Zia Mohyeddin awarded prestigious Jinnah Medal
KARACHI: The Board of Directors and Management of the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) awarded Zia Mohyeddin the prestigious Jinnah Medal. It was...
Coke Studio not to release episode 3 to show solidarity with Tezgam victims
Coke Studio announced on Friday that it will not be releasing its third episode of season 12 tonight in solidarity with the families affected...
PPP calls for restoration of parliament’s supremacy
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday termed the rule by ordinance undemocratic and called upon the chairman of the Senate and the speaker...
No NRO, no resignation, vows Imran
--PM criticises PPP chief Bilawal for joining hands with right-wing JUI-F, calls him 'liberally corrupt'
--Says govt will send food to Azadi marchers but they...
Pakistani military, govt officials likely targeted in global WhatsApp hack
CALIFORNIA: Senior government officials in multiple US-allied countries, including Pakistan, were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp to...
World leaders extend ‘deepest condolences’ to Liaqatpur train fire victims
ISLAMABAD: Several world leaders, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and British royal couple William and Kate, have offered their condolences to families of the...
Short circuit sets ablaze two bogies of Sukkur Express
SHIKARPUR: A day after 74 people lost their lives in the Liaqatpur train incident, two bogies of Sukkur Express caught fire on Friday, raises questions on the safety...
UK court to begin Altaf’s trial in hate speech case on June 1
LONDON: The Central Criminal Court of London on Friday extended the bail of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain in the incitement to violence...
SC upholds life imprisonment in double murder case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday rejected the petition against life imprisonment of two convicts, Daud Baig and Sabir Hussain, in a double...
No force can stop Kashmiris from attaining freedom, says PM Imran
GILGIT: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday paid tribute to the martyrs of Gilgit-Baltistan and said no force can stop the people of Indian Occupied...
Azadi marchers give PM Imran two days to resign
--JUI-F chief Fazl tells PM to go home, says protesters will change strategy if need arises
--Shehbaz calls Imran 'arrogant', 'brainless' leader, who snubbed Opp's...
Funerals held as Mirpurkhas mourns victims of Tezgam fire
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Distraught relatives gathered on Friday for the first funerals of some of the 74 people killed when a fire ripped through a crowded...
PM announces special waivers for Sikh pilgrims ahead of Kartarpur opening
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday announced that Indian Sikh pilgrims arriving from India to visit Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib will no longer need a...
IHC issues fresh contempt notice to Firdous after accepting apology in another
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday accepted Special Assistant to PM on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan's apology in contempt of court...
Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar asks women to gang-rape men to gain equality
Scriptwriter Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar who made his film directorial debut with Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) film Kaaf Kangana, has said that women can prove equal status by gang-raping men.
While...
Govt jacks up petrol price by Rs1
ISLAMABAD: The government has increased the price of petrol by Rs1 per litre and that of high-speed diesel by 27-paisa per litre for the...
A timeline of major train accidents during PTI govt’s tenure
LAHORE: The Tezgam daily express, one of the oldest and most popular trains of Pakistan started in the 1950s, was engulfed in fire in the...
