Islamabad , February 28: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project that was commenced a decade ago was held as a harbinger of prosperity for Pakistan. However, seven years later, many projects under the CPEC still remain non-starters while some of those being operational have become liabilities and are incurring...
Balochistan , February 28: Children's education in Pakistan's Panjgur is adversely affected due to a lack of educational facilities. The education system is worst in rural areas of Panjgur, Pakistan vernacular media Intekhab Daily reported citing other reports.
Panjgur is a small town in the Panjgur District of Balochistan.
According to Intekhab Daily, the educational...
The death toll rose to 62 in the migrant tragedy off Italy's southern coast after rescue crews recovered three more bodies Monday, driving home once again the desperate and dangerous boat crossings of people seeking to reach Europe. Dozens more were believed to be missing. At least seven of the dead were...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) told the Pakistan government to increase the interest rates during the recently concluded staff-level visit which urged the government to adopt an aggressive approach to curb inflation.
The IMF also questioned the Shehbaz Sharif-led government on what steps it has taken on their defence budget...
Karachi, Feb 24: The intriguing story of how a "shy" teenage Pakistani girl travelled on her own to Bengaluru to meet and marry an Indian man was revealed by her uncle who said she sold her jewellery and borrowed money from friends to buy air tickets to Dubai and...
LAHORE/PESHAWAR: Fearing that the notorious intelligence agencies may torture senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians at undisclosed locations, ousted premier Imran Khan's party on Thursday filed a petition in a court seeking the release of the leaders who offered their arrests under the mass court arrest movement a day earlier.
The interim Punjab government on Thursday confirmed...
United Nations, Feb 24: India slammed Pakistan after it referred to Jammu and Kashmir during a special session on Ukraine in the UN General Assembly, terming the provocation as “regrettable and misplaced” and calling out Islamabad’s track record of harbouring and providing safe havens to terrorists with impunity.
“I’m taking...
The rising inflation has hit the Pakistani army, affecting the food supply chain in the soldiers’ mess, according to a top military source. Some letters from the field commanders have been received at the Quarter Master General (QMG) Office in the General Headquarters, Rawalpindi, which have pointed to the...
-Ministers voluntarily take salary cuts, prime minister says
-Country’s austerity move aimed at meeting IMF deal conditions
Pakistani ministers can no longer fly business class or stay in five-star hotels abroad. And the government thanks them for taking salary cuts.
The South Asian nation fighting to stay solvent and avoid a debt...
Karachi: All arrangements have been completed in the Army cantonment area here for the burial of Pakistan's former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf after sunset prayers on Monday as a special flight from Dubai is expected to bring his mortal remains, officials said.
Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil War...