Punjab Cancels Fuel Quota of Ministers
LAHORE: Punjab cabinet has decided that all ministers will buy fuel themselves for their cars, said Punjab government spokesperson. Provincial government’s spokesperson Attaullah Tarar said...
Mukesh Ambani Becomes Richest Man of Asia
Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani became Asia’s richest man on June 3 after a record rally in shares, surpassing Adani group chairman...
KP Reports Another Polio Case
In the second case from Miranshah, a 20-month-old boy was paralyzed by wild polio, health officials confirmed. The child had onset of paralysis on 15...
FIA Opposes Bail of PM Shehbaz, Punjab CM
LAHORE: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has sought court’s permission to arrest Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief Minister of Punjab Hamza Shahbaz in money laundering...
OGRA Jacks Up Gas Tariff by 45pc
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has approved an increase in gas prices just a day after a massive increase in prices of...
COVID Infects 94 More Pakistanis
LAHORE: Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has risen to 1,530,648. The...
Fire Erupts At Lahore’s Children Hospital
LAHORE: Fire erupted at Children’s Hospital pharmacy storage on Saturday. As per details, the fire erupted at the third floor of the building and 7...
West Must Brace For ‘Long Haul’ in Ukraine: NATO Chief
WASHINGTON: Western nations need to brace for a long “war of attrition” in Ukraine, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday following White House talks with...
Govt Welcomes Ceasefire Extension With TTP: Marriyum Aurangzeb
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday said the government welcomed the ceasefire extended by the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) under the...
Ali Haider Gilani Holds Imran Responsible For Rising Inflation
MULTAN: PPP leader and Punjab provincial minister Ali Haider Gilani has said that Imran Khan is responsible for rising inflation, rising prices of petroleum products...
Pakistan Armed Forces Guarantors of Peace, Regional Stability: PM
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said Pakistan Armed Forces are guarantors of peace, internal and external security, regional stability and also contributing to global...
ECC Approves Grants For Various Ministries
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee has approved a grant worth 37.33 billion rupees for Ministry of Communications to clear remaining outstanding liabilities. The Committee which...
Increase in Petrol Is Injustice: Sheikh Rashid
ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid has said that the increase of Rs 60 per liter on petroleum products is a great injustice. Talking...
Biden Urges Ban on Assault-style Weapons
President of the United States Joe Biden says the US should ban assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines to tackle the carnage of gun violence. Addressing...
SHC Orders To Stop Movement of Dua Zehra Abroad
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) urged the federal government and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday to take action against any attempt to...
Sindh CM Cuts Petrol Quota of Ministers, Officials By 40%
KARACHI: As part of its austerity drive after another hike in petrol price, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah Monday reduced the fuel quota of...
Weekly Inflation Goes up By 2pc
ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended on June 2 for the combined consumption group, witnessed an increase of...
Rupee Drops 11 Paisa Against US Dollar in Interbank
KARACHI: Continuing its upward trajectory against the US dollar in the interbank market for five consecutive days, the rupee on Friday registered a downward trend...
Govt Taking Concrete Steps To Mitigate Impact Of Fuel Price Hike: Marriyum
Islamabad: Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Marriyum Aurangzeb says government is taking concrete steps to mitigate impact of recent petroleum price hike. Addressing a news...
Govt Increased Oil Prices Again With A heavy Heart: PM Shahbaz
GWADAR: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Friday said that having increased oil prices again with a heavy heart, the government believed that anymore burden on...
Pakistan Will Continue Engagements With Afghan Govt To Have Peaceful Borders: FO
Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmed has said Pakistan will continue taking steps, including engagements with the Afghan interim authorities and others, to have peaceful...
USA, Israel And India Don’t Want Strengthen Pakistan: Imran Khan
Bonair Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, continuing on holding rallies and mass gathering, has said that the USA, Israel and India don’t want strengthened...
PTI Brokered Cruel Agreements With IMF: Maryam Nawaz
Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice-president Maryam Nawaz has claimed that Imran Khan government brokered cruel agreements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) owing to...
Opposition Hold Strong Protest In Senate Over Hike In Prices Of Petroleum Products
Islamabad: The opposition members in the Upper House of Parliament on Friday protested strongly against the recent hike in prices of petroleum products while they...
IHC Stops Arrest of Shaikh Rashid In Cases Made During Long March
Islamabad: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday stopped arrest of Awami Muslim Leatgue (AML) Chief Shaikh Rashid under the cases against him over the long...
Murad Orders Reducing Petrol Quota Of Ministers and Officers By 40 Percent
Karachi: Chief Minister (CM) Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah in wake of a recent increase in petroleum product prices has taken a major decision according...
Shaikh Rashid Declares Current Month Of June As Decisive
Islamabad: Awami Muslim League (AML) Chief Shaikh Rashid has declared the current month of June as decisive while he said that the country is heading...
