LESCO fails to control load-shedding in summer
LAHORE: In the midst of the rising heat and load-shedding, LESCO officials have said the field staff has been placed on high alert to...
Kamyab Pakistan programme to accelerate economic activities: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that a comprehensive strategy has been devised for the first time in Pakistan to bring the poor...
Army chief assures support to business community
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has appreciated the role of the business community in the economic uplift of Pakistan and...
Pakistan, Canada agree to work together on countering Islamophobia
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Canada on Wednesday agreed to work together on countering Islamophobia through coordinated efforts at the various international forums.
The pledge was made...
CTD probes PSP’s Anees over alleged contacts with RAW
KARACHI: A three-member committee of the Counter-Terrorism Department Wednesday questioned the former leader of Pakistan Sarzameen Party Advocate Anees Ahmed for having alleged connections...
SC grants two weeks to Sindh to argue in Daniel Pearl murder case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted the application of the prosecutor general Sindh while granting two weeks’ time for arguments in Daniel Pearl...
KP IGP seeks report into killing of two policemen in Mardan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Chief Sanaullah Abbasi on Wednesday, while taking notice of firing on anti-polio team and the killing of two policemen in the...
Women falling behind in India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive
NEW DELHI: Many more men in India have received Covid-19 vaccines than women, government data showed, highlighting gender disparity in the country’s immunisation drive...
Train escapes accident after bogie derails
KARACHI: Khyber Mail, a passenger train that operates between Peshawar and Karachi, on Wednesday narrowly escaped a tragedy after it derailed near Guddu station,...
Maryam clarifies PDM position, calls for independent inquiry into Shaukat Siddiqui case
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday clarified that all the parties under the opposition parties’ alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement have one ideology.
However, Pakistan...
Hamid Mir apologises over contentious speech against institutions
ISLAMABAD: Hamid Mir -- who was taken off air by his employer, Geo News, last month after he made a fiery speech at a...
‘Unlikely’: Minister says dilapidated track not responsible for train accident
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Railways Azam Swati on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of a fault in an eight-mile stretch of the track being responsible...
SC orders PPP leader to surrender in NAB case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Syed Farrukh Shah, the son of Pakistan Peoples Party stalwart Syed Khursheed Shah, to surrender before the...
Resolutions seek 70pc of education budget reserved for girls’ education
PESHAWAR: Two resolutions were tabled in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seeking the provision of absent facilities to government schools, and to retain allocation of 70...
NCOC declares Covid vaccination obligatory for all employees
ISLAMABAD:Â The National Command and Operation Centre has declared anti-Covid vaccination obligatory for public and private sector employees, saying that all government servants will have...