LAHORE: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Saturday said the Sikhs and Muslims should work in unison to defeat extremism and intolerance in the world.Addressing the International Sikh Convention here at the Governor's House, she said the Sikh religion had many ideals in common with Islam.Baba Guru Nanak was influenced

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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday termed it mandatory for the plantation of at least two trees for the construction of a new house.The LHC amidst a hearing regarding the pollution control in Pakistan said that those failing to comply to the orders will have the no-objection certificates of their factories or residential societies

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LAHORE: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa expressed his pride on officers for ‘living up to expectations of Pakistan& during his visit to Lahore headquarter Corps and Pakistan Rangers on Saturday.As per Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor, during his visit today, the COAS was

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ISLAMABAD: The government on the recommendations of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority has decreased petrol and diesel prices for the month of September 2019.The new prices will be effective from Sunday, September 01. A notification has been issued in this regard.According to the notification, price of petrol has been cut by Rs

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KARACHI: The Hijri year of 1441 has begun with the sighting of the moon of Muharram-ul-Haram in Pakistan as announced by the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee here on Saturday evening.The committee announced that Muharram, the first month of the Islamic (Hijri) calendar will begin from Sunday, September 1, 2019 and the day of Ashura will fall on

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KARACHI: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Saturday voiced their concerns over the present situation in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir after Indiaabrogation of Article 370 that revoked the regionspecial status. &The General Secretariat reaffirms the United Nations Security Council Resolutions on the

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KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Saturday forecast cloudy weather along with light rain for Karachi for the next 24 hours.The maximum temperature in the city is expected to remain in the range of 32 to 34 degree centigrade with 60 to 70 per cent humidity.Mainly hot and dry weather is likely to prevail in the province during the

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FAISALABAD: Police took into custody on Saturday a man who was making rounds on the internet for sticking his tongue out to the CCTV camera while stealing from an ATM machine.As per reports, hailing from Gujranwala, the mute thief identified as Salahuddin was arrested from Rahim Yar Khan, nearly a month after he garnered attention online over his

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Hundreds of students made their way towards the Australian Education Expo being conducted by AEO Pakistan on Saturday to facilitate themselves in paving the right path towards their respective academic destinations. The AEO expo held over 10 major cities across Pakistan including Lahore, Multan, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Sialkot, Hyderabad,

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FAISALABAD: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Faisalabad will announce result of Annual Intermediate Examinations 2019 on September 04.BISE spokesman said all arrangements have been finalized to announce the result in a ceremony which would be held at BISE Auditorium at 10:10 a.m.on Wednesday.The names of

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The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee is due to meet today (Saturda) to sight the moon of Muharram, the first month of Islamic calendar.The meeting will be presided over by Mufti Munibur Rehman at Meteorological Complex in Karachi.Zonal Committees also hold their meetings in major cities to collect evidence of moon sighting.The

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Islamabad: Modi government's ethnic cleansing of Muslims should send alarm bells ringing across the world that the illegal annexation of Kashmir is part of a wider policy to target Muslims, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Saturday.He was reacting to reports in Indian and international media that Narendra Modi government plans to strip

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Ali Zafar on Saturday drew Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari's attention towards an appeal made by a woman seeking protection against alleged killers of her parents.The singer-turned-actor tagged the Human Rights Minister in a tweet posted by a woman who said she and her family were in danger and needs government protection."Please

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Rawalpindi: A gunman on Saturday shot dead two people in the emergency of District Headquarters Hospital, according to Geo News.Police said the armed man wearing police uniform entered the hospital's emergency and fled after spraying two men with bullets.The dead were identified as Larasab and Navid while the gunman as Tehseen.The police said a

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Islamabad: The Ministry of Climate Change is conducting inquiry into reports claiming that a certain manufacturer of plastic bags is being promoted, said Adviser to the Prime Minister for Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Friday.&We are conducting an inquiry into this whole affair & MoCC&s

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Karachi: Rain is expected at scattered places in Gujranwala, Lahore, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Sahiwal, Multan, D.G Khan, Kalat divisions and Kashmir, according to Met Office on Saturday.It also predicted rain at isolated places in Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur, Zhob, Thatta, Karachi division, Islamabad, and Gilgit

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PESHAWAR: At least 24 people were reportedly killed on Friday after a passenger bus fell into a ravine in Upper Kohistan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday.According to reports, the ill-fated bus, carrying 35 passengers including women and children, plunged into a ravine near the Kandia tehsil.It is learnt that

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At least two people were killed when an armed man opened fire at the emergency of the DHQ hospital Rawalpindi in Saturdaywee hours.According to police, the attacker is a policeman, Tehseen Tariq, on duty at Pir Wadhai police station. The deceased have been identified as Larsab and Naveed, said official.Larsab came to the hospital to

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ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Zardari was shifted to Adiala jail after his medical tests at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Friday.Zardari - who was brought to PIMS hospital for a medical checkup Thursday morning - is suffering from heart, back and spinal problems currently.He was kept in the hospital amid tight

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday appreciated the steps taken for promotion of renewable energy under the new policy and said the vital sector was ignored in the past resulting in escalation of energy costs and pollution.The prime minister stated this while chairing a high level meeting regarding the new policy being formulated on

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RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday visited the Head Quarters of Gujranwala Corps and was briefed about operational preparedness, according to Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor.&Solidarity displayed by the nation with Kashmiri brethren during Kashmir Hour today

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ISLAMABAD: Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, the youngest daughter of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, on Friday flayed the government and security personnel deployed at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital after they stopped her from meeting father Asif Ali Zardari.Aseefa, who was talking to the media outside the health facility, said

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Pakistan came to a standstill Friday as the people across the country observed Kashmir Hour to express solidarity with the people of Indian Occupied Kashmir.Waving flags of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir the emotionally charged crowds, across the country, chanted "Kashmir will become Pakistan" and expressed resolve to stand by Kashmiris

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KARACHI: Cricket star Shahid Afridi, on Friday called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi "ignorant" for his atrocities in Gujrat and occupied Kashmir, and told him that the entire Pakistan stands united on the issue.&Indiaimage has been tarnished immensely by you and your followers. India also has a lot of educated people who talk

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