ISLAMABAD: Strong tremors were felt in parts of the country including South Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Samaa reported Monday. According to our correspondent the earthquake jolted Islamabad, Lahore, Sialkot, Quetta, Peshawar, Kohat, Abbottabad, Swat, Malakand and other cities and towns of the country.
ISLAMABAD: Strong tremors were felt in parts of the country including South Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Samaa reported Monday. According to our correspondent the earthquake jolted Islamabad, Lahore, Sialkot, Quetta, Peshawar, Kohat, Abbottabad, Swat, Malakand and other cities and towns of the country.
ISLAMABAD: Air China announced to launch its new route to connect Chinese capital Beijing with Islamabad and Karachi starting on October 26. Air China, with A330-200 operations, will fly three flights a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday between China and Pakistan, said a press release issued here on Thursday.
ISLAMABAD: An interesting case has recently surfaced in news. A class 6 student of Islamabad has claimed that officials of President's Secretariat stole script of his speech on Quaid-e-Azam. The boy, Muhammad Sabeel Haider, 11, did not keep silent on the alleged theft and moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that reserved its orders regarding maintainability of his petition.
In Pakistan, only 31 out of the 1,288 Hindu temples, which existed at the time of partition, are functional now, the Pakistan Hindu Council has disclosed against the backdrop of halting of a temple construction in Islamabad because of protests by extremist Muslims.
LAHORE/PESHAWAR: Northwestern areas, parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and different cities of Punjab have been experiencing heavy rain/thunderstorm since Tuesday night, as Met Office forecasts more downpour in next 24 hours, Samaa reported. According to Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) the intermittent rain spell continued on Wednesday in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala and adjoining areas, breaking the fresh heat spell.
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday declared Ayaz Sadiq and Shoaib Siddiqui, winners of NA-122 and PP-147 in by-elections. According to ECP, Pakistan Muslim League (N)'s Sardar Ayaz Sadiq retained his constituency by gaining 74,525 votes while Aleem Khan got 72,082 in NA-122.
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday declared Ayaz Sadiq and Shoaib Siddiqui, winners of NA-122 and PP-147 in by-elections. According to ECP, Pakistan Muslim League (N)'s Sardar Ayaz Sadiq retained his constituency by gaining 74,525 votes while Aleem Khan got 72,082 in NA-122.
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Monday refused to accept the resignations of lawmakers belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), citing relevant laws. He was giving a ruling on the resignations tendered by the MQM Senators on the grounds that the party was being "victimized' in the garb of on-going operation against criminal elements in Karachi.
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali today lashed out at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for resorting to "politics of confrontation" on every issue. "I was ashamed to hear abusive speeches of political leadership during the campaign of recently-held by-elections," Nisar told media persons in Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has issued the notification citing inflation in petroleum prices here late on Tuesday, Geo news reported
ISLAMABAD: Prices of domestic petrol, diesel and kerosene oil are likely to be increased between Rs6 to Rs7.5 per litre. The Oil and gas Regulatory Authority
ISLAMABAD: The serious fault developed in Mangal Dam has yet to remove despite passing 24 hours. A high level meeting chaired by MD PEPCO Tahir Bashir is
ISLAMABAD: Green chillies would be cultivated over 52.9 thousand hectares of land during 2009-10 to produce 101.9 thousand tons of the commodity to fulfill the
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has started assembling of the first Pakistani-built JF-17 Thunder multirole combat aircraft today (Tuesday). Chief of the air staff, Air
ISLAMABAD: Federal cabinet meeting underway here with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in chair to deliberate on 10-point agenda. The cabinet will be
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Interior Rehman Malik has said that Swat Taliban leader Fazlullah was seriously injured. In an interview to BBC Malik said
ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission of Supreme Court headed by Justice Rana Bhagwan Das has shown in its interim report, irregularities of Rs80 billion committed
ISLAMABAD: Suffering sore thumbs, pain in the neck, arms and hands owing to that constant text messaging to your friend? Well, then you are certainly typing
ISLAMABAD: The members of National Assembly on Thursday accorded warm welcome to the heroes of Pakistan's Twenty20 World Cup winning team upon their arrival
NEW DELHI: India appears to be reaching out to Pakistan with the aim of helping the credibility of the civilian government in Islamabad, seen as the best chance
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said the economy of country was turning around with good growth rate and the government was committed to providing conducive economic environment to the private sector. Talking to Jin Liqun, President Designate Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) here at the PM House, the Prime Minister said the government had invested a lot of resources in energy sector.