KARACHI: A Chinese firm has shown interest in resolving water shortage problems in Karachi, including K-IV phase II and phase III while Dutch investors are keen to work in food processing industry in Sindh. This was the outcome of two separate meetings held between Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and a Chinese state-owned company, Energy China, delegation led …

RAWALPINDI: DG ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor slammed Indian army chief General Bipin Rawat’s statement on Azad Kashmir by referring to the Indian Army as a ‘rogue force’, on Friday. Taking to Twitter, the DG ISPR criticized Gen. Bipin Rawat and accused him of ‘repeatedly provoking war through irresponsible statements’. “Indian COAS repeatedly provoking war through irresponsible statements endangering regional …

The Time Higher Education (THE), a weekly magazine based in London that provides the world’s most influential university rankings, in its University Impact Rankings 2019 has ranked 14 Pakistani varsities among the world’s best institutions in different categories including Gender Equality, Good Health and Wellbeing, Quality Education, Decent Work, Economic Growth and others. This year, Dawood University of Engineering and …

KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has announced to hold anti-government rally, dubbed by his party as ‘Azadi March’ towards Islamabad on October 31, 2019. Maulana Fazl, in June 2019, had announced that his party would hold a long march towards Islamabad in the month of October. Earlier in October, the JUI-F chief set October 27 as the …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday issued notices to the Punjab Government and National Accountability Court (NAB) while hearing a petition seeking the disposition of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s sentence in the Al-Azizia reference. The petition was heard by a two-member divisional bench that includes IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani. The court had …

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif suffered angina pain on Saturday morning while undergoing treatment at a Lahore hospital, DawnNewsTV quoted Services Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS) Principal Prof Dr Mahmood Ayaz as saying. The doctor refuted reports that the PML-N leader had suffered a heart attack. Meanwhile at the Islamabad High Court, where a request seeking Sharif’s release on bail will be …

MUZAFFARABAD: It was unfortunate that statements abound on the situation along the Line of Control (LoC), but no action was visible on the ground so far, Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider said on Friday. “Yesterday, a man and his [12-year-old] son were martyred in Neelum valley. This boy would have become a source of strength for his parents …

ISLAMABAD: Advocate Mohammad Akram Sheikh, the former head of the prosecution team appointed to prosecute former president and army chief retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, said on Friday that the special court was not denuded of its authority to pronounce a judgement despite withdrawal of the prosecution team in the high treason case. Mr Sheikh was reacting to the federal government’s …

ISLAMABAD: The district magistrate has asked hostel managements to regulate movement of their hostellers, especially students, to prevent them from getting involved in any criminal activity or falling prey to criminals. An advisory issued by the office of the district magistrate stated that the office had received credible information about lack of discipline in private hostels. Besides complaints, it has …