Nine-month-old Nashwa had died at a Karachi hospital due to multi-organ failure that was caused by "fast intravenous administration of Potassium Chloride (KCl)", a three-member medical board......
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday Tehran does not seek war with the United States despite mounting tensions between the two arch-enemies over Iranian nuclear capabilities......
The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved the appointment of Minister of State for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari as the chairman of the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), the Ministry......
Sri Lankan police arrested 23 people on Tuesday in connection with a spate of attacks on Muslim-owned homes and shops in apparent reprisal for the Easter bombings that killed more than 250......
Investigators sought on Tuesday to shed light on a series of mysterious attacks on ships off the coast of the UAE, as President Donald Trump warned Iran against doing anything to harm US......
English openers Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy's devastating knocks up the order helped their side track down a seemingly insurmountable 359-run target that Pakistan had amassed in the 3rd ODI in......
PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will appear before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on May 17, his spokesperson said on Tuesday.Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, the spokesperson for the PPP......
After much deliberation, the government has announced its tax amnesty scheme — Asset Declaration Scheme — after it was approved by the cabinet on Tuesday.Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr......
Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will hold talks with his counterpart in the Indian capital on Tuesday after New Delhi stopped purchases of Iranian oil this month in the wake of renewed US......
Saudi Arabia says oil infrastructure sites belonging to the country's state-run oil company Aramco have been targeted and that at least one of the attacks was carried out by drone strikes.The......
Former Australia coach Darren Lehmann expects Steve Smith and David Warner to play a big role in their title defence on their return to international cricket at the World Cup.Smith and Warner have......
The Chinese Embassy in Islamabad in response to reports of fake marriages, forced prostitution and organ trade has withheld 90 visas of "Pakistani brides" and launched an investigation into 142......
All-rounder Shadab Khan has been declared fit for the upcoming International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup after he was successfully treated for an infection, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) press......
Asian markets extended a global sell-off on Tuesday following hefty losses on Wall Street that came in response to China's hike in tariffs on $60 billion of US imports, ramping up tensions in a trade......
Facebook's WhatsApp on Tuesday urged users to upgrade to the latest version of its popular messaging app following a report that users could be vulnerable to having malicious spyware installed on......
An international fact-finding mission is urging that countries cut off all business with Myanmar's military as part of efforts to hold the army accountable for human rights abuses.The UN Human Rights......
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted permission for recording joint statements and the joint cross-examination of nine witnesses in a defamation suit filed by Ali Zafar against Meesha Shafi.The......
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday granted bail to Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan chief Khadim Rizvi and former TLP patron-in-chief Pir Afzal Qadri in a case lodged against them for launching a......
North Korea on Tuesday called the US seizure of a North Korean cargo ship involved in banned coal exports a “robbery” and demanded that the vessel be returned immediately.The North's official Korean......
US police on Monday launched a bid to evict Americans who have been occupying the Venezuelan embassy in Washington for weeks in protest against opposition leader Juan Guaido.The administration of......
A Tesla Inc electric car caught fire in a parking lot in a Hong Kong shopping mall, the Apple Daily newspaper said on Tuesday, but no one was injured in the blaze, whose cause was not immediately......
A Sri Lankan Cabinet minister says a Muslim man was killed and dozens of shops and mosques were destroyed in communal violence in apparent retaliation to the Easter Sunday bombings that killed more......
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (Nasa) next mission to the Moon will be called Artemis, the US space agency announced on Monday, though it's still looking for the money to make the......
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres aims to draw up a global plan to fight a rising tide of hate speech, he said on Tuesday, during a visit to a New Zealand mosque where dozens of......
WARSAW: Poland on Monday said it had scrapped a visit by Israeli officials over their intention to raise the issue of the restitution of Jewish properties seized during the Holocaust, a matter Warsaw......
TEHRAN: An Iranian woman who worked for the British Council was sentenced to 10 years in prison for “spying”, the judiciary’s news website Mizan Online reported on Monday.“An Iranian citizen in......
MANILA: The Philippines voted in polls on Monday expected to tighten President Rodrigo Duterte’s hold on power, opening a way for him to deliver on pledges to restore the death penalty and advance......
POLITICS consumes its own. And this self-cannibalism is hard to witness, though it dominates the national political scene at the moment.On the one side, we have the government at the centre headed by......
SOMEONE taunted Narendra Modi if he would hang himself should the Congress get more seats than he had prophesied. It was a rude thing to say to a prime minister, almost at par with words Modi himself......
SOMEONE taunted Narendra Modi if he would hang himself should the Congress get more seats than he had prophesied. It was a rude thing to say to a prime minister, almost at par with words Modi himself......
PESHAWAR: The Federal Investigation Agency’s anti-corruption wing has arrested son of Pakistan Muslim League-N’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa president Amir Muqam and four contractors on charges of causing......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Monday directed the provincial governor and officials concerned to ‘interfering’ in the affairs of the historical Edwardes College, Peshawar, until further......
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Inspector General (operations) Waqaruddin Syed on Monday ordered a security audit of hotels, especially five-star ones, in the capital in the wake of the terrorist attack on Pearl......
