PML-N will expose PTI’s ‘destructive’ rule, says Shehbaz

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif has said his party will expose the "destructive" rule of the incumbent government  on October 31. Addressing...

FO tightens noose around diplomatic corps

ISLAMABAD: An unannounced policy of the protocol wing of the Foreign Office (FO) has tightened the noose around diplomatic corps in the federal capital. As...

Collective effort required to oust govt, says Bilawal

THARPARKAR: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Wednesday that collective effort will get rid of the “puppet government” and form a...

Indian troops martyr three Kashmiri youth in Pulwama

SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred three youth in Pulwama district. The troops martyred the youth during...

PM’s office orders probe into MoFA security breach by Hareem Shah

ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister’s (PM) Office on Wednesday took notice of a high-security breach by TikTok user Hareem Shah whose video of posing inside...

Islamabad police use water cannons to disperse teachers’ protest

ISLAMABAD: Capital Police used water cannons to disperse a protest of Basic Education Community Schools (BESC) teachers on Wednesday at D-Chowk. The BESC teachers were protesting...

Won’t resign, PM Imran says

--Premier says JUI-F’s Azadi March driven by foreign agenda and will harm Kashmir cause --Says Opp will be allowed to protest in Islamabad as long...

NAB chief says anti-graft watchdog not taking political revenge

KARACHI: Reiterating his resolve to continue the accountability drive, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal on Wednesday said the anti-graft body...

Nawaz Sharif’s health deteriorates again

--Nawaz's platelets count drops to 7,000 after reaching 29,000 on Tuesday --Maryam admitted to hospital as her health deteriorates after meeting father --Firdous says PM has...

Smartphone malware targeting military, govt officials

ONTARIO: A security firm has claimed that fake smartphone apps laden with malware are targeting Pakistan's military and government. A report released on Wednesday by...

VIDEO: ASF officials spit, punch and throw chair at passengers in Islamabad Airport

--Country's biggest airport and staff unable to operate properly since launch  --Food inspectors fail to look into profiteering by shopkeepers on airport premises  ISLAMABAD: A new...

Kamyab Jawan Programme reserves 25pc loans for women

Last week’s launch of Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan Programme received thousands of applications as the scheme offers unemployed youth soft loans for startups and...

IHC approves pre-arrest bail plea of Akram Durrani

ISLAMABAD: The pre-arrest bail plea submitted by the former chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Akram Durrani, has been accepted by the Islamabad High Court...

62nd Children’s Literature Festival kicks off in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: The two-day 62nd Children’s Literature Festival (CLF), a flagship program of civil society organization Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA), kicked off with a number of interactive sessions...

Red Zone blocked as govt decides to allow Azadi March

--PMO says PM Imran believes in democratic right to protest   ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police has placed containers to block off the capital city's NADRA and Serena...

SC rejects appeal against acquittal of Chaudhry Sher Ali in illegal land allotment case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday rejected a petition by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the acquittal of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)...

Firdous calls on Indian army chief to apologise over ‘false claims’

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan on Wednesday called on India's Chief of the Army Staff...