ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a phone talk with President of the UAE Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to discuss enhancing cooperation to counter challenges associated with climate change, according to the Prime Minister's office.

CHANDIGARH: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday said it has seized a China-made drone near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Amritsar district along with a packet of 500 gm of heroin.

AGARTALA: A 25-year-old man was arrested in Tripura while attempting to cross into Bangladesh illegally, officials said here on Friday, adding that he claimed to be a Pakistani-born Bangladeshi national who had travelled across India.

ISLAMABAD: A pair of suicide bombers targeted a vehicle carrying Japanese autoworkers in southern Pakistan on Friday, in another attack aimed at foreigners in the volatile South Asian country.

ISLAMABAD: A suicide bomber and a militant were killed and three others injured on Friday morning in an attack on a convoy of foreign nationals in Pakistan's Karachi.

ISLAMABAD: Heavy rains and lightning caused havoc in different areas of Pakistan causing 71 deaths and injuries to 67 others since four days, an official told the media on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD: Farzana Begum, an Indian national hailing from Mumbai, is currently in Pakistan fighting for the custody of her children, has refused to return to her native country, stating that her children's lives are in danger.

MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Richa Chadha, who is gearing up for the release of her upcoming streaming series ‘Heeramandi - The Diamond Bazaar’, has revealed that she referred to the iconic performance of legendary actress Meena Kumari to craft her character in the series.

ISLAMABAD: At least two people were killed and over 50 others injured in a road accident in Chakwal district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, highway police said on Monday.

ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan moves ahead towards privatisation of its assets including the Islamabad International Airport and the National Flag carrier airline the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) along with other major projects; a high-level delegation from Saudi Arabia will land in Islamabad on Monday to materialise the agreements done between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman.

AUCKLAND: Top order batter Finn Allen and fast bowler Adam Milne have been ruled out of the New Zealand's T20 series against Pakistan with respective injuries.

NEW DELHI: Over 20 dreaded terrorists, all on India’s most wanted list, were mysteriously killed in Pakistan and Canada over the last two years.

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said that Pakistan’s economic outlook remains uncertain with high risks on the downside.

ISLAMABAD: At least 17 people were killed and 40 others injured after a truck plunged into a ravine in Pakistan's Balochistan province, local media reported.

A Jatha of Sikh pilgrims will go to Pakistan on Khalsa Sajna Divas. 

NEW DELHI: Hundreds of Pakistani passengers faced inconvenience after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz disembarked at Lahore after a Pakistan International Airlines flight from Jeddah to Islamabad was diverted, media reports said.

KARACHI: In a rare punishment sentenced to a man falsely accusing his ex-wife of adultery and refusing to accept the paternity of his child; a session court in Karachi, Pakistan has sentenced the man to 80 lashes, a punishment which is very rare.

CHANDIGARH: In India, the radio remains a cornerstone of communication, with a staggering 57.4 million individuals, equivalent to 4% of the population, regularly tuning in. Similarly, in Pakistan, approximately 5 million people, constituting around 2.35% of the population, engage with radio content on a daily basis. These statistics underscore the enduring popularity and influence of radio as a medium of connection and entertainment in both nations.

NEW DELHI: Aakash Educational Services, owned by Byju’s, has appointed former Pearson India executive, Deepak Mehrotra, as its Managing Director and CEO, effective immediately, the company said on Monday.

NEW DELHI: The Indian government got ‘individuals’ killed in Pakistan as part of Delhi’s larger strategy to eliminate wanted terrorists living on foreign soil, ‘The Guardian’, a renowned global newspaper, claimed in a report on Thursday quoting some “intelligence operatives of India and Pakistan”.

MUMBAI: Actors Reem Shaikh, and Eklavya Sood have reminisced about Deepak Parashar's big lunch boxes filled with homemade delights.

CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand have named experienced all-rounder Michael Bracewell as their captain for the five-match T20I series against Pakistan, scheduled from April 17 to 27 in Rawalpindi and Lahore.

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has cautioned that over 10 million Pakistanis may fall below the poverty line, mainly due to a slothful economic growth rate and spiraling inflation at a staggering 26 per cent for the current fiscal year.

PATNA: Bihar BJP MLA Pawan Yadav claimed that he received an extortion call from Pakistan on Monday.

ISLAMABAD: In a major positive development for former Pakistan Premier Imran Khan and his wife, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has suspended the 14-year sentence of the former Prime Minister and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana case.

ISLAMABAD: Even as the cash-strapped economy of Pakistan has taken a massive toll on the lives of its citizens, adding up to their struggles, miseries and sufferings with consistent rise in inflation, now the government is gearing up to announce another major increase in petrol prices.

