Search For "islamabad"
Beijing wants to deploy own security amid attack on nationals in Pakistan:
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
In 2022, after a suicide bombing killed three Chinese language teachers at Karachi University, Islamabad allowed Beijing to send its investigators for the first time and pledged better protection for Chinese workers. However, a subsequent attack on Chinese engineers last month revealed lapse
Read More
Former chief Bajwa denies Pak army role in no-trust vote against Imran Kha
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Former Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Bajwa (retd) refuted the claims of the Pakistan Army's involvement in the no-trust vote against former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's government on Tuesday.
Read More
Nawaz Sharif likely to be re-elected as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz presi
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Pakistan-based media outlet reported citing sources, that the PML-N's general council meeting would be held in the first week of May in which a recommendation to make Nawaz Sharif the party's president would be tabled.
Read More
Finance Minister Aurangzeb expects Pakistan International Airlines privati
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Sunday that the privatization of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is expected by the end of June or early July, with Islamabad airport potentially following suit shortly after, Dawn reported.
Read More
Is Faizabad sit-in inquiry report another chapter in Pakistan's probe comm
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
An additional chapter in the history of the nation's investigative commission is 'The Faizabad sit-in inquiry report', which like other probes, is unable to meet its conclusion.
Read More
Gold price in Pakistan hits record high
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Amid the economic crisis in Pakistan, the rate for 10-gram gold has climbed to an all-time high of Pakistan currency (PKR) 216,221, while one tola gold (12.5 gram) has now touched PKR 252,200 on Saturday, Dawn reported.
Read More
PoK activist condemns arrest of Kashmiri woman by Pak police, demands imme
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Mirza alleged that Shazia, an orphan, was subjected to sexual harassment by DSP, Sardar Tariq Mehmood of Sidhnoti District, leading to her arrest under false charges of being abusive to local police after she refused the DSP's advances.
Read More
Russia warns Pakistan it might ban rice imports over safety concerns
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (FSVPS) of the Russian Federation issued a notification regarding violations of international and Russian phytosanitary requirements over a shipment of rice imported from Pakistan.
Read More
FIR lodged for abduction of foreign national in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
According to the report, the FIR was lodged at the request of the foreign embassy which also approached law enforcement seeking the recovery of the abducted citizen.
Read More
Pakistan: Voting for by-polls ends amid cellular network shutdowns, violen
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The voting for 21 national and provincial seats ended amid the temporary suspension of cellular services in "specific districts" of Punjab and Balochistan provinces, which authorities claim were steps to "safeguard" the electoral process, Dawn reported on Sunday.
Read More
Pakistan: No evidence of Bushra Bibi being poisoned, say doctors
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Doctors have given a clean chit of health to Bushra Bibi, the wife of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan after a thorough medical examination in the presence of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) founder's trusted family physician
Read More
Pakistan journalist expresses concern over rise in street crimes in Karach
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"The incidents of mobile snatching and street crime are on continuous rise but the killings of people during the dacoity incidents have also surged in past few months. In last three months, fourty to fifty people have lost their lives in such incidents in Karachi. This is alarming and its im
Read More