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ECP designates February 8th as public holiday

By Afnan Wasif

Posted on February 2, 2024

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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced February 8 (Thursday) as a public holiday, aiming to provide voters the opportunity to cast their votes conveniently.

An ECP spokesperson said in a statement that the declared holiday, referencing sections (4) and 8 of the Elections Act 2017, is granted to empower voters in exercising their right to franchise freely and conveniently.

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3 weeks ago
Two TTP ‘militants’ killed in KP operation

LAKKI MARWAT: Police on Sunday claimed to have killed two militants of the banned Tehreek-…

3 weeks ago
PTI wants AJK PM to resign immediately, calls for fresh elections

MUZAFFARABAD: Former Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) prime minister and PTI’s regional presid…

3 weeks ago
IMF mission to meet Pakistani authorities next week to discuss ‘next phase of engagement’: official

ISLAMABAD: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will meet Pakistani authorities ne…

3 weeks ago
Situation in AJK calms down after 2 days of violent clashes

MUZAFFARABAD: Following violent clashes over the last 48 hours, which left a pol…

3 weeks ago
No such thing as strategic state-owned enterprises, says Finance Minister Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Sunday said that there was “no such thin…

3 weeks ago
PTI leaders in KP claim massive poll manipulation

PESHAWAR: Renewing allegation of rigging in the Feb 8 general elections, the Pakistan Tehr…

3 weeks ago
KP governor, CM Gandapur exchange threats in acrid spat

PESHAWAR / DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The acrimony between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Am…

3 weeks ago
Faizabad dharna report full of clichés: SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has criticised the report of the special commission on the 20…

3 weeks ago
Justice Babar Sattar denounces lawyers’ strike, blocking litigants’ entry to courts

ISLAMABAD: Justice Babar Sattar of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has strongly reacted aga…

3 weeks ago
Opposition plans fresh campaign to ‘protect’ Constitution

ISLAMABAD: The Tehreek Tahafuz Aayeen-i-Pakistan, a multi-party coalition of opposition pa…

3 weeks ago
Zhejiang University School of Medicine affiliated Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital marks 30th anniversary

BEIJING: The Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, affiliated with Zhejiang University School of Medi…

3 weeks ago
President Zardari gets immunity in Park Lane, Toshakhana references

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad granted on Saturday presidential immunity …

3 weeks ago
Opposition alliance demands apology from ‘violators of Constitution’

LAHORE: The opposition alliance, Tehreek-e- Tahaffuz-e-Aain-e-Pakistan (Constitution Prote…

3 weeks ago
Govt to focus on strategic state-owned entities only: Ishaq Dar

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday that the government would limit …

3 weeks ago
PTI issues show-cause notice to Sher Afzal Marwat for harming party interests, violating discipline

ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Saturday issued a show-cause notice to party maverick Sher Afzal Mar…

3 weeks ago
PTI urges security forces to shun ‘political interference’

ISLAMABAD: The PTI core committee has said the recent press conference by the director gen…

3 weeks ago
UNGA backs Palestinian bid for membership

UNITED NATIONS: In a historic vote, the UN General Assembly decisively approved a resoluti…

3 weeks ago
Ruling coalition loses 27 reserved seats in Punjab

LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: The ruling coalition in Punjab led by PML-N on Friday lost dozens of r…

3 weeks ago
Iran frees 28 Pakistani prisoners following President Raisi visit

ISLAMABAD: As agreed, following the recent visit of the honorable Iranian President to Pak…

3 weeks ago
Imran tasks Alvi with ‘important’ job

ISLAMABAD: As the PTI seemingly failed to draw out large crowds across the country to mark…

3 weeks ago
PM Shehbaz eyes Qatari investment in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday received a message from his Qatari co…

3 weeks ago
IHC issues notices on plea against ECP’s powers

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court Aamer Farooq on Thursday issued notic…

3 weeks ago
Govt seeks Chinese support for hydropower projects

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is engaging the Chinese leadership for the revival of more than 1800-m…

3 weeks ago
Apology only if fair probe proves our role in May 9 riots: Ali Amin Gandapur

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur on Thursday cla…

3 weeks ago
Fazl asks army to leave merged districts, shun role in politics

PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said here on Thurs…

3 weeks ago
Over a dozen rounded up as PTI marks May 9 in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: As a small number of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) supporters took to the…

3 weeks ago
Farmers announce countrywide protest on 21st

LAHORE: Farmers have announced a countrywide protest on May 21 and a sit-in outside the Pu…

3 weeks ago
Saudi Crown Prince MBS expected to arrive within days to seal investment deals

ISLAMABAD: Against a flurry of activities between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to boost trade…

4 weeks ago
PTI leadership misguided Imran on all issues: Sher Afzal Marwat

ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Sher Afzal Khan Marwat alleged on Wednesday that party leaders Omar …

4 weeks ago
Afghanistan rejects claim of its national being involved in Bisham attack

ISLAMABAD: The Afghan defence ministry on Wednesday rejected Pakistan’s claim that the plo…

4 weeks ago
IHC approves Bushra Bibi’s petition seeking transfer to Adiala Jail

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday approved the request of former prem…

4 weeks ago
Ex-PM Kakar denies blaming provinces for wheat import

QUETTA: As the wheat import scandal refuses to die down, former caretaker prime minister A…

4 weeks ago
US shows concern over safety of Imran, other prisoners

WASHINGTON: The US State Department on Tuesday emphasised the importance of ensuring the s…

4 weeks ago
SC Practice and Procedure Act unconstitutional, SC judge rules

ISLAMABAD: Justice Ayesha A. Malik of the Supreme Court has ruled that parliament lacks th…

4 weeks ago
Another judge seeks contempt case over online ‘vilification’

ISLAMABAD: Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has sought conte…

4 weeks ago
NAB reply sought in Toshakhana reference against Nawaz by 23rd

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Tuesday sought reply from the National Accountabili…

4 weeks ago
ECC approves 400,000 tonnes increase in wheat procurement target

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Tuesday approved 40…

4 weeks ago
Ten more May 9 riots suspects get bail

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday granted post-arrest bail to 10 more suspects in…

4 weeks ago
Ministers rubbish notion that proposed retirement age extension to favour ‘one particular institution’

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Tuesday rubbished the notion that a pro…

4 weeks ago
Xi, Vucic sign joint statement on building China-Serbia community with shared future

BELGRADE: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Wedn…

4 weeks ago
China, Serbia deepen pragmatic cooperation in infrastructure

In 2015, China and Serbia signed a memorandum of understanding, pledging to jointly push a…

4 weeks ago
Beijing seizes development opportunities of digital economy

hile 5G technology is being applied in various industries in China, 6G is also experiencin…

4 weeks ago
Medal honors Merieux Foundation president’s decades-long bond with China

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of China-France diplomatic relat…

4 weeks ago
Fujian Navy Yard: a witness to China-France exchanges

At the mouth of the Minjiang River in southeast China’s Fujian province, the water f…

4 weeks ago
PTI says DG ISPR’s press conference ‘full of contradictions, devoid of rationale’

ISLAMABAD: Hours after a press conference by the military spokesperson on the events of Ma…

4 weeks ago
Only way back for PTI is if it offers earnest apology, forgoes politics of anarchy: DG ISPR

ISLAMABAD: Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Maj-Gen Ahmed Shar…

4 weeks ago
IHC judges’ letter: Justice Minallah says ‘truth kept hidden for 76 years’

ISLAMABAD: Justice Athar Minallah on Tuesday remarked that the “truth was hidden for 76 ye…

4 weeks ago
IHC larger bench likely on drive against Justice Sattar

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq would likely form a larger ben…

4 weeks ago
New body to investigate import of ‘substandard’ wheat

ISLAMABAD: While confirming the import of insect-infected wheat by the caretaker governmen…

4 weeks ago
Govt told to decide Parvez Elahi’s plea on sub-jail

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the interior secretary to decide an…

4 weeks ago
Lahore Corps Commander House attack suspects granted bail

LAHORE: An antiterrorism court on Monday granted post-arrest bail to 13 suspects in the Co…

4 weeks ago
PPP forms body to engage govt on privatisation

ISLAMABAD: Just days after publicly opposing the government’s plan for privatising loss-ma…

4 weeks ago
US ambassador Blome affirms support for human rights to opposition leader Omar Ayub

ISLAMABAD: US Ambassador Donald Blome met National Assembly opposition leader Omar Ayub on…

4 weeks ago
CMG hosts celebration for 60th anniversary of China-France diplomatic ties

PARIS: During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to France, China Media Grou…

4 weeks ago
China, France extend economic, trade cooperation on past achievements

PARIS: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Paris on Sunday for a state visit to France…

4 weeks ago
Supreme Court suspends PHC verdict denying Sunni Ittehad Council reserved seats

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday suspended the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) verdict d…

4 weeks ago
Faizabad sit-in case: CJP Isa expresses dismay at fact-finding commission’s report

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Monday expressed his dissatisf…

4 weeks ago
Pakistan aims high as Saudi investors arrive

ISLAMABAD: A key Saudi delegation comprising dozens of investors has arrived in Islamabad …

4 weeks ago
Waqas Akram selected for Public Accounts Committee chief slot

PESHAWAR: Chairmanship of the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has beco…

4 weeks ago
ANP new chief vows to protect 18th Amendment at all costs

PESHAWAR: The newly-elected central president of Awami National Party, Senator Aimal Wali …

4 weeks ago
Lahore is reeling under martial law: Asad Qaiser

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf senior leader and former National Assembly Speaker Asad Q…

4 weeks ago
President Xi hails China-France relations as model of peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation

PARIS: Over the past 60 years, China-France relations have long been at the forefront of C…

4 weeks ago
Gwadar to play key role in Pakistan’s economic development, says maritime minister

GWADAR: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh has said that Gwadar …

4 weeks ago
At OIC moot, Dar voices support for Palestine’s bid to become full UN member

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday extended Pakistan’s support for Palestine’…

4 weeks ago
Pakistan, China vow to bolster cooperation on CPEC projects

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China on Sunday expressed the determination to further enhance and…

4 weeks ago
PM Shehbaz sees Rs24tr annual revenue potential

LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that the country had the potential …

4 weeks ago
SC judge seeks early hearing of civilians’ military trial cases

ISLAMABAD: Justice Shahid Waheed, a senior judge of the Supreme Court, has highlighted the…

4 weeks ago
May 9 perpetrators now talking about talks with establishment: Defence Minister Asif

SIALKOT: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif stated on Saturday that those who attacked sensit…

4 weeks ago
IHC issues contempt notices to IB, FIA, PTA over ‘collusive’ recusal pleas in audio leaks case

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Justice Babar Sattar has issued contempt notices to the di…

4 weeks ago
Xi calls on youth to shoulder responsibility for Chinese modernization

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the young people in the new era to str…

4 weeks ago
US urged to show real sincerity to improve China ties after Blinken’s visit

BEIJING: China’s Foreign Ministry refuted the US’ recent negative statements a…

4 weeks ago
KP, Punjab, Balochistan governors’ appointment approved by President Zardari

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari approved the appointment of the governors for Khyber…

4 weeks ago
Arrest warrants for 14 for skipping May 9 cases trial

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday issued bailable arrest warrants for 14 sus…

4 weeks ago
Nawaz summons PM Shehbaz to discuss Punjab wheat crisis

LAHORE: As the Punjab government refuses to take responsibility for the ongoing wheat cris…

4 weeks ago
Pakistan slams India’s cross-border assassination campaign

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has urged the UN General Assembly and the Security Council to add…

4 weeks ago
President restores Justice Siddiqui’s retirement benefits

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday approved retirement notification of former…

4 weeks ago
Dialogue only when ‘stolen mandate’ returned: Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: PTI’s founding chairman Imran Khan has linked any potential dialogue with the r…

4 weeks ago
Pakistani lunar payload successfully launches aboard Chinese moon mission

ISLAMABAD/BEIJING: In a historic first, a Pakistani satellite will orbit the moon as part …

May 4, 2024
Audio leaks case: IHC dismisses IB’s petition to withdraw plea seeking Justice Sattar’s recusal

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) Justice Babar Sattar on Friday dismissed a plea fi…

May 4, 2024
Probe ordered into wheat import by caretakers

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed a cabinet committee to ascertain the…

May 4, 2024
Fazl accuses establishment of poll manipulation to appease US

KARACHI: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman made bold accusations on Thursday, claiming tha…

May 4, 2024
Dar’s appointment as deputy PM challenged in SHC

KARACHI: The appointment of Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar as deputy prime minister has b…

May 4, 2024
Govt to form new body to combat misinformation: Attaullah Tarar

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar on Thursday said the …

May 4, 2024
PTI seeks judicial probe into ‘rigging’

ISLAMABAD: The PTI has demanded the formation of a judicial commission to probe alleged ir…

May 4, 2024
ECP secretary resigns citing ‘illness’, replaced by predecessor

ISLAMABAD: In a dramatic development, Secretary of the Election Commission of Pakistan (EC…

May 4, 2024
Reserved seats issue hurdle to KP assembly session: CM Gandapur

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur on Thursday said his go…

May 4, 2024
JI, PTI warns of protest in Punjab over wheat crisis

LAHORE: Both Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday lashe…

May 3, 2024
China to launch Chang’e-6 lunar mission on May 3

BEIJING: The Chang’e-6 lunar probe is scheduled for launch on May 3, the China Natio…

May 2, 2024
U.S. abusing its veto power on Palestinian question: Chinese envoy

NEW YORK: Fu Cong, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, on Wednes…

May 2, 2024
Well aware of our Constitutional limits, expect others to uphold same: COAS Munir

RISALPUR: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Thursday said that the military…

May 2, 2024
PHC proposes legislation for stipulating mandate of intelligence agencies

PESHAWAR: A full court meeting of Peshawar High Court has proposed enactment of laws by fe…

May 2, 2024
FO ‘categorically rejects’ ex-SAPM Shahzad Akbar’s claim regarding state involvement in acid attack

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday “categorically rejected” what it said were …

May 2, 2024
IHC reserves verdict on Bushra Bibi’s plea seeking transfer to Adiala Jail

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition f…

May 2, 2024
PML-N’s Rana Sanaullah says ‘seriousness’ needed from PTI for dialogue

ISLAMABAD: PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah on Thursday stressed the need for “seriou…

May 2, 2024
We won’t speak to establishment secretly, says CM Gandapur

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur on Wednesday said he wa…

May 2, 2024
PTI alleges CJP not on judiciary side over meddling controversy

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has expressed dismay over the conduct of Chi…

May 2, 2024
Shehbaz govt has no ‘real power’, says Fazl

LAHORE: Taking a dig at the “helpless government” of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Jamiat…

May 2, 2024
High-tech empowers sowing of corn in NW China’s Xinjiang

In recent years, Hutubi county, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s…

May 1, 2024
Tianshui’s malatang gains popularity, boosting related product sales

With the rising popularity of Tianshui’s malatang, a local street dish featuring a m…

May 1, 2024
Spring tea harvest underway in Chaohu, east China’s Anhui

Around the time of the Qingming Festival, which falls in early April, tea leaves flourish …

May 1, 2024
China marks 40 years of polar exploration with commemorative coins

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s central bank, will issue a set of c…

May 1, 2024
NDU hosts COAS Munir, UK Army General: Discuss bilateral defence relations

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir met his British counterpart Gener…

May 1, 2024
Deputy PM Dar arrives in The Gambia to represent Pakistan at OIC summit

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in The Gambia on W…

May 1, 2024
On Labour Day, president and PM express govt’s resolve to bolster workers’ welfare

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday expre…

May 1, 2024
US ‘expects accountability’ from India, says State Dept

WASHINGTON: The US State Department stated on Tuesday that it expects India to address the…

May 1, 2024
‘No evidence that cipher was in Imran’s custody’

ISLAMABAD: In a fresh twist in the cipher case, the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday observ…

May 1, 2024
PHC suspends ECP notice to Gandapur in assets case

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court on Tuesday suspended a notice of Election Commission of Paki…

May 1, 2024
PTI finally picks Marwat for Public Accounts Committee chairman slot

ISLAMABAD: After almost a month-long confusion among the party ranks, PTI founding chairma…

May 1, 2024
US, Pakistan vow to boost cooperation on regional security

ISLAMABAD: The US and Pakistan on Tuesday reaffirmed their close ties and pledged to enhan…

May 1, 2024
Hamas and Fatah talks in Beijing beneficial, discussed next steps: Chinese spokesperson

BEIJING: At the invitation of China, representatives of the Palestinian National Liberatio…

May 1, 2024
Gandapur, Omar, Shibli to ‘hold talks on PTI’s behalf’

ISLAMABAD: Clearing the air after months of confusion and speculation, the Pakistan Tehree…

May 1, 2024
Govt slashes petrol price by Rs5.45, high-speed diesel by Rs8.42

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday slashed the price of petrol and high-speed diesel (HS…

May 1, 2024
President Zardari appoints PML-N’s Rana Sanaullah as PM’s adviser on political affairs

ISLAMABAD: PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah was appointed as adviser to the prime min…

May 1, 2024
SBP confirms receiving $1.1bn IMF tranche

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday said it had received the final $1.1 b…

May 1, 2024
Justice Minallah says state has to protect judges, independence of judiciary

ISLAMABAD: Justice Athar Minallah on Tuesday said the state had to protect the country’s j…

May 1, 2024
Saudi Arabia eyes cooperation in agriculture sector

ISLAMABAD: Riyadh told Islamabad on Monday that Saudi agriculture companies were looking a…

May 1, 2024
Fazl announces ‘million marches’ against rigging

ISLAMABAD: Delivering his maiden speech in the National Assembly, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JU…

May 1, 2024
Fazl comes out in support of PTI’s ‘constitutional right’ to hold rallies

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday came ou…

April 29, 2024
Audio leaks case: IHC’s Justice Babar Sattar dismisses pleas seeking his recusal

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) Justice Babar Sattar on Monday dismissed pleas fil…

April 29, 2024
Pakistan is Riyadh’s priority for investment and trade, Saudi minister tells PM

RIYADH: In a meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Saudi Commerce Minister Majid Al …

April 29, 2024
Fazlur Rehman threatens to topple govt through agitation

PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazl Rehman here on Sunday warned ‘the f…

April 29, 2024
PTI sweeps by-polls for six tehsil chairman slots in KP

PESHAWAR: The candidates backed by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf won most of the tehsil chairma…

April 29, 2024
IHC looks to counter meddling with ‘same old arsenal’

ISLAMABAD: Even though most of its members are the ones who agitated the matter publicly, …

April 29, 2024
Thousands join PTI’s Karachi-Sukkur train march

SUKKUR: The ‘Train March’ organised by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Sunday ended in Suk…

April 29, 2024
Top US envoy arrives in Islamabad to engage new regime

WASHINGTON: John Bass, the US acting under secretary for political affairs, is scheduled t…

April 29, 2024
PTI seeks return of ‘stolen mandate’ before reconciliation

LAHORE: Amid speculations of talks with the establishment, the PTI has linked the proposed…

April 29, 2024
IHC condemns ‘malicious’ social media campaign against Justice Babar Sattar

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Sunday said that a “malicious campaign” was b…

April 28, 2024
Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar appointed deputy prime minister

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar was given the additional charge of deputy prime mini…

April 28, 2024
In meeting with IMF chief, PM Shehbaz reiterates commitment to put economy back on track

RIYADH: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Manag…

April 28, 2024
PTI ready to hold talks with ‘real’ stakeholders, says Senator Shibli Faraz

ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: The PTI on Saturday reiterated its readiness to hold talks with the “r…

April 28, 2024
Regime change breeds lawlessness in country: PTI

ISLAMABAD: Claiming that the US State Department’s report on human rights in Pakistan subs…

April 28, 2024
KP CM Gandapur orders construction of Tank Zam Dam

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur has ordered construction of Tank Zam Dam t…

April 28, 2024
PTI leader Taimur Jhagra claims recovery of ‘original’ Form 45 from dumping site

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Taimur Saleem Jhagra on Saturday claimed that he…

April 28, 2024
Cipher case judge goes on 20-day leave

ISLAMABAD: Judge Abual Hasnat Mohammad Zulqarnain, who convicted former prime minister Imr…

April 28, 2024
Islamabad, Karachi lawyers seek to become party in meddling case

ISLAMABAD: The Karachi Bar Association (KBA) and the Islamabad Bar Association filed two s…

April 28, 2024
Sunni Ittehad Council chief deems PTI talks with Fazl to be ‘mistake’

ISLAMABAD: Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza has expressed discont…

April 28, 2024
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah stresses need to develop ‘firewall’ around judicial system to deter interference

LAHORE: The Supreme Court’s Justice Mansoor Ali Shah on Saturday said that developing a fi…

April 28, 2024
Mahmood Khan Achakzai’s arrest warrant suspended until May 31

QUETTA: The arrest warrant against Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chairman Mahmood …

April 28, 2024
PM Shehbaz Arrives in Saudi Arabia for WEF Special Meeting

RIYADH/ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif landed in Saudi Arabia on Saturday to atte…

April 28, 2024
Red Sea crisis puts China-Europe freight rail in spotlight

BEIJING: More and more freight forwarders have turned to the China-Europe Railway Express …

April 27, 2024
China and the U.S. reach five-point consensus at Beijing meeting

BEIJING; Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central…

April 27, 2024
German ambassador’s speech at rights conference in Lahore interrupted by pro-Palestine protester

LAHORE: A pro-Palestine protester on Saturday interrupted and chanted slogans during the G…

April 27, 2024
PM Shehbaz departs for Saudi Arabia to attend WEF special meeting

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif departed for Saudi Arabia on Saturday to attend t…

April 27, 2024
PPP asks Muttahida to support police in fight against street crime in Karachi

KARACHI: In a rare show of unity, lawmakers belonging to the opposition Muttahida Qaumi Mo…

April 27, 2024
Bugti vows to protect govt assets, improve urban infrastructure in Quetta

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Friday committed to safeguarding gover…

April 27, 2024
Warrant out for Mahmood Khan Achakzai’s arrest

QUETTA: A judicial magistrate on Friday issued arrest warrant for Mahmood Khan Achakzai, c…

April 27, 2024
Mohsin Naqvi unmoved by stiff PTI criticism

ISLAMABAD: Opposition PTI members on Friday launched a scathing attack on Interior Ministe…

April 27, 2024
SC clubs petitions on ‘meddling’ by spy agencies

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has clubbed a set of ten petitions and applications seeking t…

April 27, 2024
Imran rules out any ‘deal’ in message for PTI’s 28th Foundation Day

ISLAMABAD: PTI founder Imran Khan ruled out any “deal” in a message released on Friday for…

April 27, 2024
PML-N Punjab calls on Nawaz Sharif to assume party presidency after relief in cases

LAHORE: PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah on Friday requested party supremo Nawaz Shar…

April 27, 2024
‘Create harmony’: Q&A with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Question: Foreign Minister Wang Yi, you talked about the conflict in Gaza at your recent p…

April 27, 2024
Xi Jinping urges US to recognize China’s progress positively

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday that China is happy to see a confident, …

April 26, 2024
Complete independence impossible without economic stability: COAS

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Friday said that complete ind…

April 26, 2024
PML-N, PPP strike reconciliatory tone in Senate as opposition laments political victimisation

ISLAMABAD: As PPP Senator Sherry Rehman and PML-N’s Irfan Siddiqui struck a reconciliatory…

April 26, 2024
Alarming surge in unwarranted claims by Indian leaders over Azad Kashmir: FO

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday said that there had been an “alarming surge i…

April 26, 2024
‘Raids being conducted to thwart PTI protest’

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf claims Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has given the IG p…

April 26, 2024
Court bars Imran’s outbursts against ‘institutions’

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad on Thursday ordered former prime minister …

April 26, 2024
‘Modern warehousing can transform agriculture’

LAHORE: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that Pakistan’s current economic outl…

April 26, 2024
Azam Swati gets pre-arrest bail in six May 9 cases

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday granted pre-arrest bail to PTI leader Az…

April 26, 2024
No tensions with Pakistan, insists US State Dept

WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD: The US State Department emphatically declared on Thursday that the…

April 26, 2024
Punjab CM Maryam’s uniformed appearance at parade causes a stir

LAHORE: Aiming for a 50-50 ratio of men and women in the police force, Punjab Chief Minist…

April 26, 2024
MQM wants Centre to help curb street crimes in Karachi

ISLAMABAD: Expressing grave concern over the security situation and rise in street crimes …

April 26, 2024
PPP offered PTI to form govt in Centre: Sherry Rehman

ISLAMABAD: PPP Senator Sherry Rehman on Thursday said that although her party had offered …

April 26, 2024
Chinese embassy condemns Sunak’s unwarranted accusation, malicious slander

LONDON: China urges some British politicians to end their belligerent rhetoric, cease want…

April 25, 2024
Xi Jinping stresses building world-class military medical universities

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for building world-class military medical…

April 25, 2024
China calls for open, practical military ties with U.S.

