Covid-19 to have long-term consequences for businesses, economies: UN chief
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that Covid-19 pandemic is indeed much more than a health crisis, adding it is...
Executive board approves $1.289bn budget for IMF
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved the lender’s administrative and capital budgets for the financial year 2022.
The total administrative budget for the...
President lauds NAB on Rs323bn recovery
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday, terming corruption a major challenge, said that it was the collective responsibility of all sections of society...
Senator Waseem, PM Imran discuss legislation, upcoming budget
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the House in the Senate Dr Shahzad Waseem called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday and discussed with him matters...
Pakistan receives first shipment of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines
The first shipment of doses of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has arrived in Pakistan that is provided by Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access, INP said citing...
Covid-19: CAA warns airlines against boarding passengers from banned countries
The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority has instructed airlines not to board passengers from Category C (banned) countries.
In a notification issued on Thursday, the authority...
First-ever Pakistan-Egypt air drill starts
The opening ceremony of first-ever Pakistan-Egypt joint air defence exercise "Sky Guard-1" 2021 was held in Cairo on Friday.
According to Inter-Services Public Relations, the...
Bloodshed in Kashmir reminds of Britain’s bloody colonial past: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman
ISLAMABAD: A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Friday that Britain needs to play its role in stopping bloodshed in Jammu...
Water shortage: IRSA cuts share of Sindh, Punjab
ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority has cut down the water share of Sindh and Punjab due to an “excessive” shortage of water in...
US diplomat lauds Pakistan’s efforts for regional peace
RAWALPINDI: US Charge d’ Affairs to Pakistan Angela Aggeler on Friday called on Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the General...
SC to take up govts’ appeal against Ahmed Omar Sheikh’s release on June 2
The Supreme Court has set a hearing of appeals filed from the federal and Sindh governments against the release of an accused in Daniel...
Pakistan restored balance of power in region 23 years ago: ISPR DG
RAWALPINDI: Paying tribute to the scientists and engineers on Youm-e-Takbeer, Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Major General Babar Iftikhar said that the country had...
First case of Covid-19 Indian variant detected in country: NIH
ISLAMABAD: The first-ever case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant first identified in India has been detected in Pakistan despite a travelling ban on...
Syria’s Assad wins 4th term with 95pc of vote, in election the West calls fraudulent
DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won a fourth term in office with 95.1 percent of the votes in an election that will extend his rule...
France resists more joint funding of ‘brain dead’ NATO
PARIS: A $20 billion plan to give NATO more flexibility in facing military threats, climate change and China’s rise has hit firm resistance from France,...