Pakistan

LONDON:  The son of Pakistani parents who emigrated to Britain in the 1960s, new interior minister Sajid Javid took charge Monday of a ministry in crisis over its treatment of immigrants.

The 48-year-old former investment banker became the first home

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned the twin suicide attacks in Kabul on Monday in which many precious human lives were lost and a number of innocent injured.

"We are distressed and grieved at the loss of precious lives in this dreadful terrorist attacks",

BEIJING: The second batch of Chinese Red Cross medical team comprising 14 doctors and medical staff has left here for Gwadar to provide humanitarian medical assistance at emergency medical center.

The second batch will replace the first batch

ISLAMABAD: Two Commodores of Pakistan Navy, namely Mirza Foad Amin Baig and Mian Zakirullah Jan have been promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral with immediate effect.

After promotion, Rear Admiral Mirza Foad Amin Baig has been appointed as Flag Officer Sea Training

ISLAMABAD: Former president and All-Pakistan Muslim League chief General (retired) Pervez Musharraf on Monday announced that he is waiting for a secure time to return homeland and expects justice from the judiciary.

Speaking to media after a telephonic

ISLAMABAD: Deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that PML-N would continue its ‘respect to vote’ campaign and he will not surrender before the dark forces.

Addressing party lawmakers alongside Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) President and Punjab Chief Minister

KARACHI: The Sindh Food Authority (SFA) has now kick started as a regulatory body to instigate a massive foods quality-check drive around the city.

The Sindh government on Monday approved the launch of a food inspection drive which will examine quality processes of

ISLAMABAD: Following the tradition of assisting national organizations and the instructions of its senior leadership, PAF has lent a hand to Civil Aviation Authority for smooth and safe conduct of operations at the newly constructed Islamabad International

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Talal Chaudhry on Monday cited that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Imran Khan should firstly elaborate in eleven points the developments brought to KP during his occupancy.

While

LAHORE: Asif Zardari opened up for the first time about his differences with Nawaz Sharif in a meeting with party leaders and said that Sharif pitted him against the establishment.

Pakistan Peoples’ Party Co-chairman said the elder Sharif is more cunning and o

A traffic policeman has received considerable accolade after a video showing him risking his life to remove the carcass of a cat in Karachi, went viral on social media.

As per reports by Geo News, the traffic warden identified as Waqar Ali was on duty at the

KARACHI: Pattern of Pakistan Rangers Sindh uinform has been changed days after the paramilitary force authorized new uniform change.

The paramilitary troops are wearing new unifrom from today.

on April 15,  the Rangers had said in statement that the pattern of uniform was being changed

ISLAMABAD: Another incident of hitting bikers occurred in Islamabad when a US diplomat’s vehicle struck a bike, injuring two persons late on Sunday. While police have released the diplomat from the Secretariat Police Station after a brief detention.

As per

LAHORE: Local medical stores remained closed on Sunday on the fourth consecutive day of strike imposed by Pakistan Chemists and Druggist Association (PCDA) against Punjab Drug Act 2017.

The strike, which is being observed against the

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Navy Ship ‘Alamgir’ (Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigate) successfully rescued a stranded Indian fishing dhow named ‘St. Marys’ via a rescue operation while conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSOs) in Gulf

LAHORE: Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on Sunday took notice of hefty salaries of employees working at Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI).

Hearing various cases at the Lahore Registry of Supreme Court, the CJP sought complete report, along with a list of doctors hired by the

LAHORE: Supreme Court Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Sunday summoned his son-in-law Khalid Rehman and forced him to apologize for seeking favour for a police officer.

According to Geo News, the chief justice was hearing an application filed by an ex-wife of Deputy

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan said that the PTI rally, scheduled to be held on April 30 at Minar-e-Pakistan, will witness the mother of all jalsas.

He said this while visiting the venue of the event last night.

KAMRA:  The sprawling complex at Kamra, west of Islamabad, reverbates at the thundering take-off of a Mirage Rose-1, the latest ageing fighter jet to have been gutted and reassembled by the Pakistani Air Force.

Fifty years after Pakistan bought its first Mirages, many

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail Saturday said the federal budget for the year 2018-19 was balanced and focused on maintaining growth momentum gained during last five years, dispelling the impression that the government eyed on the upcoming election

Citizens should make maximum use of Rung Road for their movement: Roy Ejaz Ahmed

The way will be kept clear for ambulances and other emergency vehicles: Roy Ejaz Ahmed

Open routes for traffic

1- Lahore Rung Road, Lower Mall Road, Outfall road are open for all types of traffic

2- Mall

KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has accused the Federal Board of Revenue of double taxation after the tax authorities raised a demand of Rs4.32 billion income tax and withholding tax on goods against various departments of the Sindh government.

This, he said, while

KARACHI: Pakistan will get a loan of $1 billion from commercial bank of a friendly country to shore up fast depleting foreign currency reserves, Geo News quoted sources in State Bank of Pakistan as saying.

Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves decreased to $17.13

According to DIG Quetta, the armed men targeted the shopkeepers at electronics market who succumbed to the injuries at the spot.

The police official said that the bodies of nephew and uncle were shifted to Civil Hospital for autopsy.

A search operation has been launched after the

The Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital has been accredited by US Joint Commission International, according to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan who has built the medical facility.

The former cricket hero and philanthropist

Pakistan's World Cup winning hockey goalkeeper Mansoor Ahmed has been offered free of coast heart transplant surgery by a private Indian hospital, according Indian media.

The offered has been made by the Fortis Group of Hospitals that assured him

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Friday said the Prime Minister has announced a package of Rs 25 billion for Karachi to carry out major development schemes in the metropolis, including infrastructural and other social sectors facilities.

Presenting budget

ISLAMABAD: The non filers cannot purchase property worth Rs4 million in the next fiscal year whereas the filers would have to only pay one per cent tax on purchase of properties.

The step was announced by Finance Minister Miftah Ismail during his 2018-19

ISLAMABAD: Amid lingering controversy over the legality of federal budget 2018-19, the ruling PML-N government unveiled its sixth consecutive budget in the National Assembly at the twilight of its constitutional tenure.

Miftah Ismail, who was appointed as federal