46 More Pakistanis Die of COVID-19
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has registered 4,722 new infections over the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said Wednesday. The NCOC said that...
Asim Saleem Bajwa Steps Down as CPEC Authority Chairman
ISLAMABAD: Lt-Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa has stepped down from the post of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority chairman. “I bow my head before Allah...
PTI’s Anwar-ul-Haq Elected AJKLA Speaker AJKLA
MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) nominees Anwar-ul-Haq and Riaz Gujjar on Tuesday has become Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly....
Sanjrani To Represent Pakistan at Oath Taking Ceremony of President Elect of Iran
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani will represent Pakistan at the oath taking ceremony of President elect of Iran Ebrahim Raisi. Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid...
ASF Foils Heroin Smuggling Bid
ISLAMABAD: Airport Security Force foiled an attempt to smuggle heroin at Islamabad Airport. Heroin worth about Rs 1.5 crore was recovered from the luggage of...
Farrukh Asks Religious Scholars to Play Role for Unity in Society to Foil Conspiracies of Enemy
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib has asked the religious scholars belonging to different schools of thought to continue to play their...
RSS Protests in India Against KPL
Cricket in India has once again fallen victim to RSS extremism. In India, RSS activists took to the streets against the Kashmir Premier League. The...
Former Rulers Did Nothing For People: Punjab CM
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Bazdar has said that the former rulers did nothing for the people during their tenure. Corrupt elements are only concerned...
Sindh Govt Decides To Vacvinates People With CNICs
KARACHI: Citizens in Karachi who do not posses computerised national identity cards (CNIC) are now eligible for receiving Covid-19 vaccines after on-the-spot biometric registration at...
Public Hanging of Rapists Inevitable: Faisal Javed
ISLAMABAD: Let’s once again reiterate that building consensus on the public hanging of molesters is inevitable, said Tuesday Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) lawmaker Senator Faisal...
KSA Releases Another 28 Pakistani Prisoners
LAHORE: Saudi Arabia has released another 28 Pakistani prisoners in Damam city of the country. Pakistan International Airline’s (PIA) flight 9246 with 28 released Pakistani...
PM Khan Has Brought Tsunami of Inflation: Marriyum Aurangzeb
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Secretary Information Marriyum Aurangzeb has said Prime Minister Imran Khan is embarrassing himself by showing in pictures the promised...
OGRA Increases Rates Of Imported LNG
ISLAMABAD: The consumers are set to pay the price of expensive liquefied natural gas (LNG) deals as the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has...
Value of US Dollar Rises To Ten-Month High
KARACHI: The value of the dollar continues to rise. The dollar hit a ten-month high. According to the Exchange Companies Association, the dollar rose by...
Prices of LPG Jacked Up
KARACHI: The price of LPG has been increased by Rs. 10, after which the official price of LPG has gone up to Rs. 170 per...
Rashid Asks Shehbaz To Forget Past For Talks With Govt
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Monday has announced to observe two years of scrapping special status of Occupied Kashmir on August 5 as...
FM Qureshi’s Statement About Daesh and Taliban Was Twisted: FO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has once again stated that it has no favorites in Afghanistan and it sees all sides in the conflict as Afghans who need...
Over 90,000 Dog Bite Cases Reported in Punjab in a Year
LAHORE: A resolution expressing concern over the incidents of 90,000 stray dogs being bitten in a year in Punjab was submitted to the Punjab Assembly....
Jungle Cruise Rules Over US Box Office
Jungle Cruise has got off to a $91.8 million (about Rs. 683 crores) opening weekend at the worldwide box office (and at home). More than...
Two Killed in Pizza Shop Blast
GUJRAT: Two people were killed and four others were injured in a cylinder blast in Muslimabad. The roof of the shop collapsed after the blast....
Pakistan To Take on WI in Final T20 Tomorrow
The final match of the series will be played on August 3 (tomrrow). Pakistan is leading the four match series by 1-0. First match was...
Firefighters Continue to Efforts To Control Wildfires
ANKARA: Firefighters continue to fight wildfires on Turkey’s southern coast for the third day in a row. According to Turkish media, the affected villages have...
Polling For Reserved Seats in AJKLA Underway
MUZAFFARABAD: Polling for three reserved seats of Ulema-o-Mashaikh, technocrats and overseas Kashmiris of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (AJKLA) is underway. The polling will...
Interim Bail of Shehbaz, Hamza Shehbaz Sharif Extended
LAHORE: A Session court on Monday has extended interim bail of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz in money...
Punjab Prospering Under Leadership of Buzdar: Firdous
LAHORE: Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan, Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister Usman Bazdar for Information, said that Punjab has become the voice of the heart...
