In K-P, Rs480m govt ads placed in newspapers over last 4 years
PESHAWAR:?Provincial Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mian Iftikhar Hussain on Thursday said the provincial government had released Rs480 million advertisements to different newspapers during the More...
Journalism.pk: Pakistan journalists get a social platform
In an ambitious move, social media network “Journalism.pk” has been launched to bring the local journalist fraternity together on a single platform. Editors, reporters, journalists and government public More...
Oil and gas theft: NA Standing Committee approves bill proposing punishment
ISLAMABAD:?? A parliamentary panel on Tuesday has finally given go-ahead to treat oil and gas theft as a non-bailable offence with maximum jail term of 14 years along with a fine of Rs10 million. ? The More...
Ban porn or else: Hacker penetrates PTA site
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) website was hacked on Monday by a hacker who left a message demanding a blanket ban on all websites containing explicit material. The PTA website faced a More...
Pakistan appears more isolated after India-Afghan pact
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, its ties with powerful ally the United States heavily strained, is looking increasingly isolated after rival India signed a wide-ranging agreement with neighboring Afghanistan. Follow this More...
7th wage board award: Delay of implementation a great injustice, says CJP
ISLAMABAD:? The constitution guarantees protection of fundamental rights but the seventh wage board award announced in 2000 has yet to be implemented, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said during More...
Pakistan army shelling Afghan border areas: officials
ASADABAD, Afghanistan: Pakistan’s military has fired hundreds of mortars and rockets into border provinces in neighboring Afghanistan, killing at least one civilian, destroying homes and forcing scores of villagers More...
Pakistan strongly rejects allegation of waging proxy war
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Thursday strongly rejected allegations of its participation in any kind of proxy war inside Afghanistan. Read this article: Pakistan strongly rejects allegation of waging proxy war More...
Letting investment slip away: Going, going, gone
KARACHI:? The Pakistani Management team of Lotte PPTA is fighting hard to keep a $500 million investment in Pakistan. Shuttling between the firm’s Korean parent and the Government of Pakistan, the team is desperately More...
Pakistan, Romania sign trade treaty
ISLAMABAD:? Pakistan and Romania on Monday signed a treaty to enhance bilateral trade that has so far remained below $100 million. Both the countries signed the Agreement on Economic, Technical and Scientific More...