Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Two days after stepping down as finance minister, Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar took to Twitter to express gratitude to the people who showed support following his decision to quit Prime Minister Imran Khan’s…

LAHORE: A resolution was submitted to the Punjab Assembly demanding the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government to disclose details of a bailout package it has been negotiating with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Pakistan…

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Pakistan Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said on Saturday he sees Prime Minister Imran Khan complete his five-year term in power. “No matter what they do, PM Imran Khan will complete his term,” he said while…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s newly-appointed adviser on finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Saturday said that he has issued directives for preparations of the upcoming budget. In his first public statement after taking charge of the Ministry…

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah will inaugurate the first bone marrow transplant unit at the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) Ojha Campus on Saturday (today). The bone marrow transplant (BMT) unit has been the…

ORMARA: Pakistan on Saturday lodged a strong protest with Iran for not taking action against the perpetrators who forcibly offloaded 14 passengers from a bus and shot them dead on the Makran Coastal Highway in Ormara, Balochistan. The…

ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security Sahibzada Mehboob Sultan has said a special relief package will soon be announced for the farmers whose crops were damaged in the recent rains. The minister in a statement reiterated the…

LAHORE: An accountability court will resume the hearing of an assets beyond means and offshore companies case against former Punjab minister Aleem Khan today. The jail authorities will produce the accused before the court as his judicial…

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan International Airline (PIA) flight PK-370 landed safely at the Islamabad International Airport early on Saturday after its windscreen cracked mid-air owing to low pressure of oxygen. According to PIA officials, the…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will chair a key meeting of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders today. The meeting will be held at 4pm at the prime minister’s Bani Gala residence. Sources said the meeting will discuss and work…

KASUR: Police on Saturday claimed to have busted a gang of robbers during a raid in a Pattoki locality. According to police, the raid was conducted within the limits of Allahabad police station, which led to arrest of four suspected…

LAHORE: At least six people were wounded when police allegedly opened fire to stop a wedding function in Lahore’s Mughalpura locality late on Friday night. According to Anarkali circle DSP Zafar Abbas, a policeman identified as Irfan…

Lahore: Upon the direction of  Director FIa Punjab Zone-I Lahore, Muhammad Waqar Abbasi  to take strict actions against Human traffickers and those  who are frauding innocent persons for sending abroad on different Pretexts.Under the…

SUKKUR: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Khursheed Shah is the latest politician to weigh in on Asad Umar stepping down as the finance minister. “You could see the change of Asad Umar, he had failure upon failure,” Shah told reporters…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday directed the Power and Energy Ministry to make special arrangements to ensure an uninterrupted supply of electricity during the month of Ramazan especially during the Sehri and Iftar timings.…

BADIN: At least seven people were killed and 32 injured after a Karachi bound passenger bus overturned near Morghar on Friday. According to police, a woman and child were among the deceased. Police further said the bus was travelling…

By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: About 2345 graduates including Phd scholars were awarded degrees during the 10th convocation of the Virtual University of Pakistan (VU) here on Thursday. Prof Dr Naveed A. Malik, the Founding Rector of…

ORAKZAI: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday addressed a rally here, warning ministers of being replaced if they failed to perform. “I want to tell my ministers that it they do not perform for my country, I will change them,” said the…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday reshuffled his cabinet with Hafeez Sheikh appointed finance adviser, after the departure of Finance Minister Asad Umar. The cabinet reshuffle comes at a time of growing pressure with the…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday took back Petroleum ministry from Ghulam Sarwar Khan and gave him Aviation ministry in a major cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, said a press release issued by PM office. Reports suggest that…

Eight months in, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government has been rocked by high-profile departures. There was never one, single reason for the staff turnover. Some firings and resignations were casualties of a shaky new government,…

QUETTA: Fourteen passengers were forced to offload from a bus on Makran Coastal Highway in Balochistan's Ormara area and shot dead by unidentified gunmen early on Thursday. Pakistan Navy personnel were among the martyred in the attack,…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday that Pakistan’s economy was being held hostage by ego, arrogance and stubbornness. “Imran…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb on Thursday weighed in on Asad Umar’s decision to leave Prime Minister Imran Khan’s federal cabinet. Aurangzeb asked if Umar’s policies were so good and the problems…

The chief executive officer of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Thursday ordered an inquiry into a complaint by a female employee regarding sexual harassment and blackmailing by a male colleague. "CEO PIA has taken an immediate…

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chauhdry on Thursday said there appears to be an "organised pattern" in the attack on members of Hazara community, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Hayatabad and today's shooting on passengers of a…

LAHORE: Punjab Agriculture Minister Malik Nauman Ahmad Langrial on Thursday said 35,000 acres of wheat and corn crop have been destroyed during the recent spell of rains and hailstorm across the province. An assessment will be conducted of…

KARACHI: The city's police chief on Wednesday kept interrupting the grandfather of Ahsan, a toddler who was killed in alleged crossfire between the police and suspects near Safoora Chowrangi at the University Road, while speaking to the…

KARACHI: An inquiry report, released on Wednesday, pertaining to the threats allegedly made by Tahir Noorani, the superintendent of police (SP) for Gulshan, towards the father of a victim of a hospital's alleged criminal negligence…

 ISLAMABAD: The business community of the country has sought Rs 800 billion worth budgetary concessions, exemptions and tax reductions for the next financial year 2019-20 as compared to estimated tax expenditure of over Rs 680 billion…