BEIJING: A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday said China calls on the U.S. to build…

April 25, 2024
China urges global efforts for multilateralism, shared future

NEW YORK: China on Wednesday urged the United Nations to take collective actions to promot…

April 25, 2024
‘Received not a single complaint of interference’ so far under my watch: CJP Isa

KARACHI: Amidst the controversy over alleged interference by intelligence in judicial affa…

April 25, 2024
Defence Minister Asif denies pressure on Imran to accept ‘deal’

ISLAMABAD; Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has rejected PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan’s …

April 25, 2024
Pleas challenging military trials ruling turn contentious

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday once again referred a set of intra-court appeals…

April 25, 2024
PTI faces another hurdle in intra-party elections

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has accepted another plea against the…

April 25, 2024
Bill to reclaim Rs2.7tr stalled in tax dispute tabled in NA

ISLAMABAD: A day after Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb called for broadening the tax n…

April 25, 2024
PM Shehbaz pledges to clear obstacles for KCR, promises 150 buses

KARACHI: Announcing 150 buses for the metropolis, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesd…

April 25, 2024
IHC irked at investigator’s no-show for Imran’s bail hearing

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday expressed displeasure at the absen…

April 25, 2024
PTI, allies to protest ‘worst-ever’ poll rigging tomorrow

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), in collaboration with five other opposition p…

April 25, 2024
Complaints about China’s ‘overcapacity’ hypocritical and short-sighted

BEIJING: Recently, Europe and the United States have begun to amplify the notion of China&…

April 24, 2024
Chinese envoy calls on U.S. to find right way to get along with China

WASHINGTON: In a turbulent world, China chooses Chinese modernization at home and forge a …

April 24, 2024
PM Shehbaz on maiden visit to Karachi since assuming office for second time

KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday arrived in Karachi on a day-long visit…

April 24, 2024
Cipher case judge may be repatriated over ‘misconduct’

ISLAMABAD: The administration of Islamabad High Court (IHC) has initiated the process…

April 24, 2024
PHC seeks response of advocate general over expenditure authorisation by cabinet

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the advocate general of Kh…

April 24, 2024
PM suspends commissioner inland revenue, others for delaying tax cases

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday took notice of the “willful” delay in …

April 24, 2024
PTI denies ‘secret talks’ with establishment

ISLAMABAD: Rejecting speculations about secret talks with the establishment, PTI Chairman …

April 24, 2024
ECP cannot undo decisions post-election, LHC rules

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ruled that the Election Commission of Pakistan (EC…

April 24, 2024
SC asked to put National Action Plan into action

ISLAMABAD: The Shuhada Forum Balochistan (SFB) approached the Supreme Court on Tuesda…

April 24, 2024
IHC judges look to create bulwark against meddling

ISLAMABAD: A full court meeting of the Islamabad High Court decided to introduce several m…

April 24, 2024
Chinese Foreign Ministry official briefs about U.S. secretary of state’s upcoming visit to China

BEIJING: On April 22, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China announced that, at the invi…

April 23, 2024
No overnight solution to missing persons issue: Law Minister Tarar

ISLAMABAD; Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Tuesday that the issue of missing person…

April 23, 2024
IHC full court to take up ‘meddling’ issue today

ISLAMABAD: A full court meeting of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) will deliberate upon pr…

April 23, 2024
NAB agrees to end criminal proceedings against President Zardari

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has consented to an application seekin…

April 23, 2024
IMF board to sanction $1.1bn on 29 April

WASHINGTON: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will meet on Apri…

April 23, 2024
Nawaz Sharif heads to China for low-key visit

LAHORE: PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif on Monday left for China on a ‘low-profile’ five…

April 23, 2024
PTI accuses intelligence agencies of involvement in election fraud

ISLAMABAD: Just a day after by-elections were held across the country, Pakistan Tehreek-i-…

April 23, 2024
IMF shows openness to considering broader, extended programme, Finance Minister

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has stated that Pakistan is on track to sec…

April 23, 2024
PML-N triumphs in by-elections on 21 national, provincial seats

ISLAMABAD: The ruling PML-N on Monday emerged victorious in by-elections held on 21 nation…

April 23, 2024
One Homes Signs World Famous “BCo.” to Partner for their New $35M Branded Residences Project in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: In a groundbreaking move for luxury living in Islamabad, One Homes is excited t…

April 23, 2024
Pakistan, Iran set $10b target for bilateral trade

ISLAMABAD: Three months after the two countries were on the verge of a major conflict, Pak…

April 22, 2024
G7 Foreign Ministers’ statement blatant interference in China’s internal affairs: FM

BEIJING: China strongly deplores and firmly rejects the manipulation of China-related issu…

April 22, 2024
Xi Jinping presents flag to PLA Information Support Force

BEIJING: The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has set up an information suppor…

April 22, 2024
PTI announces countrywide protests against ‘rigged’ by-polls

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced nationwide protests while condemn…

April 22, 2024
Shibli Faraz appointed Senate opposition leader

ISLAMABAD: PTI Senator Shibli Faraz was appointed the new opposition leader in the Senate …

April 22, 2024
PML-N, PTI workers clash at dozens of polling stations in Narowal

NAROWAL: During the by-elections for PP 54 in Narowal on Sunday, one person died after bei…

April 22, 2024
Roedad Khan, 101, died on sunday

ISLAMABAD: ROEDAD Khan, a veteran bureaucrat who witnessed history from multiple perches a…

April 22, 2024
Aurangzeb expects PIA privatisation by end of June

WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has stated that the process of privatisin…

April 22, 2024
Ministries, divisions ordered to return surplus funds by May 15

ISLAMABAD: In the run-up to the finalisation of the federal budget for 2024-25, the Minist…

April 22, 2024
Global Security Initiative: Transcending Western security dilemmas

BEIJING: The GSI, first proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Boao Forum for Asi…

April 21, 2024
China publishes world’s first high-definition lunar geologic atlases

BEIJING: China on Sunday released a set of geologic atlases of the global moon with a scal…

April 21, 2024
Vote count underway as polling concludes for 21 national, provincial assembly seats

ISLAMABAD: Polling for 21 national and provincial assembly seats concluded a 5pm on Sunday…

April 21, 2024
Afghans living legally in Pakistan should not be harassed or expelled: KP govt spokesperson

PESHAWAR: KP government’s spokesperson Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif has said that Afghan na…

April 21, 2024
IMF team expected next month for new loan talks

WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb revealed on Saturday that an IMF team is …

April 21, 2024
CM Gandapur seeks more support of WFP for uplift of merged districts

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has said that provincial government needs more …

April 21, 2024
Justice Hashim takes oath as BHC chief justice

QUETTA: Justice Hashim Khan Kakar on Saturday took oath as the Balochistan High Court (BHC…

April 21, 2024
Iran’s envoy, Mohsin Naqvi discuss Raisi’s visit

ISLAMABAD: Iran’s Ambassador Dr Reza Amiri Moghaddam met Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on…

April 21, 2024
JUI-F to up the ante against ‘fake govt’: Fazlur Rehman

QUETTA: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman once again “rejected” the February 8 general ele…

April 21, 2024
Imran pens letter to Qazi seeking justice for PTI

ISLAMABAD: The incarcerated founding chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran…

April 20, 2024
Govt approves deployment of civil armed forces, military for Sunday by-elections

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has authorised the deployment of civil armed forces and …

April 20, 2024
Pak-China economic, cultural ties rapidly growing due to CPEC: PM Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that the economic and c…

April 20, 2024
Pakistan denounces ‘political use of export controls’ after US sanctions alleged missile suppliers

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan rejected what it said was the “political use of export controls” after…

April 20, 2024
Bilawal criticises opposition for targeting Zardari and Aseefa

ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday said opposition members were afra…

April 20, 2024
Judges’ proposals sought to end ‘meddling’

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court administration has sought suggestions from the judges …

April 20, 2024
SC urged to regulate high court chief justices’ power

LAHORE: The Supreme Court has been requested to regulate the discretionary powers of all p…

April 20, 2024
CM Maryam visited Kartarpur by copter: Punjab government

NAROWAL: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz visited Kartarpur on Thursday via helicopter a…

April 20, 2024
Sindh, Punjab police plan operation against Kacha area dacoits

ISLAMABAD: Sindh and Punjab police will launch yet another joint operation against notorio…

April 20, 2024
14-member Balochistan cabinet takes oath

QUETTA: A long-awaited 14- member three-party Balochistan cabinet was sworn in at a cerem…

April 20, 2024
PHC orders KP CM to convene assembly session for oath-taking

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief ministe…

April 20, 2024
LHC top judge summons full court on Monday to discuss protection of judicial independence

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Malik Shehzad Ahmed Khan on Friday summ…

April 20, 2024
Membership of 2 opposition MNAs suspended for current session over ruckus during president’s address

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly (NA) Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Friday suspended the member…

April 19, 2024
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia agree to solidify efforts in defence collaboration

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Friday agreed to solidify efforts in regards to d…

April 19, 2024
US, Pakistan discuss ‘recent events in region’

ISLAMABAD / WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday reached out to Pakistan regarding es…

April 19, 2024
Plea for security of Imran Khan in Adiala Jail disposed of

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday directed the authorities to ensure security of P…

April 19, 2024
PTI nominates Shibli Faraz as Senate opposition leader

ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday nominated Shibli Faraz as the new …

April 19, 2024
CJP Isa calls for SC to work with full capacity

LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa on Thursday expressed his wish for the Sup…

April 19, 2024
PM Shehbaz pushes for sell-off, outsourcing of Discos

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday directed the authorities to expedite …

April 19, 2024
Will personally monitor Saudi investment projects, no laxity to be tolerated: PM Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said he would personally monitor the …

April 19, 2024
US hypes concerns over ‘China’s support for Russia’ to ‘muddy waters, shift attention’

BEIJING: Ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s reported visit to China nex…

April 18, 2024
China expresses support for Palestine’s full UN membership ahead of Security Council vote

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday called for an immediate cease-fire i…

April 18, 2024
Judges’ letter: IHCBA petitions SC to probe allegations of interference in judicial affairs

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA) on Thursday filed a petition i…

April 18, 2024
In parliamentary address, Zardari calls for moving on from polarisation plaguing politics

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday called for moving on from the “polarisat…

April 18, 2024
Faizabad Commision Report ‘only blames politicians’

ISLAMABAD: Leaders from the two main parties in the ruling coalition have slammed the Faiz…

April 18, 2024
Body to probe allegations against former spymaster

ISLAMABAD: The military has reportedly formed an inquiry committee to investigate allegati…

April 18, 2024
Imran assails civil authority’s ‘surrender’ in Bahawalnagar

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan took a potshot at the civil administration on …

April 18, 2024
Government eyes bumper wheat crop, enhanced procurement targets

ISLAMABAD: Anticipating a bumper wheat crop, the federal cabinet on Wednesday decided to w…

April 18, 2024
Aurangzeb pledges aggressive reforms at IMF meeting

WASHINGTON: In a meeting with the IMF chief and some members of its board of governors, Fi…

April 18, 2024
Eight more ministers take oath as Sindh CM expands cabinet

KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday expanded his cabinet with eight m…

April 18, 2024
US approached over Shahbaz Gill’s ‘hateful’ tweets against Lahore police officer

LAHORE: The federal government, on the request of Punjab, has approached the United States…

April 18, 2024
NAB gives Nawaz clean chit in Toshakhana vehicle reference

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday gave a clean chit to form…

April 17, 2024
In meeting with finmin, WB chief assures full support for reforms to stabilise economy

WASHINGTON: inance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has held meetings with the presidents of th…

April 17, 2024
Officials didn’t follow rules in handling cipher, IHC told

ISLAMABAD: The counsel for former prime minister Imran Khan, Barrister Salman Safdar, accu…

April 17, 2024
PML-N loses two National Assembly seats in one day

LAHORE: The ruling PML-N lost two of its National Assembly seats on Tuesday after separate…

April 17, 2024
PTI alleges ‘pre-poll’ rigging in lead up to by-polls

ISLAMABAD: With by-elections on vacant seats of the national and provincial assemblies les…

April 17, 2024
Security of Chinese nationals reviewed

ISLAMABAD: Officials of the capital administration and police held a meeting with the staf…

April 17, 2024
PTI gets in touch with Fazlur Rehman

ISLAMABAD: The PTI made an attempt on Monday to pacify JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman’…

April 17, 2024
Faizabad dharna commission report bereft of ‘authenticity and credibility’: Defence Minister Asif

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday said that the report compiled by the F…

April 17, 2024
7 terrorists killed during infiltration attempt at Afghan-Pakistan border in North Waziristan: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Seven terrorists were killed while trying to infiltrate the Afghan-Pakistan bo…

April 17, 2024
Saudi FM says Pakistan visit to deliver ‘significant benefits’ in upcoming months

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on Tuesday said that hi…

April 16, 2024
IHC disposes of Bushra Bibi’s plea seeking transfer to Adiala jail

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday disposed of a petition filed by ex-pr…

April 16, 2024
Pakistan to request for 3-year IMF programme, says finance minister

WASHINGTON: Pakistan has initiated discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) …

April 16, 2024
Faizabad Dharna commission suggests laws to regulate spy agencies

ISLAMABAD: The Faizabad dharna commission, formed to investigate the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pak…

April 16, 2024
Don’t need more policy prescriptions, says Finance Minister Aurangzeb

WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Monday that Pakistan doesn’t need …

April 16, 2024
PTI forms body to manage protests in Punjab

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has constituted a 25-member committee to organi…

April 16, 2024
PM wants robust renewable energy plan to cut oil bill

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed authorities concerned for robu…

April 16, 2024
Govt hikes petrol price by Rs4.53, diesel by Rs8.14

ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday increased the price of petrol by Rs4.53 per litre and …

April 16, 2024
All evidence pointing towards Indian involvement in Lahore gun attack: interior minister

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Monday indicated that there was evidence of I…

April 16, 2024
Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari sworn in as MNA amid opposition ruckus

ISLAMABAD: Political debutante Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari was sworn in as a member of the Natio…

April 16, 2024
Saudi delegation led by FM Prince Faisal bin Farhan lands in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A Saudi delegation, led by Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, l…

April 16, 2024
Army chief directs commanders to deny any space to terrorists

RAWALPINDI: The military’s top brass on Tuesday expressed concern against a “malicious pro…

April 16, 2024
British Investment Group, One Homes, expected to launch Second Development at Cedar Hills: $35 Million Investment

Following the success of AMAYA Residences which sold out in record-breaking time, One Home…

April 15, 2024
China deeply concerned about Iran-Israel situation, calls for restraint

BEIJING: China is deeply concerned about the current escalation of the Iran-Israel situati…

April 14, 2024
Pakistan expresses ‘deep concern’ over ongoing developments in Middle East

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan expressed ‘deep concern’ on Sunday over the ongoing develo…

April 14, 2024
Iran’s Raisi vows ‘stronger response’ to any ‘reckless’ Israeli move

TEHRAN: Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi warned Israel and its allies on Sunday agains…

April 14, 2024
Iran seizes vessel linked to Israel amid escalation fears

TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized a container ship “related to the Zionist regime…

April 14, 2024
Five-member JIT to probe Bahawalnagar incident

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Saturday constituted a five-member Joint Investigation Te…

April 14, 2024
Six permanent judges of SHC take oath

KARACHI: Six additional judges of the Sindh High Court took the oath of office as permanen…

April 14, 2024
PM Shehbaz lauds Saudi help in times of need

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has lauded Saudi Arabia’s help for Pakistan in ti…

April 14, 2024
Opposition kick-starts anti-govt campaign from Balochistan

QUETTA: Launching a countrywide movement against the government from Pishin in Balochistan…

April 14, 2024
China’s top legislator meets DPRK leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang

BEIJING: Zhao Leji, chairman of China’s National People’s Congress Standing Co…

April 13, 2024
China warns against separatist activities seeking ‘Taiwan independence’

BEIJING: China is firmly opposed to any form of official exchange or military contact betw…

April 13, 2024
At least 11 including nine passengers shot dead in Noshki attack

QUETTA: At least 11 people, including nine passengers, were shot dead in Balochistan’…

April 13, 2024
PTI among 6 opposition parties unite for ‘protection of Constitution’

QUETTA: A ‘grand alliance’ of six opposition parties, including the PTI, have …

April 13, 2024
Justice Afridi won’t hear suo motu on ‘meddling’

ISLAMABAD: Justice Yahya Afridi has recused himself from a case pertaining to alleged medd…

April 13, 2024
Finance Minister Aurangzeb briefs premier before maiden US sojourn

WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD: With the government set to enter into a fresh loan agreement with…

April 13, 2024
PTI turned down PPP offer to form coalition, says Rana Sanaullah

TOBA TEK SINGH: The party that joined the PML-N in forming the incumbent coalition governm…

April 13, 2024
Justice Ishtiaq to take oath as PHC acting CJ on Monday

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Mohammad Ibrahim Khan will lay down his robes …

April 13, 2024
Two soldiers martyred during intelligence-based operation in KP’s Buner district: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Two Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred on Saturday in an intelligence-based …

April 13, 2024
PM Shehbaz pays tribute to security forces for ensuring peace during Eid

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paid tribute to the Pakistan Army, police and sec…

April 12, 2024
In phone call with Iran’s Raisi, Zardari stresses exchange of information to overcome security challenges

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, in a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahi…

April 12, 2024
Important issues remain to be solved as Pakistan seeks potential follow-up programme: IMF chief

WASHINGTON: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Th…

April 12, 2024
KP CM orders start of air ambulance service in four months

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur on Tuesday ordered the …

April 12, 2024
PHC seeks KP Assembly speaker’s reply over plea of members elected on reserved seats

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court on Tuesday sought reply within a fortnight from speaker of t…

April 12, 2024
Hearing on appeals against conviction of Imran, Bushra in Iddat case adjourned

ISLAMABAD: The district and sessions judge (DSJ) on Tuesday adjourned hearing on the appea…

April 12, 2024
Events may lead to another ‘Dhaka tragedy’, PTI warns

ISLAMABAD: Drawing a parallel between current developments in Pakistan with the circumstan…

April 12, 2024
President Xi: China to enhance multilateral coordination with Russia

BEIJING: China stands ready to strengthen bilateral communication with Russia and enhance …

April 9, 2024
20 convicts in May 9 cases released from jail, govt tells SC

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that 20 persons who…

April 9, 2024
Yousaf Raza Gillani clinches Senate chairmanship as PML-N’s Syedal Khan Nasir secures deputy role

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and PML-N’s Syedal Khan Nasir on Tues…

April 9, 2024
Shawwal moon sighted in Pakistan, First day of Eidul Fitr on Wednesday

ISLAMABAD: The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee on Tuesday announced that Eidul Fitr would f…

April 9, 2024
Islamabad Bar Council denounces ‘frivolous reference’ against IHC’s Justice Mohsin Kayani

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Bar Council (IBC) on Tuesday condemned and denounced a “baseless”…

April 9, 2024
2 terrorists killed in intelligence-based operation in KP’s South Waziristan: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Two terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) carried ou…

April 9, 2024
China, U.S. agree to communicate on economic, financial issues

BEIJING: China and the United States agree to communicate on the balanced economic growth …

April 8, 2024
PTI condemns reference against IHC judge, calls for judicial independence

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has strongly condemned the reference filed in t…

April 8, 2024
IHC rejects PTI’s request to defer Senate chairman, deputy chairman elections

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) rejected on Monday the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’…

April 8, 2024
President summons Senate session a day before Eid

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned fresh session of the Senate on April 9…

April 8, 2024
PHC rejects pleas for cancellation of PTI workers’ bail in May 9 cases

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court has rejected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government petitions for can…

April 8, 2024
Military establishment has ‘no other option’ but to have dialogue with Imran: PTI’s Raoof Hasan

ISLAMABAD: PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan has said that as the military establishment has “e…

April 8, 2024
PTI seeks postponement of polls for Senate chairman, deputy

ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Monday sought to delay the election of the Senate chairman and deput…

April 8, 2024
PM Shehbaz, Crown Prince Salman agree to expedite $5bn Saudi investment in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman have agreed …

April 8, 2024
Premier Li Qiang: China and the U.S. should be partners rather than adversaries

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang told U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Sunday in Beij…

April 7, 2024
Bisham attack: PM Shehbaz orders immediate action against 5 officials for negligence of duty

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Saturday announced that Prime Minister …

April 7, 2024
PTI’s Barrister Gohar rules out merger with Sunni Ittehad Council in case of election symbol’s return

ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Saturday ruled out a merger with the Sun…

April 7, 2024
Sunni Ittehad Council asks ECP to postpone election of Senate heads

ISLAMABAD: Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Chairman Mohammad Hamid Raza on Saturday approached…

April 7, 2024
PTI hits out at CM Maryam for remarks against KP

ISLAMABAD: PTI leaders on Saturday criticised Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif fo…

April 7, 2024
11 election candidates challenge ‘defeat’ in Peshawar tribunals

PESHAWAR: Eleven candidates for the Feb 8 general elections have moved the election tribun…

April 7, 2024
Info minister rebuts Imran’s ‘fabricated, baseless’ allegations about Toshakhana case

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Sunday rebutted former prime minister I…

April 7, 2024
2 terrorists killed in exchange of fire with security forces in North Waziristan: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Two terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire between security forces and …

April 7, 2024
China, U.S. highlight importance of economic and trade ties

BEIJING: Economic and trade ties should be the stabilizing force of China-U.S. relations, …

April 6, 2024
Chinese vice premier holds talks with U.S. treasury secretary

BEIJING: He Lifeng, Chinese vice premier and Chinese lead person for China-U.S. economic a…

April 6, 2024
China, U.S. militaries meet in Hawaii to discuss maritime, air safety

BEIJING: Chinese and U.S. militaries met in Hawaii from April 3 to 4 to discuss the curren…

April 6, 2024
Imran compares current political climate to that of East Pakistan

RAWALPINDI: Former prime minister Imran Khan said on Saturday that the erosion of democrat…

April 6, 2024
In first phone call, FM Dar, Blinken express satisfaction at positive momentum in Pak-US ties

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, in his first telephone call with US Secretary of St…

April 6, 2024
More judges receive letters with ‘toxic’ powder

ISLAMABAD: Ten more suspicious letters, some of them laced with “toxic” powder a…

April 6, 2024
Fawad Chaudhry released from Adiala Jail

RAWALPINDI: Former information minister in the PTI government Fawad Chaudhry, who had been…

April 6, 2024
Pakistan denounces provocative remarks by Indian defence minister over assassination campaign

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad on Saturday denounced the “provocative” remarks made by Indian Defenc…

April 6, 2024
10 terrorists killed by security forces in KP operations: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed 10 terrorists in two separate intelligence-based operat…

April 6, 2024
PM Shehbaz sets off to Saudi Arabia on first foreign visit since election

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embarked on a three-day visit to the Kingdom of S…

April 6, 2024
IMF to finalise release of final instalment this month

WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD: An official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wedne…

April 5, 2024
Foreign ministry ‘unmoved’ by cipher’s loss, lawyer Salman Safdar tells IHC

ISLAMABAD: A lawyer representing former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday raised conce…

April 5, 2024
PPP nominates Gillani as candidate for Senate chairmanship

KARACHI: Enjoying a majority so far in Senate, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Thursday no…

April 5, 2024
PTI appoints four more focal persons

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan has appointed four…

April 5, 2024
39 PTI activists get bail in Lahore corps commander house attack case

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday granted post-arrest bail to 39 activists of th…

April 5, 2024
Doctors find no sign of poisoning during Bushra’s examination

ISLAMABAD: A team of doctors who examined and collected samples from former first lady Bus…

April 5, 2024
On Al-Quds Day, PM Shehbaz calls for global pressure to halt Israeli oppression of Palestinians

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday called upon the international community…

April 5, 2024
Verdict reserved on Imran, others Azadi March acquittal pleas

ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad court reserved on Thursday the verdict on the acquittal pleas of P…

April 4, 2024
Govt announces four-day holiday for Eidul Fitr

ISLAMABAD: The federal government of Pakistan has officially declared a four-day Eidul Fit…

April 4, 2024
Pakistan rules out negotiations with TTP

ISLAMABAD: A day after a senior Afghan Taliban leader urged the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban P…

April 4, 2024
Govt will probe letters laced with ‘suspicious powder’ received by judges: PM Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that the government would launch…

