ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast mainly hot and dry weather in most parts of the country.Seasonal low lies over north Balochistan. A westerly wave is present over extreme northern parts of the country, according to the department.Past 24 Hours Weather:Weather remained hot and dry in most parts of country. However,

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KARACHI: Director General Sindh Rangers Major General Omar Ahmed Bukhari visited Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC), Karachi and praised its administration for running one of the best health facilities in the country where people from entire Pakistan come to seek medical treatment for various ailments.A spokesman for Sindh Rangers Tuesday

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Six Indian soldiers were martyred with multiple injured on Tuesday by Pakistan Army in a ‘befitting response& to Indian ceasefire violations along the Line of Control in Tatta Pani sector.As per Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major-General Asif Ghafoor, firing from the Indian side had led to three civilians

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KARACHI: The provincial health department, in a quarry, has informed the Sindh chief minister that 1,239 dengue fever cases were reported all over Sindh during the last eight months, and of them only six patients could not survive. A report submitted by Secretary Health Saeed Awan in CM Secretariat says that from January 20 to August 20 some

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan would take the Kashmir case to international forums as India did not lift the curfew and continued violating human rights of Kashmiris in the occupied valley, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said here Tuesday.Addressing a press conference to brief about the federal

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan government on Tuesday decided to take the issue of human rights violation in Indian-occupied Kashmir to International Court of Justice (ICJ).The decision of involving the ICJ in the matter was confirmed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi who said: &An in-principle decision has been taken to take the issue

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ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Tuesday said that all political parties in the parliament had similar views on the Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) issue and joint session of the Parliament was held to show solidarity with Kashmiri people.Talking to Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shah Farman, he said that Pakistan was committed for

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KARACHI: The Japanese Film Festival was inaugurated on Tuesday here at the Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) with the screening of the documentary film &His mastervoice&.The heart-warming drama devised by rakugo (a form of Japanese verbal entertainment) performer Taihei Hayashiya presented an affectionate depiction

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ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court (AC) on Tuesday rejected the applications of former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur, seeking A-class and extra facilities in prison during judicial remand in fake accounts cases.National Accountability Bureau (NAB)Deputy Prosecutor General (DPG) Sardar Muzafar Abbasi pleaded

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BEIJING: Terming China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a symbol of practical cooperation, a Chinese foreign ministryspokesperson Tuesday said that his country would like to work with Pakistan to enrich and expand the CPEC and achieve high quality growth to deliver more benefits to peoples of two countries and the broader

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File photo: Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed BajwaRAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has confirmed the sentence of a serving major, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, the officer was tried by Field General Court

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File photoKarachi: Father of a teenage boy who was lynched last week by a mob in Karachi has filed an application seeking formation of a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the gruesome murder of his son which has sparked outrage across the country.According to Geo News, father of Rehan has sent the application to Inspector General Sindh

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Karachi: A judicial magistrate on Tuesday allowed transfer of Mureed Abbas murder case to an Anti-Terrorism Court.During the hearing of the case, lawyer for Atif Zaman, the suspect in the double murder case, opposed the inclusion of terrorism clauses in the case against his client.He argued that Mureed Abbas, Khizar Hayat and Atif Zaman had

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MOSCOW: Pakistan and Russia at the second round of Joint Military Consultative Committee in Moscow discussed defense cooperation, Radio Pakistan reported Tuesday.The two sides exchanged views on regional security besides holding in depth discussions on exploring and identifying areas of mutual cooperation including military training, joint

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Karachi: Pakistan is observing the martyrdom anniversary of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilot Rashid Minhas.Born on February 17, 1951, he remains the youngest officer to receive the Nishan-e-Haider award and was the first recipient of the highest honour of gallantry for the PAF.On August 20, 1971, as a pilot still under training, Rashid

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ABBOTTABAD: A minor girl has been murdered after rape in an Abbottabad village.The seven-year-old girl identified as Kashaf, daughter of Niaz Gul, went missing from Akhreela village on Sunday and her dead body was found from a deserted place near her house in the evening.Police shifted the body to the District Headquarter

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Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast mainly hot and humid weather in most parts of the country, however, rain/wind-thunderstorm is expected at isolated places in Hazara, Malakand, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala divisions and Gilgit Baltistan.Seasonal low lies over north Balochistan. A westerly wave is still affecting upper parts of the country

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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday spoke with India´s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging a reduction of tensions between India and Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir region."The president conveyed the importance of reducing tensions between India and Pakistan and maintaining peace in the region," White House spokesman Hogan

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ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump telephoned Prime Minister Imran Khan and expressed his desire for reducing tension, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Monday.Addressing a press conference, FM Qureshi said PM Khan informed the US President that the unilateral decision of Modi government had endangered the region.During his

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LONDON: The iconic Pakistani Sufi rock band Junoon has announced to dedicate 25 AugustLondon concert to occupied Kashmir, following the revocation of Article 370 by Indian government. The famous rock band is set to perform at two concerts on the weekend - August 25 in London at SSE Arena in Wembley and August 26 in Leeds.Entitled as The

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ISLAMABAD: The President of Pakistan Arif Alvi has summoned the Joint Session of Parliament on August 30.&In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 54 read with clause (3) of Article 56 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the President has summoned both the Houses of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) on

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ISLAMABAD: Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on Monday dismissed a reference against Justice Faez Isa.In its order, the SJC stated that the reference was dismissed over ‘private letters& that were written to President Arif Alvi which were not found by the council. The order revealed that the alleged letters by Justice Isa &had not

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