ISLAMABAD: In a first official communication, US President Joe Biden has broken with tradition and has written a letter to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, expressing readiness to work together for regional peace and counter-terrorism efforts.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's economic growth rate has slowed down to just 1 per cent in the second quarter of this fiscal year because of the poor performance of the industrial and services sectors, local media reported.

JAIPUR: Amid geological tensions impacting the global economy, India has maintained its pace of having the fastest-growing GDP rates among major economies, thanks to the political stability that the country enjoys today which has given it a new sense of confidence, said JKLU Laureate awardee Deepak Parekh.

ISLAMABAD: Judicial bodies are gearing up to shield six siting IHC (Islamabad High Court) judges, who have alleged interference of spy agency operatives in judicial matters, against any "targeted assault".

ISLAMABAD: In quick succession, official voices are emerging from Pakistan on resumption of trade with India.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has stepped into become a mediating partner between the judiciary and the powerful military establishment to avert a possible disastrous confrontation between the two.

NEW DELHI: Cricket Australia (CA) has expressed interest in hosting a bilateral series between India and Pakistan, should the BCCI and PCB mutually agree to matches between the two teams in future, say reports.

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was conducting raids at multiple locations in Delhi and its peripherals, including the residence of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Deepak Singla, sources said.

ISLAMABAD: In a suicide attack, six people, including five Chinese nationals, were killed after the vehicle in which they were travelling was targeted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Besham city in Shangla district, media reports said.

BEIJING: "The blood of the Chinese people should not be shed in vain and those behind this incident will pay the price," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly responded to a public notice by India regarding pursuance of higher education in Pakistan, terming the tone of the advisory as "threatening".

AMRITSAR: The Indian Custom Department have seized heroin (drug) in large quantity at Indo-Pak Attari border which was smuggled here in India in the Consignment packed from Afghanistan via Pakistan.

AMRITSAR: Two passengers, who had gone to Pakistan to celebrate Baisakhi, returned to India today after one of them lost his passport and the other's passport was mistakenly brought to India by his family.

LONDON: Former Pakistan's pacer Mohammad Amir will make a return to first-class cricket after signing a three-match deal to play for Gloucestershire in the County Championship.

ISLAMABAD: The new Pakistan government has decided to abolish the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority amid disclosure that Chinese power producers have shut down 1,980 MW production capacity due to non-clearance of their Rs 300 billion dues, The Express Tribune reported.

AMRITSAR: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, President of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has strongly condemned the attack Mastan Singh's family.

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday directed Deputy Attorney General Arshad Kayani to ensure the implementation of the Pakistan Information Commission's (PIC) order to publicise the details of the gifts presented to former Prime Minister Imran Khan by heads of states since he assumed office in August 2018, media reports said.

AMRITSAR: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), has termed the harassment of minority Sikhs in Pakistan as unfortunate.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has been warned by economists and industry experts that the country would face the worst shortage of diesel next month amid the harvesting season as its stocks are plummeting, Express Tribune reported.

BEIJING: Pakistan Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed has said that the country's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will take the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) forward with new vigour and vitality, and in a rejuvenated manner, ensuring multifaceted development of the flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Express Tribune reported.

KABUL: Strong reactions continue in Afghanistan against Pakistani military's air strikes and rocket attacks on Afghan provinces, with many blaming Pakistan for violation of Afghanistan's sovereignty, Tolo News reported.

KABUL: Afghanistan has reported a death toll of at least 47 after Pakistani military air strikes hit the provinces of Khost and Kunar provinces, Pajhwok News reported.

COLOMBO: Amid the growing public agitation with protest continuing for the ninth day occupying the entrance to his office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed a new cabinet on Monday.

NEW DELHI: The banned terror group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has warned Pakistan that their fighters are going to avenge the killing of innocent Afghans in air strikes in Khost and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan.

NEW DELHI: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has written a letter to his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi urging for maintaining meaningful bilateral ties between the two neighbouring countries, media reports said.

ISLAMABAD: PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, who is considered a key player behind the ouster of Imran Khan as Pak Prime Minister, said that his party will not take ministries, The News reported.

KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reacted to the airstrikes of Pakistani jets on Afghanistan's Khost and Kunar provinces and expressed deep concern over the killings of civilians, Khaama Press reported.

LAHORE: In an unprecedented move, police entered the hall of Pakistan Punjab Assembly and arrested at least four Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members for attacking the deputy speaker and creating ruckus, media reports said.

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan received 58 gifts of more than Rs 140 million from the world leaders during his three-and-a-half-year stint and retained all of them either by paying a negligible amount or even without any payment, The News reported.

MUMBAI: In a massive blow for defending champions Chennai Super Kings, their fast bowler Deepak Chahar on Friday was ruled out of the IPL 2022 due to a back injury.

NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Eight Pakistan soldiers were killed in two militant attacks in North Waziristan, Dawn reported.

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, who took office after the Pakistani courts ousted then Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif, has said that even though newly-elected PM Shehbaz Sharifs government is in office, Nawaz Sharif will be sent to jail when he returns to Pakistan.

AMRITSAR: The jatha of 705 Sikh pilgrims left for Pakistan to attend the main function to be held at Gurdwara Sri Panja Sahib on the occasion of Khalsa Creation Day Vaisakhi.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) appears to be reluctant to join the new Pakistan federal cabinet due to division in its ranks as most of its leaders are seeking support for electoral reforms without taking ministries while others are of the view that the coalition government won't last for even two months if they opt to keep to the sidelines, Express Tribune reported.

LONDON: Pakistan pace bowler Hasan Ali has said he is going to pick England bowling stalwart James Anderson's brains on the art of swing bowling during his stint with county side Lancashire.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 62 new Covid-19 cases and one more death, the country's Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

ISLAMABAD: The government led by Shehbaz Sharif in Pakistan will establish contacts with friendly countries following the policy of peace and equality, and trade with these states will be enhanced, Express Tribune reported.

ISLAMABAD: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif was on Monday elected as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan with 174 lawmakers voting in his favour after the MNAs of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf boycotted the election, Dawn reported.

PATNA: The Pakistan government has released from its jail a man from Bihar's Buxar district, 12 years after he accidentally strayed into the neighbouring country, a police official said.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf (PTI) has decided to boycott the election of the new Prime Minister and resign en masse from the National Assembly, said senior party leader Fawad Chaudhry after a parliamentary meeting of the party on Monday, media reports said.

BEIJING: Chinese state media has said that the Sharif family of Pakistan has been promoting bilateral ties for a long time, and cooperation between the two nation could be even better than under former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

ISLAMABAD: As the Pakistan National Assembly (NA) convenes on Monday to elect a new Prime Ministter after PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi their nomination papers, the PTI seems divided over its erstwhile decision of en masse resignations by its lawmakers.

ISLAMABAD: Both sides deny it, but it's widely acknowledged that Imran Khan came to power with the help of Pakistan's powerful army and intelligence services - and now he has fallen out with them, reports said.

ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan has been ousted as the Pakistan Prime Minister after losing the opposition's no-trust motion on Sunday, with 174 members in the 342-strong National Assembly (NA) voting in favour of the resolution.

ISLAMABAD: At least four security personnel were injured following an explosion in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reports said.According to the reports, a vehicle carrying security forces was targeted on Saturday with an improvised explosive device planted along the roadside in Dera Ismail Khan district, Xinhua news agency reported.

ISLAMABAD: Religious leaders who hold a major sway in Pakistan society and have often been found to paralyse the country demanding public hanging or punishment for culprits who insult Islam, have this time around found themselves in a sticky situation as a child sex abuse incident inside a madarsa rocks the nation.

ISLAMABAD:In a bold decision, Pakistan has decided and announced that it will not provide any bases on its soil to the US to operate from, after its troops exit Afghanistan.

ISLAMABAD: In a move that could attract serious sanctions on Pakistan and Turkey and would certainly impact bilateral relations, the US has added both the countries into its Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) list.

ISLAMABAD: The quick withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan and increasing terror attacks and claiming of various areas by the Taliban would undermine Islamabad's efforts to facilitate Taliban's return to Kabul through power-sharing arrangements, says a report compiled by the International Crisis Group.

NEW DELHI: In the run up to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session, the Indian listening posts have picked up chatters that the ISI and the Pakistan Foreign Office are asking their station chiefs and diplomatic missions to drum up negative media coverage on Kashmir after the recent initiatives taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

NEW DELHI: Chinese trawlers getting fishing right licenses in Gwadar has usurped Pakistani fishermen livelihood -- leading to huge demonstrations in the region and various other places, said top sources.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has for long completely rejected assertions of having Taliban footprints on its soil. However, incumbent Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has admitted that Islamabad not only hosts families of the Taliban, but it also is aware of fighters getting medical treatment in the country.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has for long completely rejected assertions of having Taliban footprints on its soil. However, incumbent Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has admitted that Islamabad not only hosts families of the Taliban, but it also is aware of fighters getting medical treatment in the country.

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's security establishment, fearful of strategic encirclement by India, apparently continues to view the Afghan Taliban as a relatively friendly and reliably anti-India element in Afghanistan, as per a brief prepared by the US Congressional Research Service.

CHANDIGARH: Reiterating his demand for a National Drug Policy to tackle the scourge, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday underlined the need for more synergy between the STF, the Police and the Intelligence wing to eliminate drugs from the state.

