IMF deal makes rupee extend gain against US dollar By: Web Desk on February 7, 2023The Pakistani rupee maintained steady against the US dollar today in interbank trade due to the belief that the government will be able to reach an agreement with the IMF after adopting nearly all of its demands. Data from money dealers show that on Tuesday when the US dollar was selling at Rs275, the Pakistani […]
Over 1000 dead as powerful earthquake jolts Turkey, Syria By: Web Desk on February 6, 2023A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing over 1000, levelling buildings while people were still asleep, and sending tremors that felt as far away as the island of Cyprus. Local officials in Turkey put the initial death toll at 53, although it threatened to climb substantially higher because it caught most […]
Apex Committee vows to make an example out of terrorists By: APP on February 4, 2023PESHAWAR: The Apex Committee Friday expressed determination to protect life and property of the people at every cost and make an example out of the terrorists who shed blood of Pakistanis. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired the important meeting of the Apex Committee held here at the Governor House in Peshawar. The committee assured the […]
PM to inaugurate K3 nuclear power plant in Karachi on Thursday By: APP on February 1, 2023Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that he would inaugurate K3 nuclear plant in Karachi on Thursday, that has been built in cooperation with China. The prime minister said this in a meeting with a delegation of China National Nuclear Corporation which called on him here. After operationalisation of K3 power plant, the generation […]
Peshawar blast: Lady Reading Hospital receives 100 dead bodies By: APP/ Web Desk on January 31, 2023PESHAWAR: The spokesman of Lady Reading Hospital Muhammad Asim on Tuesday said that until now 100 dead bodies from the Peshawar mosque blast were received. He said that until now there were 53 injured in the blast, who were admitted to different wards of the hospital including seven in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), adding […]
Peshawar mosque blast toll shoots up to 83 By: Web Desk on January 31, 2023The death toll in the devastating suicide attack at a mosque inside the Peshawar police headquarters rose to 83 on Tuesday morning, with 157 people injured. Among those killed were several police officers, including DSP Arab Nawaz and five sub-inspectors. The mosque’s prayer leader was also among those killed. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility […]
44 martyred, 175 injured in Peshawar Police Lines mosque blast By: APP on January 30, 2023PESHAWAR: An apparently powerful suicide blast here at the mosque of Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines on Monday martyred some 44 worshipers, mostly policemen, and injured around 175 others during the Zuhr (afternoon) prayer. According to a police spokesman, the death toll rose to 44 with 12 more critically injured expired here at the Lady […]
Asif Zardari is behind the new conspiracy to kill me: Imran Khan By: webdesk on January 27, 2023Former prime minister Imran Khan has alleged that former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari was among four people who were planning to kill him. “Now they have made a Plan C, and Asif Zardari is behind this. He has ample amount of corruption money, which he loots from the Sindh […]
No backchannel diplomacy with India: Hina By: APP/ Web Desk on January 26, 2023ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday told the Senate that there was no backchannel diplomacy going on with India. Responding to a supplementary question of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Senator Faisal Javed at the floor of the upper house of the parliament, she said since the government had come into power, […]
Fawad Chaudhry arrest: LHC summons IG Punjab, Islamabad By: webdesk on January 25, 2023The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday summoned the inspector generals of Islamabad and Punjab police after the authorities failed to produce Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry before it. The former federal minister was arrested by Islamabad police on Wednesday morning from outside his residence for “inciting violence against a constitutional institution”. The LHC […]