KARACHI, – Former Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Amir Hayat has been named CEO of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for a one-year term. The departing administration said last week that it intended to privatize the loss-making PIA, which has accrued hundreds of billions of rupees in liabilities and arrears. The actionContinue Reading

BEIRUT (Reuters) – On Wednesday, Lebanon’s culture minister tried to remove the picture “Barbie” from theaters, claiming that it “promotes homosexuality” and opposes Christian beliefs. Minister Mohammad Mortada is backed by the powerful Shi’ite armed group Hezbollah, whose leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has increased his rhetoric against the LGBT population,Continue Reading

ISLAMABAD – President Dr. Arif Alvi has signed the summary for the dissolution of the National Assembly in accordance with Article 58(1) of the Pakistan Constitution of 1973. According to a news statement issued by the President Secretariat news Wing on Wednesday, Dr. Alvi signed the summary for the dissolutionContinue Reading

LAHORE (Channel News)- For breaking party rules, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) fired 22 leaders from South Punjab on Tuesday. Under Omar Ayub, the PTI Secretary General’s signature, a notification was released. Former Punjab chief minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari, Khusro Bakhtiar, Javed Akhtar Ansari, Farooq Azam Malik,Continue Reading

(Reuters) – Ferrari swept the front row in qualifying for the centenary edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans sportscar race on Thursday, with the number 50 car taking the Italian marque’s first pole at the Sarthe circuit in 50 years. Italian Antonio Fuoco was at the wheel ofContinue Reading