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...
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...
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...
Minus Imran Khan Will Not Happen: Baber Awan
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Baber Awan has said that the ruling coalition government is only working for to take revenge from PTI chief Imran...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
MoFA Launches Song To Highlight Flood VIctims’ Trauma
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched a song “Aao Hum Kucch Aisa Karein” to highlight flood victims’ trauma and appeals to the spirit of...
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...
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...
Pakistan Has Net Foreign Reserves Of $10.5 Bln: Ishaq Dar
Islamabad: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that the net foreign reserves held by commercial banks stood at nearly $6 billion along with the reserves...
Pakistan, Kuwait Vow to Diversify Bilateral Cooperation
Pakistan and Kuwait have reiterated their mutual commitment to further expand and diversify special bilateral relations. An understanding to this effect reached during a telephonic...
Sania Mirza Reveals Her Retirement Plans
Sania Mirza, India’s former doubles world number one, said she would call time on her career after next month’s Dubai Tennis Championships after her 2022...
UN News Urdu Version Will Expand World body’s Outreach: Munir
The United Nations has launched the Urdu version of UN News. Welcoming this development, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Ambassador Munir Akram...
Fired-up Sabalenka Races into Adelaide Final
Adelaide: World number five Aryna Sabalenka surged into the final of the Adelaide International Saturday, crushing Romanian veteran Irina-Camelia Begu for the loss of just...
Russia’s Medvedev Snaps Back After US Appeal over Ukraine war
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned the United States that hypersonic missiles would soon be deployed to NATO’s shores with ammunition package of Zircon...
Consumers of 3G/4G Services Increased to 121mln in Pakistan
The number of 3G and 4G service users in Pakistan has significantly increased and reached 121 million by end of November 2022. As per the...
PM Announces To Confer Civil Awards To Martyred Naveed Sadiq, Nasir Abbas
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced conferring Hilal-e-Shujaat upon ISI Director Naveed Sadiq Shaheed and Sitara-e-Shujaat upon Inspector Nasir Abbas Shaheed, who embraced martyrdom...
Sindh Governor Meets Afaq Ahmed In Continuing His Efforts To Unite All Factions Of MQM
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Mohammed Kamran Khan Tessori here on Friday held a meeting with Chairman of Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) Afaq Ahmed here on Friday....
Pakistan Committed To Complete IMF Programme: PM
ISLAMABAD: Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva on Friday called Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif over telephone, expressed her deep sympathy and...
PTI Is Mulling Over To Resign From PA If Its Dissolution Were Delayed
Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is mulling over for tendering resignations from Punjab Assembly if dissolution of PA were delayed. The PTI leadership said that if...
Shehbaz Sharif Launches Establishment Of HAZECO
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, fulfilling the demands of the people of Hazara region, today (Friday) launched the establishment of Hazara Electric Supply Company (HAZECO)....
Sarfaraz Decisive Ton In 2nd Innings, Overall Heroic Performance Against Kivi’s In Second Test
Karachi: Sarfaraz has shown heroic performance in the second test against New Zealand as he scored century in second innings and half century in first...
Sarfaraz, Saud Splendid Partnership Brought Pak In Decisive Phase Against N Z In 2nd Test
KARACHI: Sarfaraz Ahmed and Saud Shakeel brilliant 99 runs partnership brought to decisive phase in the second test. Former captain Sarfaraz Ahme scored a brilliant...
Shahbaz Gill Could Be Indicted Once Again In Case Of Inciting For Revolt Against National Institution
Islamabad: A local court of Islamabad on Friday could not be indicted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill and others in the case of inciting...
US House in Chaos After Kevin McCarthy Loses Speaker Votes
The US House of Representatives is in chaos as the Republican Party failed for a second consecutive day to elect a leader in the house....