SHC issues notices on petition against acid sale

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday issued notices to the provincial chief secretary, home secretary and other respondents on a...

Alvi confers Hilal-i-Pakistan on Turkish foreign minister

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi Wednesday conferred Hilal-i-Pakistan (Crescent of Pakistan), the country’s second-highest civil award, on Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu...

Premier vows justice to family of Usama Satti

--Inquiry report reveals Satti was deliberately shot from all directions --ATC extends remand of policemen in Islamabad youth murder case ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran...

Shah’s bail in illegal land allotment case extended

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday extended the interim bail of former Sindh chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah till...

Broadsheet’s money laundering revelation ‘tip of iceberg’: PM Imran

ISLAMABAD: A day after the government announced a ministerial probe into the claims of money laundering on a massive scale made by...

Pakistan takes lead in adopting SDG 2030 agenda: UN report

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has taken the lead in adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),...

President for providing marketable skills to differently-abled people

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has underlined the need for providing marketable skills to persons with disabilities. The president was talking to National...

Prices and availability of wheat, flour satisfy Buzdar

LAHORE: Expressing satisfaction over the prices and availability of wheat and flour stocks, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that...

WhatsApp users in KP move to Telegram, Signal over privacy concerns

PESHAWAR: The WhatsApp users in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) are switching to Telegram and Signal apps for messages and voice calls as they are...

Senate debates rights of provinces, presidential ordinance

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Tuesday debated about the provincial rights guaranteed in the Constitution and the presidential ordinance regarding the islands of Balochistan...

Centre takes back control of major hospitals of Karachi, Lahore

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday issued a notification regarding the takeover of three major hospitals in Karachi and one in Lahore. Through the...

Petroleum division facilitates two main culprits of petrol crisis

ISLAMABAD: Instead of taking action against the main culprits of petrol crisis in June last year, the petroleum division has allowed incumbent Director...

JUI-F loses another leader who plans to face PML-N

Former forest minister Ibrar Hussain Talon announced that he had parted ways with the Jamiat Ulemai Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), who said that he...

Cabinet gives nod to duty, tax exemption of highspeed diesel

--Omar Ayub submits preliminary probe report into nationwide power breakdown ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved tax and duty exemption of highspeed...

Affordable housing for public is a priority of govt: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said the provision of affordable housing units to public was a priority of the government...