House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke to the top US military commander on Friday about taking precautions to ensure that Republican President Donald Trump cannot initiate hostilities or order a nuclear......
Signal and Telegram messaging apps are seeing a sudden increase in demand after larger rival WhatsApp’s updated terms of service raised eyebrows on social media.WhatsApp, which uses Signal’s......
A Lahore Anti-Terrorism (ATC) on Friday sentenced Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, leader of proscribed organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), to five years imprisonment and a fine of Rs300,000 in a terrorism......
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Friday sentenced three men to death for sharing blasphemous content on social media. A fourth accused in the same case was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.The ATC......
Protesters clashed with the public in Karachi on Friday as demonstrations against the brutal killings of 11 coal miners belonging to the Hazara community in Balochistan's Mach area continued in......
Congressional Democrats were moving closer to a historic step on Friday as they weighed impeaching US President Donald Trump for a second time, two days after his false claims of election fraud......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday once again appealed to the Hazara community to bury those killed in the attack in Balochistan's Mach area, calling on them to refrain from "blackmailing the......
KARACHI: Just three days after being involved in the high drama finale of red-ball cricket, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Central Punjab — the joint Quaid-e-Azam Trophy champions — will be action on Friday......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Thursday acquitted the chief of the defunct Peoples Amn Committee Uzair Jan Baloch along with 10 others in the cases pertaining to armed attack on policemen.Baloch,......
LARKANA: Prisoners came out of their barracks at Larkana central prison and held vociferous protest in the wake of a search operation for mobile phones and other prohibited items launched by jail......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Thursday passed a bill enhancing privileges and allowances of the provincial parliamentary secretaries, including ‘special allowance’ of Rs 50,000, use of a car, house......
KARACHI: The provincial authorities on Thursday contended before the Sindh High Court that four men had not been set free after their conviction was set aside in the abduction and murder case of US......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Domestic Violence against Women (Prevention and Protection) Bill, which has been stuck in the provincial assembly since 2012, is likely to get the nod of lawmakers in......
PESHAWAR: The Bannu district police have registered a case against the local leaders and organisers of Pakistan Democratic Movement’s rally held on Wednesday at the sports complex in Bannu.According......
MUZAFFARGARH: Two minor girls were set ablaze and as many others suffered burns over a marriage dispute here on Thursday in Leshariwala locality, some 30-km from city area.Reports said Hafiz Abdul......
LAHORE: As Rs1.9 billion have been estimated for annual electricity billing for the operation of Lahore Orange Line Metro Train, the Punjab Mass Transit Authority (PMTA) has reportedly received more......
SARGODHA: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Sargodha claims to have arrested seven terrorists with arms and explosive material from Girot district of Khushab, about 50 kilometres from here.The......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to launch the completion of the first phase of Pakistan’s Instant Payments System project soon, said the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Reza......
ISLAMABAD: In an unceremonious exit, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Power (SAPM) Tabish Gohar despatched his resignation to PM Imran Khan from Dubai, informed official sources......
ISLAMABAD: Amid opposition from the Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd (SSGCL) on Thursday, the Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) granted a licence to K-Electric to construct and operate a 2.4km......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit widened by 32.04 per cent to $2.683 billion in December from $2.032bn over the same month last year mainly on account of higher imports, latest data released by......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday asked Bangladesh to use the Tripartite Agreement of 1974 to address outstanding issues in the bilateral relationship.Pakistani High Commissioner in Dhaka Imran......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Energy has challenged the jurisdiction of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to take suo motu notice of purported Rs122 billion losses caused by the indecision on timely......
ISLAMABAD: All the central office-bearers of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), including its chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, have been “re-elected” for another four-year term without having any......
BALOCHISTAN bleeds again. Yet another episode of gruesome brutality against Hazaras — coal miners no less — has brought yet another protest movement into existence. Yesterday it was the death of a......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday received briefings from the chief secretaries of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh and the chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on various......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday successfully tested an indigenously developed extended-range guided Multi-Launch Rocket System (MLRS).The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), while announcing the......
A COMMON complaint about public-sector teacher recruitment used to be regarding nepotism and corruption: teaching jobs being given to supporters of elected representatives and/or other influentials.......
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Election Commission of Pakistan’s scrutiny committee tasked with conducting a fresh audit of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) accounts will be held here on Jan 13,......
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in his telephone conversations with Saudi, Qatari and Bahraini counterparts on Thursday welcomed the easing of the Gulf crisis over Qatar and......
LONDON: Former prime minister and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi dismissed on Thursday reports of rifts within the parties of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and said if a party walked away......
BALOCHISTAN bleeds again. Yet another episode of gruesome brutality against Hazaras — coal miners no less — has brought yet another protest movement into existence. Yesterday it was the death of a......
