TISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday held a meeting with his economic team to discuss country’s economic situation and prepare a comprehensive economic roadmap for further improvement. The meeting, which lasted for three hours, was attended by Adviser on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez ...

TBEIJING - The air forces of China and Pakistan began joint exercise ‘Shaheen-VIII’ in a location in northwest China. The annual joint training is the eighth of its kind between the two countries since it was first launched in March 2011, according to the Chinese media here on ...

TISLAMABAD - A two-day Sarfaranga cold desert jeep rally started in Skardu on Saturday. Seventy jeep racers and forty bikers are participating in the rally, reported Radio Pakistan. All arrangements for the peaceful and smooth conduct of the two-day rally have been completed. Local cultural music, ...

TISLAMABAD - Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Azam Khan Swati Saturday said the appointment of members of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had been made as per the Constitution. Khalid Siddiqui and Munir Ahmed Khan were appointed ECP members for Sindh and Balohistan respectively after ...

TQUETTA - Unknown armed men shot dead a woman and her 4-year-old son here at Custom near Sariab area on Saturday. According to police, the victims were present at their house when armed assailants entered the house and opened fire at a woman named Bibi Jameela and her son Samiullah and fled from the ...

TKARACHI - Sindh cabinet, in its meeting held on Saturday, expressed its satisfaction that presently there was no flood emergency in the province and the situation was in total control. Sharing details of the meeting with the media, Sindh Minister for Information & Archives and Labour Saeed ...

TLAHORE - A wave of hot and humid weather is continuing in the central Punjab; however, light intermittent showers are expected in the provincial capital during these days. According to the Met office here Saturday, hot and humid weather is expected in the next 24 hours. However, rain-thunderstorm ...

TLahore - The Environment Protection Department has asked kiln owners to convert their kilns to modern zigzag technology to avoid the threat of smog in the city during the upcoming winter.  According to the EPD sources on Saturday, the department has already evolved a strategy to combat smog ...

TLAHORE - Punjab IGP Arif Nawaz Khan said on Saturday control rooms at teshil levels would be established for security of sensitive imambarghahs, procession and mourning sittings during Muharram. These control rooms would be linked with the central control room at DPO office, the CM said while ...

TISLAMABAD  -  The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Saturday called upon the government to launch micro credit schemes for small farmers  and enabling them to adopt modern agricultural techniques that would help them to achieve manifold increase in per acre yield ...

TISLAMABAD    -  The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended on August 22, 2019 for the combined income group decreased by 0.08pc as compared to the previous week. The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week under review in the above ...

TISLAMABAD   -   Pakistan has been ranked as 4th fastest growing freelance market with 47pc growth in freelance earning during the second quarter as compared to the same period of last year. According to the global payment platform Payoneer’s Global Gig Economy Index, published in ...

TISLAMABAD - Heavy rains in monsoon season helped the federal capital maintain its ambient air quality healthy with controlled pollutant ratios in the air. Pollution level comprising particulate matter of 2.5 microns has been recorded below the permissible ratio of 35 micrograms per cubic meter ...

TRAWALPINDI - Rawalpindi Arts Council started different training courses to make the youth of the region skilful. According to a spokesman, the courses include singing, harmonium, ‘tabla’, organ, guitar, violin, sitar, paining, art and craft, child art, calligraphy, pottery decoration, ...

TLAHORE    -   The Alhamra Arts Council has paid a glorious tribute to the legendary artist Madam Noor Jehan at Alhamra Art Centre, here on Friday. The evening was held in remembrance of Madam Noor Jahan who was also given the honorable title of ...

TLAHORE     -    Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has unearthed two fat rending units, extracting oil from the fat of animals. Raids were conducted in the area of Bund Road, under the supervision of PFA Director General Capt (retd) Muhammad Usman. The PFA team confiscated more than ...

TLAHORE   -   Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has convened a conference of the vice-chancellors of all public and private sector universities on August 29 at the Governor’s House. According to a press release issued here Friday, a strategy regarding permanent ...

TLAHORE       -     A two-member delegation of Harvard Kennedy School, led by Dr Asim Ejaz, called on Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Captain (Retd) Arif Nawaz Khan at Central Police Office here on Friday. The IGP told the delegation that the Punjab Police were ...

TKARACHI  -  Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh Dr Syed Kaleem Imam has issued transfers and postings orders of three police officers on Friday.      An officer of Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) Adeel Hussain Chandio presently posted as Personal Staff ...

TLAHORE     -   A meeting was held on Friday at Civil Secretariat to review progress made on the Naya Pakistan Housing Project. Provincial Minister for Housing & Urban Development Mian Mehmood-ur-Rasheed, Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht, Chief Secretary Yousaf Naseem ...

TKARACHI   -   The Sindh government has sought support of the industrialists, businessmen, and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to promote the concept of urban forestry in Karachi under which extensive tree plantation will be done on both sides of Malir and Lyari Rivers. The ...

TKARACHI    -   The Sachal Police seized 3000 litres of smuggled Iranian diesel from illegal petrol pump in the Sachal area here on Friday. The Sachal police station acted on information provided to them about an attempt to smuggle diesel, said SHO Sachal Police Station Agha ...

TKARACHI   -   University of Karachi (KU), Controller of Examinations, Professor Dr Arshad Azmi on Friday declared the result of MBBA Final Professional, Annual Examination 2019. He mentioned that 822 candidates were registered and appeared in the papers of which 709 students cleared the ...

TISLAMABAD     -    The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) would not pursue the business community’s sales and income tax related cases and transfer the existing one to Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for further action, said Chairman NAB Justice (retd) ...

TISLAMABAD     -   Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal on Friday said that Pakistan was fighting the case of Kashmiri people living in the Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, at all diplomatic forums. Prime Minister Imran Khan was holding telephonic ...

TISLAMABAD     -    Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Friday stressed that the only solution to Pak-India tension is “dialogue and not war” but India should not take Pakistan’s desire for peace as a sign of its ...

TISLAMABAD    -   Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday underlined that the steps taken by India in the occupied Jammu and Kashmir entailed a grave risk for peace and security in the region. The Foreign Minister in a telephonic conversation with Maldives ...

TUNITED NATIONS        -    UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors are expected to remain impartial when they speak on behalf of the United Nations agency, a UN spokesman said on Thursday, when asked about Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra’s pro-war statements while serving ...

TRAJANPUR      -     A young man suffered burns after acid was poured on him while he was going to home of his friend to get back the money his friend had borrowed in Jampur city on Friday. Police said that Khawar had borrowed Rs 18,000 from his friend Tanweer, who was ...

TGHOTKI      -     Three children, including a young girl, her teenage brother and a cousin were killed on Friday while another child got injured as a mortar shell they were playing with exploded at village Umer Shar near Ubauro town of Ghotki district. According to ...