Pakistan: Brick kiln workers demonstrate against bonded labour system in Toba Tek Singh
Toba Tek Singh: Scores of brick kiln workers, along with their families, recently demonstrated here against the bonded labour system in Pakistan.
Pakistan: Lawyers boycott courts, participate in rallies against price rise
Peshawar: A large number of lawyers in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region boycotted courts and protested on roads by participating in rallies on Monday to raise their voices against spiralling prices of daily use commodities and petroleum products in the country.
Pakistan: Soldier killed in military post attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: A soldier was killed in a terrorist attack at a military check post in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a Pakistani army statement said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Trial begins in rape-beheading of ex-envoys daughter
Islamabad/UNI: A Pakistani-American man accused of raping and beheading his girlfriend, the daughter of a former ambassador, went on trial Wednesday in Islamabad, media reports said.
Hoshab incident: Balochistan court suspends three officials including Kech Deputy Commissioner
Quetta: The Balochistan High Court (BHC) has suspended Kech Deputy Commissioner Hussain Jan, Assistant Commissioner Aqeel Ahmed and Naib Tehsildar Rasool Bakhsh over negligence in the Hoshab incident in which two children were killed a few days ago, media reports said.
Church of Pakistan slams PM Imran Khan-led govt for rejecting draft bill on forced conversions
Islamabad/UNI: The leaders of Church of Pakistan (CoP) have condemned the rejection of draft legislation against forced conversion by Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government as the decision was taken without taking the leadership of the religious minorities on board.
Next ISI chief will be announced this week: Pak Minister Fawad Chaudhary
Islamabad/UNI: Amid the ongoing tussle between the Pakistan Army and Prime Minister Imran Khan over the appointment of the country next spymaster, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary announced on Tuesday that the new Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general will be announced this week.
FATF to meet on Thursday to decide on Pakistan's status
Paris/UNI: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, is set to meet on Thursday when it will decide whether to keep Pakistan on the grey list.
Forged documents: Pakistan blacklists Chinese firm for a month
Islamabad: Pakistan's The National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has blacklisted a Chinese firm and barred it from participating in all tenders/bidding process for a month, media reports said.
Women must enjoy their constitutional rights: Pakistan's CJP
Islamabad: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed has said women in the country should enjoy all rights guaranteed to them by the constitution of the land.
Karachi: Pakistan's key opposition leader and PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday slammed PM Imran Khan and said he is trying to turn all institutions of the country into his party's Tiger Force.
Pakistan: Cop hurt as fire breaks out in Karachi factory
Karachi: A policeman was hurt as a fire broke out in a firecrackers factory in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistani govt hikes power tariff by Rs1.39 per unit
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has hiked power tariff by Rs1.39 per unit to fulfill the International Monetary Fund (IMF) demand to stay in its programme.
Pakistan: Imran Khan govt drops petrol price bomb on citizens
Islamabad:Pakistan's Imran Khan-led government on Saturday hiked prices of petroleum products with petrol now becoming expensive in the nation by Rs10.49 for the next fortnight.
US offers USD 2m for information leading to arrest of Pakistani smuggling suspect Abid Ali Khan
Washington: The US State Department on Thursday announced two rewards of USD1 million each for information leading to the arrest of Pakistani smuggler Abid Ali Khan.