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My narrative is the same as Quaid-i-Azam's, says Nawaz at PDM's Lahore power show Leaders of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Sunday blasted the government and establishment at Lahore's Minar-i-Pakistan at the sixth power show which the alliance has termed as a "historic and decisive"...

Pakistan will plant 10 billion trees in three years: PM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has told the world leaders that Pakistan has decided to have nature-based solutions to mitigate impacts of climate change by planting 10 billion trees across the country in the next three years...

By-polls on vacant seats if opposition resigns: PM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said if the opposition resigns from parliament, the government will go ahead with by-elections on the vacant seats. Speaking to a group of senior journalists and columnists at the Prime Minister’s House...

Opposition resignations unlikely to hamper Senate poll process ISLAMABAD: Legal and constitutional experts in the country are found to have unanimous opinion that the opposition through the planned en masse resignations of their members from the assemblies cannot stop the ruling Pakistan...

Pakistan to remain on UK trade preference list post-Brexit LONDON: Pakistan High Commissioner Moazzam Ahmad Khan has shared with the business community that Pakistan would continue to benefit from the UK’s trade preferences scheme at par with the EU GSP Plus facility after Brexit. According to...

UK PM Boris Johnson confuses India’s farmer protest with Pakistan British leader mocked on social media after implying the weeks-long farmer’s protest was a cross-border issue involving archrival Pakistan. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was slammed on social media on Wednesday after implying...

Pakistan gets US presidential waiver to avoid sanctions WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has issued a presidential waiver for Pakistan, exempting it from the sanctions that follow a country’s designation as a violator of religious freedom. On Monday, Secretary Pompeo had...

Why Pakistan will be next to normalize with Israel Islamabad denies any move is afoot but a Saudi and UAE-backed normalization of ties could soon be in the offing PESHAWAR- Last month, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry rebutted a barrage of reports on social and mainstream media that suggested...

Qureshi challenges PDM over resignations issue MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi says confusion exists within the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) over various issues, including tendering resignations from the assemblies. “If they are really determined to resign, they should do...

Pakistan will have 30pc electric vehicles by 2030 UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has informed the international community that it’s working on a plan to ensure that by 2030 at least 30 per cent of the vehicles used in the country are electronic. Along with Denmark and Norway, Pakistan co-chairs a...

Pakistan Says Afghan Border Fence Nearly Complete ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s military says it will have fenced off the country’s roughly 2,600-kilometer historically porous border with Afghanistan within the next two months. The army’s media wing Friday shared the latest assessment with VOA on...

How the Miyawaki Method can save Karachi, Pakistan and the world Climate change, also known as global warming, has been established as an existential threat to the planet we call home. Anthropomorphic activities, those caused by human beings, are responsible for the greatest increase in global...

Decision on resignation to be finalised next week: PDM LAHORE: As the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) could not hold significant demonstrations across the country on Friday against the PTI government’s manhandling of its workers during the Multan rally, the 11-party opposition alliance...

This naan shop in Lahore was set up in pre-partition Pakistan An ordinary-looking, cramped tandoor in Lahore boasts a business history spanning nearly two centuries The narrow, congested lanes of the main Mozang bazaar of Lahore have several tales to tell as part of the old city. Various...

Pakistan’s new nuclear unit to generate 1100MW clean electricity Fuel loading marks safe commencing operations, consequent generation of clean electricity Islamabad: Fuel loading has commenced at Unit 2, the newly built Karachi nuclear power plant (KANUPP) called K-2, according to Pakistan...

Pakistani project wins international award for shielding villages from natural disasters A project that combines satellite images, mapping technologies and the local knowledge of villagers to help build climate-proof settlements in disaster-prone areas of Pakistan won an international award on...

PTI govt plans infectious disease centre in Pakistan modelled after US CDC KARACHI: The PTI government is planning to establish a Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – similar to the Atlanta-based national public health institute in the United States, Special Assistant to PM on...

India no longer a big threat to Pakistan: ex-ISI chief Lt Gen (retd) Asad Durrani says Delhi caught up in self-created mess KARACHI: Pakistan’s former spy chief Lt Gen (retd) Asad Durrani has said that “India is no longer a big threat to Pakistan", as it has got itself entangled in a mess...

Pakistan to start COVID-19 vaccination drive in April Government will provide vaccines free of charge, says health official KARACHI, Pakistan Pakistan will launch a COVID-19 vaccination drive in the second quarter of 2021, a health official announced on Wednesday. In a tweet, Nausheen Hamid...

China vows to strengthen ties with Pakistan 'in host of areas' Chinese defence minister calls on PM Imran, discusses Kashmir dispute, Covid-19, CPEC among others Chinese State Councillor and Minister of Defence General Wei Fenghe called on Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad and discussed...