Soldier martyred fighting terrorists across Afghan border
RAWALPINDI: A 25-year-old Frontier Corps (FC) soldier, Sepoy Fazal Wahid, was martyred in an exchange of fire when terrorists across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
According...
Medical students protesting PMC blacklist arrested
Foreign medical graduates protesting the recently released list of blacklisted institutions by the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) were arrested by baton-wielding police...
State Bank, World Bank, and government differ on GDP growth rate
ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), World Bank (WB) and the government have presented different figures on gross domestic product (GDP) growth.
While...
Fazl accuses govt of ruining peace, economy during PDM rally
Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) President Fazlur Rehman, during the Bannu rally of the anti-government coalition, accused the ruling party of having "ruined"...
‘Continent of future’: Pakistan seeks enhanced trade ties with African states
FM Qureshi says recent initiatives led to 7pc growth in trade with Africa despite Covid-related challenges
Ehsaas programme will be a welfare model for the world: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that the success of Ehsaas' “Koyee Bhuka Naa Soyai” Programme would be a model not...
Six of a family die due to gas suffocation in Mansehra
MANSEHRA: Six members of a family were suffocated to death by gas leakage in the outskirts of Mansehra on Wednesday.
Six people of a...
Bodies of abducted sisters recovered from Lahore nullah; 2 arrested
LAHORE: The bodies of two sisters, who had been abducted from Kahna on November 26, were recovered from a nullah, police said on...
Two children die, five injured in grenade blast in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Two children were killed and five others were injured in a hand grenade blast in Zangali area of the provincial capital on...
Faraz for collaboration with Cuba in culture, media
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz emphasising cooperation in the field of culture with Cuba, said on Wednesday that...
Counsel seeks release of Briton acquitted in Daniel Pearl’s murder
ISLAMABAD: The counsel for a Pakistan-born British national convicted and later acquitted in the gruesome 2002 killing of Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter...
Qazi Jameelur Rehman appointed as new Islamabad IGP
The federal government on Wednesday removed Islamabad Inspector General (IG) Aamir Zulfiqar and appointed Qazi Jamilur Rehman, a 22-grade officer of Police...
Promising to visit ‘very soon’, Imran urges Hazaras to bury dead miners
--PM vows to 'never betray' public trust in him
--Protests spill over into Karachi, Lahore, Multan
ISLAMABAD/QUETTA: Urging the protesting Hazaras to bury the bodies...
Afghanistan seeks custody of bodies of nationals killed in Mach carnage
ISLAMABAD: The Afghanistan government has written a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), seeking the custody of the dead bodies...
Next Senate chairman to be from PTI: Sarwar
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar on Wednesday said that the next chairman of Senate will be from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as, he...