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The interior ministry on Monday announced a nationwide public holiday on 12th Rabi ul Awwal. According to a notification issued by the ministry, on Friday, October 30, all federal government institutions will remain closed. "It…

In a fresh attack on the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari on Monday accused the Opposition of peddling the Indian narrative. “So Doval threatens hybrid war and LOC inside Pakistan and…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday summoned French envoy Marc Baréty to lodge "strong protest" against the publication of blasphemous caricatures and French President Emmanuel Macron’s "anti-Islam" comments. According to a spokesperson for…

ISLAMABAD: PM Imran Khan on Monday said Pakistan would cooperate and strengthen ties with Kabul regardless of who takes the office. “It was the Afghan people’s prerogative to elect officials and choose the government, the prime minister…

KARACHI: A single tola of 24-karat gold in Pakistan is being sold at Rs115,350 at the opening of trading on Monday after the price of the precious metal remained unchanged previously. Likewise, the price of 10 grams of 24k gold is…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will observe October 27 as ”Black Day” at the national and international level to express solidarity with the people of Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The call for observance of the day has been…

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday lashed out at Indian society over-anti Muslim attitude, slamming that only a "retrograde society” like India could encourage the promotion of RSS-inspired extremist and nefarious ideology of…

LAHORE: The police arrested a cop on Monday after a case was registered against him for allegedly raping a female dancer in a Lahore hotel at gunpoint. In the first information report (FIR) filed at city’s Garden Town Police Station,…

PESHAWAR: Only a day after the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service was resumed following a month-long inspection by the experts, a bus plying on the corridor broke down on Sunday and the passengers travelling in it have to be shifted to…

MANSEHRA: A girl lost her life after drowning in Kunhar River of Kaghan Valley while taking a selfie. “The local divers rescued the girl from the river and shifted her to the nearby hospital where doctors pronounced her dead," Ghulam…