Increase in government employees’ salaries approved

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved an increase in the salaries of 370,000 government employees, from grades one to 16, while provincial officers will...

Holistic national response needed to tackle challenges, says military

RAWALPINDI: Underscoring the need to ensure continuous operational preparedness to thwart any possible misadventure from adversary, the corps commanders of Pakistan Army have noted...

Kasur police request to keep sexual abuse incidents secret

LAHORE: The Kasur police have decided not to make public the details of incidents of murder and rape of innocent girls, Pakistan Today learnt...

KCFR holds webinar on Russia-Pakistan relations

KARACHI: The Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) held a webinar on Russia-Pakistan relations here on Tuesday. The webinar was moderated by the KCFR senior...

No conspiracy against journey of development can succeed: Buzdar

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that frustration is visible on the faces of those promoting anarchistic politics and assured that no...

NAB chairman denies having vested political interests

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman (r) Justice Javed Iqbal has denied accusations of critics who claimed that he was using his position for his...

Appeal to Prime Minister, Adviser to PM on Finance & FBR

I represent a society of children suffering from a group of rare diseases collectively known as “Lysosomal Storage Disorders” (LSDs). These are genetic disorders...

Human rights

There are many roles for us regarding human rights, but I am going to tell you about some of them. Such as injustice, women...

Increased domestic violence

During the severe conditions of Covid-19,the issue of domestic violence has touched its heights. According to DW, the authorities registered 3217 cases between March...

No to dowry

A powerful message addressed UN Women Pakistan supports NUMAISH - a pledge against dowry by @ALIXEESHAN. His new collection aims to educate today’s youth...

All must stay in limits

DG ISR Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar has not only denied that the Army has made any contacts with the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), but...

Violent lawyers strike again

It has become a matter of routine for lawyers to air their illegitimate grievances not through constructive dialogue but by using violence. A group...

A cover-up of reckless spending

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam presented the budget amid rumpus. She stammered a lot and avoided reading out defence allocations. When questioned why the...

Our democracy was at risk

Washington Watch Traumatic, violent acts bookended the first two decades of this century. The first was the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which claimed...

Modi trying the impossible

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s address to the mammoth public rally at Kotli (Azad Kashmir) on Kashmir Solidarity Day was the pragmatic and visionary discourse...