Murad presents Sindh budget but authorises it for only 3 monthsSindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Thursday unveiled the budget for the fiscal year 2018-19, announcing that it would only be authorised for three months. However, to arrive at the amount the budg...
PM chairs meeting on FATA reformsPrime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Thursday chaired a meeting of parliamentary leaders and representatives of various political parties at his chamber in the National Assembly. Matters pertaining to...
13 die in truck-van collisionAt least thirteen people were killed and 10 others injured after a passenger van was crushed by a truck in Abbottabad on Thursday. DPO Ashfaq Ahmed told the media that the van, carrying 18 passengers,...
Shehbaz wants Nawaz, Nisar to reconcilePakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said reconciliation between party supremo Nawaz Sharif and senior PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was necessary. Nisar ha...
IHC scraps ECP’s ban on recruitmentsThe Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday set aside the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) decision banning recruitments in government posts till the general elections. On April 11, the ECP had ord...
Another eight PML-N lawmakers jump shipDefections continued on Thursday as six MNAs - two from Punjab and four from Balochistan - and two members of the Punjab Assembly quit the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to join Pakistan...
PPP will create new province in southern Punjab: BilawalLAHORE/LAYYAH: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Thursday vowed to make southern Punjab a separate province if his party was voted to power in the upcoming general elections. "L...
Pakistan disappointed as US blocks move to place JuA chief on terror listISLAMABAD: Pakistan has expressed disappointment over the failure of the United Nations Security Council's sanctions committee in listing of Umer Khalid Khurasani, leader of banned outfit Jamaat-ul-Ah...