Terrorists may target govt buildings, warns KMC

KARACHI: The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) on Saturday issued a security alert, warning that the terrorists may attack the government buildings in the...

ETPB denies allegations of PHC, decides to release performance report

LAHORE: The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) has decided to compile a performance report to show its accomplishments of the last three years...

Dr Sania Nishtar launches Ehsaas survey in South Waziristan

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar on Saturday launched Ehsaas National Socio-economic Registry...

Punjab backs open ballot Senate polls in reply to SC

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government has backed the process of holding Senate polls with open ballot, according to its reply over the presidential reference...

Covid-19 cases near half a million in country; 10,598 die so far

Pandemic claims 40 more lives in 24 hours

CM Buzdar approves Rs740bn plan for education sector reforms

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Saturday approved a mega three-year plan of Rs740 billion for reforms in the provincial education...

Federal ministers assure cooperation for uplift of Gilgit-Baltistan

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Asad Umar and Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Ali Amin Khan Gandapur have assured...

KP governor seeks suggestions from districts on ‘Billion Tree Honey Initiative’

PESHAWAR: Owing to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s direction to the governors of the four provinces to launch ‘Billion Tree Honey Initiative’ to promote...

KCFR holds webinar on Pakistan’s educational problems

Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) recently arranged a webinar on "Challenges in Education in Pakistan". The webinar, chaired by KCFR Chairman Ikram...

Slain coal miners of Machh laid to rest after week-long Quetta sit-in

QUETTA: The slain coal miners of Machh were laid to rest in Hazara Town graveyard almost a week after their mourning families staged...

Justice Qaiser Rashid sworn in as PHC CJ

PESHAWAR: Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan took oath as chief justice of Peshawar High Court on Saturday. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shah Farman administered the oath...

Young designer pays tribute to Lollywood with iconic cinema photoshoot

Mohsin Naveed Ranjha, country’s leading couturier hailing from Gujranwala, recently paid tribute to Lollywood’s legacy by shooting for his new collection at...

Man posing himself as secret agency’s officer arrested

KARACHI: Karachi police on Saturday arrested a man masquerading himself as an officer of a secret agency and his two accomplices. Police said...

50 booked for poaching

LAHORE: Lahore police on Friday registered a case against 50 or so people for allegedly kidnapping the employees of an expatriate and...

Justice Khan takes oath as PHC chief justice

PESHAWAR: Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan was sworn in as the chief justice of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Saturday. The ceremony, held...