Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: International Court of Justice (ICJ) will announce its verdict in Kulbhushan Yadav case on Wednesday at 6 p.m PST Pakistani legal team headed by the attorney general has reached the Hague to hear the verdict. The team also…

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry asserted on Saturday that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa is the pride of Pakistan.   In a post on Twitter, the minister wrote in an ironic tone…

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif announced on Saturday to step down as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament. Responding to questions put to him by reporters at the…

ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan would award around 3000 scholarships to Afghan students under a four-year programme. This was stated by Special Advisor to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous…

ISLAMABAD: The portal designated for Assets Declaration Scheme 2019 on the website of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has crashed owing to the influx of people trying to access the site. As per details received by  News so far, the portal…

LAHORE: A Lahore court on Saturday acquitted a couple in a case pertaining to the 2014 murder of a lady doctor of Sheikh Zaid Hospital Lahore. Additional Sessions Judge Rai Nawaz Marth announced the judgement which he had previously…

GILGIT: President Dr. Arif Alvi arrived in Gilgit on Saturday for a week-long official visit to Gilgit-Baltistan.  After his arrival, Governor Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon and Chief Minister Gilgit Baltistan Hafiz Hafeez ur Rehman received…

KARACHI: Pakistan Metreological Department (PMD) has predicted light rain with strong winds in Karachi on the weekend.  As per details, the weather will remain cloudy on Saturday with an expected temperature of 34-degree centigrades…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is mulling over inducting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Babar Awan, who was recently exonerated by an accountability court from corruption charges, into his cabinet. Sources relayed Babar Awan will…

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Saturday took notice of indecent videos and sexual abuse of children in the province. He directed Inspector General of Punjab (IGP) Captain (retd) Arif Nawaz Khan to take effective…

ISLAMABAD: As the nation is gearing up for PakVSAfg match, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistan enlightened Afghanistan’s players with the game of cricket.  Sharing his thoughts prior to the World Cup match between…

LAHORE: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday filed an application before an accountability court seeking exemption from personal appearance in today’s hearing of the Ashiana-e-Iqbal housing scheme…

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan termed on Saturday the passage of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) first federal budget in the National Assembly the opposition’s…

KARACHI: In what can be called as the second blunder in less than a month, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) had to offload 50 passengers at the Beijing airport, when the emergency chute of its Boeing 777 was mistakenly activated.…

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) barred Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former Punjab Education and Sports minister Rana Mashood from flying abroad at Lahore airport early Saturday. Sources relayed Rana…

KARACHI: The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s (KMC) anti-encroachment cell demolished on Saturday an office of K-Electric, the city’s sole power distributor, built on pavement on Shahrah-e-Quaideen road. An official of KMC relayed a…

KARACHI: Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country while very hot in plain areas of Punjab and Sindh today. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), rain with gusty winds is expected at…

ISLAMABAD: In a major development, former station house officer (SHO) among six police personnel have been dismissed from service over their alleged negligence in Farishta murder case on Friday. According to the details, Deputy Inspector…

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law and Justice has recommended speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser not to issue the production orders of the two tribal MNAs Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar. The NA speaker had sought legal advice from the Law…

LAHORE: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani concluded his two-day long visit of Pakistan, and headed back to his country on Friday. As per details, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar accompanied the Afghan President to see him off on the…

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan today (Friday) claimed that the government’s initiative for tax collection was now a national slogan for unity. In a tweet, she said the…

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi on Friday hinted to join politics in future while speaking in  exclusive World Cup 2019 show Har Lamha Purjosh. Replying to a question of making his own party, Afridi said he has no such plans,…

ISLAMABAD: Federal government on Friday announced to raise allowance of regular nurses working in the federal government hospitals. The rise in nurses’ allowances will come into force from July 1. Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on…

LAHORE: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reached Lahore on Friday on the second leg of his visit to Pakistan.  Ghani was welcomed to the city with full state protocol with high ranking government functionaries slated to greet him upon…

ISLAMABAD: Important decision regarding extension in Assets Declaration Scheme deadline to be taken within 48 hours, as the deadline set by the federal government is expiring on June 30. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has said they…

KARACHI: Pakistan’s eastern airspace will remain suspended for all transit flights till July 12, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said on Friday. According to a CAA spokesperson, Pakistani airspace will remain closed for over-flight…

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued instructions to its subordinate offices to observe extended working hours till Sunday. As per details, all FBR offices will remain open until 8:00 pm on Friday (today), and 11:00 pm on Saturday…

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Friday ordered crackdown against the elements involved in handmade price hike in the province. Buzdar in his directives issued here on Friday has directed Price Control Committee of the…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Qamar Zaman Kaira on Friday said that the opposition has agreed to remove the incumbent Chairman of the Senate. The opposition’s committee will decide its joint candidate for the top office…

LAHORE: A petition seeking directives for the government to disclose details of the country’s foreign debt was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday. The petition states that debt burden to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio has…