April 4, 2024
Hafiz Naeem elected new Jamaat-i-Islami emir

KARACHI: Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Thursday was elected as the sixth emir of the Jamaat-i-Is…

April 4, 2024
Qureshi paying the price for siding with Imran: lawyer Salman Safdar

ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: The defence counsel in the cipher case informed the Islamabad High Cou…

April 4, 2024
Afghan minister asks TTP, Islamabad to negotiate

PESHAWAR: Acknowledging that the activities by an outlawed militant organisation inside Pa…

April 4, 2024
Nine more judges receive ‘toxic’ mail

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: A day after the judges of the Islamabad High Court received letters alle…

April 4, 2024
Imran’s lawyer asks court to disregard Azam’s testimony

ISLAMABAD: The counsel for former prime minister Imran Khan urged the Islamabad High Court…

April 3, 2024
CJP says attack on judiciary’s independence won’t be tolerated, hints at full court for suo motu case

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Wednesday asserted that “any a…

April 3, 2024
In meeting with COAS, president notes with concern ‘baseless’ claims against army by ‘certain political party’

ISLAMABAD: In a meeting with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Asim Munir on Wednesday, President…

April 3, 2024
Xi, Biden hold phone talks

BEIJING: On Tuesday evening, President Xi Jinping spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden on t…

April 3, 2024
Imran claims Bushra Bibi poisoned in Bani Gala sub-jail

ISLAMABAD: PTI founder Imran Khan claimed on Tuesday that his wife and former first lady h…

April 3, 2024
PTI calls for probe into ‘threatening letters’ sent to IHC judges

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has issued a fervent plea for an immediate and …

April 3, 2024
12 detained over bombing of Chinese workers

BEIJING/ PESHAWAR: Police detained more than 12 people, including Afghan nationals, in con…

April 3, 2024
‘PTI-SIC’ moves SC against denial of reserved seats

ISLAMABAD: The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) — the new home for PTI lawmakers-elect — on Mon…

April 3, 2024
PTI leader launches bid to form ‘grand opposition alliance’

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) will host a meeting of opposition parties to…

April 3, 2024
PTI rejects ‘like-minded’ bench, demands full court

ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has rejected the seven-member lar…

April 3, 2024
Coalition sweeps polls on 19 Senate seats

ISLAMABAD: The ruling coalition on Tuesday swept the elections held on 19 Senate seats whi…

April 3, 2024
PTI’s Omar Ayub made opposition leader in National Assembly

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Tuesday declared senior PTI leader Omar…

April 3, 2024
FIR registered as all 8 IHC judges receive threatening letters laced with ‘white powder’

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police on Tuesday filed a case on terror charges after all eight judg…

April 3, 2024
PTI denounces ECP ‘double standard’ over KP Senate polls delay

ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Tuesday denounced the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decisi…

April 3, 2024
Pakistan on brink of default due to tax evasion, says Khawaja Asif

GUJRAT: Pakistan has been facing a default-like situation and is nearly bankrupt, Defence …

April 1, 2024
IHC suspends Imran, Bushra Bibi’s sentences in Toshakhana case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended on Monday former premier Imran Khan an…

April 1, 2024
Govt hikes petrol prices by Rs. 10 per liter

ISLAMABAD: The new government on Sunday increased the price of petrol by Rs9.66 per liter …

April 1, 2024
PTI boycotts Senate polls in Sindh

KARACHI: The PTI has announced its boycott of the upcoming Senate polls in Sindh in protes…

April 1, 2024
IHC allows Imran to meet Bushra Bibi on Eid

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) allowed on Monday a meeting between incarcerated…

April 1, 2024
IHC orders Fawad Chaudhry’s release in NAB case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted bail on Monday to former federal ministe…

April 1, 2024
CTD confirms TTP’s hand behind Besham terror attack

PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) confirmed on Monday th…

April 1, 2024
Former CJP Jillani recuses himself from heading judges’ letter inquiry commission

ISLAMABAD: Former chief justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Hussain Jillani has recused himself f…

April 1, 2024
SC takes suo motu notice on judges’ letter, forms larger bench

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) took suo motu notice on Monday of the letter written by …

April 1, 2024
PM visits Dasu site, assures foolproof security for Chinese nationals

DASU: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday assured foolproof security measures…

April 1, 2024
Chinese scientists discover new material for future medical implants

BEIJING: A new breakthrough in material science could revolutionize medical implants. Scie…

March 31, 2024
China condemns Philippines’ trick of ‘playing victim’

BEIJING: Chinese authorities on Thursday criticized the Philippines’ tricks of ̶…

March 31, 2024
China’s Global Security Initiative ‘crucial in fight against terrorism

BEIJING: Against the backdrop of recent terrorist attacks in Russia and Pakistan, diplomat…

March 31, 2024
China strongly condemns provocative visit of UK politicians to the island of Taiwan

BEIJING: China voiced firm opposition on Sunday toward the ongoing visit to the island of …

March 31, 2024
PTI’s Zulfi withdraws Senate nomination

ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Zulfi Bukhari withdrew his nomination for the upcoming Senate electi…

March 31, 2024
Minister denies IMF opposes subsidies

KARACHI: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Friday claimed that it was misconstrued th…

March 31, 2024
PM sets targets for ministers to fulfil IMF conditions: Tarar

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar on Sunday stated…

March 31, 2024
Pakistan attaches key importance to relations with US: PM Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, replying to a letter by US President J…

March 31, 2024
China joins probe into Bisham suicide attack on its nationals

ISLAMABAD: Chinese investigators arrived in Pakistan on Friday to join a probe into Tuesda…

March 30, 2024
PTI calls on SC, IHC CJs to resign for ‘inaction’ over meddling

ISLAMABAD: PTI on Friday demanded the resignation of the Supreme Court and Islamabad High …

March 30, 2024
Cabinet okays serving Lt Gen Munir Afsar as Nadra chief

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved the appointment of Lt Gen Muhammad Munir Afsar…

March 30, 2024
Islamabad gets new inspector general of police

ISLAMABAD: In a recent reshuffle, the federal government has replaced Inspector General of…

March 30, 2024
Asad Qaiser asks KP CM to cut all ties with Centre

ISLAMABAD: PTI central leader Asad Qaiser has advised his party’s chief minister in Khyber…

March 30, 2024
Ex-CJP Tassaduq Jillani to lead probe body formed after IHC judges’ letter

ISLAMABAD: Retired Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, a former chief justice, was on Saturd…

March 30, 2024
May 9 protests: Gujranwala ATC sentences 51 convicts to 5-year prison terms

GUJRANWALA: A Gujranwala anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday sentenced 51 convicts to f…

March 30, 2024
President Xi presents order to promote military officers to rank of general

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping, also chairman of the Central Military Commission (C…

March 29, 2024
Zhang Jun completes term as China’s top UN envoy

NEW YORK: Zhang Jun, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), sa…

March 29, 2024
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urges Japan to promote peace in Asia

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Japan to promote regional peace and stabil…

March 29, 2024
Naqvi, Gandapur join hands to tame terror

PESHAWAR: Reflecting the emergence of a working relationship between the political rivals …

March 29, 2024
Former PM’s lawyer ‘backs’ questioning by court-chosen counsel

ISLAMABAD: In an apparent bid to avoid a retrial in the cipher case, the counsel for forme…

March 29, 2024
Minister terms fake news on social media ‘biggest challenge’

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar on Thursday sa…

March 29, 2024
Finance Minister Aurangzeb hoping for new IMF deal by end of fiscal year

KARACHI: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Friday expressed hope for reaching a Staff…

March 29, 2024
In first letter to PM Shehbaz, Biden says ‘enduring’ Pak-US partnership critical to ensuring world security

ISLAMABAD: US President Joe Biden, in a first letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on F…

March 29, 2024
Dar becomes part of CCI, excludes Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: In a first, the foreign minister has been included in the Council of Common Int…

March 29, 2024
Fazl says JUI-F will boycott by-polls, launch protest drive

ISLAMABAD: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) will boycott the upcoming by-elections of natio…

March 28, 2024
Lahore ATC grants bail to PTI’s former MNA, social media activist

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday granted post-arrest bail to PTI’s former MNA…

March 28, 2024
Levies officer martyred, 3 soldiers injured in Pishin

QUETTA: A Levies Risaldar was martyred, and three other soldiers were seriously injured in…

March 28, 2024
Aitchison principal sticks to his decision to quit job

LAHORE: The Punjab government has so far not succeeded in persuading Aitchison College Pri…

March 28, 2024
Nine make it to Senate unopposed

LAHORE / KARACHI: All seven candidates vying for the upper house of parliament on general …

March 28, 2024
Khawaja Asif terms Afghanistan ‘source of terror’

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday once again blamed Afghanistan for no…

March 28, 2024
Bisham terror attack orchestrated by enemies of Pak-China friendship, FO says

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday that there was no doubt that Tuesday’s…

March 28, 2024
May 9 riots: SC conditionally allows military courts to pronounce reserved verdicts

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday conditionally allowed military courts to pronounc…

March 28, 2024
Govt to place IHC judges’ letter before cabinet tomorrow for formation of inquiry commission

ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Thursday said that the federal government wou…

March 28, 2024
PTI questions credibility of verdicts against Imran following judges’ letter

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders associated on Wednesday the letter writt…

March 27, 2024
Six IHC judges seek SJC’s action over spy agencies interference

ISLAMABAD: In an unprecedented move, six judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) have rea…

March 27, 2024
SC holds full court session after IHC judges seek action against intervention by agencies

ISLAMABAD: Bar associations across Pakistan have demanded the Supreme Court’s (SC) i…

March 27, 2024
Imran calls for judicial inquiry into May 9, again

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan has once again called for a judicial inquiry …

March 27, 2024
LHC allows Parvez, Moonis to contest by-polls

LAHORE: An appellate tribunal of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday accepted the nomination …

March 27, 2024
US ‘doesn’t support’ Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline

WASHINGTON: The US said on Tuesday it does not support a Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline projec…

March 27, 2024
Pakistan joins calls for immediate action on UN resolution

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has joined other nations in urging for the prompt implementation …

March 27, 2024
Most copies of cipher returned after FIR against Imran, Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: When the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) registered a case against former pr…

March 27, 2024
JIT to be formed to investigate attack on Chinese nationals in Bisham, says info minister

ISLAMABAD: A day after six people, including five Chinese nationals, were killed in a suic…

March 27, 2024
Security forces kill four terrorists in DI Khan IBO

RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed at least four terrorists during an intelligence-based o…

March 26, 2024
IHC issues notices on PTI’s plea to hold rally in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued on Tuesday notices to respondents on a PT…

March 26, 2024
President, PM discuss politics

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday met with President Asif Ali Zardari wh…

March 26, 2024
Five Chinese among six killed in Bisham attack, PM, COAS condemn terrorist attack

PESHAWAR: At least six people, including five Chinese nationals, were killed in an explosi…

March 26, 2024
Shehbaz vows economic stability, strong GDP growth

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed the resolve on Tuesday to bring macroec…

March 26, 2024
Keep me in prison but release other PTI leaders, says Imran

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime minister Imran Khan ex…

March 26, 2024
Soldier martyred, four terrorists killed as security forces foil attack on Turbat naval base

RAWALPINDI: A soldier of Frontier Corps Balochistan was martyred and four terrorists were …

March 26, 2024
Court issues Imran, Bushra’s production orders for April 4

ISLAMABAD: A court in Islamabad issued production orders on Monday for PTI founder Imran K…

March 25, 2024
Second phase of Afghan repatriation in the works

PESHAWAR: Pakistan has begun preparations to launch the second phase of its repatriation d…

March 25, 2024
PM wants foolproof security for Reko Diq workers, logistics

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed authorities to ensure foolproof secu…

March 25, 2024
KP govt wants its doctors to examine Elahi in prison

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has demanded that a team of doctors from the …

March 25, 2024
PTI to be reorganised at district, regional levels

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leadership has decided to reorganise the party …

March 25, 2024
May 9 riots: SC seeks details of trials in military courts

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday sought details of the military trials of civilians …

March 25, 2024
Aurangzeb appointed finance minister to ‘settle down’ IMF, says PPP’s Khursheed Shah

ISLAMABAD: PPP leader Khursheed Shah has said that banker Muhammad Aurangzeb was appointed…

March 25, 2024
DC Islamabad disallows PTI power show on March 30

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon rejected on Sunday PTI’s reques…

March 24, 2024
Ex-generals’ accountability: Irfan Siddiqui advises Defence Minister Asif against reopening old wounds

ISLAMABAD: PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui, a close aide to party supremo Nawaz Sharif, has i…

March 24, 2024
President Zardari confers civil awards on Pakistanis, foreign nationals

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday conferred Pakistan’s highest civil award…

March 24, 2024
PM Shehbaz Sharif hands over ECC to finance minister

ISLAMABAD: Only a day after announcing formation of seven committees of the cabinet, Prime…

March 24, 2024
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia reiterate to deepen ties

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have reiterated their resolve to work together and f…

March 24, 2024
Dar says Pakistan to examine trade situation with India

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has said that the relevant stakeholders would “serio…

March 24, 2024
Pakistan, Afghanistan to hold trade talks in Kabul as part of normalisation efforts

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani commerce ministry delegation is scheduled to arrive in the Afghan c…

March 24, 2024
China urges the Philippines not to undermine South China Sea stability

BEIJING: China on Saturday condemned the Philippines’ trespassing into the adjacent …

March 23, 2024
Top Chinese diplomat calls for brighter prospects for China-DPRK ties

BEIJING: Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communis…

March 23, 2024
Pakistan urges Afghanistan to tackle terrorism as ‘shared concern’ after Kandahar attack

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday urged Afghanistan to tackle the issue of terrorism as a “sha…

March 23, 2024
PTI refuses to accept Hammad Azhar’s resignation from key party positions

LAHORE: The PTI on Friday refused to accept Hammad Azhar’s resignation from his offices as…

March 23, 2024
PML-N gets another seat in NA after recount

ISLAMABAD: Yet another loser in the February 8 general elections has become a victor fol…

March 23, 2024
SC to hear appeals on military court cases next week

ISLAMABAD: A six-judge Supreme Court bench will resume from March 25 hearing of a set of i…

March 23, 2024
President Zardari reiterates no compromise on national sovereignty

ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan Day celebrations are under way, President Asif Ali Zardari has stre…

March 23, 2024
Veteran diplomat and ex-PCB chief Shaharyar Khan dies at 89

ISLAMABAD: Veteran diplomat and former chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shaharyar…

March 23, 2024
Adiala superintendent apologizes for denying access to Imran

ISLAMABAD: The superintendent of Adiala Jail issued an unconditional apology to the Islama…

March 22, 2024
Court issues production orders for Imran, Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: A court issued production orders on Friday for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) f…

March 22, 2024
Donald Lu admitted cipher’s existence, disagreed over content, claims PTI

ISLAMABAD: The PTI has claimed that US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu has admit…

March 22, 2024
Zardari pleads presidential immunity in two NAB cases

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has filed for immunity under Article 248 of the Con…

March 22, 2024
Nomination papers of Parvez rejected

GUJRAT: The nomination papers of former chief minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) …

March 22, 2024
PHC puts govt, telecom regulator on notice over X restrictions

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday directed the federal government and Pakistan…

March 22, 2024
SC overturns former IHC judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui’s dismissal

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday set aside the dismissal of former Islamabad Hi…

March 22, 2024
PM vows to wipe out terrorism after 2 soldiers martyred in DI Khan suicide attack

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday expressed his unwavering commitment to …

March 22, 2024
FM Dar urges ‘aggressive financing’ for nuclear energy projects

BRUSSELS: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday called for “aggressive financing” of nuclea…

March 22, 2024
Pakistan to discuss Extended Fund Facility with IMF next month, says finance minister

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Friday that the matter of an Extend…

March 22, 2024
Irani envoy condemns terrorist attack in Gwadar, lauds counterterrorism efforts of Pak army

ISLAMABAD: “The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Pakistan, categorically c…

March 21, 2024
X banned on interior ministry’s instructions following intelligence agencies’ reports, PTA informs SHC

KARACHI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday informed the Sindh Hi…

March 21, 2024
Hammad Azhar steps down as PTI Punjab’s president, general secretary

LAHORE: PTI leader Hammad Azhar on Wednesday stepped down as the general secretary and act…

March 21, 2024
IHC suspends sentence of DC, SSP in contempt case

ISLAMABAD: A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday suspended the s…

March 21, 2024
Plea filed against Nawaz for chairing official meetings in Punjab

LAHORE: A petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court against PML-N supreme leader MN…

March 21, 2024
PHC stays ECP’s action on plea for Gandapur’s disqualification

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday issued a stay order stopping the Election C…

March 21, 2024
Imran predicts govt’s fall, his release in four to five months

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan does not see the incumbent government lasting …

March 21, 2024
Imran asks for judicial audit of ‘poll fraud’

ISLAMABAD: PTI founder Imran Khan on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court to seek the…

March 21, 2024
Pakistan does not want armed conflict with Afghanistan, says Khawaja Asif

ISLAMABAD: Days after Pakistan struck militant bases in Afghanistan, Defence Minister Khaw…

March 21, 2024
Terrorist killed in intelligence-based operation in Panjgur: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: The military’s media affairs wing said on Thursday that a terrorist was killed…

March 21, 2024
FO says poll concerns raised during Donald Lu hearing ‘misunderstanding of domestic situation’

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday said that concerns raised over the Feb 8 general…

March 21, 2024
Macroeconomic stability unachievable without another IMF programme: PM Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that macroeconomic stability in …

March 21, 2024
IHC Bench questions hasty trial in cipher against Imran, Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq remarked on Tuesday that the ci…

March 20, 2024
COAS Munir visits KSA, discusses bilateral ties with Saudi crown prince

RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir undertook an official v…

March 20, 2024
PTI moves IHC for Islamabad rally permission

ISLAMABAD: After no response from the district administration despite multiple attempts, t…

March 20, 2024
Interior minister calls for revisiting social media laws

LAHORE: As disruption of social media platform X stretched into its fifth week, Interio…

March 20, 2024
IMF, Pakistan reach staff-level agreement on final bailout review

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a Staff-Level Agreement (SLA)…

March 20, 2024
May 9 riots: How is carrying out rallies akin to terrorism, asks Justice Mandokhail

ISLAMABAD: As the Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to five suspects detained in a c…

March 20, 2024
Will not tolerate any terrorism from across border: PM Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD: Following recent skirmishes on the Pak-Afghan frontier, Prime Minister Shehbaz …

March 20, 2024
7 armed assailants shot dead following attack on Gwadar Port Authority complex: police

GAWADAR: Seven armed assailants were shot dead by police and security forces on Wednesday …

March 20, 2024
Zhanjiang in S China’s Guangdong vigorously develops marine fishery sector

Zhanjiang city in south China’s Guangdong Province has vigorously developed the mari…

March 20, 2024
Rice noodle industry sees rapid growth in S China’s Guangxi

South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is the leading consumer and producer …

March 20, 2024
China’s Chongqing continues to build barrier-free environment

Southwest China’s Chongqing municipality is a city built on mountains. The unique la…

March 20, 2024
US urges Taliban to prevent attacks from Afghan soil

WASHINGTON: The US State Department called on Kabul’s Taliban rulers on Monday to prevent …

March 19, 2024
President to travel in 1st class, PM, services chiefs in business class

ISLAMABAD: The cash-strapped federal government on Monday issued a travel advisory for the…

March 19, 2024
Imran, Qureshi’s lawyer questions Azam’s conduct

ISLAMABAD: Counsel for PTI leaders Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday raised qu…

March 19, 2024
Perpetrator of Mir Ali attack killed: ISPR

PESHAWAR: Eight militants, including the perpetrator of the March 16 attack on an army cam…

March 19, 2024
PTI plans long march, sit-in against ‘rigging’ after Eid

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has plans to hold a long march and sit-in after Eidul…

March 19, 2024
Three remanded in custody over Lahore’s Ichhra Bazaar incident

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday remanded three suspects in police custody …

March 19, 2024
Ex-spymaster Faiz Hameed’s brother sent to jail in graft case

RAWALPINDI: A local court of Rawalpindi on Monday sent retired naib tehsildar Najaf Hameed…

March 19, 2024
Pakistan denounces fresh round of curbs on political parties of India-occupied Kashmir: FO

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday denounced Indian authorities’ decision to declare several p…

March 19, 2024
Nawaz’s sons acquitted in all three Panama Papers references

ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad accountability court on Tuesday acquitted former prime minister Na…

March 19, 2024
Palestinian flags fly at last in PSL 2024 final

KARACHI: After being snatched away from several fans at the entry gates and in the stands,…

March 19, 2024
Wang Yi starts first trip to New Zealand, Australia in 7 years

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was set to kick off his first trip to New Zealan…

March 18, 2024
China to establish modern ecological environment monitoring system by 2035

BEIJING: China will exert great efforts to establish a modern ecological environment monit…

March 18, 2024
K-P on alert after Waziristan attack

PESHAWAR: Security has been beefed up across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa following a deadly terrori…

March 18, 2024
SC orders re-election in Balochistan’s PB-50 constituency

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered re-election on Monday for Balochistan’s PB-50 Q…

March 18, 2024
PTI regrets alliance with seatless SIC

KARACHI: The coalition of convenience between PTI and the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) rema…

March 18, 2024
Aseefa to contest by-elections from Nawabshah

NAWABSHAH: Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari, the sibling of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, on …

March 18, 2024
PTI deems caretakers’ Senate candidature ‘Unconstitutional’

KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has cast fresh doubts on the participation of …

March 18, 2024
Air Chief Sidhu secures one-year extension

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has extended the tenure of Air Chief Marshal Zahe…

March 17, 2024
Iftikhar’s lawsuit against Imran dismissed

ISLAMABAD: A local court on Saturday rejected a legal suit filed by former chief justice o…

March 17, 2024
Pre-arrest bail of Imran’s sisters, Asad Umar extended

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday extended the pre-arrest bail of Pakistan Tehre…

March 17, 2024
SHC summons home secretary in missing persons’ cases

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has expressed resentment over the provincial taskforce (PTF)…

March 17, 2024
US envoy meets NA speaker, emphasises mutual cooperation

ISLAMABAD: United States Ambassador Donald Blome paid a courtesy call on National Assembl…

March 17, 2024
FM Dar, Afghanistan’s Muttaqi agree to foster bilateral ties

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Afghanistan’s Interim Foreign Minister Amir Khan…

March 17, 2024
Bahrain’s National Guard commander calls on COAS

RAWALPINDI: Commander of the National Guard of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Gen Shaikh Mohamed …

March 17, 2024
Kakar, Naqvi, Aurangzeb to contest Senate polls

ISLAMABAD: Nominations for the 48 Senate seats up for grabs came as a bolt from the blue, …

March 17, 2024
Amnesty International urges govt to restore X

KARACHI: Amnesty International has called for the immediate restoration of social med…

March 17, 2024
Imran demands Article 6 for ‘mandate thieves’

ISLAMABAD: A day after a protest was held outside the International Monetary Fund (IMF) he…

March 17, 2024
Funeral prayers held for 2 army officers martyred in North Waziristan

RAWALPINDI: The funeral prayers of two army officers, who were among seven martyred yester…

March 17, 2024
Resolving border issue ‘in common interest’ of China and India: Chinese FM

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Wednesday that it is in th…

March 16, 2024
China urges U.S. to stop arming Taiwan, cease all military contacts

BEIJING: China on Friday urged the U.S. to stop arming China’s Taiwan region and cea…

March 16, 2024
Free speech not a cover for Islamophobia, Chinese envoy

NEW YORK: Freedom of expression should not be wielded as a shield for hate speech against …

March 16, 2024
Army vows firm support to govt in security challenges

RAWALPINDI: The civil and military leadership on Friday agreed to work together to uphold …

March 16, 2024
SC issues notice in May 9 bail case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court issued notices to the Punjab government on Friday while heari…

March 16, 2024
Court set to hear Nawaz sons’ plea on 19th

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad has given the National Accountability Bure…

March 16, 2024
Pre-arrest bail of Imran, SIC chief extended in May 9 cases

LAHORE/TOBA TEK SINGH: An anti-terrorism court on Friday extended the pre-arrest bail of j…

March 16, 2024
Employment generation govt’s top priority, says Gandapur

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur on Friday said that it …

March 16, 2024
2 officers among 7 soldiers martyred in terrorist attack on post in North Waziristan: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Seven soldiers — including two officers — were martyred in a terrorist attack …

March 16, 2024
FM Dar, Muttaqi agree to foster fraternal ties between Pakistan, Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Afghanistan’s Interim Foreign Minister Amir Khan…

