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...

ATC grills IO in student’s murder case; extends cops’ remand

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday extended the physical remand of the five cops, who are accused of killing 22-year-old Islamabad student...

Hearing in money laundering reference adjourned

LAHORE: An accountability court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing in the money laundering case against the family of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)...

‘Why limit myself?’: Polish climber aims to defy critics with K2 bid

WARSAW: Scaling the world’s second-highest peak, K2, in winter is one of the last great feats in mountaineering — and despite what...

Buzdar assures support to people of Kashmir

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that its government will continue all-out support to the struggles of the oppressed...

PM directs Punjab to ensure financial assistance to farmers

Discusses Senate polls with Sindh, KP governors ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday directed to activate the Punjab Cooperative Department (PCD) to...

Public does not want MQM-P to stay with govt: Bilawal

Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has questioned the rationale behind the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) staying with the...

No compromise on right to self-determination: Masood

ISLAMABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has said that determination of the future through a free and fair plebiscite...

Pakistan, Iran to strengthen cooperation against drug trafficking

Pakistan and Iran have agreed to further strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries for elimination of drug trafficking. This understanding was reached...
Coronavirus-economy

Covid-19 claims another 59 lives; 1,947 fresh cases surface

ISLAMABAD: The coronavirus pandemic claimed 59 more lives during the last 24 hours, taking the country's total death toll to 10,409. According to the...