PM Pays Tribute To Late Najma Hameed’s Services For Democracy, PML-N
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif today paid tribute to the former senior president of the women’s wing of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and senior parliamentarian...
SC Orders Govt To register FIR Of Arshad Sharif Murder today
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan today ordered the government to register a first information report (FIR) of the murder of journalist Arshad Sharif. Chief...
Govt Believes No Journalists Should Be Called out For Exercising Their Freedom Of Expressio: PM
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reaffirmed the government’s strong commitment to supporting all efforts that promote and uphold the shining principles of freedom of...
Govt Will Extend Full Cooperation To SC In Arshad Sharif Murder Case: PM
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has welcomed Supreme Court’s suo motu notice of journalist Arshad Sharif’s murder. In a tweet on Tuesday, he said the...
PTI To Start Campaign For Early Elections Across Country From Tomorrow
Lahore: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to launch ‘Election Karao Mulk Bachao’ campaign across the country from tomorrow. The campaign is being launched in...
Imran Convenes Senior Party Leadership Meeting Today To Discuss Changing Political Situation
Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has convened senior party leaders meeting at his Zaman Park residence today in which changing political situation of...
UN Under Secretary General Arminda calls on Ishaq Dar
ISLAMABAD: Under Secretary General of the United Nations/Executive Secretary of ESCAP Arminda Salsiah Alisjahbana called on Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq...
ECP Initiates Proceeding to Remove Imran Khan as Party Chairman
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) initiated proceedings to remove deposed premier and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan as the party chief following...
Lawmakers Asked to Submit Statements of Assets, Liabilities by Dec 31
Election Commission of Pakistan has asked all members of parliament and provincial assemblies to submit their statements of assets and liabilities, including those of their...
Two Lahore Cops Martyred in Encounter With Dacoits
LAHORE: Two policemen embraced martyrdom in an encounter with dacoits in Manga Mandi near Lahore on Monday night. A spokesman for police said that some...
Sanaullah Urges PTI Leaders to Use Forum of Parliament for Discussing National Affairs
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has stressed upon the PTI leaders to come to parliament for discussion on the next general elections. Talking to a private...
Five Terrorists Killed, Soldier Martyred in North Waziristan Clash
Five terrorists were killed during exchange of fire with security forces in an Intelligence Based Operation in North Waziristan District. According to ISPR, the security...
ECC Approves Wheat Import of 450000MT From Russia
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee has accorded approval to import of 450,000 metric tonnes of wheat from Russia. ...
Russia Agrees to Provide Crude oil, Refined Petroleum Products to Pakistan on Discounted Rates
Russia has agreed to provide crude oil and refined petroleum products including petrol and diesel to Pakistan on discounted rates. This was disclosed by Minister...
PM Inaugurates Refurbishment Project of Units 5 and 6 of Mangla Dam
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated on Monday the refurbishment project of Units 5 and 6 of Mangla Dam aimed at enhancing its electricity generation capacity....
Pakistani Envoy Returns Days After Assassination Attempt in Kabul
ISLAMABAD: Head of Mission in Kabul Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani has returned to Pakistan days after a terrorist attack on country’s embassy in Afghanistan. However, the...
Framework Prepared to Make Pakistan Climate Resilient Country: Ahsan
Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal says a framework has been prepared to make Pakistan climate resilient country. Speaking at the National Flood Response...
Asad Umar Summoned For ‘Scandalous’ speech Against Judiciary
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday asked Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary-General Asad Umar to appear before the bench in response to his speech...
Pakistan Reports 39 Covid Cases
Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,575,330. The...
G7 Begins to Press Russia on Ukraine With oil Price Cap
KYIV: A Group of Seven (G7) price cap on Russian seaborne oil came into force on Monday as the West tries to limit Moscow’s ability...
Ruthless’ England Surge Past Senegal 3-0 to Set Up France Quarter-Final
AL KHOR: Clinical England overcame a pedestrian start to surge to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Senegal on Sunday as high-quality goals by Jordan Henderson,...
Dense Fog Blankets Parts of Punjab, KP, Disrupts road Traffic
LAHORE: Dense fog again blanketed different cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab, including Lahore on night between Sunday and Monday, paralysing routine life and...
Herzog Becomes First Israeli President to visit Bahrain
Manama: Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Bahrain on Sunday on the first trip by an Israeli head of state to the small Gulf kingdom, following...
Early Elections Would Stir up Imran Khan’s Agenda: FM Bilawal
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday said that he did not see the need to hold early elections in the country as was...
PM to Inaugurate Refurbishment Project of Mangla Dam Units
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit Mangla Dam today (Monday) where he will inaugurate refurbishment and renovation project of the Mangla hydel power station....
PTI Takes Lead In AJK Local Govt Polls As PTI Wins 82 Seats Of District Councils
MUZAFFARABAD:As many as 82 out of 88 seats of the district councils were compiled after the AJK Local Government (LG) polls. PTI grabbed 30 district...
