Bonded for ever: Curse of child marriage in Pakistan ..

The government has issued a list of 127 persons, including 18 foreigners, who will be conferred civil awards by President Dr Arif Alvi on March 23 for showing excellence in their respective fields.As many as eight personalities — ..

Sometimes in March 2018, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bazwa (Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army since 29 November 2016) said that the 18th Amendment presents a serious problem bigger than the six points of Sheikh Mujib..

Here is the complete list of winning candidates. But due to re-counting and re-polling in some areas results may be varied. NA-1: Chitral: Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali of the MMA has won with 48,616 votes.NA-2 Swat-I: Haider Ali ..

Water is the basis of life and without it, existence of life and society cannot be imagined. Water is among the unequaled boons of nature and its shortage gives rise to a deep crisis which has emerged as the biggest problem in many parts of the earth. O..

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government is all set to release another Rs275 million for Darul Uloom Haqannia in Akora Khattak for construction work in the seminary.  According to Officials privy to these developments, a summary for the release of a..

Terrorism has been an important part of Pakistan's foreign policy since the late 1970s. After Soviet invasion on Afghanistan, Pakistan played a special role in the US and Saudi Arabia-backed Mujahideen war, the contribution of Pakistan's army and ISI wa..

Banned outfit Jamaat ud Dawa (JuD) the parent organisation of dreadful terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has sought to enter the political sphere by launching the Milli Muslim League, a new political party on August 8. Saifullah Khalid, a re..

Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled that a person disqualified under Article 62 and 63 of the Constitution cannot serve as the head of a political party. This is notable that Nawaz Sharif, 68, was disqualified by the apex court in the Panama Papers case in J..

The committee headed by Raja Zafarul Haq in its report concluded that the changes in Khatm-e-Nabuwwat clause in Election Act, 2016 had been approved by the whole committee on electoral reforms, which has 34 representatives from all political p..

More than a year since issuing notices to the Pakistanis mentioned in the Panama Papers, the country’s tax officials are losing hope of obtaining information about the money used to buy assets abroad. In September 2016, the intelligence d..

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)—the ruling party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province—has defeated its opponents in the by-election on the key NA-4 (Peshawar-IV) seat. According to final results obtained from the Election Commission of..

The office of the Pakistan’s auditor general pointed out Rs102 million worth of ‘irregular’ payments made by the ministry of petroleum and natural resources to Pakistan Rangers for security of pipelines of gas distributors in remote ar..

Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau team took former army captain Muhammad Safdar into custody minutes after his arrival from London at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport. A team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) too..

Balochistan is mired in poverty, and its economy depends entirely on agriculture still the government allocated only Rs 8 billion for agriculture, in the 2017-18 annual budgets but allocated a hefty Rs 35 billion on law and order. For health, Rs 16 bill..

The apex body for civil-military coordination on national security matters in Pakistan, The National Security Committee (NSC), chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, on September 29  vowed to defend Pakistan against all forms of external a..

The Sindh High Court bench headed by Justice Munib Akhtar, a two-judge bench was hearing a constitutional petition of a civil rights campaigner, Bisma Naureen, on September 26, directed the respondent federal government authorities to file details of th..

Former first lady Begum Kulsoom Nawaz wins the election for NA-120 on September 17 by defeating Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) Dr Yasmin Rashid with a clear margin of 14,188 votes. Although Begum Kulsoom of the PML-N defeated Pakistan Tehreek..

In a meeting of the central executive council (CEC) of Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) held on September 18, under PUC Chairman Tahir Ashrafi, decided unanimously to contest in next general elections along with allied religious organisations. The central e..

Pakistan’s  Inter-Provin­cial Coordination Committee (IPCC) on September 19,  recommended with a majority vote to give rights over all future oil and gas findings to the respective producer provinces so that Article 158 of the Consti..

Five alleged members of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — who have been acquitted by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in the murder case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. While two police officers were found guilty of "mishandling the cri..

Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on 25th August disclosed that the federal government had paid the blood money to the heirs of three people killed by United States Central Intelligence Agency contractor Raymond Davis in Lahore in 2011. “But God knows..

 The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) of Pakistan on its drive against ‘cyber criminals’, especially those on social media, has sought action against 64,000 Facebook and Twitter accounts on receiving complaints from state institutio..

Leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have finally nominated Senator and  party’s senior vice-president,Yaqoob Khan Nasar as the acting president of the party. Acting president for the office in line with the party&rsqu..

