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Pakistan gives gas-pipeline project control to Russia

In a major effort to foster strategic partnership, Pakistan has agreed to give management control of Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline (PSGP) project to Russia through a special purpose company

Pakistan Army never put pressure over foreign policy, appointments: PM Imran Khan

Claiming that there is “no pressure” on him from the military in running the government affairs, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday forcefully defended all his appointments at the Centre as well as in Punjab, declaring them to be on merit

Pakistan FM Qureshi takes up visas issue with UAE minister

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday highlighted the difficulties being faced by Pakistani citizens concerning visas for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a meeting with Emirati State Minister Reem Al Hashimi

Scores of PDM activists take over venue for Nov 30 Multan rally

Hundreds of activists of the PPP and PML-N on Saturday overcame containers and obstacles set up by Multan authorities to reach the venue of the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement's (PDM) November 30 pubic gathering

Pakistan PM rules out further permission for PDM rallies

Urging the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) to call off its scheduled public gatherings in view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country, Prime Minister Imran Khan categorically said the government would not give permission to the opposition to hold its rallies in Multan and other cities

Pakistan urged OIC to work for outlawing provocation against Muslims

Pakistan on Friday asked the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to launch an international campaign for outlawing willful provocation against Muslims and incitement to hate

Virus surge in Pakistan, restrictions threaten economic recovery

The federal government has admitted that Pakistan’s nascent economic recovery is faced with downside risks owing to the second wave of COVID-19 at home as well as in major trading partners though inflationary pressures are easing out

Pakistan government fires over 4,500 steel mill employees

The country’s biggest industrial complex – the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) – on Friday laid off over 4,500 of its employees in a move strongly criticized by the PPP-led Sindh government

USAID provides 54 portable ventilators to KP hospitals

The USAID Global Health Supply Chain Programme provided 54 portable ventilators to different hospitals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to enhance capacity of the public sector hospitals in the ongoing corona pandemic and earlier investigations of the viral infection

Four killed in Pakistan shooting

At least four people were killed in a shooting at a vehicle in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said

Peshawar's COVID-19 positivity rate highest in Pakistan

The positivity rate of coronavirus tests in Peshawar has exceeded 19 per cent and is the highest in the country, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was told on Friday

Pakistan to receive $300 mn grant from Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday said that it will grant a loan worth $300 million to Pakistan so that the country's macroeconomic stability could be promoted

More than 100 projects planned for Karachi, PM Imran Khan told

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday directed the authorities concerned not to conduct any anti-encroachment operation in Karachi till the provision of alternative shelter to deserving dwellers

Pakistan joins Saudi-led initiative for digital cooperation

Pakistan on Thursday joined the Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO), a Saudi-led initiative, aimed at promoting digital cooperation among member states

Ex-Pakistan PM's son Ali Musa Gillani granted bail

A Special Magistrate in Multan on Thursday granted bail to former PPP lawmaker Ali Musa Gillani and other Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leaders