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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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 —......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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)......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......