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23 June 2020, 12:38 AM

Mahua Venkatesh / New DelhiIslamabad is unlikely to take any action on companies -- mainly Chinese firms-involved in high-level corruptio...Read More

Amidst growing public debt, IMF urges Pakistan to freeze govt salaries

By IANS

5 June 2020, 09:54 AM

The outbreak of the deadly novel corona virus has exposed vulnerabilities of Pakistan's economy that had already been struggling owing to...Read More

Coronavirus Update: Over 50 senior Pak clerics warn govt against ban on religious congregations

15 April 2020, 01:40 AM

The government has banned prayer congregations of more than five people as part of its measures to curb the spread of the deadly coronavi...Read More

Pakistan Air Force’s F-16 jet crashes in Islamabad during Republic Day parade rehearsals

11 March 2020, 08:34 AM

Islamabad: An F-16 fighter jet belonging to the Pakistan Air Force crashed in Islamabad on Wednesday while carrying out rehearsals for th...Read More

Fragile Patriarchy: Islamist fundamentalists attack Pakistani women at Aurat Aazadi March 2020, watch video

By FPJ Web Desk

9 March 2020, 10:11 AM

The Sunday rally in Islamabad was the biggest one in the capital city.

Islamabad's 'Aurat March': Group of men pelted stones and attacked women participants

9 March 2020, 03:34 AM

Several videos pertaining to the incident were shared on social media. In one such video, a group of men were spotted attacking the peace...Read More

Pakistan may escape FATF black list

By FPJ News Service

19 February 2020, 12:10 AM

Paris: Pakistan may be able to escape being put on the anti-terror finance watchdog FATF's black list by citing recent action taken again...Read More

India rejects mediation offer by UN chief Antonio Guterres

17 February 2020, 01:16 AM

Guterres said on Sunday in Islamabad that it was important for India and Pakistan to de-escalate "militarily and verbally" and exercise "...Read More

'China is a 'good friend,' we talk privately and not publicly': Pak PM on why he is mum over Uighur issue

23 January 2020, 05:33 AM

When India abrogated Article 370 in August last year, Pakistan ramped up its rhetoric against New Delhi and had expressed concern over th...Read More

Will take action if given orders to integrate PoK, says Army Chief

11 January 2020, 09:09 PM

New Delhi: Army Chief Gen Naravane said his force can take control of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir if it gets orders from political authorit...Read More

Maulana Fazlur Rehman calls off sit-in protest in Islamabad, announces Plan B

14 November 2019, 12:36 PM

Islamabad: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has called off the party's 13-day sit-in in Islamabad, albeit an...Read More

Naya Pakistan, same old begging: Islamabad asks for Rs 294 crore loan from China for CPEC

6 November 2019, 06:44 AM

At the conclusion of the ninth Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting of CPEC here, the two sides approved Gwadar Smart City Master Plan

'Long March' to Islamabad to reach Lahore tonight

29 October 2019, 07:01 PM

Islamabad: The anti-government Azadi March caravan led by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman and joined by other oppos...Read More

US reiterates President Trump's Kashmir mediation offer, says onus for peace talks between India, Pakistan lies with Islamabad

25 October 2019, 09:26 AM

Washington: The onus for peace talks between India and Pakistan lies on Islamabad which has to take "sustained and irreversible actions" ...Read More

Imran Khan-led government to dig ditches, trenches around Islamabad to keep protestors out

By FPJ Web Desk

22 October 2019, 05:04 AM

The Imran Khan-led government in Pakistan is gearing up to confront and block the call for an anti-government long march, called in by op...Read More

Plane carrying UK royal couple to Islamabad returns to Lahore due to bad weather

18 October 2019, 01:46 AM

Islamabad: The plane carrying Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate to Islamabad from Lahore on Thursday evening had to abort landin...Read More

Toll rises to 30, over 370 injured in quake in Pakistan

25 September 2019, 07:09 AM

Pakistan was also hit by a 7.6-magnitude quake on October 8, 2005, that killed nearly 90,000 people in PoK and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistani analyst falls off chair during live debate on Kashmir issue, leaves Twitter in splits