Major Shabbir Sharif’s 51st Martyrdom Anniversary Being Observed Today
LAHORE: Major Shabbir Sharif s 51st martyrdom anniversary is being observed today (Tuesday). He is among those remarkable army officers who fought in the major wars...
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Lawmakers Asked to Submit Statements of Assets, Liabilities by Dec 31
Election Commission of Pakistan has asked all members of parliament and provincial assemblies to submit their statements of assets and liabilities, including those of their...
UAE, Ukraine to Start Talks on Bilateral Trade Deal
The United Arab Emirates and Ukraine have announced to start negotiations on a bilateral trade deal that is expected to conclude by the middle of...
Two Lahore Cops Martyred in Encounter With Dacoits
LAHORE: Two policemen embraced martyrdom in an encounter with dacoits in Manga Mandi near Lahore on Monday night. A spokesman for police said that some...
Sanaullah Urges PTI Leaders to Use Forum of Parliament for Discussing National Affairs
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has stressed upon the PTI leaders to come to parliament for discussion on the next general elections. Talking to a private...
Five Terrorists Killed, Soldier Martyred in North Waziristan Clash
Five terrorists were killed during exchange of fire with security forces in an Intelligence Based Operation in North Waziristan District. According to ISPR, the security...
ECC Approves Wheat Import of 450000MT From Russia
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee has accorded approval to import of 450,000 metric tonnes of wheat from Russia. ...
Russia Agrees to Provide Crude oil, Refined Petroleum Products to Pakistan on Discounted Rates
Russia has agreed to provide crude oil and refined petroleum products including petrol and diesel to Pakistan on discounted rates. This was disclosed by Minister...
England Defeat Pakistan in Rawalpindi Test By 74 Runs
RAWALPINDI: England dismantled Pakistan in the first Test, winning by a comfortable margin of 74 runs at the Pindi Cricket Stadium to take a 1-0 series...
PM Inaugurates Refurbishment Project of Units 5 and 6 of Mangla Dam
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated on Monday the refurbishment project of Units 5 and 6 of Mangla Dam aimed at enhancing its electricity generation capacity....
Pakistani Envoy Returns Days After Assassination Attempt in Kabul
ISLAMABAD: Head of Mission in Kabul Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani has returned to Pakistan days after a terrorist attack on country’s embassy in Afghanistan. However, the...
Framework Prepared to Make Pakistan Climate Resilient Country: Ahsan
Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal says a framework has been prepared to make Pakistan climate resilient country. Speaking at the National Flood Response...
Asad Umar Summoned For ‘Scandalous’ speech Against Judiciary
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday asked Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary-General Asad Umar to appear before the bench in response to his speech...
Pakistan Reports 39 Covid Cases
Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,575,330. The...
1st Test: Pakistan Resume Their Second Innings at 80 For Two
On the fifth and last day of Rawalpindi test against England, Pakistan resumed their second innings at overnight score of 80 for two on Monday....
G7 Begins to Press Russia on Ukraine With oil Price Cap
KYIV: A Group of Seven (G7) price cap on Russian seaborne oil came into force on Monday as the West tries to limit Moscow’s ability...
Ruthless’ England Surge Past Senegal 3-0 to Set Up France Quarter-Final
AL KHOR: Clinical England overcame a pedestrian start to surge to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Senegal on Sunday as high-quality goals by Jordan Henderson,...
Dense Fog Blankets Parts of Punjab, KP, Disrupts road Traffic
LAHORE: Dense fog again blanketed different cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab, including Lahore on night between Sunday and Monday, paralysing routine life and...
Herzog Becomes First Israeli President to visit Bahrain
Manama: Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Bahrain on Sunday on the first trip by an Israeli head of state to the small Gulf kingdom, following...
Early Elections Would Stir up Imran Khan’s Agenda: FM Bilawal
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday said that he did not see the need to hold early elections in the country as was...
PM to Inaugurate Refurbishment Project of Mangla Dam Units
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit Mangla Dam today (Monday) where he will inaugurate refurbishment and renovation project of the Mangla hydel power station....
COAS General Asim Munir Visits LoC
RAWALPINDI: General Syed Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) visited frontline troops in Rakhchikri Sector of Line of Control (LOC) on Saturday. According to...
PM Shehbaz Says Govt Ensuring Equal Rights, Opportunities to Disabled Persons
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that the government was ensuring equal rights and opportunities to the persons with disabilities (PWDs), in every...
Sherry Slams Imran Khan for Anti-Parliamentary Democracy Remarks
Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman says political parties and the nation have made sacrifices for the restoration of the constitution and parliamentary democracy...
Will Hold Elections in Provinces if Assemblies Dissolved, Says Tarar
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Law Azam Nazir Tarar said on Saturday that the government will hold elections in the provinces where the assemblies would be...
