Eight-day special anti-polio drive begins in southern districts of KP
ISLAMABAD:An eight-day special anti-polio drive kicked off in southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Monday.According to emergency operation center, the drive is being conducted in six districts of the province including Dera Ismail Khan, Ban…
Gold prices in Pakistan go down
KARACHI:Pakistani jewellery market witnessed a big fall in the gold prices on Monday.According to the Jewellers Association, the rates of 24 karats pure gold were decreased by Rs1,700 per tola and traded at Rs2,34,500 per tola in the market.The price o…
Info Minister asks PTI Chief to apologize to nation over violence
ISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has asked the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to apologize to the nation over the recent violent acts.In a tweet on Monday, she regretted that the PTI Chairman ha…
British Army’s CGS in Pakistan on five-day Defence Engagement visit
ISLAMABAD:British Army’s Chief of the General Staff (CGS), General Sir Patrick Sanders arrived in Pakistan on Monday on a five-day Defence Engagement visit.During his visit, General Sir Patrick Sanders would meet with Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Gen…
Iraq, Pakistan agree to further enhance ties
ISLAMABAD:Sajid Hussain Turi, Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, who is on the official visit to Iraq, held a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Ahmad Jassim Al-Asadi, Minister for Labour, Iraq at Baghdad today and…
PTI’s Yasmin Rashid sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand
LAHORE:A Lahore Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday sent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Yasmin Rashid to jail on a 14-day judicial remand in a case linked to the vandalism of Corps Commander House in Lahore, also known as Jinnah House, on May 9…
Govt puts names of Imran, Bushra on ECL in Al Qadir Trust case
ISLAMABAD:The federal government on Monday put the name of former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan on the Exit Control List.The federal cabinet gave the approval regarding placing Imran Khan’s name in the ECL through a circular summary. The P…
Imran Khan: Ex-Pakistan PM tells BBC crackdown on party is ‘untenable’
Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan has had a tough few weeks. Thousands of his supporters are in jail. Dozens from the leadership of his party have left – and it it could even be banned. Mr Khan himself could potentially be called before a mi…