Unprovoked Indian firing at LoC violates international laws: AJK PM

MIRPUR: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan said on Tuesday that the unprovoked Indian firing from across the Cease Fire Line...

Imran’s resignation can solve Pakistan’s issues, says Bilawal

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday said Prime Minister Imran Khan was the country’s “biggest problem” and his resignation would...

PMDC employees’ protest continues against council’s dissolution

ISLAMABAD: The employees of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) on Tuesday continued their protest against the dissolution of the council and establishment of Pakistan...

Saudi minister denies asking PM Imran to act as mediator with Iran

Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir has denied reports of separate mediation efforts with Iran, one particularly led by Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan to...

Justice Isa, others ask SC to change Oct 28 hearing date

ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Isa and other litigants on Tuesday submitted a plea seeking the deferment of a hearing of a set of petitions...

Govt’s plan for youth empowerment to bear fruit, says Usman Dar

ISLAMABAD: Special Adviser to Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Usman Dar on Tuesday said that over 259,767 online loan applications were received under the...

Christian prisoners deprived of religious education in Punjab jails

LAHORE: On September 3, Reverend Maurice Shehbaz, wrote his latest letter addressed to the President, Prime Minister and Chief Justice of Pakistan entitled, ‘Christian...

Fazlur Rehman’s protest will puncture soon, says Sheikh Rasheed

RAWALPINDI: Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said while talking to media on Tuesday that the balloon of Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Azadi March will be punctured soon. He...

Zardari shifted to PIMS for treatment, tests

--PPP chief says JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman will achieve goal of ousting PTI govt   ISLAMABAD: Former president and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari...

Pakistan exposes India’s ‘LoC terror launchpads’ claim

--Foreign diplomats sans Indian envoy visit LoC, witness damage caused in local villages by Indian shelling --ISPR DG says Indian troops have committed 2,608 ceasefire...

Nawaz ‘stable’ after health scare

--PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal says ex-PM to recover within two days after platelet transfusion  --Hussain Nawaz claims NAB took moved incarcerated PM to Pindi to...

Nawaz shifted to hospital as his health worsens

LAHORE: Former premier and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader Nawaz Sharif was shifted to the Services Hospital on Monday night after his health worsened. Party...

No talks unless Opp allowed to take out Azadi March on Oct 27, says...

--Akram Durrani says government isn't serious about holding talks with opposition ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Akram Durrani on Monday said that the opposition will...

ANF’s denial of video evidence in Rana Sanaullah case leaves egg on Afridi’s face

Minister of State for Narcotics Control Shehryar Afridi's tall claims regarding the recovery of heroin from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab President Rana Sanaullah...

Man live streams suicide on Facebook in Pakistan

In a first of its kind incident in the country, a young man from Ghotki in upper Sindh committed suicide and streamed it live on Facebook on Monday. The police took his body...

Govt bans JUI-F’s ‘militant wing’

The federal government on Monday decided to formally ban Ansar-ul-Islam, the "militant wing" of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), according to media reports. As the date for joint...

Pakistan Coast Guards seizes 2600kg of drugs in Turbat

The Pakistan Coast Guards on Monday seized 2600kg of drugs in Turbat in Balochistan’s Kech district, according to a PCG spokesperson. PCG personnel intercepted a...