A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane was held back in Malaysia as part of a legal dispute between the airline and another party, the national flag carrier said on Friday. In a statement posted on Twitter, the airline said: “A PIA aircraft has been held back by a local court in Malaysia; taking a one-sided […]
A man allegedly committed suicide after killing his two mentally and physically challenged daughters in Sanda area here on Wednesday. Zia Butt, 70, first allegedly slit the throats of his daughters Sadia (34) and Aqsa (31) and then injured his neck with the same weapon. Police investigators claimed that Butt killed his daughters out of […]
An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 struck Lahore and other Central Punjab cities here on Monday. The tremors felt in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Murree, and other districts of the province, according to Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). According to Met Office, the quake hit at a depth of 65 km while the epicenter located in Indian Occupied Kashmir […]
Despite a steady rise in coronavirus cases, Pakistan has launched a five-day vaccination campaign against polio amid tight security, hoping to eradicate the crippling children’s disease this year. The drive is the first anti-polio campaign in 2021. The previous campaign took place last August – during a brief decline in fatalities and infections from the […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan was told Sunday that tax receipts had surpassed Rs2205 billion during the first six months of the current fiscal year. Chairing a meeting to review the tax reforms, the prime minister was briefed that owing to tax reforms, growth in a number of taxpayers had been witnessed. It was told that […]
After a massive power breakdown plunged the country into darkness late Saturday, electricity supply was restored in major parts of the country Sunday morning. Federal Minister for Energy Omar Ayub Khan said the power breakdown occurred due to a technical fault at the Guddu power plant which resulted in frequency falling from 50 to zero […]
Nationwide blackout in Pakistan, country has been hit by nationwide blackout, leaving hundreds of millions of people without power, officials and residents say. It was not immediately clear how long it may last. The incident began at 11:45 p.m. on Saturday when power failures were reported in all major cities, including Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, […]
Amidst countrywide protests, and with political pressure snowballing; Prime Minister Imran Khan once again urged the Shia Hazara community in Balochistan; to bury the bodies of coal miners killed in a gruesome attack in the Mach area over the weekend. This would have just like appeals many other political leaders have issued to the grieving […]
Pakistan has lifted all restrictions on visas for Bangladeshi citizens, a move being seen as an ice breaker in the frosty relations between the two Muslim-majority countries in South Asia. “Pakistan has already removed all restrictions on Pakistani visas for Bangladeshi citizens”; said a statement by the Pakistan High Commission in Bangladesh; after a meeting […]
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Friday sentenced three men to death for sharing blasphemous content on social media. A fourth accused in the same case was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. The ATC also issued perpetual arrest warrants for four accused, absconding in the case. According to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), which had investigated […]
