PM Shehbaz urges global action to beat plastic pollution
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the government has taken several steps to take Pakistan on the path to sustainable use of resources. He emphasized...
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Asad Umar denies Jahangir Tareen contacted him
ISLAMABAD: PTI’s former General Secretary Asad Umar has said that Jahangir Tareen did not contact him. In an informal chat with journalists in the district...
World Environment Day being observed today
ISLAMABAD- World Environment Day is being observed on Monday to highlight hazards of plastic pollution imposing grave impacts on nature and human health. This year’s...
PM returns home after attending Erdogan’s inauguration ceremony
ISLAMABAD- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reached Islamabad, after completing his two-day official visit to Turkiye where he attended President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s inauguration ceremony. At...
Two soldiers embrace martyrdom in exchange of fire with terrorists: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers of the Pakistan Army have embraced martyrdom in an intense exchange of fire that took place between the Army troops and terrorists...
PM Shehbaz attends inauguration ceremony of President Erdogan in Ankara
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif attended the inauguration ceremony of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Complex in Ankara today. He was invited by...
PM invites Turkish companies to invest in Pakistan
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has invited Turkish companies to invest in Pakistan in the energy, agriculture, Information technology and construction sectors. He was talking...
Pleas against SC practice and procedure law fixed for hearing
ISLAMABAD: An eight-member larger bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial will hear the petitions against the Supreme Court (Practice and...
PM, Limak Holdings Board Chief discuss opportunities in diverse sectors
Chairperson of Board of Limak Holdings Ms Ebru Ozdmeir called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Ankara and explored available opportunities in construction, infrastructure and...
PM, FM express distress over loss of lives in India train crash
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday expressed deep sorrow and distress over the loss of human lives in...
Court discharges Dr Yasmin Rashid in Jinnah House attack case
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday discharged PTI Central Punjab president Dr Yasmin Rashid in Lahore’s Jinnah House, also known as Corps Commander House,...
Trade deficit narrows by 40.6% to $25.8bn in July-May
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrowed by 40.6% to $25.8 billion during the July-May period of the fiscal year 2022-23, compared to $43.41 billion in the...
Ex-deputy speaker KP Assembly arrested in murder case
PESHAWAR: Police on Saturday arrested the former deputy speaker of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and two others in a murder case. Mehmood Jan belongs to the...
Former MPA Farhat Farooq arrested in Jinnah House attack case
LAHORE: Police have arrested former Punjab MPA Farhat Farooq in a case related to attack on the Jinnah House in Lahore during May 9 protests....
Parvez Elahi to be produced in Gujranwala anti-corruption court today
GUJRANWALA: PTI President Parvez Elahi will be produced before an anti-corruption court in Gujranwala today (Saturday) in two corruption cases. Police, in a statement, said...
PM Shehbaz in Ankara to attend Erdogan’s inauguration
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is in Ankara on a two-day official visit to Turkiye to attend the inauguration of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On...
Govt taking prudent initiatives for ease of doing business: Dar
Minister for Finance and Revenue Ishaq Dar says the government is taking prudent initiatives for ease of doing business and economic growth of the country. Talking...
Pirzada rejects Western media reports about HR abuses against May 9 miscreants
Minister for Human Rights Riaz Hussain Pirzada took exception to the Western media reports about human rights violations with regard to the arrests of miscreants...
Indian troops martyr one more Kashmiri youth in IIOJK
SRINAGAR – In Indian illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred one more Kashmiri youth. According...
Zardari, Shujaat discuss political situation
LAHORE: Former president Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) supremo Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain discussed the country’s political situation on Friday. Mr Hussain called...
PTI’s Waleed Iqbal condemns May 9 riots
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Waleed Iqbal on Friday condemned the events that transpired on May 9. Speaking to media, Mr Iqbal said, “The military...
Heart attack adds six years to brain age: study
ISLAMAABAD: New research shows that having a heart attack eventually leads to faster mental decline that is the equivalent of adding 6 years to the...
Ayesha Omar hails legendary Nayyer Ejaz as finest co-actor
ISLAMABAD- Sharing the screen with the most acclaimed actor in the Pakistani drama industry, Nayyer Ejaz, Omar is nothing but all praised about the Taxali...
Pakistan’s weekly inflation remains above 42pc
ISLAMABAD: The weekly inflation, measured by Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), witnessed an increase of 0.03 pc to jump to 42.67pc on a year-on-year basis for...
Usman Buzdar quits politics over May 9 violence
QUETTA: Former Punjab chief minister Sardar Usman Buzdar is the latest PTI leader to have quit politics. Addressing a presser at the Quetta Press Club,...
