Fifteen Asia-Pacific countries on Sunday signed the world’s biggest free trade deal, seen as a huge coup for China in extending its influence. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) includes 10 Southeast Asian economies along with China, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and Australia, with members accounting for around 30 per cent of global gross domestic product. First proposed in …

ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday challenged the order of Supreme Court’s registrar office to return his pleas seeking transfer of four references pending against him from the accountability court of Islamabad to any such court in Karachi. While returning the four separate petitions on Tuesday, the assistant registrar of the Supreme Court had observed that the applications amounted to …

LAHORE: Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid has warned the politicians of the possible terror attacks in the country sponsored by India, advising them to be careful with their security. He claimed the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf would be the winner in the Giligit Baltistan election, followed by the PPP, independents and the PML-N. “Today’s press briefing by the ISPR DG and the …

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council (KPBC) on Saturday called off its month-long strike in the province after the provincial government promulgated an ordinance to reverse the last year’s ‘controversial’ changes to the colonial era Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. The bar council announced that the government had accepted its demand by promulgating the KP Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) …

a ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Court of Islamabad has quashed the complaint filed by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif that had blamed the top leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for the killing of some Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) workers in violence during the 2014 sit-in in Islamabad. Terming the complaint baseless, a detailed verdict …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways (PR) is all set to operate 14km cleared stretch of the around 55km route of the old Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) from Nov 19, hoping to revive operations on the remaining portion in collaboration with the provincial government. The PR also pledges to start civil work on the new KCR after completion of the necessary preparatory …

ISLAMABAD: Blockades are being installed at different entry points of the capital, including Faizabad, with the deployment of police and the paramilitary force to stop the protest rally of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) from entering the city. The TLP has announced the ‘Tahafuz Namoos-i-Risalat’ march from Liaquat Bagh Rawalpindi to Faizabad in Islamabad on Sunday (today) in protest against publication of …

ISLAMABAD: While over 2,000 cases of Covid-19 were reported from across the country for the second consecutive day on Saturday, the number of active cases reached 24,938. Moreover, the number of ventilators in use by the Covid-19 patients has surpassed 200 and Balochistan is the only province in which there is no patient on a vent. In September, the number …

ibli ISLAMABAD: Rejecting allegations of pre-poll rigging in Gilgit-Baltistan, Information Minister Senator Shibli Faraz said on Saturday that the opposition had already conceded its defeat in the GB elections being held on Sunday (today). Addressing a press conference at the Press Information Department here, he said the opposition’s allegation was proof that it was trying to find an excuse for …

Vote count in several cities in Gilgit-Baltistan began after polling, in what is arguably the most hotly contested election the region has ever seen, came to an end at 5pm. Voting process in the region began at 8am and continued until 5pm without any interval. Polling in most constituencies went smoothly throughout the day. In Gilgit city, women and the …