Arab parliamentary delegation meets FM, appreciates Pakistan’s role for Muslim causes
ISLAMABAD:The Arab parliamentary delegation led by its President Adel Abdulrahman Al-Asoumi called on Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, appreciated Pakistan’s role for Muslim causes and...
Bilawal slams Centre on petrol price hike
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari condemned the recent hike in petrol prices by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government, and said that the...
Pakistan to be unhooked from FATF grey list soon, NA informed
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Monday that Pakistan will soon come out of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list as...
Qureshi, Afridi criticise BCCI for targeting KPL
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Foreign Affairs Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi Monday came down hard over the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for...
Court extends bail of Shehbaz, Hamza in sugar scandal
LAHORE: A Lahore session court on Monday extended pre-arrest bail facility to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz...
Hearing in money laundering case against Sharifs adjourned
LAHORE: A district and sessions court in Lahore Monday extended until August 16 the interim bail of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President and National Assembly...
NCOC announces stricter restrictions as Covid-19 cases rise
Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives and National Command and Operation Centre head Asad Umar on Monday announced that restrictions would be...
FO regrets media reports misquoting FM’s remarks on Taliban, IS
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office spokesperson on Monday regretted a certain section of media for misquoting and twisting the remarks of Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood...
Probe into ‘abduction’ of Afghan ambassador’s daughter completed: Rasheed
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad on Monday said that his ministry would share the actual facts of the alleged abduction case of...
Zahir sent to jail on judicial remand in Noor murder case
ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad on Monday remanded the prime suspect in the murder of the daughter of a former ambassador...
Delta spreads ‘like wildfire’ as doctors study whether it makes patients sicker
LOS ANGELES: With a new wave of Covid-19 infections fueled by the Delta variant striking countries worldwide, disease experts are scrambling to learn whether...
Ghani blames worsening security situation in Afghanistan on sudden US pullout
KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Monday blamed Afghanistan's fast-deteriorating security situation on a "sudden" decision by the United States to withdraw its troops, but...
A ‘sense of achievement’ for young Pakistani who summited K2
ISLAMABAD: A young mountaineer who last week scaled the second-highest mountain on earth, said he felt a “sense of achievement” as he stood atop...
Sindh govt failed in implementing Covid SOPs: Fawad
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Monday said the Sindh government was not able to implement Covid-19 restrictions in the province...
West Indies, Pakistan T20 series suffers second washout
CHAGUARAMAS: Torrential rain which left a sodden outfield resulted in the abandonment of the third T20 International between the West Indies and Pakistan at the...