Eidul Fitr in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday
Saudi Arabia has declared Tuesday (tomorrow) as the first day of Eidul Fitr, according to Gulf News.Indonesia and Malaysia declared Wednesday as the first day of Eid but UAE residents are still......
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ArchiveCommission into French church sex abuse claims opens
An independent commission set up by the French Catholic Church to look at allegations of sexual abuse by clerics begins its work on Monday by launching an appeal for witness statements.France's......
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ArchiveSri Lanka Muslim ministers resign en masse over Easter bombings
Sri Lanka's Muslim ministers resigned en masse on Monday over widespread hate attacks against their community in the wake of the Easter Sunday bombings that hit the majority Buddhist nation.The......
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ArchiveWorld's 15 hottest places are in India, Pakistan as pre-monsoon heat builds
Of the 15 hottest places in the world in the past 24 hours, eight were in India with the others in neighbouring Pakistan, according to weather monitoring website El Dorado.In Pakistan, Jacobabad......
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ArchiveDollar gains value in interbank market ahead of Eidul Fitr holidays
The rupee shed its value in the money market due to an increase in the demand for the US dollar ahead of Eidul Fitr holidays.The value of the greenback increased by Re0.75 in the interbank market and......
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Archive'No one is above the law,' PM Imran says regarding references against senior judges
The federal cabinet on Monday dismissed the criticism directed against the government over the filing of references against judges of superior courts in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), saying......
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ArchivePakistan Stock Exchange sheds 469 points ahead of Eid holidays
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday landed in the red, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index shedding 469 points — 1.3 per cent — to close at 35,505.The market opened on a negative note and......
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ArchiveCobbler pays Rs50,000 fine for snakeskin shoes meant for PM Imran
A day after Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Wildlife Department confiscated the snakeskin sandals meant for Prime Minister Imran Khan, its creator, Nooruddin Shinwari, got the shoe back on Monday after paying a......
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ArchiveKarachi likely to experience heatwave on 1st day of Eidul Fitr
Karachi is likely to experience a heatwave on the first day of Eidul Fitr as the Met Department on Monday predicted high temperatures and humidity in the next two days.According to the Pakistan......
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ArchiveAFP photographer becomes World Cup star with stunning crowd catch
An AFP photographer found himself being acclaimed by a capacity crowd at the Oval on Sunday after he held a stunning catch during a World Cup match between Bangladesh and South Africa.Ian Kington was......
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Archive'Grudges' remain as Qatar marks second year of embargo
In a region of tight media control and official statements, the body language of Saudi Arabia's king and Qatar's prime minister spoke volumes about one of the Gulf's deepest fault lines.Sheikh......
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ArchiveTrump arrives in Britain at a time of remembrance, turmoil
President Donald Trump arrived in Britain on Monday in a trip that the White House is billing as a chance to honour shared sacrifice and service between the United States and its longtime ally across......
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ArchiveA resounding mandate
THE BJP’s re-election to power in last month’s general elections provides a number of key insights, even for a polity like Pakistan’s, which has historically been considered as institutionally......
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ArchiveHamza Shahbaz's interim bail extended till June 11
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday extended the interim pre-arrest bail of Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz till June 11.A two-member bench, headed by Justice Mazahir......
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ArchiveIndia says diplomats, embassy guests 'harassed' by Pakistani security in Islamabad
India on Sunday accused Pakistani security services of "widespread harassment" outside an event hosted by the Indian embassy in Islamabad a day earlier, saying that "hundreds" of guests were turned......
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ArchiveIndia's Kumar eyes Lord's return for World Cup final
Indian seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar holds a special affection for Lord's and hopes his team can return to the home of cricket for the World Cup final on July 14.The 29-year-old's name was etched on the......
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ArchiveAfter dismal World Cup debut, Pakistan looks to redeem itself against England
Pakistan will play England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, in their second Cricket World Cup 2019 fixture on Monday (today) at 2:30pm.Trent Bridge is renowned as a batsman's paradise, with England......
