Pakistan

Courtesy: The New York Times SRINAGAR: Ever since Kashmir’s autonomy was suddenly revoked last week, Raja Mohi-ud-din, an editor at one of the few Kashmiri newspapers still operating, has been starting his days extremely early. At 2…

Indian supreme court refuses to pass order on lifting curbs in IOK SRINAGAR: Occupied Kashmir is facing the worst humanitarian crisis in the modern human history as strict curfew along with all communication blackout entered its ninth…

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday said China was highly concerned over the current situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir and escalating conflict between India and Pakistan. During a meeting with his Indian counterpart…

SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, all communications and the internet remain cut off and curfew continues for the ninth consecutive day, today. Indian troops clamped tight restrictions across Kashmir, fearing anti-India protests. Internet…

ISLAMABAD: While invoking jurisdiction of the top court on Wednesday, a sitting judge of the Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa urged the court to issue restraining order over proceedings of references filed against him before Supreme…

SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, at least, six persons were killed and over 100 injured in firing by Indian troops on protesters as curfew and communication blackout continued on the third consecutive day. Despite strict curfew and…

State Minister starts plantation drive By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: The Minister of State for Climate Change, Zartaj Gul visited the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau Punjab (CP&WB) on the invitation of Sarah Ahmad, Chairperson…

SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, Indian Army has martyred seven more youth in fresh incident of brutality in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The incident has take place in Keran area of the district. Meanwhile, with the recovery to…

KARACHI: A four-member team of NEPRA has visited K-Electric office on Saturday to investigate the power crisis and deaths during the rain in Karachi. The investigating team is led by Nadir Khoso has asked for the date from K-Electric to…

BY OUR STAFF REPORTER FAISALABAD: Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar inaugurated the Sehat Insaf Card program for Faisalabad and Chiniot at a ceremony held at Punjab Medical University in Faisalabad on Friday. He also…

LAHORE: The hydel power stations owned and operated by the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) generated the highest-ever electricity during the peak hours yesterday as WAPDA hydel generation crossed 8000 megawatt (MW)…

ISLAMABAD:  Pakistan’s consumer inflation rate accelerated to 10.3% year-on-year in July, from 8.9% a month earlier, driven by higher food and fuel prices, the Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday, underlining the growing squeeze on…

ISLAMABAD: Speaking at the weekly press briefing on Thursday foreign office spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal informed Pakistan has principally decided to grant consular access to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav in pursuance of recently…

 KARACHI: At least sixteen people have been killed in rain related incidents across Sindh as heavy rains have lashed the province mainly its capital Karachi. Rain has been continuing in spells in Karachi as the low-lying areas are…

RAWALPINDI: At least 17 people were killed when an Army Aviation aircraft on a routine training flight crashed in built up area here in the early hours on Tuesday. According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), “Pakistan Army…

Around 100 head injuries patients treated in emergency daily, vows to protect Pakistani youth; PINS Executive Director By K A Mian LAHORE: The Punjab Institute of Neurosciences (PINS) has been undertaking over 8,000 elective and…

OTTAWA: Raza Bashir Tarar, High Commissioner of Pakistan to Canada welcomed the decision of the Canadian government for inclusion of Pakistani international students in it fast track visa program the Students Direct Stream (SDS). Under the…

ISLAMABAD : Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's adviser and columnist Irfan Siddiqui has been sent to Adiala Jail over failure to register his tenant with local police station on Saturday after local magistrate granted 14-day judicial…

CM SAYS WATER SITUATION AT JHELUM, CHENAB AND SINDH IS BEING MONITORED; GOVT HAS APPROVED WATER ACT; ORDERS PLANNING TO STOP LAND ERROSION IN JHANG, RAHIMYAR KHAN, LEYYA AND DG KHAN; TAKES AERIAL VIEW OF FLOOD SITUATION AT HEAD BALLOKI…

ISLAMABAD:The US State Department announced an approval of $125 million for Pakistan to provide technical support to its fleet of F-16 aircraft. “The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to…

LAHORE:  Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that positive new change has occurred in the political scenario of Pakistan on July 25, 2018 when the people wrote a new history with their votes. The people have broken away the…

By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: The Punjab Government appointed Vice Chancellors for Govt College University Faisalabad, University of Narowal, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur and University of Gujrat for four years. According to…

By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE: The Child Protection & Welfare Bureau (CP&WB) reunited a lost child Shoaib Ali with his family after six months here on Tuesday. According to the official handout, Shoaib Ali of Hyderabad, 10…

DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Reuters) - A female suicide bomber in northwestern Pakistan killed at least eight people and wounded 26 more in an attack outside a local civilian hospital on Sunday, local officials said. The attack in Dera Ismail Khan…

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that every officer should perform duties with transparency, efficiently, honestly and self-accountability for welfare and development of the country. There is no room for…

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Accountability Court on Friday rejected a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) application for legal proceedings against Maryam Nawaz, daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, for presenting a bogus trust deed in…

— The authority always strived hard to provide maximum facilities to taxpayers: PRA Chairman Javed Ahmed By M Jahangir Hayat LAHORE: The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) is all set to achieve the revenue target of Rs 160 billion for the…

By Javed Iqbal LAHORE: A huge amount of colossal funding given by UK's Department for International Development (DFID), amounting to many hundred million pounds, to Punjab to reform the archaic education sector was spent allegedly to meet…

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…