PAKISTAN BREAKING NEWS

Maldives President Dr Mohamed Muizzu arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday on a three-day visit to Pakistan, state-run Radio Pakistan reported . Muizzu is visiting Pakistan at the invitation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The visit marks the first by a Maldivian president to Pakistan in 11 years and…

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday issued notices to the federal and provincial governments in several petitions challenging the imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 11. PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan moved the PHC on Oct 14 against the…

France will impose new curfews in areas where needed on Tuesday, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said, adding that the measures introduced in several cities the previous day had “helped keep the night calm”. France was rocked on Saturday by some of its worst rioting in recent years, just six…

Alberta residents voted to remain part of Canada in the province’s first-ever referendum on separation , in a much-needed win for Prime Minister Mark Carney as he attempts to unify the country amid a trade war with the US . CBC News , Canada’s government-funded national broadcaster, called the…

Kamta Prasad has been shuttling between government offices in Delhi trying to prove he is not dead. The 53-year-old tailor is among 130 million names removed from India’s electoral rolls under a voter roll revision that has sparked mass protests and posed the biggest challenge to Prime Minister…

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in internal security, according to a statement issued by the Interior Ministry on Tuesday. The two met in Doha and held a detailed exchange of…

WASHINGTON: The United States has barred California-based technology company Cloudera Inc. from participating in the employment-based green card process for two years and secured a $2 million settlement over allegations that it discriminated against qualified American workers. The settlement was…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to India on Tuesday for his second official visit to the country this year, as he pursues an Asian tour blending diplomacy and trade. After a trip to Uzbekistan, where he called for stronger partnerships with Central Asian countries, Rubio will head to Mumbai…

PESHAWAR: With Peshawar High Court set to hear today (Tuesday) multiple petitions against imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan has sought permission of the court to file an amended petition to challenge the resolutions passed by a…

• Death toll rises to 42 in Sindh this year • Referring to study about high prevalence of rabies virus in dogs in Karachi, PMA official stresses need for urgent action to control canine population KARACHI: Two more dog bite victims lost their lives to rabies on Monday, raising alarm amongst…

KARACHI: In a bid to allay concerns of residents about covering Nehr-i-Khayyam with concrete, Local Government Minister Nasir Shah on Monday said that the project aimed at improving the drainage system and overall environment of Clifton. During a visit to the site, he said that the Nehr-i-Khayyam…

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday passed a bill that sought to allow former lawmakers to have blue passports even if they had not served a full term in the National Assembly (NA) or Senate. In the same sitting, a bill seeking to allow the issuance of blue passports to dependent children under the age…

ISLAMABAD: JUI-F Punjab General Secretary Hafiz Naseer Ahmed Ahrar on Monday urged the party’s political opponents to refrain from what he described as a campaign of character assassination against JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. In a statement, Mr Ahrar said that Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s remarks…

• Core committee meeting ends after two days without adopting any recommendations • Participants demand removal of NA opposition leader, dissolution of political committee, changes in decision-making procedures • Gohar says Achakzai will remain, opposes calls to form fact-finding committee…

• Asset Performance Management System pilot project to be launched from Lahore, Kasur • APMS to be synced with smart meters to monitor power consumption in real-time • System will help authorities triangulate point of loss, theft with greater accuracy LAHORE: The government is all set to introduce…

• At least 53 killed, 200 wounded in attack on govt forces’ training camp in Shabwa • Egypt delays vote on military support for Saudi Arabia • US embassies urge ‘heightened vigilance’ across region; Riyadh residents get ‘hostile aerial threat’ warning; govt staff told to work from home • ‘Davos in…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday warned tax officers that resistance to the ongoing reforms in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) would not be tolerated, directing the authorities to implement proposed measures to minimise the country’s tax gap. The prime minister’s warning came…

• Industrial, services sector slowdown drags down economic growth in FY26 • Per capita income ‘lowest in region’; economy reaches $450.4bn ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday revised the gross domestic product (GDP) growth slightly downward to 3.65 per cent for the outgoing fiscal year (FY26),…

The new Saudi envoy in Pakistan, Dr Rajeh Tami Albugamy, met with Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir on Monday, with both sides expressing satisfaction over the progress made under the trilateral Makkah defence agreement, according to the military’s media wing.…