Thursday, December 19, 2024

US imposes sanctions after Putin recognises breakaway Ukraine republics

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President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Monday imposing sanctions that target two Russia-backed breakaway republics in eastern Ukraine in a swift response...

PM Imran to visit Russia from tomorrow

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Prime Minister Imran Khan will pay an official two-day visit to Russia from February 23. Prime Minister Imran, visiting Kremlin on the invitation of Russian...

New $100bn financial scandal surfaces, a Pakistani intelligence chief holds account in Swiss bank

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Credit Suisse was scrambling on Sunday to contain the fallout from its latest scandal after several newspapers reported that more than 18,000 leaked accounts...

President promulgates ordinance to regulate social media

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President Dr Arif Alvi promulgated an ordinance on Sunday to amend the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 (Peca) to make the spread of...

Spreading fake news made non-bailable offence, says Farogh

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Law Minister Farogh Naseem on Sunday said the prison sentence for spreading fake news has been increased from three years to five years, while...

Govt wants to change ECP code of conduct, social media laws through ordinance

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Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said two important bills relating to the election commission's code of conduct and social media have been sent to...

PM Imran admits letting Nawaz go was a major mistake

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Prime Minister Imran Khan has admitted that letting PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif leave Pakistan was a "major mistake" of the PTI government. In order to...

Bill Gates reaches Islamabad, to meet president and PM

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates arrived in Islamabad on a day-long visit on Thursday morning. He was welcomed by government officials at Pakistan Air Force Base...

Federal, Punjab cabinets expansion on the cards, say insiders

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In an effort to keep the ruling coalition intact amid the opposition’s plans to overthrow the government, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided to...

PTI-led govt drops petrol bomb on Pakistanis, creates history by raising price by Rs12...

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The PTI-led government on Tuesday dropped petrol bomb on the Pakistani nation by increasing the price of petrol by Rs12.03 per litre due to...