Pakistan, US agree to promote regional peace and stabilitySenior US diplomat Alice Wells on Tuesday held discussions with senior officials of the Foreign Office and reviewed progress on bilateral relations. Wells, the US principal deputy assistant secretary...
Khursheed Shah mocks Fawad over space mission remarksPakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Syed Khursheed Shah has said that if all "chaotic politicians" are sent into space the government benches in the National Assembly will be vacant. Shah was respond...
US Iran sanctions aimed at ‘upsetting global balance’: ErdoganTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday hit out at new sanctions on Iran imposed by the administration of President Donald Trump, saying they were aimed at upsetting the global balance and a...
PTI govt to change VC appointment criteria in PunjabLAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led Punjab government has decided to change the criteria of appointment of vice chancellors (VCs) in public sector universities of Punjab. The government int...
NAB distributes Rs 169.69m among victims of Double Shah scamLahore: Lahore National Accountability Bureau (NAB) director general (DG) Shahzad Saleem distributed Rs169.68 million (m) among 1474 affectees of the 'Double Shah' scam. According to the details, the...
Taliban to attend Moscow meeting on Afghan peace: spokesmanISLAMABAD: Afghan Taliban on Tuesday said their political representatives would attend the upcoming meeting of the representatives of regional countries in Russia on peace in Afghanistan on November 9...
Shehbaz Sharif’s transit remand extended by an accountability courtAn Islamabad accountability court, on Tuesday, extended the transit remand for former Punjab chief minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif till November 10 in the Ashiana Iqbal Housing Scheme case. Shehbaz Shari...
Kashmiris’ struggle can never be suppressed: ISPRInter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor paid tribute to the martyrs of the Kashmiri struggle on Kashmir Martyrs' Day. "Tribute to Kashmiri martyrs of 6 Nov 1...
Pakistan-China bus service launchedA bus service between Lahore and Kashgar, aiming to boost accessibility for the business community, was launched late Monday. According to Radio Pakistan, the initiative will connect Pakistan and Chin...
Fawad urges YouTube, WhatsApp to combat fake news, hate mongeringTwo days after Twitter suspended Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi's handle on the government's complaint, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday urged YouTube and W...
No holiday on Nov 9, says Interior MinistryA spokesperson for the Interior Ministry on Tuesday clarified that there was no authenticity to the news regarding a public holiday on November 9. "No notification has been issued by the Interior Mini...
Efforts underway for my arrest: ZardariPakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari late Monday night said efforts were underway to arrest him but that there was no evidence against him. "Ways are being found to arrest me but...