Category: Politics

Washington – Director of the Communications Department of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Julie Kozack has said Pakistan will be able to have access of a total of 2.

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM – Israel on Friday carried out its first major airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs in months, retaliating for an earlier rocket launch from Lebanon in the most serious test of a shaky ceasefire deal agreed in November.

Naypyidaw/Myanmar – A huge earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand on Friday, killing nearly 150 people and injuring hundreds, with dozens trapped in collapsed buildings and the death toll expected to rise.

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif chaired a special meeting on Friday to address the alarming spread of AIDS in Taunsa district.

QUETTA/ISLAMABAD – Three people including two policemen were martyred and 21 others including four policemen sustained inju-ries in a bomb blast that target police van at Double Road in Quetta on Thursday.

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif chaired the 24th Provincial Cabinet meeting which approved the longest agenda items and took important decisions.

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan yesterday reaffirmed its commitment to counterterrorism cooperation with the United States in the future.

LAHORE – In a commendable step toward the protection of women, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sha-rif Wednesday launched the ‘Women Police Squad’ across major commercial areas in the province.

LAHORE – As the holy month of Ramazan enters its final ten days, the District Administration, under the steadfast leadership of Administrator and Deputy Commissioner Lahore Syed Musa Raza, has ramped up efforts to curb overcharging across the city, d…

NEW YORK – Pakistan has once again urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to fulfil its obligation by ensuring the implementation of its own resolutions on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.