18+ hour, 55+ min ago   (528+ words) ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will have to submit a fresh application to retain preferential access to the European Union market under the bloc’s new Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) regime, with the number of international conventions it must comply with rising…...

19+ hour, 2+ min ago   (282+ words) QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti has supported the creation of new provinces, saying it is not possible to govern the entire province effectively from Quetta. Speaking to senior journalists via video link, Bugti said any new provinces should be…...

23+ hour, 28+ min ago   (60+ words) 8am: Leaked documents from the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) show that the group has allocated a budget of more than 70 million Afghanis to advance a broad propaganda and media campaign, using media outlets and fake accounts to portray opposition…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (842+ words) ISLAMABAD – With the September 27 PTI long march approaching, a key development is emerging around former PM Imran Khan as sources claim that the PTI chief could be shifted to Islamabad ahead of the planned mobilisation. Available information suggests that Shifa…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (529+ words) RAWALPINDI – No more leave, and no room for a lapse as Rawalpindi Police have been ordered to remain on duty until October 1 as the twin cities gear up for heightened security ahead of the PTI protest. Rawalpindi Police effectively put…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (182+ words) ISLAMABAD – The federal government has assigned additional charge of health secretary to Dr Muhammad Fakhre Alam Irfan. Alam, a BS-22 officer of Pakistan Administrative Services who is currently serving as Power Division secretary, has replaced Capt. (Retd.) Muhammad Mahmood as…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (529+ words) FOR more than a fortnight now, Pakistan has been witnessing an unprecedented and increasingly consequential political debate over the prospect of creating new provinces—or, at the very least, smaller and more manageable administrative units What initially appeared to be…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (581+ words) ISLAMABAD: A group of Afghan medical students on Thursday challenged in the Lahore High Court directives by Pakistan’s medical regulator requiring Afghan nationals enrolled in medical and dental programs to return to their country, days after universities began directing students…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (577+ words) PAKISTAN’S debate on the formation of new provinces continues to surface with renewed vigour, driven by the practical difficulties of governing a...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (395+ words) POWER in the twenty-first century is no longer determined by military strength alone....