March 16, 2024
Iranian Envoy urges unity, interaction to combat Islamophobia

ISLAMABAD: H.E. Reza Amiri Moghadam, Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan talked about on Islamo…

March 15, 2024
PTI core committee demands Imran’s immediate release

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) core committee on Thursday denounced former prim…

March 15, 2024
Phone hacking has become too easy, PTA chief tells IHC

ISLAMABAD: “Phone hacking has become so easy that if you leave your mobile phone somewhere…

March 15, 2024
FO rubbishes reports of IAEA delegation’s visit to Pakistan as ‘fake news’

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday rubbished reports of the visit of a high-leve…

March 15, 2024
US waiver for Iran gas pipeline project sought

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is engaged with the US administration to obtain a waiver of US sanctio…

March 15, 2024
PM reviews five-year roadmap for economic progress

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday chaired a high-level review meeting o…

March 15, 2024
President thanks Chinese counterpart

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping for extendi…

March 15, 2024
Air ambulance service to be launched soon in Punjab: CM Maryam

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said on Friday that an air ambulance service wo…

March 15, 2024
All eyes on race for Punjab, K-P governor slots

LAHORE: As the PPP leadership continues to hold its card over the candidates for Punjab an…

March 15, 2024
CEC ‘swayed’ with promises of ambassadorship in return for favours, alleges PTI

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Omar Ayub Khan alleged on Friday that Chi…

March 15, 2024
US Ambassador meets PM amid IMF talks

ISLAMABAD: US Ambassador Donald Blome on Friday met with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to …

March 15, 2024
IMF asks Pakistan to revisit NFC award

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday called upon Pakistan to reope…

March 15, 2024
Gilani emerges victorious in Islamabad as PPP sweeps Senate by-polls

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) secured four Senate seats, while the Pakistan …

March 14, 2024
IHC allows PTI lawyers to meet Imran at Adiala jail

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) allowed four PTI lawyers on Thursday to meet wit…

March 14, 2024
Intelligence agencies have access to phone recording system, IHC told

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) was informed on Thursday that intelligence agenc…

March 14, 2024
IHC seeks reply from Adiala jail superintendent on visitors’ ban

ISLAMABAD: A day after the Punjab government banned the entry of visitors in Rawalpindi’s …

March 14, 2024
Donald Lu to testify before Congress panel on March 20

WASHINGTON: The US House Foreign Affairs Committee has tasked its Subcommittee on the Mid…

March 14, 2024
PM Shehbaz forms committee to curtail govt expenses

ISLAMABAD: In view of the financial challenges being faced by the country, Prime Minister …

March 14, 2024
PTI founder, Qureshi’s appeals are maintainable, IHC holds

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday held the appeals of former prime mi…

March 14, 2024
Govt slams PTI for dragging EU, IMF into domestic squabbles

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Wednesday accused the Pakistan Tehreek-…

March 14, 2024
No reserved seats for Sunni Ittehad Council as Peshawar High Court rejects plea against ECP’s decision

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday dismissed the Sunni Ittehad Council’s petiti…

March 14, 2024
Pakistan registers strong protest against implementation of India’s ‘controversial’ citizenship law

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday registered a strong protest against the implementation of …

March 14, 2024
China urges S.Korea to refrain from hyping up SCS issue

BEIJING: The Chinese foreign ministry urged South Korea on Tuesday to make the right choic…

March 13, 2024
China calls for immediate cease-fire as Gaza conflict defies Ramadan

BEIJING: A cease-fire in Gaza has not materialized despite the arrival of the Muslim holy …

March 13, 2024
China opposes U.S. arming of Taiwan region

BEIJING: China firmly opposes military ties between the United States and the Taiwan regio…

March 13, 2024
Party with at least one NA seat can be allotted reserved seats, AGP informs PHC

PESHAWAR: The Attorney General of Pakistan told the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday…

March 13, 2024
PM commits to facilitating meeting with Imran, affirms Gandapur

ISLAMABAD: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur met with Prime Minist…

March 13, 2024
Nawaz’s sons return home after six years

LAHORE: Hussain and Hassan, sons of PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif, returned to the cou…

March 13, 2024
JUI-F, PPP agree on reciprocal support in Senate

ISLAMABAD: JUI-F and PPP have agreed to support each other’s candidates in the upcoming Se…

March 13, 2024
Ejaz raps govt for not letting him vote in presidential poll

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s incarcerated Senator, Ejaz Chaudhry, said on Tuesda…

March 13, 2024
Centre asked to appoint Shahab Shah as KP chief secretary

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has asked the federal government to appoint Sh…

March 13, 2024
KP threatens to take centre to court over dues issue

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur on Tuesday warned that …

March 13, 2024
IMF to arrive in Pakistan for bailout review, says finance ministry

ISLAMABAD: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission is arriving in Pakistan for a seco…

March 13, 2024
ECP announces schedule for Senate polls

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Monday that elections fo…

March 12, 2024
New Sindh cabinet sworn in, portfolios announced

KARACHI: In a significant development for the province of Sindh, ten members of the newly …

March 12, 2024
Imran deprived of visitors after govt imposes two-week ban on Adiala jail visitations

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab Home Department imposed a two-week ban on Tuesday on prisoner visita…

March 12, 2024
Adiala superintendent serves notice for Elahi’s absence from court

LAHORE: A special court for anti-corruption on Monday issued a show-cause notice to the su…

March 12, 2024
Imran, Qureshi have no right to appeal conviction in cipher case, argues FIA

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday asked both sides to come up with argum…

March 12, 2024
JUI-F disowns MNA notified by ECP against reserved seat

ISLAMABAD: A notification by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) over reserved seats…

March 12, 2024
PTI plans shadow cabinet to monitor Punjab govt

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has decided to form a shadow cabinet in Punjab to mo…

March 12, 2024
SC asks how ownership of Margalla land given to military

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court, hearing an appeal filed by Messrs Monal group of companies, …

March 12, 2024
PTI leaders assail Punjab govt after 2-week ban imposed on all public meetings at Adiala jail

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government on Tuesday imposed a two-week ban on all public visits, m…

March 12, 2024
Won’t tolerate intimidation of press, says CJP

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Monday observed that the intim…

March 12, 2024
President Asif Zardari presented guard of honour

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari was presented with a guard of honour on Monday by a …

March 11, 2024
SC rebukes IG Islamabad over journalists’ harassment

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa expressed serious displeasure at …

March 11, 2024
Alvi says still trying to bridge ‘PTI-establishment gap’

KARACHI: In his first press conference after leaving the Presidency, Dr Arif Alvi said on …

March 11, 2024
Punjab Police crack down on PTI protesters

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The Punjab Police continued to use force in dealing with PTI protests ac…

March 11, 2024
CM Gandapur seeks judicial commission to probe cipher issue

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur on Sunday urged Chief Justice of Pakistan …

March 11, 2024
PM Shehbaz’s 19-member cabinet takes oath

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday administered the oath to a 19-member feder…

March 11, 2024
Gaza – a sense of balance missing

By Mian Abrar Starting with the premise that sexual violence in war is not uncommon, we al…

March 10, 2024
Marwat accuses Maryam of plotting to kill him

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Marwat has made startling clai…

March 10, 2024
Ruet-e-Hilal committee to meet tomorrow for Ramazan moon

ISLAMABAD: The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee is set to meet tomorrow for the sighting of …

March 10, 2024
PTI says ‘king of corruption’ imposed on nation

ISLAMABAD: PTI leaders launched a verbal barrage on the ruling alliance on Saturday as the…

March 10, 2024
Asif Ali Zardari sworn in as 14th president of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari took oath on Sunday as the 14th president of P…

March 10, 2024
Ten militants killed in North Waziristan: ISPR

PESHAWAR: Ten militants were killed in two separate operations by security forces in North…

March 10, 2024
Balochistan cabinet to be finalised in two weeks: CM

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti has said a committee comprising represent…

March 10, 2024
Audio clip on PTI worker’s death: Maryam moves FIA against Shandana Gulzar

LAHORE: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has filed a complaint with the Federal Investigation A…

March 10, 2024
At least 2 killed in blast near Peshawar’s Board Bazaar

PESHAWAR: At least two people were killed while one suffered injuries in a blast near the …

March 10, 2024
Iranian envoy congratulates Zardari, wishes to foster bilateral relations

H.E. Dr. Reza Amiri Moghadam, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Pakistan said …

March 9, 2024
PTI leaders condemn ‘illegal’ presidential election

ISLAMABAD: Leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) launched a scathing attack on the…

March 9, 2024
SIC nominates Omar Ayub for opposition leader in NA

ISLAMABAD: In a surprising turn of events, the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), a party predom…

March 9, 2024
Asif Ali Zardari secures second term as President of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party Co-Chairman, Asif Ali Zardari, has been elected as t…

March 9, 2024
Sanjrani quits Senate, takes oath as MPA

QUETTA: Sadiq Sanjrani took oath as a member of the Balochistan Assembly on Friday, after …

March 9, 2024
Imran Riaz granted bail in Zaman Park attack case

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court in Lahore granted bail on Saturday to anchorperson Imran R…

March 9, 2024
Fully prepared to defend motherland against full spectrum of threats: COAS

RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff General Asim Munir has stated that the armed forces ar…

March 9, 2024
PML-N, PPP to scrap caretaker system

ISLAMABAD: The ruling PML-N and its coalition partner PPP have reached a consensus to abol…

March 9, 2024
ECP rejects Achakzai’s call to delay presidential polls

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) rejected on Saturday a call by Sunni …

March 9, 2024
Strawberries sweeten life for villagers in E China’s Anhui

Tan Zonghai is a skilled strawberry grower in Langjiaxi village, Huayang township, Jixi co…

March 9, 2024
New and hot terms: Two Sessions 2024

“New trio” There was a 30-percent increase in exports of the “new trio,&…

March 9, 2024
Two Sessions Explainer: How will China develop “new quality productive forces” at a faster pace?

China will strive to modernize the industrial system and develop new quality productive fo…

March 9, 2024
AI insights on the two sessions: AI anchor highlights key points of 2024 Chinese govt work report

On March 5, Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered the government work report during the openi…

March 9, 2024
Chinese-built flood control project boosts Poland’s defense against second-longest river

A newly completed flood control reservoir project undertaken by Power Construction Corpora…

March 9, 2024
Survey reveals Chinese netizens’ top concerns ahead of two sessions

Law-based governance, employment, and rural vitalization are among the top concerns of Chi…

March 9, 2024
“Two sessions” offers window for international community to understand China

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of Chi…

March 9, 2024
US backs peaceful Pakistan, India ties

UNITED NATIONS: The US would welcome “productive and peaceful relationship” between India …

March 8, 2024
Pakistan’s success tied to Balochistan’s, says army chief during Awaran visit

QUETTA: Chief of the Army Staff General Asim Munir visited on Friday Balochistan’s A…

March 8, 2024
2 terrorists killed in separate operations in Khyber, Dera Ismail Khan districts: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Two terrorists were killed in separate operations last night in Khyber Pakhtun…

March 8, 2024
PTI will go to SC against ‘tampered’ Form-45s

ISLAMABAD: PTI’s Senator Barrister Ali Zafar has announced that his party will go to the S…

March 8, 2024
FO flays efforts to portray ‘normalcy’ in held Kashmir

ISLAMABAD/SRINAGAR: As Indian PM Narendra Modi arrived in held Kashmir for his first visit…

March 8, 2024
KP govt decides to fully restore health insurance scheme at start of Ramazan

PESHAWAR: The newly-elected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Thursday decided to fully res…

March 8, 2024
PHC asks ECP to provide Form 45 to nine election losers

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday directed the Election Commission of Pakista…

March 8, 2024
President Alvi appoints three judges

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday approved the appointment of three judges o…

March 8, 2024
Pre-arrest bail of Imran, Asad extended

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday extended the pre-arrest bail of Pakistan Tehre…

March 8, 2024
“Terrorist assault” at Adiala jail thwarted

RAWALPINDI: In a joint operation, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and the police …

March 7, 2024
Dialogue with Imran mandatory, says Elahi

ISLAMABAD: Citing the formation of “fake cases” and underlining the necessity of “return o…

March 7, 2024
PM urges swift payout to K-P rain victims

PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to…

March 7, 2024
Adiala Jail official faces contempt

ISLAMABAD: A district court on Wednesday issued a notice of contempt of court to the super…

March 7, 2024
ECP uploaded ‘tampered’ Forms-45s on website: PTI

RAWALPINDI: PTI leader Taimur Jhagra on Wednesday accused the Election Commission of Pakis…

March 7, 2024
Nawaz’s sons to surrender in three corruption cases

ISLAMABAD: Both sons of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif have approached the accountabil…

March 7, 2024
Pakistan urges UNSC to ask Afghan Taliban to cut ties with TTP, eliminate terrorism

NEW YORK: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN, Munir Akram, has asked the United Nations Secur…

March 7, 2024
Army chief Gen Munir calls on PM Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir called upon newly-elected Pri…

March 6, 2024
PML-N, PPP benefit from ‘SIC-claimed’ seats

RAWALPINDI/ ISLAMABAD: After rejecting the request of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) for …

March 6, 2024
Maulana to rev up anti-rigging crusade

LAHORE: The JUI-F, unyielding in its refusal to join forces with its former allies in the …

March 6, 2024
Imran’s lawyer claims Azam gave ‘differing’ statements in cipher case

ISLAMABAD: A counsel for PTI founder Imran Khan has said that former principal secretary A…

March 6, 2024
PTI intra-party elections challenged, again

ISLAMABAD: The PTI intra-party polls, which were re-held recently after the previous ones …

March 6, 2024
SC says conditions of ‘fair trial, due process’ not met in Zulfikar Bhutto’s trial

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the trial under the 1979 judgment …

March 6, 2024
Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinets sworn in

LAHORE/PESHAWAR: Newly elected members of the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinets were …

March 6, 2024
Beneficiaries given SIC’s reserved NA seats barred from taking oath by PHC

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday barred till tomorrow (March 7) the oa…

March 6, 2024
PM Shehbaz announces relief package for calamity-hit Gwadar

GWADAR: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited the calamity-hit coastal town of Gwadar on T…

March 5, 2024
In meeting with Gandapur, PTI founder Imran ‘finalises’ names of KP cabinet

RAWALPINDI: Incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan Tuesday formall…

March 5, 2024
Sanjrani’s Senate chairmanship challenged

LAHORE: A writ petition has been submitted to the Lahore High Court (LHC), urging it to pr…

March 5, 2024
PTA head summoned to clarify position on audio leak

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday summoned the Pakistan Telecommunicatio…

March 5, 2024
Maryam Nawaz announces first public cancer hospital in Lahore

LAHORE: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has announced the establishment of Punjab’s first canc…

March 5, 2024
PTI to knock SC door after losing reserved seats

ISLAMABAD: After the Election Commission of Pakistan decided against the allocation of r…

March 5, 2024
PTV continues blackout of opposition lawmakers in NA coverage

ISLAMABAD: The state-owned electronic media on Monday continued blocking speeches made by …

March 5, 2024
KP Assembly okays Rs159 billion for govt’s March expenditure

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday approved Rs159 billion funds for the p…

March 5, 2024
IHC issues notices to info ministry, PTA on plea challenging ‘ban’ on social media site X

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued notices to the Pakistan Teleco…

March 5, 2024
Army top brass perturbed by ‘baseless accusations’ of meddling in electoral process

RAWALPINDI: The military’s top brass on Tuesday expressed dismay that some segments of pol…

March 5, 2024
Shehbaz Sharif takes oath as Pakistan’s 24th prime minister

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif on Monday took an o…

March 4, 2024
President Xi felicitates Shehbaz on election as PM

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang on Sunday congratulated Pakista…

March 4, 2024
Bilawal endorses PTI’s call for judicial inquiry into May 9 riots

ISLAMABAD: In his maiden speech during a session of the newly elected National Assembly, P…

March 4, 2024
JUI-F to abstain, MQM-P sets conditions for presidential vote

KARACHI: It seems that Asif Ali Zardari does not command the same popularity among his all…

March 4, 2024
Yousuf Gilani among 21 nominees for by-polls on six Senate seats

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party leader Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has submitted nomination…

March 4, 2024
Protest rallies against ‘rigging’: 300 PTI activists booked in Bahawalpur, Gujrat

BAHAWALPUR: Over 200 PTI activists have been booked in two FIRs registered by local police…

March 4, 2024
PkMAP slams raid in Quetta targeting Mahmood Khan Achakzai

QUETTA: The Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) strongly condemned a raid conducted on …

March 4, 2024
Senate resolution seeking ban on all social media withdrawn amid protest

ISLAMABAD: Senator Bahramand Khan Tangi on Monday withdrew his resolution seeking a ban on…

March 4, 2024
ECP rejects Sunni Ittehad Council’s plea seeking allocation of reserved seats

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday rejected a petition filed b…

March 4, 2024
Irani FM, envoy congrats Pakistani nation as Sharif sworn in as 24th PM

ISLAMABAD: Irani Ambassador to Pakistan: “I would like to express my warmest congrat…

March 3, 2024
PML-N’s Shehbaz Sharif elected prime minister for second time

ISLAMABAD: Shehbaz Sharif became the 24th Prime Minister of Pakistan by securing 201 votes…

March 3, 2024
Joint session of Parliament to elect president called on March 9

ISLAMABAD: A joint session of the Parliament to elect the next president of Pakistan has b…

March 3, 2024
Seizure of commercial consignment draws FO ire

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Saturday issued a sharp rebuke in response to India’s int…

March 3, 2024
Barrister Gohar elected PTI chairman ‘unopposed’ for second time after fresh intra-party polls

ISLAMABAD: Barrister Gohar Khan was declared the PTI chairman again following fresh intra-…

March 3, 2024
Iran held parliamentary polls successfully

TEHRAN: The election process officially kicked off at 8 AM local time on Friday, March 1, …

March 2, 2024
China urges immediate cease-fire after attacks on Gaza aid-seekers kill 112

BEIJING: China on Friday again urged the parties involved, Israel in particular, to bring …

March 2, 2024
China urges U.S. to stop interfering in HKSAR affairs

BEIJING: China deplores the U.S. statement related to the Hong Kong Special Administrative…

March 2, 2024
Imran named primary accused in May 9 riots

LAHORE: The special prosecutor has designated PTI founder Imran Khan as the primary accuse…

March 2, 2024
Zardari, Achakzai submit nomination papers for president slot

ISLAMABAD: The presidential candidate for the incoming coalition government, PPPP Presiden…

March 2, 2024
Nawaz woos Fazl for govt formation

ISLAMABAD: PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif visited the residence of JUI-F chief Maulana…

March 2, 2024
Foreign Office dismisses US ‘directions’ on probing election rigging

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has dismissed the United States’ suggestion to probe electoral discre…

March 2, 2024
Sarfraz Bugti becomes Balochistan CM ‘unopposed’

QUETTA: Months after stepping down as the caretaker interior minister, Sarfraz Bugti has b…

March 2, 2024
Lahore ATC confirms Imran’s bail in four cases

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Friday confirmed the pre-arrest bail of PTI founder Imr…

March 2, 2024
PML-N, MQM-P accord to empower local govts

ISLAMABAD: The PML-N and MQM-P on Friday signed a formal agreement to empower local govern…

March 2, 2024
Ichhra Bazaar incident: FIR filed against woman’s harassers

LAHORE: Ignoring the pressure mounted by some religious sections, the Lahore police on Fri…

March 2, 2024
SIC announces forming ‘grand alliance’

ISLAMABAD: The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), after meeting the JUI-F, has announced the for…

March 1, 2024
Sadiq, Mustafa sworn in as new speaker, deputy of NA

ISLAMABAD: A day after more than 300 members took oath as lawmakers in the National Assemb…

March 1, 2024
PTI’s Ali Amin Gandapur elected KP chief minister, demands justice for Imran and party

PESHAWAR: Amid intense sloganeering, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Friday elected PTI…

March 1, 2024
PTI’s Umar Dar reaches home after release from jail

NAROWAL: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Umar Dar returned home after spending two-a…

March 1, 2024
China, U.S. hold new round of foreign policy planning consultation

BEIJING: Miao Deyu, assistant foreign minister and director-general of the Department of P…

February 29, 2024
China’s military cautions Philippines against stirring up trouble in South China Sea

BEIJING: The Chinese military on Thursday urged the Philippines not to “be bent on a…

February 29, 2024
Imran’s letter to IMF akin to hostility towards state, says Nawaz

ISLAMABAD: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that PTI founder Imran Khan’s…

February 29, 2024
PM disapproves of Imran’s IMF letter

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has expressed his disapproval of PT…

February 29, 2024
MQM-P did not ask for any cabinet positions, says Siddiqui

ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui clarif…

February 29, 2024
Leaked audios: After Kamal, Tessori admits MQM-P’s poll ‘setback’

KARACHI: Following the recent revelation of a leaked audio featuring Mustafa Kamal, anothe…

February 29, 2024
Six terrorists killed in N Waziristan IBO

RAWALPINDI: Security forces on Wednesday carried out a meticulously planned intelligence-b…

February 29, 2024
Bajwa, Faiz pulled legislative strings, alleges Asif

ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader Khawaja Asif claimed on Wednesday that former army chief Gen (retd…

February 29, 2024
Newly elected representatives took oath in maiden session of 16th National Assembly

ISLAMABAD: Newly elected members of the 16th National Assembly (NA) were sworn in on Thurs…

February 29, 2024
Amid protest, Punjab Assembly okays Rs358bn budget for a month

LAHORE: Amid protest by the opposition, the Punjab Assembly approved here on Wednesday Rs3…

February 29, 2024
Nation has rejected ‘May 9 narrative’, says Yasmin

LAHORE: PTI’s Punjab president Dr Yasmin Rashid on Wednesday said the nation had rejected…

February 29, 2024
PTI calls on IMF to link grant of financial facility with ‘good governance’

ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Wednesday wrote a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), c…

February 28, 2024
Murad Ali Shah sworn in as CM for third time

KARACHI: Syed Murad Ali Shah was sworn in as the chief minister of Sindh for a third time …

February 28, 2024
Unfair to blame entire state for enforced disappearances: PM Kakar

ISLAMABAD: In the case related to the recovery of the missing Baloch students, Caretaker P…

February 28, 2024
Imran, Asad acquitted in protest, vandalism case

ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad acquitted on Wednesday PTI founder I…

February 28, 2024
COAS lauds Lahore cop for saving woman in Arabic print shirt from mob

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Wednesday lauded Lahore Gulbe…

February 28, 2024
PTI seeks contempt proceedings against ECP

KARACHI: Three Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidates, including its Sindh president Ha…

February 28, 2024
Imran hails Alvi’s decision to not summon NA session

RAWALPINDI: PTI founder Imran Khan hailed on Tuesday President Arif Alvi’s decision …

February 28, 2024
SP martyred, top TTP commanders killed in Mardan IBO

MARDAN: A senior police official was martyred and three others, including a DSP, were inju…

February 28, 2024
Imran nominates Amir Dogar for National Assembly speaker

ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Omer Ayub on Tuesday said party founder Imran Khan had nominated Ami…

February 28, 2024
Chinese FM asserts right to survival, development at UN human rights council

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed that all parties should protect people&…

February 27, 2024
PTI team meets Mahmood Khan Achakzai, Mengal to seek support against ‘rigging’

ISLAMABAD: With the sole agenda of raising a collective voice against the alleged rigging …

February 27, 2024
IHC admits Imran, Bushra, Qureshi’s appeals for hearing

ISLAMABAD: Admitting appeals of ex-premier Imran Khan, his spouse Bushra Bibi and ex-minis…

February 27, 2024
After refusal by president, speaker calls NA session

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Monday had to summon the maide…

February 27, 2024
Imran, Bushra Bibi indicted in £190m graft case

ISLAMABAD: A Rawalpindi accountability court on Tuesday indicted former prime minister Imr…

February 27, 2024
Speaker to summon NA session on Feb 29 if president doesn’t: Dar

LAHORE: Senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Senator Ishaq Dar, has …

February 26, 2024
IHC takes up Imran’s appeals today

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will take up today, Monday, the appeals filed by…

February 26, 2024
PPP had approached PTI first to form federal govt, says Khursheed Shah

KARACHI: Senior Pakistan Peoples Party leader Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah on Sunday disclose…

February 26, 2024
Saad Rafique calls for ‘audit’ of 2018 polls

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has asked those seeking audit of the Feb 8 electi…

February 26, 2024
Imran taps Gohar again as nominee for PTI chief

ISLAMABAD: With its founder Imran Khan in prison, the leadership role has become a conundr…

February 26, 2024
ASP Shehrbano hailed as a hero after rescuing woman from charged mob in Lahore

