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Defence Minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif says Pakistan remains committed to expanding trade, commerce and investment in Afghanistan. He was addressing the third meeting of the Quadripartite Group on Afghanistan in New York. Pakistan, China, Iran and R...

Chief Information Commissioner Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui has said International Day for Universal Access to Information is observed to create awareness about rights of people in a society. In an exclusive interview with Radio Pakistan's Correspondent Sa...

Japan's Ambassador to Pakistan, Mitsuhiro Wada called on Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz and PML-N President Nawaz Sharif in Lahore on Saturday. During the meeting, they discussed matters of mutual interest, and ways to boost bilateral cooperatio...

At least six people were killed and eight others injured when a chartered helicopter of Mari Petroleum Company crashed near Shewa oil field in North Waziristan. The injured have been taken to CMH Thal by helicopter. According to initial reports, the...

Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has paid tribute to Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif's address to the United Nations General Assembly. In a statement in Lahore today [Saturday], she said that Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif...

Punjab Government has established a twenty-six member steering committee to promote tourism in the province. Senator Pervaiz Rasheed has been specially nominated as a member of the Chief Minister Steering Committee for Punjab Tourism Promotion and D...

State Bank of Pakistan has received first tranche of approximately one billion and twenty six million dollars from International Monetary Fund. It has been received following approval of IMF Executive Board of thirty-seven month Extended Fund Facili...