PTI lawmakers stage sit-in after ‘disorderly conduct’ in Sindh Assembly

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf lawmakers staged a sit-in outside the assembly gates after being barred from entering the Sindh Assembly premises on Tuesday in view of...

Fighter in police custody killed in gunfight in occupied Kashmir

A Kashmiri fighter being held in police custody was killed in a gunfight between Indian government forces and another fighter in occupied Kashmir's main...

Turkey reduces quarantine period for travellers from Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Turkey in her revised policy has reduced the period of mandatory quarantine from two weeks to 10 days for the travellers arriving from...

FO confirms theft of 1,000 Schengen visa stickers from Italy embassy

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has shared information with the concerned departments for an “appropriate action” on the theft of 1,000 Schengen visa...

PM Imran’s 26 foreign trips cost the same as one of Zardari’s

Prime Minister Imran Khan's 26 trips abroad have cost the national kitty about Rs176 million or $1.1 million at the current exchange rate, which is...

IHC removes NBP president, BoD chairman

The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday ordered the removal of National Bank of Pakistan President Arif Usmani and Board of Directors Chairman Zubair Soomro. Justice...

Zardari urges govt to take parliament into confidence on alleged Israel contacts

ISLAMABAD: Former president and Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said the government should take parliament into confidence on its alleged...

Former Sindh chief minister calls on Buzdar

LAHORE: Former Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim called on Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar in Lahore Tuesday and discussed matters of mutual interest...

National Assembly passes budget for FY22 with majority vote

ISLAMABAD: A key session of the National Assembly session in Islamabad to vote on the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022 has passed...

National security meeting to focus on Afghanistan: Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday said the proposed meeting on national security, which will be attended by representatives of all parliamentary...

Minorities will be taught own religious curriculum, not Islamic themes: Shafqat

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood has said minorities will not be taught Islamic Studies under the Single National Curriculum and the government will...

10,000 ecstasy pills recovered from Dutch parcel

ISLAMABAD: Anti-Narcotics Force has recovered 10,000 high-ecstasy pills from a parcel that arrived through a courier company from the Netherlands. According to an ANF spokesperson,...

Ghani denies rumours of marriage with Hareem Shah

KARACHI: A day after the news of TikTok actor Hareem Shah’s marriage to an undisclosed member of the Sindh cabinet went viral on the...

Desperate expats working in sheikhdoms overrun Islamabad vaccination centre

ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of desperate people overwhelmed a government-run coronavirus vaccination centre in Islamabad Monday as the nation grapples with a shortage of life-saving shots...

US announces to send 2.5m doses of Moderna to Pakistan

US President Joe Biden’s administration will ship 2.5 million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to Pakistan, White House press secretary Jen Psaki has...