PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Thursday announced that the party will stage a sit-in as well as take out a rally in Sukkur against the rising inflation and the policies of the federal government.The......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Karachi on Wednesday arrested the president of Sindh Bank and two other senior officials in the fake accounts case in which former president Asif Ali......
Virat Kohli admitted India had paid the price for “45 minutes of bad cricket” as the heart-broken skipper surveyed the wreckage of his side's stunning World Cup exit.Kohli's team crashed to an......
The White House on Wednesday confirmed that Prime Minister Imran Khan will meet US President Donald J. Trump on July 22.According to a press release issued by the White House, the US president will......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said the time has come to change the mindset of the society with regards to taxation.The prime minister, who was addressing a press conference at the Governor......
PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday shared two more video clips on Twitter to corroborate her claim that Accountability Judge Arshad Malik allegedly met a PML-N ‘sympathiser’ to confess that he......
Now is the “right moment” for peace in Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday as he once more called on the Taliban to negotiate with his government.The Taliban have steadfastly......
Leader of the House in the Senate Shibli Faraz on Wednesday said that there might be surprise waiting for the opposition, which is pushing for a motion of no-confidence against Senate Chairman Sadiq......
Iran’s president said on Wednesday that Britain will face “repercussions” over the seizure of an Iranian supertanker last week that authorities in Gibraltar suspect was breaching European sanctions......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday sought to allay the concerns of the business community regarding the government's economic policies, saying it was his priority to resolve their issues.The......
The UK Foreign Office said on Wednesday that Britain’s ambassador to the United States has resigned, just days after diplomatic cables criticising President Donald Trump were leaked.Kim Darroch said......
Twelve American men walked on the Moon between 1969 and 1972, with most describing in great detail their experiences on the dusty, low-gravity world lit by the blinding light of the Sun.Here are......
The amount of foreign currency travellers leaving Pakistan can carry without having to declare it has been capped by the age of the traveler, a new advisory issued by the Federal Board of Revenue......
India's World Cup dream was shattered when the team bundled out for 221 with three balls remaining in the semi-final against New Zealand at Old Trafford on Saturday.Matt Henry — who wrecked India's......
The portfolio of federal minister for Revenue Division has been taken back from Hammad Azhar a day after he was appointed to the position, it emerged on Wednesday.Instead, Azhar has now been......
Roger Federer can rack up his 100th win at Wimbledon on Wednesday and set-up a blockbuster semi-final against Rafael Nadal.In a quarter-final line-up which features five players over 30, there is a......
Four years of planning will be put on the line for England when they face holders Australia in a blockbuster Cricket World Cup semi-final at Edgbaston on Thursday.England's woeful first-round exit at......
Pakistan has received the first tranche of $991.4 million of the $6 billion bailout package International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout, the chief spokesperson for the State Bank of Pakistan said on......
Indian shares edged lower on Wednesday amid renewed concerns over trade tension between the United States and India, with Tata Motors and Tata Consultancy Services dragging the index lower.The......
THE closure of Herald marks the end of one of the brightest chapters in independent journalism in Pakistan. Over four decades of its publication, the magazine upheld the finest traditions of......
THE closure of Herald marks the end of one of the brightest chapters in independent journalism in Pakistan. Over four decades of its publication, the magazine upheld the finest traditions of......
CHITRAL: The three-day Shandur polo festival concluded here on Tuesday with Chitral team beating their arch-rivals Gilgit-Baltistan team by a margin of one goal scored in the final minutes of the......
PESHAWAR: Around 70 stranded people were rescued from flood-hit Golain valley of Chitral district in a chopper.Golain, a narrow valley nestled among mountains around 25 kilometers north of Chitral......
CHAKWAL: A young woman was killed while a passerby and an accused person were injured in a firing incident in front of the district courts on Tuesday.According to police, three people opened fire on......
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved a specific change to the master plan of Islamabad to set up a university at the Prime Minister House.Before his party won the 2018 elections, Imran......
LAHORE: Procedural hiccups and bureaucratic bottlenecks have hindered the procurement of medical equipments, including 279 ventilators and 333 monitors, to meet the chronic shortage of life-saving......
GUJRANWALA: The cyber crime wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has traced 52 travel agents and mobile phone shop owners for allegedly registering smuggled cell phones and formed teams to......
LAHORE: In what appears to be a ‘politically motivated action’, a team of the Lahore city district administration on Tuesday visited the PML-N central secretariat at Model Town and seized......
LAHORE: The Punjab Prisons Department on Tuesday assured the Lahore High Court that personal physician of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif would be allowed according to law to visit him like......
KARACHI: Two men were killed and another was critically wounded in an armed attack on a roadside teashop in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Tuesday in what police suspected to be an “apparent case of terrorism”......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court was informed on Tuesday that the investigations had been completed against former provincial law minister Ziaul Hasan Lanjar and a reference would be filed against him......
