Speakers stress need to enhance society’s resilience against violence and extremismHYDERABAD: Speakers at a series of seminars have stressed the need to enhance society’s resilience against violence and extremism and accelerate the process of rehabilitation and reintegration of disg...
NZ victim’s body arrives; buried in KarachiThe body of late Syed Areeb Ahmed, one of the 50 people martyred in the gruesome Christchurch massacre, was repatriated to his hometown of Karachi on Monday. His body was flown to Karachi via flight E...
Memorial held for Bahawalpur professor allegedly killed by studentA memorial event was held at Bahawalpur's Government Sadiq Egerton College on Monday as classes resumed following the murder of Associate professor Khalid Hameed last week. Prof Hameed was stabbed to...
Naqeebullah murder case: Rao Anwar indicted, pleads not guiltyAn anti-terrorism court (ATC), on Monday, indicted former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malir Rao Anwar and 17 others in the Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case. Anwar and the other accused pleaded...
Fake accounts case: Ex-CM Sindh files pre-arrest bail pleaFormer Sindh Chief Minister, Qaim Ali Shah, on Monday, knocked on Islamabad High Court (IHC) with an anticipatory bail petition to escape possible arrest in a fake account case. The appeal requested t...
‘Drug addicts deserve sympathies, not hatred’: Buzdar inaugurates rehab centrePunjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar inaugurated the 100-bed drug addiction center for the treatment and rehabilitation of addicts at Punjab Institute of Mental Health. He went to different secti...
Antiques’ theft: accountability court extends judicial remand of Dr Abdul SamadAn accountability court in Peshawar on Monday extended judicial remand of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Archaeology and Museums Director, Dr Abdul Samad, in illegal appointments and antiques' theft cases....
LHC accepts petition against ‘unethical’ Careem advertisementThe Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday accepted a petition filed against ride-hailing service Careem for an allegedly unethical advertisement and issued notices to the Punjab government and others to s...
Speaker Qaiser calls Kashmir ‘jugular vein’ of PakNational Assembly Speaker, Asad Qaiser, on Monday, stressed the importance of Kashmir and hailed it as the ‘jugular vein’ of Pakistan. Highlighting the basic right of Kashmiris to demand self-determin...
20m children to be vaccinated as polio drive starts in 97 districtsA sub-national polio vaccination campaign in selected 97 high-risk districts started on Monday to vaccinate over 20 million children. According to an official of the National Emergency Operations Cent...
QAU FINDS Teachers’ role vital to counter violence and radicalismSpeakers at a series of seminar here stressed that teachers and ulema have a vital role in saving students from violence, radicalism and religious extremism by promoting the true values of Islam. As p...
Govt gets last chance to respond to Hanif Abbasi’s pleaThe Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday gave a state counsel a last chance to submit his reply on an appeal filed by Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi against his life term in t...
PHC suspends notification for committee on protection of tribal areasThe Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday suspended a notification issued by Governor Khyber Pakhtonkhwa Shah Farman regarding formation of a four-member advisory committee for protecting tribal culture...
German envoy hails DBTV-DW collaborationTo catch ever-changing media consumption patterns over the world, the storytelling techniques and platforms are continuously evolving. With a similar aim in mind, Digital Broadcast Pvt. Limited (DBTV)...
ECP slots: Govt sends its names to opposition for Sindh & BalochistanThe government has finalized its names for the election commission's members from Sindh an Balochistan, reported a private channel on Monday. The election body has been incomplete since retirement of...
PPP makes strategy to resist anti-Bilawal resolutions in PAThe parliamentary party of Pakistan People's Party in Punjab has made a strategy to resist the resolutions submitted in Punjab Assembly against Bilawal Bhutto Zardari-the Chairman of PPP. According to...
SBP Report estimates lower GDP growth, high inflation in FY19The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday said real GDP growth during FY19 is likely to moderate significantly, mainly due to slowdown in the growth of the agriculture sector and stabilization measur...
Beating polio: vaccination drive starts amid missing securitySeven days of anti-polio drive kicked off sans security on Monday as the Khasadar and Levies forces refused to provide protection to the polio workers. The forces personnel were protesting and remarke...
Court grants bail to Abid Boxer in all ten casesLahore sessions court on Monday has approved bail of notorious encounter specialist and former police inspector Abid Boxer in all ten cases against him. Abid Boxer, who was arrested in Dubai, wielded...
President Alvi reiterates Pak’s restraint as ‘India stoked war hysteria’President Arif Alvi, on Monday, once again condemned false allegations levelled by New Delhi against Pakistan in the wake of Pulwama terror attack. He said this in his address at an investiture ceremo...
SC to entertain IHC judge’s petition against his terminationA larger bench of the Supreme Court (SC), on Monday, admitted the petition filed by the former judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), Justice (retd) Shaukat Aziz, regarding his removal by the Suprem...
Court adjourns Nandipur Power Project reference hearing till April 9An accountability court Islamabad on Monday adjourned the hearing of the reference regarding delay in Nandipur Power Project till April 09 due to absence of Accountability Judge Arshad Malik, who has...