At least 26 Children Die In Niger School Fire
Maradi: At least 26 schoolchildren were killed when their classrooms made out of straw and wood were engulfed in a blaze in southern Niger on...
Country Can Head To Next General Elections Anytime: Shahid Khaqan Abbassi
ISLAMABAD: Former premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that flood of inflation in the country is due to incompetence of the government. Talking to media...
LNG Case: NAB Arguments Will Help Us Substantially: Shahid Khaqan Abbassi
Islamabad: An accountability court of Islamabad continued hearing of the LNG reference against former premier Shahid Khaqan Abbassi and others while arguments for third amendment...
Hike In Power Tariff By Rs 2.52 Per Unit Approved
Islamabad: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Tuesday allowed power distribution companies to ramp up the electricity tariff by Rs 2.52 per unit...
T20 World Cup: England To Face New Zealand In 1st semi-final To Be Played Tomorrow
DUBAI:The first semi-final of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty20 World Cup will be played between New Zealand and England in Abu Dhabi on November...
Federal Cabinet Meeting Underway In Chair of PM Imran
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is chairing the session of the federal cabinet today to discuss a 9-point agenda. The federal cabinet will review the...
144th Birth Anniversary Of Allama Iqbal Being Observed Today
The 144th birth anniversary of national poet, Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal is being observed across the country with national fervour and patriotic on Tuesday today...
Coronavirus Cases Continue To Decline As 400 People Tested Positive
LAHORE: Pakistan has reported 11 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,277,560. The...
PKR Depreciates Against US Dollar
The Pakistani rupee (PKR) extended losses against the United States (US) dollar in the interbank on the first trading day of the week. The greenback...
PNS Tughril Inducted in Pakistan Navy
Pakistan Navy Monday commissioned the first Chinese-made 054 Alpha Guided Missile Frigate PNS Tughril. The commissioning ceremony was held in Shanghai, China’s financial hub. It...
Prices of Commodities Increasing at International Level: PM Imran
A meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan regarding price control in Islamabad on Monday decided to bring the entire sugar stock for sale in...
Remand of PPP MPA Extended in Nazim Jokhio Murder Case
KARACHI: Judicial Magistrate Malir has extended the physical remand of three accused involved in Nazim Jokhio murder, including PPP Sindh Assembly member Jam Owais Kahram,...
T-20 W Cup: Baber, Hafeez, Shoaib, Destroy Scotland Bowling, Set 190 Runs Target
Sharjah: Pakistan have set 190 runs target to Scotland in its last match of ICC T-20 World Cup super 12 round. Skipper Baber Azam, Muhammad...
Pakistan Elect To Bat First Against Scotland In T-20 World Cup Super 12 Round
Sharjah: Pakistan elected to bat first after winning toss against Scotland in Sharjah in its last match of Super 12 rounds of ICC T-20 world...
India Kick Out From T-20 World Cup As New Zealand Thrash Afghanistan By 8 Wickets
ABU DHABI: New Zealand on Sunday thrashed Afghanistan by eight wickets in the key match of ICC T20 World Cup after which India knocked out...
Pakpatan: Two Groups Firing Incident Claims 3 Lives Over Issue Of Girl Kidnapping
Pakpatan: As many as three people including father and son shot dead when two groups opened fire over an issue of a girl’s abduction in...
Shahid Khaqan Terms Daska By-poll Report “Test” For Higher Judiciary
Islamabad: PML-N senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi took the government to task over the by-election Daska inquiry report, and read out some of its findings...
Sindh Govt Is Responsible For Sugar Crisis: Shahbaz Gill
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Political Communication Shahbaz Gill on Sunday blamed Government of Sindh for recent sugar crisis in the country....
Imran Niazi Has No Respect For Law, Democracy and Political Ethics: Shahbaz
Lahore: PML-N President and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif has said that Imran Niazi has the slightest respect for law,...
Pakistan Decides To Buy LNG Cargo At Highest Ever Rate
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to avert the looming gas crisis in the country, the Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) has decided to procure an LNG cargo...
Ad Hoc Doctors Contracts Extended For One-year
LAHORE: Chief Minister of Punjab Usman Buzdar has approved extension in the contracts of ad hoc doctors for one year. CM Buzdar also directed to...
PTI Is Only National Party Having National Agenda: Fawad Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD,:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Sunday that PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was only national party and it had the national agenda. In...
Small Plane Crashes in Brazil
SAO PAULO: Brazilian country singer Marilia Mendonca was killed on Friday along with her manager and aide when the small airplane they were traveling in...
NA-75 Daska Report: Marriyum Demands Resignation Of PM, CM Punjab
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to take action against Prime Minister Imran Khan and...
