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Pakistan issues strong demarche to India

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has conveyed a strong demarche to India and expressed solidarity with Kashmiris on first Anniversary of Martyrdom of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. Foreign Office in a statement said Pakistan joins Kashmiris on both sides...

Colossal flood devastation affected over 33m people: FO

ISLAMABAD: Colossal scale of devastation across various parts of country brought about by unprecedented climate catastrophe has affected more than 33 million people.  Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson in his weekly press briefing said continuing...

President visits Nowshera to oversee flood relief activities

NOWSHERA: President Dr. Arif Alvi visited Nowshera district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. During visit, district administration briefed President about flood on Mardan Bridge and told him that around one hundred and fifty thousand people were affec...

PTI Chairman refuses to apologise in any way

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan refused to tender an apology in contempt of court case show-cause notice. A larger bench of Islamabad High Court (IHC) on August 23 issued a show-cause notice to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf C...

US announces $30m in life-saving humanitarian aid for flood-hit Pakistan

Islamabad: The United States, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), on Tuesday announced an additional $30 million in life-saving humanitarian assistance to support people and communities affected by severe flooding in Pakistan...

IMF revives long pending bailout programme

ISLAMABAD: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board has approved revival of Pakistan’s EFF programme. In his latest Tweet, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said that following revival of programme, Pakistan should now be getting 7th and 8th tranch...

Floods wreak havoc, death toll crosses 1,030 mark: NDMA

ISLAMABAD: Floods continued to devastate country particularly provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan leaving at least 119 people dead and more than 70 injured in past 24 hours. Floods have claimed over 1,030 lives, with 74 deaths report...

IHC constituted large bench to proceed against Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: A five-judge larger bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has been constituted to proceed against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief and former prime minister (PM) Imran Khan on the charge of contempt of court for ‘intimidating a...

President appeals to nation, expats, int’l community to help flood affectees

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has appealed to entire nation, overseas Pakistanis and international community to lend support to flood affectees.  “Entire nation, overseas Pakistanis and international community should come forward to he...

COAS Bajwa directs to render all possible support to flood-affectees

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa chaired 250th Corps Commanders’ Conference at General Headquarters (GHQ) here. During meeting, participants were briefed in detail on external and internal security situations, with a pa...

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Govt plans to cut electricity prices by up to Rs10 per unit

ISLAMABAD: Government has unveiled a revised plan to reduce the baseline power tariff by Rs 8 to Rs 10 per unit, quoting sources. The plan aims to address the issue of circular debt, which will be reduced through the reduction of the debt amount. Un...

Govt rejects proposal to exchange Dr. Aafia Siddiqui for Shakil Afridi

ISLAMABAD: Government told the Islamabad High Court (IHC) its position on the proposal to exchange Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s release for Shakil Afridi’s handover. According to reports, the government of Pakistan turned down the possibility of...

Mustafa Amir’s remains exhumed for DNA samples

KARACHI: Following the court orders, Sindh health department’s medical team exhumed body of Mustafa Amir for DNA samples. Mustafa Amir was kidnapped and allegedly murdered by his friends in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on Jan...

Pakistan releases 22 Indian fishermen, begins repatriation process

KARACHI: Pakistani authorities have released 22 Indian fishermen from Karachi’s Malir Jail, beginning their repatriation process on Friday, as confirmed by a police official.   Arshad Shah, the superintendent of Malir Jail, confirmed that...
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