Pakistan

District administrations notify half-holiday for today

Rahim Yar Khan district council presents a budget worth Rs400 million for six months

The president does not have the final say on federal spending

A policeman was gunned down by unidentified suspects in Faisalabad

Dewan Cement’s share price came down to Rs27.62, down 5% from its last day’s closing price

The government has expanded definition of literacy by incorporating in it the basic numeracy skills

695,000 subscriptions added in January alone

The protesting workers also staged sit-in protests

Routing of shipping documents against registered contract through banks will not be mandatory

Company records Rs132m profit in Oct-Dec quarter

Mechanism will be devised allowing only people with valid documents to enter Pakistan

Announcement comes as part of 6-month financial results in which profit dipped 2%

Ministries of interior, IT along with FIA and PTA told to submit replies in a week

Candidates demand fair investigation into matter on immediate basis

The convicts have also been directed to pay a fine of Rs100,000 each

Says action should be taken against those who sold and implanted substandard or fake medical devices

Committee includes representatives from four provinces, AJK, G-B and FATA

Says all indicators are positive as country en route to resolving energy crisis

The authority directs its formations to discard the practice with instruction to withdraw any order issued previously

Earnings per share were reported at Rs4.96 as compared to Rs4.73 reported in December 2015

This year’s convention has been based on the theme of Sub-Urban Perspective – Defining the periphery

Loss per share amounts to Rs0.26 in Oct-Dec

Marriyum Aurangzeb says PTI chief is the Bal Thackeray of Pakistan

Fall comes due to notable drop in fair value of investment property

Barkat Jamil says elimination of corruption, restoration of the rule of merit, and development are main focus areas

Analysts have advised owners of local automobile industry to start joint ventures with Chinese

The ACE launched an inquiry in 2014, but permission was given to register an FIR against his client on January 1, 2017

Balochistan CM’s former aide appears in a wheelchair before accountability judge

During the meeting MNA Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal stressed the need to bring drastic reforms in the country’s health sector

Between five and eight per cent of the total population is infected by the disease

Eight-page ruling rejects bail application of accused involved in running fake travel agencies

Two junior officers also temporarily appointed as PECs for Punjab and K-P

Google asks people to 'lend a hand to someone in need today' in celebration of the life Edhi lived

MNAs express serious concerns over rising number of harassment cases in universities

T20 league’s last match to be played in Lahore amid ‘100% foolproof security’; tickets go on sale today

Victim was missing for the last one month

Accused stole diesel worth Rs328m from OGDC’s oil complex

Captain Anwer Adil has been suspended for loading seven extra passengers

It is expected that it may take four to five months to appoint a new federal ombudsman

K-P Assembly passes resolution against harassment of Pakhtuns

They are to submit comments on NAB's report on amenity plot encroachment by Ziauddin Hospital

PPP-formed conference will address the three-year extension in the courts' tenure

PALPA member says this is normal practice as extra passengers are accommodated on jump seats

Delay in NOC issuance; disagreement over proposed design caused holdup

'This is madness...what's the point of holding the PSL final in Lahore?', says PTI chairman

Decision taken after high-level security huddle chaired by Punjab CM

Government spokesman comments come in response to reports that Scottish nationalists preparing to demand a fresh vote

Struggles of Fouzia Saeed, Zubaida Jalal and Abia Akram help us reflect on what has changed for women and what has not

The bench observed that the lower courts had not examined all the evidence

PPP chairman says no counter-terrorism efforts will be successful till NAP is implemented