Showing posts from February, 2024
President, Dr. Arif Alvi being briefs about Salt Mining during his visit to Salt Mine in Khewra on February 29, 2024. — PPI KHEWRA: President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday underlined the need for projecting pink salt as a Pakistani product in potential glo…
State Department’s spokesperson Matthew Miller. — AFP/FileWASHINGTON: The US has urged Islamabad to continue working with the IMF and other related institutions to ensure macro economic reforms in the country.“We support Pakistan’s efforts to break fr…
A security personnel stands guard at the headquarters of Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad. — AFP/FileISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan Thursday said the public notice and schedule for election of the president will be issued o…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-29/l_1162906_113808_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PTI leader Barrister Gohar Khan. — Wikimedia Commons/FileAs the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf faced much trouble post-nullification of its previous intra…
A police official stands guard outside the Peshawar High Court in this file photo. — APP/FilePESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court issued posting and transfer orders for 80 judicial officers across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday.According to a press rele…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-28/l_1162525_105826_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Soldiers ride on a Pakistan Army vehicle in this undated image. — AFPSecurity forces killed six terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in Khy…
Rescue 1122 Ambulance stands on the scene on February 3, 2024. — Facebook/KP Rescue1122HARIPUR: At least five passengers, including two women, were killed and 19 others injured when a passenger bus plunged into a roadside ravine on Tarnava-Kohala Road…
ISLAMABAD: In a reshuffle in bureaucracy, the federal government has appointed a BPS-21 officer of Secretariat Group Dr. Ismat Nawaz as Senior Joint Secretary Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis. A general view of the Parliament House in Islamabad. — AFP …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-26/l_1161823_114739_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Blogger Asad Toor speaks during his YouTube show, uploaded on February 25, 2024, in this still taken from a video. — YouTube/@asadtooruncensored9072…
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Ghulam Ali on Sunday highlighted the role of education in shaping Pakistan’s future. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Ghulam Ali posses with delegation from Peshawar University, Islamia College, Agricultural University…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-25/l_1161482_111409_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} MQM-Pakistan's Convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui , flanked by party leaders Mustafa Kamal and Nasreen Jalil , speaks during a press conference in…
HANGU: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a tribal elder at Ferozkhel area in lower parts of the Orakzai tribal district on Saturday, a police official said. A dead body can be seen in this image. — AFP/FileA DSP Rahim Khan said that the tribal elder Shah …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-24/l_1161204_114736_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PTI leader Sher Afzal Marwat on Saturday 'reconciled' with former party chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan after the former's controversi…
ISLAMABAD: Under the directive of Wafaqi Mohtasib Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi, inspection teams from his office visited passport offices across Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Multan, and Abbottabad on Friday. Wafaqi Mohtasib of Pakis…
LAHORE: Punjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood inaugurated a collaborative conference as part of Pak Pharma Expo at Expo Centre on Thursday. In this image Punjab University’s College of Pharmacy present flowers bookay to Punjab Unive…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-22/l_1160405_105928_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar chairs the meeting of federal cabinet. — APPAs Pakistan came closer to see formation of an elected gove…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-22/l_1160402_103615_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} In this undated photo, the proceeding of the Sindh Assembly is underway. — APP In a move towards handing over powers to elected members, the Sindh A…
SWABI: The police arrested a worker of the Awami National Party and former provincial general secretary of the Pakhtun Students Federation from home shortly after midnight on Wednesday. KPK police personnel during a search operation on January 2, 2024…
KARACHI Jamaat-e-Islami emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Tuesday announced that his party would be taking out a big rally on February 24 in the city against “bogus results” of the General Election 2024. Jamaat-e-Islami emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman Addresses …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-20/l_1159717_115052_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari will be the prime minister and preside…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-20/l_1159715_111735_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Former President of Pakistan and Pakistan People's Party president Asif Ali Zardari calls on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Lahore on Saturday…
PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party provincial Chairman Sikandar Sherpao on Monday demanded an audit of the votes and said his party would write a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan to look into the discrepancies in the electoral exercise. Qaumi Wa…
PESHAWAR: Children from different backgrounds were brought together to participate in a host of activities at an event to promote interfaith harmony. Children from different backgrounds participate in a host of activities at an event to promote interf…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-18/l_1158969_104533_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Polling officer marks the thumb of a woman voter before issuing ballot paper at a polling station in Multan during general elections on February 8, …
PESHAWAR: Police arrested two people for firing shots near the venue of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf rally on Ring Road on Saturday. Leaders and supporters of Tehreek-e-Insaf hold a protest demonstration against alleged rigging in General Election 202…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-17/l_1158686_112143_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistan Army commandos depart in their vehicles in Rawalpindi on September 13, 2021. — AFPRAWALPINDI: At least nine terrorists were killed in two s…
A view of The University of Peshawar building. — Facebook/University of PeshawarPESHAWAR: In an effort towards sustainability, the University of Peshawar initiated its Zero Waste Food Initiative, part of its Green Campus Initiative aimed at fostering …
A representational image shows a mic. — PexelsLAHORE: The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has organised regional round of Pakistan Universities Debating Competition at Khorana Auditorium of Punjab University Institute of Chemistry. On this occ…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-17/l_1158321_121258_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Eight-year-old Abhan Mazhar in this undated photo. — SuppliedKARACHI: The Karachi police resolved a tragic murder case of an eight-year-old boy, Abh…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-16/l_1158317_112344_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Former prime minister Imran Khan arrives at an Islamabad court for a hearing in this file photo. — AFPISLAMABAD: Incarcerated former prime minister …
