PSX Gains 117 Points
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange continued its bullish momentum on Friday to end the weekend on a positive note after the end of political crisis...
PM Shahbaz Rejects OGRA Summary, Decides To Retain Prices
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has rejected the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority’s (OGRA) proposal to hike the prices of petroleum products in the country....
Export of Sugar Banned
Islamabad: After the direction of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the federal government on Friday announced to ban on the export of sugar, saying the ban...
NA Session Called Tomorrow For No Confidence Motion Against Deputy Speaker
Islamabad: National Assembly (NA) session has been called on tomorrow at 12 pm. The session has an agenda to conduct voting no-confidence motion against Deputy...
PPP Pervez Ashraf Elected Unopposed As NA Speaker
Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)’s Raja Pervez Ashraf has been elected unopposed as the National Assembly speaker as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif prepares to distribute...
Rupee Price Uptick Streak Continues As Rupee Reaches Rs 181. 58
KARACHI: The US dollar fell to Rs181.58 on Friday as the political turmoil in the country subsided. According to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP),...
NEPRA Increases Electricity Prices By Rs 4.85 Under Fuel Adjustment Charges
Islamabad: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Friday approved an increase of Rs 4.85 for the month of February under the fuel adjustment charges....
Fifth Wave Of Coronavirus Dies Down As Only Person Dies In Last 12 Days
Islamabad: The fifth wave of the global pandemic coronavirus started to die down as only one person death reported in the last 12 days. According...
Petition Filed In IHC To Stop Issuing Diplomatic Passport To Nawaz Sharif
Islamabad: A petition has been filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against issuance of diplomatic passport and arrest former premier Nawaz Sharif, who is...
IHC Disposes PTI Petition Directing FIA Not To Harass Social Media Activists
Islamabad: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday disposed of the petition against FIA for harassing the PTI social media activists directing the FIA to stop...
Maryam Aurangzaib Declares News Of Closure Of Ahsas Programs and Shelter Homes As Lies
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Maryam Aurangzaib on Friday declared news related to closure of Ahsas Programs and Shelter homes as false. Maryam Aurangzaib...
Delay In NA Session: Notices To Deputy Speaker, Secretary NA Issued
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday issued notices to answer to the federal government, secretary National Assembly (NA) and deputy Speaker NA. A...
OGRA Proposes Massive Hike in PoL Prices
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has sent a summary, seeking increase in petroleum prices from April 15. The regulator has recommended an...
PML-N Leaders Surrender in Army Officer Torture Case
LAHORE: The accused Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leaders, Khawaja Salman Rafique and Hafiz Noman, have surrendered to police in the army officer torture case....
Hungarian Envoy Meets COAS
RAWALPINDI: Ambassador of Hungary to Pakistan Béla Fazekas on Thursday met Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa at GHQ. According to the Inter...
Bollywood Stars Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt Marry in Mumbai
NEW DELHI: Popular Bollywood stars Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt were married Thursday in a private ceremony at their Mumbai residence. The couple wore ivory...
PM Shehbaz Sharif Welcomes DG ISPR’s Statement
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that no retaliation will be taken against anyone in our government. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called on senior...
IHC Directs ECP To Decide on Foreign Funding Within 30 Days
ISLAMABA: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to decide on the foreign funding case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...
Govt Increases Pension By 10pc
ISLAMABAD: The government has increased the pension of federal government pensioners with effect from April 1, 2022 which was announced by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif...
Schedule For Pak Sri Lanka Women Cricket Series Announced
Lahore (Online) Pakistan national women’s team will begin their International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Championship campaign on 1 June when they host Sri Lanka for...
US Congratulates PM Shehbaz
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on becoming the new Prime Minister of Pakistan. “The United States congratulates newly-elected...
Zardari, Bilawal Call on PM Shehbaz Sharif
ISLAMABAD: President of the Pakistan Peoples Party Asif Ali Zaradri and Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Thursday called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif here and congratulated...
US Dollar Depreciates Against PKR
KARACHI: The rupee strengthened against the US dollar at Rs181.69 in the inter-bank market on Thursday compared with Tuesday’s close of Rs181.82, according to the...
IHC Stops From Harassing Social Media Activists
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday ordered the director-general of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to ensure that no officers subject social media activists...
Each Lie Of Past Govt Will Be Held Accountable: Maryam Nawaz
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz has said that the time has come to hold each lie of the past government accountable....
Amend Laws Keeping In Mind National Interests, Not In Personal Interests: Chairman NAB
Islamabad: The public accounts committee meeting was held under the chairmanship of Rana Tanveer in which chairman NAB services were lauded with open heart. In...
