Inter-provincial Transport To Be Suspended On Saturday and Sunday
Islamabad: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has decided to ban inter-provincial transport for two days, on Saturday and Sunday, with effect from April...
Sindh Announces School Closure For 15 Days
Karachi: Department of Education Sindh has decided to close private and government school from elementary to eighth class for 15 days. محکمہ تعلیم سندھ نے...
PPP And PML-N Have Shrunk To Provincial Parties: Fawad Chaudhry
LAHORE:Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday said that Maryam Nawaz and Bilawal Bhutto politics have restricted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to...
CM Punjab Wishes Christian Community Happy Easter
Lahore: Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzar has said that the real message of Easter is to spread happiness among others. In his message on...
Asad Umar Appeals Nation To Strictly Adhere To Precautions Against COVID-19
Islamabad: Minister for Planning Asad Umar has appealed the nation to strictly adhere to the precautions against COVID-19 and cooperate with administration in enforcing SOPs...
Lahore:Dr Faisal Visits Vaccination Center To Administer Vaccination To His Parents
LAHORE: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said on Sunday the government was enhancing health facilities in the wake of increasing...
Maulana Fazlur Rehman Is Still Unwell
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) head Maulana Fazlur Rehman is still unwell and undergoing treatment. According to sources, Maulana Fazlur Rehman...
5,020 Persons Tested Positive For COVID-19 In The Past 24 hours
Islamabad: Pakistan has reported 81 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 687,908. The...
PPP To Maintain Contacts With Shabaz, Hamza in Future: Bilawal
KHAIRPUR: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that only his party is opposing PTI while the rest of the opposition is...
Single Dose CanSino Vaccine Administration To Commence From April 5: Umar
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Saturday was apprised that the single dose CanSino Covid vaccine administration would commence in all the...
Ghani Gives Proposal To Close Schools in Sindh For Two Weeks
KARACHI: The Sindh government is reviewing its policy on closure of schools as coronavirus cases continue to increase across the province. Education Minister Saeed Ghani...
Temperature in Karachi Touches 44 ºCelsius
KARACHI: Maximum temperature in Karachi soared to 44 ºCelsius on Saturday afternoon during the ongoing heatwave in the region, quoting the Met Office. The heatwave...
PM Khan Puzzled Over Not Being Invited To Climate Change Summit
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that he is puzzled at the cacophony over Pakistan not being invited to climate change conference. Prime...
Fawad Says Ramazan Will Fall on April 14
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has on Saturday said that Ramzan will fall on April 14 in Pakistan. The minister took...
JKT Gets Interim Bail in Sugar Scandal
LAHORE: A banking court granted interim bail to the PTI leader and his son in cases against them relating to alleged fraud and money laundering...
Indictment of Rana Sanaullah in Drugs Recovery Case Delayed
LAHORE: Indictment of PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah delayed again due to non presence of anyi-narcotica court judge. Talking to media person Sanaullah said that unprincipled...
More 84 People Die of COVID-19 in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus has claimed 84 more lives in Pakistan during the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 14,697. The latest statistics of...
Eight PDM Parties Agree To Serve Show-cause Notices to PPP, ANP
ISLAMABAD: 27 senators in the opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) have agreed to form an independent opposition alliance in the Senate. According to sources,...
Sindh Seeks Ban On Inter-Provincial Public Transport
KARACHI: Sindh government has written a letter to the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) seeking a ban on inter-provincial public transport and granting approval...
No Trade With India Until Resolution of Kashmir Conflict: PM Imran
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has categorically rejected normalization of trade ties with India and said that it could not happen unless the special constitutional...
COVID-19 Spread: UK Puts Pakistan To ‘Red List’
LONDON: The United Kingdom (UK) has added more countries including Pakistan and Bangladesh to its red list from April 9 – 2021 in order to...
Multinational Air Exercise Underway
ISLAMABAD: A multinational air exercise titled “ACES MEET 2021-1” is underway in full swing at an operational base of Pakistan Air Force. According the spokesperson...
Committed To Uplift GB: PM Khan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan says the government is committed to the development of Gilgit-Baltistan and a historic package has been approved for this purpose....
Building Collapses in Karachi
KARACHI: At least four people were trapped after a three-storey building collapsed in Karachi during an anti-encroachment operation in the surroundings of Orangi Town drainage...
Solution of Kashmir Issue Essential For Talks With India: FO
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office says Pakistan has never shied away from talks with India but an enabling environment needs to be created for it. At his...
Sindh Contacts Chinese Company CanSino For Procurement Of Coronavirus Vaccine
KARACHI: The Sindh government has written a letter to Chinese CanSino Bio company for the procurement of 10 million coronavirus vaccine doses. The letter has...
