Pakistan

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...

Who will be next Army Chief?

Islamabad: Time has come for government to make one of most difficult decisions of its tenure. Lt. Gen. Asim Muneer, Lt. Gen. Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Lt. Gen. Azhar Abbas, Lt. Gen. Nauman Mehmood, Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed, Lt. Gen. Muhammad Amir are includ...

‘Global leaders extends full support to Pakistan amid heavy floods’

Islamabad: Pakistan faces devastating destruction amid heavy rainfall and floods, many world leaders have sent messages of support for country. Taking to his official Twitter handle, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Pakistanis were in his...

India wins by 5-wkt, Pakistan played well at the ‘last gasp’

DUBAI: India Sunday avenged their T20 World Cup humiliation after defeating Pakistan in the low-scoring Asia Cup 2022 clash at the Dubai Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja led the team to a five-wicke...

‘Two aircrafts with relief goods from Turkiye to arrive in Karachi today’

Islamabad: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb yesterday said that two aircrafts from Turkiye carrying relief goods for flood affectees would arrive in Karachi today. In a series of tweets, Marriyum mentions that “the C...

Sindh braces for deluge from swollen northern rivers

SUKKUR: Pakistan’s flooded southern Sindh province braced Sunday for a fresh deluge from swollen rivers in the north as the death toll from this year’s monsoon topped 1,000. The mighty Indus River that courses through Pakistan’s sec...

Journalist Waqar Satti booked for allegedly linking ‘disrespectful’ statement about Islam to Imran

RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi police have registered a case against journalist Waqar Satti on allegations of attributing “disrespectful” statements “not based on facts” about Islam to PTI chairperson Imran Khan. The case was registe...

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...

Dams construction only way out to avoid flood disaster: Imran

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan said that only way to avoid disaster caused by floods is to build dams. PTI Chairman visited flood-affected areas of province along with KP Chief Minister...

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...

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PIA flight steward suspended for smuggling 16 mobile phones

KARACHI: Senior flight steward of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Faisal Majeed Pehnwar, was suspended for smuggling mobile phones from Canada. According reports, Customs officials discovered 16 mobile phones hidden on his person, leading to i...

Gold price per tola decreases Rs900

Karachi: Gold price  declined in line with decrease in international rate. In local market, price of gold per tola was down by Rs 900, clocking in at Rs 283,400 per tola. Similarly, ten gram gold was sold at Rs 242,970 after it recorded decrease...

PSX, KSE-100 gains 202pts

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) KSE-100 Index registering new highs, briefly crossing 91,000 level for first time during intra-day trading. KSE-100 started session positive, hitting an intra-day high of 91,054.84, followed by some selling in s...

PM Shehbaz to attend Future Investment Initiative in SA on Oct 29-30: FO

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will undertake two-day official visit to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to attend 8th Edition of Future Investment Initiative (FII) being held in Riyadh from October 29 to 30, Foreign Office said. During visit, he i...
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