Pakistan

Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced Commonwealth Scholarships for Masters and PhD for the years 2023-24. According to HEC, out of total 56 scholarships, 26 nominations are available for Masters and 30 nominations are available for PhD. The CSC portal is open for applications up till October 17, 2023.

Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani will pay a two-day official visit to China from Wednesday to participate in the 3rd Trans-Himalaya Forum for International Cooperation, being held in Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region from 4th of this month. According to Foreign Office, the Foreign Minister is visiting China at the…

Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti has said that thousands of metric tons of wheat, sugar, urea, and petroleum products have been recovered as a result of successful anti-smuggling and anti-hoarding drive by the government. Giving detail at a joint news conference with Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza…

Caretaker Law Minister Ahmad Irfan Aslam and former Speaker Balochistan Assembly Jamal Shah Kakar separately called on Interim Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar in Islamabad today. During the meeting with the Law Minister, matters relating to the Law Ministry were discussed. Similarly, views were exchanged on matters of mutual interest during…

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has underlined the need to activate the Council of Islamic Ideology to promote religious harmony in the length and breadth of the country. He was talking to CII Chairan Qibla Ayaz, who called on him in Islamabad today. The Chairman lauded the Prime Minister for…

Iran says its armed forces are ready for any form of cooperation with Pakistan in the fight against terrorism. The assurance was given by Chairman Chiefs of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces, Mohammad Bagheri, to Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Syed Asim Munir in a message to extend his sympathy…

In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Indian troops in their unabated acts of state terrorism martyred 13 Kashmiris during the last month of September. According to Kashmir Media Service, of those martyred, nine Kashmiris were killed in different fake encounters. During the month, eight youth were critically injured…

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has extended warmest felicitations to China on its 74th National Day. In a statement on social media platform X today, he congratulated Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang and the Chinese nation and said Pakistan takes great pride in the achievements of our Iron…

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar strongly condemned the dastardly terrorist attack in Ankara on Sunday. In a post on X, he said Pakistan stands in complete solidarity with its Turkish brothers and sisters in the fight against the scourge of terrorism. The Prime Minister said he has no doubt that…

A two-week long Multinational Joint Special Forces Exercise ‘Eternal Brotherhood-II’ was concluded in Barotha today. Besides Pakistan, Special Forces of friendly countries, including Kazakhstan, Qatar, Turkiye and Uzbekistan participated in the counterterrorism exercise that commenced on 17th of the last month. The exercise was aimed at further harnessing the historic…

Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar says government has taken proactive measures to stabilize the economy and build market confidence. Speaking at a briefing to Senate Standing Committee in Islamabad, she said the government’s stabilization efforts are anchored around the IMF stabilization package. Shamshad Akhtar said the caretaker government has taken appropriate…

The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has urged the United Nations to resolve the Kashmir dispute in accordance with its own relevant resolutions. According to Kashmir Media Service, the APHC said Kashmiris have been fighting against India’s illegal occupation of their homeland and political injustice since 1947. It said since…

Forty-two people have been martyred and 45 others injured in a suicide blast near a procession of Eid Milad-un-Nabi Sallallah-o-Alaihe Wa Aalehe Wassallum in Mastung district of Balochistan. DSP City Nawaz Ghiskori is amongst those martyred in the incident. The injured have been shifted to nearby hospitals for treatment. According…

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has expressed the confidence to hold free, fair and transparent elections in the country and there will be no harshness against any political party. In an interview with foreign media during his visit to London, he said it would not be in the caretaker government’s…

International student Fahad Kabeer pressed a green dough the size of a ping pong ball in a wooden mold and tapped the mold up and down on the worktop a few times after the dough was shaped into a mooncake. Then the mooncake fell. The motif on it, printed by…

The Women Media Forum, Pakistan (WMFP) strongly condemns the harassment faced by Spanish journalist Isa Balado while reporting in Madrid. Isa was on-air reporting a robbery when a male passerby appeared to touch her rear and proceeded to ask her which channel she worked for. She did not react to…

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar visited Masjid-e-Nabvi SAWW in Madinah, offered Nawafil and paid respects and prayers at Roza-e-Rasool (SAWW). He also visited the International Fair and Museum of the Prophet (SAWW)’s Biography and Islamic Civilization, adjacent to the Masjid-e-Nabvi. The Prime Minister was given a comprehensive briefing about the…

President Dr Arif Alvi has stressed the need to further increase commercial activities and exports for the country’s development. Talking to a delegation of Islamabad Industrial Association in Islamabad on Thursday, he said there is a need to invest in the information technology and to focus on enhancing IT exports.…

Eid Milad-un-Nabi (SAWW) will be celebrated with great religious zeal and fervor across the country tomorrow. The day will dawn with thirty-one guns salute at the federal capital and twenty-one guns salute at all the provincial capitals. Special prayers for the unity of Muslim Ummah and progress and prosperity of…

Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi says China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has provided significant investment in Pakistan’s energy, infrastructure, and communication sectors. In a conversation with China Media Group’s Urdu service in Beijing, he said Belt and Road Initiative offers plentiful opportunities of progress for many developing nations including…

Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani has renewed Pakistan’s call for a viable, independent and contiguous Palestinian State, with pre-1967 borders, and Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital. Responding to a question at a news conference in Islamabad this afternoon, he categorically stated that Pakistan’s position on the issue of Palestine…