LAHORE – Pakistan Taekwondo Federation (PTF) has sent a strong contingent of taekwondo players to Iran to attend the International Khyrougi Taekwondo Training Camp. The three-week long camp, being held from May 18 to June 6, is aimed at providing international exposure and training to Pakistan players ahead of the …

ISLAMABAD – Director Cricket Operations Kashmir Premier League (KPL) Rashid Latif has expressed the hope that the second edition of the KPL will have a tremendous success, giving a perfect chance to local players to showcase their talent. According to a KPL spokesman, Rashid was on a day-long visit to …

One person was killed after a man opened fire in Bajaur’s (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Khaar Bazaar on Thursday night. The man, however, managed to escape after committing the crime. The incident made the traders furious who took to the streets to protest against it. Talking to the media, one of the …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday formed a larger bench to hear a petition challenging the removal of Omar Sarfraz Cheema as governor Punjab. Chief Justice IHC Athar Minallah led the hearing of the plea today after Omar Sarfraz Cheema appeared before the court along with his counsel Babar …

  Islamabad–The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday declared 25 dissident members of PTI de-seated while announcing its verdict in a case pertaining to the dissident members of the Punjab Assembly (MPAs). The ECP announced the unanimous verdict while accepting the reference against PTI dissidents who voted for Hamza …

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman (R) Justice Javed Iqbal on Friday banned all kinds of tranfers and postings across the country after Supreme Court s order of tranferring officers in high-profile cases. The anti-graft watchdog has also ordered to stop the implementations of recently announced postings and tranfers of officers …

The weather will remain hot in most parts of the country even on Friday. While rain is expected at some places in Upper Punjab, Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. According to the weather forecasters, it is expected to rain in Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot and Islamabad today (Friday).The weather will …

The string of record-breaking weather events and emergence of new diseases with time shows clealry that we do not have the luxury of ‘waiting this out. Despite progress made by many countries in devising more robust systems of early warning and responsive protection, which have led to far fewer people …

NEW YORK, May 20 : Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari while thanking US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), for her keen interest in strengthening Pakistan-US ties, invited her and the Congressional Caucus to visit Pakistan. In a meeting with her here Thursday, on the sidelines of ‘Global Food Security Call …

UNITED NATIONS, May 20 : Delegates of India and Pakistan Thursday got into a fresh verbal duel in the UN Security Council ministerial-level meeting on food security, after Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari denounced New Delhi’s repressive actions in occupied Kashmir, saying it is “implementing a racist policy” in …