Opposition parties to hold APC on Sept 20 at Zardari House
ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties have announced holding an All Parties Conference (APC) on September 20 later this month at the Zardari House in the capital.
Addressing a press…
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Asim Bajwa to resign after rebutting ‘baseless allegations’ on assets
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information Lt Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa on Thursday night announced he would resign from the post, after recent allegations against him…
PM asks interior ministry to table anti-torture bill
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the Ministry of Interior to expedite the process of tabling anti-torture bill.
Taking to Twitter on Thursday, PM Khan said that torture…
Altaf Hussain slapped with fine in UK for tax evasion
LONDON: The UK government has slapped MQM founder Altaf Hussain with a fine of more than £2 million over tax evasion, a media report said.
Further investigation is underway to determine the…
Indian PM Modi’s Twitter account hacked
The Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been hacked, the social media giant confirmed Thursday.
Tweets were sent from the prime minister's feed asking for…
PPP surprised over govt’s silence, inaction on serious allegations against Asim Bajwa
Bilawal Bhutto's spokesman Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar expressed his surprise over government’s silence and inaction on serious allegations against Chairman CPEC Authority and SAPM on…
Hafeez, Shaheen make impressive gains in ICC T20I rankings
Mohammad Hafeez and Shaheen Shah Afridi have made impressive gains in the latest ICC T20I Player Rankings following stellar performances in the just concluded series against England, which…
Veteran Hafeez lavishes praise on T20 debutant Haider Ali
Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez lavished praise on teenage debutant Haider Ali, who scored an all-important 50 to help Pakistan sign-off with a win in the final T20I against England at…
Shehbaz Sharif meets Karachi rain victims
Opposition leader and former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Karachi on a day-long visit to show solidarity with the victims of urban flooding triggered by the…
Spurned by allies, Saudi rethinks chequebook diplomacy
From Pakistan to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia is scaling back its famed chequebook diplomacy, a longstanding policy of splashing petro-dollars in exchange for influence, which observers say has…
Pakistan puzzles health experts as virus cases drop
Six months after the coronavirus arrived in Pakistan, the country appears to have dodged the worst of the pandemic, baffling health experts and dampening fears its crowded urban areas and…
Pakistan end series on high note, beat England in thriller
AFP: Pakistan ended its fairly dismal series against England on Tuesday on a high note, beating the hosts by five runs in a match that went down the wire.
It was Pakistan´s first victory…
Army chief visits Karachi, lays stress on setting priorities right
KARACHI: Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday said that the country's problems were not about non-availability of resources but not setting its priorities right, as he arrived in…
FM Qureshi highlights Saudi leadership role in Muslim Ummah
Saudi ambassador to Islamabad Nawaf bin Saeed Ahmed Al-Malki paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, according to Foreign Office.
Foreign Minister Qureshi…
Virus despair forces girls across Asia into child marriage
Tens of thousands of girls across Asia are being forced into marriage by desperate families plunged into poverty because of the coronavirus pandemic, as campaigners warn years of progress…