KATHMANDU: A former UN official has been jailed for sexually abusing children in Nepal, officials said on Tuesday, following a trial underscoring the country’s growing appeal for foreign......
BERLIN: European powers took their first step on Tuesday towards punishing Iran for breaking its nuclear agreement, triggering the deal’s mechanism to resolve breaches.The foreign ministers of......
WASHINGTON: The US Treasury placed two Hezbollah members of Lebanon’s parliament on its sanctions blacklist on Tuesday — the first time Washington has taken aim at the Iran-allied group’s elected......
H. Ross Perot, the feisty Texas technology billionaire who rattled US politics with two independent presidential campaigns in the 1990s that struck a chord with disgruntled voters, died on Tuesday at......
HONG KONG: Hong Kong protest leaders opposed to the administration of Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that they will continue their demonstrations, even after Lam declared the effort to......
PARIS: A sister of the crown prince of Saudi Arabia went on trial on Tuesday in a French court over the alleged beating of a workman who was carrying out repairs in her ultra-luxury Paris......
NEW DELHI: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to travel to India in September just days before he faces elections, The Hindu said on Tuesday.Mr Netanyahu was due to visit Delhi in......
MINEO: What was once Europe’s biggest migrant reception centre, in Mineo in Sicily, officially closed on Tuesday in the presence of its biggest critic, far-right Interior Minister Matteo......
NOW that the World Cup fever is over for Pakistan fans, it is time to assess what the team did right or wrong in England over the last one month. Despite having the worst possible start to its......
LONDON: Slowed by a balky ankle, trailing by a service break in the third set of her Wimbledon quarter-final, Serena Williams appeared to be in trouble Tuesday against an opponent playing the......
NOW that the World Cup fever is over for Pakistan fans, it is time to assess what the team did right or wrong in England over the last one month. Despite having the worst possible start to its......
LAHORE: Foreign investors’ perception of the country’s security and law and order situation has significantly improved in the last year, revealed the survey results conducted by the Overseas......
KARACHI: After three days of negative closing, investors with an appetite for risk ventured into the market to buy value stocks at bargain prices which finally saw the KSE-100 index close with a gain......
ISLAMABAD: The project to set up a third LNG terminal may be running out of steam as investor interest wanes and the deadline for commencement of work draws near.The government originally wanted the......
ISLAMABAD: Commerce, Industries and Production Adviser Abdul Razak Dawood on Tuesday hinted that the prices of fertiliser could rise by Rs100 per bag due to increase in the gas rates.Addressing a......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will export 100,000 bags of rice to Qatar as part of the government initiative to enhance overall rice exports from the country.With the continuous efforts of the government,......
ISLAMABAD: Convener of the subcommittee of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly has proposed making clearance by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence......
ISLAMABAD: Asking the Supreme Court to take suo motu notice of the leaked video of the accountability judge, who had sentenced former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Al-Azizia case, the main......
ISLAMABAD: The government is reported to have made extra payments of about Rs956 billion to the independent power producers (IPPs) over a period of 10 years — more than the $6bn loan to be obtained......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif has said the latest report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has exposed......
KARACHI: Back in May, an Instagram post by Tooba Bilal, a freelance photographer and activist, went viral, as a result of which more than 150 women in a village of Balochistan finally got to use a......
LONDON: Legislators from around the cricketing world gathered in London on Tuesday to play a few overs and leave their political troubles behind — but for some, the hope of a break from the stresses......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was informed on Tuesday that Section 144 imposed in parts of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) had been lifted.During a......
ISLAMABAD: New projections of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) show that one in four Pakistani children will not be completing primary school by the......
ISLAMABAD: Major opposition parties on Tuesday lashed out at National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser over his order to suddenly cancel all standing committee meetings in the name of austerity and......
ISLAMABAD: The controversy surrounding the purported video confession of an accountability judge deepened on Tuesday after Islamabad High Court’s acting chief justice Amir Farooq met Chief Justice of......
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday decided to block media coverage and interviews of politicians who are convicts or under-trail prisoners and directed the Pakistan Electronic Media......
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday decided to block media coverage and interviews of politicians who are convicts or under-trail prisoners and directed the Pakistan Electronic Media......
ISLAMABAD: As the opposition submitted a no-trust motion against Senate chairman on Tuesday, Sadiq Sanjrani ruled out voluntarily resigning from the post.In an informal chat with reporters, Mr......
Senator Aitzaz Ahsan, a former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and senior advocate of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday wondered why the PML-N has not rushed to the court in light of the......
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Tuesday that Israel's fighter jets “can reach anywhere in the Middle East, including Iran,” in his latest comments directed at his country's......
US officials held a phone call on Tuesday with their Chinese counterparts to discuss the ongoing trade conflict between the countries, US officials said.It was the first official contact since......
