ADB Announces $3 Million Aid to Support Pakistan’s Flood Response
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved on Wednesday a $3 million grant to support the government of Pakistan’s emergency relief efforts amid widespread floods across...
Defence Day Ceremony at GHQ Postponed in Solidarity With Flood-Victims: DG ISPR
RAWALPINDI: The central ceremony to commemorate Defence and Martyrs Day at the military’s General Headquarters (GHQ) on September 6 has been postponed. Taking to Twitter,...
25th Death Anniversary of Princess Diana Observed
LONDON: Late British princess, Lady Diana’s 25th death anniversary observed today. The mystery of her death in an accident could not be solved. Diana Spencer...
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev Dies at 91
MOSCOW: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has passed away after a protracted illness in Moscow. He was 91. Paying tribute to deceased leader, the United...
Pakistan Army Continues Rescue, Relief Operations in Flood-hit Areas of Country
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army continues rescue and relief operations in flood-hit areas of the country. According to ISPR, 140 helicopter sorties have been conducted to...
IHC Orders Imran Khan To Re-Submit Reply In Contempt Of Court Case
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered former premier Imran to resubmit reply within the next seven days in the contempt of court case...
Maryam Nawaz Visits Flood Affected Areas Of Rajan Pur, Hasil Pur To Review Relief Work
Rajanpur: PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz today visited the flood affected areas of Rajanpur and reviewed relief work. Maryam Nawaz called on the victims of floods...
Hong Kong Win Toss Elect To Bowl First Against India In Asia Cup
Dubai: Hong Kong have won the toss against India in its first match of Asia Cup while skipper of Hong Kong Nizakat Khan opted for...
NEPRA Approves Decrease Of Electricity Prices By Rs 3.63 For K-Electric Customers
Karachi: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved a decrease in prices of electricity for K-electric customers by Rs 3. 63 under the fuel...
IHC Seeks Response Of Police Over Case Against Imran Khan On Terrorism Charges
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has asked a reply of the Islamabad police in a case lodged against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan...
World Helping Pakistan In Flood Catastrophe But PTI Is Engaged In Political Bickering: Saad Rafique
Islamabad:Minister for Railways and Aviation Khawaja Saad Rafique says the government will announce a comprehensive strategy for reconstruction and rehabilitation of flood-hit areas soon. He...
Sialkot Police Recovers Huge Amount Of Hashish In Action Against Major Inter-Provincial Drug Peddler Group
Sialkot: Sialkot Police in its a major action against an inter-province drug peddler group have recovered more than 60 Kgs of hasish from the possession...
International Agencies Contact Govt To Allow Import Of Food Items From India: Miftah Ismael
Islamabad: Minister of Finance Miftah Ismael today (Wednesday) said that international agencies have contacted to the government for the import of food commodities from India....
NEPRA Approves Uptick In Electricity Prices Under Fuel Adjustment Charges
Islamabad: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved an uptick of Rs 4.34 per unit under the fuel adjustment charges. The NEPRA after hearing...
Pak Army Relief Work Continues As 550 More People Evacuated From Flood Hit Areas
Rawalpindi: Pakistan Army’s relief operation has continued in flood affected areas across the country. As per the Inter-service Public Relations (ISPR) during the relief operation...
Bearish Trend Grips PSX At Start Of Market Today
Karachi: Pakistan Stock Exchange on Wednesday saw bearish trend on the start of the market. The 100 bench mark lost 106 points today. After reduction...
India To Face Hong Kong Today In Asia Cup
Dubai:The 4th match of Asia Cup will be played between India and Hong Kong at Dubai on Wednesday. The match will start at 7:00 pm...
Hearing Of Contempt Of Court Case Against Imran Khan To Be Held Today
Islamabad: A hearing of contempt of court case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan over threatening to woman additional session judge will be held today....
Maryam Nawaz To Visit Rajanpur and Other Flood-affected Areas of South Punjab Today
Multan: Maryam Nawaz, vice-president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), will visit today flood-affected areas of South Punjab which included Rajan Pur. Daughter of former permier,...
More Six Succumbs To Coronavirus Across Country
Islamabad: At least six more people succumbed to coronavirus across the country during the last 24 hours. According to National Institute of Health (NIH), as...
FM Bilawal Collected Rs1.3 Trillion In One Hour From UN-Member Countries: PPP
The Pakistan People’s Party has claimed that Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has collected about one trillion 30 billion rupees from the member countries of...
US Provides $30m Humanitarian Assistance For Flood Affectees in Pakistan
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), on Tuesday announced an additional $30 million in life-saving humanitarian assistance to support people...
Afghanistan Beat Bangladesh In Asia Cup
Afghanistan have clinched victory against Bangladesh by winning by seven wickets during the third match of the Asia Cup at Sharjah. Earlier, Muneeb Ur Rehman...
KSE 100-index Drops By 309 Points
KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) approval could not restore investor confidence Tuesday as flash floods disrupted the supply chain and caused substantial economic losses,...
