News Pakistan

December 19, 2018

SC forms JIT to probe into DTH devices smuggling

LAHORE: The top court has constituted a joint investigation team (JIT) headed by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) director general to thoroughly probe into a case […]
December 19, 2018

Importers call unfair duty on used cellphones

KARACHI: The government has slapped the same duty on the import of used cellphones that has been imposed on new mobile phones, without taking into consideration […]
December 19, 2018

FATF actions plan: Report identifies primary sources of terror funding

ISLAMABAD: There are half a dozen primary sources of terror financing, having roots both in Pakistan and across the borders, says a Terrorism Financing Risk Assessment […]
December 6, 2018

Malala to be honoured with Harvard leadership award for activism

Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai is being honored by Harvard University for her work promoting girls’ education. Harvard’s Kennedy School said Yousafzai will be awarded the […]
December 6, 2018

‘Child marriages a grave threat to girls’ lives’

THARPARKAR: United Nations (UN) representatives have joined the call to end child marriage in Pakistan. Tharparkar was the first stop of UN Under-Secretary General and UN […]
December 6, 2018

Fifa threatens to ban PFF if SC-ordered elections held

KARACHI: Fifa has threatened to suspend the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) if the Supreme Court (SC) orders of fresh elections are carried out. The SC ordered […]
December 4, 2018

Kohistan video scandal: Suspects confess to killing 3 women

ABBOTTABAD: Police have made a major breakthrough in the six-year old Kohistan video scandal case in which five women were killed, but the suspects kept denying […]
December 4, 2018

Public healthcare: CJP Nisar trashes PTI claims of improvement

ISLAMABAD: There is Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) government in Kyber-Pakhtunkhwa for over five years, it claims implementing good governance in the province whereas patients don’t have access […]