Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund To Head New Afghanistan Government
KABUL: Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund has been named as Afghanistan’s new acting head of state. The Taliban, who swept into Kabul on August 15 following...
Bearish Trend Continues At PSX
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a negative trend on the second day of the business week. The market closed with 188 points lower...
Babar Azam Unhappy With Squad Selection For T20 World Cup
LAHORE: Pakistani skipper Babar Azam is reportedly not happy with the squad selection for the T20 World Cup, sources said. According to the sources, Babar...
Rupee Continues To Slide Against US Dollar
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee depreciated 40 paisas against the United States (US) dollar in the inter-bank currency market on Tuesday. According to the State Bank...
Punjab Government Did A Lot of Work In The Last Three years: CM Buzdar
LAHORE: A delegation of KP parliamentarians’ led by provincial minister Shaukat Yousafzai had called on CM Buzdar at his office in Lahore to discuss matters...
Two Soldiers Embrace Martyrdom In IED Explosion
North Waziristan: Two Pak Army soldiers embraced martyrdom in an Improvised Explosive Device explosion in Dosalli area of North Waziristan. The explosion took place when...
Death Anniversary Of Ashfaq Ahmad Being Observed Today
The 17th death anniversary of eminent writer, playwright and broadcaster Ashfaq Ahmad is being observed on Tuesday. Ashfaq Ahmad wrote dozens of TV dramas and...
Reshuffle Or Change In Administrative Machinery Is The Right Of CM Punjab: Fayyaz
Lahore: Spokesman of Government of Punjab Fayyaz Ul Hassan Chohan has said that a reshuffle or change in the administrative machinery is a legal and...
NEPRA Imposes Fine Of Rs 28 Mln On SEPCO
Islamabad: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has imposed a fine of Rs 28 million on Sukkur Electric Power Company (SEPCO) on charges of negligence...
Karachi Court Revokes Bail of Korangi Factory Owners
Karachi: Karachi court has revoked the interim bails of Hassan Ali Mehta and Faisal Tariq in the Korangi factory fire case. Last month, 17 labourers...
PPP Will Continue To Work For Rights Of Media: Bilawal
MULTAN: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday said that they were fully prepared for the long march against the government and...
SSSI Spent Rs 650 Million On 10 Coronavirus Patients
Karachi: Sindh Social Security Institute (SSSI) spent more than Rs 650 million on 10 patients of Coronavirus on the recommendation of an officer involved in...
PM Constitutes Committee To Evolve Policy For Land Acquisition
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed serious reservations on the process for acquiring land of poor people in Islamabad to distribute plots among bureaucrats,...
Grounded Ship At Karachi Beach Re-floated After Seven Weeks
KARACHI: The cargo ship stuck off at Karachi beach has finally started floating after 48 days. The operation to rescue stranded cargo ship Hang Tong...
New Chief Secretary and IG Punjab Appointed
Islamabad: Punjab bureaucracy has witnessed another reshuffle as Kamran Ali Afzal has been appointed as Chief Secretary Punjab replacing Jawad Rafique Malik. While Rao Sardar...
SHC Declares Petition Of Sacked Employees Of SSGC Unmaintainable
Karachi: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday hearing a plea of sacked employees of Sui Southern Gas Cooperation (SSGC) on the orders of Supreme Court...
Heavy Rains Predicted In Karachi On September 9th and 10th
Karachi: Rain will start today from Sindh’s eastern areas while downpour will lash in Karachi on September 9th and 10th. According to chief meterologist Sardar...
Female Engineer Invents Robot To Harvest Dates From Palms With Solar Energy
Saudi Arabia’s citizen Nada Al-Bitar obtained a patent for a robot that can harvest dates from palms with solar energy. And she explained during her...
Shang-Chi Top US Box Office Chart With Record-Breaking Labor Day Gross
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings scored a big opening weekend at the US box office. The latest Marvel movie made $71.4 million...
PM Vows To Facilitate Judiciary In Dispensing Speedy, Inexpensive Justice
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has assured to extend every possible cooperation to the judiciary in dispensing speedy and inexpensive justice to the common man....
Shahid Khaqan Announces To Approach SC In Case Of Chairman NAB Extension
Islamabad: Former Premier Shahid Khaqan Abbassi has said that there is no provision in law to extend the term of Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB)....
Fourth Wave Of Coronavirus Continues To Wreak Havoc As More 98 Died
LAHORE: Pakistan has reported 98 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,186,234. The...
Air Force Day Being Observed Today With National Zeal
Islamabad: Air Force Day is being observed today (Tuesday) with national zeal to commemorate the dexterity and valour of the defenders of air space of...
