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Demonstrators in Chile clashed with police Saturday despite a state of emergency declared to deal with Santiago's worst violence years. The day started with thousands of Chileans banging pots and pans in Santiago and other cities in the latest expression

Five persons of a family on Saturday shot dead over property dispute in Gujar Garhi area in Mardan district. Police said the victims include a woman, her three sons and a granddaughter. They said the suspects managed to escape afterwards as heavy continge

The young doctors, nurses and paramedics strike at the Out-Patients Department (OPDs) in public sector hospitals across the province of Punjab entered its 10th day on Saturday against the privatisation of hospitals under the Punjab Medical Teaching Instit

Six people were killed late Friday when unknown assailants attacked a post held by armed pro-government groups in strife-torn northeastern Mali, the groups said in a statement. Four more people were missing after the attack in Aguelhok, an alliance of pro

Peshawar High Court (PHC) has declared the Action-in-Aid to Civil Power Ordinance as null and void and unconstitutional. The Ordinance was promulgated by Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shah Farman in September 2019.

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has assured that every possible step will be taken for safeguarding the life and property of the citizens and maintaining peace in the province.

All timings are in PST (Pakistan Standard Time).

The incidents of armed snatching, robbery and carjacking registered a significant increase in the federal capital, as over 10 cases of various kinds of thefts and 11 cases of car lifting were reported to different police stations of the city.

Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that closing doors of dialogue with the government by the JUI-F could damage democratic process in the country.

The weather report on Friday (October 18, 2019) and the forecast for Saturday (October 19, 2019).

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has paid tribute to Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan's outgoing Permanent Representative to the United Nations, for her efforts to make her country proud. The UN Secretary-General has expressed his "gratitude and a

Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Senator Sirajul Haq has said that people are keen to see real change as hollow slogans are not solution to their problems. "People are desperate due to skyrocketing inflation, unemployment and uncertainty in government policies. A cha

Arif Alvi will undertake his five-day official visit to Japan from Sunday. The president was undertaking the o

Imran Ismail says people of Pakistan have elected Imran Khan as the prime minister for a period of 5 years. Go

Usman Buzdar says review law and order situation and agrees upon a comprehensive liaison between Punjab and federal

Chaudhry Sarwar says law will take its course if the opposition tried to lock down or "Jam" the country in the guis

Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar asked the people not to believe in baseless and fake propaganda of the Opposition parties.

To a query, Pervaiz said they were also considering the addition of Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan in th

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Friday said the bye-election had proved that Larkana was no more the fort of Pakistan Peoples Party. In a tweet on social media platform Twitter, she said change had

On the directives of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar and health minister Dr Yasmin Rashid, a special jail screening drive related to HIV/AIDS is underway in jails across the province of Punjab. Besides HIV/AIDS, jail inmates are also being scree

Nearly 20 pro-Pyongyang South Korean students broke into the US ambassador's residence in Seoul Friday, displaying banners demanding Harry Harris leave the country in an embarrassing security breach.

Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday sought more arguments on a petition seeking disqualification of three lawmakers belonging to ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The IHC on August 31 reserved its verdict on a petition seeking disqualification of th

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Karachi. During the visit, COAS addressed garrison officers, attended closing ceremony of PACES (Physical Agility and Combat Efficiency System) championship and witnessed training exercise of me

Donald Trump said Thursday that Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who has been caught up in the impeachment probe engulfing the US president, was standing down, marking the latest departure of a senior administration figure.

The National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed a new polio case from Tehsil Sarai Norang Lakki Marwat as the total count of polio cases jumps to 54 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the details, one wild polio virus has been isolated from stool sa

Punjab University College of Art and Design has organized a seminar on "Director's POV", with famous film and TV director Ayub Khawar. The seminar was organized by veteran director and college's Assistant Professor Dr Ahmed Bilal in which faculty members

Floods caused by eight days of torrential downpours in northeastern Ghana have left 28 people dead and displaced hundreds, officials said Friday. "At the moment the death toll is 28. About 640 people in some six communities have been displaced and we are

Prime Minister Imran Khan stated on Friday that occupation government of Modi continues the siege of Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir for 75 days. In a tweet, he said Modi thought he could get his agenda of annexation by using nine hundred thousand force

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) would fully participate in 'Azadi March' of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government on October 27. Former chairman Senate and Secretary General PPP Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari sa

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif Friday announced PML-N's 'complete support' for JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman's 'Azadi March', saying in the massive rally to be held in Islamabad on October 31, the joint opposition will p