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Islamabad: Minister of Religious Affairs Chaudhry Salik Hussain on Tuesday announced a significant reduction in Hajj package costs. He approached a news conference at the ministry and said the cost of the 40-day long Hajj package has been reduced by RS25,000, which brought the total amount to RS1,050,000. Pilgrims selecting the package must pay a […]

Karachi: The 9th edition of Multinational Maritime Exercise Aman and Maiden Aman Dialogue 2025, aiming to bring maritime nations together to adopt safe and sustainable procedures, share experiences and collectively address maritime challenges to begin from February 7. The exercise, which is divided into sea and port phases, is scheduled from 7 to 11 February

Islamabad: The deadly remains of four Pakistani nationals who died in a boat capsizing event took place near the Moroccan port will be repatriated Wednesday. The bodies were identified following a comprehensive verification process by Nadra, according to a statement from the Foreign Office. A boat with several Pakistanis was enclosed near the Morroccan port

Islamabad: Justice Aminuddin Khan has noticed that the abuse of a law does not justify its cancellation. “The blasphemy law was also abused. To stop this manipulation, it was later decided that the investigation of such a case was performed by an officer in rank as a superintendent police,” the judge said while taking a

Islamabad: Information Technology (IT) experts on an official board have declared smart watches, fitness trackers and other portable smart devices such as cyber security threat and recommended for the government to ban such objects in sensitive places. National Telecom and Information Technology Security Board have sent an advisor to the cabinet department and warned that

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday, the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis instructed to restore the Green Channel initiative to facilitate overseas Pakistanis and also formed an body to give special recognition to separate diaspora members contributing to national development. At his address of the Overseas Pakistani Global Foundation Convention, he acknowledged their invaluable role

Islamabad: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) and Telecom was informed on Tuesday that the process of initiating Starlink Internet Services in Pakistan was almost complete and the service would be available in the country in June this year. The committee, who met here with its chairman Aminul Haq in the chairman,

Islamabad/Lahore: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Railways was informed on Tuesday that a delegation of Chinese experts should visit Pakistan at the end of February, and the financial plan for the main line (ML -1) project would be completed. Then the work on this project is started immediately after bids. The secretary, the Ministry

Islamabad: A panel in the upper house has adopted a bill seeking stricter punishment for human smuggling, a phenomenon that in recent past costs hundreds of Pakistanis. The Senate Standing Committee for Interior Met Tuesday met at Parliament’s House to undergo decisive legislative changes and infrastructure problems under the presidency of Senator Faisal Saleem. When

Islamabad/Karachi: Recent amendments to the law that initially treated cybercrime – prevention of the Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016 – have been contested both in the point of view as well as the provincial High Court of Sindh (SHC). A citizen, Abdul Qayyum, has filed a constitutional petition in the Supreme Court, claiming that PECA