Parvez Elahi rearrested from outside court after getting bail
LAHORE: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) rearrested PTI President Parvez Elahi from outside a Lahore court moments after he got discharged in the graft case, sources...
SC fixes JI’s plea for Panama Papers hearing
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday fixed the petition related to Panama Papers for hearing. Justice Sardar Tariq Masood would preside over the nine-member bench...
NSC moot delayed owing to PM’s Turkiye visit
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) was postponed due to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Turkiye to attend the inaugural ceremony...
President Biden trips during graduation ceremony
President Joe Biden stumbled and fell after presenting the final diploma during a graduation ceremony at the US Air Force Academy. With the help of...
Pakistan lose Asia Cup final against India by 2-1
In a major setback, Pakistan — after back-to-back wins — on Thursday lost the final match of Junior Asia Cup 2023 against arch-rival India by 2-1...
PTI’s Pervez Khattak steps down from party position
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Pervez Khattak announced stepping down as the party’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter president late Thursday. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad,...
Five of family die in Kot Addu blast
KOT ADDU: Five family members were killed and three others injured when a blast tore apart a house at Daira Din Panah – a small...
Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rahman sworn in as Federal Shariat Court CJ
ISLAMABAD: Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rahman on Thursday took oath as the chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court. Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial...
Pakistan to face India in Junior Asia Hockey Cup final today
The final of Men’s Junior Asia Hockey Cup is to be played between Pakistan and India at Salalah in Oman today. The match will start...
Sanaullah condemns attack on polio team in North Waziristan
ISLAMABAD- Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan on Wednesday strongly condemned the attack on a polio vaccination team in North Waziristan and paid tribute to the...
Petrol price slashed by Rs8 per litre
The federal government reduced the prices of petroleum products Wednesday by up to Rs8 per litre. The decision was announced by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar...
Ex-PTI members from South Punjab formally join PPP
LAHORE: Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members from South Punjab, who have recently parted ways with the party, have formally joined Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on...
Babar, Rizwan back to school
LAHORE – Skipper of Pakistan cricket team Babar Azam has shared an interesting photo on his twitter handle with caption Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai...
Sana Fakhar, Fakhar Ali’s marriage ends in divorce
LAHORE– In a surprising turn of events, renowned film star Sana Fakhar has officially parted ways with her husband, Fakhar Ali. The news came to...
PM affirms Pakistan’s commitment to build beneficial tie with Belarus
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has affirmed Pakistan’s commitment to build mutually beneficial cooperation with Belarus in the areas of economic, agriculture, science, technology, education and...
FM Bilawal leaves for Jordan to attend ‘royal wedding’
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is travelling this afternoon to Jordan and Iraq, the state-run APP quoted Foreign Office as saying on Wednesday. In the first leg of...
Elections will be held on Nawaz Sharif’s return, says Talal Chaudhry
FAISALABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said that elections will be held in the country upon the arrival of former prime...
Raisi orders Iran’s foreign ministry to pursue diplomatic relations with Egypt
President Ebrahim Raisi has ordered Iran’s foreign ministry to actively pursue the resumption of diplomatic relations with Egypt. In a statement Government spokesman Ali Bahadori-Jahromi...
Fawad vows to continue struggle in bid to take country out of quagmire
RAWALPINDI: Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday vowed to continue his political struggle in a bid to take the country out of...
Justice Isa-led audio leaks commission objects to SC bench
ISLAMABAD: The inquiry commission formed by the federal government to probe audio leaks has raised objections to the constitution and composition of Chief Justice of...
Dr. Fouzia meets Afia Siddiqui after 20 long years
New York: Dr. Afia’s elder sister met her after 20 years in Fort Worth town of United States where she is currently detained. Meanwhile, British...
Australian high commissioner calls on Imran Khan
LAHORE: Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Neil Hawkins called on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former prime minister Imran Khan. During the meeting at Imran...
Pakistan’s contribution in UN peacekeeping reflective of peace commitment: Hina
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar reaffirmed Pakistan’s strong commitment and support to the United Nations peacekeeping and peace-building programme. “Pakistan...
Four more alleged May 9 vandals handed over to military in Faisalabad
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Faisalabad on Tuesday approved handing over four accused involved in attacking defence installations during May 9 riots to the military...
Four die as bridge falls while being placed on pillars in Muzaffarabad
Four people died and three sustained injuries after the under-construction Bailey Bridge collapsed in Dhani area of Naseerabad tehsil in Muzaffarabad district. The injured were...