PM Briefs International Media on Flood Ravages in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting with the members of international media on Tuesday and briefed them about flood ravages in Pakistan. In...
Gold Prices Shed by Rs5,100 Per Tola
KARACHI: Gold prices dropped over 3% to a near two-and-a-half-month low on Tuesday as investors scrambled for cash to cover losses in other asset classes...
Floods Catastrophe Incurs Loss Of Rs 860 Bln In Sindh: Sharjeel Memon
Karachi: Apprising the damages incurred owing to catastrophe of heavy rains and floods, Information and Transport Minister of Sindh Sharjeel Memon said that as per...
Imran Offers To Takes Back His Words Against Judge In Contempt Of Court Case
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan has offered to take back his words against additional woman judge in a initial reply submitted in the...
Australia To Provide $2 Mn In Humanitarian Aid To Pakistan: FM Wong
Islamabad: Australian Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong on Tuesday said that Australia would provide $2 million to Pakistan in urgent humanitarian assistance in response to...
COAS Bajwa Visits Flood Hit Areas Of Swat, Meets People Rescued Today
Rawalpindi: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa today visited flood hit areas of Swat. General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff...
Relief, Rehabilitation Of Flood Victims Need Joint Efforts: FM
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said current flashfloods had affected around 33 million in the country and stressed joint efforts by the government,...
Imran approached IHC To Remove Case Against Him On Terrorism Charges
Islamabad: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to remove case against him on terrorism charges The former premier...
LHC Orders IESCO To Remove GST, Fuel Adjustment Charges For All Consumers
Rawalpindi: Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench today (Tuesday) ordered Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) to provide relief to all consumers instead of users of up...
Flood Will Not Be Used Excuse To Open Trade With India: Fawad Chaudhry
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry has said that flood will not be used as an excuse to open trade with India. On his...
Pakistan, UN Jointly Launch Flood Response Plan 2022 To Meet Needs Of Flood Victims
Islamabad: Government of Pakistan and the UN have jointly launched Flood Response Plan 2022 to meet the needs of flood-affected people. Speaking on the occasion,...
Court Reserves Verdict On Insistence Of Remand For Halim Adil Sheikh
Karachi: Judicial magistrate has reserved verdict on insistence of remand of opposition leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh for an occupation of 25 acres...
Imran Khan Thanks Countrymen Specially Overseas Pakistanis Over Generous Donations For Flood Victims
Islamabad: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has expressed gratitude over generous donation given by the country citizens and Pakistani diaspora abroad. Former premier, Imran...
IMF Progam Pathway To Reorient Our Economy: PM Shahbaz
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said Pakistan must break out of economic straitjacket saying it is only possible through structural reforms. In a tweet...
Bangladesh and Afghanistan Will Face Each Other Today In Asia Cup
Dubai: Neighboring emerging Asian team Afghanistan will clash with Bangladesh today in the third match of Asian Cup 2022. The match will be played at...
Chinese President, Premier Express Solidarity With Pakistan Flood Victims
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang have expressed grief and solidarity with the Pakistani leadership and people over human and financial losses...
Court Rejects Shahbaz Gill’s Bail Plea
ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad rejected the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill’s bail plea in sedition case. The Additional Sessions Judge...
Covid Cases Continue To Decrease in Pakistan
Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,568,849. The...
Balochistan Flood Death Toll Reaches 250
QUETTA: At least two more people were confirmed dead in rain- and flood-related accidents during the last 24 hours in Balochistan, which has pushed the...
Revival of IMF Programme Eliminated Default Risk: PM Shehbaz
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while reacting to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) executive approval to revive Pakistan’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme, said that...
Leaked Audio: FM Bilawal Says Never Thought Imran Would Sink So Low
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari took a jibe at PTI chairperson Imran Khan for passing instructions to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab’s finance ministers to...
Taliban Nearing Contract For Purchase of Gasoline From Russia
KABUL: The Taliban administration is in the final stages of talks in Moscow over the terms of a contract for Afghanistan to purchase gasoline and...
Nawazuddin Siddiqui Reveals His Daughter Was ‘Upset’ After Seeing Him Dressed as a Woman
Nawazuddin Siddiqui never fails to impress his fans with his top-notch acting skills. He is regarded as one of India’s best performers, and has not...
Govt Decides to Establish National Flood Response & Coordination Center: PM
ISLAMABAD: The coalition government has decided to establish a National Flood Response and Coordination Center to deal with the flood situation in the country and...
Imran Khan Raises Funds of More Than Rs1 Billion For Flood-Victims
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former premier Imran Khan held a live telethon to raise funds from within the country and overseas Pakistanis for...
KP Minister Challenges Miftah To Provide Evidence of Sending Letter to IMF
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Finance Minister Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra has challenged Finance Minister Miftah Ismail to provide evidence after levelling allegations of sending a letter...