Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has approved the placement of draft constitutional amendment before the Parliament for the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

KARACHI: One girl was killed when shacks caught fire in Karachi's Gulshan-e-Iqbal town on Tuesday.

The fire broke out due to explosion of a gas cylinder which burnt about 200 tents there, the fire department informed Geo News.

Sources add that six fire trucks were tasked to cool down

JOHANNESBURG: Two Pakistani brothers were killed for resisting an armed robbery in South African city of Johannesburg on Monday, family said.

Farooq, son of one of the two victims, said that his father Raza Al-Mustafa and his two brothers Raza Al-Atta and Raza

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari visited the residence of Shaheed Colonel Sohail Abid in Islamabad and condoled with his family including father and children in Islamabad on Tuesday.

PPP Chairman offered fateha for the

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan needs to generate 1.3 million additional jobs on average every year as the plethora of people attaining the working age most likely to rise from the current 4 million to around 5 million by 2035. 

According to United Nations Development

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah said on Tuesday that loss of precious lives due to heatwave in Karachi was a very tragic and unfortunate incident.

In a statement here, he said that Ministry of Climate Change took a proactive

ISLAMABAD: Calling Imran Khan a "NATO" (no action talk only) commander, Federal Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal described PTI’s 100-day plan as an incomplete, incoherent, unrealistic and imaginative document.

““In our politics, there is

LAHORE: A passenger train traveling from Karachi to Islamabad collided with a freight carriage in Lahore on Tuesday, Geo reported.

The Green Line Train was on its way to Islamabad before it hit freight cars at Lahore Railway Station, causing damage to

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has received 50 applications from various political parties for allotment of symbol for the next general elections.

According to ECP, all political parties which have representation in the parliament, have already applied for

ISLAMABAD: PPP leaders on Tuesday took a jibe at PTI, saying Imran Khan’s party wanted to implement the so-called 100-day plan with 100 turncoats.

“PTI cannot enforce its 100-day plan even in 420 days. Yes, Imran Khan has gathered 100 turncoats in 50 days,” PPP MNA

ISLAMABAD:   Deadlock persisted as the meeting between Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi  and Leader of the Opposition ended without a decision on the caretaker prime minister here on Tuesday.

Today's was the  fourth formal meeting between the two leaders to decide the  the

A deadly tropical cyclone gaining strength in the Arabian Sea shortly after Cyclone Sagar killed at least 15 in Somalia, poses no threat for Pakistan’s coastline, said the Met Office on Tuesday.

The new cyclone, a remnant of Cyclone Sagar, is

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has proposed three dates to President of Pakistan for holding general elections 2018.

In this regard, a summery has been sent to President Mamnoon Hussain to seek his permission for fixing the dates for holding

HOUSTON: The body of 17-year-old Pakis­tani exchange student Sabika Sheikh,  who was killed in a mass shooting at Texas high school, would arrive in Karachi today (Tuesday) around 03:00pm.

Sabika, a Karachi teenager, was among 10 students gunned down on

RAWALPINDI: Indian troops initiated unprovoked cease fire violation along Working Boundary targeting civil population with mortars and heavy weapons in Harpal and Charwah Sector on Monday.

According to Inter Services Public Relations, Pakistan Rangers Punjab

KARACHI: At least 65 people died of heatstroke in Karachi since Saturday as the temperature hit 44 degrees Celsius (111.2 Fahrenheit) on Monday during the Holy month of Ramadan, Edhi confirmed.

Over 150 bodies, including 65 those died of heatstroke, have been

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Monday visited the residence of Colonel Sohail Abid, who was martyred during an anti-terrorist operation in Balochistan, and expressed his condolence with the bereaved family.

The prime minister offered

ISLAMABAD: PTI chairman Imran Khan has described former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s court statement about his alleged properties in London as “absolutely shameful.”

Khan’s reaction came hours after Nawaz Sharif told an accountability court that he had no link with t

Karachi - Residents of Pakistan´s largest city Karachi were urged to seek shelter Monday as the temperature hit 44 degrees Celsius (111.2 Fahrenheit), sparking fears of widespread heatstroke during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan.

The Pakistan Meteorological Department warned the

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior and Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal on Monday re-affirmed the commitment to wipe out terrorism from the country, saying war on terror is still continuing to completely eradicate the menace.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony of

ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader Syed Khursheed Shah said that he would quit politics if PTI chairman Imran Khan implemented his 100-day plan.

“This is not a practical plan. At best, this can be called an election gimmick,” Shah said in a statement about PTI’s first 100-

ISLAMABAD: PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry has rejected the nominations of PPP for the post of caretaker Prime Minister.

His response came shortly after PPP shortlisted Zaka Ashraf and Jalil Abbas Jilani for the top slot in a caretaker government. 

Zaka Ashraf had served as

ISLAMABAD: New names have surfaced for the caretaker Prime Minister a day before the government and opposition are expected to announce their pick for the top slot.

Geo TV quoted sources saying that five names are currently under consideration between Prime Minister Shahid

ISLAMABAD: Two sitting MPAs from Charsadda and Sargodha announced their decision to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday.

The two lawmakers met Imran Khan at his Bani Gala residence before joining his party. 

In addition, Rana Sohail, a former Punjab lawmaker

ISLAMABAD: Ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has responded to 55 questions asked to him in Avenfield reference being heard by an accountability court.

The reference is related to the London properties of Sharif family and is among three cases filed by the

A driver was ‘slightly injured’ when a winch crane toppled over onto a construction area in the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Arab media reported.

The incident occurred late afternoon on Sunday in an isolated area near Gate 160 in the third expansion area, the general presidency for the

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that the members of the Panama JIT were 'bias' and have affiliation with his political rival Imran Khan’s party.

The ex-premier was recording statement in Avenfield apartment’s corruption reference.

The

SINGAPORE: Moody's Investors Service said that Pakistan's (B3 stable) credit profile is supported by the country's robust growth performance and potential, a large — but low-income — economy, and an improved track record of reforms that started under its 2013-16 Int

Stafford: Houston´s Muslim community gathered to offer prayers Sunday at the funeral service for a 17-year-old Pakistani exchange student killed in a mass shooting at her southeast Texas high school.

About 1,000 people, many with Pakistani roots and wearing traditional

SANTA FE, United States: Hundreds of people are expected to attend the funeral Sunday in Texas of Sabika Sheikh, the young Pakistani exchange student killed in a mass shooting Friday at a high school, organizers told AFP.

The somber ceremony is to take place at an Islamic center