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LAHORE: The Punjab caretaker government has decided to implement the austerity policy announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, ARY News reported on Saturday. The caretaker Punjab chief minister (CM) Mohsin Naqvi took a series of decisions while chairing the 7th session of the cabinet. The caretaker Punjab CM sought a plan from the concerned committee for adopting the austerity measures. The committee will forward the recommendations to the caretaker CM for cutting down the government’s expenditures. CM Mohsin Naqvi said that the provincial government will have to play its role in the austerity drive amid the economic crisis. READ: MARYAM’S LAVISH PROTOCOL MOCKS PM’S AUSTERITY MEASURES It has been decided that the government officers will donate three-day salary to the quake victims of Turkiye and Syria. The cabinet received a suggestion to fix the relief price of wheat at Rs3,900 per maund. The other decisions included the establishment of a committee for the early completion...

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Qaiser has challenged the transfers and postings by the caretaker government in the Peshawar High Court (PHC), ARY News reported on Saturday. Asad Qaiser filed a petition through his counsel Barrister Gohar Khan to the Peshawar High Court (PHC), challenging the transfers and postings made by the caretaker government. The provincial government, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the administration were made parties in the case. The petition stated that the caretaker government took illegal steps by making transfers and postings which were violations of the election rules. It added that the caretaker government is responsible for holding free and fair elections but not making the transfers of the government officers. READ: ‘JAIL BHARO TEHREEK’: PTI RAWALPINDI LEADERS SHIFTED TO SHAHPUR JAIL Qaiser pleaded with the PHC to nullify the caretaker government’s notification. In another move, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI...

ISLAMABAD: Despite the lapse of the constitutionally mandated 30-day period, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is yet to declare vacant six of the seven National Assembly seats won by PTI chief Imran Khan in October last year. These by-polls were held on nine seats after the National Assembly speaker accepted the resignations of some PTI lawmakers who resigned en masse in April , following Mr Khan’s ouster as prime minister through a no-confidence vote in parliament. When Mr Khan won the seven seats in October, he was already holding a National Assembly seat from Mianwali. He won six seats on October 16 and bagged another seat from NA-45 (Kurram) on October 30. Mr Khan then contested eight of those vacant seats and emerged victorious on seven of them after losing one seat to PPP’s Abdul Hakeem Baloch in Karachi’s Malir area. If PTI chief does not indicate preference within 30 days, he automatically retains only the last seat contested, i.e. NA-45 (Kurram) Under the law, ...

A horrific video of a man trying to survive a deadly bear attack is going viral on the social media application Twitter. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv       The video was shared by Oddly Terrifying on the micro-blogging social media platform. The video showed the bear approaching a tree on which a man is hanging on about seven to eight feet from the ground.  The grizzly bear stood on its hind legs and attempted to get hold of the man hanging for his life. The bear did not let him go easily. The man was doing everything he could to save himself.  The well-being of the man was unknown.  Terrifying encounter between hiker and bear pic.twitter.com/tnXcGxTeX2 — OddIy Terrifying (@OTerrifying) February 24, 2023 It is not a wise option to confront a bear without taking safety precautions. The people have lost their lives and suffered life-threatening injuries.  Many people have survived to tell the tale. A mountain climber in Ja...

KARACHI: The federal government has instructed Sindh government to enforce the energy conservation plan, as per which all markets will be shut at 8:30 pm, ARY News reported on Friday. Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination has penned down a letter to Chief Minister (CM) Sindh Murad Ali Shah, urging to ensure the implementation of energy conservation plan across the province. According to the directive, all the Deputy Commissioners (DC) will implement the energy programme in their respective areas. Commissioner Karachi instructed all the Deputy Commissioners (DC) to make a report on the implementation of the programme. READ: TRADERS REJECT GOVT’S DECISION TO CLOSE MARKETS AT 8:30 PM It is pertinent to mention here that, last month, Federal Defence Minister Khawaja Asif announced that the federal cabinet has approved the energy conservation pla n. According to the approved energy conservation plan, all markets and shopping malls will be closed by 8:30 pm and wedding halls at 10:...

LAHORE: Former Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Friday lambasted Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) chief organizer Maryam Nawaz for ‘maligning the judiciary’ during her speech in Sargodha, ARY News reported. The former CM criticised PML-N chief organizer Maryam Nawaz for ‘maligning judges’, stating, “Under the leadership of Imran Khan, we will not let the judiciary be pressurized or blackmailed,” Pervaiz Elahi termed Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leadership ‘incompetent’ and stated that the PDM’s ‘failed strategies’ steered the country towards the worst economical crisis. READ:  ‘GROUP OF FIVE’ RESPONSIBLE FOR COUNTRY’S WOES: MARYAM NAWAZ Speaking of the election, the former CM said that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the Punjab Governor were not fulfilling their responsibilities. Earlier this week, PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz during her speech at the PML-N’s workers’ convention in Sargodha alleged that the ‘group of fi...

The attendance in Karachi’s National Stadium stands was sparse for a Friday night HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) encounter. But when Azam Khan played for Islamabad United, the sparse crowd chanted his name in unison. Their chants were loud enough to make the venue seem jam-packed. After all, what was happening in front of their eyes, was exhilarating, exciting and worth every penny of the ticket price. For Quetta Gladiators, Azam’s show was nothing less than shocking. After Sarfaraz Ahmed’s bowlers reduced United to 71-4 by the halfway stage, the burly right-hander went on to prove he was one of the best power-hitters in Pakistan, plundering the Quetta bowlers for 97 runs off 42 balls — an innings studded with nine fours and eight jaw-dropping sixes. He got the perfect support from another power-hitter in Asif Ali, who hit a four and four sixes in his 24-ball knock for 42, which added to the duo’s partnership of 98 off 45 balls for the fifth wicket as United posted 220-6. It ...