More Than 200,000 People Vaccinated Against in Sindh in Last 24 hours: Wahab
KARACHI: Sindh government spokesman Barrister Murtaza Wahab said that 211,911 people in Sindh were vaccinated against corona yesterday. In a message on the social networking...
Schools Reopen in Punjab
LAHORE: The educational institutions across Punjab have been reopened from today (Monday) amid ongoing fourth wave of coronavirus. Standard operating procedures (SOPs) have been implemented...
CM Buzdar Orders Strict Implementation of COVID-19 SOPs
Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Bazdar has directed to ensure strict implementation of Corona SOPs across the province including Lahore. The Punjab Chief Minister...
Pakistan Records 8.6pc COVID-19 Positivity Rate
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 40 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,039,695. The...
Kandahar Airport Hit By Rocket Fire as Afghanistan Fighting Rages
A key airport in southern Afghanistan has come under rocket fire as government forces struggle against Taliban assaults on several major cities. Flights out of...
Sindh Govt To Run 24-Hour Vaccination Centres in Karachi
KARACHI: Given the alarming surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in the metropolis, the Sindh Health Department has decided to run at least one...
Complete Lockdown Is Not A Solution: PM Khan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the people to strictly observe Standard Operating Procedures, especially wearing of face masks, to prevent spread of 4th...
COVID-19 Restrictions Can Be Extended in Big Cities: Asad Umar
ISLAMABAD: Planning Minister Asad Umar has urged people to strictly follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and get vaccinated at the earliest to contain spread of...
Lives of Masses More Important to Sindh Govt: Shazia Marri
ISLAMABAD: PPP parliamentarian spokesperson Shazia Marri said that Asad Umar’s reaction to Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s statement was untrue and irresponsible. Had Asad Omar been qualified,...
30 Million People Vaccinated Against COVID-19: Umar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has administered over 30 million coronavirus vaccines so far, Federal Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar confirmed on Twitter Sunday. Asad Umar, in...
CM Punjab Seeks Masses’ Cooperation in Fight Against COVID-19
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Bazdar has said that the government is taking all possible steps to save the citizens from the fourth wave of...
PM to Respond Public Queries in a Live Programme Today
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will respond to public queries in the most popular live TV programme, “Aapka Wazir-e- Azam Aap kai sath.” The programme...
Pakistan, US Should Work Together on Afghan Issue: Moeed
WASHINGTON DC: National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yusuf has said that Pakistan cannot bear the burden of hosting more Afghan refugees. Addressing a press conference...
One Dead, Two Injured in Separate Firing Incidents in Lahore
LAHORE: One person was killed and another seriously injured in a firing incident at a games shop at Baba Azam Chowk within the limits of...
62 Pakistanis Die of COVID-19
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 62 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,034,837. The...
PTI Opposing Anti-COVID Measures: Bilawal
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that lives are at stake but the politics of PTI hypocrisy continues. PTI opposes all...
Former CJP Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Family Test COVID-19 Positive
Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Anwar Zaheer Jamali and his entire family have fallen victim to the coronavirus. According to sources, former Chief...
Ahsan Iqbal Tests Positive For COVID-19
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has contracted coronavirus again. This news was confirmed by PML-N President and Opposition...
Sindh Govt Lifts Pillion Ridding Ban
KARACHI: Sindh government has announced to ease lockdown restrictions notified yesterday, lifting the pillion riding ban and allowing sectors that are fully vaccinated to operate....
Long Queues Witnessed Outside Expo Center Karachi For Corona Vaccination
Karachi:People are waiting in long lines outside Karachi’s largest vaccination centre, the Expo, for a second day to be vaccinated against Covid-19. The rush is...
Accused In Noor Mukadam Case Will Not Be Spared Under Any Circumstances: Rashid
Islamabad: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that some forces are involved in conspiracies to undermine the China Pakistan Economic Corridor and Pakistan-China relations....
Pakistan Hails EU Parliament Members’ Letter On Worsening Humanitarian Situation In IIOJK
Islamabad:Pakistan welcomes the letter on human rights and humanitarian situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir addressed by members of the European Parliament to...
BCCI Threatens Herschelle Gibbs Over Playing Kashmir Premier League
LAHORE: South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs Saturday lashed out at the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) and said that the BCCI is threatening...
Second T-20 Between Pakistan and West Indies To Be Played Today
Bridgetown: Pakistan are facing the West Indies in the second T20 International of the four-match series at Providence today. It is pertinent to mention that...
Lockdown Becomes Functional In Sindh
KARACHI: Police in Karachi have set up checkpoints in various areas of the city to enforce the lockdown imposed by Sindh government amid the COVID-19...