Explosion at K Electric Substation
KARACHI: The blast took place at K Electric substation at Walika Chowrangi. No injuries or casualties have been reported so far. According to details, an...
Biden Says He Was Not Expecting Sudden Departure of Ghani
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Tuesday mounted a fierce defense of pulling troops from Afghanistan as the “best decision for America,” a day after the...
Dollar Gains 60 Paisas Against Pakistani Rupee
KARACHI: Dollar rises 60 paise in open market The dollar rose 60 paise to 167.20 from 167.20. The dollar also rose 48 paise on the...
Canadian FM Contacts Qureshi Via Video Link
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has urged the international community to ensure financial support to the Afghan people to prevent human tragedy in Afghanistan....
Govt Determined To Hold Next General Elections Through EVMs: Babar
Islamabad: Prime Minister’s Advisor on Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Babar Awan says the government is determined to conduct next general elections through Electronic Voting Machines to...
NEPRA Suggests Increase In Prices Of Electricity
Islamabad: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Wednesday concluded public hearing into monthly fuel cost adjustment (FCA) for July. The hearing was presided over...
PTI Govt Demolished Poor’s People Houses: Bilawal
Ghotki: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Wednesday that his party wants poor people to prosper and his party will form...
CJCSC Attends De-briefing Session Of War Game “SHAMSHEER-E-BAHR-VIII
RAWALPINDI: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Nadeem Raza said that the war game exercise would promote coordination and greater interoperability amongst all...
PAF Releases Second Episode Of Defence Day Documentary
Islamabad: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Wednesday released the second episode of the short documentary being released in series on the occasion of Defence...
Court Expresses Anger On Maryam Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz appeared before Islamabad High Court (IHC) for appeals against the sentences in Al-Azizia and Avenfield references. The...
Minar-e-Pakistan Harrasment Case: Woman TikToker Identifies Six Suspects
LAHORE: A woman TikToker who was assaulted and harassed at Minar-e-Pakistan on Independence Day Wednesday recognized 6 people during an identification parade for their alleged...
Huge Power Break Down Reported In Karachi
KARACHI:Power supply to significant parts of Karachi was disrupted on Wednesday as reports suggested the entire K-Electric (KE) system had tripped. The K-Electric said it...
National Sportsmen Of Tokyo Olympics Calls On COAS Bajwa
RAWALPINDI:National sportsmen, who represented Pakistan at the Tokyo Olympics, on Wednesday met Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa to thank the army...
PTI To Sweep Next General Elections On Basis Of Performance: KP CM
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan on Wednesday said that those political parties rejected in last general elections were once again talking about toppling...
CM Distributes Commendatory Certificates Among Police Officers
LAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Wednesday gave away commendatory certificates to police officers in his office for their best performance. The certificates were...
President Alvi Signs Election Ordinance Under Article 89 of Constitution
Islamabad: President Dr Arif Alvi has signed Election Ordinance under Article 89 of the Constitution of Pakistan, binding the elected members to take oath within...
Governor Balochistan Calls On PM Imran
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed to take all the stakeholders into confidence to further improve law and order situation in Balochistan. He was...
Performance Of Govt In 3 Years Should Be Termed As A Disaster: Maryam Nawaz
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz says that reconciliation is one thing, the government shouldn’t even be talked with as it fears from...
Two Girls Abducted, Raped On Gun Point In Lahore
LAHORE: Another incident of gang-rape has been reported in Lahore on Wednesday. As per details, two girls were kidnapped from Lahore’s Shahdara area and were...
PMDA Is Black Law And It Will Be Opposed At Every Forum: Shahbaz Sharif
ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader of National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has decided to form a committee of joint opposition against Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA). As per...
PM Launches Ehsaas School Stipend Program For Deserving Households
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan launched Ehsaas School Stipend program for the deserving households across the country in Islamabad on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion,...
Pakistan Receives Russian Made Covid-19 Vaccine Sputnik
ISLAMABAD: The first consignment of Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V has reached Pakistan. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), a foreign airline carrying...
Karachi Traders Announce Hunger Strike Against Lock-down Tomorrow
KARACHI: Karachi Traders Action Committee has announced a hunger strike on September 2 to protest against the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on businesses by the Sindh...
UAE Announces To Resume Tourists Visas To Vaccinated People Against Coronavirus
The United Arab Emirates announced it will resume issuing visas to all tourists fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a month before Dubai hosts the delayed Expo...
