Senate recommends increase in budget allocation to respond to water crisisISLAMABAD: A legislative body of Senate (Upper House) on Tuesday demanded the government to increase the budget allocation for ministry of science and technology to cater Pakistan's requirement regard...
Interim Balochistan cabinet sworn inQuetta: An 11-member interim Balochistan cabinet took oath on Tuesday. Those who took the oath administered by Governor Muhammad Achakzai were Malik Inayat, Nasarullah Khiljee, Farzana Baloch, Naveed...
Youth found deadGUJRANWALA: A 25-year-old youth's dead body was recovered on Tuesday under mysterious circumstances from an under-construction building located at Ferozwala Road in Gujranwala. Reportedly, Awais was a...
CJP seeks timely implementation of Asghar Khan case verdictLAHORE: Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar said on Tuesday that he wouldn't tolerate further delay in the implementation of the Asghar Khan case verdict and directed the authorities concerned to complete...
SHC acquits man accused of financing Safoora carnageKARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) acquitted alleged facilitator in the Safoora Goth bus attack on Tuesday. At least 46 members of the Ismaili community, including women and children, were killed whe...
Load shedding to be controlled as water situation improves: Ali ZafarISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Syed Ali Zafar Tuesday said power load shedding would be controlled by the end of June and J...
Threats to press freedom as Elections 2018 approachISLAMABAD: The former Senator Farhatullah Babar on Tuesday potentially devastating consequences to Freedom of Expression during a seminar on 'Elections 2018- threats to Freedom of Expression' held at...
South Asian Solidarity in Lanka protests enforced disappearances in PakistanAs families of the disappeared in Sri Lanka continue to struggle for truth and accountability, enforced disappearances continue in other South Asian countries such as Pakistan. South Asian Solidarity...
Top officials meet to discuss prevailing water crisis in the countryISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Justice (retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk chaired a meeting of officials on water resources at Prime Minister's office on Tuesday. Minister for Water Resources Barrister Ali Zafar, Secret...
‘SHE-CAN’ trains 1,000 female studentsISLAMABAD: The Centre for Social Education and Development (CSED) has successfully implemented a six-month long project SHE-CAN that was funded by the Ambassador Fund Program. Reportedly, the project...
STS youth organises Iftar feast for transgendersHYDERABAD: Youth in Hyderabad took a productive initiative by arranging an Iftar feast for the transgender community to help them integrate better socially and bridge communication gaps. Sindh Talente...