third consecutive day on Sunday, with television footage showing enraged consumers at rallies burning their electricity bills.The power supply department in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunk…
Thousands took to the streets across Pakistan to protest rising power bills, some violently, forcing the power companies to seek police security.Interim Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar summoned an urgent meeting with power authorities to “review” th…
Pakistan has welcomed the Danish government’s decision to propose a bill that would make it illegal to burn the Quran in public. Acts of public desecration of the Muslim holy book have led to protests and diplomatic tensions between the Nordic countri…
Ministry of Commerce and Industries is devising a plan to boost the country’s exports by extending all-out support to the industry stakeholders.This was stated by Caretaker Minister for Commerce and Industries Dr Gohar Ejaz while talking to leading ex…
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has reiterated to remove all hurdles in the way of bringing the level of higher education in Pakistan equal to the international standards.He was chairing a meeting of the vice-chancellors of all the public…
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has vowed to utilize all available resources for development of Balochistan.Talking to tribal elders in Quetta, he expressed government’s resolve to develop infrastructure and provide all resources includin…
A delegation from Balochistan led by Sahibzada Muhammad Khan called on Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar in Quetta on Sunday.The delegation members congratulated Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar for assuming office of the interim Prime Minister and expr…
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul-Haq Kakar has convened an emergency meeting in Islamabad on Sunday regarding electricity rates and consumer bills.According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister office, the Prime Minister also instructed the M…
Caretaker Interior Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti visited the headquarters of Frontier Corps Balochistan in Quetta, where he was briefed about the security situation in the province, border management and other matters.Speaking on the occasion, Sarfaraz …
