Pakistan Denies UK Media Reports about Uranium Package
ISLAMABAD The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday rejected UK media reports that a uranium package seized at London’s Heathrow Airport came from Pakistan. According to...
Israel Martyrs Palestinian in West Bank Raid
NABLUS: Israeli forces shot a Palestinian fighter who later died of his wounds in the West Bank Wednesday, the Palestinian health ministry said, as the...
PM Shehbaz Lauds Saudi Arabia for Announcing $1bn for Pakistan’s Flood Victims
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday Saudi Arabia had always supported Pakistan in difficult times. ‘Pakistan is grateful for the announcement of $1...
Court Accepts Hamza Shahbaz’s Exemption Plea in Money-laundering Case
LAHORE: An accountability court on Thursday accepted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shahbaz s exemption from hearing plea in the money-laundering case. The court, while...
PM Shehbaz Leaves for Official Visit to UAE
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday embark on two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the invitation of UAE President Sheikh...
LHC Resumes Hearing Elahi’s plea Against Governor’s Denotification order
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday resumed hearing on the petition filed by Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi challenging Governor Balighur Rehman’s...
TikTok Announces 18,000 Scholarships for Pakistan’s Students
LAHORE: TikTok, and Edtech startup, Edkasa, have announced a scholarship program that will reward online study grants to 18,000 deserving students from across Pakistan. The...
Pakistan Reports 26 Fresh Covid Cases
Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases surged to 1,576,018. The nationwide...
CM Punjab Secures 186 Votes As Vote Of confidence To Remain On Post
Lahore: After almost one month, the matter of Chief Minister Punjab Pervez Elahi taking vote of confidence has resolved as he successfully secured 186 votes...
New Zealand Defeat Pakistan by 79 Runs To Equalize ODI Series 1-1
Karachi:New Zealand achieved a convincing 79-run win over Pakistan in the second one-day international in Karachi on Wednesday. Opener Devon Conway hit a sparkling hundred....
CM Punjab Will Take Vote of Confidence Today
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Pervaiz Elahi will obtain the vote of confidence from the provincial assembly today. It is a surprise move by Pakistan...
Dar Denies Govt’s Consideration To Have Access To Foreign Exchange Held With Commercial Banks
Islamabad: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has categorically denied any of government’s consideration to have an access to foreign exchange held with the commercial banks. National...
Renowned comedian Majid Jahangir Passes Away After Prolonged Illness
Lahore: Renowned comedian Majid Jahangir has passed away after prolonged illness. Majid Jahangir rose to fame for his work in comedy series Fifty-Fifty. Majid Jahangir...
World Bank projects Pakistan’s growth at 2.0 percent in FY 2022-2023
WASHINGTON:With the World Bank warning that the global economy is “perilously close to falling into recession”, the development lender forecast Pakistan’s growth at 2.0 percent...
PM Appreciates Support Announced By Friendly Countries In Geneva
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has emphatically stated that the reconstruction and rehabilitation of flood affected areas will be made a successful model by ensuring...
LHC Hints To Decide CM Punjab Case On Merit As Respondents Have Clear Difference
Lahore: Lahore High Court’s Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh remarked on Wednesday that if there is no consensus between the parties then they would decide the...
PM Shahbaz To Hold Presser Today To Brief On Geneva Conference
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif will hold presser after reaching country from Geneva today (Wednesday). The premier will brief the media about a historic 9...
OGRA Approves Increasing Natural Gas Prices By 74 Percent
Islamabad: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has approved a 74 per cent increase in the prescribed prices of natural gas for the 2022-23...
MQM, All It’s Faction To Hold Protest Outside ECP Office Against Delimitation Today
Karachi:Muttahida Qaumi Movement factions including MQM-P, MQM Bahali Committee, and Pak-Sarzameen Party (PSP) will stage a protest outside the ECP office in Karachi today. MQM-P...
LHC Will Decide Future Of CM Punjab Today
Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) will today (Wednesday) resume hearing Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi’s plea challenging Governor Balighur Rehman’s orders to de-notify him...
Sindh Govt Set Up 64 Sale Points In Karachi To Provide Flour At Cheap Rates
Karachi:The Sindh government has established sixty-four sale points in Karachi to provide flour at discounted rates to the people. In a statement, a spokesman of...
Mishandling Of Pro-Pakistan Govt in Afghanistan, Root Cause Of Rising problem: Imran
Lahore: Former Prime Minister of Pakistan and Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan has delivered a stark warning that the mishandling of pro-Pakistan government...
CM Punjab vows to upgrade infrastructure of large urban centres
Lahore:Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has vowed to upgrade infrastructure of large urban centres keeping in view population influx over there. He expressed this...
PM Shehbaz Sharif will visit UAE from Thursday
Islamabad:Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif will pay a two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates from Thursday at the invitation of UAE’s President Sheikh Mohamed...
FM thanks int’l community for supporting Pakistan to rebuild flood affected areas
Geneva:Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has expressed gratitude to the entire international community, including the UN Secretary General, for standing with Pakistan in efforts to...
