Pakistan’s parliament first in the world to run entirely on solar power

Pakistan’s parliament is now the first parliament in the world to be completely powered by solar energy. Speaker of the National Assembly Pakistan Ayaz Sadiq announced that the solar panels in the... Read more »
Pakistan International Airlines

Pakistan national airline strike disrupts over 100 flights

KARACHI (Pakistan) – All of Pakistan International Airline’s foreign and domestic flights were suspended, and employees held strikes at airports in major cities across the country. Pakistan’s airports plunged into chaos as... Read more »

Pakistan Army Chief vows to eliminate Terrorism-Corruption nexus in 2016

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Friday said that that nexus of terrorism, crime and corruption will be completely eliminated from the country this year. GWADAR (Pakistan) – Army... Read more »

Devolution sans development

By Naseer Memon — The 7th National Finance Commission Award (NFCA) marked a major policy shift that attempted to enhance provincial share in vertical distribution and diversify the distribution criterion for horizontal... Read more »

Pakistani Women Entrepreneurs visit Australia

Sydney (Press Release from Consulate Office Sydney): A Trade Delegation of 14 Women Entrepreneurs of Pakistan, duly sponsored by the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), is due to visit Australia from... Read more »

Australian High Commissioner meets Pakistani Awardees for BIM

Australian High Commissioner, Margaret Adamson farewelled 20 representatives selected from Business Incubation Centres (BICs) in Pakistan as they prepared to depart for a short course in Business Incubation Management in Australia.  The... Read more »
Pakistan and Russia on Friday signed an inter-governmental agreement for the construction of 1,100 km gas pipeline from Lahore to Karachi.

Pakistan, Russia sign US $2 billion deal to build gas pipeline

Pakistan and Russia on Friday signed an inter-governmental agreement for the construction of 1,100 km gas pipeline from Lahore to Karachi. The agreement was jointly signed by Federal Minister for Petroleum and... Read more »

Pakistan sees Indian, Afghan link with air base attack

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has gathered intelligence information regarding Friday’s terrorists attack on a Pakistani Air Force mosque and the adjoining areas and has recorded conversations between attackers and their handlers in Afghanistan.... Read more »

Open Letter to the New Chief Justice of Pakistan on Sindh

Honourable Mohatram Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali Saheb, When I heard in the news, today, that you have taken the role of the Chief Justice of Pakistan I could not resist to... Read more »

Gen. Sharif: Pakistan ready to face any external threat, demands Kashmir dispute settlement

ISLAMABAD – – As Pakistanis celebrated its 50th Anniversary of Defence of country during 1965 war the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif made it clear that Pakistan’s armed forces “are... Read more »

Pakistani policewomen attend Australasian Women Conference

ISLAMABAD — A five-member Pakistani delegation including four women, has been selected to attend the 9th Australasian Women and Policing Conference taking place this week. Pakistanis have been selected from Customs Intelligence and... Read more »

Suicide attack kills Pakistani anti-terror campaign official, 10 others

ISLAMABAD – A powerful provincial minister of Pakistan who had vowed to eliminate terrorists without any discrimination was himself attacked and killed by a terrorist suicide bomber when he visited his native... Read more »

Pakistan strongly denies Mullah Omar’s death in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD – The government yesterday strongly rejected Afghan government claims that Taliban leader Mulla Omar died in Pakistan. Defence minister Khwaja Asif told the National Assembly that he ‘neither died in Pakistan nor... Read more »

Pakistan Highest Court approves formation of Military Court to try terrorists

ISLAMABAD: A 17-member full court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Nasirul Mulk upheld the 21st Constitutional Amendment with a majority decision of 11 to 6. The court also dismissed petitions challenging... Read more »
A view of the Gasherbrum IV massif. PHOTO: DAVID KASZLIKOWSKI

Polish Photographer reveals Karakoram’s most spectacular side with drone

Photographer took pictures of Pakistani glacier using a drone after three-week adventurous hike through the Himalayas The photos taken in the cold, high Himalyas usually show colossal snow-covered vast lands and mountains.... Read more »
The continuous flash flood has destroyed critical infrastructure & villages in Chitral, Pakistan.

Pakistan monsoon floods, rains killed 83 people, affected almost 300,000

Torrential rains and flooding have killed more than 80 people in Pakistan this month and affected almost 300,000. The country’s disaster management agency has warned of more bad weather to come. The... Read more »

5.1-Magnitude quake rocks Islamabad

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake has struck just outside Islamabad, the U.S. Geological Survey said, killing three people. Residents of the Pakistani capital reported buildings and vehicles shaking after the quake hit at 1:59... Read more »

Killer heat wave claims more than 200 lives in Pakistan

An intense heat wave killed more than 200 people in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi, officials said, as the electricity grid crashed during the first days of the Muslim holy month of... Read more »
A delegation of MQM called on President Asif Ali Zardari at President House.

Pakistan should proclaim Governor Rule in Sindh Province

By Saeed Qureshi It appears that now the big fish both erstwhile and in power have started feeling the pinch of the anti-corruption drive pedaled by the Rangers in Karachi. It is... Read more »
Pakistan was successful in securing its first ever export order for its JF-17 Thunder fighter at the first day of the International Paris Air Show

Pakistan’s JF-17 wins first export order at Paris Air Show

PARIS (France) –  After high expectations for a deal to pull through, Pakistan was successful in securing its first ever export order for its JF-17 Thunder fighter on Monday at the first... Read more »

Pakistan’s JF-17 to participate in Paris Air Show 2015

As the world’s oldest and largest air show, the Paris Air Show is the undisputed queen of its kind. The tarmac of Paris-Le Bourget Airport is set, once again, to be heaving... Read more »
Pakistan armed forces Chief of Staff General Raheel Sharif

Pakistan and Kashmir are inseparable: Pakistan’s Army Chief

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) – In one of his strongest remarks on Kashmir, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday said that Pakistan and Kashmir are inseparable, and that Kashmir is... Read more »
Special assistant to Prime Minister, Syed Tariq Fatemi, arrives to attend the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) on October 16, 2014 in Milan. AFP / Giuseppe Cacace

Pakistan to host D-8 summit on June 4-5

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan, the current Chairman of the Developing-8 Organization for Economic Development, will host a meeting of the 36th session of the Developing-8 Commission this week. “This meeting is being organised... Read more »

United Nations honours fallen Pakistani peacekeeping soldiers

United Nations on Friday awarded posthumous awards to five Pakistani peacekeepers who laid down their lives while serving the cause of peace around the world in 2014 In a solemn ceremony held... Read more »