Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has appointed Rao Tehseen as Director General of Pakistan Radio, Geo News reported.

Tehseen, a grade 21 officer in the Information Group, was removed from his position last year after a committee set up to investigate the source of

ISLAMABAD: The family of man killed by US diplomat has reached an agreement with the US Embassy on blood money, sources told Daily Jang.

Under the deal, the embassy will pay Diyat amount to the victim family and in return they will not pursue the case

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi  has called for an end to a debate that Nawaz Sharif sparked with his controversial remarks about Mumbai attacks.

Expressing his in the National Assembly, he said that Sharif's remarks  were misreported by Indian

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supreme leader Nawaz Sharif has rejected  the statement of National Security Committee's  Monday's statement as horrible and painful, according to Geo News.

The TV channel reported that the PMLN leader has said the statement of

KARACHI: The Meteorological Department said on Tuesday that the crescent  of Ramzan is likely to be sighted on   Wednesday.

The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee  is tasked with  announcing the   advent of Ramzan after sighting moon.

Evidence of moon sighting is collected from

At the heart of the tragic incident that occurred on Sunday – in which seven medical students lost their lives as a hanging bridge collapsed in Neelum Valley – lies a very pressing issue: people’s (especially youngsters) over-increasing dependence on tec

ISLAMABAD: US diplomat Colonel Joseph Emanuel Hall, who was involved in the fatal accident, has left Pakistan, Geo News reported citing diplomatic sources as saying.

Colonel Joseph, the US military attaché was flown out of Pakistan from Nur Khan Airbase in a special

The Kalasha “Chilim Just Festival 2018” has officially been kicked off today the 14 May 2018. First ritual “chirik pipi”, milking distribution by shepherds to welcome the spring kicked off in Bumburet Kalash valley.

To the Kalasha the festival is the culmination of religious

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has voiced grave concern that despite calls by the international community to comply with UN General Assembly and Security Council resolutions on the two-state solution, the US has moved its embassy to the Holy City of

KARACHI: Massive traffic jam paralyzed Karachi on Monday afternoon, leaving thousands of motorists stuck for hours amid scorching heat.

According to a police statement, traffic jam happened due to snap checking by paramilitary Rangers force on Ziauddin Road.

"Our officers are on the road

Islamabad and Kabul have agreed on effective and full implementation of Afghanistan Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS), saying it will contribute towards the common objectives of eliminating terrorism and achieving peace, stability,

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has been discharged from Lahore’s Services Hospital, days he was shifted to the facility after a failed assassination attempt.

In a statement on Monday, the Ministry of Interior said that “Alhamdulillah, with the mercy of Allah, Hon M

A delegation of Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament (CPAPD) led by its vice president H.E Mr Zhau Li and former vice Minister of IDCPC International department, central committee of the communist party of China visited Pakistan.

During a meeting with Mr Bayazeed Kasi,

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif called for the formation of a national commission to investigate his media statement about the Mumbai attacks.

“If my statement is being seen as an act of treason, make a national commission to i

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has constituted a six-member committee to formulate a way forward for creation of South Punjab province.

The South Punjab Action Committee include Mir Balakh Sher Mazari (Convener), Shah Mehmood

LAHORE: Outspoken Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said that there was nothing new in Nawaz Sharif’s recent media statement about the Mumbai attacks.

“I stand by Nawaz Sharif. Shehbaz Sharif also stands by Nawaz Sharif,” Sanaullah told media persons in Lahore. “Nawaz S

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi clarified on Monday that statement of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was ‘misinterpreted’ in the media.

He was speaking to the journalists in a hurriedly called press conference after an important meeting

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi met with Nawaz Sharif after attending an important meeting of National Security Committee, which deliberated upon the former PM’s statement regarding Mumbai attacks.

Quoting sources, Geo News reported that the  two leaders would also

ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister and PPP Senator Rehman Malik has held India responsible for the Mumbai attacks, saying the incident had been engineered to divert world attention from the violation of human rights in Kashmir.

Rehman Malik said in a statement that

ISLAMABAD: Maryam Nawaz said that former prime minister's statement regarding Mumbai attacks was in the 'best interest' of Pakistan.

In a social media message, daughter of Nawaz Sharif said ‘whatever Mian sb has said, it is in the best interest of country and n

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of National Security Committee was underway at the Prime Minister House under the chair of PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to discuss the controversial statement of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif regarding the Mumbai

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday stood firm on his Mumbai attacks statement which was termed 'misleading' by military spokesperson.

Nawaz Sharif, in a recent interview, had said, “Militant organisations are active. Call them non-state actors, s

ISLAMABAD: National Security Adviser Lt-Gen (Retd) Nasser Khan Janjua on Sunday said Pakistan was a great and peace loving country which had always stood along with world to contribute to global stability and prosperity.

“We all need to invest in peace instead of war. We w

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army chief spokesman Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor says a meeting of National Security Committee has been suggested to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to discuss recent “misleading statement regarding Mumbai incident.”

In a Twitter statement on

WINNIPEG, Canada: Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Canada, Tariq Azim Khan, has inaugurated the first ever Muhammad Ali Jinnah Park at Winnipeg, Manitoba on Sunday.

Addressing on the occasion, the high commissioner said that credit goes to the vibrant Pakistani-Canadian

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Sunday paid a visit to Interior Minster Ahsan Iqbal at the Services Hospital to inquire about his health.

The prime minister was accompanied by Federal Defense Minster Khurram Dastagir, according to a statement issued by the Interior

LAHORE: The daughter of revered Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz was deported for India after being invited to speak at a conference in New Delhi.

Moneeza Hashmi, 72, was listed as a speaker at the 15th Asia Media Summit in Delhi between May 10 and 12. She,

ISLAMABAD: Senior PML-N leader and former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday held India responsible for the stalled trial regrading Mumbai terror attacks. 

“Pakistan was subjected to heavy criticism over the Mumbai attacks,” Nisar said, in the backdrops