Rain-Wind-Thundershower Is Expected Across The Country
Islamabad: Rain-wind-thundershower is expected in Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Gilgit Baltistan, northeast Balochistan, upper Punjab and Sindh during next twelve hours. Isolated heavy falls are...
Fourth Wave Of Coronavirus Continues Claiming Lives As 101 Died
LAHORE: Pakistan has reported 101 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,163,688. The...
FBR Will Comfortably Achieve Annual Tax Collection Target Of Rs 5,829 Billion: PM
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed the confidence that the FBR will comfortably achieve the annual tax collection target of 5,829 billion rupees. In...
NZ Team To Reach Pakistan on September 11
New Zealand are set to fly into Pakistan on a chartered flight on September 11, the day after they complete their T20 series in Bangladesh....
Prices of Petroleum Products Reduced
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday slashed prices of petroleum products by up to Rs 1.50 per litre effective from September 01, 2021. According to a...
Chinese Envoy Calls on COAS Bajwa
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday reiterated the resolve to thwart designs of spoilers of China Pakistan Economic Corridor...
ISPR Releases Fifth Video To Pay Tributes To Martyrs, Ghazis
Rawalpindi: Director General Inter Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar on Tuesday paid tributes to the martyrs, ghazis and their loved ones...
Lady Diana’s 24th Death Anniversary Being Observed Today
LONDON: Late British princess, Lady Diana’s 24th death anniversary is being observed today. The mystery of her death in an accident could not be solved....
Bilawal Rejects Proposed Media Development Authority Bill
KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari while rejecting the proposed bill of Media Development Authority said that the government wants to silence the...
Pakistan Administers Record COVID Jabs In Last 24 Hours
ISLAMABAD: If the country is to be protected from the corona virus, it must be vaccinated as soon as possible. The highest number of doses...
US Embassy Contacts Zahir Jaffer
ISLAMABAD: US embassy officials have telephoned Zahir Jaffer, the main accused in the Noor Muqaddam case, in Adiala Jail. Zahir Zakir Jaffer, the main accused...
FM For Respecting Human Rights in Afghanistan
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has urged the world community to stay engaged with Afghanistan for peace and stability there. Addressing a joint news conference...
Pilot Maqsood Gets Award For Handling Crisis at Kabul Airport
KARACHI: President Arif Alvi on Tuesday awarded a presidential gold medal to a PIA pilot Maqsood Bajrani for his presence of mind when he decided...
Two Cops Martyred in Lahore
LAHORE: At least two police personnel have been shot dead Tuesday in exchange of fire as they intercepted an armed robbery bid in the Manga...
Military Mission Ended in Afganistan: Blinken
WASHINGTON: The United States has completed withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan, ending the 20 years of invasion into the country. In press briefing in...
Smart Lockdown Enforced in Five Peshawar Localities
PESHAWAR: In a bid to control spread of coronavirus in the province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to put five localities of the provincial capital...
Afghanistan Got Complete Independence Today: Zabiullah
KABUL: Taliban say that they have taken control of the Kabul airport following withdrawal of the U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Talking to media at Hamid...
Govt Debt Crosses Rs38 Trillion: SBP
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday said that the country’s debt has soared to Rs38,697 billion in June 2021 with most of it...
Pakistan Reports More Than 3000 New COVID Cases
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 118 more deaths in the last 24 hours by COVID-19. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 25,788. According to...
Pentagon Says US Withdrawal From Afghanistan Complete
WASHINGTON; The Pentagon announced that the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was complete, concluding the 20-year war. Defense Department spokesman John Kirby and U.S. Central Command...
Country’s Borders Are Secure, Says COAS Bajwa
RAWALPINDI: Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa says despite challenges, Pakistan’s borders are secure due to our timely steps for western zone border management. Talking...
Pentagon Fears Another Attack at Kabul Airport
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon on Monday said U.S. operations in Afghanistan would end “soon,” and that it was looking into reports that ten Afghan civilians, including...
Next Elections To Be Held With EVMs: Shibli
PESHAWAR: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz has said that the newly developed Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), which took 90 days for development,...
OGRA Proposes Reduction in PoL Prices
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Monday proposed bringing down prices of petroleum products for the first half of September. According to...
Good News For People Willing To Travel To UAE
ISLAMABAD: The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has allowed all visa holders to visit the Kingdom from August 30...
Parliamentary Delegation Visits GHQ, Meets COAS
RAWALPINDI: A delegation comprising members of the Parliamentary Kashmir Committee, Defence Committees of the Senate, and National Assembly visited the GHQ. The delegation was given...