Sindh Can Ask Sugar From Federal Govt If Want: Finance Ministry
KARACHI: Spokesperson of Finance Ministry Muzzammil Aslam on Saturday said that increase in demand of sugar and delay in crushing of sugarcane caused hike in...
Masses Will Get Relief Only When PTI Govt Resigns: Sherry
ISLAMABAD: Senate Sherry Rehman has announced continuing protests against the increase in petrol prices and rising inflation and said the veil hiding the government’s incompetence...
PoL Prices Challenged in LHC
LAHORE: Recent hike in petroleum products by the government has been challenged in Lahore High Court (LHC). The plaintiff argues that the hike is illegal...
Father, Son Die in Road Accident
CHUNIAN: A father and son died on the spot in a tragic traffic accident. The accident took place on Depalpur Road near Allahabad where a...
Karachi Dairy Farmers Likely To Increase Price of Milk
KARACHI: Dairy farmers of the port city llikely to increase the price of milk by Rs10 per litre. As per details, the Cattle and Dairy...
Two Matches To Be Played in ICC T20 WC Today
ABU DHABI: In the ICC Twenty20 World Cup, two matches will be played today (Saturday). In the first match, Australia will take on West Indies...
Smog Engulfs Delhi After Diwali
NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded its worst day-after-Diwali air quality since 2016, with the air quality index, or AQI, soaring to 462 on the back of...
PDM Session Summoned Today
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) President Maulana Fazlur Rehman has convened a meeting of the leadership today (Saturday) on an urgent basis to discuss the...
Punjab CM Summons Important Meeting To Discuss Sugar Prices
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Saturday has summoned an important session on increasing prices of sugar across the province.According to sources, a discussion...
Pakistan Reports 11 More COVID-19 Deaths
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 11 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,275,158. The...
NZ Beat Namibia To Advance in T20 WC
SHARJAH: New Zealand batsmen Glenn Phillips and Jimmy Neesham launched a late assault on Namibia that secured an important 52-run win in Sharjah on Friday...
Chinese Envoy, Defence Attache Call on COAS
RAWALPINDI: Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong and Incoming Chinese Defence Attache Major General Yang Yang called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa...
ECC Approves $190 mn to NDMA For Procurement of Covid Vaccine
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee has approved a technical supplementary grant worth 190 million dollars to National Disaster Management Authority for the procurement of Covid...
German Envoy Meets Hamza Shahbaz
LAHORE: German Ambassador to Pakistan Bernhard Stephen called on PML-N Vice President Hamza Shahbaz at his residence. Talking to German Ambassador Bernhard Stephen, PML-N Vice...
Punjab Cabinet Recommends To Remove TLP’s Banned Status
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has approved the initial summary to remove Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) proscribed status on Thursday. This comes after several...
US Dollar Reaches To Rs.171.50 in Open Market
KARACHI: The upsurge of the rupee against the US dollar ended as the local currency depreciated by 30 paisas against the dollar in the inter-bank...
Bilawal Inugurates SIUT In Larkana
LARKANA: Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has inaugurated SIUT in Larkana. Addressing the inaugural function of SIUT in Larkana, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said...
Gold Price Goes Up in Local Market
KARACHI: The price of 24 karat per tola gold witnessed an increase of Rs 2800 and was sold at Rs 120,200 in the local market...
Govt Taking Measures To Control Inflation: Dr Sania Nashtar
Islamabad: Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation Dr. Sania Nishtar has announced to launch Ehsaas Rashan program to provide subsidy to deserving people. Addressing a news...
Razing Of Makkah Tower Postponed Upon Resistance From Residents
KARACHI: The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) team on Thursday halted demolition operation at Makkah Tower near Karachi’s Preedy Street upon the resistance of the...
India Misleading Int’l Community About Normalcy In IIOJK: FO
Islamabad: Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar says New Delhi is trying to portray a false sense of normalcy in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir...
Dengue Cases Continue To Soar In Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: As many as 94 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever emerged in Islamabad during the previous 24 hours, District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Zaeem Zia...
PPP MPA Tortures Man To Death In Memon Goth Over Stopping Hunting
Karachi: Men allegedly tortured to death for stopping “Arab tourists” from hunting Houbara bustard in Karachi’s Memon Goth, the police said. According to a statement...
I Am Steadfast On Issue Of French Ambassador : Sheikh Rashid
Lahore: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Thursday said that the chief of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), Saad Rizvi, had insisted on the closure of...
Disqualification Petition Against Zardari, Fawad, Court Seeks Legal Assistance
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief justice remarked why would a court intervene in political matters in the presence of the parliament. Fawad Chaudhry’s...
Govt Relief Package Complete Disconnect With The Suffering Of People: Sherry Rehman
Islamabad: Vice-president Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Sherry Rehman has said that inflation in Naya Pakistan this week has surged to 14.31%. Responding to recently announced...