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Archive‘Australia to give WI taste of own medicine’
BRISTOL: West Indies used plenty of short-pitched deliveries to dismantle Pakistan in their World Cup opener but the Caribbean batsmen will get a taste of their own medicine when they face champions......
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ArchiveAfghanistan pledge to learn from Australia drubbing
BRISTOL: Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib said his side would learn from their seven-wicket humbling by Australia on Saturday as they seek to regroup for the rest of their World Cup campaign.The......
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ArchiveFirst British Airways flight to Pakistan in 11 years lands in Islamabad
The first British Airways flight to Pakistan in 11 years reached Islamabad International Airport on Monday.Flight BA261 carrying at least 200 passengers reached Islamabad at 9:15am in the morning. A......
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ArchivePPP reiterates demand for production order of tribal MNAs
ISLAMABAD/MULTAN: The opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has said that it will continue to stick to its demand for the issuance of production orders of two arrested MNAs from tribal areas —......
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ArchivePolice officials accused in gang rape dismissed from service
RAWALPINDI: All three police officials accused of involvement in a gang rape case have been dismissed from service, and the victim’s stolen money has been recovered from the suspects, Superintendent......
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ArchiveKP denied merged districts’ due share in federal transfers: CM
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan said on Sunday that the province did not get its due share of federal transfers as the poverty-related needs and thinly spread population of......
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ArchiveInjury scare for India as Kohli hurts thumb
SOUTHAMPTON: India were dealt a major injury scare before their World Cupopener against South Africa on Wednesday when skipper Virat Kohli hurt his thumb during a training session here at the Ageas......
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ArchiveImran feels special on 100th ODI appearance for SA
LONDON: Imran Tahir admitted it was hard to keep his emotions in check as the leg-spinner made his 100th One-day International appearance in Sunday’s World Cup clash against Bangladesh.Imran is only......
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ArchiveHamza urges judiciary to take notice of NAB chief’s interview
LAHORE: Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz desires the higher judiciary first take notice of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman’s controversial interview regarding......
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ArchivePunjab delays notification of new building by-laws
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC) could not implement new building by-laws it had approved in January last year as the provincial government did not notify them.A senior official......
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ArchivePTA ‘erroneously’ blocked access to mainstream websites
ISLAMABAD: Users were denied access to several popular websites, including an online shopping platform, for nearly a week after the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) directed internet......
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ArchiveEarly trend at World Cup is bad news for Pakistan
NOTTINGHAM: A trend seems to be developing at the World Cup and it isn’t great news for Pakistan.At least in these early days, it looks like being a tournament for fast, aggressive, short-pitched......
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ArchiveUproar leads Zartaj to take back letter sent for sister’s appointment
ISLAMABAD: On a directive of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul on Sunday withdrew her letter written to the National Counter-Terrorism Authority (Nacta)......
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ArchiveSenate body to tackle Samjhauta Express issue
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator Rehman Malik has decided that the matter of the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast will be taken to its logical conclusion by the......
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ArchiveOver Rs10bn collected in fund for dams
ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister and Chief Justice of Pakistan Fund for Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand Dams has received over Rs10.56 billion so far.The countrywide contribution to the fund stood at Rs8.97bn......
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ArchivePentagon tells White House to stop politicising military
SEOUL: The Pentagon has told the White House to stop politicising the military, amid a furor over a Trump administration order to have the Navy ship named for the late US Sen. John McCain hidden from......
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ArchiveBureaucratic inefficiency troubles Pakistani students in China
LAHORE: Bureaucratic inefficiency and red-tapism has been found to be the main factor that created a nightmare for Pakistani students in China when their scholarship funds for the last quarter of the......
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ArchiveJitters for Merkel’s coalition as SPD chief resigns
BERLIN: The leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s junior coalition partner, the SPD, announced her resignation on Sunday from her party’s top jobs, raising the possibility that Germany’s embattled......
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ArchiveFirst of five Eid trains chugs out of City Station
KARACHI: As the year’s first Eid Train prepared to leave the City Railway Station on Sunday morning, the passengers quickly loaded their luggage in it while also doing a careful headcount of the......
