More than 30 animals have died in the Peshawar Zoo since it was inaugurated by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak in February 2018, an investigation report unearthed on Thursday.An......
Chief Justice Saqib Nisar has taken notice of the complaint of citizens regarding the unreasonable deduction of a considerable amount on the pretext of withholding tax and other charges when......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has claimed that several institutions, including elements from the army, helped the PML-N win the 2013 general elections.The PTI chief, during an......
Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Thursday urged the leaders of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) to continue their dialogue with the local jirga in order to "resolve the......
Islamabad police on Thursday reportedly baton-charged journalists who attempted to break a security cordon and take their "peaceful procession" towards the Parliament House through D-Chowk to......
Senator Raza Rabbani on Thursday demanded that ISI Director General Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar appear in Senate for an in camera session and shed light on an unexplained, but significant sum of money made......
The National Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution to change the name of National Centre for Physics at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) from Professor Abdus Salam Centre for Physics to al-Khazini......
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday took notice of the alleged irregularities in tax payments of National Logistics Cell (NLC) during a review of records submitted by the Federal Board of......
In the 21st century, we can note that Pakistani journalism has experienced an organic development of professionalism, periods of draconian suppression and frequently innovated new modes of resisting......
Two people were killed and 13 others seriously injured in an attack targeting a Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) bus on Attock's Bisaal Road on Thursday, local police said.The deceased......
The bearish trend at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued on Thursday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index losing 450 points to fall below the 45,000 mark.The positive opening at the index lasted......
Karachi is sizzling under an intense heat spell that is expected to last three days starting from Thursday, the Met Office said.According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), several......
Documents received by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) via Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) requests do not mention Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz as beneficial owners of offshore companies Nielsen......
Additional IG (AIG) Counter-Terrorism Department Sanaullah Abbasi on Thursday expressed his concerns on extortion calls to Pakistani citizens originating from abroad which have not ceased completely......
A three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Azmat Saeed on Thursday reserved its verdict in a contempt of court case against PML-N leader and Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz.Before......
President Donald Trump on Thursday said that the reimbursement to his personal lawyer for hush money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels was done through a monthly retainer and “had nothing to do......
The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday denied rumours that the sudden decision to move Dr Shakeel Afridi, who was imprisoned for his alleged links to a banned militant group, from Peshawar to Adiala......
A decade after Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, could his White House successor Donald Trump follow suit for navigating the thorny North Korean nuclear standoff?The very idea, put forward by a......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has allocated Rs4 billion in the next annual development programme for the acquisition of land for a 48.5 kilometre ring road from Channi Sher Alam to Islamabad......
Afghanistan's slain journalists were remembered on World Press Freedom Day on Thursday, days after the deadliest attack on the country's media since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.Ten journalists,......
The Supreme Court on Thursday wrapped up the case regarding non-payment of salaries to Geo Television Network employees after being informed that the network's administration and employees have......
Australia's troubled Commonwealth Bank admitted on Thursday it had lost financial records for almost 20 million customers in a major security blunder — but insisted there was no need to worry.The......
A Saudi inmate from Guantanamo Bay has arrived back in the Kingdom after the Pentagon said it was transferring him to his homeland — the first such move under President Donald Trump.The widely......
A powerful rainstorm has swept parts of north and western India, causing house collapses, toppling trees and leaving at least 72 people dead.Relief commissioner Sanjay Kumar says the devastation is......
BRUSSELS: The European Commission proposed a bigger new multi-year budget on Wednesday that will trigger battles among member states over how to fill the funding gap left by Britain’s exit next......
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has summoned the chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) today (Thursday) after the board ignored its proposal to withdraw the third tier of......
LAHORE: A 13-member governing council of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) has been formed, comprising seven members of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and one each from the six franchises of the......
LONDON: FIFA president Gianni Infantino has proposed staging what would effectively be a mini-World Cup, featuring eight international teams, every two years in addition to the traditional event.The......
RAWALPINDI: Less than a week after police were withdrawn from unauthorised individuals, three politicians and six religious personalities got back their guards.Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar......
BELGRADE: Novak Djokovic said on Wednesday his confidence had been rocked by a string of poor results after a premature return from elbow surgery but the former world number one vowed to work hard to......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has principally ‘accepted’ the request from Dawat-i-Islami, which calls itself a peaceful movement for preaching the Quran and Sunnah, to grant it 150 acres of land in......
IN terms of its military presence, Russia has rivalled the United States in recent years, launching major operations in Ukraine and Syria and having rising ambitions in the Arctic.But its spending......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court-mandated judicial commission on water and drainage in Sindh on Wednesday directed the provincial and local authorities to clear the debris from footpaths and roads of the......
PESHAWAR: An Ehtesab court here on Wednesday returned to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission a reference filed against the two former social welfare department officials over the alleged......
KARACHI: While some elements within the Bahadurabad and PIB groups of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan have been trying to persuade both the factions to hold a joint public meeting in......
