File photo All banks across the country will be closed for public transactions today for Zakat deduction. According to the statement issued by the State Bank, the employees of the banks will come as usual, but public transactions will remain closed. According to the announcement, the banking department remained closed on 1st Ramadan, March 23,…
Lahore: Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested 5 key terrorists of banned organization in major operations in view of terror concerns. According to CTD Punjab, operations were conducted in Gujranwala, Dera Ghazi Khan, in which Abdul Muqit, Abid Waheed, Gul Zaman, Ramzan and Ikram associated with the banned organization were arrested. Explosive materials, equipment for making…
Karachi: During the looting incident near the Paposh Nagar cemetery in Nazimabad area, the bandits opened fire and injured the husband and wife and escaped after looting. The husband and wife who were injured in the firing of robbers between Thursday and Friday night were identified as 39-year-old Danish Hayat, son of Sikander Hayat, and…
Lahore: The Lahore police started rounding up the workers before the PTI rally at Pakistan Minar on March 26, while PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said that the process of arresting the workers has started after the threatening conversation of IG Punjab. In this regard, the officials of PTI said that the police have detained Azhar…
Riyadh / Moscow: Saudi Arabia and Syria have agreed to reopen their embassies, restoring diplomatic ties after 11 years. The two countries severed ties in 2012, a year after the start of the Syrian civil war. An official source told a foreign news agency that the two governments were “preparing to reopen embassies after Eid…
London: Leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said that Pakistani politics has not seen a bigger coward and terrorist than Imran Khan. Talking to the media in London, the leader of Muslim League-N said that the government has formed a JIT to investigate the allegations of Imran Khan, which will submit…
Mumbai: Spotify has removed an entire list of Bollywood songs from Zee Music Company after talks to renew their licensing agreement fell through last week. Bollywood fans have taken to social media to express their displeasure and some even threatened to cancel their subscriptions to the music streaming platform. Spotify and Zee Music have been…
Karachi: The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has introduced a new app for the convenience of citizens, using which citizens will be able to create ID cards through smartphones. Due to NADRA’s PakID mobile app, citizens will get rid of waiting in long queues and waiting for hours at NADRA offices, and they can…
Other dignitaries including federal ministers and senior military officials also participated in the event Islamabad: On the occasion of Pakistan Day, President Dr. Arif Alvi has awarded civil honors to domestic and foreign personalities for outstanding services in various fields. According to the official news agency APP, a grand ceremony of distribution of civil honors…
Islamabad: Pakistan Day was celebrated with traditional enthusiasm in Pakistani embassies across the world. According to the official news agency APP, flag-hoisting ceremonies were held on the occasion of Pakistan Day in Pakistani embassies in various countries, including India and Russia, and the national anthem was sung. The embassies’ employees, their families and the Pakistani…