ASP Syeda Shehrbano Naqvi is being hailed as a hero by Pakistan’s celebrities after she sa…

February 26, 2024
Maryam Nawaz Sharif becomes Punjab’s first female CM

LAHORE: Amid boycotts and delays, the Punjab Assembly on Monday elected PML-N’s Maryam Naw…

February 26, 2024
China vows to continue constructive role in Korean Peninsula issue

BEIJING: The Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Korean Peninsula Affairs …

February 25, 2024
China launches new communication technology experiment satellite

BEIJING: China successfully sent a communication technology experiment satellite into spac…

February 25, 2024
PTI changes its Punjab CM nominee

LAHORE: The PTI has named Rana Aftab Ahmed Khan as its new candidate for the post of the P…

February 25, 2024
Special bench formed to hear Imran’s appeals tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) formed a special division bench on Saturday to h…

February 25, 2024
ECP gears up to hold election for president by March 9

ISLAMABAD: Still coping with the post-poll challenges amid rigging allegations, the Electi…

February 25, 2024
May 9 and other cases: ATC to hear Imran’s bail pleas sans his virtual attendance

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday decided to hear the petitions of incarce…

February 25, 2024
Sindh govt to probe poll violence, provide justice, says Bilawal

KARACHI: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday said the upcoming Sindh governme…

February 25, 2024
PML-N wins speaker, deputy positions in Punjab PA

LAHORE: A day after more than 300 members took oath as lawmakers in the Punjab Assembly, t…

February 25, 2024
Iran felicitates over Pakistan’s polls, reiterates deeper ties

ISLAMABAD:Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Friday called Foreign Minis…

February 24, 2024
Newly-elected lawmakers take oath during inaugural Sindh Assembly session

KARACHI: Newly elected lawmakers took their oath on Saturday during the inaugural session …

February 24, 2024
PTI protests bid to bar leaders’ entry to Punjab Assembly

LAHORE: In the presence of heavy police deployment, led by none other than the inspector g…

February 24, 2024
MQM-P team discusses power-sharing formula with Shehbaz

LAHORE: An MQM-P delegation called on PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif here on Friday and di…

February 24, 2024
PPP backs Murad to rule Sindh

KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday named Syed Murad Ali Shah for the pos…

February 24, 2024
Opposition parties unite in Sindh to protest against ‘election fraud’

KARACHI: In a joint press conference held in Karachi on Friday, the Grand Democratic Allia…

February 23, 2024
Pakistan terms Israel policies as apartheid at UN court

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday joined over 50 countries in advancing its argument in the hi…

February 23, 2024
Imran Riaz sent to jail in corruption case

LAHORE: A Lahore district and sessions court rejected the request for physical remand by t…

February 23, 2024
China urges U.S. to stop arms sales to Taiwan

BEIJING: The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged the United States to stop arms sal…

February 23, 2024
China vows to intensify BRICS strategic partnership with all parties

BEIJING: China stands ready to work with all parties to continue deepening the BRICS strat…

February 23, 2024
Parvez accuses Punjab CM Naqvi of stealing people’s mandate

LAHORE: Incarcerated PTI President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Thursday accused Caretaker Chi…

February 23, 2024
Pakistan ‘to seek $6bn in new IMF programme’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan plans to seek a new loan of at least $6 billion from the Internationa…

February 23, 2024
JUI-F to hold nationwide protests against ‘rigging’

ISLAMABAD: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl held a workers’ convention in the federal capital…

February 23, 2024
Imran wants IMF to link loan with election audit

ISLAMABAD: PTI founding chairman Imran Khan will write to the IMF urging it to call for an…

February 23, 2024
Chattha ‘recants’ explosive rigging claims in letter to ECP

ISLAMABAD: Days after dropping a bombshell by confessing that he played a role in rigging …

February 23, 2024
Punjab MPAs take oath; election for speaker, deputy speaker to be held tomorrow

LAHORE: Amid protests and delays, newly elected representatives were sworn into the Punjab…

February 23, 2024
Chinese market boosting growth in Brazilian coffee exports

Brazil exported more than 39.24 million 60-kg bags of coffee last year, on par with those …

February 23, 2024
Chinese, Thai builders continue work on Thailand’s high-speed railway during Spring Festival

Construction of the China-Thailand railway, a key project under the Belt and Road Initiati…

February 23, 2024
China contributes to Antarctic studies, protection over past 40 years

China’s Qinling Station started operation on Inexpressible Island in the Terra Nova …

February 23, 2024
PTI-backed independents join Sunni Ittehad Council

ISLAMABAD: Almost all PTI-backed winning independent candidates of national and provincial…

February 22, 2024
Verdict on Salman Akram’s plea reserved

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition by PTI-backe…

February 22, 2024
MQM-P wants four ministries as JUI-F also seeks role in Centre

ISLAMABAD: A day after the PML-N and the PPP evolved a consensus on a power-sharing deal t…

February 22, 2024
Maryam Nawaz unveils development game plan for Punjab

LAHORE: PML-N candidate for Punjab chief minister Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday described cor…

February 22, 2024
PHC grants bail in 18 cases to PTI nominee for Punjab CM slot

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court on Wednesday granted protective bail to MPA-elect and nomine…

February 22, 2024
Yasmin seeks judiciary’s attention: Women in jail for 9 months ‘without any evidence’

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s incarcerated leader Dr Yasmin Rashid has sent a message…

February 22, 2024
PTI to hold intra-party elections on March 3

ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Thursday announced that it would be holding fresh intra-party electi…

February 22, 2024
SC dismisses petition seeking voidance of Feb 8 general elections

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of a plea seeking the February 8 genera…

February 21, 2024
SHC displeased, seeks reasons for suspension of internet services on election day

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday expressed displeasure at the suspension o…

February 21, 2024
IHC issues non-bailable arrest warrants for Islamabad DC in contempt case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants f…

February 21, 2024
Midnight deal unites PPP, PML-N, eyes power sharing

ISLAMABAD: After multiple rounds of talks spanning over one week, a consensus was reached …

February 21, 2024
US vetoes ceasefire, prolonging deadly conflict in Gaza

UNITED NATIONS: The United States once again exercised its veto power on Tuesday to block …

February 21, 2024
Martial law in Pakistan fueled by individuals, not military: CJP Isa

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Tuesday wondered whether revis…

February 21, 2024
‘Mother of all rigging’ has made Pakistan laughing stock globally, says Imran

RAWALPINDI: PTI’s founder Imran Khan has said that the “mother of all rigging” must end no…

February 20, 2024
Bilawal stands firmly by PPP’s stance on govt formation

ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Tuesday that his party was standing…

February 20, 2024
IHC seeks answers on phone surveillance

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has once again summoned the heads of the Intelli…

February 20, 2024
Senate echoes with cries of action against CEC

ISLAMABAD: The first Senate session following the February 8 general elections echoed with…

February 20, 2024
IHC suspends ‘wins’ on all three Capital seats

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday suspended the notification of three re…

February 20, 2024
Solangi urges patience as probe into ex-commissioner’s rigging allegations continues

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Information, Broadcasting, and Parliamentary Affairs Mur…

February 19, 2024
PM vows ‘exemplary punishment’ to violent trolls targeting civil servants

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar said on Monday that the state of Pa…

February 19, 2024
PTI moves PHC for reserve seats

PESHAWAR: The PTI filed a petition in the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday seeking to b…

February 19, 2024
Govt, ECP take action against former Pindi Commissioner

RAWALPINDI: The fallout of bombshell allegations about election rigging levelled by former…

February 19, 2024
PTI forges alliance with Sunni Ittehad Council, vows to form govt

ISLAMABAD: Two days after its decision to sit on the opposition benches and launch a count…

February 19, 2024
Gandapur’s KP CM ambitions sealed by ECP victory notification

PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Sunday notified the victory of PTI leader…

February 19, 2024
PM Kakar remains absent from IHC hearing on Baloch missing students case

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Monday again failed to appear be…

February 19, 2024
Wang meets Blinken, calls for sound, steady, sustainable development of ties

BEIJING: During a meeting on Friday with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidel…

February 18, 2024
Wang Yi urges efforts to put China-Canada relations back on track

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday called for efforts to put China-Cana…

February 18, 2024
Wang Yi calls for deepening cooperation, practicing multilateralism with Poland

BEIJING; China is willing to work with Poland to enhance political mutual trust, deepen mu…

February 18, 2024
Wang Yi reaffirms China’s efforts to end Ukraine crisis

BEIJING: China will continue to play a constructive role in ending the Russia-Ukraine conf…

February 18, 2024
CEC should tender apology or be ready to face Article 6: PTI’s Haleem Adil

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh has said that C…

February 18, 2024
‘This is May 9 part two’, says PML-N leader on Rawalpindi commissioner’s allegations

LAHORE: As the country faces political upheaval after the February 8 elections, Pakistan …

February 18, 2024
PML-N to be PPP’s ally in Balochistan, claims Sarfraz Bugti

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Sarfraz Bugti Sunday said that the Pakistan…

February 18, 2024
X, formerly Twitter, reportedly inaccessible in Pakistan again

ISLAMABAD: Internet users in Pakistan are reportedly facing issues in accessing X, formerl…

February 18, 2024
HBL PSL 9 begins with glitzy opening ceremony

LAHORE: The opening ceremony of the ninth season of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) ki…

February 18, 2024
Pagara raises spectre of martial law

KARACHI: Tens of thousands of supporters of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) staged a s…

February 17, 2024
PTI decries ‘historic electoral heist’

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday dialled up its attacks against tam…

February 17, 2024
PPP sticks to party line on cabinet posts

ISLAMABAD: Following the latest round of inter-party discussions between the PML-N and PPP…

February 17, 2024
PTI to sit in opposition in Centre, Punjab on Imran’s directives: Saif

ISLAMABAD: Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, a leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), an…

February 17, 2024
Imran says PTI will not exact political revenge

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Friday stressed the need…

February 17, 2024
ECP refutes Rawalpindi commissioner’s allegations, initiates inquiry

RAWALPINDI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released a statement on Saturday den…

February 17, 2024
Nine terrorists killed in K-P in two separate operations

The security forces on Friday and Saturday in two separate targeted intelligence-based ope…

February 17, 2024
PPP says Fazl was ‘main beneficiary’ of no-confidence motion

ISLAMABAD: Terming the alliance between Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F (JUI-F) and Pakistan Tehree…

February 17, 2024
Chinese envoy advocates international cooperation against terrorism

ISLAMABAD: China’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), Zhang Jun, o…

February 16, 2024
Imran, Bushra challenge Toshakhana, cypher sentences

ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi challenged their respective sentences on Fr…

February 16, 2024
Gen Bajwa urged withdrawal of no-confidence motion against Imran Khan, claims PML-N’s Malik Ahmad

LAHORE: PML-N leader Malik Ahmad Khan said on Friday that former army chief retired Genera…

February 16, 2024
Fazl alleges Gen Faiz, Gen Bajwa engineered no-confidence move against Imran

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Thursday claim…

February 15, 2024
PTI nominates Omar Ayub for prime minister’s slot

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has nominated party stalwart Omar Ayub Khan …

February 15, 2024
IHC reserves verdict on pleas challenging ECP notifications for capital seats

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) reserved its verdict on Wednesday on petitions c…

February 15, 2024
PPP set to form coalition govt in Balochistan

QUETTA: As the protests against alleged rigging in the election intensified in several par…

February 15, 2024
Fazlur Rehman rejects ‘rigged’ poll results, invites PML-N to join JUI-F on opposition benches

PESHAWAR: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday rejected the “rigged” results of …

February 14, 2024
Nawaz picks Shehbaz Sharif for PM, Maryam Nawaz for Punjab CM slots

LAHORE: Former ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday picked Shehbaz Shari…

February 14, 2024
Qaiser moves IHC to meet Imran at Adiala Jail

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Asad Qaiser, who is a former National Assembly speak…

February 14, 2024
Elahi secures bail in illegal recruitment case

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday granted bail to PTI President Chaudhry Pe…

February 14, 2024
PTI to seek justice from courts against Feb 8 ‘rigging’, says Imran

RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Tehree-e-Insaf (PTI) will challenge the results of the February 8…

February 13, 2024
PTI leaders share election ‘irregularities’ with President Alvi

Leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) held a meeting with President Dr Arif Alvi on Mo…

February 13, 2024
PTI joins hands with JI, MWM to form govt in Center, Punjab and KP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced making a government in Centre and Punj…

February 13, 2024
Pleas against victory of Maryam, Khawaja Asif, Aleem dismissed

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed several petitions, mostly by the PTI-bac…

February 13, 2024
Lahore ATC holds jail trial of PTI leaders, workers in May 9 violence case

LAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Court on Monday conducted proceedings of two cases against PTI …

February 13, 2024
SC moved to declare elections void, order repolling

ISLAMABAD: A private petition has been filed in the Supreme Court on Monday to declare the…

February 13, 2024
Nation ‘accepted’ election results, PM Kakar asserts

ISLAMABAD: Despite the litany of challenges being filed in courts across the country again…

February 13, 2024
IHC summons PM Kakar on Feb 19 in missing Baloch students case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday summoned caretaker Prime Minister Anw…

February 13, 2024
Ready to sit in opposition if independents form government, says Shehbaz

LAHORE: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that his party will “gladly sit in …

February 13, 2024
PSL season 9 trophy unveiled in Lahore

LAHORE: The trophy for the ninth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) was unveiled a…

February 13, 2024
PTI demands CEC’s resignation over ‘poll fraud’

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has demanded the immediate resignation of Ch…

February 12, 2024
Jahangir Tareen quits politics, Sirajul Haq steps down as party chief

ISLAMABAD: Days after the country went to polls, uncertainty continued to loom large on Mo…

February 12, 2024
PTI to join hands with ‘another’ to get reserved seats

ISLAMABAD: Realising that the lack of reserved seats would severely dent their chances of…

February 12, 2024
PML-N, PPP make ‘first formal contact’ to form govt

LAHORE: As political wheeling and dealing has reached its peak in the aftermath of the Feb…

February 12, 2024
Half dozen independents join PML-N

LAHORE: The concerns over PTI’s success in keeping intact its candidates who won as indepe…

February 12, 2024
ANP refuses election loss, calls for investigation

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party has rejected the results of Feb 8 general elections and dem…

February 12, 2024
Police of Twin Cities detain numerous PTI protesters

RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD: As the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) took to the streets in the twi…

February 12, 2024
Defeated PTI candidates. others in Punjab call for vote recount

BAHAWALPUR: A number of defeated National Assembly (NA) candidates belonging to the Pakist…

February 12, 2024
MQM-P, PML-N explores methods for coalition government formation

LAHORE: A delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) led by Khalid Maqboo…

February 12, 2024
Sheikh Rashid released after bail

RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed was released on Saturday a…

February 11, 2024
ECP bars ROs from issuing final notifications for NA-47, NA-48

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) stopped the Returning Officer (RO) on…

February 11, 2024
Terrorist leader killed in IBO in Khyber: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: A militant ringleader was killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) …

February 11, 2024
Two NDM members slain, Mohsin Dawar injured in North Waziristan attack

NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Two National Democratic Movement workers were killed and 15 others, i…

February 11, 2024
FO taken aback by worldwide criticism of free elections

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Saturday voiced its surprise over the international criti…

February 11, 2024
SC moved to order independents to join party within three days

ISLAMABAD: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court to bind the elected independent …

February 11, 2024
Caretaker PM envisages coalition government formation

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has expressed his best wishes and…

February 11, 2024
President Alvi suggests EVMs could have averted election crisis

ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi on Saturday stressed digitalising the voting process and, w…

February 11, 2024
Three PTI-backed NA candidates challenge provisional poll results

KARACHI: Three independent candidates, who are members of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, ha…

February 11, 2024
Firdous Awan, 10 others accused of assaulting policeman during election duty

NAROWAL: Former federal minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan and 10 others have been booked for …

February 11, 2024
Hammad, Moonis caution officers against involvement in post-election rigging

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) central Punjab secretary general Hammad Azhar and p…

February 11, 2024
ECP failed to hold fair elections: JI

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Ameer Engineer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman alleged that the…

February 10, 2024
Court grants bail to Imran, Qureshi in May 9 cases

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi granted bail to former premier and …

February 10, 2024
UN, EU and UK express concerns over election tensions

UNITED NATIONS: While UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern about suspen…

February 10, 2024
PTI to contest ‘fraudulent polls result’

LAHORE: PTI secretary Omar Ayub Khan, has instructed all party candidates and polling agen…

February 10, 2024
Salman Akram Raja vs Awn Chaudhry — LHC stays result in NA-128

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court restrained the returning officer of the NA-128 constituency …

February 10, 2024
Imran made AI-generated speech, claimed victory in Center, Punjab and KP

ISLAMABAD: Following the victory of candidates with its support in the Feb 8 polls, the PT…

February 10, 2024
Xi Jinping extends Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Cen…

February 9, 2024
Luxury Redefined: One Homes appoint world leading lighting design consultant ZKLD Studio for One Canal Road

LAHORE: One Homes, Pakistan’s leading luxury real estate developer, in a first for Pakista…

February 7, 2024
Wang Yi calls for healthy development of China-South Korea ties

BEIJING: Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central…

February 7, 2024
OGRA seeks to raise gas prices again to meet IMF condition

ISLAMABAD: In order to meet the IMF’s mid-February deadline, the Oil and Gas Regulatory A…

February 7, 2024
Yasmin, others indicted in 2 May 9 case riots cases

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court indicted PTI’s Punjab President Dr Yasmin Rashid, Senator …

February 7, 2024
Cabinet okays PIA restructuring

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved the restructuring of Pakistan Internati…

February 7, 2024
PTI seeks review of SC ruling on intra-party elections

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) filed a review petition on Tuesday against t…

February 6, 2024
No directives yet to suspend mobile, internet services on election day: Solangi

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi said on Tuesday that the governm…

February 6, 2024
Bushra Bibi moves IHC for transfer to Adiala jail

ISLAMABAD: PTI founder Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi on Tuesday filed a petition in …

February 6, 2024
Polling material sent to ROs

PESHAWAR: As candidates geared up for last-ditch effort to woo voters on the last day of t…

February 6, 2024
ATC to hear Imran’s bail pleas today

RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorist court (ATC) judge will hear today (Tuesday) the bail applica…

February 6, 2024
Foreign observers meet CEC

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja met with a delegation of the C…

February 6, 2024
Kashmir Day: Military pays homage to valiant struggle of Kashmiris

RAWALPINDI: In a display of solidarity, Pakistan’s Armed Forces, alongside the Chair…

February 5, 2024
ECP asks govt to stop PIA privatisation

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has asked the caretaker provincial governme…

February 5, 2024
Lahore ATC defers Imran’s bail pleas in May 9th case

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday adjourned the hearing of pre-arrest bail petit…

February 4, 2024
Minister vows robust preparedness for free, fair, peaceful elections on 8 Feb

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Information and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi…

February 4, 2024
Government takes bold measures for economic stability: Shamshad

KARACHI: Caretaker Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar stated on Saturday that the interim…

February 4, 2024
PTI defies police raid, holds rally in Swabi

SWABI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leaders during a power show here on Saturday said implicat…

February 4, 2024
Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi face hard time: Hit with 7-Year sentence in Iddat case

ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad court on Saturday sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and h…

February 4, 2024
ECP bars Qureshi from electoral race for 5Yr period

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday declared former foreign minis…

February 4, 2024
Polls postponed on three K-P seats

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has stopped the elections in one National A…

February 3, 2024
Imran alleges receiving ‘offer’ ahead of iddat case verdict today

ISLAMABAD: A local court on Friday reserved its verdict in the case related to the marriag…

February 3, 2024
Pakistan, EU agree to bolster ties

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the European Union on Friday agreed to further deepen their relati…

February 2, 2024
PTI delays intra-party elections

ISLAMABAD: A day after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced the schedule for fresh…

February 2, 2024
24 terrorists neutralized in Mach: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed at least 24 terrorists after the attacks on Mach and Ko…

February 2, 2024
FIA summons Aleema Khan for ‘spreading fear and panic’

ISLAMABAD: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has initiated a cybercrime inquiry against A…

February 2, 2024
Xi stresses development of new productive forces, high-quality development

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Commi…

February 2, 2024
Islamabad presses Kabul for TTP leaders’ extradition

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday reiterated its demand for Afghanistan to extradite the lea…

February 2, 2024
Imran asserts Banigala sub-jail not result of any deal

ISLAMABAD: As speculations make rounds about an alleged deal which resulted in the impriso…

February 2, 2024
Decisions from “elsewhere” only being announced by “puppets” says IK

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, who was handed down a 14-year jail sent…

February 2, 2024
28.3 percent inflation recorded in January 2024

Inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), surged by 28.3 per cent year-on-yea…

February 1, 2024
Dera Ismail Khan operation: 2 terrorists including ‘high-value target’ killed says ISPR

Security forces killed two terrorists, including a “high-value target (HVT)”, during an in…

February 1, 2024
PTI plans new intra-party elections set for February 5

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced on Thursday that the party will ho…

February 1, 2024
Interior minister asserts polls on Feb 8 to proceed despite circumstances, following ECP meeting

ISLAMABAD: Following a pivotal meeting of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regard…

February 1, 2024
1 killed, 6 injured in multiple attacks across Balochistan

QUETTA: A person was killed while six others, including a cop, sustained injuries in multi…

February 1, 2024
Railways digitalises fuel monitoring system

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways on Wednesday introduced a fuel monitoring system based on in…

February 1, 2024
Petrol price hiked by Rs13.55 per litre

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government on Wednesday increased the per-litre price of petrol b…

February 1, 2024
Caretakers leave FBR to elected government following ECP rejection

After the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) barred the caretaker government from mov…

January 31, 2024
Hong Kong’s new security law proposed by Hong Kong has EU ‘concerned’

The European Union has raised concerns that Hong Kong’s plan for a new national security l…

January 31, 2024
LHC guides Pemra to provide candidates ‘free and unrestricted’ access to media platforms

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory…

January 31, 2024
PTI-affiliated election candidate from Bajaur shot dead

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate from NA-8 Bajaur, Rehan Zeb Khan, was s…

January 31, 2024
2024 elections: Military top brass pledges vigilance amid political violence concerns

RAWALPINDI: The nation’s top military leadership on Wednesday unequivocally pledged …

January 31, 2024
ECP to hold meeting tomorrow on worsening law and order in KP, Balochistan

ISLAMABAD: Just eight days before the country goes to polls, the Election Commission of Pa…

January 31, 2024
China accepts new Afghan ambassador, establishes normal diplomatic relation

BEIJING: China’s acceptance of the appointment of the new Afghan ambassador to China…

January 31, 2024
PML-N, IPP hail judgement against Imran, Qureshi in cipher case

ISLAMABAD: The PML-N, a major political rival of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, and its ally in…

January 31, 2024
SBP seeks designs for new currency notes

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has invited the general public to submit designs…

January 31, 2024
Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi get 14-year term in Toshakhana reference

RAWALPINDI: In yet another blow to Imran Khan and his party, the former premier and his wi…

January 31, 2024
FO confirms airlift of 9 slain Pakistanis’ bodies from Iran to Multan today

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) said on Wednesday that the bodies of nine Pakistani nat…

January 31, 2024
4 dead, 5 injured in blast at PTI rally in Sibi

QUETTA: At least four people were killed while five were wounded in a bomb blast at a PTI …

January 30, 2024
China, France forge stronger comprehensive strategic partnership

BEIJING: A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Monday that China will work with Fra…

January 30, 2024
SC Larger bench to hear appeals on military trials

ISLAMABAD: Senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court Justice Sardar Tariq Masood on Monday …

January 30, 2024
Imran lambasts ‘unilateral’ jail proceedings

ISLAMABAD: As former prime minister Imran Khan decried what he called ‘unilateral’ proceed…

January 30, 2024
Security forces neutralize 6 militants in Mach terror foiling: Jan Achakzai

QUETTA: Interim Balochistan Information Minister Jan Achakzai on Tuesday said that six mil…

January 30, 2024
Imran, Qureshi sentenced to 10 years in prison in cipher case

ISLAMABAD: A special court established under the Official Secrets Act on Tuesday handed bo…

January 30, 2024
Pakistan, Iran resolve to bolster military coordination amidst tensions

RAWALPINDI: In the aftermath of recent unprecedented missile exchanges and the tragic kill…

January 29, 2024
China plays critical role in global peace, development: UNGA President

BEIJING: China’s role in upholding multilateralism and promoting peace and sustainab…

January 29, 2024
Chinese Ambassador presses for ‘correct responses’ to critical questions in China-U.S. relations

BEIJING: Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng on Sunday called for efforts to …

January 29, 2024
China, Thailand vow to bolster pragmatic partnership in multiple fields

