IHC forms commission against bonded labour
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Saturday formed a commission against bonded labour at brick kilns in the capital city. The court...
CTD nabs leader of banned outfit over terror financing
LAHORE: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested an alleged member of a banned outfit, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, during a raid conducted in...
KP to receive heavy rains, snowfall from today: PDMA
PESHAWAR: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has issued an alert about heavy rains and snowfall in different parts...
Sindh’s CNG stations close for three more days as gas crisis worsens
ISLAMABAD: Owing to severe shortage of natural gas in the country, the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has announced the closure of...
Punjab govt announces Rs25bn for youth under Punjab Rozgar Scheme
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Finance, Hashim Jawan Bakht, has announced that Rs25 billion will be disbursed among youth as soft loans under...
Put your own house in order first, Pakistan tells India on minority rights issue
ISLAMABAD: Asking India to put its own house in order on the issue of minority rights, Pakistan has categorically rejected completely unwarranted...
PM Imran Khan to announce mega uplift package for Multan: FM Qureshi
MULTAN: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi said that Prime Minister Imran Khan would announce mega development package for Multan during...
Nearly one-third of parliamentarians fail to submit assets’ statements to ECP
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said that so far 791 parliamentarians have submitted their yearly statements of assets and...
Rashid promises quick action over maligning Pakistan Army
RAWALPINDI: In a veiled warning towards leaders of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), Federal Minister for the Interior, Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, has...
Police arrest alleged militant group leader on terrorism financing charge
LAHORE: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday arrested a man accused of being a leader of a militant group blamed by the...
Pakistan rejects ‘unwarranted’ Indian response to KP temple vandalising
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has rejected "unwarranted" Indian assertions on the burning down of a historic Hindu temple in the Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Court defers Sanaullah’s indictment in drugs case
LAHORE: An anti-narcotics court in Lahore on Saturday deferred the indictment of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab president Rana Sanaullah Khan...
‘Blind’ police fire kills student in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: A youth was shot dead in Islamabad late Friday night when the personnel of the counter-terrorism force (CTF) purportedly opened indiscriminate...
Govt will not step down on January 31: Qureshi
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday ruled out the possibility of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government stepping down on January...
KP police raid JUI-F leader’s house
MANSEHRA: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police on Saturday raided the residence of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Mufti Kifayatullah in Mansehra to arrest him...