Pakistan, Afghanistan and China hold strategic dialogue in BeijingISLAMABAD: Senior Pakistani, Afghan and Chinese diplomats are in Beijing for a series of meetings that will also review preparations for the second trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers. Foreign...
Acknowledging contribution of artists towards society is imperative: MarriyumIslamabad: Ms Marriyum Aurangzeb, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting while chairing 10th meeting of the Administrative Committee of Pakistan Culture and Arts Foundation Relief Fund said...
French tycoon Serge Dassault dead at 93: familyOne of France's richest men, Serge Dassault, has died in his office after suffering heart problems, his family announced on Monday. He was 93. The head of aviation and software giant Dassault Group, w...
Political parties hail Justice (r) Mulk’s nomination as PMISLAMABAD: Almost all the mainstream political parties on Monday welcomed the nomination of Justice (r) Nasirul Mulk as interim prime minister of Pakistan. Soon after the announcement was made, Pakist...
KP withdraws nomination of Afridi as interim CM?PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday reportedly withdrew the name of Manzoor Afridi after party chief rejected his nomination for the posi...
COAS greets tribal youth on historic merger of FATA into KPRAWALPINDI: Members of Youth Jirga of erstwhile FATA met with General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at ISPR, on Monday. COAS congratulated brave tribes especially the tribal youth on s...
EU proposes ban on straws, other single-use plasticsThe European Union proposed Monday a bloc-wide ban on single-use plastics such as straws, cutlery and cotton buds while urging the collection of most plastic drinks bottles by 2025. The set of proposa...
‘We will take action against police officials who commit torture’: NCHRFAISALABAD: The National Commission on Human Rights conducted its Preliminary Investigation into nearly 1,500 cases of torture reported by Justice Project Pakistan in just one district of Faisalabad....
Rs 130 million collected at SKMCH&RC iftar dinnerThe annual Iftar dinner of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre (SKMCH&RC) was held yesterday at a local hotel in Karachi. The event organized in honor of the hospital don...
Trueman to Treeman AmbassadorThe past several weeks have been extremely hot and dry weather here in Karachi and other part of Pakistan, as we know global warming have been serious threat and it is getting worst and worst. I am su...
LHC dismisses petition against delimitation of provincial constituenciesLAHORE: Justice Shahid Karim of Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed as not maintainable a petition moved by Punjab Opposition leader Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed challenging the delimitation of two provin...
Tribesmen hail passage of FATA merger billKHYBER AGENCY: Praising the approval of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) merger bill by the KP Assembly, the tribesmen on late Sunday held a celebration in Jamrud. The j...
Woman throws boiling water on husbandGUJRANWALA: A woman spilled boiling water on her husband when he allegedly tried to restrict her to go outside. Reportedly, Qari Ramzan asked his wife to not go outside of their home without his permi...
LAC seeks recovery of ‘missing’ writers, journalists and political workersLARKANA: Larkana Action Committee (LAC) has called for a three-day hunger-strike from May 28 to protest for recovery of 65 missing persons which include political workers, writers and journalists. A c...
Passersby capture man attempting to ‘kidnap’ minor girlGUJRANWALA: A man was captured and tortured on Monday by passersby for his alleged attempt to kidnap a minor girl in Dhulley area of Wazirabad, a city located in the district of Gujranwala. Reportedly...