Elections are going to be held in Pakistan. General elections in Pakistan's faltering democracy are not less than any great event. Since the first elections held in Pakistan in 1970, the army's interference in the civilian governments, rigged Elections,..

Pakistan has been hit by the severe shortage of water. Since 2005, it is constantly facing drought like problems. Due to these, the need for national water policy in Pakistan was being expressed in the past. And to address this issue, Pakistan’s C..

The Islamabad High Court on November 27 lashed out at the government as well as the Army for the role assigned to the military "as the mediator" in the agreement to end the sit-in at Islamabad's Faizabad Interchange. The army chief instead of f..

A strange incident happened in Islamabad on the occasion of hearing of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif before accountability court, all visitors – be they ministers, senior politicians, media persons, lawyers or litigants – were barred fr..

According to a new study in the journal Science Advances, up to 60 million people living in Pakistan's Indus Plain are at risk of being affected by high levels of arsenic in the region's groundwater supply. An international team of scientists c..

Half of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded projects – worth $3.4 billion – have either become problematic or put on watch list due to implementation delays, reveals a latest portfolio review that has again highlighted governance issues ..

The Pakistan government has finally appointed a retired bureaucrat Javaid Jehangir, a former grade-22 officer of the Pakistan Audit and Accounts Services (PAAS), full-time Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) — a constitutional post that remained vac..

  The United States is providing an additional Rs 19 billion to create economic opportunities and pursue economic and political reforms that promote prosperity in Pakistan. The additional funds will be obligated for development in P..

 USAID Deputy Mission Director Denise Herbol said on 22nd June that Around 46 percent children in Sindh face stunted growth due to malnutrition. He said that 61 percent of the population was drinking surface water which was not hygienic. "..

According to an update of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Pakistan has recorded a phenomenal increase of 11.01 million in number of its registered voters to 97.02 million from 86.01 million voters who elected the incumbent lawmakers in 2013 gen..

The United States is providing an additional Rs 19 billion to create economic opportunities and pursue economic and political reforms that promote prosperity in Pakistan. The additional funds will be obligated for development in Pakistan through ..

The interior ministry of Pakistan has declined permission to another 13 international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) to operate in Pakistan, raising the number of rejected cases to 23. The number of INGOs to have been registered under the..

 Pakistan’s government has sought approval of National Assembly to borrow over Rs15 trillion in new financial year to service its maturing public debt, which will be the highest ever borrowing and 44 per cent more than the outgoing year, un..

Rs869.1 billion budget for the financial year 2016-17Deficit of Rs14.6bn.  Having a Rs225bn Annual Development Pro­gramme (ADP), Total revenue was estimated at Rs854.5bn against the expenditure of Rs869.1bn. The reven..

Rs505 billion budget for the financial year 2016-17Rs161bn for the annual development programme (ADP), including Rs36bn foreign assistanceBudget’s outlay is Rs17.12bn or three per cent higher than that of outgoing year’s Rs487.88bn.Provi..

The Motorways of Pakistan are a network of multiple-lane, high-speed, limited-access or controlled-access highways in Pakistan, which are owned, maintained and operated federally by Pakistan's National Highway Authority.The total length of Pakistan's mo..

The National Institute of Oceanography, commonly known as NIO, is an executive and federal department of the Government of Pakistan, and a major research institute of Ministry of Science and Technology. The NIO is a science and research executive organiza..

The National Institute of Oceanography, commonly known as NIO, is an executive and federal department of the Government of Pakistan, and a major research institute of Ministry of Science and Technology. The NIO is a science and research executive organiza..

 The Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan under Article 176 envisages that the number of Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan shall be determined by an Act of Parliament. In the light of this provision  “The Supreme Co..

Foreign CorrespondentsThe official Press and Information Departments under the Ministry of Informationhandle accreditation procedures for foreign correspondents. Special visas are required if long stays are intended. Pakistan rarely grants visas to Indi..