Karachi bans fishing, swimming in sea as ‘Cyclone Biparjoy’ maintaining intensity
KARACHI – The administration of the southern port city of Karachi has imposed a complete ban on going into open sea for sailing, fishing, swimming...
Football trials under PM Talent Hunt Youth Sports League from June 16
Football trials will be held under Prime Minister Youth Programme for Talent Hunt Youth Sports League in Islamia University Bahawalpur on 16th and 17th of...
Special scheme and incentives announced for overseas Pakistanis in Budget 2023-2024
Islamabad: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has announced special scheme for overseas Pakistan as a special scheme will be launched for giving major rewards to Remittance...
Growth target of 3.5 percent set for the next fiscal year: Dar
Islamabad: The Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said that a modest growth target of 3.5 percent has been set for the next fiscal year. He said...
Agriculture credit enhanced to Rs 2250 billion, custom duty on seeds, sapling waived off
Islamabad: Finance Minister said that the limit of agri credit is being enhanced to 2250 billion rupees as compared to 1800 billion rupees of the...
Govt announces to increase govt employees salaries up to 35 percent
Islamabad: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has announced to increased government employees salaries up to 35 percent while pension will be raised 17.5 percent. In his...
Difficult decisions must have to be taken for improvement of the economy: Ishaq Dar
Islamabad: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that for improvement in economy difficult decisions will must have to be taken owing to which people will...
PM hopes IMF to broker staff-level agreement as all conditions of IMF accepted
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said the government accepted all the requirements of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and hoped that a staff-level...
Cabinet approves budgetary proposals of 2023-2024 and finance bill 2023
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said a country’s sound economic growth was linked with its political stability. “Without political stability, even billions of...
Pakistan Hajj Mission’s Lost, Found department returns 317 items to owners
MAKKAH MUKARMA: The Lost and Found Centre of the Pakistan Hajj Mission, Makkah has successfully returned 1,500 SAR and over 317 missing items, including bags,...
PPP success in AJK by-polls reflected people’s confidence, support for party: Kundi
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of State for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety and Central Information Secretary of PPP Faisal Karim Kundi on Friday said Pakistan People’s...
PM constitutes committee to address reservations of Balochistan Awami Party
Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a committee to address the reservations of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) regarding the development projects and problems...
Fears of tropical storm Biparjoy hitting coastal areas of Pakistan and India increase
Karachi: The existing storm Biparjoy in the Arabian sea has strengthened more while the tropical storm has 1120 Km away from Karachi. Direction of the...
Pakistan today’s budget should be as per target of the IMF: Representative
Islamabad: International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative has hoped that the budget which is going to present today will be as per the targets of the...
Court Justifies police raid on Sheikh Rashid house as it rejects petition for registering FIR on police
Islamabad: District and Session Court on Friday rejected Sheikh Rashid petition for registration of First Information Report (FIR) against raid on his house. Additional Session...
Shehbaz govt presents over Rs14tr outlay budget for FY24 today
ISLAMABAD – The coalition government is all set to present the federal budget for the fiscal year 2023-24, with an estimated outlay of more than...
Asif Zardari, Bilawal congratulate PPP candidate on winning LA-15 by-poll
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday congratulated PPP candidate Sardar Ziaul Qamar on winning Azad...
PPP’s Sardar Ziaul Qamar leading LA-15 by-election in AJK
BAGH: PPP’s Sardar Ziaul Qamar is leading the chart on Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) LA-15 by-election, unofficial result suggest. As the time for polling...
Pakistan will follow its laws in bringing to justice individuals responsible for 9th May incident: FO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will continue to extend political, diplomatic and moral support to Kashmiris for the just and peaceful settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute...
Marriyum Aurangzeb reacts to launch of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party
ISLAMABAD– Federal Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Thursday reacted to the launch of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP). Taking to Twitter, Ms Aurangzeb bashed the embattled...
Saudi Arabia, Russia agree to enhance trade, economic ties
Saudi Arabia and Russia have agreed to enhance trade and economic ties between the two countries. The agreement was reached in a telephonic talk between...
Dollar appreciates by Rs 5 in open market
Karachi: The ping pong of the US dollar continued on Thursday as well as it appreciated again after its devaluation yesterday by Rs 5 in...
PM Shehbaz to chair special cabinet meeting on June 9
ISLAMABAD: A special meeting of the federal cabinet in connection with the upcoming budget will be held on Friday. The federal cabinet meeting will be...
Jehangir Tareen formally launches his party and its manifesto
Islamabad: A new party has surfaced on the political scene of the country as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) defector and ex-right hand of Imran Khan, Jehangir...
Dar along with economic team call on PM to present Economic Survey of 2022-23
Islamabad: The government’s economic team led by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Thursday and presented the Economic...
