Pakistani IT firms win eight awards at APICTA in Hong Kong

Pakistani IT firms have won eight major awards including one gold and seven merit awards at Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology Alliance Awards in Hong Kong. APICTA is an organization of Information and Communication Technology that aims to promote technology innovation in the region. The biggest achievement of Pakistan in the event is winning … Read more

Protection of Human Rights among top priorities of PPP: Bilawal

Protection of Human Rights among top priorities of PPP: Bilawal

KARACHI: Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday said that protection and promotion of Human Rights are among the top priorities of his Party and the same will manifest in the Party’s manifesto for the upcoming general elections. In his message on the occasion of International Human Rights Day on Sunday, the … Read more

Nearly a million children displaced in Gaza as Israeli bombardments escalate: UN

Nearly a million children displaced in Gaza as Israeli bombardments escalate: UN

UNITED NATIONS: UN humanitarian officials in war-ravaged Gaza are “hanging on by our fingertips” with civil society on the brink of full-blown collapse, they warned Saturday. Women and children are bearing the brunt in terms of deaths and injuries as Israeli troops attack Palestinian defenders across the enclave, with nowhere safe to go, and aid … Read more

Caretaker PM reiterates Pakistan’s commitment to SAARC process

Caretaker PM reiterates Pakistan's commitment to SAARC process

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar has reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to the SAARC process. In his message on the 39th SAARC Charter Day, he expressed the confidence that the current hindrances to the Organization’s smooth functioning will be removed, thus, enabling its member states to forge ahead on the path of mutually-beneficial regional cooperation. … Read more

PM Kakar commends matchless sacrifices of police force

Caretaker PM reiterates Pakistan's commitment to SAARC process

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq-Kakar has lauded police force for rendering matchless sacrifices for peace in the country. Addressing the 7th Annual Conference of Former Inspector Generals of Police in Islamabad on Saturday, he said the entire nation acknowledges police force for curbing crimes and elimination of terrorism from the country. The Prime Minister said infusing … Read more

Multinational Joint Special Forces Exercise ‘Fajar Al Sharq-V’ held at Pabbi

Multinational Joint Special Forces Exercise ‘Fajar Al Sharq-V’ held at Pabbi

Two-week long Multinational Joint Special Forces Exercise Fajar Al Sharq-V was held at National Counter Terrorism Centre, Pabbi Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to ISPR, troops from Special Forces of Pakistan, Bahrain, Iraq and Kuwait participated in the exercise. Besides the exercising troops, officers from the brotherly countries of Bahrain, Iraq and Kuwait also witnessed the Closing … Read more

Role of Pak Navy appreciated for befittingly meeting maritime related challenges

Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Ovais Ahmed Bilgrami has underscored Pakistan Navy’ initiatives in enhancing maritime and coastal security, operational readiness and socio-economic uplift of coastal community.  He was interacting with a delegation of sixth Maritime Security Workshop led by Commandant Pakistan Navy War College Rear Admiral Javed Iqbal at Naval Headquarters in Islamabad.     The … Read more

ECP rejects PTI intra-party election plea; hearing postponed

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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Friday dismissed Akbar S. Babar’s plea for a fresh round of intra-party elections within the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and adjourned the hearing till December 12. A five-member ECP bench, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, considered a series of petitions submitted by PTI founding member Akbar … Read more

Collective approaches needed for development in Afghanistan: FM

Collective approaches needed for development in Afghanistan: FM

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani has underscored importance of collective approaches to promote prosperity and development for people of Afghanistan. He was talking to United States Special Representative on Afghanistan Thomas West who called on him in Islamabad. According to a Foreign Office statement, during the meeting, the Foreign Minister reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment … Read more

New oil, gas reserves discovered in Sindh

New oil, gas reserves discovered in Sindh

KARACHI: The Oil & Gas Development Company (OGDCL) spokesperson on Friday said new reserves of oil and gas were discovered in Sindh, Bol News reported. 2,081 meters of Dars West Well No. 2 was drilled and discovered that 8.51 million (85 lakh) standard cubic feet per day gas will be obtained from the well, the … Read more

£190mn reference: Zulfi Bukhari, Farah Gogi, Shehzad Akbar declared proclaimed offenders

£190mn reference: Zulfi Bukhari, Farah Gogi, Shehzad Akbar declared proclaimed offenders

ISLAMABAD: The accountability court of Islamabad on Friday issued ads for six suspects including Zulfi Bukhari, Farhat Shehzadi alias Farah Gogi, Mirza Shehzad Akbar and Ziaul Mustafa Naseem declaring them proclaimed offenders in the case pertaining to £190 million scandal, Bol News reported. The advertisements of the suspects have been pasted on walls of the … Read more

‘Prudent decision’: FM Jilani hails Danish parliament bill prohibiting Quran desecration

‘Prudent decision’: FM Jilani hails Danish parliament bill prohibiting Quran desecration

ISLAMABAD: After the Danish parliament adopted a bill prohibiting the desecration of the Holy Quran, Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani hailed it as a “prudent decision.” The foreign minister, in a social media post on X, expressed the hope that other European countries would follow the suit through similar legislation. “A prudent decision on … Read more

Caretaker PM launches Sukuk Bond at Pakistan Stock Exchange, Karachi

Caretaker PM launches Sukuk Bond at Pakistan Stock Exchange, Karachi

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Friday said that the investors had regained confidence after the successful signing of a standby agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the execution of the annual budget 2023-24 and improvement in the fiscal and external accounts. The prime minister, addressing the ceremony marking the first auction of the … Read more

Pakistan condemns continuous use of force by Israel: Foreign Office

Decision to deport illegal foreigners in line with sovereign laws, int’l norms: FO

Pakistan welcomes the United Nations Secretary General’s decision to invoke Article-99 of the UN Charter to bring attention of the UN Security Council towards the dire security situation and the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. At her weekly media briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said this decision of the Secretary … Read more