BEIJING: China and Thailand on Sunday pledged to deepen pragmatic cooperation between the …

January 29, 2024
SC orders FIA to retract notices sent to journalists

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday to …

January 29, 2024
Iranian Envoy asserts support of third state for militants in Iran, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian asserted on Monday that there…

January 29, 2024
25 PTI workers nabbed for trying to stage rallies in Pindi

RAWALPINDI: As the political environment is highly charged in the country with political p…

January 29, 2024
PTI rallies across Punjab despite crackdown efforts

LAHORE: The police launched a brutal crackdown on Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidate…

January 29, 2024
ATC again adjourns Imran, Qureshi bail hearings

RAWALPINDI: The Special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday once again adjourned the he…

January 28, 2024
President Alvi hails ICJ verdict on Gaza genocide

ISLAMABAD: Welcoming the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the prevent…

January 28, 2024
PTI gears up for first major demonstration post May 9 riots

ISLAMABAD: On the call of founding chairman Imran Khan, ticket holders and workers of Paki…

January 28, 2024
CJP Isa takes notice of journalists’ harassment by FIA

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Saturday took suo motu notice …

January 28, 2024
PTI’s Hammad Azhar father’s arrested in Lahore before election rally

LAHORE: PTI leader and former federal minister Hammad Azhar on Sunday said that his octoge…

January 28, 2024
China, U.S. discuss international and regional issues, agree to boost cooperation in anti-drug, AI

BEIJING: China and the U.S. have agreed to launch a joint working group on anti-drug coope…

January 27, 2024
Nawaz unveils PML-N manifesto, vows full implementation upon election win

LAHORE: With elections less than two weeks away, Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML-N) supr…

January 27, 2024
One Homes unleashes groundbreaking consumer campaign in Pakistan’s Real Estate history

LAHORE: Embarking on a new era of opulent living, One Home, Pakistan’s leading luxur…

January 27, 2024
China vehemently opposes U.S. comments on ‘China’s outer-space threat’

BEIJING: The United States has long been repeatedly hyping up China as a “threat in …

January 27, 2024
Chinese, DPRK vice FMs hold talks in Pyongyang

BEIJING: Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong held talks with his Democratic People&#…

January 27, 2024
Pakistan, Iran restore official diplomatic relations

ISLAMABAD: The diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Iran have been officially restore…

January 27, 2024
Pakistan establishes relations with St Kitts, Nevis

NEWYORK: Pakistan and St Kitts & Nevis, an island nation between the Caribbean Sea and…

January 27, 2024
State lawyers assigned to Imran, Qureshi in cipher case

ISLAMABAD: The special court formed to hear cases under the Official Secrets Act appointed…

January 27, 2024
China firmly opposes Philippine building on Nansha Islands

BEIJING: China firmly opposes the Philippine side conducting any form of construction acti…

January 26, 2024
Chinese FM to meet U.S. national security advisor Sullivan in Bangkok

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist P…

January 26, 2024
Court adjourns Imran’s indictment in £190m case

RAWALPINDI: An accountability court could not indict former prime minister Imran Khan and …

January 26, 2024
SC clears Elahi for election candidacy

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) overturned the rejection on Friday of PTI central presid…

January 26, 2024
PTI alleges party websites ‘restricted’ in Pakistan prior to elections

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) claimed on Friday that its websites were …

January 26, 2024
Pakistan calls on UN to ensure protection of Muslim sites in India

UNITED NATIONS: Following religious clashes sparked by the opening this week of a controv…

January 26, 2024
PHC turns down PTI’s bid for polls under judicial monitoring

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court on Thursday declared as not maintainable and rejected plea o…

January 26, 2024
Pakistan unearths ‘compelling evidence’ of Indian agents’ links to assassination of two Pakistanis

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi on Thursday said Islamabad had “cr…

January 25, 2024
China, Nauru forge a new phase in bilateral relations, Wang Yi

BEIJING: China and Nauru on Wednesday opened a new chapter in relations as the two countri…

January 25, 2024
Xi holds talks with Mirziyoyev in Beijing, both reiterate strengthening relations

BEIJING: China and Uzbekistan upgraded their relations to an all-weather comprehensive str…

January 25, 2024
IHC revalidates Islamabad DC’s authority to detain individuals under MPO

ISLAMABAD: A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday restored the po…

January 25, 2024
Two PML-N leaders vindicated in ‘Anti-State’ speech case

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday acquitted PML-N leaders Marriyum Aurangzeb an…

January 25, 2024
Parvez Elahi takes nomination paper rejection battle to SC

ISLAMABAD: PTI President Parvez Elahi took his legal battle to the Supreme Court on Wednes…

January 25, 2024
Imran alleges section 144 enforcement in Punjab aimed at obstructing PTI events

RAWALPINDI: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that the Punjab government …

January 25, 2024
ECP denies allocation of GDA’s election symbol to Fehmida Mirza

ISLAMABAD: The Election commission of Pakistan (ECP) has refused to allocate Grand Democra…

January 25, 2024
Declared ‘highly sensitive’: Sindh identifies over 6,000 polling stations

KARACHI: Out of total 19,004 polling stations, over 1,3000 have been declared sensitive an…

January 25, 2024
Capital gears up with 10,000 security officials on for poll day duty

ISLAMABAD: About 10,000 officials of police and other security agencies will perform secur…

January 25, 2024
Gohar Ejaz assumes role as caretaker interior minister

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Commerce, Industries and Production Gohar Ejaz w…

January 24, 2024
COAS Munir cautions youth on dangers of social media

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff General Asim Munir cautioned the youth on Wednesday aga…

January 24, 2024
Chinese envoy condemns Israeli laedership’s rebuff of two-state solution

NEW YORK: The Israeli leadership’s rejection of the two-state solution is unacceptab…

January 24, 2024
SHC calls in accused in Murtaza Bhutto murder case

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has ordered the accused to ensure their presence at th…

January 24, 2024
Punjab electoral costs set at Rs4.59bn

RAWALPINDI: The total estimated expenditure for the upcoming national elections scheduled …

January 24, 2024
President Alvi urges agricultural tech implementation to combat climate change

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi, on Tuesday, highlighted the crucial role of adopting mo…

January 24, 2024
Govt authorizes Troop Deployment for Election security

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker federal cabinet on Tuesday – on the recommendation of the interim…

January 24, 2024
Shah Khawer to take charge as acting Chairman PCB

LAHORE: Shah Khawer, the current election commissioner of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)…

January 24, 2024
Baloch protesters wrap up sit-in outside Islamabad’s national press club

ISLAMABAD: Baloch Yekjehti Committee (BYC) leader Dr Mahrang Baloch called off on Tuesday …

January 23, 2024
SC summons Qasim Suri in election rigging probe

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) summoned former deputy speaker of the National Assembly …

January 23, 2024
Imran Khan appeals to IHC for bail in Toshakhana and £190mn corruption allegations

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan moved the Islamabad High Cour…

January 23, 2024
International journalists, observers to cover Feb 8 elections: Solangi

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi said on Tuesday that internation…

January 23, 2024
China’s Xinjiang struck by powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake

BEIJING: A 7.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Wushi County in Aksu Prefecture in northwest Ch…

January 23, 2024
Russia, UAE Commit $1bn investment for Railway

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to receive an investment of up to $1 billion in its struggling …

January 23, 2024
Capital’s Schools Shut Down Amidst Heightened Security Alert

ISLAMABAD: In response to a security alert issued by the security agencies, a significant …

January 23, 2024
Javed Hashmi pulls out of Polls, backs PTI candidate

MULTAN: In a major development on the political landscape ahead of the general elections, …

January 23, 2024
Another official accuses Imran for missing cipher

RAWALPINDI: Another former bureaucrat has testified before a special court that Imran Khan…

January 23, 2024
Pakistan slams Modi’s inauguration of Hindu temple on site of razed mosque in India

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday condemned the construction and consecration of the ‘Ram Temp…

January 23, 2024
Imran Khan labels Election Plan as ‘Mother of all Selection’

RAWALPINDI: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on…

January 23, 2024
China to launch record number of spaceflights in 2024

BEIJING: China is expected to launch an unprecedented number of spacecraft this year as th…

January 22, 2024
China calls for more efforts in advancing South-South cooperation

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special representative Liu Guozhong attended…

January 22, 2024
Iranian FM to visit Pakistan on Jan 29, envoys of both states to return to their posts: Foreign Office

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) said on Monday that Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Ami…

January 22, 2024
Former minister Fawad Chaudhry announces full boycott of February 8 polls”

ISLAMABAD: Former information minister Fawad Chaudhry on Monday announced that he and his …

January 22, 2024
Govt identifies 500+ social media accounts in anti-judiciary campaign: Solangi

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government said on Monday it had identified 500 social media acco…

January 22, 2024
Successful IBO eliminates 7 terrorists in Zhob: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Seven terrorists were killed on Monday during an intelligence-based operation …

January 22, 2024
Islamabad protests endangers peace and stability, warns Jan Achakzai

QUETTA: Balochistan caretaker Minister for Information, Jan Achakzai, while expressing his…

January 22, 2024
ECP unveils nomination list for February 8 Elections

ISLAMABAD: With the general elections a little over two weeks away, the Election Commissio…

January 22, 2024
Gohar cautions against pushing PTI to irreversible point

ISLAMABAD: Former PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan has said that those in power shoul…

January 22, 2024
China lauds Non-Aligned Movement’s efforts in advancing global peace

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special representative, Liu Guozhong, attend…

January 21, 2024
China, U.S. restart agricultural cooperation mechanism

BEIJING: China and the U.S. restarted their agricultural cooperation mechanism as China…

January 21, 2024
Brazilian President Lula vows support for one-China policy

BEIJING: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged unswerving commitment to th…

January 21, 2024
PTI holds first power show in Swabi since May 9

SWABI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf organised its first power show since the May 9 incidents a…

January 21, 2024
PML-N to resist poll delay: Shehbaz Sharif

ISLAMABAD: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has said his party will resist any move to postp…

January 21, 2024
Imran warns unfair polls to aggravate instability, demands level playing field

ISLAMABAD: Speaking to reporters at Adiala Jail after the hearing of the Toshakhana case, …

January 21, 2024
Pakistan-China friendship enhanced with CPEC Corner unveiling at Foreign Office

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister …

January 21, 2024
China, Brazil to enter another ‘golden 50 years’, foster bilateral ties: Wang Yi

BEIJING: China and Brazil will jointly build another “golden 50 years” of bila…

January 21, 2024
Social media platforms, internet service down amid PTI ‘Virtual Jalsa’

ISLAMABAD: Internet monitor Netblocks has reported a nationwide disruption to social media…

January 20, 2024
PML-N to unveil its manifesto on Jan 27

LAHORE: With just three weeks remaining until the general elections, the Pakistan Muslim L…

January 20, 2024
Zaka Ashraf resigns as PCB Chairman

LAHORE: Zaka Ashraf tendered his resignation as the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Interim…

January 20, 2024
Border trade between Iran, Pakistan remains unaffected

QUETTA: Trade activities between Pakistan and Iran continued as usual, as both countries k…

January 20, 2024
Pakistan, Iran agree to de-escalate situation and bolster coordination to counter terrorism

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday expressed the desire to work with Iran “based on the spirit …

January 19, 2024
ECP directs security personnel to remain ‘neutral ‘ on Feb 8

ISLAMABAD: With general elections just a few weeks away, the Election Commission of Pakist…

January 19, 2024
Caretaker govt moves SC against IHC order declaring Imran’s cipher trial illegal

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government on Friday approached the Supreme Court challenging the…

January 19, 2024
Azam Khan testifies in cipher case

RAWALPINDI: Azam Khan, the principal secretary to former prime minister Imran Khan, took a…

January 19, 2024
National Security Committee to meet amid Pak-Iran tensions

ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee (NSC) is set to convene an emergency meeting la…

January 19, 2024
PM Kakar constitutes committee to ensure smooth conduct of polls 2024

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Thursday constituted a seven-mem…

January 19, 2024
Pakistan, Dubai signs $3 billion at Davos

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Dubai on Thursday inked two agreements worth over $3 billion on co…

January 19, 2024
China, Africa vow to continue communication, enhance cooperation

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi wrapped up his visit to Africa after meeting a s…

January 18, 2024
Pakistan conducts ‘Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar’, retaliates with strikes on militant targets in Iran

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday morning struck terrorist hideouts in Iran’s Siestan-o-Balu…

January 18, 2024
Iran admits carrying out deadly strike on Pakistan territory

TEHRAN: Officials in Islamabad said two children were killed and three others injured in t…

January 18, 2024
PM Kakar rules out delay in polls 2024

DAVOS: Caretaker Prime Minister (PM) Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has reiterated that the general e…

January 18, 2024
Pakistan condemns airspace violation as Iran targets ‘militant bases’ in Panjgur

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned the unprovoked violation of its airspace by Ira…

January 18, 2024
Pakistan severs ties with Iran after Balochistan air strikes

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recalled its envoy and concurrently expelled Iranian ambassadors a…

January 18, 2024
China calls on Iran, Pakistan to show restraint amid Iran strikes in Balochistan

BEIJING – China has reacted to Iran’s air strikes in Pakistan as an unprovoked air space v…

January 18, 2024
Need to eradicate “Kalashnikov culture” from the country: CJP Issa

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa on Wednesday remarked there was a need …

January 17, 2024
PTI has Plan C, a surprise for Feb 8: Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: In spite of a protracted crackdown on his political party, former prime ministe…

January 17, 2024
Pakistan, Iran FMs hold telephonic talk amid Irani attack in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani stressed Pakistan’s right to resp…

January 17, 2024
SBP confirms receiving $700m tranche from IMF

KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released the much awaited $700 million …

January 17, 2024
ECP to release final list of candidates once court cases are settled

ISLAMABAD: With polls merely three weeks away, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) h…

January 17, 2024
PM Kakar holds meetings at Davos

DAVOS: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Tuesday held several meetings on the…

January 17, 2024
COAS lauds POF contributions to national defence

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir on Tuesday paid a significa…

January 17, 2024
Imran, Bushra Bibi indicted in Iddat case

RAWALPINDI: A Rawalpindi trial court on Tuesday indicted former prime minister Imran Khan …

January 16, 2024
Sheikh Rashid arrested again in May 9 riot case

RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League (AML) leader Sheikh Rashid Ahmed was arrested on Tuesday a…

January 16, 2024
KP Police hold off late-night attack on police station

LAKKI MARWAT: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police thwarted a late-night attack on the Pezu police st…

January 16, 2024
ChatGPT to launch anti-disinformation tools for 2024 elections

NEW YORK: ChatGPT maker OpenAI has said it will introduce tools to combat disinformation a…

January 16, 2024
China-led astronomers reveal formation process of primitive star clusters

BEIJING: An international team of astronomers has unveiled the findings of a study on the …

January 16, 2024
Trial court to indict Imran, Bushra Bibi in Iddat case today

RAWALPINDI: A trial court deferred the indictment of former prime minister Imran Khan and …

January 16, 2024
Polls can’t be delayed, ECP categorically says

ISLAMABAD: As resolutions seeking a delay in the polls continue to land in the Senate, the…

January 16, 2024
Imran Khan sees nexus between Nawaz, two umpires

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan on Monday alleged that PML-N …

January 16, 2024
Caretaker govt bans power sector union activities

ISLAMABAD: Ahead of the proposed induction of the private sector for divestment and manage…

January 16, 2024
Enhanced coordination on Afghanistan inevitable for regional stability: FM Jilani

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday emphasised the need for coordination among regional countrie…

January 16, 2024
Petrol prices reduced by Rs8

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government on Monday decreased the price of petrol by Rs8 per lit…

January 16, 2024
China, Egypt vow to elevate ties to new levels

CAIRO: China and Egypt on Sunday agreed to push for elevating their bilateral relations to…

January 15, 2024
Wang Yi proposes 4-points to resolve Gaza Crisis

CAIRO: China has always stood on the side of fairness and justice and is committed to work…

January 15, 2024
PPP pens letter to ECP, raises concerns over denial of ‘arrow’ to candidates in Punjab

LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday said his party would approach courts…

January 15, 2024
ECP moves to ensure quota for women on general seats

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to ensure compliance with the poll rules, the Election Commission of P…

January 15, 2024
PTI won’t boycott polls 2024: Gohar Khan

ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Barrister Gohar Khan on Monday said his party would not boycott the …

January 15, 2024
IPP’s Chairman Jahangir Khan Tareen launches polls campaign, pledging prosperity

LAHORE: Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) patron-in-chief Jahangir Khan Tareen has formally …

January 15, 2024
SHO among 5 suspended for raid at house of PTI’ Chairman Gohar Khan: ICT Police

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police on Sunday said five officers, including the Margalla station h…

January 14, 2024
Third resolution demanding delay in polls 2024 appears in Senate

ISLAMABAD: With election-related activity slowly picking up steam in the country, a third …

January 14, 2024
China, Egypt agree to bolster communication and coordination

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday met with Chinese Foreign Minister…

January 14, 2024
China rejects US statement on Taiwan polls

BEIJING: China’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday urged the U.S. to stop its official inte…

January 14, 2024
LHC reserves verdict on Qureshi, Elahi pleas

LAHORE: A full bench of the Lahore High Court on Saturday reserved decisions on the petiti…

January 14, 2024
5 soldiers martyred in Kech IED blast

RAWALPINDI: Five soldiers were martyred and two others, including an officer, injured afte…

January 14, 2024
‘No Bat for PTI’: SC validates ECP verdict

ISLAMABAD: In a massive blow to PTI, the Supreme Court on Saturday set aside the Peshawar …

January 14, 2024
4 terrorists killed in KP: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Four militants including a “high value terrorist” were killed in two separate …

January 13, 2024
SC to announce verdict on PTI’s ‘bat’ shortly

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court is expected to announce its reserved verdict shortly on a pet…

January 13, 2024
President Xi meets Belgian PM, vows to bolster ties with EU

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China is willing to work with th…

January 13, 2024
SC resumes hearing ECP plea against PHC verdict restoring PTI’s symbol ‘bat’

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has resumed hearing today (Saturday) the Election Commission …

January 13, 2024
2 terrorists neutralized in North Waziristan: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed two terrorists in an intelligence-based operation (IBO)…

January 13, 2024
China, Canada FMs hold telephonic talks

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday held a phone conversation with his C…

January 12, 2024
China, US climate envoys hold virtual meeting

BEIJING: China and the United States held climate talks via a video conference on Friday. …

January 12, 2024
Chinese, Belgian FMs inaugurate new Belgian embassy in China

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hadja La…

January 12, 2024
IT industry backbone of knowledge economy, says Kakar

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Thursday disclosed that Pakistan…

January 12, 2024
ECP issued notice on PTI’s Qureshi, Sanam Javed’s pleas

LAHORE: A Lahore High Court (LHC) full bench on Thursday issued notices to the Election Co…

January 12, 2024
IHC scrapped secret trial of cipher case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday again scrapped the cipher trial pro…

January 12, 2024
IMF board allows release of $700m

ISLAMABAD: In a significant development, the Executive Board of the International Monetary…

January 12, 2024
President Alvi accepts resignation of Justice Ijazul Ahsan

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday accepted the resignation of Supreme Court’s Ju…

January 12, 2024
Senator Hidayatullah sponsors resolution, calling delay in polls 2024

ISLAMABAD: With the February 8 general election less than a month away, a fresh resolution…

January 12, 2024
China launches world’s most powerful rocket

BEIJING: China on Thursday successfully launched the world’s most powerful solid pro…

January 11, 2024
China unveils new policy to facilitate foreigners

BEIJING: China’s National Immigration Administration on Thursday announced new measu…

January 11, 2024
UNSC adopts resolution on Red Sea tensions, China abstains

NEW YORK: Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, on Wednesday …

January 11, 2024
Wang Yi calls to bolster China-Russia Strategic Cooperation

BEIJING: As two responsible major countries, China and Russia should strengthen strategic …

January 11, 2024
Imran faces rejection, Nawaz clears to contest polls 2024

ISLAMABAD: As the February 8 general elections inch closer, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif cle…

January 11, 2024
Solangi rules out postponement of polls 2024

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi on Wednesday ruled out the postp…

January 11, 2024
Bilawal shares its economic plan with businessmen

LAHORE: After the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, the Pakistan Peoples Party also sees Chart…

January 11, 2024
PML-N to launch its election campaign from 15th January

LAHORE: The PML-N has finally announced launching of its election campaign across the coun…

January 11, 2024
IHC summons defence, interior secretaries over PTI’s missing candidate

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq on Wednesday summoned the join…

January 11, 2024
President Alvi accepts resignation of Justice Naqvi

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday accepted the resignation of Supreme Court’s …

January 11, 2024
Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 jolts Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A 6.0 magnitude earthquake jolted parts of the country on Thursday, according t…

January 11, 2024
IHC summons DG IB, DG FIA in audio leak case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has summoned Director-General of Intelligence Bureau (…

December 23, 2023
Elahi shifted to hospital after chest pain

ISLAMABAD: Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, the former Punjab Chief Minister of Punjab and President…

December 23, 2023
Gohar, Nawaz, Fazl and Siraj to contest polls from KP

PESHAWAR: Top leaders of the mainstream political parties, including Nawaz Sharif of the P…

December 23, 2023
Elahi’s wife, her sisters denied entry to RO office to file nomination papers

GUJRAT: The wife of Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf (PTI) president and former Punjab chief minist…

December 23, 2023
UNSC passes resolution on increased Gaza aid delivery

UNITED NATIONS: Following numerous delays and intense negotiations, the UN Security Counci…

December 23, 2023
President, PM express concerns about police action against Baloch protestors

ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi and caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Frid…

December 23, 2023
PTI to contest polls without its symbol ‘Bat’: ECP

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday decided against letting the…

December 23, 2023
Punjab CTD killed terrorist involved in attack on intelligence agency office

LAHORE: The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday claimed to have killed a…

December 23, 2023
SC grants bail to Imran, Qureshi in cipher case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday approved the post-arrest bail of former prime …

December 22, 2023
IHC asks IGP Islamabad why Baloch protestors being sent back forcefully

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) inquired of the capital’s police chief on …

December 22, 2023
China, US top military officials speak for first time in over a year

WASHINGTON: The top US military officer held a virtual meeting with his Chinese count…

December 22, 2023
‘Politics of Hatred’ at its peak: Bilawal Bhutto

HYDERABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that hype…

December 22, 2023
Gunman kills 15 at university in Prague

PRAGUE: More than 15 people were killed in a shooting at a Prague university on Thursday, …

December 22, 2023
Backed by ‘rivals’, TTP free to attack Pakistan, UN told

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has formally told the UN Security Council that it has “clear evid…

December 22, 2023
Foreign Office downplays Taliban’s invitation to Fazl

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday downplayed the Afghan Taliban administration’s…

December 22, 2023
SBP reserves fall below $7bn in FY24

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) foreign exchange reserves fell below $7 billio…

December 22, 2023
ECP extends date for filing nomination papers by 2 days

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday extended its deadline for f…

December 22, 2023
SC orders ECP to settle PTI’s objection on level playing field in polls

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday instructed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP…

December 22, 2023
PML-N wants 2 days extensions for filing nomination papers

ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader Ishaq Dar on Thursday wrote a letter to the Election Commission of…

December 21, 2023
IHC dismisses Imran’s plea seeking suspension of trial court verdict in Toshakhana case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday dismissed ex-premier Imran Khan’s pe…

December 21, 2023
World Bank approves $350m for economic reforms for Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank on Wednesday announced that its board of directors had approved …

December 21, 2023
ECP alters name of Khattak’s party

ISLAMABAD: Days after the announcement of schedule for upcoming general elections, the Ele…

December 21, 2023
Capital police stop Baloch protestors from entering capital

ISLAMABAD: As a long march led by Baloch women against enforced disappearances and extra-j…

December 21, 2023
COAS engages with scholars and policymakers in US

WASHINGTON: In a two-hour engagement with US scholars and policymakers on Tuesday, Chief o…

December 21, 2023
Blast at Ex-CJP Nisar’s resident, 2 policemen injured

LAHORE: Two policemen were injured in a blast at former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Sa…

December 21, 2023
Imran Khan to contest elections from 3 constituencies

ISLAMABAD: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan would contest the upcoming general elec…

December 21, 2023
Parvez Elahi to contest for 6 seats

GUJRAT: The nomination papers of Pakistan Tehreek Insaf President and former Punjab chief …

December 21, 2023
Fehmida Mirza gets injuries in road accident

KARACHI: Former National Assembly speaker Dr Fahmida Mirza suffered injuries in a road tra…

