PM asks Asim Bajwa to continue as special assistant

BY OSAMA MALIK  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked Lieutenant General (r) Asim Saleem Bajwa to continue as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister. Bajwa...

200 Pakistanis stranded in India due to COVID-19 return home

ISLAMABAD: Nearly 200 hundred Pakistanis stranded in India due to the coronavirus lockdown in both the countries, returned home via the Attari-Wagah border on...

Anti-encroachment drive on nullahs in Karachi continues on second day

KARACHI: The major anti-encroachment drive along drainage nullahs in Karachi has continued on second day today (Thursday) to clean the metropolis. According to details, illegal...

High time to exploit vast potential for regional economic cooperation: Sanjrani

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani has said that Pakistan and Qatar enjoy cordial relations and both sides have stood together in testing times. He...

Pakistan condemns firing of pellets, tear gas on Muharram processions in IIOJK

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan strongly condemned firing of pellets and tear gas shells on Muharram procession in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIJO&K). According to a...

Riots in Sweden after anti-Muslim Danish leader banned

STOCKHOLM: Protesters threw stones at police and burned tyres in southern Sweden late on Friday, authorities said, hours after an anti-Muslim Danish politician was...

Pakistan rejects Indian ‘Charge Sheet’ designed to divert attention from IIOJK

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has categorically rejected the so-called “charge sheet” by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA), which mischievously attempts to implicate Pakistan in the Pulwama...

Downpour continues to bring more misery for Karachiites; city facing urban flooding

KARACHI: More heavy downpour on Tuesday night in different parts of Karachi has worsened the situation as rainfall has caused urban flooding in various...

Pakistan fails to fully benefit from deferred payments on Saudi Oil

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has failed to fully take advantage of deferred payment facility on petroleum imports from Saudi Arabia. The kingdom had offered oil products...

The 2020 Anna Lindh Prize goes to Pakistani human rights lawyer Mary James Gill

STOCKHOLM: This year, Anna Lindh's Memorial Fund wants to draw attention to a champion of strengthening working conditions for sanitation workers and other marginalized...