Pakistan has self financed global war against terror: IqbalISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that the country has been paying from its own pocket for the war against terrorism. He was speaking to the media at the launch ceremony of a report ti...
SC seeks govt reply over plea for fresh judicial policy to curb delay in justiceISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the federal government to furnish reply within three weeks over a petition seeking fresh rules for subordinate courts to decide suits, petitions and app...
Khawaja Asif leaves for Russia on a four-day visitISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has left for Russia on Monday on a four-day visit on the invitation of his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. During his stay in Moscow, the foreign m...
Senate polls: Dar withdraws nomination papers for general seatISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Ishaq Dar on Monday withdrew his nomination papers submitted for the general seat in the upcoming Senate election. It may be noted that Ishaq Dar was to contest the...
Ayesha Gulalai to announce her separate partyISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Ayesha Gulalai is all set to formally announce her separate party on Friday. According to reports, the party's name will be...
Producing skilled human resource a must for progress: AJK presidentISLAMABAD: Sardar Masood Khan, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) on Monday said that our rich human resource and educated youth are the true assets of the nation. He made these remarks while...
Pakistan, Malaysia naval forces agree to strengthen cooperationISLAMABAD: Chief of Royal Malaysian Navy, Admiral Tan Sri Ahmad Kamarulzaman Hj Ahmad Badaruddin visited Naval Headquarters Islamabad and called on Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abba...
‘Zero tolerance’ policy in religious matters fanning extremism: mootBAHAWALPUR: Speakers at a seminar on Monday emphasised the need to promote the culture of tolerance in matters especially pertaining to religion as the policy of 'zero tolerance' in religious affairs...
Legendary Pashto poet Amir Hamza remembered on 24th death anniversaryKHYBER AGENCY: The 24th death anniversary of legendary Pashto poet, also known as Baba-e-Ghazal, Amir Hamza Khan Shinwari,was observed in Landi Kotal on Monday. In this connection, a literary gatherin...
FATA Development Authority is corrupt, students claimPESHAWAR: Students belonging to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) residing in Peshawar staged a protested against the FATA Development Authority (FDA) and the biased behaviour of police o...
Ring leader of criminal gang arrestedKARACHI: City police claim to have arrested at least four suspected gangsters allegedly involved in over two dozen cases of street crimes on Monday. Meanwhile, Gulberg division police also claim to ha...
First anniversary of Sehwan bomb blast observedSehwan: Tehrik-e-Niswan President Sheema Kermani said Sindh is the land of peace, love and Sufi saints as it is important to spread the message of religious tolerance and peaceful co-existence here. S...
NAFA Financial Sector FundLAHORE: NBP Fullerton Asset management Limited (NAFA Funds), has launched NAFA Financial Sector Fund (NFSF), the only dedicated financial sector equity fund in Pakistan, providing an opportunity to in...
Asma Jahangir was symbol of resistance who will remain alive foreverISLAMABAD: Asma Jahangir was the symbol of hope and resistance against dictatorship, oppression and tyranny. She was larger than life, who contributed a lot to our jurisprudence and constitution. Her...
Doctors’ boycott put patients in soupDadu: On the call of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) leaders, Dadu district PMA office bearers, doctor's boycotted all OPDs in Dadu, Johi, Mehar and KN-Shah hospitals for two hours against Sind...
PPP preparing for 2018 electionsGujranwala: Pakistan People's Party Information Secretary Sagheer Butt said that party organization and the membership process in Gujranwala will be completed before the general election 2018, Bilawal...
Interpol enlists Mujahidullah in most wanted categoryKOHAT: The Interpol has on Monday placed prime suspect in Asma Rani murder case, Mujahidullah Afridi, on most wanted list. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Police had reached out to the Interpol after Muja...
Sindhis fondly remember the heroic Asma JahangirHyderabad: Asma was a humanist first than anything else and that's why anyone from a marginalized and vulnerable from an Okara farm to a bonded laborer of rural Sindh, from forced conversation victims...