KARACHI – The Indus Motors Company (IMC), the assembler and seller of Toyota-brand vehicles in Pakistan, has decided to “completely” shut down its production plant in the country from February 1-14 due to restrictions on import. The automaker has informed the general manager of the Pakistan ...

RAWALPINDI – The top military leadership on Tuesday resolved that perpetrators of the suicide blast in Peshawar, which has claimed at least 100 lives, will be brought to exemplary justice. The resolve was expressed in the 255th Corps Commanders’ Conference held at GHQ and it was presided over ...

ISLAMABAD – Transparency International ranked Pakistan at 140 out of 180 countries in the newly released Corruption Perceptions Index, an annual index that ranks countries based on perceptions of public sector corruption. On a scale of 0-100, with zero being 'Highly Corrupt' and 100 being ...

RAWALPINDI – Security forces on Saturday killed a terrorist in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's North Waziristan district, the military media wing said. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations said armed forces conducted an Intelligence Based Operation in the general area of Mir Ali, North ...

Severe earthquake tremors were felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi on Sunday, the meteorological department said. Reports in local media suggest that the magnitude on the Richter scale was recorded at 6.3, with the epicenter of the earthquake recorded in neighboring Tajikistan at a depth of 150 ...

ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday issued schedule for by-elections on 33 seats of the National Assembly fell vacant after National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf accepted resignations of PTI lawmakers and AML chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed earlier this month. An ...

Punjab government has decided to withdraw security from former prime minister Imran Khan and former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. According to the police sources, as many as 600 policemen are deployed at Zaman Park for the security of former premier Imran Khan. Similarly, more ...

A seasoned politician and Awami Muslim League (AWM) chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad categorically stated that Lal Haveli has never fought the establishment in past and it will also not go against it in the future. He also gave a hint at witnessing a ‘civil war’ in Pakistan due to the ‘Minus ...

ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday denotified 43 MNAs of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The development came after National Assembly (NA) Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf on Tuesday approved the resignations of the PTI MNAs in the lower house despite their request ...

Pakistan has lost around Rs. 100 billion due to the total blackout across the country on Monday as the government failed to restore power supply to factories. Former chairman Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Muhammad Idrees told a national daily that Pakistan has recorded an ...