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Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, the joint candidate of PML-N and PPP, and Sunni Ittehad Council's candidate Umar Ayub have filed their nomination papers for the elections of office of Prime Minister. Secretary of National Assembly received the nomination pa...

Three terrorists were killed and four got injured by security forces in an intelligence based operation in Karak District. According to the ISPR, weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from the killed terrorists who remained actively ...

The country's trade deficit recorded a significant decrease of thirty one percent in the first eight month of current fiscal year. According to the statistics released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, eleven point six percent decrease in trade defic...

The President Dr. Arif Alvi has stressed the need for storing collection of books in digital form. He expressed these views in launching ceremony of 1st Karachi Festival of Books and Libraries in Karachi today. He said future of country depends on e...

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has approved phased reforms in the healthcare system as well as the supply of free medicines in hospitals. Chairing a meeting in Lahore today, she also gave approval to start a pilot project in Lahore to provide hea...

The second phase of five-day anti-polio campaign begins in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tomorrow. During the second phase, more than seven point one million children up to five years age will be administered anti-polio vaccine drops. The children will also be...

Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Sarfraz Bugti was sworn in at Quetta today. Governor Balochistan Abdul Wali Khan Kakar administered oath to him. Mir Sarfraz Bugti was elected unopposed and by securing 41 votes in provincial assembly. Chairman PPP Bi...