COVID-19

Coronavirus cases cross 500,000 mark; 46 more die

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases have crossed the half a million mark and reached 502,416 during the last twenty-four hours,...

PPP assertive, PML-N divided on taking part in Senate elections

--Both parties commence informal preparations for upcoming Senate polls --JUI-F chief still resisting the decision --Sharif gives green signals to Sharif loyalists to get...

Pakistan blackout: As power is restored, ministers blame old transmission system for breakdown

--Inquiry committee constituted to look into causes of power system's collapse ISLAMABAD: Minister for Energy Omar Ayub Khan has said that most of the...

China’s Sinopharm seeks approval from Pakistan for Covid vaccine

ISLAMABAD: China’s Sinopharm has sought permission from Pakistan for emergency use of its Covid-19 vaccine in the country. Sinopharm has applied for registration...
Imran Khan

PM says India backing IS to spread chaos in Pakistan

--Imran says giving Opp NRO would be easy, but 'disastrous for Pakistan' ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that India is backing...

First polio drive of 2021 to vaccinate 40mn children

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The first polio vaccination drive of 2021 will begin on Monday and immunise some 40 million children under the age of...

Broadsheet LLC seeks additional $1.18mn from NAB counsel

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) counsel received a letter from Broadsheet LLC that both confirmed the receipt of $28.7 million at the...

Hearing in Shahzeb Khan murder case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) will take up on Monday the petitions of a suspect and his accomplices against the conviction in...

SC to take up PPP leader’s bail request

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) will take up the bail petition of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Syed Khursheed Shah on Monday. A...

Explosion hurts four in Turbat

QUETTA: At least four people received injuries in an explosion in Turbat's Cinema bazaar in Balochistan on Sunday, police officials confirmed. The injured...

Pakistan urges US to reserve concerns on India’s aiding, abetting terrorism

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday encouraged the United States State Department to reserve its concerns for the active aiding and abetting of terrorist...

Pakistan rubbishes Indian statement involving FATF with Let leader’s conviction

NEWS DESK: The Foreign Office (FO) has rejected the Indian Ministry of External Affairs’ (MEA) statement regarding the conviction of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)...

Govt reverses ECC’s decision to hand over KCR project to Sindh govt

LAHORE: The federal government has taken back the Economic Coordination Committee's decision of handing over the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project to...

National power grid breakdown plunges Pakistan into darkness

A massive power outage was reported from several cities across Pakistan, including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, and Rawalpindi. Within Karachi, areas which reported outages...

Pakistan removes all visa restrictions for Bangladeshis

DHAKA: Pakistan’s High Commission in Bangladesh on Saturday said that Islamabad has lifted all restrictions on visas for Bangladeshi citizens as both the...