Reacting to Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s call for an overhaul of the country’s governance structure, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has advised him to initiate the change by implementing the National Action Plan (NAP) and with his own ministry.
Reacting to Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s call for an overhaul of the country’s governance structure, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has advised him to initiate the change by implementing the National Action Plan (NAP) and with his own ministry.
PESHAWAR: Two police personnel sustained minor injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion targeting a police van near Pir Zakorhi Bridge near the Peshawar-Islamabad motorway toll plaza on Sunday afternoon, police said.
United States President Donald Trump said late on Saturday he would hold off on a fresh attack on Iran as long as a deal could be reached quickly to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
ISLAMABAD: The delay in presidential assent to judicial appointments has begun to affect the functioning of the superior judiciary, with the term of an additional judge of the Sindh High Court (SHC) having already expired and four additional judges of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) facing a similar situation within days, despite recommendations by...
Gianni Infantino’s position as FIFA president looks untenable following his failed plan to sell a stake in the World Cup’s commercial rights, the head of Europe’s professional football leagues said on Sunday.
South Korea registered on Sunday its highest temperature since records began more than a century ago, according to the state weather agency.
• Multiple rounds of talks between PPP, PML-N leaders fail to defuse tensions• Sanaullah questions Zardari’s election as president after PPP’s Form-47 jibe• Saeed Ghani alleges PML-N govts came to power through rigging every time• Sharif family meets at Jati Umra to take stock of ‘mounting’ political challenges
• Top American commander warns navy is stretched too thin; US has used nearly half of its THAAD interceptors• Pentagon may face choice between US interests and Israel• Missile defences consumed faster than they can be replaced; war tests Washington’s ability to fight on multiple fronts
When European lawmakers talk about labour abuse in the garment trade, Pakistan is too often cast as the defendant before any evidence is heard. A serious child-labour problem in one corner of the economy becomes, in the retelling, a verdict on an entire export industry. That is not regulation. It is collective punishment by reputation.
KARACHI: The influx of smuggled Iranian oil has drastically declined as tankers were hit inside Balochistan, causing heavy losses to those involved in this illegal business, according to sources in the oil sector.
• US embassies urge citizens to ‘consider departing’ the region• Iran says any country acting as US defensive shield will be engulfed by flames of war• Official insists Tehran planning for worst-case scenarios• 30 commercial vessels redirected by US naval blockade, says Centcom• Tanker struck by ‘unknown projectile’ off Oman;...
LAHORE: The Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) of the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Saturday forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall across parts of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan until Aug 4.
• Vehicle broke down in Nimroz; group pressed on toward Iran on foot• Bodies found buried beneath sand
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday said he had received a response from the proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) to his letter proposing the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, adding that the party would now consult key stakeholders to determine the way forward.
At least seven people were killed and 18 others injured in a suicide attack outside the gate of Kabal police station in Swat on Sunday, police said.