Finance Minister formally launched the ‘Pakistan Economic Survey 2022-23’
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar Thursday formally launched the ‘Pakistan Economic Survey 2022-23’, the pre-budget document which shared key...
PTI chief secures 14-day bail in lawyer’s murder case
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday granted 14-day protective bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman in a senior Supreme Court lawyer’s murder case. The...
US embassy request for consular access to Khadija Shah sent to interior ministry: FO
ISLAMABAD- The Pakistan Foreign Office said on Thursday the US embassy’s request for consular access to Khadija Shah had been forwarded to the Ministry of...
SC defers hearing of review law case indefinitely
ISLAMABAD: The apex court on Thursday deferred hearing of Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act, 2023 case without any proceedings due to ailment of one...
Pakistan, Turkmenistan ink joint implementation plan to execute TAPI gas pipeline project
Pakistan and Turkmenistan signed a joint implementation plan in Islamabad on Thursday to execute Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project. The ceremony was witnessed Prime Minister...
Polling for by-election on AJK Legislative Assembly seat Bagh-2 underway
MUZAFFARABAD: Polling for by-election on Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly contituency LA-15 Bagh-2 is continuing. The AJK Election Commission has made all arrangements for...
Pakistan desires to further promote cooperation with Turkiye: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday reiterated that Pakistan was keen to further cement its bilateral cooperation with Turkiye in trade, investment, higher education,...
Pindi Bhattian: Five burnt alive as car catches fire after accident
PINDI BHATTIAN: At least five people were killed when an over-speeding car rammed into a roadside tree near Pindi Bhattian rest area at the Lahore-Islamabad...
Mohammad Rizwan offers prayer on streets of USA, video triggers heated online debate
Star Pakistan keeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan is currently in the United States, as he joined Harvard Business School’s executive education program along with his teammate Babar...
Army top brass resolves to tighten noose around May 9 perpetrators
RAWALPINDI :The military’s top brass on Wednesday vowed to tighten noose around masterminds and planners, who staged a “rebellion against the state and state institutions”,...
PTI desertor Murad Raas also enters Jahangir Tareen’s camp
LAHORE: PTI desertor Murad Raas on Wednesday joined PTI disgruntled leader Jahangir Tareen’s political group a day after three members of his group did so....
PHC orders Ali Muhammad Khan’s release
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday ordered the release of PTI leader Ali Muhammad Khan, who had been arrested under the 3 Maintenance...
PM decides to include special development projects in budget for merged districts of KP
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to include special development projects in the budget for the merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was talking to...
LHC bars authorities from arresting former first lady till June 13
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has barred the authorities from arresting the former first lady and the wife of PTI chairman in any case till...
Mohsin Ranjha calls for free, fair trial of Toshakhana case
PML (N) leader Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha has said there should be a free and fair trial in Toshakhana case against PTI Chairman Imran Khan. Addressing...
Middle East, strategic economic partner of Pakistan: Ahsan
Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has said there are vast opportunities of cooperation between Pakistan and the Middle Eastern countries in diverse areas....
Economic Survey 2022-23 to be launched tomorrow
Economic Survey, containing the details of major socio-economic achievements during the outgoing fiscal year will be launched in Islamabad tomorrow (Thursday). Finance Minister Ishaq Dar...
Dollar sheds by 26paisas in interbank
KARACHI: The dollar shed by 26paisas in interbank on Wednesday and is currently trading at Rs286.30. The greenback was closed at Rs286.56 on Tuesday....
4.2 magnitude earthquake jolts Khuzdar, adjacent areas
KHUZDAR: An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale jolted Khuzdar and its adjoining areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday night. People came out...
Govt bans TV rating agency Medialogic over ‘anti-state’ activities
ISLAMABAD – The federal government has banned Medialogic, a media rating company, through a notification issued by the Ministry of Interior. A notification issued by...
Pakistan, Norway agree to enhance bilateral cooperation
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar and Norway’s Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt agreed to work towards enhancement of bilateral cooperation in...
ECP issues production orders for elected representatives of LB for mayor, deputy mayor polls
Karachi: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday issued production orders of all elected local bodies representatives in Sindh including Karachi. The ECP has directed...
US announces $16m for flood affected areas
ISLAMABAD: United States (US) has announced further 16 million dollars for the flood affected areas. As per details, the USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman along...
Ghee price decreases across the country: USC
Islamabad: The Utility Store Corporation USC has reduced the prices of subsidized ghee provided under the Prime Minister’s Relief Package by Rs 80 per kg...
Karachi Business community rejects govt decision to close business, shops till at 8 pm night
Karachi: President Anjuman-e-Tajiran Karachi (ATK) Javed Shams has rejected the federal government decision closure of shops and markets at 8 pm at night. The ATK...