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Pakistan believes in restoring Azerbaijan's sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh: Qureshi

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday said that Pakistan believes in restoring Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Nagorno-Karabakh region

Ministers decry violation of SOPs as daily COVID-19 mortality rate increases by 140% in Pakistan

Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar on Tuesday said people in the country were "committing a collective blunder by recklessly ignoring" all standard operating procedures (SOPs) against coronavirus, the results of which have started to show in the form of increased deaths

Pakistan fears second COVID-19 wave in coming months

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed fears over a second COVID-19 wave in the country in the coming months due to a resurgence of new cases in some parts of the country

Plea for publication of proclamation against PM Sharif rejected

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has dismissed a petition filed by the federal government seeking the publication of proclamation against former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in two UK newspapers

Maryam Nawaz claims husband's arrest was to divide anti-government alliance

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz has claimed that the arrest of her husband and former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's son-in-law retired Captain Mohammad Safdar, was aimed at dividing the opposition's anti-government alliance

Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi urges Afghan parties to work for ceasefire

Stressing the importance of an inclusive, broad-based and comprehensive political settlement through an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned process, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday urged all parties to honour their respective commitments and work for reduction in violence leading to a ceasefire

Food inflation in double digits in Pakistan since Aug 2019

Since August last year, food inflation in Pakistan has been in double digits. It has remained between 10.4% and 19.5% in urban areas and between 12.6% and 23.8% in rural areas, revealed the data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS)

Pakistan's foreign debt jacks up to $113 bn: State Bank

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Monday said the foreign debt was $96 billion in 2018 and the incumbent government took $17 billion foreign loan, jacking up the debt liability of Pakistan to $113 billion on June 30, 2020, daily Jang reported

Pakistan opposition alliance stages second power show

Just two days after its debut power show, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance comprising 11 of the country's opposition parties, held its second rally in Karachi

Pakisatn forms committee to ensure SOP implementation at airports

Pakistan's Aviation Division has constituted a seven-member committee to ensure the proper implementation of standard operating procedures (SOP) at airports to prevent the spread of COVID-19

Maryam Nawaz's husband arrested in Karachi

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz said on Monday that her husband and former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's son-in-law, retired Captain Mohammad Safdar had been arrested from a hotel in Karachi

Sharif trying to sow discord between state institutions: PM Imran Khan

As the anti-government alliance of 11 opposition political parties under the name of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) started its campaign, Prime Minister Imran Khan has come out guns blazing against the agenda of his predecessor Nawaz Sharif, which he said is aimed as "sowing discord in the military, the judiciary, and the government"

TikTok may reallocate resources if Pakistan ends suspension

After Pakistani authorities imposed a complete ban on short video-making app TikTok, the Chinese service has regretted Islamabad's decision, hinting towards a reallocation of its resources if authorities unblock it

16 dead in Pak as landslide hits passenger bus

Sixteen people were killed when a passenger bus was hit by a landslide in Skardu district of Pakistan's northern Gilgit-Baltistan, a senior official said

Ex-PIA MD arrested for 'illegal' hiring

Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested the former managing director (MD) of Pakistan Interna­t­ional Air­lines (PIA) on charges of "illegal" hiring, officials said