ISLAMABAD — Pakistan announced on Thursday that Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would participate in the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) meeting in India next month. Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahrah Baloch announced it at a weekly media briefing here. “Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will be leading the Pakistan delegation to the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers […]
LAHORE — Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was seen outside court in Lahore wearing a makeshift bulletproof helmet that resembled a black hood, fully guarded by four men with bulletproof shields and an aide guiding him to an anti-terror court for seeking an extension in bail in three of the scores of cases registered […]
ISLAMABAD — The Senate of Pakistan has passed a resolution to empower women with modern digital skills, a statement from the Senate said. The government was urged by the Senate, Pakistan’s upper house of Parliament, to prioritise women’s education in information communication technology and allocate separate funds for the digital empowerment of women. The resolution […]
ISLAMABAD — Atleast nine persons were killed and over 160 were injured after an earthquake of 6.8 magnitude shook parts of Pakistan on Tuesday. Earthquake tremors were felt in Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Quetta, Peshawar, Kohat, Lakki Marwat, and other areas of the country. Strong tremors were also felt in Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sialkot, Kot Momin, Madh […]
ISLAMABAD — Three Pakistani soldiers and three terrorists were killed during a military operation in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said in a statement. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military, said on Tuesday that the terrorists opened fire on a police checkpost in the Khutti area of […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and nine others were killed when the vehicle they were travelling came under attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwas Abbottabad district, according to authorities. Confirming the incident which took place on Monday, Abbottabad District Police Officer (DPO) Umar Tufail told Dawn news that a rival group had opened fire on the […]
BEIJING — Xi Jinping was unanimously elected president of China for a historic third term at the ongoing session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) on Friday. He was also elected as chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), reports Xinhua news agency. Nearly 3,000 members of the (NPC) voted unanimously at the Great […]
ISLAMABAD — At least nine security personnel were killed and 13 others injured in a suicide attack near the truck of Balochistan Constabulary personnel on the Kambri bridge on the Quetta-Sibi highway in Balochistan province of Pakistan, media reports said on Monday. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Kachhi, Mehmood Notezai, according to the reports […]
LAHORE — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday announced suspension of ‘Jail Bharo’ movement after Supreme Court’s decision regarding elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces, local media reported. The movement, which kicked off from Lahore on February 22, was scheduled to culminate on March 1 with party […]
DUSHANBE — An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude has hit eastern Tajikistan on Thursday, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake struck around 5.37 am local time at a depth of about 20.5 kilometres. The epicentre appeared to be in Gorno-Badakhshan, a semi-autonomous eastern region that borders Afghanistan and China, about 67 kilometres from the […]