Highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Pakistan to be conferred to Dawoodi Bohra headDr Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, head of the Mumbai-based Dawoodi Bohra sect of Islam, will be awarded 'Nishan-e-Pakistan', making him the fou...
23 Nov, 2023, 06.13 PM IST
Pakistan's National Assembly dissolved at PM Shehbaz Sharif's advicePakistan's parliament has formally been dissolved and efforts are on to appoint a caretaker prime minister to run the cash-strapped country...
10 Aug, 2023, 10.02 AM IST
Pakistan President Arif Alvi returns another bill seeking amendments to anti-corruption laws to ParliamentPakistan President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday returned a bill to the parliament about changes in the anti-corruption laws with observation that...
30 Apr, 2023, 05.03 PM IST
Pakistan Mufti Abdul Shakoor minister dies in road accidentMufti Abdul Shakoor, Pakistan's Religious Affairs Minister, was killed in a road accident in Islamabad when his car was hit by another vehi...
16 Apr, 2023, 11.56 AM IST
Pakistan Punjab assembly polls to be held on April 30: President AlviThe announcement comes two days after the Supreme Court ruled that the elections to the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) assemblies be he...
03 Mar, 2023, 06.48 PM IST
Political unrest escalating in Pakistan following arrest of PTI leader Fawad ChaudhryMany senior journalists, political analysts, and members of civil society expressed their concerns on social media about the detention of t...
11 Feb, 2023, 06.49 AM IST
Shehbaz Sharif sworn-in as new Prime Minister of PakistanSenate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani administered oath of office to 70-year-old Shehbaz in President Dr Arif Alvi's absence, who went on 'sick' l...
11 Apr, 2022, 10.14 PM IST
Former Pakistani President Rafiq Tarar dies at 92Rafiq Tarar, a veteran Pakistani politician and former Supreme Court judge who served as the country's President from 1997 to 2001, passed ...
07 Mar, 2022, 05.25 PM IST
Will weed out extremist elements from Pakistan: Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa tells President Arif AlviBajwa also met Prime Minister Khan on Monday, a rare engagement that took place on the sidelines of the apex committee on Afghanistan's ses...
15 Feb, 2022, 07.15 PM IST
Pakistan inducts China-made multi-role frigate in its navyPakistan on Monday inducted a China-made multi-role frigate and 10 helicopters provided by Qatar in its navy as part of efforts to strength...
24 Jan, 2022, 09.42 PM IST
Protests rock Pakistan’s Sindh province over China-backed plans to develop twin islandsVarious Pakistan’s Sindh-based political parties, mainly the Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party (STTP), on Sunday participated in hundreds in a rall...
13 Oct, 2020, 12.13 PM IST
Pakistan successfully test-fires nuclear-capable Ghauri ballistic missile"Ghauri Ballistic Missile can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads up to a distance of 1,300 kms," it said in a statement.
09 Oct, 2018, 12.35 PM IST
Arif Alvi sworn in as Pakistan's new presidentAlvi was active in the student movement during Field Marshal Ayub Khan's era in 1969. He was shot during a protest in Lahore and proudly ca...
09 Sep, 2018, 02.01 PM IST
Pakistan new President Arif Alvi is son of Nehru's dentistAlvi, a close ally of PM Imran Khan and one of the founding members of the PTI party, was elected as the new President of Pakistan Tuesday.
05 Sep, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Arif Alvi elected new Pakistan president: ReportsDr Arif Alvi, one of the founding members of Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, was elected as the new President o...
04 Sep, 2018, 07.18 PM IST
Pakistan presidential polls: 2 candidates chosen as consensus eludes Opposition allianceThe Election Commission of Pakistan had announced on August 16 that the presidential election will be held on September 4 - five days befor...
27 Aug, 2018, 12.31 PM IST
Imran Khan's party gives call for Karachi shutdown tomorrowSenior PTI leader and Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Dr Arif Alvi, who hails from Karachi tweeted that the shutdown would start from...
11 Dec, 2014, 09.37 PM IST