Buzdar gives approval to revamp DGPR to meet modern-day needs
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Wednesday accorded approval to revamp the province’s Directorate General Public Relations (DGPR) department.
The approval was granted at...
PM tasks cabinet members to lobby for Hafeez Shaikh against ‘convicted candidate’ of PDM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday tasked the cabinet ministers to lobby and ensure the win of Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh...
Businesses shut in protest as India takes foreign diplomats to tour occupied Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Diplomats from nearly two dozen countries visited India-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday as residents of the region’s main city closed their shops and businesses...
Australian Open: Medvedev beats the heat and Rublev to reach semi-finals
MELBOURNE: Daniil Medvedev came out on top of a brutal all-Russian clash on Thursday against Andrey Rublev to move into his first Australian Open semi-final...
Champions League: Liverpool find form to beat RB Leipzig in last-16 tie
BUDAPEST: Liverpool rediscovered lost form and seized the initiative against RB Leipzig in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash by cruising to...
Covid-19 deals blow to polio eradication effort
PESHAWAR: After decades of work, polio had been wiped out almost everywhere in the world. All that was left were pockets in Afghanistan and Pakistan....
Video scam probe committee summons DGs of IB, FIA for further evidence
ISLAMABAD: The cabinet committee formed on the directive of Prime Minister Imran Khan to probe into the alleged vote-trading video during Senate elections has...
Govt making efforts for transparent Senate elections: Faraz
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz on Wednesday said that the government was making efforts that all elections, including the...
Qureshi’s visit to enhance Pak-Egypt multilateral ties, cooperation: Sisi
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has told President of Egypt Abdel Fattah Al Sisi that Pakistan is keen to reinvigorate traditional bilateral relationship,...
Pak, Thailand agree to enhance cultural cooperation, exchange programme
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the kingdom of Thailand have reaffirmed their resolve to enhance cultural cooperation and museum exchange programme on the occasion of 70th...
PM proposes five-point agenda to end poverty, hunger
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday, describing agriculture as “central to human survival”, proposed a five-point agenda to end poverty and hunger from...
Information hub launched in federal capital
DND Thought Centre, an information hub, has been launched in Islamabad with the purpose of providing a readily accessible database of analytical and critical...
Court decisions hindered Pakistan’s technological progress: Fawad
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhary Fawad Hussain has said there is a dire need to change syllabus of Media sciences to cope...
PIA in talks to increase cargo trade with Afghanistan
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is in talks with the neighbouring country of Afghanistan to increase air links and trade, as well as to expand...
PTI legislator challenges Rashid’s papers for Senate elections
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday challenged the nomination of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Pervaiz Rashid for Senate.
A petition submitted by PTI MPA...