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Government's biggest responsibility is to fix environmental degradation: PM Imran Khan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said one of his government's biggest responsibilities was to reduce environmental degradation and take measures to rescue and improve forest cover, rivers and air pollution

Process of vaccine approval in Pakistan to be expedited

With 15,000 of the 18,000 volunteers administered the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine, its clinical trial is expected to wind up within the current month and preparations to commence trial of another vaccine will begin

UAE visa restrictions for Pakistan 'temporary', due to COVID-19: Emirati FM

UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan has said the decision to suspend the issuance of visas to Pakistani citizens was taken due to the coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions are "temporary", it emerged on Sunday

Prime Minister Imran Khan claims Pakistan Army ‘working under' him, is defender of democracy

The deepening divide between the Pakistani military generals and the top politicians of the country has been acknowledged by Imran Khan, himself dubbed as a "puppet" Prime Minister by the opposition

Islamabad HC admits petition against social media rules in Pakistan

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has admitted a petition filed against the recently enforced social media rules in Pakistan, for regular hearing, it was reported on Saturday

Pakistan SC to decide on letter of journalist Daniel Pearl's murder accused

The Pakistan Supreme Court announced that a decision will be taken on a letter in which Omar Sheikh, the key accused in the 2002 murder of Daniel Pearl, revealed that the real culprit behind the kidnapping and beheading of the American journalist was a Karachi terrorist

Coronavirus takes 80 more lives in last 24 hours across Pakistan

Pakistan recorded  80 more COVID-19 deaths across the country in the last 24 hours, bringing Pakistan's total number of deaths from the infection to  9,330

Pakistan rubbishes rumors of 'covert meeting' in Israel

While refuting allegations of the opposition leadership, Special Representative to the Prime Minister on Interfaith Harmony, Middle East and Muslim countries Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Friday said that neither any representative visited Israel nor had the government any intention to recognise the Jewish state

Lockdowns extend to virus hotspots in Karachi

The relevant authorities announced on Friday the imposition of micro and smart lockdowns in East district's virus hotspots

Former FATA becomes tax haven for Pakistani business

The erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) have gradually started becoming a tax haven within Pakistan as businesses have either established shell or small setups to evade taxes due to a five-year tax holiday

Pakistan gas crisis worsens as winters get harsher

Winter is here and so is Pakistan's gas crisis

Is an Islamabad-Tel Aviv thaw in the offing?

On November 20, a top Pakistani establishment adviser boarded BA 0165 flight from Lahore to London. The 8 am flight landed at its scheduled time in the British capital

'Anger in army' over Nawaz Sharif's tirades but Gen Bajwa tolerating them for democracy: PM Imran Khan

While there is "a lot of anger" within the army over the verbal attacks of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and his party against the top military leadership, COAS Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa is putting up with the tirades for the sake of democracy

Pakistan coming out of difficult times: PM Imran

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has attributed the positive trends in the country’s economy – improvement in stock market performance and increase in investors’ confidence – to the business friendly policies of the PTI led federal government

Election Commission of Pakistan announces bypolls

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to immediately hold bypolls in eight constituencies of national and provincial assemblies, which have been pending in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic