LAHORE: As Punjab plans to request the Foreign Office to take up cross-border pollution with India, the provincial government has closed primary schools in Lahore this week, ostensibly to save ...

GAZA STRIP: Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 31 people in the Gaza Strip in a day, Reuters quotes Palestinian medics as saying, with nearly half of the deaths in northern areas where the army ...

LAHORE: Federal Privatisation Minister Abdul Aleem Khan welcomed provincial governments to take over the airline’s control and run it in a professional manner. While addressing a press conference on ...

ISLAMABAD: Attor­ne­­y General for Pakistan Mansoor Usman Awan on Friday informed the Islamabad High Court that a Pakistani delegation will visit the United States soon after the presidential ...

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtun­khwa government has formally conveyed to the federal government that it is ready to offer a bid for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), which would surpass the highest ...

ISRAEL: Rockets fired from Lebanon have wounded 11 people in central Israel, Israeli emergency services said, after one of them hit a house, as prospects for a ceasefire dimmed, Reuters reports.

KURRAM: Two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were martyred when unidentified shooters opened fire on Tall Scouts in the Char Khel area of Lower Kurram district on Monday, police sources said. The attack ...

LAHORE: The Punjab government imposed a “green lockdown” in designated smog hotspots across Lahore on Wednesday, imposing restrictions on barbecue joints, motorcycle-rickshaws and marriage halls — ...

WASHINGTON: White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said Iran should not respond to Israel’s strikes carried out last week, but if it does, the US will support Israel, Al Jazeera reports. “Iran ...

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia has agreed to invest another $600 million in Pakistan as it signed seven more memoranda of understanding (MoUs), taking their total number from 27 — signed recently in Pakistan ...