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Listen to the article Istanbul: Dar-foreign minister / Minister of Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar stressed the urgent need for unity among the Muslim nations to deal with growing challenges that Oummée is confronted. Addressing the 51st session of the Islamic Cooperation Organization (OCI) to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Istanbul, the Deputy Prime Minister […]

Listen to the article Islamabad: Pakistan criticized India’s “Brazen Director” on Saturday, Amit Shah, international agreements after the latter said that New Delhi would never restore the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Islamabad. “We will take water flowing in Pakistan to Rajasthan by building a channel. Pakistan will be hungry for water that he was

The government appointed Naveed Asghar Chaudhry on Saturday as an acting president of the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) following the resignation of Lieutenant Gen (Retd) Sajjad Ghani earlier in the day. A notification issued by the Ministry of Water Resources has confirmed the appointment of Chaudhry. Ghani was president of WAPDA for almost

Islamabad: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) – A key planning and project approval organization – approved five development projects worth 55.164 billion rupees for sustainable economic development in the country. A CDWP meeting was held on Friday under the presidency of the Federal Minister of Planning Ahsan Iqbal Greenlight these projects. The five, three

Islamabad: The snowfall in the Hindu mountain range of Kush-Himalayan in Asia reached a 23-year-old hollow, threatening nearly two billion people depending on the melting of the snow for water, scientists warned in a report. The Hindu chain of Kush-Himalayan, which extends from Afghanistan to Myanmar, holds the largest ice and snow reserves outside the

Rawalpindi: The Special Anti-Terrorism Court once again postponed the hearings in the affairs of riots on May 9, including the attack case of the high-level general seat (GHQ), now reprogrammed for June 26. No procedure took place on Saturday when judge Amjad Ali Shah was on leave. The GHQ attack case trial has remained pending

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered the Ministry of Religious Affairs on Saturday to formulate a detailed action plan with a calendar for the Hajj of next year without any delay. The PM, presiding over an examination meeting on the preparations for Hajj of next year, ordered the ministry to start the preparations from now on.

Islamabad: The health authorities have made progress in monitoring the polio virus, withdrawing wastewater samples from nine districts. Among these, seven districts were tested positive for type 1 poliovirus, including Gwadar, Quetta, South Waziristan, Rawalpindi, Larkana and Mirpurkhas. However, samples of Pishin and Lahore were declared without polio. A total of 45 million children had

Karimabad: In a workshop filled with sawdust, nestled in the Karakoram mountains, a team of carpenters ciselle in the cupboards – and forge an unlikely career for themselves in Pakistan. Women are only a fraction of the formal workforce of Pakistan. But in a collection of villages sprinkled along the old silk road between China

Islamabad: After a visit almost a week in the United States, the Marshal General of Land Syed Asim Munnir arrived in Istanbul on Saturday in what seems to be part of the diplomatic efforts of Pakistan to seek the end of the Iran-Israeli war in progress. His meeting at the White House with US President