Pakistan

ECP directs Imran Khan to provide documents in Tosha Khana reference

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) directed Imran Khan to provide documents in Tosha Khana reference.  A five members’ commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan took up reference for preliminary hearin...

President Alvi urges youth to participate in monsoon plantation drive

ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi has urged youth to actively participate in monsoon plantation drive to cope with challenge posed by climate. In his message on national monsoon plantation campaign, he stressed for plantation in residential and indu...

PM decides to introduce agri reforms on emergency basis

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif decided to introduce agricultural reforms on emergent basis in country.  A high level meeting on agricultural reforms in country was held here under PM Shehbaz Sharif.  PM was given detailed bri...

Pakistan, UK ink historic pact for convicted criminals repatriation

LAHORE: Pakistan and United Kingdom (UK) signed a historic agreement for repatriation of convicted criminals and immigration offenders from UK to Pakistan. British Home Secretary Priti Patel announced in a tweet, “I am proud to have signed a ne...

PM orders being flouted by bureaucracy: lawyer Hashmat Habib

KARACHI: Hashmat Habib President Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Adlia has been shocked to observe miscarriage of justice causing serious damage to Shehbaz Sharif’s politics and rule of law. He said good governance demands establishment of rule of law and...

Pakistan sends back letter of intent to IMF, paving way for board meeting

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail confirmed that government has sent letter of intent (LoI) back to International Monetary Fund (IMF) after fulfilling pre-requisites, paving way for executive board’s meeting. In his conversation with jo...

Larger bench constituted in prohibited funding case, not made respondent says Akbar S Babar

ISLAMABAD: Akbar S Babar said larger bench has been constituted in prohibited funding case but he has not been made respondent. “We think that where election commission decision has been challenged we should be made respondent” he said th...

Six of Muslim family including 3 women found dead in Jammu

JAMMU: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, six members of a Muslim family including three women were found dead under suspicious circumstances in Jammu district. Six persons were found dead in their home ins Sidhra area of district. Dece...

Pakistan to continue cooperation to uphold purposes, principles enshrined in UN Charter: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif reiterated Pakistan firm resolve to continue cooperation for upholding purposes and principles enshrined in UN Charter. Talking to UN Resident Coordinator Julien Harneis who called on him here yesterday...

Tarnishing the county’s image

It is very unfortunate that instead of exploring the potential of tourism in the country, we are shying away foreign tourists from our picnic resorts by not providing them due security and facilities the Shakarparian Hills incident where four men har...

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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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