NCOC Expressed Concerns Over Non Implementation Of Its Instructions
Islamabad: National Command and Operation Centre has expressed satisfaction over procurement process of vaccines and its subsequent rollout process to federating units. In the morning...
MQM-P Delegation Calls on Governor Sindh
Karachi: A Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan) delegation on Friday called on Governor Sindh Imran Ismail at the governor house. The MQM-P delegation comprised three members...
Baber Awan Contracts To Coronavirus
Islamabad: Prime Minister adviser on law Baber Awan contracted to coronaviurs on Friday. The PM’s adviser took to twitter to inform that little signs of...
Maryam Nawaz Expresses Happiness Over SC Verdict On NA-75 Daska
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz has expressed happiness over the decision of Supreme Court (SC) to hold re-polling in National Assembly...
Heatwave To Continue For More Two Days: Met Dept
Karachi: It is likely that heatwave will continue in Karachi for two coming days while the meteorological department has predicted that mercury will go beyond...
Kashmala Tariq’s Son Gets Bail In Traffic Accident Case
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday granted bail to former MNA Kashmala Tariq’s son in a case pertaining to a traffic accident that...
Miftah Ismail Declared Qualified For Contesting By-polls NA-49
KARACHI: Sindh High Court’s (SHC) Election Tribunal on Friday rejected the plea of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) seeking disqualification of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) candidate...
Third Wave Of Coronavirus Intensified As 5,234 cases Reported Across Country
LAHORE: Pakistan has reported 83 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 678,165. The...
Russian FM To Arrive in Pakistan on April 6
ISLAMABAD: Russia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov will visit Pakistan on April 6-7 to hold talks with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. According to...
Pakistan-India Relations Dependent Upon Kashmir: Fawad
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday said that Pakistan wishes to normalise relations with India but it won’t be...
Another 500,000 Vaccine Doses to Reach Pakistan Tonight: Umar
ISLAMABAD: A fresh batch of 0.5 million coronavirus vaccine doses is due to arrive in Pakistan tonight (Thursday), said Federal Planning Minister Asad Umar who...
Massive Fire Breaks out At Rawalpindi Urdu Bazaar
RAWALPINDI: A huge fire erupted at Rawalpindi’s Urdu Bazaar on Wednesday. More than ten fire brigade vehicles of the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) are...
Polish Envoy Calls on COAS General Bajwa
RAWALPINDI: Ambassador of Poland to Pakistan Mr Piotr A Opalinski called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at GHQ, today. According...
Those Who Kidnapped ROs Are Now Talking About Electoral Reforms: Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: PML-N leaders have said that a worrying thing has come to light regarding the Daska elections. The data of ten returning officers has been...
SHC Orders To Remove Nisar Khuhro’s Name From ECL
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) ordered on Thursday the federal government to remove PPP leader Nisar Khuhro’s name from the Exit Control List (ECL)....
Mega Corruption Scandals Will Be Taken To Logical Conclusion: Chairman NAB
ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal said that the NAB has solid evidence of big fish’s money laundering of billions of...
5,972 Children Infected With COVID in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: At least 5,792 children, of ages up to 10 years, have tested positive for Covid-19 in the federal capital since the start of the...
Naval Chief Expresses Confidence Over Operational Preparedness Of PN
Islamabad: The Naval Chief Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi has expressed confidence over operational preparedness of Pakistan Navy to meet all challenges. He was chairing...
Governor Punjab Expresses Concern On 26000 Cases Of Coronavirus In Province
Lahore: Governor Punjab Chauhdry Muhammad Sarwar has said that 26,000 cases of coronavirus in Punjab is the moment of concern while he warned the situation...
CJCSC Calls On Turkish Defence Officials
RAWALPINDI: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Nadeem Raza who is on an official visit to Turkey, met the Turkish Minister of National...
Federal Cabinet Rejects Proposal To Import Cotton From India
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet Thursday rejected the proposal to import sugar and cotton from India in a meeting that was presided over by Prime Minister...
Chairman Senate, NA Speaker Urge Opposition To Work With Govt On Electoral Reforms
Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani and Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser have urged the opposition to work with the government on electoral reforms to ensure transparency...
Meeting Of Treasury, Opposition To Review Finance-Related Ordinances On Friday
Islamabad: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has convened a consultative meeting of treasury and opposition at Parliament House in Islamabad on Friday to review finance-related...
Removal Of Nisar Khuhro Name From ECL Ordered
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) ordered on Thursday the federal government to remove PPP leader Nisar Khuhro’s name from the Exit Control List (ECL)....