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ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday acquitted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Babar Awan in the Nandipur power project reference.However, it dismissed acquittal pleas of PPP leader and former prime minister…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan will not give National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) to anyone.In her statement after the…

SUKKUR: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned eight wheat godown in-charges of Larkana over alleged corruption, citing sources.The godown in-charges have been summoned to appear before NAB along with the concerned…

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak claimed on Tuesday the PTI-led coalition government has the required majority to pass the Finance Bill 2019-20 in the National Assembly.He said in a statement that there are no…

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) parliamentary party is in progress at the parliament house in Islamabad on Tuesday (today).As per details, Prime Minister Imran Khan is chairing the meeting.The meeting is…

LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Tuesday claimed to have rounded up three alleged terrorists, having links with the proscribed organisation from Gunjranwala.As per details, the arrested terrorists are affiliated with a…

LONDON: Director General Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor met Ahmed Nawaz, a survivor of the tragic Army Public School (APS) attack in 2014.The DG ISPR met Nawaz in London on Monday, where he is receiving…

KARACHI: Member of Provincial Assembly Sindh, Faryal Talpur on Tuesday reached Sindh Assembly following the release of her production orders.Talpur was welcomed by Speaker Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durrani and other members upon her…

KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) elucidated on Monday that the relocation of its employees to Islamabad did not “by any way transferring the airline’s head office”.The arbitrary transfers of pilots, cabin crews,…

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Tuesday rejected the government’s decision to increase fares of all passenger trains by seven per cent from next month.Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed had announced last Saturday…

ISLAMABAD: Maryam Nawaz, daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, submitted on Tuesday a written reply to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in a petition seeking her removal as PML-N vice president.Maryam furnished the…

ISLAMABAD: Romanian Ambassador Nicole Goia met Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry and praised his efforts for promoting techonology in the country.The envoy also appreciated the standard of university-level…

NEW YORK: Pakistan has proposed a six-point plan at United Nations (UN) to address hatred and Islamophobia.The plan was tabled by Pakistan’s Permanent ambassador to the UN, Maleeha Lodhi at an event at UN Headquarters.“Prime…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) parliamentary leader in the Senate Sherry Rehman said on Tuesday her recommendation to place all important debt agreements, including the one with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), before…

ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led ruling coalition will meet on Tuesday (today) to set a strategy for passage of the federal budget for Fiscal Year 2019-20 from the Parliament.The opposition,…

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Tuesday set July 2 for indictment of PPP leader and former prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and other accused in a case pertaining to the alleged illegal award of government advertisement…

England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and opted to bowl against defending champions Australia in a World Cup group match at Lord’s on Tuesday.The English skipper after choosing to bowl first said, “It’s not a no-brainer, but we’ve…

Pakistan will insist on proper labour rights for an army of its citizens working on Qatar’s football World Cup infrastructure, the country’s foreign minister said Monday, after repeated reports of abuses.The gas-rich Gulf state has…

Pakistani mangoes have hit the UAE markets with the first shipment arriving in Dubai.According to sources, the first shipment in Dubai’s Al Aweer Fruit Market were sold out within a few days of arrival.Earliest varieties of…

ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has refused to participate in the upcoming all parties conference (APC) of the opposition parties that would be hosted by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F).JI central leader, Liaqat Baloch, told  News…

ISLAMABAD: Afghan leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar held a meeting with the Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser to discuss Pakistan-Afghanistan ties, political and economic situation of the region.Asad Qaiser said that Pakistan desires…

BRUSSELS: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi here on Monday said that Pakistan would meet the sustainable development goals by continuation of democracy in the country.Addressing Pakistani community in Brussels, FM Qureshi said that…

KARACHI: In an interesting move on Monday, Sindh Education Minister Sardar Ahmed Shah has revealed that around one lac ghost teachers are working in Sindh province.“Over one lakh teachers are employed in Sindh who doesn’t go to school…

GENEVA: U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday that 55,000 captured Islamic State fighters, including foreigners, and their families detained in Syria and Iraq should face fair trials or be freed.States “must assume…

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) supremo Maulana Fazlur Rehman recommended opposition leaders to tender resignations from all assemblies which he had given while meeting opposition leadership on different occasions.Sources…

Federal Board of Revenue has announced that the automated system for sales tax registration will be effective from July 1st 2019.Here are the details of the registration process:The applicant having NTN/income tax registration…

SOUTHAMPTON, England: Bangladesh talisman Shakib Al Hasan reclaimed his position as the World Cup’s leading scorer after producing a stellar all-round display to secure his team’s 62-run victory against Afghanistan on Monday.Put into…

Washington:New US sanctions imposed on Iran on Monday target Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and senior military leaders of the Islamic republic. President Donald Trump slapped the sanctions on Tehran for what he described as its…

Tehran:US President Donald Trump was right to say US forces have "no business" in the Gulf, Iran's foreign minister said Monday after Trump told other countries to protect their own oil shipments.Trump "is 100% right that the US…

Lagos:Scores are feared dead following an oil pipeline explosion in southeastern Nigeria, officials said Monday, with some putting the toll at more than 70. At least eight people died on Saturday in Kom Kom Town in the oil-producing Rivers…