5 die as mortar shell explodes in Nowshera scrap shop
NOWSHERA: Five people died while one got injured when a mortar shell exploded in Akbarpura area of Nowshera on Tuesday. According to Rescue 1122 officials, the bodies and injured were shifted to…
PTI announces candidates for Gilgit-Baltistan election
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has finally announced its candidates for the forthcoming election in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) where the election has been scheduled for November 15. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Federal Minister…
Three names proposed for position of biological drugs analyst
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services and Regulations has proposed the names of three pharmacists for the position of biological drugs analyst. Sources said that the ministry has proposed Chief Pharmacist…
‘Govt mismanagement caused a hike in wheat prices’
ISLAMABAD: As the wheat and flour prices in the country have drastically increased under the presumption that there will be a shortage of wheat in near future, National Assembly’s Standing Committee on…
Survey declares Imran better PM of Pakistan in last 15 years
DUBAI: An online survey conducted by Khaleej Magazine has revealed that Imran Khan is a more well-received prime minister when compared to the previous premiers of Pakistan. The conducted poll reveals Imran Khan…
Rasheed vows to remove encroachments from railways land
KARACHI: Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has expressed the commitment that the encroachments on the railways land will be removed at every cost. Talking to media persons at the Railways Office on Monday,…
CCPO in hot water after blaming motorway incident on victim travelling ‘late at night without husband’s permission’
–Lahore CCPO contradicts officers’ timeline regarding response to motorway incident –Senate human rights committee reprimands CCPO for giving ‘personal opinions’ LAHORE: Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Umar Sheikh once again found…
Soldier martyred in clash with terrorists in S Waziristan: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: A soldier was martyred during an exchange of fire with terrorists in South Waziristan’s Shakai Vally, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Monday. According to the military’s media wing, the security…
Justice Isa stresses the role of press as the ‘backbone of democracy’
ISLAMABAD: A free and robust press is the backbone of a democracy, said Supreme Court (SC) judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Monday, while explaining the importance role of media freedom in…
Govt to focus on tribal areas’ development to thwart destabilisation plans: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday announced that the government will fully concentrate on developing tribal areas as he assured financial grant to uplift the long-deprived areas which are now part…
Balochistan delays reopening of primary schools by two weeks
QUETTA: Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani on Monday said that the provincial government has decided to delay the reopening of primary schools, scheduled to resume on Sept 30, by 15 days in view…
NAB arrests Shehbaz Sharif in money laundering case
–Maryam says PML-N president arrested ‘because he refused to play in the hands of those who wanted to use him against his brother’ LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz…
SC blocks release of prime suspect in Daniel Pearl murder case
ISLAMABAD: Accepting the petition of parents of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday barred the Sindh government from releasing the prime suspect in the case. Judea Pearl…
Court indicts Zardari, Talpur in money laundering case
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad on Monday indicted former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur in the supplementary mega money laundering case. The…
FM urges Afghan leaders for ‘serious efforts’ to take peace process forward
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has called on the Afghan leadership to make “serious efforts” to ensure that the Afghan peace process is taken to its logical conclusion. The foreign minister…
Pakistan expresses deep concern over renewed tension in Nagorno-Karabakh
ISLAMABAD: Arch foes Armenia and Azerbaijan on Sunday accused each other of initiating deadly clashes that claimed at least 23 lives over a decades-long territorial dispute and threatened to draw in regional powers…
Afghanistan’s Dr Abdullah Abdullah to visit today
ISLAMABAD: Dr Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) of Afghanistan, will be visiting Islamabad on a three-day visit from September 28-30. He will be accompanied by a…