NEW DELHI: Pakistan has been hit with massive losses to its GDP worth $38 billion because of the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) decision to retain the country on its grey list since 2008, according to a research paper published by the Islamabad-based independent think-tank, Tabadlab.

ISLAMABAAD: Pakistan's Energy Minister Hammad Azhar said here on Friday that the ±660kV Matiari-Lahore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will bring stability to the power system of the country.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Energy Minister Hammad Azhar said here on Friday that the ±660kV Matiari-Lahore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will bring stability to the power system of the country.

NEW DELHI: Pakistani media is behind-the-curve, unable to grasp the real meaning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's deft move to announce his intent to restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir—a major strategic move after August 5, 2019, when J&K was turned into a Union Territory.

NEW DELHI: Pakistan and China are collaborating to conduct an information war campaign globally -- with China providing finances and guidance -- through launching an international news media platform, intelligence agencies stated.

NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the J&K government in connection with the case of a writer and poet gunned down by the Pakistani militants in 1990.

NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the J&K government in connection with the case of a writer and poet gunned down by the Pakistani militants in 1990.

AMRITSAR: A jatha of Sikh pilgrims visiting Gurdwara Sri Dehra Sahib Lahore on the occasion of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's death anniversary will not be able to visit Pakistan this time. The jatha was not allowed by the Pakistan government due to the Corona epidemic.

NEW DELHI: Amidst border standoff with China, the Indian Army holds a commanders' conference led by General Manoj Mukund Naravane from Thursday to review the operational situation at the border with China and Pakistan. Indian Army Commanders' Conference is an apex level biannual event, which formulates important policy decisions through collegiate deliberations.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Bibi Jagir Kaur has written a letter to the Pakistan government and urged to repair Gurdwara Nanaksar Sahib built in the memory of Sri Guru Nanak Dev situated in Chakk Fateh Bhinder village in Daska tehsil of Sialkot district.

ISLAMABAD: Five people were killed and six others injured in separate rain and windstorm-triggered incidents in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said.

CHANDIGARH: BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh who is also incharge of the party in j&k, slammed Congress leader Digvijay Singh for his comments on Article 370 and said that he was living in a fool's paradise.

ISLAMABAD: The death toll from the collision between two passenger trains in Pakistan's Sindh province has increased to 62, a government official said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Believed to be Indian nationals, Gullo Jan, Naqaya, Hasina and Ajmeera are among 17 "mentally unsound persons" who are still lodged in Pakistani jails as they have not been able to give any other particulars about themselves except their names.

ISLAMABAD: At least 30 people were killed and 50 others injured after two passenger trains collided on Monday in Pakistan's Sindh province, authorities said.

AMRITSAR: Sikh devotees from India will not be able to visit Pakistan this year to observe the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev ji since Pakistan government has not given permission due to Covid-19 restrictions.

NEW DELHI: The Border Security Force (BSF) has foiled an attempt by Pakistani smugglers to push contraband into India with the seizure of 54 packets of suspected heroin weighing approximately 56 kg -- the biggest ever recovery of such a consignment from near the Rajasthan frontier along the International Border (IB).

PALATINE, IL: The Governor of the Punjab province in Pakistan Chaudhary Muhammad Sarwar accompanied by his wife, the first lady of Punjab (Pakistan) Mrs. Parveen Sarwar visited the Gurdwara in Palatine Illinois on May 28, 2021. Their delegation included the Counsel General of Pakistan in Chicago Mr. Tariq Karim, their staff and families, along with several local Pakistani American community members who joined the entourage for an opportunity to visit the Palatine Gurdwara Sahib.

ISLAMABAD: At least nine people were killed and 16 others injured after a passenger van fell into a ditch in Pakistan's Muzaffarabad city, local media reported on Saturday morning.

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani Member of the National Assembly (MNA) has submitted a bill and called on the House seeking to ensure that the countrys religious minorities are referred to and identified as non-Muslims.

ISLAMABAD:A new survey by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has revealed that the country's literacy rate among children aged 10 and above has stagnated at 60 per cent.

ISLAMABAD: Officials of the High Commission of India in Islamabad along with their family members have been placed under quarantine after one of them tested positive for Covid-19 following their arrival in Pakistan, according to officials.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to take decisive measures and ensure implementation of the UN Charter and the UN Security Council Resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir and play a key role in resolving the longstanding dispute.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has started the vaccination against Covid-19 for people from 30 to 39 years of age, an official said.
Asad Umar, chief of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), told the media that the vaccination for the 30-39 age group started on Saturday and would continue for an indefinite period, while urging the Pakistani people to receive the jab, reports Xinhua news agency