Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) founder Imran Khan has nominated Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) head Hamid Raza as chairman public accounts committee (PAC).

According to the details, Imran Khan issued directions to opposition leader Omar Ayub for the nomination of Hamid Raza. Earlier, Imran Khan had nominated chairman PAC to PTI’s leader Sher Afzal Marwat.

The opposition members Zain Qureshi, Sher Afzal Marwat and Hamid Raza have met with speaker national assembly in which the discussion has exchanged regarding the matters of forming parliamentary committees.

However, the opposition gave the name of Hamid Raza for chairman PAC to speaker. Speaker national assembly Ayaz Sadiq stated that the selection of chairman PAC will be according to the rules.

He said that there is no jurisdiction in the nomination of chairman PAC of speaker. This decision has to take by the opposition whatever the name they will be given he will become the chairman PAC.  

Islamabad: Pakistan-Iran Joint Declaration was issued after the visit of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi.

According to the spokesperson of the Foreign Office, the Pakistan-Iran joint declaration consists of 28 points, in which it is stated that Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi had a delegation-level discussion with the Prime Minister, and the parties reviewed all aspects of Pakistan-Iran bilateral relations.

It has been stated in the joint statement that on the invitation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President of Iran Ibrahim Raisi paid an official visit to Pakistan. The Iranian President was accompanied by a high-level delegation including the Foreign Minister.

According to the joint statement, the delegation included Amir Abdullahiyan and other cabinet members, along with senior officials.

The regional and global issues of mutual concern were also discussed during the visit. Several Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and agreements were also signed, added the declaration.

According to the joint declaration, it was agreed to enhance mutual relations through regular exchange of high-level visits to strengthen brotherly ties.

The historical, cultural, religious and civilizational relations between the two neighboring and Muslim countries were highlighted.

The statement said that Pakistan and Iran condemned the attack on the Iranian consular session in Damascus, both countries recognized the mutual border as a border of Pakistan-Iran friendship and peace.

It has been stated in the joint statement that Pakistan and Iran agreed to cooperate with political and security authorities on a permanent basis. The aim of mutual cooperation is to prevent terrorism, drug and human trafficking.

It is pertinent to note that Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi arrived on an official visit to Pakistan on Monday, April 22 and he returned from Karachi on April 24 after completing the visit.

Karachi: The gold price has reached to $2320 with the increase of $11 per ounce in the international billion market.

According to the details, the per told gold price reached to Rs242000 with the increase of Rs1100 in the local markets while the 10 grams of gold reached to Rs207476 with the increase of Rs943.

On the other hand, the price of silver remained the same Rs2650 without any changing and the 10 grams of silver also remained the same of Rs2371.94.