January 2022

Najia Asher, Mona Khan and Amber Rahim Shamsi have been shortlisted for the post of CEJ director KARACHI: The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi on Thursday selected three female candidates, Najia Asher, Mona Khan and Amber Rahim Shamsi, for the post of director of the Centre for Excellence in Journalism at the institute. The […]

A two-lane bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed on Friday hours ahead of a visit by President Joe Biden to the Pennsylvania city, a dramatic example of the urgency behind his drive to rebuild the United States’ creaky infrastructure. Ten people sustained injuries, all of them minor, when the snow-covered span collapsed into a wooded gully at

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations Munir Akram said India killed at least 96,000 civilians in occupied Kashmiri since 1989 with 900,000 troops deployed in the mountainous valley since August 5, 2019, branding New Delhi a “mother-ship of terrorism”. The ambassador also called the world body’s attention to the fact that radical

The PDM would move forward with the protest per the plan, Rehman announced. But he, despite repeated questions by reporters, refused to tell whether the march would be a one-day event or it would be converted into an indefinite sit-in. Addressing a ceremony in Rawalpindi on Wednesday, Ahmed said the opposition has already faced defeat

The government was rolling out an ambitious plan to go digital in order to ensure transparency and collection of authentic data, Prime Minister Imran Khan said, as ministries remain stuck in a paper-driven culture that experts say is hurting productivity. While Pakistan has made digital transformation its main policy plank, the switch may not prove

Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday directed five federal ministries and attached departments to make all necessary arrangements and preparations for the Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and agreements set to be signed during his upcoming visit to China. Well informed sources have informed that Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Planning and Development, Information and Broadcasting, Interior and

Prime Minister Imran Khan has won full recognition and praise from the international community for taking people out of hardships and making great economic achievements in the country. Despite serious Covid-19 pandemic and various natural disasters, the Pakistani government and people, under the wise leadership of PM Imran Khan, have braved hardships and difficulties and

The daily coronavirus toll in Pakistan continues to rise as the country reported 7,195 new coronavirus cases along with 8 virus-related deaths were reported during the past 24 hours. Per the data released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Monday morning, after the addition of 8 new deaths, the toll has now

The Pakistan Navy on Monday inducted the PNS Tughril, the first of four Type 054A/P frigates developed by China, in the Pakistan Navy Fleet, with the president of Pakistan hailing the friendship between the two countries and announcing that the Type 054A/Ps will serve to safeguard the sea routes of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday chaired a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. The meeting reviewed a report from the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau after the Standing Committee heard and discussed the work reports of the leading Party members