Lahore , November 13: Ahead of the general elections in Pakistan, the media outlets in the country have been polarised, with a substantial number of media houses, TV anchors and analysts seemingly aligning themselves with various political factions, compromising their impartiality, objectivity and, consequently, the credibility of the media...
The teachers of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) in the Sindh province of Pakistan observed a two-hour strike on the second consecutive day on Wednesday.
Chandka Medical College teachers of the university held the strike to force the varsity management to accept their demands, which they had already...
New Delhi: Some Pakistanis online called their government’s support to Palestine and its people merely “window dressing” after a private bank’s internal circular reportedly directed its branches to refuse any donations to the accounts of the embassy of Palestine in Islamabad.
One of Pakistan’s largest private retail banks, Bank Alfalah,...
NEW DELHI: Unidentified men gunned down Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Akram Ghazi in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, marking the second assassination of a terrorist who had India as his main target in the last one week.
Akram Khan alias Ghazi was one of top recruiters for Lashkar between 2018-2020 and was responsible for...
Hundreds of school students in Gilgit along with their parents took to the streets against unreasonable hikes in their school fees.
The students have complained that their schools lack even the basic requirements, they do not have furniture, they have to sit in open classrooms and have no drinking water facility.
A disgruntled student speaking about the...
ISLAMABAD -- Two decades of Chinese lending to Pakistan totaled about $21 billion more than previously thought, a study revealed this week, while also showing that the cash-strapped South Asian country has the biggest China-funded energy portfolio in the world.
AidData, a research institute at William and Mary University in...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has once again rejected the media reports about the alleged supply of arms to Ukraine, saying Islamabad has neither supplied nor does it intend to supply arms to Kyiv. Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, while responding to media queries, stated that Pakistan has stressed the need...
Russia is in a difficult situation as a result of the protracted conflict in Ukraine. It has turned to former defence allies for assistance in an effort to replenish its military weapons. Moscow is notably focused on Pakistan. For many years, India’s neighbouring country has purchased Russian military equipment.
Russia...
KARACHI: The total liquid foreign reserves of Pakistan reached US$ 12.5766 billion while reserves held by the central bank stood at $7.5 billion.
The State Bank of Pakistan, in a statement issued here on Thursday, informed that SBP’s reserves increased by $ 13 million to $7.5 billion.
The total liquid foreign...
More than 165,000 Afghans have fled Pakistan in the month since its government ordered 1.7 million people to leave or face arrest and deportation, officials said Thursday.
The majority rushed to the border in the past several days as the November 1 deadline approached and police began to open up...
