Pakistan

UK side assures overcoming hurdles to resume PIA flights to Britain.Dar wishes complete health for King Charles III, Princess of Wales.Lord Cameron, Lord Ahmad, Minister Mitchell invited to visit Pakistan.LONDON: In high-level engagements with the British leadership, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar held separate meetings with UK Minister of State for South Asia and Commonwealth Lord Tariq Ahmad as...

Both countries can achieve shared energy goals: Musadik Malik.Envoy Blome congratulates Musadik Malik on assuming office.Both sides discuss investment opportunities, regional projects.ISLAMABAD: Continuing high-level engagements after formation of new government in Pakistan, Ambassador of the United States Donald Blome called on Federal Minister for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik on Friday to discuss technology transfer, investment opportunities, capacity-building initiatives...

PM Shehbaz encourages Barrick Gold to invest in other projects too.Plans to be chalked out for communication infrastructure, PM says. Local people are being given priority in jobs, Premier Shehbaz told.  Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was apprised that the feasibility study of the multibillion-dollar Reko Diq gold and copper mining project would be completed by the end of 2024.Briefing the...

KP CM approaches courts for cancellation of arrest warrants.Gandapur demands questioning of ex-envoy Asad Majeed.“If cipher was unreal then why PTI founder was sentenced?”.Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur in his latest jibe at the incumbent government on Friday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reached parliament through 'flawed' Form 47, once again alleging that "worst...

Judicial magistrate wants Imran, Qureshi produced on April 20.Khan is not even presented for hearing via video link, Panjotha says.Lawyer says jail authorities make excuses to not present Khan.ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court Friday approved a request seeking to produce Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and party leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi in court, directing authorities to ensure the...

PMSA ship was patrolling Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Encounters eight Indian ships engaged in illegal activities.Two Indian fishermen missing; search operation continues. KARACHI: A Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) sailor was martyred while two Indian fishermen went missing after a fishing boat was caught engaged in illegal activities in Pakistani waters, said a PMSA spokesperson on Friday. According to the spokesperson, the...

ISPR says two brave sons of soil embraced shahadat.Security forces determined to eliminate terrorism, it says.Perpetrators of the attack will be brought to justice, it adds.RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers embraced martyrdom in a suicide bomb blast on a convoy of security forces in Dera Ismail Khan, the military’s media wing reported on Friday.The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said...

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday declared the removal of former Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui “illegal”, directing that he may now be considered as a retired judge.The decision was announced by a five-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Of Pakistan Qazi Fazi Isa in a 23-page judgment. Apart from the...

KP food minister says assembly session not to be hold today. Says KP governor took "illegal step" of summoning session.PPP urges KP Assembly speaker to administer oath to lawamkers.Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Central Information Secretary Faisal Karim Kundi on Friday said that the opposition parties in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will approach the relevant court and the Election Commission of Pakistan...

Lawmakers link delay with Senate's April 2 elections.MPAs will elect senators members against 11 total seats.Balochistan CM took oath of office earlier this month.QUETTA: It has been 19 days since Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti took oath of office but is yet to form a cabinet to begin running provincial affairs smoothly.In this regard, the province's chief...