Pakistan

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa  has confirmed death sentences of 11 terrorists, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday.

A statement issued by the ISPR said convicts were involved in attacks on

NARH (Kahuta): Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Friday expressed his confidence that with an exceptional performance over the past five years in government, the PML-N would win with a bigger margin in the 2018 general election than that of 2013 polls.

“Whe

ISLAMABAD: PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif has urged PTI chairman Imran Khan to reveal the source of his information about the fall of a big wicket.

“Imran Khan should tell us who told him about the fall of a big wicket Who told him about the e

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced that it will hold major rallies in Waziristan and Karachi on May 11 and 12 respectively.

“We have already kick-started our national election campaign from Lahore. We are now going to hold another two big r

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Saqib Nisar has said that provision of justice is the basic responsibility of judiciary.

Addressing the eighth judicial conference here Friday, the Chief Justice said, “Provision of indiscriminate j

Rawalpindi: Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi visited Command and Staff College Quetta, where he addressed the course participants and faculty members.

The Naval Chief dilated upon the maritime security dynamics; challenges and

MULTAN: MMA chairman Maulana Fazlur Rehman says that his party will have to recognize Israel as a state before entering into an alliance with Imran Khan.

“If Imran Khan is elected as Prime Minister, it will be unfortunate for the c

KARACHI: K-Electric has announced load management for next three to four days more after unexpected fault at Bin Qasim Power Station could not be fixed even after more than 24 hours.

In a statement on twitter, the power facility announced, “Due to an unexpected f

LAHORE: Former President Asif Ali Zardari said Friday that PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif had weakened democracy by behaving like Prince Salim.

“Nawaz Sharif has harmed democracy. We served jail terms. Benazir Bhutto and Zulfikar A

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has constituted a three-member special bench to hear an appeal of former foreign minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif against his disqualification by the Islamabad High Court.

The bench comprises of Justice Umar Ata Bandial,

QUETTA: Unknown gunmen shot dead six labourers in a remote town in Balochistan, officials said Friday, in the latest bout of violence to rock the  region.

The murders took place overnight in Lajjey, about 170 kilometres (105 miles) southwest of Quetta, the

KARACHI: In order to provide better health care facilities to Karachiites, the Edhi Foundation in an agreement got connected with a ride-hailing services app Careem for swift access to the patients on Friday.

Faisal Edhi, son of Abdul Sattar Edhi and Head of

KARACHI: French automaker Renault has now decided to establish its car manufacturing plant in Faisalabad after facing long delays in land acquisition in Karachi’s Bin Qasim Industrial Park.

 Chief  of Groupe Renault said  th

Pakistan Meteorological Department Chief Dr Ghulam Rasul has warned that chances of heatwaves in Karachi are very high in April and the next month.

Talking to The News, he defined a heatwave as an increase of five degrees in the mercury from a normal or average temperature

British Labour Party politician had to wait for more than three hours before she received  her luggage at the new Islamabad International Airport on Friday.

She took to Twitter to express her dissatisfaction over the arrangements

The Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted a hot to very hot Ramazan in Karachi and the rest of Sindh due to prevailing hot and dry conditions under the influence of climate change and its effects across the world.

PMD experts say a major portion

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will hear former foreign minister Khawaja Asif’s petition challenging the order of Islamabad High Court which disqualified him as member of the Parliamentarian for not being honest, concealing his employment in UAE based c

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has been acquitted in SSP Asmatullah Junejo torure case filed against him after 2014 sit-in.

After the acquittal, Khan said that it was a political case and it is very unfortunate that terrorism cases are

ATTOCK: At least two people were killed and several others were injured in a gun and bomb attack in Attock district of Punjab on Thursday, officials say.

According to security sources, a suspected terrorist rammed his motorcycle into a bus, resulting in the death of two

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said Thursday that MQM would not be allowed to spread fear and tear again under the guise of politics.

The chief minister was speaking to media persons after inspecting ongoing development projects in the

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution to re-name Dr Abdul Salam Physics Centre of Quaid-e-Azam University after Muslim scientist Abu al Fatah Abdul Rehman Al-Khazini.

The resolution was moved by Captain (R) Muhammad Safdar,

KARACHI: Pakistan Navy, in line with Government of Pakistan's Vision of "Green Pakistan" launched "Pakistan Navy - Mangroves Plantation Campaign 2018".

This is the third campaign of this series which entails an effort to plant about two Million

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s national airline PIA says it has completely shifted the flight operation to the newly-opened Islamabad International Airport.

“All arrivals and departures are taking place from the NIAP now,” said a statement from the

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in Senate Sherry Rehman has strongly condemned police lathi-charge on journalists who rallied in the federal capital to mark World Press Freedom Day on Thursday.

Speaking on a point of order in

PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami announced  that it was quitting the PTI-led government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, just a few weeks before Pakistan goes to the general elections.

The government’s five-year constitutional term is scheduled to end next month.

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