US Ambassador calls on Finance Minister

ISLAMABAD, Apr 06 : US Ambassador Donald Blome Thursday called on Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar. The minister, during the meeting,…

Ramazan moon sighted as holy month to start

PESHAWAR, Mar 22 (APP):The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Maulana Syed Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad on Wednesday night announced that the crescent of the holy month…

Legendary actor Zia Mohyeddin dead at 91

KARACHI: The cultural world has lost a great icon with the passing of Zia Mohyeddin, internationally renowned artist and former President Emeritus of the National…

FM, USAID official discuss post-flood assistance

WASHINGTON, Dec 21: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in a meeting with Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power has…

New COAS, CJCSC appointed

ISLAMABAD: President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi signed the summary for the appointments of the new COAS, CJCSC on Thursday. After the signature of the…

LEAs decide to arrest PTI leaders

It has been decided on Monday to arrest the main leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) prior to PTI resuming long march to the capital, which…

FATF removes Pakistan from grey list

ISLAMABAD (INN) – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday removed Pakistan from its grey list. The decision was made in a meeting of…

ECP disqualifies Imran Khan in Toshakhana case

ISLAMABAD (INN) – Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday disqualified Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in Toshakhana case. A four-member bench headed by…

Ch Shujaat meets PM, reiterates to stand by govt

ISLAMABAD (INN) – Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) senior leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday. During the meeting, Shujaat Hussain…

Fire engulfs Islamabad’s Centaurus Mall

ISLAMABAD (INN) A fire broke out in the Centaurus Mall on Sunday, which is the federal capital’s biggest shopping mall. According to details, the fire…

Arrest warrant of PTI chief Imran Khan issued

Islamabad (INN) – Arrest warrant of former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan issued. The arrest warrant has been issued in case…

History of Transgenders in Pakistan

  Transgender people in Pakistan are usually disdained upon. Commonly known as hijra, they suffer discrimination and exclusion. Things were not always so dreary for…

One killed, 13 injured in Quetta blast

QUETTA (INN) – At least one person was killed and 13 others sustained injuries in an explosion in Balochistan province’s capital Quetta’s Sabzal Road on…

ECP postpones by-polls in 13 constituencies

ISLAMABAD (INN) – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday postponed by-elections in 13 constituencies of the National Assembly. An important meeting of ECP…

Fighting rulers, flood is need of hour: Fawad

ISLAMABAD (INN) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday said that the government is running a media campaign worth billions of rupees that…

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Misusing Blasphemy in Pakistan

  On 21st August I came across a video in which a mob of people were chanting “Labaik Ya Rasul ul Allah” outside an apartment…

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Death Toll Rises to 205 in Balochistan

  Torrential rains and flash inundations are continuously ravaging several parts of Balochistan. Officials have put the death toll across Balochistan at 205 after floodwaters…

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Justice for Khadija

  It is a depressing day for women, our country, and the people ruling it. Three days ago, on 15th August PM Modi emphasised on…

Shahbaz Gill moves IHC against physical remand

ISLAMABAD (INN) – Former SAPM and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill has challenged the session court’s ruling regarding two-day physical remand in sedition case…

Where is freedom of Speech?

Freedom of speech is a basic human right. The Constitution of Pakistan through Article 19 ensures freedom of speech and freedom of the press. In…

133 Women Reportedly Kidnapped in July

Islamabad-In July, 133 women kidnapped, another 133 physically assaulted and 85 raped across Pakistan while 108 cases of sexual abuse of children reported in the…

UAE to invest $1 bln in Pakistani companies

(INN) – The United Arab Emirates intends to invest $1 billion in Pakistani companies across various sectors, state news agency (WAM) reported citing an official…

The ECP Verdict: Trouble in Paradise?

  Yesterday, the ECP ruled that the PTI received “unauthorised funding” from overseas Pakistan: an act which is against the law of the country under…

PML-N challenges PA Speaker election in LHC

LAHORE (INN) – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has challenged the election of PTI’s Sibtain Khan as Speaker Punjab Assembly in the Lahore High Court (LHC).…

TTP VS. THE THIEVES

Imran Khan, the leader of PTI and former Prime Minister made a speech at a conference with his party members. Apart from reiterating the demand…

Monsoon in its Full Swing

Islamabad- Earlier today, Rawalpindi and Islamabad witnessed heavy showers causing a halt in the traffic. The rain showers began during work hours at 9am, which…

NA speaker accepts 11 PTI MNAs’ resignations

The National Assembly speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Thursday accepted resignations of 11 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNAs. The Speaker accepted the resignation by exercising the…

PDM rejects SC verdict over Mazari’s ruling

The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Thursday rejected the Supreme Court’s verdict to nullify 10 votes of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) in the Deputy…

FO Slams India Over its Vitriol Against CPEC

India on Tuesday made vitriolic comments against CPEC and threatened to take strict actions against the projects falling under the umbrella of China-Pakistan Economic Cooperation,…

PKR Continues to Slide

The Pakistani currency has hit a new low of PKR 237 in the interbank market according to Forex Association of Pakistan, shedding about 1.31 percent…

CM Pervaiz Elahi reshuffles Punjab bureaucracy

Soon after Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi was declared Punjab Chief Minister by the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan, the newly appointed…

Elahi was declared CM-elect of Punjab after SC declared Punjab Assembly deputy speaker’s ruling “illegal”. SC had ordered Punjab Governor Baligh ur Rehman to administer…

Hamza Shahbaz takes oath as CM Punjab

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shahbaz took oath on Saturday as the Punjab Chief Minister. He was administered the oath by Governor of Punjab…

PAC recommends reducing petroleum prices

ISLAMABAD (INN) – The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Noor Alam Khan on Wednesday has recommended the government to reduce the petroleum prices in view…

NEPRA hikes power tariff by Rs7.9 per unit

ISLAMABAD (INN) – Already overburdened by inflation, increased oil prices, food items, Pakistanis were in for a shock when the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority…