Pakistan

The Business Report LAHORE: An investigative report compiled by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on the country’s wheat crisis has come out; revealing that former federal minister for food security Sahabzada Mehboob Sultan was…

By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: Pakistani authorities on Friday have reported 35 deaths from novel coronavirus while the total number of cases has surged to 2,458. According to details, 928 patients have been tested positive for the…

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to keep domestic flights suspended till April 11 to curb the spread of coronavirus infections. However, flights between the Islamabad airport and Gilgit and Skardu will carry on as usual. Civil…

By K A Mian LAHORE: The Punjab Government has launched mobile Apps (application) ‘Insaf Imdad’ for distribution of financial aid worth Rs10 billion among 2.5million needy families through a foolproof mechanism, The Business has learnt here…

ISLAMABAD / KARACHI / PESHAWAR / QUETTA / LAHORE: The novel coronavirus emerged in the central China city of Wuhan towards the end of last year and proliferated to almost the whole world within a couple of months. It’s not the virulence or…

PAKISTAN: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday approved another $2 million grant to support the government’s efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan. The new grant supplements an initial $500,000 approved by the bank…

The threat of coronavirus is growing globally even as the numbers continue to decline in China, where the virus was originally reported. In Pakistan, the federal government and the respective provincial governments have announced a…

WASHINGTON: The United States has placed Pakistan among the high-priority countries that will receive US assistance for curbing the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus, a senior American official said. Briefing journalists in Washington…

KARACHI/LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The Sindh and Punjab governments on Friday took further stringent measures to contain the spread of coronavirus cases, reducing the shopping hours in order to stem the local transmission of the disease, as the…

By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: All educational institutions across Pakistan would remain closed till May 31, as this closure would be treated as summer vacation, read the notification issued by Ministry of Federal Education and…

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board decided on Friday to allow all member countries with per capita income below the World Bank’s operational threshold for concessional support to qualify for debt service relief…

By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), postponed its departmental promotion examinations of Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO), Power Information Technology Company (PITC), DISCOs, and…

By Karamat Ali LAHORE: The Qazi Group of School (QGS) grade seven's student secured first position in the national Maarif Inter-Schools Math Olympiad (MISMO) contest 2019-2020,   Daily The Business has learnt here on Thursday. The main…

By K A Mian LAHORE: The Virtual University of Pakistan (VUP) has added yet another feature to its cap after the establishment of the centralized 'Data Center' in order to maintain the security of data and improve effective connectivity…

By Our Staff Reporter                                       LAHORE: The Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecom (ITT) Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddique laid the foundation stone of the ‘Genomics and Proteomics’ centre of the…

By K A Mian LAHORE: As many as 2,543 officers of the governments and supposes some of them have been removed from the list of the beneficiaries of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) by the BISP Headquarters, Daily The Business …

PM Imran Khan takes notice, sought the report and vowed action against responsible By K A Mian LAHORE: Around three critical patients died, and many others critical patients left unattended as an outside protest of lawyers at the Punjab…

By K  A Mian  LAHORE: The International Human Rights Day was observed across the globe under title universal call to action "Stand Up for Human rights" here on Tuesday. The aim to mark this day was to celebrate the potential of youth as…

RSTI remains open for 12 hrs daily for providing training to drivers: Shabana Kausar By K A Mian LAHORE: As many as 250 citizens including 90 females have been trained as a driver in all 17th Road Safety Training Courses’ across Pakistan…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court here on Thursday granted a six-month extension to General Qamar Javed Bajwa as Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) after getting assurance from the government that it would legislate in the parliament on…

By K A Mian LAHORE: The Federal Government on Tuesday appointed Major (Retired) Azam Suleman Khan as the Punjab Chief Secretary, said the notification issued by the Cabinet Secretariat Establishment Division, Government of Pakistan.…

Islamabad: A new mega financial corruption scandal of billions of rupees was surfaced in Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), sources revealed. The inner sources have revealed that the Chairman FBR Shabbar Zaidi has decided to handover some…

By Our Staff Correspondent ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday called on all Pakistanis to take part in 'Kashmir Hour', being observed today (Friday) at 12pm, to send a strong message of solidarity to Kashmiris. "I want all…

UN experts expressed their satisfaction over disaster preparedness of Pakistan Rescue Team By Our Staff Reporter  LAHORE: The United Nations OCHA, International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) experts Lidoreud Arnaud and…

By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: The 2nd meeting of the Senate of COMSATS University was held on Wednesday  at Aiwan-e-Sadr under the chairmanship of President Dr Arif Alvi. Various items of the agenda came under discussion and…

By Karamat Ali    LAHORE: The Pakistani fast-bowler, Hasan Ali has tied the connubial knot with Samiya Arzu at a local hotel in Dubai, late Tuesday. The wedding ceremony of Hassan Ali was held at one of the most expensive hotels of…

WASHNGTON: United States (US) President Donald Trump has said that Pak-US relations have witnessed improvement after suspension of US $1.3 billion aid  to Pakistan for security assistance. Talking to the journalists at his Golf resort in…

ISALAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan in his recent tweet on Sunday has drawn attention of the world towards security of Indian nuclear weapons. He further added that India nuclear arsenal is in control of racist Hindu Supremacist Modi.…

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has expected the request of Pakistan to call meeting of UN Security Council in order to discuss the situation in Jammu and Kashmir on August 16, said UNSC President Joanna Wronecka…

SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, the Indian authorities have further tightened the strict clampdown ahead of India’s Independence Day, tomorrow the 15th August, adding more to the suffering of the oppressed people of the territory.…