Iran’s foreign minister said on Thursday that three European states had succumbed to US threats of new tariffs on their goods when they triggered a dispute mechanism in a nuclear pact, a step that could lead to the reimposition of United Nations sanctions. The 2015 nuclear deal signed in Vienna — known as The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said the consideration of the situation in occupied Kashmir by the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) “reflects a recognition of the seriousness of the prevailing situation”. The premier’s remarks follow a meeting of the UNSC on Wednesday during which the situation in occupied Kashmir was reviewed, the Foreign Office said in a statement issued on Thursday …

ISLAMABAD: Amid continuing exchange of tough stances through a chain of communications, the federal and Sindh governments are meeting on Thursday (today) for discussions on interpretation of Article 158 of the Constitution and distribution of natural gas as the Karachi-based industrialists continued their protest over gas shortage. Background discussions with federal government officials suggest that the overall gas shortage across …

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill allowing establishment of University of Islamabad. The bill, the University of Islamabad Bill 2019, was moved by Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Professional Training, National History and Literary Heritage Wajiha Akram. The university would provide education and scholarship in such branches of knowledge as it may deem fit and to make …

LAHORE: The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) on Wednesday removed its marketing, tourism and culture director from the job for failing to monitor a function that allegedly was a wedding ceremony not permissible at the Unesco protested heritage site under the rules and regulations. The authority also surrendered services of Mr Asif Zaheer, (an officer on deputation) to the …

TAXILA: A schoolteacher was suspended and booked for beating a five-year-old student at school on Wednesday. Sources said the victim was a student of Government High School No.2. He was subjected to corporal punishment that left him with bruises on his face and other parts of his body. His mother informed his uncle, Mohammad Qasim, about the incident after he …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is set to suspend the membership of more than 300 lawmakers as they failed to submit annual statements of their assets and liabilities with it by the last date under a law amended by them to their convenience. The law requires all the legislators to submit statements of their own assets, those of …

MUZAFFARABAD: Two girls, aged six and 12, were rescued alive on Wednesday after surviving more than 18 hours under debris when avalanches hit their houses in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Samina, 12, was rescued from Bakwali village while six-year-old Safia was found alive in Seri village of Surgan area. Both the victims along with other injured persons were shifted to …

GILGIT/MUZAFFARABAD: At least 15 more people, including five army soldiers, were killed by avalanches in Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir as the death toll during the current spell of snowfall and showers across the country surged to 109. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived at Muzaffarabad where he was briefed by AJK chief secretary Mathar Niaz Rana on …

ISLAMABAD: Wednesday proved to be another bad day for the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) when Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed noted that the accused in NAB references had to wait for their entire life to see the conclusion of those cases. The Supreme Court also asked the federal government to decide at the earliest about Section 25(a) of the …