KARACHI   -    Multinational Maritime Exercise AMAN-23 or­ganised by Pakistan Navy culminated in the North Arabian Sea with a powerful conduct of International Fleet Re­view (IFR) followed by spectacular forming up of AMAN Formation comprising Pakistan Navy and foreign ...

ISLAMABAD     -   United Nations has rejected India’s demand for the removal of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) from its official agenda and made it clear that J&K cannot be removed as a longstanding conflict which is placed as an official agenda befor the UN. ...

ISLAMABAD   -    Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has reached Washington DC on a five-day visit. Sources in Washington yesterday confirmed that Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto would attend a prayer breakfast hosted by US President Biden today. Apart from attending the ...

ISLAMABAD     -    President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday said that both human and natural resources were essential for making the country socio-economically prosperous. He said that intellect, consistency in policies, avoiding confusion, and actively cooperating with each other ...

ISLAMABAD     -    India has invited Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in the middle of March and May this year respectively for meetings under Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. Diplomatic sources confided to the ...

ISLAMABAD    -    Pakistan has immediately complied with the United Nations security Council’s decision to list abdul rehman Makki as global terrorist and issued notification endorsing multiple restrictions on him by UNSC. Pakistani citizen abdul rehman Makki, 68, who is ...

ISLAMABAD   -   Prime Minister She­hbaz Sharif would be visiting Abu Dhabi today on a day-long official visit where he would be meeting top UAE leadership. Highly cred­ible sources told The Nation that Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would be ac­companying ...

ISLAMABAD      -    Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Saturday held a telephonic conversation with the Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah The prime minister apprised his Kuwaiti counterpart of the International ...

Shehbaz Sharif urges business community to support energy conservation plan n Says his govt already taxed the rich and can’t put more burden on the poor n Hopes IMF team will visit Pakistan within two to three days n Calls Imran ‘a thankless person’ who halted CPEC projects, ...

ISLAMABAD    -   Prime Minister Muham­mad Shehbaz Sharif and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, held a compre­hensive telephone con­versation on Thursday “The two leaders’ dis­cussion was charac­terized by warmth and cordiality, in keeping with the ...

ISLAMABAD     -   President Dr Arif Alvi has said that Digital Transformation was at the heart of the country’s vision to create a conducive environment for technology development and growth, which included inviting and facilitating foreign investment in the IT sector ...

ISLAMABAD- President Dr Arif Alvi has advised children to focus on character development, gaining modern knowledge and skills to keep abreast of modern-day challenges. The president urged the children to follow Quaid-e-Azam’s principles of ‘Unity, Faith and Discipline’ to make ...

PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD    -   The life in Baunnu re­turned to normalcy yes­terday as siege of the CTD Centre in Bannu district came to an end after the Pakistan army commandoes complet­ed the operation. Three security person­nel were martyred and another 27 were ...

ISLAMABAD   -   Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed the strong resolve of the government’s to en­sure freedom of speech and expression and protection of the jour­nalists in Pakistan. Addressing an event organized by Islamabad Journalist Safety Forum on the ...

ISLAMABAD         -  Lt Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza and Lt Gen Asim Munir have been appointed as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of Army Staff respectively. These high profile appointments in the Pakistan Army were made yesterday after President Arif ...

ISLAMABAD    -    The Prime Minister’s Office is expected to move summary for the appointments of new army chief and chairman joint chiefs of the staff com­mittee this week after devel­oping consensus among coa­lition partners on the names for said ...

ISLAMABAD   -   Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approached the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leaders for consul­tations over the appointment of the new army chief. Highly credible sources told The Nation that the Prime Minister Of­fice has conveyed the message to ...

ISLAMABAD     -   Pakistan ambassador to France Asim Iftikhar Ahmed assumed his responsibilities on Thursday to France, after a gap of two years. “Glad to present copies of credentials to Philippe Franc, Director of State Protocol, and looking forward to ...

ISLAMABAD    -   Prime Minister Sheh­baz Sharif reached Lon­don yesterday and held a long meeting with his elder brother, PML-N Quaid and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on the prevailing political situation in Pa­kistan and how to tack­ in New York. The ...

ISLAMABAD     -   Taking a strong exception to the role of the federal officers posted in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in facilitating the PTI long march, and not performing their duties in accordance with the official discipline and rules of the service, Prime ...

ISLAMABAD     -    Senior legal and constitutional  experts suggest that President  Arif Alvi cannot take any drastic decision on the letter written to him by former PM Imran  Khan, requesting that  as the Supreme Commander  of armed forces under ...

ISLAMABAD     -    Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in separate letters to Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Atta Bandial, has pleaded for formation of judicial commissions comprising all judges of the apex court to probe to unearth facts behind the attack on ...

ISLAMABAD-President Dr Arif Alvi has called upon the overseas Pakistanis to contribute more to the progress and prosperity of the country by sharing their knowledge, experience, intellect and expertise in the relevant fields, adding that online platforms have made it easier to share their knowledge ...

ISLAMABAD-The Foreign Office is considering three top officials as next spokesperson.According to credible sources those who are being considered as spokesperson are Additional Secretary (Asia Pacific Desk) Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, Additional Secretary (Americas) Muhammad Mudassir Tipu and Director ...

ISLAMABAD    -   Saif Ullah Paracha, a Pakistani national, who had been detained in Guantanamo Bay, arrived home on Saturday after his release, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said. Saifullah Paracha, 75, was arrested two years after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US ...

ISLAMABAD    -   The message in the joint press briefing conducted by Director General ISI Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum and Director Gen­eral ISPR Lt Gen Babar Iftikhar was loud and clear that both institutions fully stand with the present coalition government headed by ...

ISI chief Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum reveals COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa rejected indefinite extension offer by Imran in March n Army ‘targeted’ after refusing to do ‘illegal acts’ by Imran: DG ISI n Says ‘it cannot be possible that you meet commander-in-chief ...

Shehbaz reaches Riyadh to attend Davos in the Desert conference n Scheduled to hold important meeting with Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman to further boost Saudi investments in Pakistan.   RIYADH/ISLAMABAD    -  Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived here on a two-day ...

ISLAMABAD    -    Effective diplomacy with mostly EU member states and particularly France resulted in the extraordinary decision taken in favour of Pakistan by the Financial Action Task Force the other day.  Highly placed sources in Paris told The Nation on phone ...

ISLAMABAD    -  Pakistan Demo­cratic Movement Friday welcomed the decision an­nounced by the Election Commis­sion of Pakistan in the ToshaKha­na case, which de­clared former PM Imran Khan dis­qualified. Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDM) President and ...