Pakistan hands over power to caretaker government as polls loom
AFP | Pakistan's civilian government completed its term Friday for only the second time in the country's history, with a caretaker administration to take over...
Musharraf to face the court; interior ministry directs NADRA to block his NIC
News Analysis | The interior ministry has directed the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to block the National Identity Card (NIC) and passport of the...
USAID aims at boosting sales of Pakistani Agritech companies
News Analysis | In a stakeholder awareness workshop, 15 representatives from Pakistan’s leading agriculture technology companies deliberated on how to expand adoption of agriculture technology...
“Seasonal birds” in Pakistan’s political arena
Farid A Malik | ‘Khooti Rahi Bur Thalay’ means “the donkey remained under the tree.” the first time I heard this Punjabi proverb was in...
Ahsan Iqbal ‘taken to task’ in LHC over anti-judiciary remarks
News Analysis | On Wednesday, the Minister for Interior Ahsan Iqbal appeared before a Lahore High Court (LHC) full bench to explain his contemptuous remarks...
Government takes credit for “exceptional growth” in Oil and Gas sector
News Analysis | The Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, on Wednesday, overwhelmingly praised the government for making exceptional growth in the Oil and Gas sector during last...
Social media lambasted Maryam Nawaz for her delusional ‘no-load shedding tweet’
News Desk | The social media in Pakistan continue to blast at Maryam Nawaz Sharif after she made a no-load shedding tweet two days earlier....
Two girls representing Pakistan at Telenor Youth Forum in Bangkok
News Analysis | The Telenor Youth Forum’s 2017-2018 programme will commence this week at the DTAC (Total Access Communication Public Company)headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, where Pakistani prodigies Safa Iftikhar...
Dr. Fowzia voices out support for Aafia Siddiqui
News Analysis | “Aafia Movement Pakistan” leader and neuro physician Dr Fowzia Siddiqui congratulated Chief Justice of Pakistan (retd) Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk on his nomination as...
Nasir Mehmood Khosa regrets being nominated as the caretaker CM Punjab
News Analysis | Former bureaucrat Nasir Mehmood Khosa said that he regrets being nominated as the caretaker Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab, saying his candidature...
Hamayun Saeed promises big surprises in Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2
News Desk | Jawani Phir Nahi Ani became the biggest box office success in Pakistan’s entertainment history, chalking up $49.44 crore back when it was...
BRT’s prototype bus finally arrives in Peshawar for testing purposes
News Analysis | The prototype bus for the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) has reached Peshawar. The bus approved for the project arrived in the provincial...