The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested 10 suspected terrorists of banned organisations during 132 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in different cities of Punjab. According to the CTD sources, the suspected terrorists were arrested from Lahore, Multan and Dera Ghazi (DG) ...

The Muharram ul Haram crescent has not been sighted on Tuesday, Youm-e-Ashura would fall on Saturday, July 29 in Pakistan. Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad after a meeting of the committee held a press conference in Quetta and announced that the first Muharram ...

A meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will be held in Quetta today for sighting the crescent of Muharram-ul-Haram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. Chairman of the committee Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad will announce the final decision regarding the moonsighting. The 1st of ...

A report released by former Indian judges and bureaucrats while belying the Modi regime’s claims has said the situation for civilians in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir has taken a new turn for the worse under the Lieutenant Governor’s rule. According to Kashmir Media Service, the ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has condemned the ban on traditional peaceful Muharram processions in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). A statement issued by the foreign office said that local authorities in occupied territory denied permission to the traditional processions ...

*One of the most watched ceremonies in the Islamic world takes place on Saturday when the Kaaba is adorned with its new Kiswa.* In a change of tradition, the General Presidency for the Two Holy Mosques will perform the annual event on the night of the new Islamic year of Muharram 1, 1444, or ...

ISLAMABAD – The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee, presided over by Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad, announced on Friday that the Muharram moon had not been sighted in the country. Muharram will thus begin on Sunday, July 31, while Ashura — Muharram 10 — will fall on Tuesday, August 9. The Central ...

ISLAMABAD – The second phase of the local body elections in Sindh has been postponed until August 18, a spokesperson for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) confirmed on Wednesday. The elections were scheduled to take place on July 24. The ECP deferred the local body elections after it ...

The most chance for the new moon of Muharram of 1,444 AH is expected to be sighted in the skies on July 29. In a notice issued on Sunday, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said that the new moon of the new Islamic year is expected to be born at crossing conjunction point on July 29 at ...

KARACHI – Pakistan national flag carrier has started direct flights to the Mashhad after a five-year hiatus to boost religious tourism with Iran. Reports in local media said the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has resumed flight operations for the Western Asian country as the first ...