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International Day of Happiness is being observed today. The United Nations has called for balanced approach to economic growth that promotes the happiness and well-being of all peoples. Source: Radio Pakistan

Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar is leaving for Brussels today to participate in the First Nuclear Energy Summit, scheduled to be held tomorrow. On the sidelines of the summit, the Foreign Minister will hold bilateral meetings with leaders and for...

Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) is playing its role in coordinating financial expenditure between the federal government and the provinces in accordance with the constitutional division of their responsibilities. The federal government...

Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff level agreement on the second and final review under Stand by arrangement. This came during meetings between Pakistani authorities and the IMF team led by Nathan Porter in Islamabad....

Pakistan has called upon the United Nations Security Council to make accountability, transparency, inclusivity and democracy the building blocs of its working methods. Making his statement at Intergovernmental Negotiations Framework meeting, Pakistan...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his cabinet members have decided to voluntarily forgo their salaries and other perks and privileges in line with the austerity drive of the government. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Federal ...

Twelve coal mine workers were killed in a gas explosion inside mine in Harnai district of Balochistan today. According to the Police, rescue operation in the mine has been completed and eight coal mine workers were safely pulled out from the mine. ...