Lok Virsa holds exhibition of books on Pakistan Movement

ISLAMABAD: National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa), National History and Literary Heritage Division, celebrated the Independence Day of Pakistan by exhibiting...

British Backpacker Society undertakes K-2 expedition

ISLAMABAD: A British Backpacker Society team has successfully completed a two-week expedition to Concordia and K-2, fuelling hopes that Pakistan's adventure travel pedigree will once...

China says, its 1.4b citizens oppose violence in Hong Kong

BEIJING: China on Thursday said that its 1.4 billion citizens fully stand by the Hong Kong’s administration, opposing any kind of violence there. Commenting on...

Sindh CM orders transfer/posting of officers

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has decided to transfer all those officers who were holding same positions from last three years...

Minister directs necessary measures to deal with flood situation

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs (HR&MA) Ijaz Alam Augustine has directed the authorities concerned to complete all the necessary precautionary...

Qureshi calls for intervention, says India heading towards genocide in occupied Kashmir

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday that international organisations had admitted that the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir had severely...

Paraglider falls to death in Chitral

CHITRAL: A para-glider hailing from Lahore died after his glider fell into Dolomos area due to gusty winds here on Thursday. According to local police,...

Proposed amendments in accountability laws malafide: Raza Rabbani

ISLAMABAD: Former Chairman Senate on Wednesday criticized the proposed changes the laws in the laws of anti-corruption agency, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), calling...

Case registered against Captain Safdar and 15 Others for assaulting police officers

LAHORE: A case was registered against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law, retired captain Muhammad Safdar and 15 others on Thursday for assaulting police...

PML-N leader arrested in Jhang

JHANG: Former MPA of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Iftikhar Baloch was arrested on Thursday morning for using indecent language against police and political opponents. The...