Pakistani labour group chief asks govt to ensure implementation of minimum wage demand
Feb 07, 2022, at 04:08 am
Islamabad: Muttahida Labour Federation (MLF) provincial president Mohammad Iqbal has asked the government to take strict action against those industries and organizations which are not paying the minimum wage of Rs 21,000 to the workers as per the official notification.
Feb 07, 2022, at 03:33 am
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Sunday mourned the death of Indian singing legend Lata Mangeshkar and described her as a truly great singer the world has known.
Pakistani NGO describes rise in honour killing cases as 'alarming'
Feb 07, 2022, at 03:11 am
Islamabad: Non-governmental organization Sindh Suhai Sath has said Pakistan is witnessing an alarming rise in honour killing cases as 176 people became victims of the deadly custom last year.
Pakistan: Security forces kill suicide bomber in Tank
Feb 07, 2022, at 02:54 am
Rawalpindi: Security forces killed a suicide bomber during an operation conducted in Pakistan's Tank area, media reports said on Sunday.
Talks with banned TTP could not move ahead: Sheikh Rashid
Feb 07, 2022, at 02:34 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday said talks with banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) failed to move forward.
Pakistani minister warns country may witness rise in terror activities
Feb 07, 2022, at 12:44 am
Islamabad: Pakistani Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Saturday made an apparent reference to the recent spike in terrorist activities in the country and said such episodes may rise in the upcoming days.
Firing incident: PTM members demonstrate in different Pakistani cities
Feb 06, 2022, at 11:56 pm
Peshawar: Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) members on Friday demonstrated by organizing rallies in various cities across Pakistan against the recent firing allegedly by the security forces on their rally in Balochistan province.
Pakistani leaders condole Lata Mangeshkar's death
Feb 06, 2022, at 10:18 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Hussain Chaudhary mourned the demise of Indian singing legend Lata Mangeshkar and described her as the 'melodious queen' who ruled the world of music for decades.
Afghanistan: University professor claims his colleagues accused him of blasphemy
Feb 06, 2022, at 09:57 pm
Kabul: An Afghanistan professor has claimed his university colleagues have accused him of blasphemy.
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Feb 06, 2022, at 09:46 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday met in Beijing on the sidelines of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Members of Tibetan community hold march in Australia over China's human rights abuses
Feb 06, 2022, at 02:38 am
Sydney, Australia: A group of Tibetans participated in a peaceful march in the Australian city of Sydney against the alleged human rights abuses in China.
Pakistan: Christians members protest against lack of 'graveyards' in Swat
Feb 06, 2022, at 02:26 am
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: The Christan community members in Pakistan's Swat region recently protested against lack of 'graveyards' in the region, media reports said.
Pakistan: Sindh declares two islands as ‘protected forests’
Feb 06, 2022, at 02:08 am
Karachi, Pakistan: The Sindh government has declared two islands off the coast of Pakistan's Karachi city as “protected forests”, media reports said.
US-based organization recognizes Pakistan Army's 1971 genocide in Bangladesh
Feb 06, 2022, at 01:55 am
Virginia, US: United States-based organization Genocide Watch has recognized crimes committed by the Pakistani military forces against the Bengali population in Bangladesh in 1971 as 'genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes'.
Lone bomber carried out attack during evacuation from Kabul: US
Feb 05, 2022, at 10:26 pm
Kabul/UNI: US Department of Defence revealed that a single suicide bomber had carried out the attack that took the lives of 170 Afghan people and 13 US marines during the evacuation from Kabul in August 2021, the media reported on Saturday.
Pakistan: Clash at National Press Club in Islamabad leaves journalists hurt
Feb 05, 2022, at 12:58 am
Islamabad: Two rival groups clashed inside the National Press Club (NPC) in Pakistan capital Islamabad on Thursday which left journalists hurt, media reports said.
Pakistan: Saudi oil facility yet to be operationalised
Feb 05, 2022, at 12:25 am
Islamabad: Legal and procedural delays have forced authorities to still not be able to operationalise a $1.2 billion Saudi oil facility (SOF) in Pakistan, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan military camps attack: Balochistan Liberation Army claims responsibility
Feb 05, 2022, at 12:14 am
Islamabad: Terrorist group Balochistan Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the killing of more than '100 soldiers' across two military camps in Pakistan on Thursday.
Bankrupt Afghan businesswomen urge Taliban rulers for help
Feb 04, 2022, at 11:17 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan businesswomen have urged Taliban rulers to solve the challenges they are facing as many of their businesses have gone bankrupt and most of the women have lost their jobs since the previous government fell last year in August.
Pakistan: Power workers participate in rally against price hike, privatisation
Feb 04, 2022, at 11:06 pm
Lahore, Pakistan: The All Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Workers Union participated in rallies all over the country on Wednesday to demand better services for power consumers, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: Pakistani Hindus stage protests over murder of businessman
Feb 04, 2022, at 10:48 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan's Hindu community members staged a protest over the murder of a businessman, on Jan 31 demanding the accused's arrest, the media reported on Friday.
Sikh community condemn removal of Legendary Hari Singh Nalwa's statue in Pakistani city
Feb 04, 2022, at 10:29 pm
Haripur, Pakistan: Sikh community members and netizens have condemned the removal of a statue of great Sikh general Hari Singh Nalwa in Haripur district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, media reports said.
Afghan NRF supporters protest near White House against Taliban recognition by UN member states
Feb 03, 2022, at 08:33 pm
Washington, DC: Over 50 Supporters of National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan recently held a protest in front of the White House to oppose any effort by the UN member nations to recognize the Taliban government.
Feb 03, 2022, at 12:48 am
London: A survey conducted by the British Home Office has shown most of the Hong Kong residents who successfully applied for a pathway to UK citizenship are university educated, married or in a relationship with children, and have no plans to return to the city.
Corruption probe: China’s Communist Party expels ex-chief of e-commerce hub Hangzhou
Feb 03, 2022, at 12:42 am
Beijing: The former Communist Party chief of Chinese e-commerce hub Hangzhou, who was accused of supporting “disorderly expansion” of private companies, has been expelled from the party.
Feb 03, 2022, at 12:39 am
Islamabad: Punjab home department has deputed 11,225 security personnel in the province to protect Chinese nationals who are currently working in several projects in the region.
Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami to hold sit-ins in Lahore against PTI govt's policies
Feb 03, 2022, at 12:35 am
Lahore, Pakistan: Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leaders are all set to start their demonstration and sit-ins against Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s disastrous economic policies and selling of the State Bank to IMF from Gujrat on Feb 6.
Pakistan: Baloch leaders discuss issue of fishing by illegal trawlers
Feb 03, 2022, at 12:31 am
Balochistan, Pakistan: Several Baloch leaders in Pakistan attended a meeting recently to discuss prevention of fishing by illegal trawlers, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistani leader Rehman Malik shifted to ventilator as COVID-19 complications worsens
Feb 03, 2022, at 12:26 am
Islamabad: Senior Pakistani political leader Rehman Malik has been shifted to an intensive care unit (ICU) and put on a ventilator after his coronavirus symptoms have gotten worse, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan's January inflation soars to 12.96 pct
Feb 03, 2022, at 12:16 am
Islamabad: Inflation rate touched 12.96 percent in Pakistan as consumer good's prices continued to soar higher in January, as per data released by the country's Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Tuesday.