US acquires 200 million new doses as COVID-19 vaccine drive begins in pharmacies
US President Joe Biden announced plans to vaccinate most Americans by the end of July with the help of 200 million newly acquired doses, as the country's inoculation campaign kicked off a…
Pakistan to allow private firms to import COVID shots, exempt from price caps
Pakistan is to allow private companies to import coronavirus vaccines and has agreed to exempt such imports from price caps, according to documents reviewed by Reuters, even as the nation…
Federal govt assures protesters of 20% increase in salaries
ISLAMABAD: After intense clashes between government employees clashing with police after they marched towards the Red Zone on Wednesday, the federal government's negotiations with Islamabad…
Biden presses China’s Xi on Xinjiang in first phone call
Joe Biden pressed Chinese leader Xi Jinping over human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang late Wednesday in their first call since the new US president took office on January 20, according to…
WHO OKs AstraZeneca jabs for Covid variants, over-65s
The AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine can be used for people aged over 65, and also where coronavirus variants of concern are circulating, WHO experts said Wednesday, soothing fears about…
UN envoy denounces India for targeting Pakistan
NEW YORK (APP): A top Pakistani diplomat pushed back against false Indian claims in the US Security Council Wednesday about continuing terrorist activities from safe havens in Pakistan, and…
SC commutes death sentence of mentally ill prisoners, sets guidelines for reforms
The Supreme Court on Wednesday passed a landmark verdict on the cases of mentally ill prisoners on death row, commuting the sentences of two inmates with severe schizophrenia, while…
Government is patronising unprecedented inflation: Bilawal
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that selected Prime Minister Imran Khan was patronizing his henchmen and stooges who have unleashed…
Mahnoor Shahzad becomes national badminton champion for 5th consecutive time
Mahnoor Shahzad shattered records once again when she became the national badminton champion for the fifth consecutive time, scoring an impressive win in the final this time despite feeling…
Fawad calls for legal action against senators after video leak
ISLAMABAD: Federal Science Minister Fawad Chaudhry has questioned the legal standing of senators who got elected after bribing members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.
Taking to…
Covid origins still a mystery as WHO-China probe ends
A much-anticipated inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic wrapped up its mission in China on Tuesday with no breakthrough discovery, as investigators ruled out a theory that…
Senate video leak: PM Imran accuses PDM of protecting…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) for supporting a “corruption-friendly” system in the Senate elections, saying the present government…
Bilawal Bhutto vows to march on Islamabad in March
HYDERABAD - Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that how long the people of Pakistan will tolerate this incompetent, incapable and illegitimate Prime…
PM Imran tasks economic team to bring down indirect taxes
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday tasked his economic team to take measures to slash indirect taxes so that the prices of essential food items and other commodities decrease.…
Pakistanis continue to pray for Ali Sadpara’s miraculous return
Ali Sadpara's own son said that the chances of his father being alive after being missing for two days in the harsh snow are next to none. However, Pakistanis on Twitter continued to pray…