USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman announced $16.4 million in additional development and humanitarian assistance to support the resilience of communities in Pakistan that experienced 2022’s historically severe floods, which impacted an estimated 33 million people and had a devastating impact on infrastructure, crops, livelihoods, and livestock throughout the country. This …

RAWALPINDI – A Pakistan Army soldier was martyred during an exchange of fire with militants in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district, the military’s media wing said late Monday. A statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations said a soldier embraced martyrdom in an exchange of fire with terrorists in the …

LAHORE – Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah was hospitalised in his town Faisalabad while rumors were rife that the PML-N stalwart suffered cardiac arrest. Amid the rumors, reports in local media claimed that Sanaullah, 68, was discharged from the Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology (FIC) after a brief stay where he …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the government is very hopeful of finalising a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this month. PM Shehbaz Sharif said that his government had been able to navigate the challenges faced by Pakistan in the best possible fashion with the help …

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia intends to offer several sports clubs for privatisation starting in the fourth quarter, state news agency SPA said on Monday, breathing new life into a plan that forms part of an ambitious economic agenda to reduce reliance on oil. The plan, launched by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed …

Wrestlers’ Protest: Wrestler Bajrang Punia told NDTV that they met the Home Minister on Saturday evening and demanded impartial probe against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. New Delhi: India’s top wrestlers, who have been protesting against BJP MP and chief of the country’s wrestling federation Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, met Home …

An under-construction four-lane bridge over the Ganga in Bihar’s Bhagalpur came crashing down like a house of cards last evening, for the second time in a year, showed a video. No loss of life has been reported so far. The bridge, inaugurated in 2014 by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, connects Sultanganj …

M Shehbaz Sharif gifts mangoes to Turkish president ANKARA: In a goodwill gesture, Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif gifted Pakistani mangoes to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and congratulated him on his victory in the elections on behalf of the Pakistani nation.   In an informal conversation with the Turkish …

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday unveiled a new cabinet lineup, naming a powerful spy chief as foreign minister and market friendly Mehmet Simsek as finance minister, hours after swearing in for a third term as president.  Erdogan took oath of office in parliament after winning a historic runoff election …

MUZAFFARABAD: In a tragic turn of events on Sunday, a cargo truck traveling from Muzaffarabad to Upper Neelum Valley met with a devastating accident in the Changan area, resulting in the loss of at least four lives. According to details, the ill-fated truck was traveling from Muzaffarabad to Upper Neelum …