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Pak Navy to be modernised with Chinese warships and submarines: Navy chief

Pakistan will acquire four modern frigates and eight submarines from its close ally China as part of the efforts to modernise Pakistan Navy and add to its offensive capabilities, its chief has said.

Sharif's party concedes receiving funds from Osama: Ruling party leader

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader said that the PML-N and the Pakistan Peoples Party had failed to provide the details of their donors

Covid-19 crisis: Get vaccinated at own risk, says Pak's health minister

There were side effects related to the Covid-19 vaccine, which she also claimed caused "deaths in some countries.

Pakistan kickstarts countrywide coronavirus vaccination programme

Pakistan began its countrywide coronavirus vaccination programme on Wednesday, with the first jabs administered simultaneously in all four provinces

36 US lawmakers ask Pak to review acquittal in Daniel Pearl's murder case

This comes after Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, convicted in 2002 of orchestrating the abduction and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl

Imran Khan-led Pakistan govt hikes petrol price by Rs 2.70 per litre

Prime Minister Imran Khan led-government on Sunday increased the price of petrol by up to Pakistani Rupees 2.70 per litre

Pak govt to join review proceedings of SC acquittals in Pearl murder case

The Sindh government on Friday filed a review petition in the apex court against the acquittal of Sheikh and his three accomplices

Pakistan Supreme Court to hear plea against Daniel Pearl murder accused

This relates to a recent order to release all the accused persons in the murder case of American journalist Daniel Pearl

Pakistan violates ceasefire along Int'l Border in Jammu & Kashmir's Kathua

The Pakistani army has violated the ceasefire again by resorting to unprovoked firing along the International Border (IB)

There should be accountability for crimes like Daniel Pearl's murder: UN

Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, had visited Pakistan to report on Islamist militant networks in the country and on the links between ISI and al-Qaeda

Pak to get help from China in improving agriculture sector: Imran Khan

Agriculture is the backbone of the Pakistani economy, and cooperation with China could turn a new page in agricultural modernization and will be a destiny changer for the people of Pakistan, he said

Not bound by treaty for prohibition of nuclear weapons, says Pakistan

Pakistani Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri on Friday stated that this treaty neither forms a part of nor contributes to the development of customary international law in any manner

Blinken dials Pak FM Qureshi seeking accountability in Daniel Pearl case

State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said on Friday that Blinken reinforced America's concern over Pakistan Supreme Court's ruling acquitting Pearl's killers

Pakistan to stop issuing manual visas from next month in favor of e-visas

Pakistan will stop issuing manual visas in all its embassies from Monday

US ready to prosecute Omar, says Blinken as Pak SC acquits Pearl's killer

The Pakistani Supreme Court's decision to acquit Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh "is an affront to terrorism victims everywhere, including in Pakistan," Blinken said

Beating Retreat ceremony to feature new rendition to mark 1971 victory

The 'Beating Retreat' ceremony on Friday will feature a special new composition 'Swarnim Vijay'

Pak SC orders release of prime suspect in US journo Daniel Pearl's murder

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of British-born al-Qaeda militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh

US updates travel advisory to citizens for Pak, Bangladesh, Afghanistan

"Reconsider travel to Pakistan due to COVID-19, terrorism and sectarian violence," it said. It also asked its citizens not to travel to Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces due to terrorism

Pakistan developing road map for 5G by 2022-23; to start auction soon

The Covid-19 pandemic proved a blessing in disguise as the digital economy widened multi-fold during these testing times in Pakistan

Pakistan approves emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine

Pakistan has authorised the emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V, the third anti-Covid-19 vaccine approved by the country against the deadly coronavirus, authorities said on Sunday