Acting Speaker NA Accepts Resignations Of 123 PTI MNAs
Islamabad: Acting National Assembly Speaker Qasim Suri accepted on Thursday resignations of 123 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) lawmakers, creating another legal challenge for his party and...
Smear Campaign Launched Against Army To achieve Through Rumours, Baseless Character Assassination: DG ISPR
Rawalpindi :Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar Thursday said that a statement released by the National Security Committee (NSC) at...
PTI Files Petition Against Dissident Members For Lifetime Disqualification
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday filed petion in the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) for life time disqualification of their dissident members of National...
Announcement For Ministries, Formation Of Federal Cabinet Today
Islamabad: Announcement for an election of Speaker National Assembly (NA) and decisions related to formation of a federal cabinet is likely today. The PML-N has...
Ishaq Dar Optimistic, Rupee Can Reach 160 Against Dollar In Few Months
London: Former finance minister Ishaq Dar predicted that the US dollar can come down to Rs160 in a few months when “fiscal and monetary policies...
PM Shahbaz Pays Surprise Visit To Review Islamabad To Peshawar Metrobus Project
Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday paid surprise visit to a new Islamabad airport to Peshawar metrobus project wherein the premier was briefed...
America Congratulates PM Shahbaz Over Becoming Premier
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Wednesday congratulated newly-elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and vowed to continue its long-standing cooperation with Pakistan’s...
Imran Khan Says He Will Fight Till Last Ball
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan has asked the judiciary to explain why it felt the need to open its doors at midnight on Saturday,...
YouTube Back Online After Outage Disrupts Services
Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube said it has fixed issues that had disrupted certain features for several thousands of its users across the online video sharing...
Father Kills His Three Years Old Daughter
RAWALPINDI: In a brutal act, a father choked her three-year-old daughter to death in Rawalpindi. The shocking incident took place within the limits of PS Nasirabad,...
Russia Says More Than 1,000 of Ukraine Marines Surrender in Mariupol
KYIV: Russia says, more than one thousand Ukraine marines have surrendered in key port of Mariupol. In a statement, Russian defence ministry said, as a...
ICC Releases T20I Rankings
Shaheen Afridi’s 2/21 in the one-off T20I against Australia sees him climb fours spots to No.10 in the latest MRF Tyres ICC T20I Player Rankings....
Scheduled of NA Changed
ISLAMABAD: The schedule for Saturday’s National Assembly session has been changed. The National Assembly scheduled to meet on April 16 at 4 pm, will now...
World Bank Raises Growth Forecast for Pakistan To 4.3% From 3.4%
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank raised its economic growth forecast for Pakistan, the region’s second-largest economy, for the current year ending in June, to 4.3% from...
ISPR Terms Audio Clip Attributed to Former COAS as Fake
RAWALPINDI: Inter-Services Public Relations has clarified that an audio clip attributed to former Army Chief General, Retired, Mirza Aslam Beg being circulated on social media...
UK PM Felicitates Shehbaz Sharif
LONDON: United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed desire to work with newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif. In a tweet on...
PM Shehbaz Meets MQM-P Leaders
KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has sought Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) support in the National Assembly (NA) speaker election. PM Shehbaz Sharif held a...
China Lauds PM’s Remarks on CPEC Construction
China has highly commended Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s remarks on the construction of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor saying it is ready to work with Pakistan. During...
PSX Sheds 250 Points
KARACHI: A three-day buying spree ended at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday as investors booked profit in line with global market trends. The...
Anti-Army Slogans Not Right: Sheikh Rasheed
PESHAWAR: Awami Muslim League Chief and former federal interior minister Sheikh Rashid on Wednesday said that Imran Khan s life is in danger and the former...
Gold Gains Rs350 Per Tola
KARACHI: Gold price in Pakistan recorded gains on Wednesday after a massive plunge of Rs4,300 per tola in the last three sessions as sentiments improved...
PKR Continues To Gain Against US Dollar
KARACHI: Pakistani currency clawed back from record lows continued on Wednesday as the rupee made more dents in the US dollar for the fourth session,...
LHC Orders Deputy Speaker To Hold CM Punjab Election On April 16
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Wednesday rejected a plea to hold the early elections and ordered Punjab Assembly’s deputy speaker to hold the election...
Shahbaz Gill Appointed As Imran Khan Chief Of Staff
Islamabad Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party Chairman Imran Khan has appointed Shahbaz Gill, who served him as a special assistant in the government before its ouster last...