News Pakistan

February 20, 2019

PHC constitutes panel for establishing courts in ex-FATA

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has constituted steering committee having representation of all key stakeholders for establishing regular courts at the earliest in erstwhile Fata, […]
February 20, 2019

State of education improving in Pakistan: survey

ISLAMABAD: According to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2018 released here on Tuesday, 83 percent children aged between 6 and 16 years are enrolled […]
February 20, 2019

New Delhi’s blame game threatens regional peace, UN chief told

Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi called on UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday, Radio Pakistan reported. She briefed the UN […]
February 20, 2019

UN urges India, Pakistan to defuse tensions

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on India and Pakistan to take immediate steps to defuse tensions and offered to help […]
February 19, 2019

Indian counsel ducks key questions on Jadhav

THE HAGUE: Pakistan’s counsel in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has expressed disappointment over India’s position in Monday’s proceedings, saying […]
February 19, 2019

LHC to hear five-year-old blasphemy case soon

ISLAMABAD. / ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court (LHC) is all set to hear a five-year-old plea of a Christian couple on death row for committing blasphemy […]
February 19, 2019

K-P civil servants decry ‘NAB, ACE harassment’

PESHAWAR: A representative body of civil servants in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to look into regular harassment of officers by accountability and anticorruption […]
February 19, 2019

Domestic violence not on the Sindh govt’s priority list

KARACHI: Even after the passage of five years, The Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act, 2013 meant to provide relief to victims of domestic violence is […]