Pakistan National Assembly on Tuesday literally turned into a battleground as treasury bench members scuffled with the opposition and continued their noisy protest to disrupt the budget speech of Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif for the second consecutive day

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has expressed serious concern over some clauses in the electoral reforms bill passed by the National Assembly, including voting rights for overseas Pakistanis as well as the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), and has assessed that many proposed amendments may violate constitutional requirements

The father of a Christian girl who was allegedly kidnapped, converted to Islam and forcibly married to a middle-aged man in Gujranwala city of Punjab province is seeking justice for his family highlights once again the plight of minorities in Pakistan

G-20 countries have suspended the repayment of USD 3.7 billion loans by Pakistan till the end of the year, amid the Covid-19 pandemic adversely affecting economic activities, it was announced after a meeting of the federal cabinet on Tuesday

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed that the new subsidy system for the weaker sections of the society be finalized at the earliest so that it could be formally launched next month

Pakistan National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Defence was informed on Monday that the social media companies were not doing enough to combat cybercrime in the country

Thousands of Pakistani electricity workers demonstrated on Monday under Lesco Workers Union before Bakhtiar Labour Hall in Lahore city to demand raise in wages and pensions of workers employed in government, semi-government, industrial and commercial sector, banks and media by 30 percent and prevent tragic accidents of line staff due to serious shortage of staff

Two Pakistani government officials have been arrested along with three others suspects for running a stolen car racket

At least four personnel, including a junior commanding officer of the Pakistan Frontier Corps, were killed and eight injured in an IED bomb attack in the country’s restive province of Balochistan, the ISPR, the media wing of Pakistan Army, said

Pakistan’s salaried class is staring at an additional tax burden with the government slapping Rs 10 billion income tax on their expenditures on medical treatment, various allowances and their savings in provident and pension funds

Pakistan’s foreign affairs ministry has described as "factually incorrect and misleading" reports that the government had gifted Pakistani mangoes to some foreign dignitaries last week, saying the process for dispatching the much sought-after fruit was still underway

Pakistan Supreme Court has issued an order staying all demolition activities at an almost 90-year-old dharmsala, a community place of minority Hindus, in the port city of Karachi in Sindh province. The court also ordered the Karachi commissioner to take over the possession of the premises

The Pakistani government has hinted at increasing levy - up to 300 to 400 percent--on petroleum products from the next fiscal

The Pakistan government on Friday significantly raised subsidies and incentives for big business, manufacturing and agriculture sectors, while proposing around a 24 percent hike in revenues, in its fiscal budget for 2021-22

Awami National Party, a key opposition party of Pakistan, has claimed donations are being collected in mosques for supporting the Afghan Taliban