President for utilising Gwadar port for Afghan transit trade

GWADAR: President Dr Arif Alvi has underlined the need to utilise Gwadar Port free zone area for transit trade with Afghanistan in addition...

Finalise local govt polls’ date within two weeks, ECP tells Punjab govt

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday directed the Punjab government to finalise the date for conducting local government elections in...

PDM moving from pillar to post for NRO, says Buzdar

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has said the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is moving from pillar to post for an NRO, but...

Govt takes prompt action to minimise students’ loss in education sector: Shafqat

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood on Wednesday said that the government has taken prompt actions in education sector...

Meritocracy, justice and democracy are guiding principles of Pakistan: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that meritocracy and equation are guiding principles of Pakistan as the Founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad...

NA body suggests allotment of Gulshan-e-Hadeed to PSM employees as retirement compensation

ISLAMABAD: While the management of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has saved 4,544 employees by releasing Rs11.012 billion, the members of National Assembly’s...

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...