Pakistan

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has said that Pakistan has been a strong voice and a proactive advocate for climate finance for developing countries that was fully acknowledged and accepted by the developed world in the United Nations’ 28th Conference of Parties (COP 28), state-run APP reported on Sunday. The prime minister said Loss and

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Sunday said Pakistan was a strong voice and a proactive advocate for climate finance for developing countries, adding that the same was acknowledged by the developed world in the United Nations’ 28th Conference of Parties (COP28). The prime minister is currently in Dubai for COP28. In an interview

Diamer police on Sunday lodged a first information report (FIR) and arrested six suspects in connection with an attack on an Islamabad-bound bus in Gilgit-Baltistan’s (GB) Chilas a day earlier. At least nine people, including two soldiers, lost their lives and 21 passengers received injuries on Saturday evening after unknown gunmen targeted a bus from

Australia opener David Warner looks likely to get the Test farewell of his choice after being named in the 14-man squad for the opening clash in the three-match series against Pakistan on Sunday. Warner said in June that he wanted to bring down the curtain on his 12-year career in the longest format after the

As the country heads towards general elections on February 8, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Ghulam Ali has said it is difficult to carry out political activities in parts of KP and Balochistan due to the security situation. Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities in recent months, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, after the

SYDNEY: Australia opener David Warner looks likely to get the Test farewell of his choice after being named in the 14-man squad for the opening clash in the three-match series against Pakistan on Sunday. Warner said in June that he wanted to bring down the curtain on his 12-year career in the longest format after

PESHAWAR: Amid the growing number of candidates for admission to public sector medical and dental colleges, Khyber Medical University Vice-Chancellor Prof Ziaul Haq keeps his fingers crossed that the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council will allow more enrolments in MBBS and BDS courses from early 2025. “With more and more students sitting the Medical and

MARDAN: Former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser was re-arrested on Saturday by the police outside the Mardan prison soon after his release in cases related to the May 9 riots. District and Sessions Judge, Mardan, Mohammad Zaib Khan ordered his release after reserving the verdict a day earlier. The PTI leader was ordered to submit

PESHAWAR: The security forces arrested a key militant commander of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan during an operation carried out in Mardan district on Saturday, official sources said. They said that during interrogation, the banned outfit’s member revealed about as huge cache of arms kept in the Khyber tribal district. They added that later the weapons

ISLAMABAD: Following a two-month decline in militant activities, Pakistan experienced 34 pc increase in anti-state violence last month. Data unveiled by the Islamabad-based think tank Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) reveals a total of 63 militant attacks during the month, resulting in 83 fatalities, including that of 37 security forces personnel and

MUZAFFARABAD: Calling upon the leadership of Muslim countries to show bravery, Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haque on Saturday vowed that his party would rally the entire Ummah behind the cause of liberating the oppressed Kashmiris and Palestinians from India and Israel, respectively. “The Ummah is facing this situation due to its spineless rulers. From the soil

MUZAFFARGARH: A landlord allegedly cut off an ear of a poor labourer and subjected him and his wife to severe physical torture for not working at his house in Head Bakaini area of Jatoi tehsil, in the limits of Bet Mir Hazar police station, some 70km from here. According to the police, a landlord, Parvez

LAHORE: The PML-N says it has no intention to roll back the 18th amendment rather it will meet its spirit of devolution of power. “There has been no proposal under discussion to roll back the 18th amendment. Rather this amendment is complete and we will meet its spirit (after coming to power after upcoming polls),”

LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested 14 suspected militants linked with banned outfits during operations in different areas of the province. According to the spokesman, the CTD Punjab conducted intelligence-based operations in different districts and took 147 suspected persons into custody for interrogation. The CTD arrested 14 alleged militants

Napa second year student Abu Bakar recites poetry from the corner minaret.—Fahim Siddiqi / White Star KARACHI: Students of the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) put their heart and soul into the poetry, music and theatrical performances which they put on during the academy’s day-long annual open house here on Saturday. Of all the

KARACHI/HYDERABAD: A day after the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan rejected the final delimitation list of national and provincial assembly constituencies notified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) has dubbed the revised constituencies in the province as “a rigged package prepared by Pakistan People Party” and demanded that the Sindh election

Nathaniel Veltman, who was found guilty of attacking and killing four members of a Pakistani-origin Muslim family with his pick-up truck in June 2021 in London, Ontario, Canada, is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan 4 and Jan 5 in the coming year, a Windsor court decided during a brief hearing. Veltman appeared before the

ISLAMABAD: A large number of government employees face inordinate delays in obtaining their residential plots, as the Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) and Pakistan Housing Authority Foundation (PHAF) grapple with significant setbacks in their housing projects. A steering committee comprising seven secretaries was formed by the caretaker prime minister in September this year in

• Not one of 36 health facilities submitted audit report• Health dept orders forensic audit of five institutions• Govt gives Rs89bn in grant to several charitable hospitals KARACHI: Despite passage of considerable time and several reminders, not a single health institution, including those getting government grants amounting to billions of rupees over the years, has

A FEW weeks after the ECP announced the date for general elections in the country — settling the issue, one would have thought — speculation has again gripped the imagination of many ‘on-camera journalists’ who, in their vlogs and TV programmes, cast doubts about polls being held in February next year. Some have quoted (unnamed