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Beating Retreat ceremony to feature new rendition to mark 1971 victory

The 'Beating Retreat' ceremony on Friday will feature a special new composition 'Swarnim Vijay'

Pak SC orders release of prime suspect in US journo Daniel Pearl's murder

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of British-born al-Qaeda militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh

US updates travel advisory to citizens for Pak, Bangladesh, Afghanistan

"Reconsider travel to Pakistan due to COVID-19, terrorism and sectarian violence," it said. It also asked its citizens not to travel to Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces due to terrorism

Pakistan developing road map for 5G by 2022-23; to start auction soon

The Covid-19 pandemic proved a blessing in disguise as the digital economy widened multi-fold during these testing times in Pakistan

Pakistan approves emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine

Pakistan has authorised the emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V, the third anti-Covid-19 vaccine approved by the country against the deadly coronavirus, authorities said on Sunday

Pakistan close to approving Russia's Sputnik vaccine as Covid cases rise

The country has already ordered 1.2 million doses from Chinese state-backed vaccine developer Sinopharm.

No request received from Pakistan for coronavirus vaccines: MEA

India is undertaking commercial supplies of the doses to a number of countries, including Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Brazil and Morocco.

Pak test-fires nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile

The missile can strike targets up to 2,750 kilometres

Pakistan approves China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use

Both the Oxford and Sinopharm vaccines were evaluated for their safety and quality and granted EUA "with certain conditions", the statement added

Pakistan: PM Imran Khan angry over reports Arnab Goswami knew about strike

Imran Khan took to Twitter to respond to Indian media reports of an exchange on the WhatsApp messaging service between popular Indian TV anchor Arnab Goswami and Partho Dasgupta

Balochistan: Voices of the underdog

Book review of Balochistan: Bruised, Battered and Bloodied

Pakistan PM Imran pitches for border markets with Afghanistan, Iran

The decision to establish border markets was taken in September last year with the objective to provide jobs and promote peace

Pak authority slams PIA for being 'unaware of international leasing laws'

CAA has expressed its displeasure with PIA's "irresponsible attitude and maladministration as it seems to be unaware of international civil aviation leasing laws"

A first for Pakistan: Oxford vaccine gets emergency use authorisation

In the first phase, the vaccine will be given to health workers and those aged 65 years and above, Umar said.

US retains terrorist designation of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba

Days ahead of the transition of power, the US Department of State said that it has amended the terrorist designations of LJ and ISIL Sinai Peninsula (ISIL-SP) to include additional aliases

Imran Khan govt in Pakistan to raise power tariff amid increasing IMF debt

Despite an outcry by its citizens over massive blackout recently, Imran Khan government on Friday has once again planned to raise the power tariffs amid increasing IMF debt

Pak sacks 12 police officials over negligence in temple vandalisation case

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government in Pakistan has dismissed 12 police officials following an enquiry report that found them guilty of "negligence" in protecting a Hindu temple in the province, which was torched by a mob led by members of a radical Islamist party. The government also forfeited one-year service of 33 police officials in connection with the incident. The temple in Terri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Karak district was attacked on December 30 by the mob after members of the Hindu community received permission from local authorities to renovate its decades-old building. The mob demolished the newly constructed work alongside the old structure. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Kohat Region, Tayyab Hafeez Cheema had appointed Superintendent of Police (Investigation Wing) Zahir Shah as enquiry officer to probe the incident and submit its report within a week's time. Shah conducted the probe against 73 police officials and recommended to dismiss 12 of them f

Pakistan sees biggest increase in Covid-19 cases in nearly a month

Pakistan on Thursday reported 3,097 new Covid-19 cases

Pak court sentences Hafiz Saeed's two close aides to over 15 years in jail

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has handed down more than 15 years jail term each to two close aides of Mumbai terror attack mastermind and banned Jamat-ud Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed

Pakistan's power transmission company blames human error for blackout

The power outage in Pakistan that plunged the country into darkness was triggered by human error that caused a faulty circuit breaker, according to the National Transmission and Dispatch Company