News Desk

KARACHI

Provincial Minister for Health Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar on Monday said the government was committed to eradicating polio in Sindh and they would not rest until every child under five years had<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/15/health-minister-calls-on-all-stakeholders-to-work-towards-eradication-of-polio/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Foreign

Turkey’s foreign minister said Ankara’s patience with Russia “has a limit” after Moscow’s “exaggerated” reaction to a weekend naval incident between the two countries, an Italian newspaper reported on Monday. A Russian<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/15/turkey-says-its-patience-with-russia-has-a-limit-2/" title="Read more" >...</a>

NATIONAL

At least eight murder convicts were hanged on Tuesday in different cities of Punjab, local media reported. According to local media, two murder convicts were executed in Multan Central Jail. Convict Manzoor Hussain had killed his<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/15/eight-murder-convicts-executed-in-punjab-jails/" title="Read more" >...</a>

NATIONAL

Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid said Monday that Pakistan and Russia would coordinate their efforts to enhance collaboration in the fields of art and culture. He<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/15/pak-russia-to-enhance-collaboration-in-art-culture-pervaiz-rashid/" title="Read more" >...</a>

NATIONAL

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Anwar Zaheer Jamali has remarked that an effective system is in place to initiate disciplinary action against judges who are found violating the rules and regulations. He<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/15/islam-lays-too-much-stress-on-administration-of-justice-cjp/" title="Read more" >...</a>

NATIONAL

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved on Monday rechristening 122 schools and colleges of Islamabad after names of the December 16 Peshawar attack victims.The initiative has been undertak

Foreign

US President Barack Obama on Monday said the US-led coalition is making progress against Islamic State militants in both Iraq and Syria, as he delivered an update on the campaign aimed at<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/15/military-hitting-islamic-state-harder-than-ever-says-obama/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Foreign

US President Barack Obama is open to visiting to Cuba in 2016 but first wants to see ordinary citizens there enjoy more  personal freedoms, he said in an interview released on Monday.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/15/may-visit-cuba-in-2016-if-citizens-enjoy-more-freedoms-obama/" title="Read more" >...</a>

NATIONAL

Rejecting criticism over the sudden resumption of India-Pakistan talks, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that there was no “secrecy” in his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and in the NSA<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/14/no-secrecy-just-precautionbrief-talks-with-modi-good-and-successful-nawaz-sharif/" title="Read more" >...</a>

ISLAMABAD

Defeat of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidates in the first-ever Local Government (LG) polls in Islamabad was largely due to award of party tickets to blue-eyed people instead of deserving and able<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/14/nepotism-in-tickets-distribution-damaged-pml-n-in-lg-polls/" title="Read more" >...</a>

LAHORE

A three-day anti-polio campaign will start from December 14 in Bahawalpur district. According to Executive District Officer (EDO) Health Dr Shahid Khaleeq over 587,830 children under the age of five would be<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/14/three-day-anti-polio-drive-start-from-dec-14/" title="Read more" >...</a>

KARACHI

Sindh Assembly (SA) session was adjourned on Monday till Tuesday 10 AM after the speaker Agha Siraj Durrani failed to restore order in the House amid sloganeering from opposition lawmakers. The provincial assembly was in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/14/sindh-assembly-session-adjourned-because-of-ruckus-over-rangers-powers-extension/" title="Read more" >...</a>