KARACHI: U.S. Consul General Brian Heath acknowledged the role of Karachi’s Pakhtun journalists during a reception at his residence. Some 50 reporters, editors and media managers as well as several…
KARACHI: Sindh Assembly sessions often depict scenes from a fish market. On Wednesday, members of the Sindh Assembly enjoyed argument between Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) lawmaker Muhammad Hussain and Deputy…
RAWALPINDI: Police have rescued a 12-year-old girl from Pirwadhai area where she was set to be married off to a 35-year-old married person by her brother under the condemned tribal custom of…
LUDHIANA: Indian hockey captain Sardar Singh has been accused of sexual harassment by his fiancee, Hindustan Times reported on Tuesday A British woman, Ashpal Bhogal, who got engaged to Sardar…
ISLAMABAD: Japan will provide a concessional loan of $43 (Rs5 billion) to Pakistan for the second phase of energy sector reforms programme. Documents to this effect were signed by Secretary…
QUETTA: The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Sharif, on Tuesday said foreign adversaries have been more than eager to exploit any opportunity to destabilise Pakistan by harbouring,…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday restored the National Assembly membership of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker Sheikh Mohammad Akram, setting aside an earlier verdict by an election…
KARACHI: After six journalists injured in the baton charge by Police and Rangers while coverage of PIA workers protest, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists(PFUJ) and Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) Tuesday,…
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chairman Nasir Jafar on Tuesday announced his resignation with immediate effect in the wake of killing of workers of the national airlines in Karachi. “I…
LAHORE: The police and a sensitive agency in a joint operation nabbed on Tuesday an alleged Indian spy from a house in Kahna and shifted him to an undisclosed place…
SAHIWAL: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said Politics is going on in PIA which was causing Rs. 100 million loss per day. “Politics is going on in PIA. And it…
KARACHI: Commanders of paramilitary Rangers and officials of other security agencies have decided to intensify ongoing operation against elements involved in gangland and political violence in the city by seeking…
By Sheher Bano Hussain While the controversy over the opening of educational insinuations continues, Punjab government has put a ban on Tablighi Jamaat from entering the educational institutions. The Jamaat…
ISLAMABAD: Sustainable transport field is a cross-cutting, interconnected and knowledge intensive domain; therefore, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Tuesday, between National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)…
ISLAMABAD: Gwadar Turbat Hoshab section is part of the 892 kms long Gwadar Ratodero Motorway (M 8) project which is an important link of China Pakistan Economic Corridor is being completed with the approximate cost…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan has urged Afghan Taliban to negotiate a peaceful resolution to its conflict with the Kabul government. “They (the Taliban) must come to the table…
KARACHI: Two protesting workers of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) lost their lives and at least 18 others were injured during a clash with Rangers and police at Jinnah International Airport…
RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) Tuesday summoned former Interior Minister Rehman Malik to record his statement in Benazir murder case on February 8. The hearing took place at Adiala Jail,…
KARACHI: Condemning the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government at the Centre for failing to pass on the benefit of record low oil prices in the international market to the people, the…
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif said Pakistan’s achievements in elimination of terrorism was highly appreciated and acknowledged by international community. “Terrorism is not an issue of Pakistan but…
KARACHI : At least five people were injured when police on Tuesday resorted to aerial firing and use water cannons and tear gas shells to disperse the protesting employees of…
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has approved a summary granting 90-day extension to special powers of Rangers. The current 60-day extension, granted on Dec 5, 2015, was…
LAHORE: All public and private sector schools will reopen on Tuesday. As per details, after a meeting with private schools association’s delegation, provincial government issued a notification to reopen all…
ISLAMABAD: Minutes after the federal government placed PIA under the Mandatory Service Act, employees of the national airline announced shutting down operations from Tuesday evening. “We are ready for negotiations.…
