FBR Reduces Sales Tax on Petroleum Products
ISLAMABAD: A notification has been issued to reduce sales tax on petroleum products. The sales tax on kerosene has been reduced from 17% to 15.44%...
Wrath of Man Rules Hollywood Box Office
LOS ANGELES: “Wrath of Man,” a heist film starring Jason Statham, opened atop the weekend box office with $8.1 million, ending five weeks of dominance...
Chairman Senate Asks In’l Community To Take Notice of Israeli Aggression
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani has written letters to leaders of world’s parliaments, drawing attention of the international community towards recent Israeli aggression against...
Pakistan Welcomes Taliban’s Ceasefire on Eidul Fitr in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has welcomed Taliban’s announcement of three-day ceasefire on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr in Afghanistan. In a tweet today (Monday), Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid...
Meeting of Price Committee Held
ISLMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin says government is striving to ensure smooth supply of basic items through a network of Ramadan Sahaulat and Saasta Bazaars...
Afghanistan: Taliban Declare Three-day Eid Ceasefire
The Taliban has declared a three-day ceasefire across Afghanistan to mark this week’s Eid al-Fitr holiday, two days after more than 50 people – mostly...
India’s Covid-19 Cases Reaches 22.66 Million
New Delhi: Calls grew for India to impose a nationwide lockdown as new coronavirus cases and deaths held close to record highs on Monday, increasing...
Pakistan Will Always Support Afghan-led, Afghan-owned Peace Process: COAS
Army Chief General Qamar Jawed Bajwa has reiterated that Pakistan will always support “Afghan led-Afghan Owned” peace process based on mutual consensus of all stakeholders....
UK Chief Of Defense Staff Lauds Pakistan’s Efforts For Peace In Region
Rawalpindi:UK Chief of Defense Staff General Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter called on Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday and discussed matters...
Buzdar Announces Remission In Jail Term Of Prisoners On Occasion of Eid
Lahore: Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has announced remission of two months in the jail term of prisoners across the province prisons. With the...
Turkish President Condemns Israel Police For Violent Temple Mount Clashes
Ankara Several Turkish officials criticized Israel and called for other countries to voice condemnation, while a Foreign Ministry statement urged Israel to “immediately end its...
Javeed Lateef Physical Remand Extended For Two-Day
Lahore: A local court of Lahore on Monday extended physical remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader for two days in the speech against the state...
PPP, PML-N Did Nothing For Country, Filled Their Pocket With Money Instead: Faisal
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Senator Faisal Javed Khan has said that the PM visit to Saudi Arabia reflects who much respect Pakistan have due...
Pakistan Defeat Zimbabwe In Second Test To Clinch Series By 2-0
Pakistan won the first test by an innings and 116 runs and have now completed a comprehensive series victory, which followed limited-overs success in South...
Chinese Investors Hesitant To Invest In Pakistan Due To Incompetent Imran Govt: Bilawal
Karachi: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has demanded to inform the masses reason behind PM returning back of three billion dollars loans...
PM To Interact With Public Via Telephone On Tuesday
Islamabad: Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting Senator Faisal Javed Khan has said Prime Minister Imran Khan will once again interact with the...
IIOJ&K Internationally Recognized Dispute on UNSC Agenda: FM
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is an internationally recognized dispute on the UN Security Council (UNSC) agenda. Let...
Number Of Coronavirus Cases Slightly Decreased As 78 Died
Islamabad: A little decrease witnessed in the coronavirus cases across the country as 3400 cases reported and 78 more people succumbed to the virus after...
PM Performs Umrah At Khana Kaaba
Mecca: Prime Minister Imran Khan, during his visit to Saudi Arabia, performed Umrah at Khana Kaaba today [Sunday]. وزیراعظم عمران خان اور خاتون اوّل بشری...
Inter-Provincial Transports To Be Closed Till May 16: NCOC
Islamabad: As per the instructions issue by National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) inter-provincial transports will be closed from May 8 to 16. The NCOC...
PM Condemns Israeli Forces’ Attack On Palestinians At Al Aqsa Mosque
Riyadh: Prime Minister Imran Khan has strongly condemned Israeli forces’ attack, especially during Ramazan on Palestinians in Qibla-e-Awwal at Al-Aqsa Mosque, in sheer violation of...
London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan Wins Second Term
LONDON: London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who won re-election Saturday, has risen from humble roots to spar with prime ministers and presidents since taking charge of...
Govt To Avail Legal Pptions Against LHC’s Decision Regarding Shahbaz
Islamabad: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain says the government will avail all legal options against Lahore High Court’s decision allowing Shahbaz Sharif...
Coronavirus Situation Improved Where SOPs Followed : Yasmin Rashid
LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Yasmin Rashid on Sunday announced that transport will resume from 6:00am on May 15. Addressing a press conference, the provincial minister...
FM Qureshi Condemns Israeli Attacks on Palestinians
Riyadh: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has urged the Muslim countries to lodge joint efforts from the platform of Organization of Islamic Cooperation against the...