Both PTI, PDM Did Nothing For People Of The Country: Siraj Ul Haq
Faisalabad: Ameer Jamat-e-Islami (JI) Siraj Ul Haq said that all have gotten opportunity and exposed as well. Addressing a mamooth raly in Faisalabad, the JI...
Imran Khan Directs MPAs From KP and Punjab To Start Preparation For Elections
Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has directed the members of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies for preparation of a general elections. The PTI...
God Changed Our Path As We Were Heading Towards PDM: CM Punjab
Lahore: Chief Minister Punjab Pervez Elahi has claimed that just going towards Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) for an alliance, in a middle the God changed...
Imran Levels Allegations Of Double Game On Gen (retd) Bajwa
Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has levelled allegations of playing double game on former army chief gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa. In his...
Pak Vs Eng Ist Test: Match Likely To Be Result Oriented As Pakistan Scored 80-2 In Reply Of 343
Rawalpindi: England cleverly declared the second innings on 264-7 and with left over runs of previous innings set 343 runs target to host Pakistan. On...
No Embarrassment Over Legislation To Extend Tenure Of Ex-COAS: Saad
Lahore: Federal Minister for Railways and aviation Khawaja Saad Rafique has said that there is no embarrassment over the legislation in the parliament to extend...
PTI Reaches Extreme Levels Of Lies and Hypocrisy After Retirement of Gen Bajwa: Atta Tarrar
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader and Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) Atta Tarrar said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has reached extreme level for...
Imran’s Politics Is Aimed At Getting Power Even If It Means Undermining Foundations of Country: PM
Islamababad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says Imran Khan’s recent diatribe against parliamentary democracy is a proof that his politics is aimed at getting power even...
Sindhi Culture Is Amalgamation of Sindhi tradition, Islamic culture: Asif Zardari , Bilawal
Karachi: Chairman and co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Asif Ali Zardari have fecilated people on Sindh cultural day. Foreign Minister...
Sindh Cultural Day Being Celebrated Today
HYDERABAD: Sindhi Cultural Day is being celebrated across the province today with rallies to be taken out in different cities and towns in the province....
COAS General Asim Munir Visits LoC
RAWALPINDI: General Syed Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) visited frontline troops in Rakhchikri Sector of Line of Control (LOC) on Saturday. According to...
PM Shehbaz Says Govt Ensuring Equal Rights, Opportunities to Disabled Persons
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that the government was ensuring equal rights and opportunities to the persons with disabilities (PWDs), in every...
Will Hold Elections in Provinces if Assemblies Dissolved, Says Tarar
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Law Azam Nazir Tarar said on Saturday that the government will hold elections in the provinces where the assemblies would be...
Dialogue, Preconditions Can’t go Hand in Hand, Says PML-N
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Saturday expressed willingness to go into talks with Imran Khan-led PTI without any precondition to stem political turmoil...
US Condemns Shooting at Pakistan Embassy in Kabul
ISLAMABAD: The United States has condemned Friday’s attack on the Pakistani embassy in Afghanistan’s capital in which a senior Pakistani diplomat escaped unhurt but one...
Shafique and Haq Complete Centuries as Runs Flow in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan openers Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq both completed centuries against England Saturday as a flat Rawalpindi Stadium pitch continued to yield runs on the...
Pakistan Detects Two More Poliovirus Cases
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported two new cases of poliovirus found in the environmental samples collected from Faisalabad and Peshawar last month, The News reported on...
PM Thanks KSA for Extension in $3bln Deposit Term
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has thanked the leadership and government of Saudi Arabia for extending the term of the deposit of three billion dollars with...
Acting Afghan FM Phones Bilawal; Condemns Attack on Pak Embassy
ISLAMABAD: Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi on Friday called Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to condemn the terrorist attack on Pakistan s Mission...
Security Guard Injured in Pak Embassy Attack in Kabul Flown Back to Peshawar
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani security guard Israr Mohammad was flown back to Peshawar on Friday night after he was critically injured in an attack targeting Pakistan s...
Cameroon Crash out of World Cup After Defeating Brazil
DOHA: Vincent Aboubakar headed in a stoppage-time winner and was then sent off as Cameroon claimed a memorable 1-0 victory over favourites Brazil at the...
Afghan Govt Condemns Attack on Pakistan Envoy; Assures ‘Serious Probe’
ISLAMABAD: The interim Afghan government strongly condemned the attack on Pakistan’s Head of Mission in Kabul Ubaid Nizamani, assuring that a “serious investigation” would be...
Pakistan Repays $1bn Sukuk, Ends Immediate Default Risk Challenge: Bloomberg
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said it made the payment for a $1 billion bond as per claims by the central bank chief...
ECC Approves Over Rs8.10b For Various Development Schemes
ISLAMABAD: Economic Coordination Committee has approved over 8.10 billion rupees for execution of various development schemes in the four provinces under Public Sector Development Program....