PM launches Pak-ID app to facilitate CNIC applicants
Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday inaugurated Pak-ID Mobile app created by National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to provide convenience, especially to the overseas...
Govt reduces petrol price by Rs1.5 per litre
The government on Tuesday decided to reduce the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs1.5 per litre from September 1.
Prices of other...
Parliamentary committee approves amendment to change SC judges’ appointment process
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on Judges Appointment has unanimously approved a constitutional amendment to change the process of judges’ appointment, their removal, and exercise...
Fawad rejects Shehbaz’s idea of national govt
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday countered Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif's notion of a national government to solve the country's issues, and...
Pakistani microfinance pioneer wins Asia’s ‘Nobel Prize’
Muhammad Amjad Saqib, 64, won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for his “first-of-its-kind” interest- and collateral-free microfinance programme that catalysed scores of poor households.
Nearly two...
First PIA flight carrying WHO health supplies lands in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation says an aircraft provided by Pakistan delivered the first shipment of much-needed medicine and health supplies to Afghanistan since...
Thousands of government employees fail to get vaccinated
LAHORE: Despite the tall claims of providing extraordinary services of free vaccination and service centres by the government, employees of major government departments have not...
11 militants killed in Balochistan raid
QUETTA: The counter-terrorism units raided a hideout of the Islamic State group in Balochistan before dawn on Tuesday, setting off a shootout that killed...
Urgent steps needed to stabilise Afghanistan situation, Imran tells German FM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan during a meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stressed the need for urgent steps to be taken to...
US lawmaker thanks Pakistan, others for supporting Afghanistan evacuations
An American senator has thanked Pakistan and other countries that supported evacuations of US and other nationals from Afghanistan during a conversation with Pakistani...
Analysis: Stakeholder bodies intensify consultations on Afghanistan
KABUL: At a time when the eight-member Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is commemorating 20 years of its existence, the situation in Afghanistan is posing a...
Forensic report, in absence of witnesses, sufficient for conviction: SC
ISLAMABAD: In a far-reaching observation, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said forensic evidence linking suspect to the crime was sufficient to prove them guilty,...
NCOC daily update: 3,838 new cases, 118 deaths from Covid-19
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported 3,838 new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre said on Tuesday.
The NCOC, the department...
US ends 20-year Afghan engagement, Taliban celebrate ‘complete independence’
KABUL: Celebratory gunfire resounded across the Afghan capital on Tuesday as the Taliban took control of the airport following the withdrawal of the last US...
Pilot honoured for flying evacuation flight out of Kabul amid takeover chaos
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi conferred a gold medal on a Pakistan International Airlines pilot for exhibiting valour during a rescue flight to evacuate 170...