Pak-Saudi ferry service approved

Pak-Saudi ferry service approved

The cabinet on Wednesday approved the launch of ferry services from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia in a bid to provide low-cost travel options to the zaireen travelling to the Middle East. Minister for Maritime Affairs

Karachi businessmen seek end of KE monopoly

Karachi businessmen seek end of KE monopoly

Karachi businessmen have demanded the government to end the K-Electric’s monopoly on Karachi's utility infrastructure and asked it to open the city’s energy sector to other private investors who can compete with the company. In

FM Qureshi to attend SCO meeting in Moscow

FM Qureshi to attend SCO meeting in Moscow

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday left for Moscow, Russia to represent Pakistan at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting. Qureshi will attend the Meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers (SCO-CFM) on 9-10

Sixth IG for Punjab

Sixth IG for Punjab

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf government in Punjab has replaced the province’s inspector general four the sixth time since the party was voted in during the General Elections in 2018. Top shuffle comes against the backdrop of

Govt moves to remove KE’s chief executive

Govt moves to remove KE’s chief executive

Ever since the rains unleashed havoc on Karachi, the city’s power utility company the K-Electric has been under the government's spotlight for failing to provide electricity to the city’s residents. The government is currently mulling

Marble landslide at KP kills 17

Marble landslide at KP kills 17

More than 17 people -- miners and workers on the premises have been killed in a landslide at the marble excavation site in Mohmand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media outlets quoted rescue officials as saying on

Centre, Sindh trade barbs over Rs1.1tr plan for Karachi

Centre, Sindh trade barbs over Rs1.1tr plan for Karachi

Prime Minister Imran Khan during his visit to Karachi over the weekend announced a Rs1.1 trillion package for the city that envisages water projects, road development programmes, sewerage treatment etc. The package was hailed as

Pakistan will win fifth generation warfare, says COAS Bajwa

Pakistan will win fifth generation warfare, says COAS Bajwa

Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Jawed Bajwa said the country with help from its residents will win the fifth generation of hybrid war and will beat the nefarious designs of the country’s enemies. Bajwa

Govt mulls taking over K-Electric

Govt mulls taking over K-Electric

The federal government is considering plans to bring the largest city’s power utility company K-Electric under its own control and is currently reviewing all options on how to go forward about the matter. The decision

Pakistani film Bench to be screened at Cannes

Pakistani film Bench to be screened at Cannes

Usman Mukhtar’s short film Bench has been selected to be featured at the Cannes International Film Festival. With great humility, joy and pride do we announce that Bench has been selected at the first Cannes