Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Senator Dr Sania Nishtar has rejected the allegations of irregularities in the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme. “It is unfortunate that the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has challenged the authority of the highest forum like the federal cabinet,” she said in an interaction […]

Pakistan cricket team skipper Babar Azam has been appointed as the captain of Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Karachi Kings, owner Salman Iqbal announced on Tuesday. The batter said he had been playing for the franchise for the past five years and “it is like a family for me” now, adding that Iqbal and […]

It will take months to develop a new shot of COVID-19 vaccine that works against the Omicron variant as the existing vaccines may be less effective against the new strain, the head of US vaccine manufacturer Moderna has told Financial Times. Stephane Bancel told the newspaper in an interview published Tuesday that data would be […]

Nothing gets past the watchful eyes of netizens and President Arif Alvi learned that the hard way. The president, who is also a dentist by profession, drew immense flak on Pakistani Twitter for taking part in an MoU signing between his son’s company and a dental chain in the US inside Karachi’s Governor House. […]

Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Tuesday that there was a likelihood of the government not being able to fund elections that would not include the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs). Speaking after a federal cabinet meeting in Islamabad, he told media persons that the cabinet had discussed the matter at […]

LAHORE: A woman died while her daughter suffered burn injuries as a pole-mounted power transformer fell down at Lahore’s Ichhra Bazaar, ARY News reported on Tuesday. According to locals, the woman and her daughter came to Lahore bazaar for shopping when suddenly the electricity transformer installed on the pole fell down and exploded. Rescue teams […]