LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that the number of those who had left Pakistan for Syria and Iraq to join Daesh is not more than 100. Talking to media persons here, he said this do…
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif on Monday said that 2015 remained a good year for the power sector as the total recoveries from consumers stood at 93 percent against 88 percent la…
ISLAMABAD: At the invitation of the president of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is set to pay a three-day official visit to the host country starting Monday. According to Pakistan’s Foreign O…
HYDERABAD: Advisor to the Sindh Chief Minister on Information Moula Bukhsh Chandio on Sunday said that the provincial government had no conflict with the federal government as it always accepted the …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned terror attack on Air base in Indian Punjab on Saturday. Foreign office in a statement said, "Pakistan extends heartfelt condolences to the government and pe…
ISLAMABAD: About 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck several parts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday, creating panic among the masses. Seismological centre has recorded magnitude of the quake …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday launched ‘Voluntary Tax Filing Scheme’ for the traders and said that it would help increase revenues and take the country forward on path of progress a…
ISLAMABAD: The Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman on Friday called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad. The Air Chief briefed PM Nawaz on professional matters of PAF in the meet…
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar on Thursday announced that prices of petrol and High Octane Blending Component (HOBC) will remain the same for the month of January 2016. The new prices will bec…
ISLAMABAD: The meeting schedule between foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India is being finalized, Pakistan’s Foreign Office said Thursday. Foreign Office Spokesman Qazi Khalilullah, in a weekly ne…
BERLIN: Global economic growth will be "disappointing" next year, the head of the International Monetary Fund said in a guest article for German newspaper Handelsblatt published on Wednesday. "In man…
Rawalpindi: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested two alleged human traffickers including a woman during a raid on a plaza. On a tip-off, FIA officials raided the plaza on 6th Road and …
QUETTA: Security forces claim to have killed at least three suspected militants, including a militant commander in Balochistan's Kech district on Tuesday morning. "Security forces launched a search o…
PESHAWAR: Eighteen people were killed and at least 40 injured when a powerful blast occurred near the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) office on Nisatta Road in Mardan, Khyber Pak…
Lahore: A judicial magistrate in Lahore on Monday sent key suspect Adnan and his other eight accomplices on a three-day physical remand in the Lahore girl gang-rape case. The suspects were produced be…
SUKKUR: The 18th death anniversary of prominent Sindhi poet Shaikh Ayaz was observed here on Monday. Ayaz introduced modern trends in Sindhi poetry and literature. He wrote more than 50 books of poetr…
WELL, who saw that coming? But now that we have seen it, there’s a big little question — does it make any sense? The reluctant, preliminary answer: it doesn’t really. Welcome as an Indian PM is in Pak…
