Senate polls: ECP to scrutinise candidates’ credentials virtually

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to scrutinise the credentials of the candidates for upcoming Senate elections through an online process. The...

COAS lauds equipment development, maintenance programme

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has lauded the development and maintenance programme of diverse equipment. The army chief said...

Positive steps

It takes at least two hands to clap as a gesture of appreciation. But those two hands are not good enough to praise the...

Scandalous video of KP MPAs

The emergence of a scandalous video, showing MPAs from KP receiving bundles of banknotes, allegedly for March 2018 Senate elections, just a month before...

PM hails step of Sri Lankan premier about Muslims’ burial

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has welcomed his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa's assurance given in Sri Lankan Parliament on Wednesday, allowing Muslims to...

Sustained democracy could avoid money politics: SC

ISLAMABAD: Resuming the hearing of the presidential reference seeking guidelines of the Supreme Court (SC) for holding the upcoming Senate elections through an open...

Govt working to transform health, police departments: Buzdar

LAHORE: STAFF REPORT Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that the government is introducing different apps to improve the performance of the police department. Addressing...

Punjab approves development schemes of Rs10.5 billion

LAHORE: The Punjab Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) has approved three development schemes of various sectors with an estimated cost of Rs10,464.548 million. According to...

PTI and Pak-US relations

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s several tweets offering cooperation to the newly elected US President Joe Biden on a number of issues, including going after...

Avoiding accountability

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on PTI stalwart and federal minister Faisal Vawda, besides ordering him...

Houthis’ attack on Saudi airport sets plane on fire

ABHA: Yemen’s Houthis on Wednesday targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia causing a civilian plane on the tarmac to catch fire, the kingdom’s...

Nasir condemns baton-charging, tear gas shelling on govt employees

KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has condemned the incident of tear gas shelling and baton-charging by the police on government employees in...

China spacecraft enters Mars orbit, 2nd in two days after UAE

BEIJING: A Chinese spacecraft entered Mars' orbit on Wednesday on a mission to land a rover, collect data on underground water and possible signs...

Four blasts hit Kabul, district police chief among dead

KABUL: Four blasts rocked Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday, killing two people, including a police chief who had been attempting to crack down on the...

Vaccination of people aged 65 years and above to begin from March: Asad

ISLAMABAD: The head of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Asad Umar, has announced that the registration of coronavirus vaccination for people aged 65 years...