GOVERNMENT

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) will file a petition in the Islamabad High Court seeking removal of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's name from the exit control list (ECL). The move came a day after the federal government…

ISLAMABAD: Committees representing opposition parties and government will resume talks on Tuesday in a bid to peacefully end the protest sit-in being led by JUI-F in Islamabad. The meeting will take place at 3pm. The government…

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Wednesday declared October 12 as a public holiday throughout the province on the occasion of Urs of Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai. According to a notification, all govt offices, autonomous,…

ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Asad Umar may yet again become part of the federal government and take up a new portfolio as Prime Minister Khan mulls another cabinet reshuffle, according to a report in The Express Tribune.

As U.S. and Taliban negotiators push to wrap up talks aimed at securing the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan, disagreement remains about whether a pact will mean an end to the insurgents’ fight with the U.S.-backed Afghan…

ISLAMABAD: Former PTV anchor and journalist Tanzeela Mazhar requested the PTI government on Tuesday to help bring her alleged sexual harasser to book.

KARACHI: Bilawal Bhutto's sisters Aseefa Bhutto and Bakhtawar Bhutto on Thursday reacted angrily to the arrest of Maryam Nawaz from Kot Lakhpat jail, where she went to see her jailed father Nawaz Sharif. The arrest came a day after the…

ISLAMABAD: According to a draft report by the World Bank, Pakistan's budget has lost its credibility and the public finance management has further weakened, it was revealed on Friday.

The Economic Affairs Division on Thursday clarified that net addition to External Public Debt during Financial Year 2018-19 was only $2.3 billion. The daily The News dated 25th July, 2019 has carried a story titled “Govt added US$ 10.814…

ISLAMABAD: Fawad Chaudhry is working against the narrative of the prime minister and the government, said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcast, Firdoush Ashiq Awan.

ISLAMABAD: Following an uproar on social media, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) reversed its controversial decision to make plastic wrapping of bags compulsory at all Pakistani airports. "I'm delighted to inform that the Secretary…

ISLAMABAD: Federal Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari has voiced her opposition to a government's order for compulsory plastic wrapping of bags at all Pakistani airports. According to a notification issued by the Pakistani Civil…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan could replace Shabbar Zaidi as the chairman of the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) according to media reports.

Since our lawmakers have been banned by the deputy speaker of the house from saying the word 'selected', here are some synonyms of the word that our lawmakers can use instead...

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated an amount of Rs.200.000 million for various new and ongoing schemes of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2019-20. According to…