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Islamabad — The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Friday slashed electricity tariff by Rs. 2.97 per unit in lieu of fuel adjustment for month of November, Pakistan Tribune reported. The reduced rates will be applicable from January 1. The decision was made in a meeting which held under...

Pakistan strongly condemned the US drone strike in North Waziristan, foreign office spokesman said here Monday. Spokesman Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry in a statement refering to Sunday’s drone strike said these unilateral strikes are a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. He said that Pakistan has repeatedly emphasized the importance...

Pakistan Energy Crisis can overcome the confronted  by generating thousands of megawatt electricity utilizing renewable energy resources especially through geothermal power that is readily available in most parts of the country, said Chairman Energy Foundation Pakistan (EFP) Javed Ahmad. The Chairman EFP in an exclusive talk with senior journalists here said that more...

Thirty-seven people were killed and over one hundred injured in a powerful bomb blast outside a police station near Qissa Khwani Bazaar in Peshawar today. Lady Reading Hospital sources say that six women and four children are among those killed in the blast. Three buildings and several shops were also...

KARACHI: Another earthquake struck several cities of Sindh and Balochistan on Saturday , 7.2 magnitude quake jolts parts of Balochistan‚ Sindh The epicenter of the tremor was about 150 kilometers of Khuzdar. A major earthquake of seven point two on the Richter scale jolted different parts of Balochistan and Sindh this afternoon. According...

Mohmand Agency: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Mohmand Agency has rejected the peace talks with Pakistani government today Ameer Tehreek e Taliban Mohmand Agency stated that the peace talks with the government will never be successful. He stated that the group talks on Shariah basis whereas the government talks on constitutionary basis....

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia signed an agreement with Pakistan on Thursday to provide a loan of $100 million for the Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project, and announced a grant of $100m for social sector particularly in health and education. The loan as well as the grant will come from the Saudi Fund for...

Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly today strongly denounced the unprovoked firing by Indian forces on civilian population along the Line of Control. The House‚ which met with Speaker Sardar Ghulam Sadiq in the chair‚ adopted a resolution calling upon the international community to help resolve the Kashmir dispute in accordance with...

Peshawar: A bomb exploded on a bus carrying government employees in restive northwest Pakistan today, killing at least 17 people and wounding nearly 50 others, officials said. The incident happened in Peshawar, the main city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which has been hit by numerous bomb and gun attacks blamed on...

On Tuesday, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck a remote part of western Pakistan, killing more than 260 people and displacing hundreds of thousands. It also triggered formation of a new island off the coast, which has quickly become a global curiosity. But scientists say the island won't last long. "It's a...

KARACHI, Pakistan — Alongside the carnage of Pakistan's massive earthquake came a new creation: a small island of mud, stone and bubbling gas pushed forth from the seabed. Experts say the island was formed by the massive movement of the earth during the 7.7-magnitude quake that hit Pakistan's Baluchistan province...

GWADAR  - The new island created by earthquake some 1.5 kilometers at the Jhanda coastline in Gwadar has been named as Zalzala Koh. The island is 60-70 feet above sea level and its land mass stretches 100-120 metres by 250-300 metres. To the south, on the beach near Gwadar port,...