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Security forces foil major terrorist plot in FATA, KP and Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Security forces on Monday foiled a major terrorist plot in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Islamabad.
According to reports, a...
Huanying! CPEC passes through Pakistani restaurants
Local restaurants welcoming visitors with signs in Chinese
ISLAMABAD: Following China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), there has been a notable increase in the two-way traffic...
Police detain 52 kite-sellers in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: Police on Friday night conducted a raid in and around Royal Artillery Bazaar (RA Bazaar) against kite-sellers as well as those engaged in kite-flying.
The crackdown resulted...
Placement on global terrorist financing list: Pak could suffer economic repercussions
ISLAMABAD: The prospect of Pakistan being placed back on a global terrorist financing watchlist could endanger its handful of remaining banking links to the...
NHA says new Islamabad airport will be inaugurated soon
ISLAMABAD: National Highway Authority (NHA) on Tuesday said that the new airport facility will be inaugurated soon.
In a statement, the authority clarified that the...
ECP rejects two Senate nominees from MQM-P, two from PSP
ISLAMABAD: Nomination papers of two members of both Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) were rejected by the Election Commission of...
Afghan national faking embassy documents for Thai visas nabbed
--Idrees Fiazi helped Afghan govt officials get Thai visas
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested an Afghan national from Islamabad who was involved...
Bodies of 11 Pakistanis drowned in Libya to arrive in Islamabad...
ISLAMABAD: Bodies of Eleven Pakistani citizens, who died in the tragic boat incident in Libya, will arrive at Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Wednesday...
President signs bill separating PIMS from SZABMU
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has signed the bill separating Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) from Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU).
The All...
Saudi Arabia increases Pakistan’s Hajj quota
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia government has informed Pakistan’s Ministry of Religious Affairs that Hajj quota for the country has been increased for the year 2018...
Govt fully committed towards peace, stability in region: President
President Mamnoon Hussain on Friday said that there was no place for militancy and militants in Pakistan and the government was fully committed towards...
Smart Cards to replace vehicle registration books from March 1
ISLAMABAD: Excise and Taxation Rawalpindi is finalizing all the arrangements to issue smart cards to vehicle owners from March 1.
According to Excise and Taxation...
Oath-taking ceremony for FSC judges held
ISLAMABAD: Federal Shariat Court (FSC) Chief Justice Justice Sh Najamul Hasan on Friday administered the oath to Justice Syed Muhammad Farooq Shah and Justice...
14 outlaws arrested; narcotics and weapons recovered
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police have arrested 14 outlaws, including four drug pushers and recovered narcotics and weapons from their possession, a police spokesman said.
He said...
Citizens urge authorities to fix faulty traffic signals
RAWALPINDI: Citizens have demanded that the concerned authorities pay urgent attention to the repairs of the faulty traffic signals as the malfunctioning of the...
CJP says Elections Act 2017 review not Nawaz Sharif specific
--Chief Justice Nisar says SC will look at the bigger picture to ascertain legislation's implications
--Dismisses lawyer's claim that Election Act 2017 was in violation of...
SC summons record of CDA chairman’s appointment
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed Additional Attorney General Waqar Rana to submit the record regarding the appointment of Capital Development Authority (CDA)...