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FATA becomes part of Khyber Paktunkhwa
FATA becomes part of Khyber Paktunkhwa

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnnoon Hussain on Thursday approved the constitutional amendment bill seeking to merge the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Paktunkhwa.

After signing the bill, the president of the Islamic Republic  congratulated the people of FATA and Khyber...

PTI nominates Nasir Durrani, Prof. Hassan Askari for caretaker Punjab CM
PTI nominates Nasir Durrani, Prof. Hassan Askari for caretaker Punjab CM

ISLAMABAD: A day after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf withdrew the name of former bureaucrat Nasir Saeed Khosa for the post of caretaker Chief Minister in Punjab, Imran Khan’s party has finalized the names of Professor Hassan Askari and former Khyber P...

Justice (retd) Nasirul Mulk to be sworn in as interim prime minister on Friday
Justice (retd) Nasirul Mulk to be sworn in as interim prime minister on Friday

ISLAMABAD: Justice (retd) Nasirul Mulk will take oath of caretaker prime minister on Friday.

The five-year term of the incumbent government would come to an end today at midnight.

The oath taking ceremony of the interim prime minister wold...

Interior ministry asks NADRA to suspend Musharraf's CNIC
Interior ministry asks NADRA to suspend Musharraf's CNIC

ISLAMABAD: Complying with orders of a special court, the Minister of Interior has  asked the National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) through a letter to suspend the computerized National Identity Card (CNIC)of former military ruler General (retd) Pervez...

Shehbaz says Khosa's appointment summary as interim CM can't be withdrawn
Shehbaz says Khosa's appointment summary as interim CM can't be withdrawn

LAHORE: After PTI’s dramatic move to withdraw the name of Nasir Khosa as caretaker chief minister Punjab, which had been agreed earlier this week, a new debate seems to start as PML-N leader Shehbaz Sharif has said that the summary of appointment o...

Balochistan Assembly adopts resolution seeking delay in elections
Balochistan Assembly adopts resolution seeking delay in elections

QUETTA: Balochistan Assembly late on Wednesday adopted a resolution seeking a month-long delay in the general elections that are scheduled to take place on July 25.

The resolution was moved by provincial home minister Mir Safraz Bugti. He called for a...

General election to be held on time: ECP
General election to be held on time: ECP

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said that the general election will be held on time.

A spokesperson of the commission Wednesday said the election commission has completed its arrangements and the election schedule will also be issued on time.

More than 105...

When did Karachi witness highest ever temperature
When did Karachi witness highest ever temperature

KARACHI: The mercury soared to 45 degrees Celsius at 1:00pm making Wednesday the hottest day of the year 2018 after a fresh heatwave hit the city due to the formation of low pressure areas in the Arabian Sea.

The Pakistan Met Department (PMD) officials have a day earlier...

Two soldiers martyred in IED explosion in North Waziristan: ISPR
Two soldiers martyred in IED explosion in North Waziristan: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Two security personnel were martyred when their vehicle struck an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in North Waziristan, Inter Services Public Relations said Wednesday.

According to ISPR, the media wing of the military, two soldiers Lance Naik...

Job is not completed yet: COAS tells officers
Job is not completed yet: COAS tells officers

QUETTA: General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), said Pakistan was on a positive trajectory of peace and stability due to great sacrifices of security forces and the nation. 

"The job is not completed yet and we have to carry forward the gains towards enduring...