CM Punjab To Lay Foundation Stones Of Various Projects In Lahore Today
Lahore: Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Pervez Elahi on Tuesday will lay foundations stones of various projects worth billion of rupees in Lahore. The CM Punjab...
PTI To Challenge Arrest Warrants Issued To Its Chief Imran khan, Asad , Fawad
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will challenge arrest warrants issued for PTI chairman Imran Khan , Fawad Chaudhry and Asad Umar by the Election Commission of...
Saudi Arabia Deliberates Upon Increasing Pakistan Deposit Amount To $5b
RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Tuesday directed the authorities to study increasing the amount of the deposit by $2 billion to reach $5...
PM Assures Transparency in Utilization of Funds for Flood Affected Population
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has assured complete transparency in the utilization of funds to be provided by the international community for a Climate Resilient Pakistan....
Bloomberg Rejects Pakistan’s Default Fears
Islamabad: US-based financial news service, Bloomberg has dismissed reports speculating that Pakistan was heading towards default, warning of economic hardship in near future. In a...
Punjab Assembly Saw Commotion As Session Marred By Sloganeering
Lahore: Punjab Assembly on Monday witnessed ruckus after treasury and opposition benches raised slogans against each other . The politically divided house met amid the...
World Pledges Generous Support Worth $8.57 Billion For Rehabilitation Of Flood-hit Areas
Geneva: At the International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan in Geneva on Monday, the world community pledged generous support of 8.57 billion dollars for the...
PM Thanks IDB President For His support To Flood Victims, Cooperation with Pakistan
Geneva: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting with President of Islamic Development Bank, Dr Muhammad Al-Jasser on the sidelines of International Conference on...
Pakistan Needed Global Support To Generate $8 billion To meet Impending Challenges: PM
GENEVA: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Monday said that considering ‘the gigantic task of resilient recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction of 33 million flood affected people’,...
UN To Support Recovery, Reconstruction In Pakistan After Devastating Floods: Antonio
Geneva: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has assured that the United Nations will support the recovery and reconstruction in Pakistan after devastating floods. Addressing...
IDB Pledges Amount Of $4.2b For Pakistan’s Climate Resilience
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has pledged to finance an amount of 4.2 billion dollars over the next three years for achievement of Pakistan’s climate resilience...
Friendly Countries Support Will Help Carry Out Flood Relief Rehabilitation Work: Dar
Geneva: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said the support from friendly countries and multilateral donors will not only help carry out flood relief and rehabilitation work...
PM Calls For Sustained Int’l Plan To Meet Daunting Task Of Rehabilitation Of Flood-hit Areas
Geneva: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for a sustained international plan to meet the daunting task of reconstruction and rehabilitation of flood-affected areas and...
ECP Rejects Plea against Ishaq Dar’s Senate Membership
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday turned down a petition seeking to declare PML-N leader Ishaq Dar’s Senate seat vacant over his failure...
Pakistan Reports 17 Coronavirus Cases, One Death in 24 hours
Pakistan has reported one death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,575,970. The...
Qila Saifullah Accident Claims Lives of Seven
QILA SAIFULLAH: At least seven persons were killed and 10 others sustained injuries in head-on collision between a bus and a van in Qila Saifullah,...
3.3 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Mirpur, Adjoining Areas
MIRPUR: An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale jolted Mirpur and its adjoining areas in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on late Sunday night. According...
Rana Sanaullah Blames Imran for Economic Woes
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah held Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan responsible for the economic woes. Hitting back at the deposed premier, Mr Sanaullah...
Pakistan Risks ‘Extraordinary Misery’ Without Flood Recovery Help: UN
GENEVA: The international community must help Pakistan recover from last year s devastating floods and boost climate resilience, or the country will be locked in misery,...
PM Arrives In Geneva To Co-host ‘Climate Resilient Pakistan’ Conference
GENEVA: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday arrived here along with a high-level delegation to co-chair an international conference on ‘Climate Resilient Pakistan’, along...
Coalition Govt Striving Hard To Steer Pakistan Out Of Challenges: Kaira
Lala Musa: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs Qamar Zaman Kaira says coalition government is striving hard to steer the...
Farooq-Khalid Agree Not To Admit LG Polls Results Held Under Pre-poll Rigging
Karachi: Muttahida Qaumi Movement -Pakistan (MQM-P) convenor Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddique has said that we will not admit results of elections which will be held...
PM Shehbaz Left for Geneva To Co-host Climate Conference
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday left for Geneva for the International Conference on Resilient Pakistan which is aimed at marshalling support to rebuild...
MQM-P Changes Date Of Protest Against Disputed Delimitation In Karachi For LG Polls
Karachi: Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) has changed date of its protest against disputed delimitation in Karachi for Local Bodies Polls second in Karachi and...
PM Shehbaz Hold Telephonic Conversation With MD IMF On His Request Regarding Geneva Moot
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had a constructive call with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva regarding the International Conference on Resilient Pakistan...