Justice Isa urges govt to open all civil, military hospitals for Covid treatment
ISLAMABAD: Top court judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Wednesday urged the government to get all the public sector as well as combined military...
Man rapes Filipina in Lahore
LAHORE: An incident of rape of a Filipina was registered under sections 376 and 377 in the Factory Area Police Station of the provincial...
PML-N to launch ‘corruption paper’ against PTI on August 17: Marriyum
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Wednesday that her party would launch a “corruption paper” on August 17 to highlight the...
Education ministers rule out countrywide closure of schools amid fourth Covid wave
Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood said on Wednesday that the Inter-Provincial Education Meeting Conference (IPEMC) has decided to keep educational institutions across the...
UN demands end to fighting in Afghanistan as Taliban advance; Doha talks deadlocked
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called for an immediate end to fighting in urban areas, as the Taliban continues...
Pakistan writes to UNSC again calling attention to India’s ‘illegal, draconian’ steps in IOK
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, on completion of two years since India’s illegal and unilateral actions in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), has sent...
PM directs to take inspiration from China for waste ban policy
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday directed to formulate a comprehensive plan for reducing dependence on imported plastic scrap.
Chairing a meeting on waste-management,...
Fawad condemns India for not allowing foreign journalists to visit Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday strongly condemned Indian government’s decision for not allowing foreign journalists to visit Pakistan.
In a...
Prime Minister Abdul Qayyum Niazi: A dark horse of politics in Azad Kashmir
KARACHI: Little-known Abdul Qayyum Niazi turned out to be a dark horse, winning an intense race for the office of prime minister of Azad...
Geelani calls for strike on anniversary of withdrawal of Kashmir’s special status
SRINAGAR: A top pro-freedom leader called for a strike in Indian-occupied Kashmir on August 5, the day when India scrapped the Muslim-majority region's autonomy...
Accelerating Covid-19 vaccination, govt takes daily inoculations to 1.13m
ISLAMABAD: The number of coronavirus jabs administered is increasing with each passing day as National Command and Operation Centre on Wednesday said 1.13 million...
Qureshi asks India to end state-sponsorship of terrorism
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday called on India to rescind its annexation on August 5, 2019, of Jammu and Kashmir and...
U-turn complete: Nazir Chohan abandons JKT, apologises to Akbar again
In an apparent U-turn, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Nazir Chohan on Wednesday abandoned Jahangir Tareen Khan, whose group he was active in, and apologised to...
China launches advanced warship for Pakistan Navy
BEIJING: China has launched the “most technologically advanced” warship for Pakistan Navy to bolster Islamabad's capability to respond to future challenges, a Navy statement...
Saudi permits entry with Sinopharm, Sinovac vaccines after booster shots
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia will only allow entry to travellers who were vaccinated with China-made Sinopharm or Sinovac vaccines if they received a booster shot...