Government devises plan to raise Rs5.9t to fund budget deficit
KARACHI: The Federal Government has planned to raise Rs5.9 trillion from auctions of market treasury bills (MTBs) and Pakistan investment bonds (PIBs) in June...
Four FC personnel martyred in Quetta, Turbat attacks: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: Four Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were martyred and eight others wounded in two separate terrorist attacks in Quetta and Turbat areas of Balochistan...
Court asks Keenjhar authorities to submit report on safety measures
THATTA: Sindh High Court (SHC) asked the management of Thatta’s Keenjhar lake to submit a report on the measures taken to ensure safety of...
By building 40,000 new toilets, Punjab is one step closer to ending open defecation
LAHORE: Over 558 million people still practice open defecation in South Asia, which is nearly two-thirds of the total open defecating population on the...
Gwadar fisherman catches rare croaker fish off Jiwani coast, becomes rich overnight
GAWADAR: A fisherman in the Jiwani area of Gwadar became rich overnight after he caught a rare croaker fish weighing 48 kilograms and sold...
Jahangir Tareen denies meeting high-ranked govt official
LAHORE: Estranged leader of Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) Jahangir Tareen on Monday denied meeting any senior government official.
Tareen was speaking to media outside a...
Pakistan marks ‘World No Tobacco Day’; Tobacco kills 8m worldover, 118,000 in country
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is marking 'World No Tobacco Day' on Monday (today) and placed a complete ban on advertisements of tobacco and tobacco-related products.
Tobacco kills...
Lahore all set to join list of polio-free cities
ISLAMABAD: Great news for Lahorites as their city is once again going to feature in the list of polio-free cities after environmental samples collected...
PDM rejects ‘one-sided’ electoral reforms, announces fresh wave of protests
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) said it rejects the government's "one-sided" electoral reforms, which include the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs), and...
First case of Indian variant detected in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: After the UK variant made inroads into various cities of the country, Pakistan reported its first confirmed patient carrying the Indian strain.
Meanwhile, the...