Fire Extinguished After Two Days In Departmental Store Near Jail Chowrangi
Karachi: After two days, the fire erupted in a departmental store at Jail Chowrangi has extinguished while the building of the departmental store has been...
Imran Khan Urges Masses To Protest Against Hike In Petroleum Prices After Jumma Prayers
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has urged the masses to protest against the recent hike of petroleum products and rising inflation. Responding on...
Upcoming Budget 2022-23 To Focus On Poor People, Small Traders: Miftah
Islamabad: Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail says the upcoming budget 2022-23 will focus on the better livelihood of the poor people and small traders as...
Govt Increases Petrol and Diesel Prices By Rs 30 Per Liter Once Again
Islamabad: Government on Thursday “(today) night increased petrol and diesel prices once again by Rs 30 per liter. This was announced by Finance Minister Miftah...
Moody’s Downgrades Pakistan Outlook To Negative
SINGAPORE: Moody’s Investors Service Thursday downgraded the outlook on Pakistan’s rating to negative from stable and affirmed the ‘B3’ local and foreign currency long-term issuer...
PTI’s Plea Seeking Protection For Long March Returned By SC
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has Thursday returned the PTI’s plea seeking protection from the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) as the PTI planned on holding a...
Ghulam Nabi Memon Appointed As IG Sindh
Islamabad: Ghulam Nabi Memon has been appointed Inspector General (IG) Sindh while his appointment will be immediate After approval of the federal cabinet, the establishment...
Re-financing Of 2.3 Billion Dollars With Chinese Banks Agreed: Miftah
Islamabad: Pakistan and Chinese banks have agreed on conditions and procedure of re-financing of 2. 3 billion dollars. Finance Minister Miftah Ismael confirmed the development...
PTI To Face Abrupt Disintegration: Maryam Nawaz
ISLAMABAD:PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz Thursday (today) said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) would go burst and face abrupt disintegration, expressing the optimism that Pakistan would...
NEPRA Increases Basic Electricity Tariff By Rs7.9 Per Unit
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has raised the basic power tariff by Rs7.9078/kWh for the next fiscal year 2022-23. The decision has...
Non Serious People Are Forced On Us: Fawad Chaudhry
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry has said that non-serious people are forced on us. The ex-federal minister for information Fawad Chaudhry talking to...
PM Departs For Home After Three-day Turkey Visit
ANKARA: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Thursday (today) departed here after completing his three-day official visit to Turkey. Turkish Minister of Trade Mehmet MUS saw...
NAB Starts Probe Against Ex-Chairman WAPDA On Corruption Complaints
Lahore: National Accountability Beraue (NAB) has started a probe against former Chairman Water And Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Lt Gen (retd) Muzamil Hussain. The sources...
Gunman kills at least three In US Hospital
WASHINGTON: At least three people were killed by a gunman at a hospital campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Wednesday, police said, as Americans still grappled...
IHC Stops Arrest Of PTI Leaders Asad Qaisar, Hammad Azhar
Islamabad: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday (today) approving the bails of Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf (PTI) leaders Asad Qaisar and Hammad Azhar has stopped their arrest....
K-Electric Hints At Increasing Load Shedding In Karachi In Days Ahead
Karachi: Grievances from load shedding for people of Karachiites are not going to end soon as sole distributor of electricity, K-electric has hinted more load...
Chairman NAB Javed Iqbal Relinquished His Post Over End Of His Tenure
Islamabad: Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Just (retd) Javed Iqbal on Thursday (today) relinquished the post of the Chairman NAB, sources said. Just (reted) Javed...
Talking About Division Of Country Is Projecting Enemy’s Agenda: Maryam Aurangzaib
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Maryam Aurangzeb on Thursday strongly condemning Imran Khan’s anti-Pakistan tirade, said that it was hate speech against the constitution...
PM Shahbaz Takes Note Of Gang Rape Of Woman In Running Train
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday took notice of a gang rape of a woman in a running Bahauddin Zakriya train. The PM condemning...
Hanif Abbassi Resigns On Orders Of IHC From Post Of Special Assistant
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbassi has tendered resignation from the post of special assistant. Hanif Abbassi after the court order sent his...
Imran Khan Do Politics But Avoid Crossing Limits: PM Shahbaz
Ankara: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, responding on the recent interview of Imran Khan conducted by a private news channel, has said that when” I am...
PTI Chief Imran Khan Approaches PHC To Get Transitional Remand To Avoid Arrest
PESHAWAR: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Thursday filed a petition in Peshawar High Court (PHC) for his transition bail. It is likely that...
PM Shehbaz, Turkish President Address Joint Presser
ANKARA: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan have renewed their pledge to upgrade the excellent bilateral ties between the...