Eidul Azha is being celebrated today (Saturday) across the country with religious fervor to commemorate the great sacrifice of Hazrat Ibrahim and Hazrat Ismael (AS). The day dawned with special pr…
British Airways on Thursday announced to resume flight operations for Pakistan. Direct flights will be operated between Islamabad and Heathrow Airport London three times a week, with first British…
ederal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz on Friday said that the government will take measures for an integrated border system with Afghanistan to avoid any such incidents in th…
Sindh government on Friday announced to extend Eidul Azha holidays till 3rd of August. According to a notification issued by the Sindh government, there will be public holidays in the province fro…
The spokesperson of the Foreign Office (FO) has clarified that Pakistani troops had responded to protect the local population and acted only in self-defence when Afghan forces opened unprovoked fire…
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday constituted an 11-member inquiry team to investigate sugar mills based on the findings of the Sugar Inquiry Commission report, days after the governm…
The number of confirmed Corona cases in Pakistan rose to 278,305 on Friday after new infections were confirmed in the country. Total: 278,305 • Sindh: 120,550 • Punjab: 92,873 • Khyber Pakhtunk…
Jinnah International Airport authorities here have launched an operation to restrict bird activity at the airport. Concerned staff has initiated a drive on the directives of the airport’s chief op…
Pakistan to observe ‘Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir’ (Day of Exploitation in occupied Kashmir) on August 5, to mark one year of Indian government’s move of scrapping special status of the valley. This …
Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) in its weather outlook for Eid-ul-Azha holidays, from Friday to Sunday, predicted rain/wind-thundershowers with isolated heavy falls at several places in the…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that Washington was expanding the scope of Iran metals sanctions to target Iran's nuclear, military or ballistic missile programmes. Pompeo c…
In view of recent terrorism acts and imminent threat Pakistan Rangers and Sindh Police conducted search operations in three jails in the province. According to a spokesperson of Rangers, different…
Balochistan government has extended the timing of businesses till midnight tonight in the wake of Eidul Adha, which will be celebrated tomorrow (Saturday). The provincial government has allowed co…
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he was taking antibiotics for an infection that left him feeling weak, chuckling in an online video about “mold” in his lungs, having spent weeks …
U.S. President Donald Trump hopes to address the U.N. General Assembly in person in September, his U.N. envoy said on Thursday, while all other world leaders will send videos instead of traveling to…
In the run-up to the festival of Eid al-Adha, Karachi car-wash owner Sheikh Sagheer sees much of the traffic at his business switch from four wheels to four legs. Locals bring him their cattle, sh…
The number of confirmed Corona cases in Pakistan rose to 277,402 on Thursday after new infections were confirmed in the country. Total: 277,402 • Sindh: 120,052 • Punjab: 92,655 • Khyber Pakhtu…
The Supreme Court has set August 4 as the date to hear the case pertaining to the 2014 attack on Army Public School in Peshawar. The Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed will head the tw…
Tim Cook of Apple, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Sundar Pichai of Google were grilled for more than five hours by US lawmakers over concerns of Big Tech dominance. The exec…
The Senate on Thursday passed the Anti-Terrorism Act (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which is required to fulfil certain requirements of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to get the country off the gre…
Petrol prices in the country are expected to increase again next month after the Petroleum Ministry recommended another increase in prices by up to Rs9.5/litre for August. In a summary sent to the…
Sajada Nasheen of Golra Sharif Dargah, Pir Shah Abdul Haq Gilani on Thursday passed away at the age of 94 years. The funeral prayers of Pir Shah Abdul Haq Gilani will be offered after Asar prayers…
The first five Dassault Rafale fighter jets bought from France in a multi-billion-dollar deal landed in India. The defence minister used their arrival to launch a veiled warning to neighbouring Ch…
England will once again face a selection dilemma over the make-up of their pace attack after an unchanged 14-man squad was named on Wednesday for next week’s first Test against Pakistan. Joe Root’…
Hong Kong police have arrested four people aged 16-21 for suspected offences under the city’s new national security law, the first such detentions outside of street protests since the legislation to…
TikTok pushed back at what it called “maligning attacks” by Facebook as the fast-growing video-sharing app claimed it helps competition in the US market. The comments by TikTok came hours ahead of…
Washington has said it was withdrawing 11,900 American soldiers from Germany in a move which President Trump described specifically to punish Germany for “not paying the bills” for the defence of Eu…
The Turkish Parliament on Wednesday passed a controversial new law regulating social media to comply with any demands by the government to block or remove content. Under the new law, social media …
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday directed Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal to reach rain-battered Karachi immediately and oversee the cle…
Expressing deep concerns over Indian brutalities and grave human rights violations in occupied Kashmir, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz on Wednesday said that Pakistan…
Adviser to Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar said on Wednesday that the federal government wanted to pull out the country from Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. Shahzad Ak…
The federal government has summoned a joint parliament session on Thursday (tomorrow). Sources closer to the federal government said that the joint parliament session is being summoned on an emerg…
Moments after Aidrus resigned, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza said he has also tendered his resignation from the post today. The SAPM did not divulge further details…
Gold rates chalked up another record peak before pulling lower as the dollar clawed back earlier losses, while equity markets struggled with mounting coronavirus fears, dealers said. With worrying…
The number of confirmed Corona cases in Pakistan rose to 276,288 on Wednesday after new infections were confirmed in the country. Total: 276,288 • Sindh: 119,398 • Punjab: 92,452 • Khyber Pakh…
The Sindh government on Wednesday released Rs463 million funds to counter emergency situations after heavy rainfall lashed different parts of Karachi during the recent monsoon spells۔ The funds we…
Tania Aidrus has resigned as special assistant to the prime minister. The ex-Google executive in a post on Twitter said she was resigning “in the greater public interest”. “Criticism levied towar…
The Turkish Parliament on Wednesday passed a controversial new law regulating social media to comply with any demands by the government to block or remove content. Under the new law, social media …
The five-day annual Hajj pilgrimage will begin in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, today as the kingdom strives to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the kingdom. This year's Hajj will see the numb…
Opposition Leader in the National Assembly and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has said the present opposition is the most responsible in the history of the country. Shehbaz made these remarks duri…
The Government of Sindh has decided against closing markets and shopping centres before Eidul Azha, provincial information minister said in a statement on Wednesday. The government will not furthe…
Minister for Power Division Omar Ayub Khan says the government is taking various initiatives for development in energy sector. Addressing the launching ceremony of Pakistan's First Electric Ch…
Special Assistant on Youth Affairs Usman Dar says Tiger Force volunteers will fully participate in tree plantation campaign on Tiger Force Day to be observed on ninth of the next month. Addressing…
A soldier, Lance Naik of the Pakistan Army was martyred after terrorists opened fire from across the Afghanistan border at a security post in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district, the Inter-Services…
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