9+ hour, 12+ min ago   (424+ words) ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced a special petrol relief scheme offering a Rs100 per litre discount to owners of motorcycles, rickshaws, Qingqi vehicles and cars up to 800cc as Middle East tensions are driving the fuel prices globally. The initiative…...

9+ hour, 50+ min ago   (127+ words) In a letter addressed to Chairman Senate, ISC Secretary General Ek Nath Dhakal conveyed appreciation on behalf of the ISC and President of the Senate of Cambodia, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, for his esteemed presence and…...

1+ day, 42+ min ago   (376+ words) Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday announced a fuel relief package for motorcycle, rickshaw, and small-car owners to ease the impact of soaring petrol prices amid a sharp rise in global oil rates. According to the Prime Minister’s Office, motorcycle,…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (289+ words) A senior security official while talking to a group of journalists has called for a fresh political and strategic approach to Balochistan, arguing that the province’s complex problems cannot be resolved through the use of force alone and that…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (225+ words) ISLAMABAD – A fresh political storm has erupted over the cost of private foreign travel by top Pakistani leaders, with President Asif Ali Zardari’s recent trip and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s London visit becoming the centre of an increasingly…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (225+ words) ISLAMABAD – A fresh political storm has erupted over the cost of private foreign travel by top Pakistani leaders, with President Asif Ali Zardari’s recent trip and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s London visit becoming the centre of an increasingly…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (413+ words) KARACHI – Getting a passport is about to get a little more digital as Directorate General of Immigration and Passports DGIP rolled out an important payment update, telling applicants to use the designated Raast QR code when paying their passport fees....

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (203+ words) ISLAMABAD – Ambassador Shafqat Ali Khan has been appointed as Pakistan’s first Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia. Khan presented his Letters of Credence to Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan at a ceremony held today at the Presidential Palace in Yerevan. President…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (380+ words) THE Government has brought sanity to the ongoing public debate on the issue of new provinces by declaring in unequivocal terms that the issue will be placed before Parliament for discussion in its October session In a video statement, Minister…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (480+ words) Advocate Bassam Ahmed Siddiqi IN a country, where GDP growth has remained largely constrained between 3% and 4% for nearly a decade, the standing of trade...