LAHORE, MAY 09 (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday has challenged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz’s appointment as party vice president in Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).According to details, PTI adopted the stance that Maryam Nawaz is ineligible to hold any political or public office as she had been sentenced by the court in corruption reference.

LAHORE (DNA) – Chief Minister of Punjab (CM) Usman Buzdar on Thursday has visited Mayo Hospital and met the victims of Data Darbar blast. According to details, the CM informed the patients that inquiry into the explosion has been launched while the search for the terrorist group behind this attack has also been started. On May 9, at least 11 people including three police officials were martyred and scores injured in a suicide blast outside the Data Darbar shrine in Lahore.

ISLAMABAD: (DNA) –  The Anti-Human Trafficking Cell of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), in a countrywide crackdown against the Chinese people involved in getting married with Pakistani girls fraudulently, arrested 14 Chinese natives from different areas of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.

ISLAMABAD, May 08 (DNA): Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry, on Wednesday said that the lunar calendar for next five years will be prepared before 15th Ramadan, however, the cabinet is fully authorised for its acceptance and rejection.While addressing a press conference, Chaudhry said that reformations were also introduced in the information ministry and directives were issued to provide equal air time to opposition parties on state television.

ISLAMABAD, MAY 08 (DNA) – Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Wednesday said the government wanted to bring reforms by introducing legislation in the Parliament.She made the remarks during a meeting with office bearers of Parliamentary Reporters Association (PRA) here at Parliament House. She congratulated the newly elected office bearers of Parliamentary Reporters Association.

ISLAMABAD, MAY 08 (DNA) – A pun-intended remarks came from Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday when he said governing Pakistan was easy.In a response to a journalist’s question asking, what was more difficult, sitting in opposition or governing the country, the prime minister said: “It is very easy to govern.”Prime Minister Khan’s witty reply came following the meeting of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Parliamentary party.

ISLAMABAD, May 08 (DNA): The federal government has accepted the demand of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of increasing electricity and gas prices in the country.The consumers will pay Rs340 billion in three years for electricity and gas. The government has also agreed to make the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) an autonomous body to set electricity prices.