Imran Khan’s address at UNGA

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s virtual address to the United Nations General Assembly mentioned some of Pakistan’s perennial issues as well as matters that are...

Vaccination scams

There is increasing evidence that loopholes in the government’s vaccination management system’s is being exploited by unscrupulous elements to udermine it. As the system...

CTD arrests three facilitators of Gwadar suicide attack

ISLAMABAD: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Balochistan province has announced to have arrested three facilitators of the suicide attack on the Chinese engineers’ convoy last...

Police arrest 3 armed persons after mob attacks Malir SP office

50 people stormed the office of the Malir superintendent of police (SP) on Friday where three armed individuals were arrested by Karachi police According to...

Shehbaz urges govt not to increase gas prices

ISLAMABAD: The opposition has outrightly trashed the government’s plan to hike gas tariff by up to 35 per cent for domestic consumers for the...

Govt won’t consult Shehbaz on NAB chief appointment: Fawad

JHELUM: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Saturday said the government would not consult Shehbaz Sharif regarding the appointment of...

Unvaccinated citizens may face restrictions after 30th, warns Rasheed

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has warned the unvaccinated citizens that their failure to receive the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine by...

JCSC chief for enhanced defence cooperation with Russia, China

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan attaches great importance to furthering bilateral defence cooperation with Russia and China and believes that these countries will develop meaningful and long-term...

Qureshi meets UN chief, calls for ‘urgent action’ on humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday, urged for an "urgent action" to address the humanitarian...

Young Pakistani climber scales world’s 8th tallest mountain

ISLAMABAD: Nation's youngest mountain climber on Saturday added another feather to his cap, summiting the 8,163-meter (26,78 feet) Manaslu peak in Nepal. "This morning, Shehroze...

Squabbles among provinces continue over sharing river water

KARACHI: Despite Pakistan boasting one of the largest irrigation systems in the world, river water disputes with India and then between the provinces have given...

Security troops kill six militants in Quetta raid

QUETTA: Security forces overnight killed six militants in a raid at their hideout in the mountains of Quetta, the military said Saturday. Counterterrorism police arrested...

Imran’s UN speech instilled ‘hope and strength’ in Kashmir freedom struggle: Fai

NEW YORK: A leader of a pro-freedom movement expressed "heartfelt thanks" to Prime Minister Imran Khan for reaffirming Pakistan's support to the Kashmir cause,...

NCOC daily update: 2,060 new cases, 42 deaths from Covid-19

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported 2,060 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre said on Saturday. The overall tally of...

Red hot lava spews from La Palma volcano as eruption intensifies

LA PALMA: Rivers of lava raced down the volcano and exploded high into the air overnight on the Spanish island of La Palma and...