KP govt, China sign wide ranging MoU
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of China to cooperate in different fields. According to a spokesman of the provincial government, the…
Google to pay out $150-200m over YouTube privacy claims
CALIFORNIA: Google will pay $150-200 million to settle allegations YouTube violated a children’s privacy law while gathering data to better target its adverts, US media reports said Friday. The US…
Karachi Rain 2
Several parts of Karachi receive light drizzle
KARACHI: Several parts of the city received light drizzle today, turning the weather pleasant in the metropolitan. Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Malir, PECHS and other cities saw light drizzle that existed for…
Blackout in IoK ‘against freedom of expression’: David Kaye
NEW YORK: The United Nations special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye has said that the current situation in…
India strips two million, mostly Muslims, of their citizenship in Assam
SIVASAGAR: Tens of thousands of paramilitary personnel and police have been deployed in the north-eastern state of Assam in India to tighten the security as the Modi-led Hindu nationalist Indian…
Illegal annexation of Kashmir part of a wider policy to target Muslims: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that reports in Indian and international media about Indian premier Narendra Modi government’s ethnic cleansing of Muslims should send alarm bells ringing across…
United Nations
Pakistan urges world community to act before it’s too late
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council has an obligation to resolve the decades-old Kashmir problem by implementing its own resolutions that pledged the right of self-determination to the Kashmiri people…
Deteriorating situation in IOJ&K is threat to regional peace: COAS
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Stuff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa today visited Gujranwala Corps Headquarters, said ISPR statement. According to the notification, the COAS was briefed about the operational preparedness…
World Bank
WB to assist Pakistani firms in manufacturing, agribusiness
ISLAMABAD: World Bank is ready for providing technical and financial advisory services to public and private sector by assisting local and foreign companies to venture into priority sectors of manufacturing…
Survey shows U.S. companies still value Chinese market amid trade tensions
WASHINGTON: The vast majority of U.S. companies report that their China operations are profitable, and they remain committed to the Chinese market despite ongoing trade tensions and worsening business environment,…
Kashmir dispute may lead to nuclear war: Hurriyat leaders
ISLAMABAD: In Indian occupied Kashmir, Hurriyat activists have warned the Indian rulers, who are claiming Jammu and Kashmir as an internal matter of India, that the unresolved Kashmir dispute posed…
Accountability process to continue to eliminate corruption from society: Fawad
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said that accountability process would remain continue against corrupts elements as the people gave mandate to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)…
Petrol Prices
Petrol prices to drop in September
ISLAMABAD: Prices of the petroleum products would drop by Rs. 4.59 per litre from next month, a government official announced today. “Following the decrease in petroleum prices in the international…
China to work together with Pakistan to safeguard regional peace: Spokesperson
BEIJING: Terming the visit of Vice Chairman of Central Military Commission of China, General Xu Qiliang to Pakistan very successful, a Chinese Defense Ministry’s spokesman Thursday said that China would…
Lifting down-trodden from poverty my personal mission, says PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that helping down-trodden and lifting them out of poverty was his government’s main focus which he himself was pursuing as a personal…
Cricket: Mohammad Abbas back to Pakistan for training
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan seamer Mohammad Abbas is hoping to return to Leicestershire next season. The Test bowler is back to Pakistan after being recalled to begin preparation for a heavy schedule…
PHF to arrange foreign tour for hockey team to assess players ahead of Olympic Qualifiers
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) will arrange a foreign tour for national team to evaluate players’ performance ahead of the FIH Olympic Qualifiers, taking place either in October or November.…
Steps being taken to ensuring ease of doing business by removing hurdles: Firdous
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Thursday said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government was taking concrete steps to "ensure ease of doing…
BJP fascist govt making efforts to fool Indians: PTI stalwart
ISLAMABAD: Central General Secretary Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Aamir Mehmood Kiani on Thursday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fascist Modi government is making efforts to fool its own Indian people.…
Super-fit Japan aim high at Rugby World Cup
TOKYO: Japan coach Jamie Joseph promised the hosts would "give 150 percent" to hit their target of reaching the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals after naming his 31-man squad on Thursday.…
Govt working hard to improve ease of doing business: Hafeez Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Thursday said the government was working hard to improve ease of doing business in the country by…
Embassies in Islamabad join hands to raise environmental awareness
ISLAMABAD: A number of diplomatic missions here launched a new initiative today called DiploGreen.DiploGreeen is a community-wide collaboration led by Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, the UK, and the…
“Pakistan to go into war with India for Kashmir,” Sh. Rasheed
RAWALPINDI: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has predicted a full-blow Indo-Pak war in October and November. "The time for Kashmir’s final freedom struggle has come. Pakistan will go…
Shah Mehmood
Airspace closure to come into effect after consultation with PM: Qureshi
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the final decision about closure of Pakistan’s airspace for India would be taken after consultation. Yesterday, Federal Minister for Science and…