Pakistan begins registration of elderly for COVID-19 vaccinationPlanning Minister Asad Umar, who is also chief of the anti-corona National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), said that the vaccination o...
15 Feb, 2021, 04.45 PM IST
Omers Infrastructure Management in talks to invest up to $700 million in Greenko EnergyNegotiations have gathered momentum months after the Hyderabad-based clean energy company raised $980 million from Japan’s Orix Corp. for a...
11 Dec, 2020, 08.26 AM IST
Japan's Orix Corp to invest $980 million in Greenko Energy at $5.75 billion valuationThe investment will be through a combination of primary and secondary sale of shares, valuing Greenko at $5.75 billion, making it the secon...
12 Sep, 2020, 08.49 AM IST
Japan’s Orix set to make $1 billion bet on Greenko for 15% stakePips Berkshire Hathaway, Omers; Single-largest FDI in renewable sector at $6 b equity valuation
11 Sep, 2020, 08.32 AM IST
Prosecution head in treason case against Pervez Musharraf quitsThe All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) of Musharraf withdrew its candidate in support of Imran Khan from NA-53, Islamabad.
31 Jul, 2018, 12.39 PM IST
Pakistan's political parties slam election commission's decision over women polling agentsThe Election Commission of Pakistan had issued an order that only women polling agents will be allowed at female polling stations across th...
24 Jul, 2018, 04.09 PM IST
How can a commando be so afraid: Pakistan Supreme Court to Musharraf"The Supreme Court is not bound to Musharraf's terms," Justice Nisar said today.
13 Jun, 2018, 02.58 PM IST
Pakistan court orders suspension of passport of 'absconder' MusharrafThe court has authorised the government to suspend his passport as well as his national identity card, according to a media report today.
16 Mar, 2018, 05.58 PM IST
ISIS using 'messenger app' to avoid detection in PakistanThe official said that this app was the only way of communication in addition to verbal communication in which messengers (people) are sent...
10 Mar, 2017, 05.02 PM IST
Pakistan interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan defends meeting with extremist leadersNisar was referring to the criticism he faced from Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) for his meeting with Maulana Ahmad Ludhianvi, chief of the ...
14 Jan, 2017, 07.21 PM IST
Pakistan gave national ID card to slain Taliban leader: Chaudhry NisarThe minister said the incumbent government paid enough attention to the issue of fake CNICs and passports,it is impossible to work honestly...
30 Dec, 2016, 09.03 PM IST
Pakistan not to deport Nat Geo's Afghan Girl Sharbat GulaThe decision has been taken on humanitarian grounds and as a goodwill gesture towards Afghanistan.
06 Nov, 2016, 02.48 PM IST
Pakistan to verify all identity cards after Mullah Akhtar Mansour slip upMansour was targeted by drones operated by US special forces in Balochistan's Noshki district on May 21 when he headed towards Quetta in a ...
26 May, 2016, 05.07 PM IST
26/11 accused used fake stamps to attest ID: Pakistan witnessIndian national Fahim Ansari, earlier accused of being an LeT member and co-conspirator in the 2008 Mumbai attack case, used fake Pakistani...
17 Dec, 2015, 06.11 PM IST
Pakistani Islamic body says full face veil not mandatory for women"The covering of face, hands, up to the wrists, and feet is not mandatory for Muslim women," the CII chief told media after the meeting.
20 Oct, 2015, 12.46 PM IST
100,000 "suspected" Afghans in Pakistan declared "aliens"Some 100,000 "suspected" Afghans living in Pakistan have been declared as "aliens" by authorities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan pro...
29 May, 2015, 02.59 PM IST
National Geographic 'Afghan girl' living in Pakistan on fake papersThe famous green-eyed 'Afghan girl' immortalised by the National Geographic magazine on its 1985 cover has been living in Pakistan on fake ...
26 Feb, 2015, 09.34 AM IST