Suicide bombing in Gwadar
A Chinese engineer died in a terrorist attack in Gwadar on Friday. This was the third attack on Chinese citizens in the last six...
PDM meeting
The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Rehbar Committee meeting in Islamabad on Saturday was a relatively lacklustre affair as the continued absence of the PPP,along...
Abbasi rejects govt’s proposed electoral reforms, use of EVMs
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday termed the government's proposed electoral reforms, including the use of...
Muslims should show solidarity with Afghans, Qureshi tells OIC secretary general
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday held telephonic conversation with Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen and said...
Pakistan asks US to investigate assault on Aafia Siddiqui
Pakistan has lodged a formal complaint with the authorities in the United States to probe assault on Dr Aafia Siddiqui in prison, the Foreign...
3.1 magnitude earthquake hits Karachi
KARACHI: On Saturday, a moderate earthquake shook Karachi, the capital of the Sindh province, National Seismic Monitoring Centre confirmed as no loss of life...
130 arrested, 40 identified in Minar-e-Pakistan Tiktoker assault case
LAHORE: Lahore Police on Saturday nabbed 130 people and identified 40 of them through video evidence of the Minar-e-Pakistan incident where a female TikToker...
NAB summons Shehbaz in Rawalpindi Metro case
RAWALPINDI:Â The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif in the Rawalpindi...
Who will be the first country to recognise Taliban?
NEW YORK: Less than one week since the Taliban swept into Kabul, governments are starting to consider the thorny question of when and if...
PIA temporarily suspends Kabul flight operation over security concerns
ISLAMABAD:Â Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Saturday suspended its special flight operation to Afghanistan temporarily due to security concerns.
The federal government suspended the special flight...
World Bank’s Kabul-based staff evacuated to Pakistan: memo
WASHINGTON: The World Bank Group's Kabul-based staff and their immediate families have been safely evacuated to Islamabad, according to an internal staff memo issued...
Pakistan to expect new US chasm as Taliban take Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: After the September 11 attacks, the United States gave Pakistan a harsh ultimatum to partner in its war against terrorism. Pakistan offered help...
Imran hails ‘forest heroes’ saving green Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday paid tribute to an official of the forest department who earlier this month laid his life in...
NCOC daily update: 3,084 new cases, 65 deaths from Covid-19
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan confirmed 3,084 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre said on Saturday.
The NCOC said that...
China condemns Gwadar attack, asks Pakistan to punish perpetrators
ISLAMABAD: The Chinese embassy "strongly condemned" the attack targeting a motorcade carrying Chinese nationals in Balochistan on Friday that killed two local children and...