Over Rs2.2tn allocated for development projects: Asad

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiative Asad Umar has announced that allocation of Rs2,201 billion has been approved for the development programme...

Trudeau promises action against far-right groups after attack on Muslim family

London: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday promised to take more action to dismantle far-right groups after a hate-motivated attack that killed four members...

Pakistan refused to give military bases to US: FM

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan has refused to give its military bases to the United States amid the withdrawal of...

We cannot afford environmental disaster

Our environment is a very crucial part of our lives.  It is the main source of living as we get food, water, air from...

Myths about vaccines

As the world grapples with the life-threatening impacts of COVID-19, a slew of scientists have been working on vaccines since the outbreak of the...

Covid and subcontinent 

With over 3500 dead official in India yesterday, while the unofficial number is five times higher. For the people of Pakistan to see such...

Strategic depth for a peaceful Afghanistan

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the ruling PTI had changed Pakistan's decades-long policy of pushing for strategic depth in Afghanistan to ensure...

The need for robotics in SNC

The Single National Curriculum (SNC) is a laudable effort of the government of Pakistan. It is especially a revolution in education in the government...

Indian stance on Kashmir repudiated

UN General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir, addressing a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood on the conclusion of his visit to Pakistan,...

Bases for the USA

While the USA is hastily withdrawing all troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban have increased attacks to make further territorial gains. The Afghan government says...

Satisfying the IMF for next tranche

Pakistan is currently engaged in the final phase of talks with the IMF to release the next tranche of $1 billion under its $6...

SC adjourns Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui’s appeal for an indefinite period

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on former Islamabad High Court Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui's appeal to date in office. A five-member...

Govt committed to electoral reforms: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhary has said that the demonstration process of electronic voting machine (EVM), under the government's electoral reforms...

PM, FM condemn attack on Muslim family in Canada

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has called Sunday’s deadly truck attack on a Muslim family in Canada a “condemnable act of terrorism” and said...

Govt to support agriculture sector, industrialists to avoid cartelisation: PM

Reiterated the incumbent government’s commitment to supporting the agriculture sector for economic uplift, Prime Minister Imran Khan asked industrialists to avoid profiteering and cartelisation...