After much ado, federal budget gets NA go-aheadIslamabad: The National Assembly on Friday passed the Finance Bill 2018-19 giving a legal cover to the budgetary proposals for the next financial year. The bill was passed on the third consecutive day...
Turkey rallies Muslim leaders to condemn Israel over Gaza massacreISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday hosts Muslim leaders for an Istanbul summit to condemn Israel over the killing of Gaza protesters, seeking to bridge divisions with the Islam...
No ‘breakthrough’ on caretaker PM as Shah, Abbasi mull namesISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah Friday met Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi but both the leaders apparently failed to agree on a name for the caretaker prime mi...
Govt fails to table FATA merger bill in Lower HouseThe ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Friday failed to table the bill proposing merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in the National Assembly. On Thursday, the federal cabine...
Children among four martyred in India firing along Working BoundaryFour civilians, including a woman and three children, were martyred and 10 others injured when Indian forces opened unprovoked fire on a border village across the Working Boundary in Sialkot on Friday...
Pakistan ‘concerned’ over India inaugurating Kishanganga damPakistan on Friday expressed 'serious concerns' over the scheduled inauguration of the controversial Kishanganga hydropower project by India, saying without the resolution of the dispute the attempt i...
Pakistan must ‘do more’ to uphold peace in S Asia: USThe United States (US) on Friday hoped that Pakistan will 'do more' to uphold peace in South Asia and will be a partner in safeguarding the region. "We believe that Pakistan can certainly do more with...