NEPRA to probe Saturday power blackout
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) will constitute a high-powered committee to look into the 14-hour blackout from Saturday.
The fact-finding committee will comprise...
Khalili, Qureshi discuss Afghan peace process
ISLAMABAD: A delegation of Afghanistan's Hizb-e-Wahdat-e Islami called on Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad on Tuesday...
Lyari warlord Uzair Baloch acquitted in murder case
KARACHI: A district and sessions court in Karachi on Tuesday acquitted notorious Lyari gangster Uzair Baloch in a kidnapping and murder case for want...
Budget deficit increases to Rs992b in 5MFY21
The federal budget deficit soared to nearly Rs1 trillion in the first five months of the current fiscal year (5MFY21), which was largely in...
Police arrest five outside Lahore court, recover large arms cache
LAHORE: Punjab police on Tuesday arrested seven men who were carrying a large cache of weapons outside a district and sessions court in the...
Talks with Chinese firm underway to procure Covid vaccine: Asad
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiative Asad Umar has said that the government is promptly taking decisions to procure the anti-Covid vaccine.
Briefing the...
KP govt approves funds to establish cryptocurrency mining plant
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has approved funds for establishing a cryptocurrency mining plant after the province decided to hand out No Objection Certificates...
Nine arrested for rape, murder of minor girl
KHAIRPUR: Sindh police on Tuesday arrested nine individuals on charges of rape and murder of a minor girl in the province's Khairpur district.
Seven-year-old Momina...
Nine olive extraction plants installed under PSDP
ISLAMABAD: More than nine advanced oil extraction plants have been installed in the country to harness the increasing olive oil production on a commercial...
Gunmen kill cop escorting polio workers in KP
PESHAWAR: Gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot and killed a policeman in Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Tuesday as he escorted a...
Shehbaz thinks NAB should thank him for saving Rs600bn
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and National Assembly (NA) Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif and his son Punjab Assembly Opposition Leader Hamza Shehbaz appeared...
‘Biden should expand antitrust cases, break up tech companies’
WASHINGTON: The Biden administration should expand antitrust cases against Alphabet’s Google and Facebook and encourage breaking up companies, according to a group whose founder...
Iqbal says PM’s aide ‘allegations’ pack of lies
ISLAMABAD: A day after Adviser to Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Shahzad Akbar accused the Sharif family of attempting to “spin” the High Court...
Deutsche Bank will not do future business with Trump: NYT
FRANKFURT: Deutsche Bank will not do business in the future with US President Donald Trump or his companies in the wake of his supporters’...
Turkish foreign minister to arrive in Pakistan today
ISLAMABAD/ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will arrive in Islamabad today on a three-day visit, Radio Pakistan reported.
According to a Foreign Office statement, Cavusoglu,...