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Environmental Protection Agency organised an awareness session titled “Water Scarcity in Pakistan” at Frontier Law College here on Thursday. Dr Habib Jan, Director of EPA addresses the awareness session titled “Water Scarc…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-15/l_1157983_110949_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Representational image. — AFP/File The number of pending cases in the courts surged to 2.26 million during the second half of the year 2023, increas…
MANSEHRA: Saqib Laghmani, a lawyer, has achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first PhD scholar in the Hazara division. This representational image shows a degree and mortarboard. — Pixabay/FileHe defended his thesis on “Anti-Corruption and…
SUKKUR: Engineer Abdul Aziz Junejo, a newly-elected member of Sindh Assembly from Dadu, has passed away. Late Engineer Abdul Aziz Junejo, elected MPA from Khairpur Nathan Shah, district Dadu can be seen in this image. — APP/FileJunejo, a Pakistan Peop…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-13/l_1157315_114459_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Imran Khan after appearing in the Lahore High Court on March 17, 2023. — AFPIncarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan Tuesday warned …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-13/l_1157311_111413_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Paramilitary soldiers stand in front of the Election Commission of Pakistan's headquarters in Islamabad. — AFP/FileAs compilation of the Februar…
PESHAWAR: The Iranian diplomats said on Monday the peoples of Iran and Pakistan were bound up with one and other by history, culture and religion, stressing that this bond of brotherhood was destined to grow stronger. General view of Pakistan-Iran bor…
This image shows the logo of Geo News. — Geo.tv/FileKARACHI: ‘Geo News’ has won another honour on the biggest transmission of Election 2024, the first, fastest and most views.In the first 3 days of election transmission, 360 million people from the co…
LONDON: The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has upheld the enforcement of London Court of International Arbitration award requiring disclosure of records relating to a former Abraaj Group investment fund that holds a $1.6 billion stake in a Karachi …
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The commissioner and regional police officer of Dera division visited the Combined Military Hospital and Trauma Centre at the District Headquarters Hospital here to meet the policemen injured in the recent IED blast. The commissioner…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-10/l_1156394_111758_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} President Dr Arif Alvi. — APP/FilePresident Dr Arif Alvi Saturday said that the country would have been spared the ongoing crisis if the Electronic …
TIMERGARA: The bodies of four cops, who embraced martyrdom in the line of duty during election in Dera Ismail Khan, were laid to rest in their ancestral areas in Lower Dir district on Friday. This representational image shows the coffins at the Croton…
MANSEHRA: At least 19 people, including women, sustained injuries when two jeeps plunged into ravines in the Hilkot and Shagai areas of Torghar district on Thursday. A police official guides an ambulance on the road in KP. — AFP/FileEleven people, inc…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-09/l_1155862_022719_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Activists of opposition party PTI take part of anti-government rally demanding early election in Karachi on October 28, 2022. — AFPFormer Pakistan T…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-09/l_1155859_021314_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistan Army soldiers stand alert outside a polling station during the elections in Lahore, on February 8, 2024. — OnlineAs many as 51 terrorist at…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-09/l_1155804_011441_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A mobile user is unable to access the internet in Karachi on February 8, 2024. — The NewsThe caretaker government had assured Pakistanis that networ…
BARA: A three-day regional moot was arranged in Peshawar to enhance the role of women in peacebuilding.Community Resilience Activity North in collaboration with the Social Protection and Gender Mainstreaming Unit of the Planning and Development Depart…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-07/l_1155478_112844_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and party president Shehbaz Sharif in London. — X/@pmlndigitalpkAhead of the February 8 nationwide polls, Pakistan Muslim…
MANSEHRA: The police on Tuesday provided security to the only woman contender after her banners and posters were allegedly torn down by unknown people at Kamila and Dasu bazaars in Upper Kohistan. KPK police personnel stand guard on the road. — AFP/Fi…
WANA: Two cops sustained injuries when a remote-controlled blast ripped through a vehicle of the police in Wana’s Rustam Bazaar in Lower South Waziristan. A police official guides an ambulance on the road in KP. — AFP/FileAs soon as the information ab…
MINGORA: A local leader of the Awami National Party on Tuesday accused the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader and candidate for PK-5 Amir Muqam and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl candidate Sanaullah Khan of pre-poll rigging and asked the relevant authorit…
JAMRUD: Election rallies and processions in Khyber district intensified on Monday as candidates from various political parties led various activities. A vendor displaying political party flags attraction for customers outside his shop in the Ganpat ar…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-05/l_1154887_114228_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Employees of an online marketplace company in Karachi. — AFP/FileA day after the Balochistan government announced the temporary suspension of intern…
PESHAWAR: Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar on Sunday arranged discussions, speeches and creat`ive expressions in connection with the Kashmir Solidarity Day. Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar building can be seen. — SBBWU…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-04/l_1154589_114707_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PTI workers clash with police officials in KP's Karak district on February 4, 2024, in these stills taken from videos. — Geo NewsAmid ongoing el…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-04/l_1154321_122439_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} An undated image of the Dow University of Health Sciences . — AFP/FileThe Dow University of Health Sciences Saturday announced the postponement of t…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-02-03/l_1154310_110248_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Candidates for the seats reserved for women of Provincial Assembly receive their nomination papers for the upcoming general election at the election…
PESHAWAR: Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has termed recent hike in fuel prices detrimental to the country’s economy and urged the government to withdraw the decision in best interest of businesses and economy. Fuel station worker filling petr…
A representational image shows a gravel and a weighing scale. — PixabayPESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Advocate General’s Office has represented and defended provincial government in 15,500 cases during the preceding year.According to the annual repo…
