Arab League urges the international community to act against illegal Israeli policies The Arab League has called on the international community to act against the illegal Israeli policies and measures in occupied Jerusalem. In a statement issued during an emergency meeting of the Arab Ministerial Committee in Amman, Assistant Secretary-General …

Hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country during the next twelve hours. However, gusty/dust-raising winds with light rain-thunderstorm are likely at isolated places in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, upper Punjab, Kashmir, and Gilgit Baltistan. The temperature of some major cities recorded this morning: Islamabad twenty degrees …

Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has urged people to beware of fraudulent advertisements recruiting Khadmeen-e-Hajj. In an exclusive talk with APP, the ministry’s spokesperson Muhammad Umar Butt said there are certain overseas employment promoters who are involved in fraudulent activities of hiring staffers for the services to pilgrims …

After meeting victims of Indian ceasefire violations and “seeing them suffer” had made it all the more necessary than before to raise the Kashmir issue at the Congress, the visiting US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar says “Having met the Kashmiri people in Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK), who nurse the bullet …

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his annoyance over the prolonged load shedding causing public woes and directed reduction till next month. The prime minister also directed for taking of steps to reduce power glitches on an emergency basis. The prime minister said that neither fuel was purchased by …

ADB committed $3.23 billion for Pakistan in 2021 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $3.32 billion in 2021 to help Pakistan tackle the immediate effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and promote a green recovery. Financial and operational results published on Monday in ADB’s Annual Report 2021 depict how …

UN chief calls for preserving status quo in Jerusalem United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Israel to respect the status quo of Jerusalem’s holy sites during a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, according to a statement issued by the UN spokesman’s office. The UN chief …

President Dr. Arif Alvi Monday directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to bring into the tax net the unregistered wholesalers, dealers, or distributors of sugar to broaden the tax base. He observed that despite making huge monetary transactions and the availability of their data with FBR, these unregistered buyers …

Prime Minister has ordered financial assistance for farmers affected by the damage to their standing crops in Sialkot due to a firing incident. He directed the Punjab government to immediately give assistance cheques to the farmers whose 90,000 kilograms worth of wheat crop was burnt. The incident of burning of …

WASHINGTON, Apr 23 : The visiting Pakistani Finance Minister, Dr Miftah Ismail, Friday highlighted the economic agenda and priorities of the newly-formed government in Pakistan, saying its aim is to bring about economic and fiscal stability leading to recovery and growth. While achieving that objective, he told an event hosted …