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Imran Khan warns against Afghanistan's isolation by international community

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned the international community against isolating Afghanistan.

Pakistan central bank lifts rates by 100 basis points to 9.75%

The bank signalled that it was likely done with hiking rates in the near-term, having lifted the policy rate by 150 basis points at its last meeting in November

Pak held responsible for US's shortcomings in Afghanistan: PM Imran Khan

The US made mistakes in Afghanistan and Pakistan was blamed for America's failures and not given credit for the sacrifices it made in the global war on terror, PM Imran Khan said

Pakistan reports first confirmed Omicron case through gene-sequencing

Pakistan has detected the first confirmed case of the Omicron variant in a patient belonging to Karachi, local media reported on Monday.According to Dawn newspaper, the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) confirmed today that the new coronavirus variant has been detected in a patient through gene-sequencing.Later the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said in a tweet: "The National Institute of Health, Islamabad has been able to confirm that a recently suspected sample from Karachi is indeed the 'Omicron variant' of SARS-CoV2. This is the first confirmed case but continued surveillance of identified samples is in place to identify trends."Earlier, the provincial Sindh Health Department in Pakistan and the Aga Khan University Hospital officials had announced the detection of a 'strongly-suspected' case of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Karachi.This development comes as Omicron has been reported in large numbers worldwide, and World Health Organization (WHO) expects the number

Faisal Hasnain appointed as Chief Executive of Pakistan Cricket Board

Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday announced the appointment of Faisal Hasnain as its new Chief Executive, who will formally assume charge in January 2022.

Peshawar pays tribute to Dilip Kumar on his 99th birth anniversary

Blessed with a unique ability to underplay emotions, Kumar was credited to have brought method acting to Indian cinema

With surge in fresh infections, Pakistan logs 395 new Covid-19 cases

Witnessing a surge in new COVID-19 cases, Pakistan reported 395 fresh coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours

Pakistan intensifies digital crackdown on minorities like Ahmadiyyas

Amid the already deteriorating condition of the minority communities in Pakistan, the country's telecommunication regulator has begun an intuitional crackdown on minorities like Ahmadiyyas.

FATF to open Pak's Pandora Papers leaks to stop terror finance networks

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will open Pakistan's Pandora Papers leaks to reveal the nexus of the financial shenanigans

Over 50% Pakistanis hold 'incompetency' of govt responsible for inflation

More than 50 per cent of Pakistanis believe that the country is facing problems of rising inflation and unemployment due to the "incompetence" of the Imran Khan-PTI government, local media reported

Pakistan reports first suspected case of new coronavirus variant Omicron

Pakistan has reported its first suspected case of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron in a woman in Karachi, Sindh province Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho said on Thursday.

Pak 'values ties' with US as reports say it may skip Biden democracy summit

Amid reports that Pakistan may skip the Summit for Democracy hosted by US President Joe Biden, the Foreign Office said that Islamabad valued its ties with Washington

Saved millions of refugees during 1971 Bangladesh genocide: India at UN

TS Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, said when West Pakistan unleashed genocide on East Pakistan, India hosted millions of refugees and saved them from the massacre.

China's exclusion from Biden-led democracy summit delays Pakistan decision

Pakistani decision makers are holding extensive consultations on whether to attend the virtual summit on democracy convened by US President Joe Biden this week, a report said

Pakistan bans travel from 15 countries amid looming Omicron threat

Pakistan Monday banned travel from 15 countries, except under certain conditions, and tightened up travel restrictions on 13 other countries in wake of the threat of the new COVID-19 variant Omicorn.

Pakistan conducts successful flight test of ballistic missile: Report

The test flight was aimed at re-validating certain design and technical parameters

Nearly all of lynched Sri Lankan's bones broken, 99% body burnt: Pak report

The post-mortem report of Diyawadana cited skull and jaw fractures as the cause of death, the Geo News reported.

Pakistan receives $3 bn loan from Saudi as part of economic support package

The South Asian country has faced growing economic challenges, with high inflation, sliding forex reserves, a widening current account deficit and a depreciating currency.

Pakistan embassy in US ran out of funds to pay salaries for 4 months

The Pakistan embassy in Washington had run out of funds to pay salaries for at least four months to some of its employees

Lynching incident of Sri Lankan 'day of shame for Pakistan': PM Imran Khan

After the lynching of a Sri Lankan man in Pakistan's Sialkot over alleged blasphemy, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said he would personally oversee an investigation into "the horrific vigilante attack" which he also called "a day of shame for Pakistan".On Friday, a mob in Pakistan's Punjab province tortured a man to death before burning his body in Sialkot.Reportedly, the workers of private factories attacked the export manager of a factory and burnt his body after killing him, Dawn newspaper reported.Taking to Twitter, Khan said: "The horrific vigilante attack on factory in Sialkot & the burning alive of Sri Lankan manager is a day of shame for Pakistan. I am overseeing the investigations & let there be no mistake all those responsible will be punished with full severity of the law. Arrests are in progress."The foreign ministry of Sri Lanka has demanded an investigation into the matter while Amnesty international stressed an independent investigation.A large ...