ISLAMABAD: Doctors of Shifa International Hospital on Monday performed a surgery, removing a brain tumour from a 60-year-old patient who remained awake throughout the procedure.The surgery, which was......
LAHORE: The Punjab Religious Tourism Committee has accorded approval to hold annual celebrations according to the master plan on the 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak.The committee, led by......
KARACHI: Opposition parties in the Sindh Assembly have complained that the convener of a select committee set up to examine the revival of the Police Order, 2002, had not handed them minutes of the......
KARACHI: Residents and shopkeepers said to be encroaching on Pakistan Railways land for many years have been in a state of panic since last week after the Supreme Court (SC) ruling called for......
THATTA: Amid outcry over alarming reports of spread of HIV in Sindh, five new cases have surfaced in Thatta in the wake of blood screening exercise, say official sources.Focal person of HIV/AIDS......
HYDERABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Monday reiterated its stance on creating more administrative units in Sindh, explaining that it was demanding the arrangement in order to......
KABUL: Three explosions ripped through an Afghan provincial capital, Jalalabad, killing three people and wounding another 20 on Monday. All of the casualties were believed to be civilians, said......
LONDON: Mohammad Amir’s ICC World Cup dream may be over sooner than expected. The Pakistan pacer missed the second ODI against England in Southampton because of reportedly a viral infection.According......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Taekwondo team is in Manchester, United Kingdom to participate in WT World Taekwondo Championship which ends on May 20.A press release by the Pakistan Taekwondo Federation......
MADRID: Barcelona’s Champions League recovery has begun and Getafe’s hopes of qualifying for the tournament could be over after they were beaten 2-0 at Camp Nou on Sunday.Arturo Vidal’s finish and a......
BRISTOL: Defeat in the second One-day International to England extended Pakistan’s winless streak, but there were positive signs from which they will look to draw confidence heading into the third......
LAHORE: National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has completed work on the insulators of 53km-long 500kV double circuit Port Qasim transmission line with the room temperature vulcanising......
BEIJING: China said on Monday it will raise tariffs on $60 billion worth of US goods from June 1, in retaliation for the latest round of US tariff hikes and Washington’s plans to target almost all......
KARACHI: Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDCL) told the stock exchange on Monday that gas and condensate was discovered from its exploratory cum appraisal Mangrio Well 1, which is located in......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Customs (PC) on Monday launched “WeBOC-Glo” — a modern version of WeBOC Customs’ clearance system — to ensure speedy clearance of goods in order to reduce parking time at ports to......
KARACHI: Having jacked up prices of various varieties for the third time before the advent of Ramazan, the flour millers on Monday warned Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah of looming food......
KARACHI: Declining Suzuki Mehran and Bolan sales, multiple price hikes, high interest rates and rising petrol prices slowed down overall auto sales of locally manufactured vehicles in April as well......
KARACHI: The US dollar gained Rs2 against the rupee in the open market on Monday as there were strong speculations that the local currency will depreciate further after signing of a bailout agreement......
KARACHI: The latest IMF programme has given some in industry circles significant grounds for anxiety while others, mostly from big business, are taking heart that in the longer run the programme......
KARACHI: Akhtar Mengal, president of his own faction of the Balochistan National Party (BNP-M), has refuted claims that a Baloch ‘missing person’ was among the gunmen who attacked a hotel in Gwadar......
ISLAMABAD: A cellular company has moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for initiating an inquiry in connection with alleged illegal award of next......
ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Asad Umar said on Monday he would speak next week to explain the difference between the terms and conditions he had negotiated with the International Monetary Fund......
WASHINGTON: One Pakistani company is among 12 foreign firms that were added on Monday to a US list of entities subject to specific licence requirements for alleged trading in controlled items.Such......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday sought more time from the Supreme Court to implement the court’s Jan 17, 2019 verdict which asked for providing rights to the citizens of......
ISLAMABAD: With the PTI-led government coming under increasing public and political pressure to rein in sweeping price hike of medicines, the federal cabinet plans to take up the issue when it meets......
RAWALPINDI: Saudi Arabia has executed a Pakistani man for smuggling heroin, said the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF).Imran Haider, son of Ghulam Hussain, who travelled from Sialkot to Jeddah on Dec 12,......
ISLAMABAD: A 10-member official delegation has left for Guangzhou, China, to attend “Face-to-Face Meeting” of the Asia-Pacific Joint Group (APG) — a regional affiliate of the Financial Action Task......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday by a majority vote adopted a resolution opposing the government move to relocate the national flag-carrier head office from Karachi to Islamabad.Minister for Aviation......
PESHAWAR: The first lot of 18-metre-long buses for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) has arrived in the provincial capital from China and more buses are likely to arrive during the next month.According to......
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Monday sent 11 Chinese citizens to jail on judicial remand and directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to submit a charge-sheet against them.The suspects are......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday took parliamentarians of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and its allies into confidence on the $6 billion bailout package finalised with the......
QUETTA: At least four police personnel were martyred and 12 others, including some policemen, wounded in a blast near a mosque in the Satellite Town area of the provincial capital on Monday night.The......
