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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday sacked former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) president Pervez Khattak from the party over his failure to respond to a “show-cause notice” issued to him. Khattak was informed about the…

ISLAMABAD: An amount of one billion dollars has been received at the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Two days back, the government of Saudi Arabia deposited two billion dollars in the SBP. The latest…

TAXILA: Buddhist monks belonging to Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, South Korea and Sri Lanka, who are in Islamabad to participate in the International Gandhara Symposium, visited Taxila Museum and Dharmarajika Stupa today. During…

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar has directed to finalize a roadmap with timelines to move forward for outsourcing of the first airport to "improve service delivery and match best international aviation practices in Pakistan." He…

ISLAMABAD: Kuwait’s low-cost airline, Jazeera Airways, launched flight operations to Pakistan on Wednesday. The inaugural flight, carrying 163 passengers from Kuwait, landed at Islamabad International Airport at 4:30 am. The airline has…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif launched Pakistan Education Endowment Fund worth fourteen billion rupees and reforms in national curiculum here on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said a budget of three…

ISLAMABAD: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Higher Education System Strengthening Activity organized a workshop on climate resilience research coordination. This forum aims to advance the…

LAHORE: Ten members of a family, including an infant and women, were burnt alive when the compressor of their refrigerator exploded in a house in the Bhati Gate area of Lahore early on Wednesday. The deceased included a man, his wife, two…

The schedule for the Asia Cup has been finalised, said Arun Dhumal, a member of the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) and the current chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Asia Cup will be played from August 31 to September…

TUNIS: The bodies of two migrants have been found in a desert region near Tunisia’s border with Algeria, a judicial official and a witness said. Hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan countries have fled or been forced out of Tunisia’s port…