SLAMABAD (Channel News) – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) resumed direct flights to Iran on Thursday after a five-year hiatus in order to foster people-to-people interactions and improve the tourist business. According to PIA spokesperson Abdullah Khan, the first PIA flight from Lahore to Mashhad took off on Wednesday night, andRead More →

According to officials, at least 37 people were murdered when an overloaded night boat in Bangladesh caught fire on Friday, as scared passengers leaped overboard to escape the inferno. The latest marine disaster to strike the impoverished low-lying nation occurred in the early hours of the morning in a riverRead More →

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Shaukat Tarin, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Finance and Revenue, took his oath as a senator on Friday. Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani gave the oath to the newly-elected senator, according to reports. Last month, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Muhammad Ayub Afridi resigned as a member of theRead More →

ISLAMABAD: Fawad Chaudhry, the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, claimed on Thursday that political parties like the PML-N and the PPP were “only alive because of media attention.” Speaking to media with Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication Shahbaz Gill, Chaudhry poked fun at the PML-NRead More →

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has postponed its decision on a disqualification appeal submitted against PTI leader Faisal Vawda. A three-member panel chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja heard the appeal filed in Islamabad against Vawda over his dual citizenship.During the hearing, the Chief Election Commissioner respondedRead More →