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ArchiveRace begins for Larkana mayor slot after Bilawal unseats Aslam Shaikh
LARKANA: After a long silence, that had started with the May 10 resignation of Larkana mayor Muhammad Aslam Shaikh, hopes are high in the members of the Larkana Municipal Corporation (LMC) as......
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ArchiveHealth authorities reject parents’ claim: Death of three infants sparks protest at Sahiwal DHQ
SAHIWAL: Parents of three infants who died at the paediatrics ward of the DHQ Teaching Hospital here on Saturday night claimed the suffocation caused by nonfunctional air-conditioning system had......
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ArchiveDamascus slams Makkah summit endorsement of Syria transition
DAMASCUS: Syria denounced on Sunday the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s endorsement of a longstanding UN-backed proposal for a transitional governing body integrating opposition elements in the......
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ArchiveD-Day’s 24 hours changed 20th century, and Europe, forever
All at once, Charles Shay tried to stanch the bleeding from a ripped-open stomach, dull the pain with morphine and soothe the mind of a dying fellow American army medic. It was a tall order for a......
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ArchiveSindh IGP told to screen out officials having patchy service record
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has directed the inspector general of police to screen out all police officials with patchy service records and initiate departmental proceedings against them.A......
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ArchiveNew drug boosts survival rate among breast cancer patients
CHICAGO: A new form of drug drastically improves survival rates among younger women afflicted with the most common type of breast cancer, researchers said on Saturday, citing the results of an......
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ArchiveKurds say 800 women, children to leave crowded camp
AIN ISSA: Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria said on Sunday they plan to hand 800 women and children, including relatives of jihadists, to their families in the first such transfer from an......
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ArchiveChinese minister says Tiananmen crackdown was ‘correct policy’
SINGAPORE: Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday that the bloody crackdown on protesters around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 30 years ago was the “correct” decision, citing the country’s......
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ArchiveAusterity bounces back on reforms agenda
A combination of austerity, revenue mobilisation and fiscal consolidation measures envisaged in next year’s budget can help bring much needed financial discipline if the three components are in the......
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ArchiveSun is for everyone
Sunshine is a global public good. But while sunshine itself doesn’t cost a penny, it does cost to convert it into usable electricity, making affordability a challenge for many households.Adoption has......
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ArchiveSurvey planned to update BISP database
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar has announced that the government will provide mobile phones and quarterly stipend to......
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ArchivePTI dissolves all its wings before restructuring
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has dissolved all its organisations, structures, wings and sub-organisations to pave the way for formation of new bodies in line with the......
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ArchivePapers from UK form basis of references against judges: govt
ISLAMABAD: Spokespersons for the Ministry of Law and Justice and the Assets Recovery Unit (ARU) of the Prime Minister’s Office, claimed in a joint statement on Sunday that they had received certified......
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ArchiveSnakeskin shoes for PM seized by KP govt
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Wildlife Department on Sunday went looking for a footwear shop in the city to confiscate snakeskin sandals meant for Prime Minister Imran Khan.They didn’t have to......
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ArchiveTourism highway
PAKISTAN is back on the world map. Or at least it’s trying hard to be. The government’s push to revive the tourism industry is laudable. But the real test for the PTI is whether it can harness its......
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ArchiveA resounding mandate
THE BJP’s re-election to power in last month’s general elections provides a number of key insights, even for a polity like Pakistan’s, which has historically been considered as institutionally......
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ArchiveExporters insist on zero-rated regime in talks with PM
ISLAMABAD: A meeting on Sunday between Prime Minister Imran Khan and leading businessmen and industrialists of the country ended without any decision on the grant of zero-rated status to the......
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ArchiveInflation likely to rise over next few years
ISLAMABAD: The government is expecting the inflation rate to “remain on the higher trajectory” over the next couple of years owing to second-round effect of currency depreciation, higher energy......
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ArchiveSeize the moment for peace, FO urges all sides in Afghan war
ISLAMABAD / WASHINGTON: The Foreign Office on Sunday urged all parties to Afghan conflict to take advantage of the situation and achieve a political settlement of the 17-year-old conflict.The call......
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