Pakistani News
Sun, 10 Oct 21 05:10:28 +0500Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan passes away at 85
Interior minister says Dr AQ Khan to be buried with state honours at a place chosen by family
Sat, 09 Oct 21 13:37:19 +0500Shehbaz demands ‘snap elections’
PML-N president says it’s the only way to steer country out of its current crises
Sun, 10 Oct 21 05:24:23 +0500ECP demands legal action in Daska incident
Hearing on inquiry report may take place in an open court this month
Sun, 10 Oct 21 05:13:59 +0500New NAB law challenged in LHC
Petitioner argues that amendment to benefit single person is illegal
Sat, 09 Oct 21 04:42:02 +0500Salaried class may be exempted from further taxes
IMF asks Pakistan to withdraw Rs300b sales tax exemptions
Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:29:19 +0500Public hospitals staff to be tested across Sindh
Health department to restart contact tracing for coronavirus
Sun, 28 Jun 20 18:29:02 +0500MQM-London ‘hitman’ apprehended
Police claim he was involved in over 100 murders
Sun, 28 Jun 20 23:50:45 +05002,179 people diagnosed with coronavirus in Sindh
CM Murad says province's daily testing capacity has been stretched to 12,000
Sun, 28 Jun 20 18:39:33 +0500Youngster killed while shooting TikTok video in Karachi
Faraz lost control of car due to speeding, rammed into tree
Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:56:28 +0500Illegal plasma sale thrives in Lahore
First Covid-19 patient recovered through trial treatment last month
Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:41:58 +0500Woman commits suicide with two daughters
Victim’s husband wanted to marry off girls against their wish
Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:45:21 +0500Letter to Punjab IGP seeks ban on PUBG video game
Official says excessive violence in game triggers aggressive behaviour among youth
Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:51:06 +0500NGO offers transgender people foreign scholarships
Programme will allow selected persons to attend month-long training in host country
Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:35:52 +0500‘Pakistan’s progress linked to Balochistan peace’
NA speaker chairs parliamentary committee meeting to discuss issues facing province
Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:38:28 +0500Balochistan collects Rs2.5b from mineral sector
Computerised weighing scales have been installed
Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:35:07 +0500First phase of HingIaj road construction completed
Project was approved at a cost of Rs120 million
Sun, 28 Jun 20 00:50:02 +0500Bilawal, Mengal agree on joint strategy for budget
Both leaders express concern over spread of coronavirus in country
Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:37:34 +0500K-P wants revival of tourism hit hard by Covid
CM Mahmood Khan orders early opening of provincial tourism authority
Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:14:06 +0500Poor internet access for students echoes in K-P assembly
Debate on Rs55.42b supplementary budget completed
Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:19:02 +0500K-P up in arms against custodial torture
Govt asks PHC to probe yet another instance of police high-handedness
Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:19:42 +0500Another case of police excesses surfaces
The report further showed that the additional SHO had been previously found guilty of framing a man in a fake case
Sun, 28 Jun 20 23:11:02 +0500Virus cases in Indian Occupied Kashmir top 7,000
2,700 infections, including 41 virus-linked deaths, confirmed in last 2 weeks
Sun, 28 Jun 20 22:27:03 +0500AJK president lauds Joe Biden for urging India to restore people’s rights in IOJ&K
US former vice president has said restrictions on dissent, such as preventing peaceful protests, weaken democracy.
Sun, 28 Jun 20 00:33:43 +0500Hinduism being masqueraded as secularism in India, says AJK president
Masood says 13,000 Kashmiri boys have been abducted and kept in prison houses where they're being subjected to torture
Fri, 26 Jun 20 21:06:07 +0500World leaders urged to help end Indian atrocities against Kashmiris
On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, AJK president condemns BJP-RSS regime
Sun, 10 Oct 21 06:13:14 +0500Leaks, politics and more leaks
What sort of impact could the extensive Pandora Papers have?
Sat, 09 Oct 21 20:00:48 +0500Sindh Assembly struggles to pass legislations
MPAs allege private bills remain unaddressed by the speaker, provincial minister says they require proper budget
Sun, 10 Oct 21 06:13:16 +0500Of offshore holdings and tax avoidance
Even the ICIJ hasn’t been able to ascertain whether the assets detailed in the Pandora Papers are declared or not
Fri, 08 Oct 21 14:09:36 +0500The calculus of war and peace
Pakistan’s defence spending is subject to much debate when the budget comes out each year
Fri, 08 Oct 21 14:12:01 +0500The ‘F’ factor in Urdu literature
The Express Tribune delves into a discussion about feminism in Urdu literature with poet Dr Nuzhat Abbasi
Fri, 08 Oct 21 14:12:21 +0500The faithful acolyte
PPP veteran Ustad Masroor Ahsan looks back on his eventful career as a political activist
Sun, 10 Oct 21 06:13:12 +0500Between Little America and ‘real’ Pakistan
Zain Saeed explores the sense of ‘longing’ pop culture onslaught from the West has inflicted on young Pakistanis
Sun, 10 Oct 21 06:33:09 +0500Through the eyes of Shahjehan Begum
Many of today’s eastern fashions represent a heritage of the region that has long been forgotten
Fri, 08 Oct 21 14:47:56 +0500Mental health for all
Mental health organisations are relying on digital, community-based solutions to reduce disparity in mental healthcare
Sat, 13 Jun 20 15:20:13 +0500Over 300,000 put under 1,291 smart lockdowns
Punjab, Sindh cross grim mark of 50,000 cases
Wed, 01 Apr 20 17:32:30 +0500Tales of survivors: ‘Isolation, not coronavirus, was my worst nightmare’
I was convinced that if my time is not up, this virus can never kill me
Mon, 23 Mar 20 06:55:24 +0500'We honour his sacrifice': Dr Usama's fight against COVID-19
It is a national tragedy and we will award him the status of national hero, says G-B CM
Wed, 11 Mar 20 09:27:47 +0500New coronavirus case emerges in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan's tally rises to 20
The 14-year-old boy, a resident of Skardu, was held at an isolation centre where he tested positive for COVID-19