THE great 10th-century Iraqi poet Abu Tayyib al-Mutanabbi once lived, O fated city, in the Emirate of Aleppo. He even led a revolt in Syria which was put down with great ruthlessness. Al-Mutanabbi......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Wednesday accepted a supplementary charge sheet against suspended SSP Rao Anwar Khan and 25 of his detained and absconding subordinates in a case related to the......
AS if on cue, the power crisis has returned — soon after the government declared victory in the epic battle against it.As temperatures have shot up over the last few weeks, the demand for power has......
ANKARA: Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party on Wednesday said its charismatic former leader Selahattin Demirtas would challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in polls next month even though he is......
NAIROBI: A battle for access to seaports is underway in one of the world’s unlikeliest places: Somalia, now caught up in a regional struggle between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on one......
PESHAWAR: Afghan consul general Professor Mohammad Moeen Marastial on Wednesday said a high-level delegation from Kabul would visit Islamabad in a few days to discuss ways and means to improve......
MUMBAI: An Indian court on Wednesday sentenced notorious gangster Chhota Rajan and eight others to life in prison for murdering a journalist in a drive-by shooting in Mumbai seven years ago.......
LONDON: Cambridge Analytica, the data firm embroiled in a controversy over its handling of Facebook user data, and its British parent firm SCL Elections have ceased operations, the company said on......
LAHORE: The Punjab government is reluctant to present its revised budget for the current fiscal in the Punjab Assembly without setting things right with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government desires to see implementation of the Fata reforms package — aimed at mainstreaming of the country’s......
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N president and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif wonders why neither the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) nor any other agency is probing Nandipur power project and......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau, Lahore, has arrested a senior officer of the Punjab government in the Saaf Pani Company scam.According to NAB, Deputy Secretary Housing Khalid Nadeem......
MADRID: Last time, it was a late penalty. This time, a goalkeeping blunder.Real Madrid keep finding ways to get out of trouble in the Champions League.Real conceded early again at home and barely......
NEW DELHI: Only a handful of India’s 100 most polluted cities have drawn up plans to combat air pollution despite being asked to do so three years ago, senior government officials said on Wednesday......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has turned its gaze towards Minister for Interior Ahsan Iqbal for his alleged involvement in irregularities committed in a multi-billion sports......
QUETTA: A modern public health facility was inaugurated here on Wednesday which will provide free treatment to those suffering from various kidney diseases.The project jointly delivered by the......
ISLAMABAD: Legal expert and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) member Naeem Bukhari was injured in a fall at a tube station in London, party’s media department said on Wednesday.The lawyer had an injury......
ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister’s Education Reforms Programme steering committee on Wednesday called the findings of a monitoring report for the project “biased and prejudiced” and rejected the......
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration on Wednesday lifted the ban imposed on arms licences and a standard operating procedure (SOP) was also prepared for the issuance of the licences.A notification......
LAST month, several regular English-language columnists were informed by editors that their columns would not be published.For the first time in the 10 years he has written for The News, Mosharraf......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday rejected opposition parties’ suggestion of declaring an economic emergency.The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in a lengthy press release recalled that in 2013......
BEIJING: China would welcome a successful outcome from upcoming trade talks with the United States, but is fully prepared for all outcomes and will not negotiate on core interests, a Chinese......
ISLAMABAD: The youth unemployment in Pakistan has surged to 9.1 per cent in 2015 from 6.5pc in 2007, according to National Human Development Report.The report launched on Wednesday by the Minister......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs on Wednesday asked the government to take visible steps for expeditious resolution of legal hitches to ensure......
KARACHI: Pakistan is set to achieve the wheat export target of 1.4 million tonnes by sea route ahead of June, as exports of the commodity in a single month continue to break new records.The country......
ISLAMABAD: Inflation perked up to 3.7 per cent in April from 3.2pc in the preceding month mainly because of increase in prices of perishable food items.The inflation, measured through Consumer Price......
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund projected on Wednesday that Pakistan’s growth will moderate to 4.7 per cent in fiscal year 2019 from 5.6pc in 2018.In its regional economic outlook update......
ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee on Wednesday asked the government to forcefully pursue Indian violations of the Indus Water Treaty with the World Bank to foil New Delhi’s designs.“The......
WASHINGTON: The US government has not yet released the agrément for Ali Jahangir Siddiqui, a Karachi-based businessman who was designated the new Pakistani envoy to Washington in March.An agrément is......
ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday indicted three suspects in the murder case of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Imran Farooq.ATC judge Shahrukh Arjumand issued the charge......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has turned its gaze towards Minister for Interior Ahsan Iqbal for his alleged involvement in irregularities committed in a multi-billion sports......
ISLAMABAD: The government claimed on Wednesday before the Supreme Court to have sent 1,330 individuals to different internment centres in the country but sought more time to furnish details about......
LAST month, several regular English-language columnists were informed by editors that their columns would not be published.For the first time in the 10 years he has written for The News, Mosharraf......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government desires to see implementation of the Fata reforms package — aimed at mainstreaming of the country’s......
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has "forgotten all the favours" done to him by the Sharif family back in the......
Larkana police on Wednesday confirmed that they have arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of a nine-year-old girl, whose dead body was found last week.The arrests were made after......
