‘Fruits’ of PM’s anti-Covid strategy begin reaching people: Faraz
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz on Wednesday welcomed the national coronavirus vaccination drive in all the provinces of Pakistan, stating...
Fawad announces huge scholarships for top students
Federal Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has announced new scholarships in Pakistan on Wednesday, wherein Rs10,000 per month will be awarded to...
Myanmar police file charges against Suu Kyi after coup
NAYPYITAW: Myanmar police have filed charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for illegally importing communications equipment and she will be detained until...
Justice Isa questions constitutionality of PM Imran’s development grant for lawmakers
Supreme Court judge, Justice Qazi Faez Isa, on Wednesday took notice of the Rs500 million development grant announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan for...
Punjab to upgrade 800 elementary schools to high level
LAHORE: Punjab School Education Minister Murad Raas has said that the province would upgrade as many as 800 secondary schools to a high school...
Azam hopes for dry wicket in second Test against South Africa
RAWALPINDI: Babar Azam expects a repeat of the first Test dry pitch when Pakistan takes on South Africa in the second Test on Thursday.
Babar,...
India warns Twitter to comply with orders to block accounts
NEW DELHI: India has written to the Twitter warning it to comply with orders to block accounts and content related to a protest by...
PDM long march to start on March 15: reports
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is expected to kick off its long march to Islamabad from March, reports citing sources said Wednesday.
In December,...
SC sets aside ECP order against PTI legislator
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday set aside a decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that sought to refer fake degree...
Qureshi reaffirms support for Kashmir cause
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday reaffirmed the country's commitment to continue extending full support to the people of Indian Occupied Kashmir...
Nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive starts
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI:Â A day after receiving half a million jabs of China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, the authorities began the distribution of the vaccine simultaneously in all...
PDM drive not over, resignations final option: Gillani
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Yousaf Raza Gillani on Wednesday insisted the anti-government drive of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)...
Muqam gets one-time exemption in NAB case
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday allowed Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) President Ameer Muqam one-time exemption from appearance...
ATC extend remand of policemen in Faisalabad encounter case
FAISALABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Faisalabad on Wednesday extended for two weeks the remand of four officials of highway police in the murder...
Rihanna weighs in on India farmer protests, creates flutter
NEW DELHI: American singer Rihanna created a flutter in India on Tuesday by wading into months-long farmer protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s agricultural...