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Prasar Bharati digital channels grow 100% in 2020, Pak second biggest user

Digital channels of Prasar Bharati have registered more than 100 per cent growth in 2020, with Pakistan being the second highest digital audience for Doordarshan (DD) and All India Radio (AIR)

Pakistan cancels 200,000 fake citizen ID cards held by Afghan refugees

Pakistan has cancelled about 200,000 computerised national identity cards (CNICs) fraudulently held by Afghanistan refugees

45 more arrested over attack on Hindu temple in northwest Pakistan

Pakistani police have arrested 45 more people for their alleged involvement in the vandalisation of a Hindu temple by a mob led by members of a radical Islamist party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

UK court: Debit Rs 450 cr from accounts of top Pakistani diplomat

Following the court orders, the United Bank Limited UK wrote a letter to the Pakistan High Commission on Dec 29, requesting it to provide written payment instructions with debit account details

Want to learn from China's development model to abolish poverty: Imran Khan

Khan said that Beijing had managed to prove that poverty alleviation is real development

India lodges protest with Pakistan over vandalisation of Hindu temple

The temple is in Karak district in the northwest Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistan to purchase Covid-19 vaccine from China's Sinopharm

Pakistan has decided to pre-book a Covid-19 vaccine from Chinese state-owned company Sinopharm for emergency use for healthcare workers

India has capability to hit terror targets across LoC if needed: Rajnath

India has the capability to hit terrorist targets across the border if needed, Rajnath Singh said and noted that Pakistan has been indulging in notorious actions along the border since its creation

Pakistan extends ban on flights from UK over new Covid-19 strain fears

Pakistan on Monday extended the ban on flights from the UK for another week over fears of a new variant of the coronavirus which is reportedly spreading at a much faster rate

China denies seeking additional guarantees for $6 bn loan to Pakistan

China termed as baseless the reports that it has sought additional guarantees from Pakistan for sanctioning a 6 billion loan for a railway line project

Seven soldiers killed in Balochistan gun attack, says Pakistani army

Seven Pakistan soldiers were killed in a gun attack on Frontier Corps Balochistan post in Harnai district, according to the country's Army

Resign before Jan 31 or will march to Islamabad: PPP chairman to Imran Khan

Pakistan People's Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari reiterated the demand made by the 11-party opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement seeking Imran Khan's resignation by January 31

Daniel Pearl murder: Sindh govt halts release of Omar Sheikh, 3 others

Pakistan's Sindh province government has decided not to release British-born al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his three aides, accused of kidnapping and murdering US journalist Daniel Pearl, in view of a Supreme Court order, according to a media report. In a surprise move, a two-judge bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday directed security agencies not to keep Sheikh and other accused under "any sort of detention" and declared all notifications of the Sindh government related to their detention "null and void". The court observed that the four men's detention was "illegal". The court, however, had clarified that the accused should not be released if there is a Supreme Court restraining order regarding their detention. Citing its sources, the Express Tribune newspaper said that the provincial government will not release these men in view of the Supreme Court's September 28 order. The Pakistan People's Party-led Sindh government believes that the apex court's September

US concerned over Pak court's order to release accused in Daniel Pearl case

The US on Friday expressed "deep concern" over a Pakistani court's order to release British-born al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh

Pak reports 111 coronavirus deaths in one day, highest during second wave

Pakistan has reported 111 new deaths due to coronavirus in the last 24 hours

Maryam Nawaz lashes at Imran, asks why he assumed office if wasn't prepared

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday ripped into the government, asking why Prime Minister Imran Khan assumed office when he was not prepared for the challenges

China asks Pakistan for additional guarantees for $6 billion loan

China has in a turn of events now demanded guarantees before sanctioning fresh $6 billion in loan to Islamabad

Time for performance has arrived, Pak PM Imran Khan tells his ministers

Imran Khan has said the PTI government has to take its performance to much higher levels in the remaining time of its five-year tenure

8 killed, 16 wounded in explosion in boiler room at Karachi factory

At least eight people have been killed and 16 others wounded in a blast inside a boiler room within a factory in New Karachi Industrial Area on Tuesday, police and local government officials said

US Congress clears $25 million for democracy, gender programmes in Pakistan

The US Congress on Tuesday approved USD 25 million civilian aid package for Pakistan to strengthen democracy and promote women's rights in the South Asian country