COVID-19 in Pakistan: Clerics announce resumption of congregational prayers at mosques
Islamabad/IBNS: With Pakistan still witnessing an increase of COVID-19 cases, several prominent clerics and noted scholars on Monday announced the resumption of five-time congregational prayers at mosques across the country.
COVID-19 in Pakistan: Clerics announce resumption of congregational prayers at mosques
Islamabad/IBNS: With Pakistan still witnessing an increase of COVID-19 cases, several prominent clerics and noted scholars on Monday announced the resumption of five-time congregational prayers at mosques across the country.
World Sindhi Congress opposes Pakistan govt's decision to build Diamer-Bhasha Dam
The World Sindhi Congress has criticisied Pakistan government's decision to build Diamer-Bhasha Dam on river Indus.
UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances now seeks permission to visit Pakistan to probe cases
Islamabad: Amid growing reports of forceful disappearances in the country, a UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances has sent several requests to Pakistan government to visit the nation to investigate the cases.
Pakistan welcomes signing of agreement between Afghan political leaders: foreign ministry
Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI: Pakistan welcomed the signing of an agreement between political leaders in Afghanistan to end a political deadlock, the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan said.
US court sentences Pakistan-American woman to 13 years of imprisonment for funding ISIS
New York/IBNS: A Pakistani-American woman was sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment by a United States' Federal Court for attempting to provide material support to the terrorist organization ISIS, officials said.
Honour Killing: Two Teenage girls murdered in Pakistan over mobile video
Islamabad/IBNS: In a chilling instance of alleged 'honour-killing', two teenage girls were murdered in a village located close to the border of the North and South Waziristan tribal districts in Pakistan, media reports said.
Four IS terrorists killed in encounter in east Pakistan
Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Pakistan police claimed on Sunday morning to have killed four Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Bahawalpur district in the country's eastern Punjab province.
Pakistan's ISI kidnapped Mohammad Khalid 20 yrs ago for refusing to join Kashmir jihad: Mirza
London: Human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has claimed that Mohammad Khalid of Hajera region in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) was kidnapped by Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) 20 years ago for his refusal to join the jihad in Kashmir.
Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme architect now kept as a 'prisoner'
Islamabad: Pakistan's former nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, who had earned international attention in 2004 after publicly confessing his role in global nuclear proliferation, has petitioned in the Supreme Court to say he is being kept as a 'prisoner' by the country's government agencies.
Pakistan extends suspension of int'l flights, resumes domestic operations partially
Islamabad/Xinhua: The Pakistani government has extended the suspension of international flight operations by the end of the ongoing month and announced partial resumption of domestic flight operations, local media reported Saturday.
Pakistan cuts interest rate by 100 bps to support businesses against COVID-19 impact
Islamabad/Xinhua: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced to cut the country's policy rate by 100 basis points to 8 percent to support businesses against the COVID-19 impacts on the country's economy.
India opposes China-Pakistan's move of building hydropower plant in Gilgit-Baltistan region
New Delhi/IBNS: India has opposed all-weather ally China and Pakistan's move of building a major hydropower plant in the Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Agents of Pakistan's military killed Kashmir nationalist leader Arif Shahid 7 yrs ago: Sajjad Raja
London: Marking the seventh martyrdom anniversary of Arif Shahid, a Kashmiri nationalist leader who advocated independence of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan's rule, National Equality Party Chairman Sajjad Raja said agents of Pakistan's powerful military agencies killed the Kashmiri nationalist leader and hence they will never be traced.
Covid-19 cases under reported in Pakistan: Opposition blames Imran Khan govt
Islamabad: Main opposition party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has accused the government of under reporting the number of Coronavirus cases in the country and claimed that the tally has crossed the 1,00,000-mark.