December 20, 2023
Imran challenges cipher indictment before IHC

ISLAMABAD: Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb will take up former prime minister Imran Khan’…

December 20, 2023
ECP issues guidelines for submitting nomination papers

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued guidelines for candidates …

December 20, 2023
2 lawmakers from Gujrat quit PTI

GUJRAT: Two former lawmakers of the PTI from Gujrat on Tuesday announced quitting the part…

December 20, 2023
PHC asks Swabi DC to withdraw orders for Asad’s detention

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday directed the deputy commissioner of Swabi dis…

December 20, 2023
Colorado’s top court finds Donald Trump ineligible for US presidency

COLORADO: Donald Trump is ineligible for the US presidency because of his involvement in t…

December 20, 2023
Sher Afzal released from jail after LHC order

LAHORE: PTI Senior Vice President Sher Afzal Marwat was released on the Lahore High Court’…

December 19, 2023
Imran Khan delivers AI-generated speech from prison

ISLAMABAD: Artificial intelligence allowed former prime minister Imran Khan to campaign fr…

December 19, 2023
PM Kakar condole death of Emir of Kuwait

KUWAIT: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar visited Kuwait on Monday to offer cond…

December 19, 2023
Nomination papers can be filed from tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: Setting aside misgivings about holding general elections as per schedule, the p…

December 19, 2023
Imran Khan, Asad Umar acquitted in May 25 violence case

ISLAMABAD: Judicial Magistrate of Koral on Monday acquitted former Prime Minister Imran Kh…

December 19, 2023
Fazl ur Rehman to mediate between Pakistan and Afghanistan

PESHAWAR: The ruling Afghan Taliban have confirmed inviting Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl lead…

December 19, 2023
Gen Munir meets Commander Centcom, discusses security matters

FLORIDA: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Asim Munir called on Gen Michael Erik Kurilla, the com…

December 19, 2023
ECP orders to remove Ahad Cheema from ministerial post

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday ordered the removal of Adv…

December 19, 2023
Durrani calls for investigation into supply of US weaponry to terrorists

ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister and senior politician Muhammad Ali Durrani has expresse…

December 18, 2023
Fazl to visit Kabul on Afghan’s govt invitation

ISLAMABAD: Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the head of the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F), has been i…

December 18, 2023
ECP reserves decision on plea against PTI’s intra-party election

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday reserved its verdict on a s…

December 18, 2023
Social media services down in Pakistan amid ‘Virtual’ power show of PTI

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Internet monitor Netblocks reported a nationwide disruption in social me…

December 18, 2023
PM Kakar to visit Kuwait to condole death of Emir of Kuwait

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar will head to Kuwait Monday on a one…

December 18, 2023
Pakistan strongly condemns attack on police station in Iran

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Sunday strongly condemned an attack on an Iranian po…

December 17, 2023
Senior Lawyer Sardar Latif Khosa joins PTI

LAHORE: Senior lawyer and disgruntled PPP leader Sardar Latif Khosa on Sunday joined the P…

December 17, 2023
Court grants judicial remand of Imran Khan in Toshakhana case

RAWALPINDI: An accountability court on Saturday rejected the National Accountability Burea…

December 17, 2023
COAS meets UN Secretary-General, Kashmir and Gaza issue on agenda

NEW YORK: Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir has called on the United Nations Security Cou…

December 17, 2023
Hamayun Akhtar quits PTI, joins IPP

LAHORE: Former federal minister Humayun Akhtar Khan on Saturday joined the Istehkam-i-Paki…

December 17, 2023
PPP set to launch elections campaign on Dec 27

KARACHI: Despite its reservations about a level playing field in the lead-up to general el…

December 17, 2023
Khosa glues its political affiliations with PTI

LAHORE: The announcement was made at a press conference in Lahore, where Khosa appeared wi…

December 17, 2023
Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad dies at 86

KUWAIT: Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah passed away, the Emiri Cour…

December 16, 2023
‘Kashmir issue’s settlement lies in UNSC resolutions’, says Kakar

MUZAFFARABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday made it clear that Pak…

December 16, 2023
ECP announces 2024 polls schedule

ISLAMABAD: A visibly disturbed Supreme Court bench suspended the Dec 13 Lahore High Court …

December 16, 2023
Bugti resigns to contest 2024 polls

ISLAMABAD/QUETTA: Caretaker Interior Minister Senator Sarfaraz Bugti on Friday resigned fr…

December 16, 2023
COAS meets Sec Blinken, discusses security issues

WASHINGTON: Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in…

December 15, 2023
Sher Afzal Marwat arrested at gate of LHC

LAHORE: Firebrand PTI leader Advocate Sher Afzal Marwat was arrested on Thursday from out…

December 15, 2023
PTCL buys Telenor for Rs108bn

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) said on Thursday it has signe…

December 15, 2023
US House authorizes Biden impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to formalise an impeachme…

December 15, 2023
LHC larger bench set to hear Khan’s pleas against ECO

LAHORE: A Lahore High Court larger bench would hear on Friday (today) petitions by jailed …

December 15, 2023
PM Kakar visits Dera to enquire injured in attack

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker Chief Minister Justice retired Syed Arshad …

December 14, 2023
Open trial denied in cipher case against Imran, Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: The special court on Thursday accepted the Federal Investigation Agency’s plea …

December 14, 2023
COAS discusses regional security, bilateral defense cooperation in Washington

WASHINGTON: Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir commenced his first working day in Washingt…

December 14, 2023
Achakzai retracts statement advocating offering ‘drone bases’ to US

QUETTA: Balochistan caretaker Information Minister Jan Achakzai on Wednesday deleted a pos…

December 13, 2023
May 9’s rioters in trouble: SC conditionally offset judgment nullifying military trial of civilians

ISLAMABAD: A six-member Supreme Court bench, in a 5-1 majority verdict, on Wednesday condi…

December 13, 2023
Court behind bars again indicted Imran, Qureshi in cipher case

ISLAMABAD: A special court established under the Official Secrets Act on Wednesday once ag…

December 13, 2023
‘Cat out of the bag’: Balochistan minister advocates offering ‘drone bases’ to US to hit militant sanctuaries in Afghanistan

QUETTA: A day after a deadly attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan claimed the l…

December 13, 2023
China stresses on peaceful resolution Kashmir Issue

BEIJING: Backing the UN resolutions on the disputed Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & …

December 13, 2023
President Xi signs 37 deals cementing bilateral ties with Vietnam

HANOI: Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Hanoi on his first trip as China’s leade…

December 12, 2023
Imran, Qureshi’s indictment delayed till tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: A special court established under the Official Secrets Act on Tuesday deferred …

December 12, 2023
IHC exonerates Nawaz in Al-Azizia reference

ISLAMABAD: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday cleared yet another legal hurdle ahead of…

December 12, 2023
Pakistan rejects Indian SC verdict upholding Article 370

ISLAMABAD: In a sharp rebuke to the Indian Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the 2019 re…

December 12, 2023
23 brave soldiers embraced martyrdom, 27 terrorists dispatched to hell: ISPR

DI KHAN: Twenty-three Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred while 27 terrorists were killed…

December 12, 2023
China champions AI: Unveil first AI model for weather forecasting at COP28

DUBAI: A new model for sub-seasonal forecasts using artificial intelligence (AI) technolog…

December 11, 2023
Capital in snow! Beijing welcomes 2023’s snowfall

BEIJING: The first snowfall of this year’s winter hit Beijing on Sunday night, causi…

December 11, 2023
China working for success of ‘most difficult’ UN climate conference

DUBAI: China is talking with every relevant party to find a solution acceptable to all and…

December 11, 2023
President Xi set to visit Vietnam, fostering bilateral ties

BEIJING: Over the years, China and Vietnam have witnessed frequent high-level exchanges an…

December 11, 2023
PTI holds convention in Kohat defying the odds

KOHAT: A large number of PTI supporters participated in the workers’ convention at the Mil…

December 11, 2023
9 suspected terrorists arrested in IBO: Punjab CTD

LAHORE: The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Monday said it had arrested nine …

December 11, 2023
‘I promise, I will not give up’, says Guterres amid failed UNSCR calling for ceasefire in Gaza

DOHA: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday he will not give up…

December 10, 2023
COAS en route to US for first official visit: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Sunday left for the United St…

December 10, 2023
PSX outperforms, ranks world’s best-performing stock exchange

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) wrapped up the trading week on a historic note …

December 10, 2023
Pakistan issues 104 visas to Hindu Pilgrims

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on Saturday announced it had issued 104 …

December 10, 2023
Asad Qaiser re-arrested in May 9 case

MARDAN/SWABI: The police took former National Assembly speaker and central PTI leader Asad…

December 10, 2023
Justice Masood to hear military trial challenge case on Dec 13

ISLAMABAD: A six-judge Supreme Court bench will take up on Dec 13 a set of intra-court app…

December 10, 2023
Imran moves LHC against his jail trial in ECP contempt case

LAHORE: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday moved the Lahore High Court (LHC), a…

December 10, 2023
Mending relations with neighbors crucial for Pakistan, says Nawaz

LAHORE: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Saturday stressed the need to improve relationships …

December 9, 2023
ATC Lahore retracts Marriyum Aurangzeb’s non-bailable arrest warrant

LAHORE: An antiterrorism court (ATC) in Lahore lifted non-bailable arrest warrants for PML…

December 9, 2023
Bugti alarms politicians of terrorism during polls campaings

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Ahmed Bugti emphasised the government’s re…

December 9, 2023
PM Kakar voices for equal rights for minorities

KARACHI: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Friday reaffirmed the equal right…

December 9, 2023
US vetoes UNSC resolution demanding immediate ceasefire in Gaza

UNITED NATIONS: The United States on Friday vetoed the UAE resolution that called for an i…

December 9, 2023
Afghans involved in politics to be deported: Bugti

ISLAMABAD: In a stern warning issued on Friday, Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti …

December 8, 2023
‘We also want accountability not only power’, says Nawaz Sharif

LAHORE: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Friday said his party does not desire to win electio…

December 8, 2023
Imran’s response to repatriation of Afghans aims to garner support from Afghan govt: Solangi

QUETTA: Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi on Friday said former prime ministe…

December 8, 2023
5 terrorists dispatched to hell during IBO in KP: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Five terrorists were killed during an intelligence based operation (IBO) in th…

December 8, 2023
Shaukat Tareen good-byes PTI and politics

ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Shaukat Tarin announced on Friday that he had decided t…

December 8, 2023
Imran Khan to decide on party tickets: Gohar

ISLAMABAD: The newly appointed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Barrister Gohar Al…

December 8, 2023
PM Kakar congratulates all stakeholders for economic revival

KARACHI: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday commended the collective ef…

December 8, 2023
Justice Sattar seeks reports from intelligence agencies on audio leak involving Bushra Bibi and Latif Khosa

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday sought a report from the Inter-Serv…

December 7, 2023
No delays in 2024 elections: Solangi

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi on Thursday said the law and ord…

December 7, 2023
‘My hands are clean’, says Bilawal addressing worker convention in Shangla

SHANGLA: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Thursday that he was the only politic…

December 7, 2023
Imran moves LHC challenging his disqualification

LAHORE: Ahead of the upcoming general elections scheduled for February 8, former prime min…

December 7, 2023
PSX breaks all previous records, touches 64,000 points

KARACHI: The benchmark index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its upward mom…

December 7, 2023
Qureshi appointed Vice Chairman, Pervaiz Central President PTI

ISLAMABAD: Days after his election as chairman of the PTI in ECP-mandated intra-party elec…

December 7, 2023
PTI moves LHC on appointment of bureaucrats as RO’s

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday approached the Lahore High Court to challe…

December 7, 2023
COAS seconds repatriation of illegal foreigners

PESHAWAR: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Thursday backed the interim gov…

December 7, 2023
Israel and Hamas fight violently on battlefield in southern Gaza

GAZA: Israeli troops and Hamas militants were locked in fierce ground combat in Gaza on We…

December 6, 2023
Green Engine: Chinese new-energy tech draws attention at COP28, expects to capture photovoltaic market of Middle East

DUBAI: The on-going COP28 in Dubai, the UAE, a conference dedicated to green and low-carbo…

December 6, 2023
Wang Yi talks with Blinken over Taiwan, Israel-Palestine conflict

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday spoke with US Secretary of Sta…

December 6, 2023
A soldier embraced martyrdom in crossfire: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: A Pakistan Army soldier was martyred in an exchange of fire with terrorists in…

December 6, 2023
ECP will be given full security to hold elections in peaceful environment: Sarfraz Bugti

ISLAMABAD: Interim Interior Minister Sarfraz Ahmad Bugti on Tuesday said the Election Comm…

December 6, 2023
President conferred Nishan-i-Pakistan on head of the Dawoodi Bohra community

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday conferred the civil award of Nishan-i-Pakista…

December 6, 2023
NEPRA increases power tariff Rs. 3.08 per unit for October

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday notified an…

December 6, 2023
ADB sanctions $659m to support Pakistan’s sustainable development

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday approved three projects totaling …

December 6, 2023
Palestinian president renounces Israel’s ambitions to isolate any part of the Gaza Strip

WEST BANK: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stressed on Monday that he rejects Isr…

December 5, 2023
China’s visa-free policy for passport holders from 6 countries brings effective outcomes

BEIJING: China’s unilateral visa-free policy for ordinary passport holders from six c…

December 5, 2023
China proposes 4 points agenda to achieve goals of UDHR

BEIJING: Carrying forward the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, de…

December 5, 2023
PTI submits intra-party elections to ECP

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) has submitted the results of its recently-h…

December 5, 2023
4 children among 6 people injured in IED blast: Peshawar Police

PESHAWAR: At least six people, including four children, were injured in an improvised expl…

December 5, 2023
ECP gets Rs. 17.4bn for general elections: Finance Ministry

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division on Tuesday said it has released Rs17.4 billion to the Elec…

December 5, 2023
Akbar S. Babar pens letter to ECP amid PTI’s intra party elections

ISLAMABAD: PTI founding member Akbar S. Babar on Tuesday moved the Election Commission of …

December 5, 2023
No crisis in meeting ECP’s financial needs, says Solangi

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs M…

December 4, 2023
Court issues non-bailable arrest warrants for Malik Riaz, Shahzad Akbar in Al-Qadir Trust reference

ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad accountability court on Monday issued non-bailable arrest warrants…

December 4, 2023
Manzoor Pashteen arrested: DC Chaman

CHAMAN: Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen was arrested after police w…

December 4, 2023
6 people arrested amid attack on bus in Chillas

GILGIT: Six people have been arrested in connection with an attack on a passenger bus in t…

December 4, 2023
Imran, Qureshi to be indicted in cipher case again on Dec 12

ISLAMABAD: Former premier Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will be …

December 4, 2023
An American warship and multiple commercial vessels under attack in Red Sea: Pentagon

VIRGINIA: An American warship and multiple commercial ships came under attack Sunday in th…

December 3, 2023
Biased actions of caretaker Punjab government will not be tolerated, says Dr. Sania Khera

Lahore: (Pakistan Private Nursing Colleges Association) A meeting of the owners of private…

December 3, 2023
Marwat and 21 others booked for violating sec 144

SWABI: A first information report (FIR) was registered against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (P…

December 3, 2023
CTD apprehends 14 militants linked with outlawed organizations

LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested 14 sus…

December 3, 2023
PML-N believes in devolution of power, says Ahsan Iqbal

LAHORE: The PML-N says it has no intention to roll back the 18th amendment rather it will …

December 3, 2023
Asad Qaiser arrested again in May 9 riots case

MARDAN: Former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser was re-arrested on Saturday by the po…

December 3, 2023
Gen Munir visits Bahawalpur, inspects field exercises: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir on Saturday emphasised …

December 3, 2023
Pakistan elected as the chair of CWC’s conference of states parties

ISLAMABAD: Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the Organisation for the Prohibition of…

December 2, 2023
CJP orders to auction his official luxury vehicles

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa directed the auction of two high-end ve…

December 2, 2023
Polls Schedule to be announced 56 days before election date: ECP official

ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited schedule for the upcoming general election will be announced 5…

December 2, 2023
NAB files Rs1.2bn corruption reference against Parvez Elahi, 12 others in bribery case

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed a corruption reference in Lahor…

December 2, 2023
Hamas-Israel war resumes: Israel bombing claims two lives as truce expires

BEIRUT: Israeli shelling killed two people in south Lebanon on Friday, a Lebanese official…

December 1, 2023
Xi inspects command office for East China Sea area of China Coast Guard

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday inspected the command office for the Ea…

December 1, 2023
China and the EU are partners, not rivals: Chinese FM spokesperson

BEIJING: The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday reiterated that China and the European Uni…

December 1, 2023
Bilawal seeks people not to vote for ‘Hatred’

QUETTA: PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said, referring to PML-N supremo …

December 1, 2023
Special court to try Imran, Qureshi in cipher case tomorrow in Adiala Jail

ISLAMABAD: The special court will resume the cypher trial against former premier Imran Kha…

December 1, 2023
Pakistan bound by UN conventions protecting rights of refugees: Justice Ayesha

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court’s Justice Ayesha A. Malik on Friday observed that Pakistan was bo…

December 1, 2023
IHC rules to exclude Shireen Mazari’s name from Passport Control List

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday removed former PTI stalwart Shireen Ma…

December 1, 2023
Balochistan ‘Heart of Pakistan’, says Zardari at political rally in Quetta

QUETTA: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday asserted tha…

November 30, 2023
In a letter to CJP Isa: Khan requests protection of PTI’s fundamental rights

ISLAMABAD: Incarcerated PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday wrote a letter to Chief Justic…

November 30, 2023
PML-N and MQM to extend cooperation for a strong LG system

ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader and former federal minister Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday said his part…

November 30, 2023
FBR freezes PIA’s bank accounts

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has frozen all of Pakistan International Air…

November 30, 2023
Henry Kissinger, a towering American Diplomat, dies at age 100

ISLAMABAD: Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state whose unapologetic promotion …

November 30, 2023
Pakistan to retain Saudi $3bn deposit for another 1 year: SBP

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday announced that Saudi Arabia had ext…

November 29, 2023
Court declines Imran’s vindication prayer in threatening judge case

ISLAMABAD: A sessions court rejected on Wednesday former prime minister Imran Khan’s reque…

November 29, 2023
IHC exonerates Nawaz Sharif in Avenfield reference

ISLAMABAD: In a massive relief for the PML-N, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday …

November 29, 2023
2024 is the biggest election year in history

ISLAMABAD: In 2024, countries with more than half the world’s population—over four billion…

November 29, 2023
PSX surpasses 61,000 points, breaking all previous records

KARACHI: The benchmark index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its record-bre…

November 29, 2023
First ‘mediation center’ for dispute resolution establishes in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: In a first, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has formally inaugurated a mediation…

November 29, 2023
PML-N bolsters party structure for upcoming polls

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has intensified its election groundwork n…

November 29, 2023
Finnish envoy seeks collaboration in climate change between China and Finland

BEIJING: In August, amid heavy rains, I traveled to the residence of Leena-Kaisa Mikkola, …

November 28, 2023
China brings green revolution to logistics, express packaging industry

BEIJING: How can such a burgeoning industry accelerate its transition to green logistics s…

November 28, 2023
Bortala: A strategic economic artery connecting China and Eurasia

BEIJING: It was a land of mystique and wonder in times of old. Nestled in the western fron…

November 28, 2023
No-confidence motion against Saifullah Abro succeeded: Azam Nazir Tarar elected as the new Chairman of the Senate standing body on power

ISLAMABAD: A no-confidence motion submitted to the Senate led to Senator Saifullah Abro…

November 28, 2023
PCB waived off fine on Azam Khan for expressing solidarity with Palestine, following resentment

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday overturned a fine imposed on wicketkee…

November 28, 2023
7 students picked up for cheering India’s World Cup Loss in Occupied Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Indian police in occupied Kashmir have arrested seven university students under …

November 28, 2023
PPP is open to pre-poll political alliance

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to solidify its political footing, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) ha…

November 28, 2023
PTI to ‘hold’ intra-party elections following ECP order

ISLAMABAD: Following the orders of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Pakistan…

November 28, 2023
No shortage of wheat in the country: Solangi confirms

ISLAMABAD: A caretaker federal minister on Monday assured the upper house of parliament th…

November 28, 2023
Judge rules an open court trial of Cipher Case against PTI Chairman

ISLAMABAD: Special Court Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain, who is hearing the cipher case aga…

November 28, 2023
CPM Anwaar ul Haq Kakar will visit the State of Kuwait today

ISLAMABAD: After wrapping up his trip to the United Arab Emirates, Caretaker Prime Ministe…

November 28, 2023
An acid attack on Shahzad Akbar in the UK

UK: Shahzad Akbar, ex-advisor to former prime minister Imran Khan on accountability, has c…

November 27, 2023
Saudi Commander visits GHQ, meets COAS Munir

RAWALPINDI: Commander of the Royal Saudi Land Forces (RSLF) Lieutenant General Fahd bin Ab…

November 27, 2023
A suicide attack on an army convoy in KP claimed 2 lives, 3 soldiers among 10 injured: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Two civilians died and 10 others, including three Pakistan Army soldiers, were…

November 27, 2023
Stock Exchange soars to 60,000 points for the first time ever

KARACHI: The benchmark index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its record-sha…

November 27, 2023
NAB clears Ahad Cheema in assets beyond means reference

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has informed an accountability court i…

November 27, 2023
Hearing of the corruption case against Chairman PTI resumes today

ISLAMABAD: A trial court is scheduled to resume on Monday (today) the hearing of the £190 …

November 27, 2023
Nawaz’s conviction appeals are scheduled today before IHC

ISLAMABAD: The capital’s high court is scheduled to hear on (Monday) today, the appeals of…

November 27, 2023
8 terrorists dispatched to hell in South Waziristan: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Eight terrorists were killed by security forces during an intelligence-based o…

November 26, 2023
Imran Khan to appear before ECP on Nov 28

ISLAMABAD: Yet another test for the cornered Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), which is alre…

November 26, 2023
JKT quashes impression of being establishment’s Favourite

KAMOKE: Jahangir Khan Tareen, the chairman of the newly-formed Ishtehkam-e-Pakistan Party …

November 26, 2023
The second Hostage Swap is completed

Rafah: Hamas released a second group of Israeli and foreign hostages on Saturday night in …

November 26, 2023
ECP pens a letter to the ministry seeking army deployment in elections

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has written a letter to the Ministry of Int…

November 26, 2023
IHC summons PM over missing persons case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has summoned the prime minister, interior, defen…

November 26, 2023
Wheels up and en route to UAE for a bilateral visit: CPM Anwaar

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar will depart for a two-day bilateral…

November 26, 2023
Horrific school bus accident in the Capital, One student dies and 20 injured

ISLAMABAD: In a devastating incident on Saturday, a school bus carrying students from Shei…

November 26, 2023
Change of Command in top brass as Gen Ghafoor made President NDU

ISLAMABAD: Senior military promotions in Pakistan, especially at the three-star level, are…

November 26, 2023
Petition to remove Alvi filed in Supreme Court

ISLAMABAD: With a turbulent five-year term as the country’s president, Dr Arif Alvi …

November 25, 2023
IHC set to hear suit against former army chief Bajwa, spymaster Faiz Hameed on Tuesday

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has fixed for hearing a plea against former army…

November 25, 2023
Islamabad-Riyadh relations are Ideal: Imam-e-Kaaba

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday said Saudi Arabia always …

November 25, 2023
Hate Speech on Social Media will be dealt with Iron hands

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to strictly deal with hateful content, hate speech, …

November 25, 2023
Hamas shares list of hostages set to be freed on Saturday with Israel

GAZA: Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Saturday shared a list of captives to be relea…

November 25, 2023
Fire at high-rise building in Karachi claims nine lives

KARACHI: At least nine people were killed and one was injured in a blaze at RJ Mall on Kar…

November 25, 2023
China to offer visa-free policy to five European countries, Malaysia

BEIJING: China will roll out a one-year visa-free policy to citizens from six countries – …

November 24, 2023
China unveils vision, actions for Belt and Road cooperation in next decade

BEIJING: China on Friday published a document titled “Vision and Actions for High-Qua…

November 24, 2023
China to further contribute to global economic recovery, prosperity

NEW DELHI: Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Wednesday that China is determined to make g…

November 23, 2023
China warns US, Philippines against consequences if its sovereignty targeted

BEIJING: China has warned the US and the Philippines that their recent joint naval pa…

November 23, 2023
Xi Jinping: The Governance of China

By Alamdar Kazmi Xi Jinping, the paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China,…

November 23, 2023
Remains of Li Keqiang cremated in Beijing

BEIJING: The remains of Comrade Li Keqiang, who was a member of the Standing Committe…

