Caretaker minister says country needs to allocate 20% budget to water sectorISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Water Resources Syed Ail Zafar on Monday said that Pakistan was facing water scarcity and time had come to take drastic measures and build new dams and water reservoirs...
55 trans people killed in three yearsAt least 55 trans people were killed across Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KP) from 2015 to 2017, while 1,133 incidents of violence against the persecuted community were reported in the period. These facts were...
US to restore sanctions on IranThe United States on Monday has re-imposed the first round of Iranian trade sanctions that had been suspended under the 2015 nuclear accord, increasing the divide with Europe and ratcheting pressure o...
NAB maintains trial court can’t be changed after indictmentThe National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor presented his arguments on former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's plea to transfer the two remaining corruption references to a different trial court...
Sabzwari says caution needed to maintain PTI-MQM-P allianceThe Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will not be able to form its government in the centre without Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), says senior MQM-P leader Faisal Sabzwari. Commenting on the...
Key TTP leader killed in Bannu shootoutSecurity forces on Monday gunned down a key leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during an encounter in Jani Khel area of Bannu. The militant was killed in a retaliatory firing by security forces...
WAF concerned over serious rigging allegationsThe Women's Action Forum (WAF) has expressed concerns on reports about mismanagement and alleged rigging in the general elections of 2018. The representatives of the Forum maintain that the kind of pr...
ECP to issue notification of successful candidates todayThe Election Commission of Pakistan is set to issue the notification of all successful candidates on Tuesday(today). The notification regarding successful candidates against reserved seats will be iss...
PHC moved to remove Nawaz’s name from PML-NA petition seeking removal of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's name from Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) was filed in the Peshawar High Court on Monday The plea filed by Khanzada Ajmal Zeb states:...