WASHINGTON (AFP) – The U.S. US Vice President Joe Biden urged on the Taliban on Sunday to “immediately release” the man thought to be the insurgents’ final American captive, saying that acknowledging the militants’ authority in Afghanistan would be impossible until he was free. The statement came on the eveContinue Reading

The Supreme Court of Pakistan halted the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision ruling the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project unconstitutional on Monday. The Supreme Court has granted the Punjab government permission to continue working on the project. The Supreme Court stated that while the government can continue to work onContinue Reading

A new coronavirus has claimed the lives of 21 Pakistanis in the last 24 hours, increasing the overall number of positive cases to 1,425,039. The nationwide death toll reached 29,269 individuals on Monday. In the previous 24 hours, 7,048 persons tested positive for COVID-19, according to the National Command andContinue Reading

Four educational institutions in Peshawar have been shuttered as of today due to an upsurge in coronavirus infections across the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province (Monday). According to sources, one girls’ hostel has also been locked to prevent the illness from spreading further. According to the local authority, educational institutions haveContinue Reading

At a meeting in Islamabad, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved four road infrastructure projects worth 130 billion rupees for Punjab. Asad Umar, Minister for Planning and Development, said in a tweet on Monday that the road projects include Kamalia-Shorkot-Chowk Azam-Layyah, Hasilpur-Bahawalnagar, Vehari-Pakpattan-Debalpur, and Shorkot-Jhang. TheContinue Reading