ISLAMABAD – The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has approved a compensation package worth around $11.6mn for the affected Chinese nationals of the Dasu Hydropower Project attack. Reports in local media suggest that the meeting virtually presided over by Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin ...

Pak-China friendship hospital Gwadar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Project at a cost of 100 million US dollar will be completed in Dec 2022. Chinese government is financing the Pak-China Friendship Hospital being established over 68 acres of land which would be equipped with a ...

QUETTA – At least 6 militants of Daesh were killed in a gun battle with personnel of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in the Eastern Bypass area of the Balochistan capital late, an official said. A spokesperson of the Counter-Terrorism Department said six terrorists were killed in an ...

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday (today) inaugurated the Hakla-Dera Ismail Khan Motorway in the country’s federal capital Islamabad. According to the report of Pakistan's premier news agency, the 293 kilometers long Hakla-D.I. Khan Motorway is a key part of the western ...

ISLAMABAD: After a consistent decline in militant attacks for six years, Pakistan witnessed a 56% surge in militant attacks in 2021 despite a one-month ceasefire by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The statistics released by an Islamabad-based think tank, Pakistan Institute for Conflict and ...

Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced that the federal government will bear all the financial burden of Reko Diq for progress and prosperity of Balochistan. In a tweet, he said that the step is part of government's vision for the development of smaller provinces.

Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is also Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, has announced new organization of the party. In a tweet today [Saturday], Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain informed that Asad Umar will be new Secretary General of the party. He said ...

WASHINGTON – The annual US report on terrorism acknowledged on Thursday that Pakistan took steps in 2020 to counter terrorism financing, restrain India-focused militant groups and to meet demands of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Pakistan continued to experience terrorist attacks last ...

RAWALPINDI – A Pakistan Army soldier embraced martyrdom when a security check-post came under fire along the Pakistan-Iran border in Abdoi Sector, Balochistan, the military media wing said Tuesday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations said a group of terrorists opened fire on the ...

KARACHI – Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken notice of ongoing demonstrations by the people in the southwestern province and ordered strong steps against illegal fishing off the Gwadar coast. Following month-long protests, the premier on Sunday addressed a much-awaited announcement on ...