Asim Munir due for another promotion, likely to become Pakistan's Chief of Defence ForcesPakistan's Army Chief Asim Munir is set to take on a new role as Chief of Defence Forces. This change comes with a proposed constitutional ...
09 Nov, 2025, 05.29 PM IST
Pakistan: Floods inundate hundreds of Punjab villages, mass evacuations underwayFlooding in Punjab's rivers has displaced residents and damaged crops across several districts, including Muzaffargarh and Jhang. Evacuatio...
24 Jul, 2025, 06.41 AM IST
Over 23,000 Pakistanis jailed across the world over several crimes including rape, murder, drug trafficking and frauds, says Pak Foreign MinistryPakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the country's National Assembly that over 23,000 Pakistanis are behind the bars in several coun...
19 May, 2025, 03.28 PM IST
N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winner and giant of Native American literature, dead at 89Momaday died Wednesday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, publisher HarperCollins announced. He had been in failing health.
30 Jan, 2024, 04.06 PM IST
Pakistan: Kohistan clerics say NGO women won't be allowed to mingle with 'na mahram' menA group of clerics in Pakistan's Kohistan on Saturday announced that women working with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) would not be ...
05 Nov, 2023, 12.29 PM IST
US defence secretary speaks with Pak Army chief amidst spike in terror attacks in PakistanUS Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Pakistan Army chief Gen Asim Munir held a telephonic conversation to discuss "areas of mutual interes...
04 Oct, 2023, 03.47 PM IST
Pakistan: Sindh governor administers oath to 10-member caretaker cabinetThe Sindh's caretaker cabinet was sworn in on Saturday at a ceremony held at Karachi's Sindh Governor House. Sindh Caretaker Chief Minister...
20 Aug, 2023, 01.39 PM IST
Pakistan: Multiple churches vandalised in Faisalabad over blasphemy allegationsMultiple Christian churches in the Jaranwala district of Pakistan's Faisalabad have been vandalised and destroyed over blasphemy allegation...
17 Aug, 2023, 12.25 PM IST
Pakistan no longer faces default risk: MinisterIn response to a query, Minister for Privatisation Abid Hussain Bhayo informed the lawmakers that Services International Hotel, Lahore; pro...
19 Nov, 2022, 12.09 PM IST
Why is Pakistani military land being used to build wedding halls, cinemas? Supreme Court asks defence secretaryA three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Qazi Mohammad Amin Ahmed and Justice Ijazul Ah...
26 Nov, 2021, 06.15 PM IST
Pakistan PM Imran Khan urges world community to release Afghanistan's frozen assetsImran Khan also stressed on Pakistan's interest in a "peaceful" and "stable" Afghanistan, reported Dawn. He reportedly highlighted the impo...
19 Oct, 2021, 02.52 PM IST
Centra Vista: Construction work of new Parliament building to start on January 15, say sourcesEarlier this week, a 14-member heritage panel gave its approval for construction of the new Parliament building under the government's ambi...
13 Jan, 2021, 07.05 PM IST
Gen Raheel Sharif leaves for Saudi to lead Islamic military allianceA military source, while speaking to Dawn.com, said approval for Sharif's departure had also been granted by General Headquarters Rawalpind...
21 Apr, 2017, 06.38 PM IST
Pervaiz Rashid did not make any attempt to stop false story: Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan"Some documented and undocumented records involving Rashid say the reporter contacted him for comments about a story regarding Shahbaz Shar...
30 Oct, 2016, 07.54 PM IST
Chinese group offers $1 billion for housing schemes in PakistanA high-level team of Chinese investors yesterday met Chief Minister Pervez Khattak in the provincial capital Peshawar and made the offer, D...
26 Oct, 2014, 03.01 PM IST
- Durga Puja: Annual arrival of Ma Durga to her earthly abode
Satyapriya Sarkar made his annual pilgrimage to the aristocratic mansions of old Kolkata to chronicle the preparations for the annual arriv...
14 Oct, 2010, 05.23 AM IST
- Pakistan starts cashing in on Baloch blunder
Islamabad claims RAW hand in terror attacks on its soil.
23 Jul, 2009, 06.20 AM IST