Islamabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Sirens will blare out at 12 noon across Pakistan on Friday, the Pakistani national anthem will be played everywhere and all people and vehicles will come to a standstill, as the…
Karachi, Aug 29 (IANS) Gold prices in Pakistan hit a record high of Rs 90,000 per tola (10 gram) on Thursday in several cities, including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Faisalabad and Quetta. The 24-karat…
Karachi, Aug 29 (IANS) Pakistan’s biggest city is faced with squalor that has resulted in a major reproduction of flies on a scale that has drawn coverage by the New York Times. In a special…
Islamabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Irked over India’s decision to end the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan has said it will not hold any dialogue with India. According to a report published in…
Karachi, Aug 29 (IANS) Pakistani artists and celebrities have also jumped into the fray to show their “solidarity” with Kashmiris while appealing to people to boost the government’s efforts to highlight the Kashmir issue. Desperate…
Rawalpindi, Aug 29 (IANS) Pakistan’s motormouth Railway Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad on Thursday said that US President Donald Trump is trying to mislead both India and Pakistan on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir. This…
Islamabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Pakistan has successfully conducted a training launch of the surface-to-surface ballistic missile Ghaznavi, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday. “Pakistan successfully carried out night training launch of surface to…
Islamabad, Aug 29 (IANS) The increase of HIV/AIDS cases in Shahkot, a town in Pakistan’s Punjab district, has reached the verge of an epidemic, a law enforcement agency report has revealed. In its report sent…
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) Pakistan Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari has written a detailed letter to 18 UN Special Rapporteurs alleging massive human rights violations by India in Jammu and Kashmir, after it revoked its…
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) The electricity supply to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Secretariat faces disconnection over non-payment of bills running into crores of rupees. The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) issued a notice to…
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) To keep the Jammu and Kashmir issue alive in Pakistan, the government has urged all Pakistanis to stand for three minutes at 12 noon on Friday to ‘show solidarity with Kashmiris….
Rawalpindi, Aug 28 (IANS) Continuing his attack on India in the wake of the abrogation of Article 370 that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan Railway Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad said on Wednesday…
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) Pakistan and China have pledged to continue close consultation and coordination for the promotion of peace and stability in the region and maintenance of strategic balance as President Arif Alvi and…
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “undermined the spirit of bilateralism” and that India’s decision to revoke special status for Jammu and Kashmir…
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) Pakistan’s economy is plunging into a deep crisis, even as its Prime Minister and all other leaders are preoccupied with issuing threats of war and jihad against India after the abrogation…
Islamabad, Aug 27 (IANS) Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the Cabinet to discuss the situation in Kashmir. The Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Information Firdous Ashiq Awan said that…
Karachi, Aug 27 (IANS) Pakistani actress Mehwish Hayat has again criticised Bollywood for its alleged ‘hypocrisy’ and accused it of stealing Pakistani songs. Her comment came in the wake of Alia Bhatt’s recent music video…
Karachi, Aug 27 (IANS) Swarms of flies are so much troubling the people of Pakistan’s Sindh province so that the issue was not only raised in the Assembly but lawmakers also called for special prayers…
Rawalpindi, Aug 27 (IANS) Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has come down hard on Prime Minister Imran Khan and dubbed him more fascist than Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Nazis,…
New York, Aug 27 (IANS) Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi met the President of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Maria Fernanda Espinosa in New York on Monday and briefed her on…