Pakistan

KARACHI: A police sub-inspector and four security guards were killed as law enforcement and security agencies successfully thwarted a brazen attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday by at least four heavily armed militants. According to Geo News, the four militants had arrived in a sedan and attempted …

KARACHI: Prominent religious scholar and Jamia Binoria International chancellor Mufti Muhammad Naeem passed away on Saturday due to cardiac arrest in Karachi, his close aide has confirmed. He was 62. The prominent cleric was being taken to the hospital when he succumbed to his heart ailment, Maulana Ghulam Rasool, administrator …

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police refused to register a case against US citizen and blogger Cynthia Dawn Ritchie, who has accused the top PPP leadership of rape and harassment. A report was forwarded from the Bani Gala police station to the additional sessions judge’s court in this regard. PPP leader Waqas Abbasi …

Renowned religious speaker Maulana Tariq Jameel seriously injured after he slipped on the floor in his home here on Tuesday. Maulana Tariq Jameel received injuries on his face and leg and suffered huge loss of blood. The circle close to him confirmed that Maulana Jameel was seriously injured due to …

KARACHI: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, on its way from Lahore to Karachi, crashed in the vicinity of Jinnah International Airport on Friday, according to Civil Aviation Authority sources. PIA sources informed that 98 people were aboard the plane, including 91 passengers and seven flight crew. According to the …

ISLAMABAD: The cabinet Tuesday deliberated on a proposal about easing lockdown and restrictions across country from May 9. However, a final decision in this regard will be taken in the National Command and Operation Centre meeting on Wednesday (today). This was stated by Information and Broadcasting Minister Shibli Faraz while …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday appreciated the debt relief measures by G20 countries, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank for developing countries, including Pakistan providing a one-year breather for Pakistan for paying back loans. Imran lauded the debt relief measures after Finance Advisor Dr. Abdul Hafeez …

WASHINGTON: As the coronavirus crisis intensified in the United States, three Pakistanis have been identified among 730 people who have died across the country, it emerged on Wednesday. Two of them died in New York and one in the US capital. Rehman Shukr, son of Major General Abeera Choudhry and …

Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan on Wednesday instructed to order the privatization process of the country’s numerous government and state organizations. The Prime Minister, who chaired a high-level meeting in Islamabad, directed the authorities concerned to strengthen cooperation between ministries in order to make it easier to privatize effectively. …

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law has sent to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat the summary for appointment of the new chief justice of Pakistan, reported the Geo news channel on Friday. The report said that Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, has been named the new …