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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan launched its National Human Development Report (NHDR) – Unleashing the potential of a Young Pakistan on Wednesday at a local hotel. The report reveals that 76.9 per cent youth in Pakistan leave education for financial reasons and hope for...

The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan promised to work together on regional security in a key face-to-face meeting on Friday, followed by delegation level talks at the Afghan Presidential Palace in Kabul. "President Ghani and Prime Minister Abbasi discussed the entire gamut of Pak-Afghan...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairperson Imran Khan while criticising Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said that the former president treated the people of Sindh worse than its enemies. While addressing a news conference in Hyderabad, the PTI chief said that former prime...

Political ads on Facebook will now be required to specify the person or entity paying for the message, the company's chief announced in a post on Friday as part of the bid to curb outside election interference, adding that it will verify the payer's identity as well. The announcement is...

Residents of Karachi are facing undue hardship due to prolonged and unannounced load-shedding. Routine life is being hindered as power outages become frequent with some areas rendered without electricity at least three to four times a day. Areas exempted from load-shedding by the main provider...

Pakistan's central bank issued a statement barring financial companies in the country from working with cryptocurrency firms, becoming the latest institution of its kind to bar the activity. In a statement posted to its website (and circulated via social media), the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)...

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday decided to summon Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique in a corruption probe on March 22, sources informed Geo News. The minister will be summoned in reference to a corruption probe into a private housing scheme in Lahore. Punjab's Health...

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan was presented with a guard of honour upon his arrival at the General Head Quarters (GHQ) earlier today, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, who retired on March 19, had pinned...

ISPR releases Pakistan Day song March 20, 2018 By: Samaa Web Desk Pakistan Army released a new national song in connection with Pakistan Day to be celebrated on March 23. The song titled ‘Aman Ka Nishan Hamara Pakistan’ was released in other local dialects also in addition to Urdu. Watch...

When it comes to charitable giving, Pakistan is a generous country, and it contributes more than one per cent of its GDP to charity, the Stanford Social Innovation Review reported. The contributions push it into the ranks of far wealthier countries like the United Kingdom (1.3 per cent GDP to...

Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed a loan agreement worth $260 million to improve the country's power transmission network. The agreement was signed by ADB Country Director Yang Xiaohong and Pakistani Economic Affairs Division's Secretary Syed Ghazanfar Abbas Jilani...

Villagers living near the Line of Control in Kashmir are bearing the brunt of a recent uptick in shelling. Bruised and with her arms bandaged, Zulekha squats next to a heap of rubble. The debris used to be a mud house atop the mountain that houses Churanda, a village in the extreme north of...

A Pentagon spokesman said that the US military will not conduct hot pursuit of Taliban and allied jihadist fighters from Afghanistan into Pakistan. Additionally, the spokesman said that the military would be fine if the Taliban was operating on the Pakistani side of the border. “We have no...

Two policemen were martyred in a targetted attack on the convoy of a police officer Wednesday morning. Rescue officials said the vehicle of DSP Hameedullah Dasti was attacked by unidentified personnel on Samungli Road. The DSP and his driver remained unhurt but two police officials...

A decision has been made to restore Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, a coalition of religio-political parties of Pakistan. The decision was made at a meeting of top leaders from Jamaat-e-Islami, Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl and other parties. Speaking to media along with leaders from other parties, Sirajul...

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with the US Ambassador David Hale on Thursday. The meeting took place at Rawalpindi General Headquarters, with matters of mutual interest coming under discussion, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said. The COAS stated...

Voting commenced at the 269 polling stations in the city's NA-4 constituency at 8am today. Thursday has been declared a holiday by the deputy commissioner for the convenience of voters. This is also the first time that electronic voting machines (EVMs) will be tested in an electoral exercise...

At least 15 Taliban militants were killed in a Daesh attack in Qoshtepa district of northern Jawzjan province on Tuesday, local officials confirmed. The incident happened in Chaqma Chaqor village of Qoshtepa district of the province after the two Daesh insurgents opened fire on the Taliban who...

Pakistan has always supported and will continue to support Azerbaijan's just position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Tariq Han, the retired lieutenant of the Pakistani army, told Azvision.az that Armenia must withdraw from the occupied Azerbaijani territories. "The world community should...