Italian FM Meets COAS General Bajwa
RAWALPINDI: Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio called on Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Rawalpindi. During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, regional...
Delegation Level Talks Between Pakistan and Italt at FO
ISLAMABAD: Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio is in Islamabad on a two-day official visit, to hold talks with Pakistani leadership on evolving situation in...
Trade Deficit Increases by 119.9%
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit widened to a whopping $7.49 billion in the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY2021-22), data released by the...
Suicide Bombers Behind Quetta, Mastung Blasts Came From Afghanistan: Rasheed
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said on Monday the suicide bombers behind recent blasts in Quetta and Gwadar came from Afghanistan. Speaking at a...
CCI Approves Long-Term Power Generation Plan
ISLAMABAD: Federal energy minister Hammad Azhar said Monday the Council of Common Interests (CCI) has finally approved the long term power generation plan that had...
ECP Reserves Verdict Over Holding LB Polls in Sindh
ISLAMABAD: A bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday reserved its decision over the local government elections in Sindh after arguments. Earlier,...
Bilawal Wishes Nation on Defence Day
KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the sacrifices of the martyrs, the unwavering determination of the soldiers and the...
Court Hears Noor Mukadam Murder Case
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday issued notices on a bail plea of prime accused Zahir Jaffer’s father Zakir Jaffer in the Noor...
Iqbal Accuses NAB of Making Fake Cases
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal on Monday said that false cases are being filed just to take revenge from political opponents. Talking...
Country Cannot Progress With Corrupt System: PM Imran
NATHIA GALI: PM Imran Khan said the government was struggling for establishment of rule of law in the country to attract foreign investment and promote...
We Do Not Hide Anything From Masses: CM Sindh
ISLAMABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that we do not hide anything from the people. Speaking to the media on the...
Panjshir Valley ‘Completely Captured’: Taliban
KABUL: The Taliban said Monday they had captured the last pocket of resistance in Afghanistan, the Panjshir Valley, even as opposition fighters vowed to keep...
PM To Chair CCI Meeting Today
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will preside over the meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) in Islamabad today (Monday). According to sources, the...
President, PM’s Messages on Defence Day
ISLAMABAD: President and the Prime Minister in their separate messages on the occasion of Defence and Martyrs Day have renewed the pledge that brave Pakistani...
Defence and Martyrs’ Day Being Observed
ISLAMABAD: Defence and Martyrs’ Day is being observed today to pay tributes to the martyrs and Ghazis and reaffirm commitment to defend the motherland against...
Taliban, Opposition Fight For Afghan Holdout Province Of Panjshir
Kabul: Taliban and opposition forces battled to control the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, the last Afghan province holding out against the group. Both sides...
God Has Given CM Post For Resolving Problems Of Peoples: Buzdar
Lahore: Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar on Sunday said that God has given him post of Chief Minister for resolving the problems of the...
Pakistan Urges Int’l Community To Realize New Opportunities Arising From Afghanistan
Islamabad: Pakistan has highlighted the importance of evolving a regional approach to address common challenges and to realize the new opportunities arising from a stable...
Bilawal Strongly Condemns Terrorist Attack In Quetta
Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has strongly condemned terrorist attack in Quetta which claimed four lives of FC personnel. پی پی پی...
PAF Releases New Song In Connection With Defence Day
Rawalpindi: Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has released a new song in connection with Defence Day. To commemorate the victory of 1965 War, PAF is releasing...
PM Imran Khan Condemns Suicide Attack
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has condemned the TTP suicide attack on FC check-post at Mastung road in Quetta. In a tweet on Sunday, he...
India Has No Role To Play In Afghanistan: Fawad Chaudhry
Lahore: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said Pakistan firmly stands with Kashmiri people in the current difficult time and will...
Pak-Afghan Trade To Be Enhanced After New Government In Afghanistan: Rashid
Torkham: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid has said Pakistan is desirous of peace in Afghanistan. He expressed these views after paying a visit to Pak-Afghan Torkham...
India Trying To Intimidate Gillani Family By Registering Cases Against Them: Qureshi
Islamabad: Quoting Prime Minister’s tweet Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the fascist Indian state fears the revered Syed Ali Gillani so much that...
Several Roads In Karachi Inundated, Traffic Suspended
KARACHI: Following the lashing rains in the city, the Malir river has been rendered flooded leaving many important roads including Korangi Causeway inundated and closed...
PM Condemns Indian Govt For Snatching Body Of Syed Ali Gillani
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has condemned Indian government for snatching the body of Syed Ali Gillani and registering an FIR against his family for...
Coronavirus Claims More 61 Deaths
LAHORE: Pakistan has reported 61 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,179,305. The...