After National Assembly, ruckus in Balochistan Assembly
While the worst ever ruckus in the National Assembly remained confined within Parliament’s premises, opposition legislators and supporters in Balochistan clashed with police at...
GSP-Plus preferences
While Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi assured European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Joseph Borrell that Pakistan is working...
IIOJK status restoration likely as Modi calls multi-party moot
Indian media reported Saturday that  Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called for a multi-party moot of Kashmiri leaders on June 24 to discuss the...
ECP says ‘open ballot’ violation of Constitution
ISLAMABAD: Â The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has expressed its reservations over changes in several clauses, including constituencies and electoral rolls in the Election...
NSA Moeed set to attend SCO meeting in Dushanbe
ISLAMABAD:Â Pakistan on Saturday named its National Security Advisor Dr Moeed Yusuf to represent the country at the 16th meeting of the secretaries of the...
Govt does not want to keep Nawaz in jail: Fawad
SKARDU:Â Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said that the government does not want to keep Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz...
FM calls for renewed focus on geo-economics by Asian countries
ISLAMABAD:Â Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday called for a renewed focus on geo-economics by the Asian countries and stressed upon the need for...
PML-N to convene ‘APC’ to help evolve political consensus on electoral reforms
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to convene an All-Parties Conference (APC) to be held in the federal capital next week to evolve...
Primary school classes in Sindh to resume from June 21
KARACHI:Â As Covid-19 cases decline in the province, the Sindh government announced easing of restrictions, with primary schools opening on June 21.
The decision was taken...
Afghanistan running out of oxygen as Covid surge worsens
KABUL: Afghanistan’s government is racing to ramp up supplies of oxygen as a deadly third surge of Covid-19 worsens, a senior health official told The...
Coronavirus vaccine shortage to subside from next week: Dr Faisal Sultan
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said Saturday that the ongoing shortage of Covid-19 vaccination in the country would start...
PM Imran felicitates newly elected Iranian president
ISLAMABAD:Â Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday felicitated newly elected Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
The prime minister took to Twitter to congratulate Raisi on his landmark...
Why do young Afghan refugees in Pakistan lack education, skills?
KARACHI:Â Attired in a local traditional loose shirt and baggy trousers, around a dozen students are sitting on a gunny woven jute mat in a...
Alex Harvill, daredevil motorbike rider, dies during practice for world-record jump
Alex Harvill an experienced motorcycle stunt rider was killed in Washington state as he practiced for an attempt at a world record jump.
The 28-year-old was thrown...
Ultraconservative Raisi elected Iran president as rivals concede
TEHRAN:Â Congratulations poured in for ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday on winning Iran's presidential election as his rivals conceded even before official results were announced.
The...