Pakistan
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Imran Khan must resign over illegal foreign funding: Maryam Nawaz
New Delhi: The Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Maryam Nawaz, has asked Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to resign from his office immediately following the “damning” report of the scrutiny…
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Pakistan has endured 40 finance ministers; none succeeded in the assigned task
Fakir Syed Aijazuddin Discussing taxes is not the ideal way of welcoming 2022, especially after we have just finished burying 2021. The release by the Federal Board of Revenue of its Tax…
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Imran Khan to be honoured with ‘International Sports Personality Award’ at Expo 2020 Dubai
Abu Dhabi: Prime Minister of the Republic of Pakistan and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Patron-in-Chief, Imran Khan will be honoured with the ‘International Sports Personality Award’ on Sunday, January 9, 2022 at…
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Pak Oppn attacks Imran Khan for false information on funding
New Delhi: Opposition parties have lambasted Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for reported non-disclosure of millions of rupees in election funds, as brought to light by…
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7 killed, 5 injured in fire, gas leakage accidents in Pakistan
Islamabad: Seven people were killed and five injured in two separate accidents in Pakistan in the last 24 hours. As many as seven members of a family were killed on Wednesday after…
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ICC should stamp out corruption; should show no mercy towards match fixers
Veteran Pakistan all rounder Mohammad Hafeez has announced his retirement from international cricket. But as he left the scene, he sounded a warning that should be heeded by cricket administrators from all over…
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First Islamabad-Istanbul train reaches Turkey after nearly 10 years
Islamabad: After a pause of around a decade, the first freight train between Istanbul and Islamabad via Tehran reached Ankara on Monday. The first train through Lahore, Taftan, and Zahedan completed its…
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Declining since 2015, violence in Pakistan increases by 42% in 2021
New Delhi: After a consistent decline since 2015, violence in Pakistan increased by an alarming 42 per cent in 2021, according to the Center for Research and Security Studies Annual Security Report…
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There are ‘complications’ regarding Pak-Afghan border fencing: Qureshi
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi acknowledged that there are “some complications” regarding the Pak-Afghan border fencing and the matter was being taken up with the Taliban government. Qureshi said at…
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If not in person, join virtually: Pak invites India for 19th SAARC summit
Islamabad: In a key development, Pakistan has invited India for the upcoming South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit. Speaking at the news conference, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said…
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Imran Khan says graft, sex crimes main evils confronting Muslim world
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that rising corruption and sex crimes were the two main evils confronting the Muslim world. He said this during an interactive dialogue on Riyasat-i-Madina:…
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Pakistan central bank subordinated to IMF: Jamaat-e-Islami chief
New Delhi: Sirajul Haq, chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), has announced an anti-government movement, saying that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is no longer in its control, rather it has been…
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Pak: Locals block roads, protest against power outages in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Scores of local men and women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday blocked the road leading to the Torkham border and protested against prolonged power outages in the area. Traffic on…
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Pakistan’s Balochistan most neglected province in terms of girls education
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Balochistan is the most neglected among all the four provinces in terms of education, health, and employment, with only 24 per cent of women are literate here in the region.…