Islamabad High Court has accepted to probe the petitions wanting to put the Sharif family member’s names on the Exit Control List (ECL) In  the end of July some sources in the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) confided that FIA&rsqu..

Pakistan’s new federal cabinet members took oath on 4th August morning at the President House in Islamabad.President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath to 46 members of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's cabinet comprising mostly old faces..

Nawaz Sharif has resigned as prime minister of Pakistan following a decision by the country's Supreme Court to disqualify him from office. The ruling came after a probe into his family's wealth following the 2015 Panama Papers dump linking Mr Sharif's c..

After resignation of Dr Babar Awan from the Senate the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lost its status of “single largest party” in the upper house of parliament. With the resignation of the PPP senator after his decision to formally joi..

The joint investigation team (JIT), probing Sharif’s alleged involvement in the Panama Papers graft case, has accused his daughter Maryam Sharif of providing “fake/falsified documents”. The JIT said Maryam, her brothers Hussain and Has..

A former senator and ruling party leader Zafar Ali Shah has asked the Supreme Court to order the immediate extradition of Raymond Davis — a contractor with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) — and asked that he be tried for the murde..

 Money kept by Pakistani nationals in Swiss banks fell marginally to CHF 1.4 billion (Rs1.55 trillion) in 2016, even as the same from India fell for the third consecutive year to hit a record low. Money stashed by Indians in Switzerland's banks nea..

On an demand by opposition senator called for recalling the former army chief to preserve Pakistan’s neutrality Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz said on 21st June2017, that it was not possible to call former army chief retired Gen Raheel Sharif..

 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Pakistan signed on 16th June for provide $300 million for financing the Sustainable Energy Sector Reforms Program in Pakistan. The ADB, which approved the loan on 15th June, was represented by Countr..

The three-member bench of the Supreme Court overseeing the implementation of the apex court's verdict in the Panama papers case on 5th may 2017, finalised the six members of a joint investigation team (JIT) that is to probe the prime minister and his sons..

Director general (DG) of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) of Pakistan  has conceded that the agency collected 'details' of the members of the joint investigation team (JIT) investigating the Panamagate case, but denied hacking any individual's social med..

According to Articles 1 and 2 of the 1973 Constitution, the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (Fata) are a part of Pakistan. However, according to Articles 51, 59 and 247, it is under the direct executive of the president. Articles 8 to 28 d..

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government in Pakistan occupied  Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) presented on Thursday its budget for the fiscal year 2017-18. The budget was presented by POJK Minister for Finance and Planning Dr Najeeb Naqi..

The three-member bench of the Supreme Court overseeing the implementation of the apex court's verdict in the Panama papers case on 5th may 2017, finalised the six members of a joint investigation team (JIT) that is to probe the prime minister and his sons..

Punjab Finance Minister Dr Ayesha Ghaus Pasha on Friday presented Rs 1.97 trillion tax-free annual budget of fiscal year 2017-18, with a huge amount of Rs 635 billion set aside for development projects in the province. The consolidated ..

On 13th April 2017, a group of about 10 students shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attack on fellow student Mashal Khan, who was stripped naked and beaten with planks until his skull caved in as other students looked on. Mashal Khan was a Pashtun and Musl..

Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani on 3rd June called for commencing a round of consultations with the provincial chief ministers this week. In a letter addressed to all Chief Ministers the Chairman Senate had proposed a roadmap to create a structured link..

On 20 October 1947, two months and six days after independence from Great Britain, the United States established relations with Pakistan, making it amongst the first nations to establish relations with the new state. Pakistan allied itself with the U.S. d..

Saudi Arabia made a splash on 15 Decmber 2015 when it announced the formation of a 34-country Islamic Military Alliance [or Military Alliance of Islamic Countries] against terrorism, followed with a massive military exercise that ended in March 2016. The ..

Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba Pakistan is the organization of students influenced mainly by the works of Late Syed Abul-Ala Maududi. It is an Islamic organization whose stated mission is to preach Islam to students of modern institutions throughout Pakistan. It ..

The Shafi–ur–Rehman Commission Report are the highly classified judicial inquiry papers concerning and thoroughly covering the events leading to the rise to power and death and state funeral of President of Pakistan, General Zia-ul-Haq. ..

Mehrangate, also known as the Mehran bank scandal, was a major political scandal in the history of Pakistan in which officers in the Pakistani Army and Inter-Services Intelligence conspired to prevent the re-election of Benazir Bhutto's government in the ..