ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani talks to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s candidate Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in the National Assembly after being declared the winner of a Senate seat on Wednesday, as president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Shehbaz Sharif, chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and others look on. Online
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ISLAMABAD: Hours after the ruling coalition’s candidate Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh suffered defeat at the hands of opposition’s Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in a major upset during the Senate elections on Wednesday, the government announced that Prime Minister Imran Khan would seek a vote of confidence afresh from the National Assembly.
Cow dung to power buses in Karachi: Zartaj Gul
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Minister for Climate Change Zartaj Gul. File photo
Cow dungs available at Bhains colony to power buses in Karachi, says climate change minister Zartaj Gul
Gul says that Punjab cracked down on Iranian smuggled oil to overcome an annual loss of Rs250 billion
Climate change minister says 1,100 petrol pumps had been shut down in Balochistan
Minister for Climate Change Zartaj Gul said Monday that the government is planning to generate energy from cow dung available at Bhains colony to power buses in Karachi.
The minister, briefing the Senate on government initiatives, said that the of diesel and petrol being imported in Pakistan was Euro Five quality and the amount of sulfur in Euro Five was 5%.