PIA has issued free tickets worth Rs 18.7 million to ‘favourites’ in only two yearsThe Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) spent Rs 18.7 million on free ticketing on domestic and international travelling from July 2016 to September 2018. It was further revealed that a total of 810...
Brussels mulls adding Saudi Arabia to EU dirty money blacklistThe European Commission on Wednesday proposed adding seven countries including Saudi Arabia to the European Union's (EU) money laundering blacklist of governments that do too little to thwart the fina...
IS defends last Syria redoubt, as family members fleeJihadist fighters made a desperate last stand in eastern Syria on Wednesday, while their wives and children fled the final, blood-soaked implosion of the Islamic State group's "caliphate". The US-back...
PTI’s Alamgir Khan arrested for throwing dirty water on CM House’s gateThe police on Wednesday booked Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Member of National Assembly Alamgir Khan and others in a case of throwing sewerage water on Chief Minister (CM) House's gate. The case, 19/2019,...
India martyrs two youths in Held KashmirTwo Kashmiri youths were martyred by Indian forces in the Budgam district of Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) on Wednesday. According to the Kashmir Media Service, the youths were martyred during a search-an...
Venezuela opposition takes steps to seize oil revenue as Maduro issues threatVenezuela's opposition-controlled congress named new temporary boards of directors to state-oil firm PDVSA on Wednesday, in an effort to wrest the OPEC nation's oil revenue from President Nicolas Madu...
Three killed in a firing incidentTwo unidentified motorcyclists opened fire on a Chingchi rickshaw at Naundero Sugar Mills bypass on Wednesday in which two persons were killed and a third was injured. The dead were identified as 42-y...
UN council welcomes C. Africa peace deal as important stepA deal agreed between the Central African Republic's government and armed groups is an important step toward lasting peace and restoring state authority across the country, the United Nations Security...
Pence hails $414 mn deal on US rockets for PolandThe US and Poland finalised a deal on Wednesday for Warsaw to buy American mobile rocket launchers worth $414 million (365 million euros) as it lobbies Washington to boost troops on Polish soil. "We a...
SHC orders NAB to file reference against former minister for corruptionThe Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to file a reference against former provincial minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar for alleged corruption and misuse of...