November 2, 2023
China, US, UK sign declaration to lay groundwork for AI global governance

ISLAMABAD: China, the US, the UK and the EU have signed a declaration in UK that posi…

November 2, 2023
China continues to support Sudan’s sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity: Wang Yi

Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party o…

November 2, 2023
COAS visits Azerbaijan to bolster military ties

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir is currently on an official visit to th…

November 1, 2023
Chinese financial regulators vow to implement tasks after tone-setting conference

BEIJING: Chinese financial regulators on Wednesday moved swiftly to implement tasks set by…

November 1, 2023
China again stresses ‘road to San Francisco cannot rely on autopilot,’ avoiding confirming San Francisco summit

BEIJING: A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Wednesday did not directly confirm an …

November 1, 2023
PM calls CPEC a ‘century’s opportunity’ for Pakistan with rapid economic growth in focus

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has termed the China-Pakistan Econ…

October 31, 2023
Chinese ambassador calls on caretaker minister for energy

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of China to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong called on Caretaker Federal Minis…

October 31, 2023
One Homes unveils Pakistan’s first resort-style living at One Serene

ISLAMABAD: One Homes, a leading UK-based property investment and development company, has …

October 31, 2023
Xiangshan Forum: Russia’s Shoigu accuses West of seeking to expand Ukraine war to Asia-Pacific

BEIJING: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said the West wants to expand the conflict…

October 30, 2023
Beijing Xiangshan Forum kicks off to provide platform for ‘communicating in a frank manner’

BEIJING: The 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum kicked off on Sunday with representatives from a…

October 30, 2023
Path to San Francisco won’t be an easy one, no self-driving to it: Wang Yi

WASHINGTON: When noting that China and the US agreed to work together for the meeting betw…

October 30, 2023
Chinese RMB makes steady progress in internationalization: PBOC

BEIJING: The Chinese renminbi (RMB) is making steady progress in becoming a more widely us…

October 28, 2023
Wang, Biden discuss potential meeting of heads of state in San Francisco

WASHINGTON: China’s top diplomat and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with US President …

October 28, 2023
China’s macro-economic figures show stable recovery

China’s government agencies released macro-economic figures on Friday, indicating that the…

October 28, 2023
Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang passes away

BEIJING: Li Keqiang, former premier of the State Council of China and member of the S…

October 27, 2023
Pakistani leaders mourn sad demise of former Chinese premier Li Keqiang

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani leadership on Friday condoled to the government and people of China a…

October 27, 2023
Vitality of China-US relations lies in sub-national areas: Xi

Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed that China’s policy toward the US is consistent, whi…

October 27, 2023
China vows to swiftly carry out 1t yuan bond plan, in bid to further consolidate economic recovery

Chinese officials on Wednesday vowed to swiftly carry out a plan to issue an additional 1 …

October 27, 2023
China’s top legislature adopts regulations on protection of minors in cyberspace

BEIJING: Draft bills and revised laws, including China’s first regulations on the pr…

October 25, 2023
Xi stresses support for China-US cooperation

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed that China’s policy toward the US is …

October 25, 2023
Outlook on China’s foreign policy on it’s neighborhood in the new era

BEIJING: China and its neighbouring countries enjoy geographical proximity, cultural affin…

October 24, 2023
Wang’s ‘crucial’ US visit to pave way for higher-level of interactions

ISLAMABAD: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to visit the US later this week a…

October 24, 2023
Palestinian envoy lauds China for constructive role in easing tensions between Palestine, Israel

LAHORE: Acting Ambassador of Palestine Nader Al Turk has lauded China for showing its…

October 21, 2023
China launches Global AI Governance Initiative, offering an open approach in contrast to US blockade

BEIJING: China on Wednesday launched the Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance In…

October 19, 2023
Xi, Putin talks demonstrate ‘high level’ of strategic coordination

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in …

October 19, 2023
PM Kakar meets Chinese President Xi, hails Sino-Pak partnership as ‘made in heaven’

BEIJING: Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Thursday met Chinese President Xi Jinping in…

October 19, 2023
Chinese President unveils 8-point roadmap for high-quality BR cooperation

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday announced eight major steps China …

October 18, 2023
China, Pakistan sign US$ 6.7 billion ML-I project

— Li, Kakar agree to further strengthen high-level engagement, deepen multiple ties — Both…

October 18, 2023
Military top brass reiterates diplomatic, moral and political support to Palestinians

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Tuesday said the Palesti…

October 18, 2023
Xi calls for saluting participants, builders involved in Belt and Road cooperation

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for saluting all the particip…

October 17, 2023
Belt and Road Forum, Reinforcing Pak-China ties

By Qamar Bashir Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar’s visit to China is of significant…

October 17, 2023
Belt and Road Initiative contributes to global connectivity

Trains loaded with Southeast Asian agricultural products such as durians and mangosteens a…

October 17, 2023
Beijing abuzz with atmosphere for 3rd Belt and Road Forum

China is hosting the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) in Beij…

October 17, 2023
Iran’s Khamenei says Israel ‘must halt assault’ on Palestinians in Gaza

DUBAI: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has described Israel’s ass…

October 17, 2023
Chinese, Mongolian foreign ministers meet ahead of 3rd BRF

BEIJING: China is willing to work with Mongolia to adhere to mutual trust, mutual respect …

October 17, 2023
Over 200 Palestinians martyred as Israeli jets pound Gaza

— 100 Israelis also perish in worst attack by Hamas GAZA/JERUSALEM: At least 198 peo…

October 7, 2023
China: A haven for cross-cultural exchange

By Adnan Hameed In an era where the flow of information is ceaseless and the media wields …

October 7, 2023
Cypher case: IHC decides to hold open court hearing on Imran’s bail plea

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Tuesday ruled that the next hearing of Paki…

September 26, 2023
PTI chief moved to Adiala jail after long legal battle

ISLAMABAD: A day after receiving an order from the Islamabad High Court (IHC), author…

September 26, 2023
Pakistan, China agree to revise cost of ML-1 project

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have reportedly reached a consensus to revise the cost of th…

September 23, 2023
UNGA: PM Kakar urges world to counter Hindutva fascism

Condemns assassination of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil Terms Islamoph…

September 23, 2023
Shehbaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz leave for emergency London meeting

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and Senior Vice…

September 22, 2023
In follow-up meeting with President Alvi, Senator Durrani shares CBMs for ‘normalisation’

ISLAMABAD: In a major development, former information minister Senator Mohammad Ali D…

September 22, 2023
Polls to be held in last week of January; says ECP

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Thursday that general el…

September 21, 2023
China, U.S. share responsibility for world peace, stability; says Xi Jinping

ISLAMABAD: China and the U.S. share important responsibility for world peace, stability an…

September 19, 2023
Representatives from 110 countries confirm participation in 3rd Belt and Road Forum: Chinese FM

ISLAMABAD: China on Tuesday confirmed the participation of representatives from over 110 c…

September 19, 2023
Tit for tat: Canada, India expel envoys as diplomatic row over Sikh leader’s murder worsens

NEW DELHI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada was “actively purs…

September 19, 2023
One Homes brings award-winning Miami firm to Pakistan for $180m Islamabad Development

ISLAMABAD: Award-winning Miami design house Varabyeu is coming to Pakistan as partner…

August 14, 2023
COAS vows to steer Pakistan out of current crisis

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Monday inaugurated the Khanewal Model Agr…

July 25, 2023
Efforts for Dar’s nomination as caretaker PM suffer major setback

— PPP, stakeholders object to Dar’s nomination as caretaker PM — No possibility of Dar’s b…

July 25, 2023
Cabinet committee approves draft framework agreement with UAE on cargo terminal

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Inter-governmental Commercial Transactions (CCoIG…

July 25, 2023
ECC approves Rs50b for parliamentarians’ schemes months ahead of next polls

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet Rs50 billion fund…

July 25, 2023
British Investment group acquires prime land to build $180M mega mixed-use development in Islamabad

One Homes, a leading UK based property investment and development company,have made anothe…

July 25, 2023
Dar says US can’t stop Pakistan from purchasing Russian oil

DUBAI: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that the United States can not stop Pakis…

November 13, 2022
Moot on high-definition TV technology for developing countries commences

BEIJING: A seminar titled “2022 High Definition Television Technology Seminar for De…

November 13, 2022
PM Shehbaz’s China visit: New impetus injected into China-Pakistan relations: Mian Abrar

State visit provides new strength to Belt and Road cooperation …

November 3, 2022
Imran Khan injured in attack at his life, many others injured

WAZIRABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairperson Imran Khan is in a stable condition …

November 3, 2022
Xi assures Shehbaz of stabilising Pakistan financially

BEIJING: Beijing will continue to support Pakistan in stabilising its financial situation,…

November 2, 2022
PTI’s long march postponed after reporter crushed to death by container

LAHORE: The long march was called off for the day after a reporter of a local TV channel, …

October 30, 2022
Investigators record statements of key witnesses in Arshad Sharif’s murder

ISLAMABAD: A two-member team formed to investigate and ascertain the facts of senior journ…

October 30, 2022
Training on broadcast journalism, transmission technology for developing countries in China concludes

BEIJING: Training course on broadcast journalism, transmission technology for developing c…

October 29, 2022
Military cooperation ‘important pillar’ of Sino, Pakistan ties: Chinese defence minister tells Gen Bajwa

RAWALPINDI: Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe on Monday told the visiting Chief …

September 20, 2022
Nation won’t forget ‘traitors’ who imposed ‘imported govt’ on us: Imran Khan

Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan has said that the nation will not forget…

September 20, 2022
One Homes brings Mandarin Oriental Designers to feature in Capital’s leading resort

ISLAMABAD: Leading global luxury lifestyle developer, ONE Homes, have appointed world reno…

September 20, 2022
US approves F-16 equipment sale to Pakistan

— Proposed deal to support US foreign policy, national security objectives, says Def…

September 8, 2022
IHC decides to indict Imran Khan in contempt case on September 22

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday decided to indict former prime minis…

September 8, 2022
Chinese, Pakistani journalists vow to counter negative propaganda by western media

ISLAMABAD: Media experts and journalists from China and Pakistan have vowed to carry …

September 8, 2022
20th CPC National Congress likely to be held on Oct 16

BEIJING: The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on T…

August 30, 2022
US lies on Xinjiang will ‘bankrupt its own credibility’: China

BEIJING: China on Monday refuted a report released by the U.S. State Department’s Gl…

August 30, 2022
ONE Homes partners with UAE’s Ayana Holding for $40-million Islamabad Resort development

Pakistan’s first Resort-Living development tailor-made development is dedicated for overse…

August 18, 2022
Pakistani IT parks provide best opportunities for investment in Artificial Intelligence business

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Honorary Ambassador-at-Large on Investment Zeeshaan Shah visited Sil…

August 8, 2022
American-Pakistani investors urged to shift their investments to Pakistan for big returns

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador-at-Large on Investment Zeeshaan Shah has urged the American-Pakista…

July 30, 2022
Inquiry panel set to probe outgoing NAB chief

ISLAMABAD: Days after a victim lifted the lid on the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) …

July 24, 2022
Flash floods wreak havoc in Kohistan

— 50 Houses swept away by flash floods in Kandia Tehsil KOHISTAN: Flash floods trigg…

July 24, 2022
Twin cities to have first-ever resort-living development

— International developer to launch tailor-made development for overseas Pakis…

July 24, 2022
‘Desperate’ Shehbaz asks CEC to punish Imran in funding case

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday urged the Election Commission of Pakis…

July 19, 2022
Rupee hits all-time low of Rs222 against US dollar

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani rupee hit an all-time low on Tuesday against the US dollar, reach…

July 19, 2022
SC argues why PTI didn’t object to NAB law amendments in parliament

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, while issuing notices to the federation, law secretary, atto…

July 19, 2022
PM’s new aide vows to boost foreign investment in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has appointed eminent entrepreneur Zeeshaan Shah …

July 14, 2022
China’s exports surge to double-digit pace in May, beat forecast

China’s exports rebounded and grew at a double-digit pace in May, shattering expecta…

June 9, 2022
US wants to seize Russian billionaire’s planes

WASHINGTON: A US court has issued warrants for the seizure of two luxury planes owned by R…

June 9, 2022
US uses travel firms as spying tools

NEW JERSEY: Forbes magazine disclosed that using a 233-year-old law, the US government ord…

June 9, 2022
Japan’s plan to release toxic water into sea irresponsible

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as seen in March, has been a focal point for co…

June 9, 2022
Nuke contaminated water from Fukushima may be out of sight but never be out of one’s mind

By Zhou Dingxing In 2011, the “3/11” earthquake in Japan caused the meltdown of the Fukush…

June 9, 2022
Imran Khan to announce new date of Long March soon

Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Wedne…

June 9, 2022
Across China: Belt and Road in the eyes of a Pakistan professor

NANJING: Before coming to China, Shabir Mohsin Hashmi knew little about the country. …

June 9, 2022
Work on CPEC projects ‘being revived with full speed’, Senate told

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Board of Investment and Special Initiatives Chaudhry Salik Hu…

June 9, 2022
China’s BeiDou system achieves in-depth integration with various industries

The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), a global navigation system independently dev…

May 26, 2022
Xi for deepening BRICS coop to make stronger force for progress

Chinese President Xi Jinping profoundly expounded on security and development issues, and …

May 26, 2022
SC bars govt from transferring prosecution officers in high-profile cases

Seeks record from FIA, NAB over transfers made during the past six weeks …

May 19, 2022
Huawei’s open source operating system joined by more innovative developers

Operating system used to remain a challenge for many industries. For instance, financial i…

May 19, 2022
China’s new urban infrastructure construction impacts governance, people’s lives

The urban lifeline operation monitoring system employed in Hefei, east China’s Anhui provi…

May 19, 2022
Perpetrators behind KU terrorist attack won’t be forgiven: says Bilawal

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari Saturday said that the whole Pakistani …

May 14, 2022
PM Shehbaz, Hamza escape indictment in money laundering case, again

LAHORE: A Special Central Court in Lahore was unable to indict Prime Minister Shehbaz Shar…

May 14, 2022
Police disrupts PTI rally in Sialkot, arrests Usman Dar

--Imran Khan vows to go ahead with Sialkot Jalsa despite Police vandalism …

May 14, 2022
China’s top legislature adopts development plan, closes annual session

China’s top legislature adopts development plan, closes annual session Chinese lawma…

March 12, 2022
Chinese premier explains policies amid economic pressure, Ukraine crisis

By Sadia Khan Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday briefed reporters on China’s policies t…

March 12, 2022
Traditional Chinese medicine helps Gu make China proud

China’s Gu Ailing claimed a historic gold in the women’s freeski big air at the Beijing 20…

February 11, 2022
Beijing Olympics: The Ice Ribbon proves it indeed ‘fastest ice’

On Feb. 7, Dutch speed skater Ireen Wust won gold in the women’s 1,500m held at the Nation…

February 11, 2022
Suspicion, criticism of CPEC, Gwadar Port by western world ‘makes no sense’: PM Imran Khan

Modi govt believes India belongs to Hindus, who continue to marginalise other minorities …

February 11, 2022
The Centennial Journey of Communist Party of China: Great achievements, historical experience

Leaders of China, Pakistan will meet next month in Beijing face to face to set course of f…

January 19, 2022
Xi calls for building open world economy to create better post-pandemic world

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risks Report warned that economic stagnation is th…

January 17, 2022
Thousands of flights canceled as Omicron hits Christmas holiday travel

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December 25, 2021
China’s top legislature adopts anti-organized crime law

The Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) concluded its 32…

December 25, 2021
Lahore goes global as London’s 150 Iconic Red Buses showcase city’s rich heritage

ISLAMABAD – Lahore city has been projected globally as Pakistan’s private real estate comp…

October 8, 2021
Miami’s top architect Kobi Karp enters Pakistani market

ISLAMABAD: Miami’s leading architect Kobi Karp the name behind some of Miami’s most iconic…

September 30, 2021
At UNGA, Xi unveils China’s Global Development Initiative

Chinese President Xi Jinping has proposed a Global Development Initiative in steering glob…

September 24, 2021
COVID-19 highly likely circulated in U.S. in Sept. 2019: says study

CGTN A study published on the pre-print platform ChinaXiv, a Chinese open repository for s…

September 22, 2021
Pakistan, China all set to sign 14 new MoUs on sidelines of second BRF

FTA-II, ML-I major projects to be signed in Beijing on April 28 …

April 26, 2019
Premier Khan terms CPEC a ‘blessing for Pakistan’

Pakistan seeks industry, technology transfer under BRI, says PM Khan …

April 26, 2019
PM Khan proposes joint BRI tourism corridor, anticorruption regime, poverty alleviation fund

Prime Minister Khan floats five-point agenda for joint cooperation among B&R countries …

April 26, 2019
China asks world to view Pakistan’s counterterrorism efforts in ‘objective, fair manner’

Foreign Minister Qureshi meets counterpart Wang Yi ahead of Second BRF …

April 24, 2019
Experts urge structural reforms for benefitting from CPEC’s next phase

Mushahid says CPEC resolved energy crisis, revived Gawadar & Thar projects, employed 7…

April 24, 2019
CPEC to transform fate of people of Balochistan: says Governor Yasinzai

QUETTA: Balochistan Governor Amanullah Yasinzai has said that the development of Gwadar Ci…

April 24, 2019
CGTN honours four journalists for inking best BRI stories

My Story awards claimed by Russian, Malaysian & British journalists …

April 24, 2019
FTA: China to provide duty-free market share to Pakistan as enjoyed by ASEAN nations

China has extended duty-free package for export of rice, sugar, and 350,000 tons of cotton…

April 23, 2019
Xi seeks media’s constructive role in ‘weaving network of BRI partners’

Belt and Road News Network kicks off …

April 23, 2019
Public diplomacy to be expanded under next stage of CPEC; says Dr Li Yi

PM Khan's China visit to add new feather in China, Pakistan bond …

April 23, 2019
Is China’s “Belt and Road” debt good or bad: That’s the wrong question

When I was growing up, my parents warned me about two things: Boys, and Debt. I grew…

April 22, 2019
China ready to give 90% market access to Pakistani exports under 2nd phase of FTA

In return, China is only seeking 60% of Pakistani market; says Amb Yao Jing ISLAMABAD – Ch…

April 22, 2019
Students shine at first-ever Chinese speech contest in Pakistan

Musfirah Abrar, Iza Adeel secure top positions …

April 22, 2019
China aims at boosting Sino-Pakistan bilateral trade from $12 bn to $20 bn

Strategic partners China, Russia would further cement their respective strategic ties wit…

April 19, 2019
33 Months in Brilliant Karachi

By Li Xiaomeng – A tale of a young Chinese Diplomat The article was originally publi…

April 18, 2019
PM Khan’s Beijing visit to take China, Pakistan relations into ‘New Era” : says Amb Yao Jing

ISLAMABAD – Chinese envoy Yao Jing on Wednesday said the upcoming visit of Prime Min…

April 17, 2019
China to ‘firmly oppose’ US resolution seeking JeM chief listing as global terrorist

China urges UNSC members not to bypass resolution, follow set procedures …

April 17, 2019
BRI – the engine of global economic growth

"BRI cooperation is not a talk shop, but an action-oriented initiative that delivers real …

April 17, 2019
Wang meets Mandviwala ahead of PM Khan’s visit to Beijing

Both leaders call for strengthened cooperation and closer China-Pakistan community of shar…

April 15, 2019
China says BRI has become global public product

BRI is a win-win recipe for all …

April 15, 2019
CPEC to help revolutionise Pakistan Railways; says Minister

ML-I to likely be signed during PM Khan's Beijing visit …

April 14, 2019
Govt to add more infrastructure projects to CPEC framework; says Communications Minister

Statement comes amid claims that no future infrastructure projects would be added to CPEC …

April 14, 2019
2019 China international e-commerce expo attracts unprecedented participants

Three-Day expo concludes showcasing world’s tech giants YIWU, China: The 2019 China…

April 13, 2019
China to back Pakistan govt crackdown on ‘illegal Chinese matchmaking centers’; says embassy spokesman

"Reports about sales of organs are misleading and groundless" …

April 13, 2019
Khusro partially admits “diverting Rs 24 billion from CPEC”, other heads

ISLAMABAD – Minister for Planning & Development Makhdum Khusro Bakhtiyar Friday partia…

April 12, 2019
Taliban announce spring offensive amid Afghan peace push

Afghan Ministry of Defence says the Taliban's spring offensive is “mere propaganda” …

April 12, 2019
Over 80 percent of CPEC projects are FDI or Chinese grants for Pakistan; says China

China Supports Multilateralism at UNSC …

April 8, 2019
Article 35A: Facts speak louder than lies do

If Article 35A goes, State Subject laws will also go in J&K Former State Finance Minis…

April 7, 2019
Pakistan accuses India for orchestrating ‘another false flag operation’ in IoK

India wants to use attack on Pakistan to help Modi win elections; says Foreign Minister …

April 7, 2019
Five days in ‘Paradise Hainan’

Beaches equipped with state-of-the-art facilities add to the attraction of Hainan called '…

April 6, 2019
Pakistan, China economic cooperation enters industrial cooperation phase

Economic Cooperation under CPEC enters B2B Phase …

April 5, 2019
Trade War: Xi hopeful as China, US make ‘substantial progress’ on text of deal

WASHINGTON – Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a message delivered to his U.S. counterp…

April 5, 2019
PM Khan for regulating tourism to protect Pakistan’s ‘untouched’ areas

Khan wants innovative tourism policy in wake of Reform & Opening Up of Pakistan launched …

April 4, 2019
China castigates US resolution on Masood Azhar in UNSC, calls it a ‘bad precedence’

US yet to decide on attending Belt, Road Forum …

April 3, 2019
China, Russia jointly developing 40-ton class heavy helicopter

Chopper likely to be delivered by Year 2032 …

April 1, 2019
China urges Asia to embrace Omni Media era, employ modern technology

BOAO Forum for Asia to publicize the voice of Asia; says Ms Zhong Hui …

March 30, 2019
Prime Minister Imran Khan visits Gwadar Expo 2019

Gwadar Pro Application also launched …

March 29, 2019
Gwadar, Puyang declared sister-cities

China, Pakistan to observe 2019 as year of friendship between sister-cities Beijing –…

March 29, 2019
Amid mounting pressures on global economy, China urges world to find ways to sustainable development

Boao Forum for Asia opens in Hainan …

March 29, 2019
India shoots down own satellite, declares itself ‘space superpower’

Indian Opposition makes fun of Modi’s claim …

March 28, 2019
Xi outlines four-pronged governance strategy to shape shared future of mankind

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged countries around the world to make concerted effort…

March 27, 2019
Xi Jinping’s overseas visits in 2019 boost China’s ties with Europe

In six days, the Chinese president attended over 40 events during his visit to five cities…

March 27, 2019
In a first, Baloch, Pashtun Nationalists vow to support CPEC projects

Balochistan, KP nationalists vow to stand by Beijing Declaration NP leader urges adjustmen…

March 24, 2019
Beijing wears green on 79th National Day of Pakistan

Pakistan Day observed in Beijing …

March 24, 2019
China to support Pakistan in case of any misadventure: Qureshi

Pakistan has successfully completed first phase of CPEC with confidence and is all set to …

March 21, 2019
China-Pakistan FMs hold strategic dialogue, undertake in-depth discussions of bilateral relations

The two foreign ministers reaffirm their time-tested and all-weather strategic cooperative…

March 19, 2019
First China-Pakistan FM-level strategic dialogue on Tuesday

At strategic dialogue, Pakistan and China will exchange views on China-Pakistan relations …

March 18, 2019
China to take a long term view to keep its economic growth stable

Li said the downward adjustment of the GDP growth target was made against the backdrop of …

March 15, 2019
China’s two sessions secure pivotal underpinning for all-round well-off society

China has to achieve Xiaokang by year 2020 with extreme poverty eradication as top target …

March 15, 2019
Chinese economy: From fast to fun

Chinese economy: From fast to fun …

March 15, 2019
China charges US for ‘flawed HR record, worsening racial discrimination, growing threats against children, women & immigrants’

China issues report on U.S. human rights situation …

March 15, 2019
China inks 171 cooperation deeds with 123 countries, organizations under BRI

China inks 171 cooperation deeds with 123 countries, organizations under BRI …

March 12, 2019
Pakistan nails down India on diplomatic front too, says Ambassador Masood Khalid

Says India fails to come up with any evidence of Pakistani hand in Pulwama Attack …

March 11, 2019
PM Imran Khan set to visit China next month to attend 2nd Belt & Road Forum

Prime Minister Imran Khan to visit China next month to attend second Belt and Road Forum i…

March 10, 2019
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