PM, Saudi Crown Prince Agree To Enhance Bilateral Economic, Trade Ties
Riyadh: Prime Minister Imran Khan and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have expressed satisfaction at existing cooperation in bilateral military and security relations, and...
President Condemns Ongoing Israeli Apartheid Against Palestinians
President Dr. Arif Alvi has condemned the ongoing Israeli apartheid against Palestinians. In a tweet on Sunday, he said atrocious attack on peaceful praying Muslims...
Actor Talat Siddiqui Passes Away At 82
Lahore: Former Pakistani actor Talat Siddiqui passed away in Lahore late night on Saturday. She was 82. According to sources close to the film and...
Coronavirus Claims More 118 Lives
LAHORE Pakistan has reported 118 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 858,026. The...
Legendary Folk Singer Arif Lohar’s Wife Passes Away In Lahore
LAHORE: The wife of renowned Pakistani folk singer Arif Lohar passed away in Lahore on Sunday. According to reports, Lohar’s wife had been down with...
International Mother’s Day being observed today
International Mother’s Day is being observed on Sunday to honour mothers and recognize and appreciate their roles in our lives as the greatest blessing of...
Chairman Senate, Sarwar Condemn Israeli Shelling On Palestinian Worshipers
Islamabad/Lahore: Chairman Senate as well as Governor Punjab on Sunday vigorously denounced the Israeli shelling on a group of unarmed Muslim worshipers in Al Aqsa,...
KSA, Pakistan Jointly Working On Challenges Including Islamophobia: Saudi FM
Riyadh: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud has called for global dialogue amongst the international community to face the challenge of Islamophobia. In...
Pakistan Navy Ship SAIF Participates In Operation CHINOOK ARCHER
Pakistan Navy Ship SAIF participated in operation CHINOOK ARCHER along with ships and aircraft of the United States and Canada to check smuggling along the...
Eid Moon To Be Sighted On May 13: Fawad Chaudhry
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday said Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Friday, May 14 according to the calendar and...
Qadir Mandokhail Emerges Victorious in NA-249 Karachi By-Election Recount
KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) officials on Saturday completed the recounting of votes in the National Assembly (NA) constituency NA-249 by-election. During the...
Pakistan Condemns Attacks in Kabul
KABUL: Pakistan has strongly condemned the reprehensible attacks at a school in Kabul, Afghanistan which led to loss of many precious lives and injuries. In...
40 killed in Blast Near Afghan School
KABUL: A blast outside a school in the Afghan capital on Saturday killed at least 40 people and wounded another 52 including students, the interior...
China’s Out of Control Rocket Heading Towards Earth
China’s rogue rocket is in an uncontrolled free-fall towards Earth and no one knows where or exactly when it will burn through Earth’s atmosphere, but...
World Thalassemia Day Observed
World Thalassemia Day is celebrated every year on May 8th to commemorate Thalassemia victims and to encourage those who struggle to live with the disease...
Robber Killed in Lahore Police Encounter
LAHORE: The robbers, who fled after a robbery in Lahore, were confronted by police. One dacoit was killed and another escaped during an exchange of...
Pakistan Declare First Innings on 510 Against Zimbabwe
HARARE: Opener Abid Ali scored a double century in the second and final Zimbabwe Test as Pakistan declared at 510 runs for the loss of...
Israeli forces attack worshipers at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque, scores injured
JERUSALEM: Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades towards rock-hurling Palestinian youth at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday amid growing anger over the potential...
President Promulgates Ordinance For Voting Rights To Expatriates In General polls
Islamabad: President Arif Alvi on Saturday promulgated an ordinance to grant voting rights to overseas Pakistanis and allow the use of electronic voting machines in...
Pakistan Condemns Israeli Forces’ Attacks On Worshippers In Al-Aqsa Mosque
Islamabad: Pakistan has strongly condemned the attacks on innocent worshippers in Al-Aqsa mosque by the Israel occupation forces that led to a number of injuries....
Seven Children Die As Water Tank Collapses In Mohmand
Mohamand: Seven children died and one injured in Ambaar area of tribal district Mohmand today [Saturday] when a water tank fell over them. According to...
President Promulgates Ordinance To Protect Parents From Forced Eviction By Children
Islamabad: President Dr. Arif Alvi has promulgated the “Parents Protection Ordinance 2021”. The ordinance aims to protect parents from forced eviction by their children. Under...
PM in Madinah Munawwara To Pay Respect At Roza-e-Rasool SAW
Madinah: Prime Minister Imran Khan has reached Madinah Munawwara to pay respect at Roza-e-Rasool, offer Nawafil at Masjid-e-Nabvi, and pray for the progress and prosperity...
NCOC Decides To Extend Closure Of All Educational Institutions Till 23rd May
Islamabad: The National Command and Operation Center has decided to extend closure of all educational institutions till 23rd of this month. The decision to this...