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Imran Khan lacks ability to create new province: Bilawal Bhutto
Imran Khan lacks ability to create new province: Bilawal Bhutto

Layyah: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari warned that PTI was try to use South Punjab province as an election ploy.

“Did Imran Khan keep his previous promises Did he end terrorism in 90 days Did he fix the education and health systems in 90 days Did he...

Pakistan slams double standards in terror fight
Pakistan slams double standards in terror fight

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has voiced its dismay at the failure of UN Sanctions Committee to approve Islamabad’s request to place Jamaat-e-ul-Ahrar terrorist Umer Khalid Khurasani on terror list.

“We are aware that the UN Al-Qaeda/ISIL Sanctions Committee did not approve P...

Earthquake jolts Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Earthquake jolts Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

ISLAMABAD: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale shook parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad on Friday.

The temblor was felt in Islamabad, Malakand, Chitral, Peshawar, Swabi, Malakand Agency, Kohat and other parts of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

PIA asks customers to report 5 hrs prior to departure at new Islamabad Int&l Airport
PIA asks customers to report 5 hrs prior to departure at new Islamabad Int’l Airport

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has asked its customers to report at least five hours prior to departure time for their international flights at new Islamabad International Airport.

In a statement shared on its twitter...

Punjab announces early summer vacations for schools
Punjab announces early summer vacations for schools

LAHORE: The Punjab government has announced summer vacations for schools.

“Private and public schools will close for summer vacations from May 17,” Education Minister Rana Mashhood announced on Thursday.

The schools will reopen on August 10, he said.

The schedule of...

Defence Minister says India fanning terrorism in Pakistan through Afghan soil
Defence Minister says India fanning terrorism in Pakistan through Afghan soil

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has said India is fanning terrorism in Pakistan through the Afghan soil.

The minister was speaking to media here Thursday.

Dastgir said spreading fake news through media is also one of...

PTI cancels Waziristan jalsa due to ‘some highly important reasons&
PTI cancels Waziristan jalsa due to ‘some highly important reasons’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday announced the cancellation of its Waziristan’s jalsa due to “some very highly important reasons.”

The opposition party was scheduled to hold a public meeting at Mir Ali Ground in South Waziristan on...

Bilawal Bhutto visits Ahsan Iqbal, seeks probe into assassination bid
Bilawal Bhutto visits Ahsan Iqbal, seeks probe into assassination bid

LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called on the government to launch a probe into an assassination attempt on Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal.

The interior minister was shot and injured in a gun attack during a...

CJ seeks report on lawyers holding fake degrees
CJ seeks report on lawyers holding fake degrees

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on Thursday took suo motu notice on lawyers holding bogus degrees and directed bar councils across the country to furnish a report on it within a month.

He took the notice while hearing a suo motu notice in connection with fake degrees...

Pakistan army chief Gen Bajwa among Forbes 'World's Most Powerful' people
Pakistan army chief Gen Bajwa among Forbes 'World's Most Powerful' people

 Chief of the Army  Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has claimed a spot on the Forbes 'most powerful people in the world' list.

General Bajwa was ranked 68 among 75 people as per the magazine.

General Bajwa is Pakistan’s 10th army chief and r...