Tareen, allies refuse talks with govt
Former secretary-general (SG) for the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Jahangir Khan Tareen and other lawmakers of the party who allied with the...
PM Imran to visit Saudi Arabia near Eid, says Saudi envoy
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Ambassador Nawaf Saeed Al-Maliki on Monday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan will soon be visiting Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and...
Balochistan announces schools’ closure over Covid-19 situation
ISLAMABAD: The Balochistan government announced the closure of all schools across the province to contain the spread of novel coronavirus on Monday.
The decision...
Priorities in budget to be shared with media soon: Tarin
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has announced that the process to prepare the federal budget for the next fiscal year 2021-22 has begun.
Tarin...
Tensions ease as govt holds two successful rounds of talks with TLP leadership
ISLAMABAD: Tensions started to ease out on Monday as the dialogue between the Punjab government and banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) made headway as...
Opposition accuses govt of failing to protect people
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has condemned the violence in Lahore and other parts of the country.
He expressed grief over the...
Travellers from India banned for two weeks: NCOC
The National Command Operation Centre (NCOC) on Monday issued a statement that read that travellers from India would not be allowed into...
Sinopharm vaccine 93pc effective in preventing hospitalisation: study
ISLAMABAD: The Sinopharm vaccine is 93 per cent effective at keeping people infected with the coronavirus out of the hospital, according to a...
PM says govt, TLP have same objective but different approaches
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that the government and Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) have the same objective of upholding sanctity of...
Provinces not kept in the loop on law and order situation: Sindh CM
ISLAMABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah lamented on Monday the provinces have not been kept in the loop on the law...
Pakistan will talk to India after Kashmir autonomy restored, Qureshi tells UAE
ISLAMABAD/ABU DHABI: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Monday that Pakistan has never avoided peace talks and wanted to live in...
Oxygen capacity for Covid-19 patients under stress, says minister
ISLAMABAD: As the average number of new coronavirus infections reported each day has risen by more than 1,000 over the last 3...
Tax evasion under exaggerated numbers of illicit trade: study
ISLAMABAD: Multinational tobacco companies have been trying to evade millions of rupees in taxes under the pretext of exaggerated illicit trade of the...
Case lodged for dishonouring Priest King statue at Mohenjo Daro
MOHENJO DARO: Police on Sunday lodged a first information report (FIR) against unknown persons who tried to dishonour the statue of Priest...
No meeting planned with Indian FM: Qureshi
ISLAMABAD: Denying the media reports, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that no meeting has been scheduled with his Indian counterpart during...