Babar Azam Becomes 7th Centurion in High-Scoring England Test
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam joined teammates Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq Saturday in scoring a century — the seventh of the match following England’s earlier...
Dialogue, Preconditions Can’t go Hand in Hand, Says PML-N
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Saturday expressed willingness to go into talks with Imran Khan-led PTI without any precondition to stem political turmoil...
PPP’s Waqar Mehdi Elected Senator Unopposed
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party leader Waqar Mehdi was on Saturday elected unopposed a member of the Senate in the by-election on a vacant seat of...
US Condemns Shooting at Pakistan Embassy in Kabul
ISLAMABAD: The United States has condemned Friday’s attack on the Pakistani embassy in Afghanistan’s capital in which a senior Pakistani diplomat escaped unhurt but one...
Shafique and Haq Complete Centuries as Runs Flow in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan openers Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq both completed centuries against England Saturday as a flat Rawalpindi Stadium pitch continued to yield runs on the...
Afghan Diplomat Summoned to Convey Anguish Over Attack on Pak Envoy
The Afghan Charge d’Affaires was summoned to foreign ministry, to convey Islamabad’s “deep concern and anguish” over the attack on Pakistan’s Head of Mission in...
No Decision on No-confidence Move in Punjab: Rana Sanaullah
LAHORE: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Saturday that Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Chaudhry Moonis Elahi’s statement regarding former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa’s...
Pakistan Detects Two More Poliovirus Cases
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported two new cases of poliovirus found in the environmental samples collected from Faisalabad and Peshawar last month, The News reported on...
Senior Parliamentarian Najma Hameed Passes Away
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz senior Parliamentarian Begum Najma Hameed has passed away after a protracted illness. She was 78. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed deep grief...
PM Thanks KSA for Extension in $3bln Deposit Term
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has thanked the leadership and government of Saudi Arabia for extending the term of the deposit of three billion dollars with...
Acting Afghan FM Phones Bilawal; Condemns Attack on Pak Embassy
ISLAMABAD: Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi on Friday called Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to condemn the terrorist attack on Pakistan s Mission...
Polling Underway For Second Phase of LG Polls in Azad Kashmir
BAGH: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) is holding second phase of local government elections today (Saturday). The polling is being held in four districts...
Security Guard Injured in Pak Embassy Attack in Kabul Flown Back to Peshawar
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani security guard Israr Mohammad was flown back to Peshawar on Friday night after he was critically injured in an attack targeting Pakistan s...
Cameroon Crash out of World Cup After Defeating Brazil
DOHA: Vincent Aboubakar headed in a stoppage-time winner and was then sent off as Cameroon claimed a memorable 1-0 victory over favourites Brazil at the...
Google ‘Temporarily Suspends’ Carrier-paid Apps in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Google has suspended the purchase of carrier-paid apps in Pakistan via mobile phone owing to nonpayment of outstanding dues, held after the central bank...
Afghan Govt Condemns Attack on Pakistan Envoy; Assures ‘Serious Probe’
ISLAMABAD: The interim Afghan government strongly condemned the attack on Pakistan’s Head of Mission in Kabul Ubaid Nizamani, assuring that a “serious investigation” would be...
Pakistan Repays $1bn Sukuk, Ends Immediate Default Risk Challenge: Bloomberg
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said it made the payment for a $1 billion bond as per claims by the central bank chief...
ECC Approves Over Rs8.10b For Various Development Schemes
ISLAMABAD: Economic Coordination Committee has approved over 8.10 billion rupees for execution of various development schemes in the four provinces under Public Sector Development Program....
Imran Invites Govt For Talks Over Election Date
PTI Chairman Imran Khan Friday invited the PDM-led government to talk over the possibility of early general elections and warned that if they dissolved the...
PM Sharif Telephones UAE President
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif held a telephonic conversation with His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, to...
Renowned Actor Afzal Ahmed Passes Away
LAHORE: Veteran Pakistani actor Afzaal Ahmad died on Friday after prolonged illness. The administration of the Lahore General Hospital has confirmed the death of the...
Morocco Cruise Into Knockout Stage With Win Against Canada
DOHA: An impassioned Moroccan team clinched a spot in the last 16 of the World Cup for the first time since 1986 by defeating the...
COAS General Asim Munir, KSA Envoy Discuss Bilateral Ties
Rawalpindi: Ambassador of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan, Nawaf Saeed A. Al Milki called on Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir in...
Finance Minister, Secretary Defense Discuss Defense, Economic Issues
Secretary Defense, retired, Lieutenant General Hamood-uz-Zaman Khan called on Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in Islamabad and discussed defense and economic issues together with security related...
Zardari Claims Imran Can Face Lifetime Disqualification
LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari has claimed that PTI chairman Imran Khan could face lifetime disqualification and detention...