ISLAMABAD: According to a statement issued by the Foreign Office on Sunday, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed two agreements related to worker recruitment and skill verification of Pakistani workers employed in the kingdom. The agreements were signed during the visit of Minister of Education and Professional Training Shafqat MahmoodContinue Reading
LAHORE: Despite low attendance, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) swept through the NA-133 by-election, which was hotly fought by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), while a PTI candidate was disqualified on technical grounds, according to unofficial results. According to unofficial statistics, Shaista Pervaiz Malik of the PML-N received 46,811 votes,Continue Reading
SIALKOT: Police detained six additional suspects on Saturday night in connection with the lynching of Sri Lankan manufacturing manager Diyawadanage Don Nandasri Priyantha in Sialkot. In the grisly murder case, a total of 124 individuals, including 13 major suspects, have been apprehended. According to police authorities, all of the apprehendedContinue Reading
LAHORE – Six people have died in Pakistan in the previous 24 hours as a result of a new coronavirus, bringing the total number of positive cases to 1,286,825. On Sunday, the total number of fatalities in the United States had risen to 28,767. According to the most recent NationalContinue Reading
LAHORE – Voting for a by-election in Lahore’s Na 133 seat began at 8 a.m. and will continue until 5 p.m. on December 5, 2021. A total of 11 candidates are running in the by-election, with the PML-Shaista N’s Pervez and the Peoples Party’s Aslam Gul slated to face off.Continue Reading
LONDON: Syed Tariq Mahmood-ul-Hassan, vice-chairman of the Punjab Overseas Pakistanis Commission (POPC), claims that 63 percent of complaints lodged by expats have been handled in the last three years, whereas previous governments only cleared 37 percent. The vice-chairman stated during a news conference at the Pakistan High Commission in LondonContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – General Nadeem Raza, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), and Lt. General Nadeem Zaki Manj, Director General Strategic Plans Division (SPD), paid a visit to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday, At the Prime Minister’s office in Islamabad, General Nadeem Raza and Lt. General Nadeem ZakiContinue Reading
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) – After deciding to bat against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday, Pakistan reached 161-2 at tea on the opening day of the second Test. After left-arm spinner Taijul Islam dismissed openers Abdullah Shafique (25) and Abid Ali (36), skipper Babar Azam wasContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD – Shaukat Tarin, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, stated on Saturday that the State Bank of Pakistan has received a $3 billion deposit from Saudi Arabia (SBP). While delivering the news, Shaukat Tarin praised Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and the Kingdom of SaudiContinue Reading
KARACHI: According to A News, a guy splashed acid on his cousin after she denied his marriage proposal in Karachi’s Akhtar Colony. The victim of the acid assault is a divorcee with two children, aged 29. She was sent to the burns ward of Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital. DoctorsContinue Reading
