Category: Pakistan

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday launched the first phase of the “Kamyab Jawan Programme” for youth across the country to support them through technical and financial assistance. The prime minister while addressing the inauguration ceremony in Islamabad announced that Rs100 billion have been allocated for youth loans under the programme. He said that out […]

A sessions court in Lahore on Thursday handed a man two death penalties, life imprisonment and a Rs700,000 fine for raping and murdering a child. Bism Nazim was arrested for raping and murdering a seven-year-old child in 2017 and had been detained in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail for the past two years. He was arrested […]

Voters headed to the polls for the PS-11 Larkana by-elections on Thursday while a detailed report was submitted to the deputy inspector general (DIG) for Larkana regarding PPP leaders’ visits to the polling stations. Polling ended at 5pm and the counting of votes is now underway. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had announced by-elections […]

Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal on Thursday said Pakistan had “exclusive rights” over three Western rivers, adding that any attempt by India to divert the flow of these rivers would be considered an “act of aggression”. While addressing a weekly press briefing, the FO spokesperson was asked a question regarding Indian Prime Minister […]

LAHORE: A meeting between PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has been deferred to Oct 18 (Friday) because of the latter’s engagements with regard to the ‘Azadi March’ preparation. “The duo’s meeting scheduled to be held on Wednesday (today) has been put off till Friday to discuss a strategy […]

An accountability court in Lahore on Wednesday rejected acquittal applications of former railways minister Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother former provincial minister Khawaja Salman Rafique in the Paragon City scam. Judge Jawadul Hassan had on Monday reserved the verdict on the applications after advocates Ashtar Ausaf Ali and Amjad Pervaiz concluded their arguments on […]

At least three protesting drivers were killed and another wounded when Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) personnel opened fire in an attempt to disperse a demonstration at Superhighway near Karachi on Wednesday, said police. Several drivers of heavy vehicles were shot during their protest near Kathore against what police said was an attempt by personnel of […]

A Lahore antiterrorism court on Wednesday extended the physical remand of alleged serial killer Suhail Shehzad, accused of raping and murdering four minor boys in Kasur’s Chunian tehsil. Shehzad had been remanded into police custody on October 2 and today a 14-day extension in his remand was given by the court. Judge Abdul Qayyum Khan, […]

Following his one-day trip to Iran two days ago, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday reached Saudi Arabia as part of his initiative for peace and security in the region, Radio Pakistan reported. According to the Foreign Office, the prime minister will confer with the Saudi leadership in light of his recent consultations with other leaders. Bilateral […]

Backtracking from a key promise of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) manifesto, Minister For Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday asked the public not to look towards the government for jobs. Addressing the second Deans International Conference of Engineering Institutions in Islamabad, the minister said that the government could not provide jobs to the […]