US court sentences Virginia family for forced labor of Pakistani woman
VIRGINIA: A court in the United States sentenced three family members for using a Pakistani woman as forced labor and physically and mentally abusing...
In major blow to PTI, ECP denotifies 43 MNAs
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Wednesday denotified 43 lawmakers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the last batch of the MNAs who resigned en...
LHC orders to present Fawad Chaudhry even if he’s taken to Islamabad
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) directed the Punjab government Wednesday to present Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Fawad Chaudhry before it even if he was...
India invites FM Bilawal for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting: reports
ISLAMABAD: India has invited Pakistan’s foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to a meeting of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) that it is hosting in...
ECP gears up for Punjab, KP elections
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), after the appointment of caretaker chief ministers for Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is considering preparing for elections...
Rapid development is main threat to big carnivores: study
ISLAMABAD: Decline in populations of big carnivores like lions, tigers and wolves may be driven more by rapid human economic development than habitat loss...
Fawad Chaudhry arrested from his Lahore residence over ‘provocative’ statement
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) vice president and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry has been arrested by police in the wee hours of Wednesday from...
Maryam Nawaz scheduled to land in Lahore on Saturday afternoon
LAHORE: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Tuesday said there had been a slight change in homecoming plan of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...
Premier Shehbaz Sharif announces loans, laptops for country’s ‘shining stars’
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday announced loan and laptop programmes for youth in an initiative aimed at promoting self-employment and entrepreneurship.
Addressing a...
Government allows public disclosure of Toshakhana details in major policy shift
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday allowed making the details and records of Toshakhana, a state repository that stores gifts received by public officeholders...
