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Death toll due to heavy snowfall in Pakistan's Murree goes up to 23

The death toll due to unprecedented snowfall and rush of tourists in Pakistan's popular hill station of Murree has gone up to 23 after a minor girl suffering from severe cold and pneumonia died

Pakistan issues notice to cryptocurrency exchange in $100-mn scam

Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said that it had issued a notice to Binance

Pak economy to grow at above 4% despite many challenges: PM Imran

Khan chaired a meeting of the Macro Economic Advisory Group

Decision on extension for Pak Army chief Gen. Bajwa can wait: PM Imran

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said he has not yet thought about an extension to Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa's tenure

PM Imran Khan launches Pakistan-China investment forum

The country's development is linked to industrial development and promotion of exports, Khan said

Pakistan PM Imran Khan's ex-wife escapes gun attack in Islamabad

Reham Khan in multiple updates on her Twitter handle, complained that she and her staff had to wait for hours to get an FIR registered

Pak ready to host SAARC Summit, India can join virtually: FM Qureshi

SAARC - a regional grouping comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - has not been very effective since 2016

Natural gas shortage leads to Pakistan losing 20% of vital textile exports

About $250 million of textiles exports were lost last month after mills in Punjab were forced to shut for 15 days, said Shahid Sattar, executive director of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association

Taliban prevents border fencing with Pakistan meant to divide Pashtuns

The recent incidents on the Afghan-Pak border has brought to light the age-old issue of Durand Line that Pakistan had hoped to resolve with the Taliban holding the reins in Kabul.On Friday, the Khaama Press news agency reported a second such incident in the recent past when Taliban's local affiliates said that they stopped the Pakistani military from erecting barbed-wire fences and outposts in Afghanistan.The Pakistani military personnel reportedly wanted to build their outpost on Afghanistan soil in Chahar Burjak district of Nimroz province. The Pakistani military went up to 15 kilometres inside Afghanistan and wanted to build check posts, said eyewitnesses and residents of the bordering district, according to reports.Similarly, on December 22, the Afghan Taliban had disrupted the fence constructed by Pakistan in the Nangahar Province on the Durand Line.A Toronto-based think tank, International Forum For Rights And Security (IFFRAS) said that this is an illustration of one festering .

182 terrorists killed in 100 successful operations in J-K in 2021: DGP

Infiltration is down this year, said DGP Dilbag Singh

Pakistan, China resolve to redouble efforts to tap potential of Gwadar port

Pakistan and China have resolved to redouble efforts to tap full potential of the Gwadar port and free zone and to ensure that the local population fully benefits from the projects

Amid rising inflation in Pakistan, Imran Khan govt proposes to raise taxes

With rising inflation in Pakistan, the Imran Khan government on Thursday tabled a mini-budget in the assembly, proposing to raise a variety of taxes in the country

4 killed, 15 injured in blast in Pakistan's Balochistan capital Quetta

A bomb went off in Pakistan's southwestern Quetta city, capital of Balochistan province, killing at least four people while injuring 15 others, hospital officials said.

Blast rocks central Quetta; four killed and 15 injured, says report

The bomb went off hidden beside a car parked near Science College on Jinnah Road, officials said

Pakistan cabinet approves IMF mandated supplementary budget

The IMF agreed last month to revive a stalled $6 billion funding programme but demanded further budgetary tightening from Pakistan before the next tranche could be approved

Imran reviews Pak's gas crisis, asks officials to fast-track exploration

Amid the ongoing gas crisis, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a high-level meeting to review what he described as the "gas situation".

New ISI chief gives instructions not to release his pictures, footage

A federal minister said for the same reason, the government did not release any of his picture or video footage

'Extremist elements in Afghanistan pose threat to Pakistan': Pak minister

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Monday said that 'extremism in Afghanistan is a threat to Pakistan"."Women are not allowed to travel alone in Afghanistan, and they cannot go to school as well," Chaudhry said while addressing the inaugural ceremony of a photo exhibition on the life of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah at the Pak-China centre, reported Geo News.Pakistan is blamed globally for supporting terrorism and helping the Taliban. The federal minister's crocodile tears came a day after the Afghan Taliban said that women seeking to travel long distances should not be offered transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative.The guidance, issued by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, also called on all vehicle owners to offer rides only to those women wearing hijabs, reported Geo News.The guidance, circulated on social media networks, comes weeks after the ministry asked Afghanistan's television channels ..

Pakistan set to unveil its first-ever National Security Policy today

Pakistan is set to announce its first-ever National Security Policy on Monday, which would cover all internal and external security aspects, including the situation in Afghanistan

US donates 5 million doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to Pakistan

The United States has announced shipping an additional five million doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine to Pakistan through the COVAX facility.