Safety of CPEC projects: Pakistan enhances security in Balochistan
Islamabad: Pakistan government has increased security in the southwestern Balochistan province in a bid to protect the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects in the region.
Imran Khan posing as standard-bearer of Islam would create problems for Pakistan: Opinion piece
Islamabad: A leading Pakistani newspaper has opined that PM Imran Khan’s mixing of politics and religion to gain support from religious quarters has taken a dangerous direction.
Pakistan PM welcomes LoC ceasefire, says open for dialogue
New Delhi/UNI: Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday said his country is ready for talks to resolve all outstanding issues, but asked India to create an "enabling environment" for further progress.
Dutch officials seize heroin in container of Himalaya salt from Pakistan
The Hague: The Durch customs officials have seized the largest heroin haul ever found in one bust in the country when they discovered 1,500 kg of heroin in the port city of Rotterdam recently, media reports said on Friday.
Beijing's power loans triggering a debt trap for Islamabad
Islamabad: Pakistan is emerging as the new nation which is struggling to repay Chinese loans extended under the Belt and Road Initiative, media reports said.
Pakistan: Blast hits Khuzdar, four labourers hurt
Khuzdar: A bomb blast in Pakistan's Khuzdar region on Thursday left at least four labourers injured, media reports said.
FATF retains Pakistan in 'grey list', gives June deadline to implement action plan
Islamabad:Pakistan has once again been retained in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) 'grey list', giving the south Asian nation yet another jolt on Thursday.
Pakistan govt's plan to commercialize COVID vaccine triggers row
Islamabad: Pakistan's health experts have expressed concern over the government's decision to allow some private companies to import coronavirus vaccines as they fear the step might make the vaccines to be sold at commercial rates.
Pakistan: Politician Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi marries 14-year-old girl
Islamabad:A Pakistani politician, who is believed to be aged in his mid fifties, has married a 14-year-old Chitrali girl, triggering a row,media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Four women aid workers gunned down in North Waziristan
Islamabad: Unknown gunmen shot dead four women aid workers in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on Monday,media reports said.
Pakistan President Arif Alvi cautions France against enacting anti-Muslim laws
Islamabad: Pakistan President Arif Alvi has urged political leadership of France “not to entrench the discriminatory attitudes against Muslim into laws”, a comment which may further deteriorate relationship between the two nations.
Exiled dissidents demonstrate outside FATF Paris hdqs demanding action against Pakistan
Paris: Around 30-40 exiled dissidents from Balochistan, Tibet, Hong Kong and of the Pashtun and Uyghur communities demonstrated outside the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) headquarters here on Saturday and urged action against Pakistan, media reports said.
Pakistan: Rape victims will now need to pay Rs 25,000 for medical exam
Islamabad: Pakistan's Forensic Department of Khyber Medical College University has decided to make certain changes for the foreinsic service by which the medical examination of rape victims will cost Rs 25,000 and the charges for autopsy will be Rs 5,000 for the local residents of Peshawar, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: 2 die in firing incident at polling station during Daska by-election
Islamabad: A firing incident at a polling station on Friday in Daska's NA-75 constituency in Pakistan's Sialkot region left at least two people killed on Friday.
Pakistan's external debt and liabilities swell to $115.7 billion
Islamabad: Pakistan's Central Bank data has shown the country's foreign debt and liabilities increased $3 billion or 2.6 percent during the six months period ended in December last.