A group of UN human rights experts on Thursday urged India to end the communications blackout imposed on Kashmir, warning it amounted to “collective punishment” and risked exacerbating regional......
President Arif Alvi on Thursday made two appointments to the Election Commission of Pakistan, much to the chagrin of the opposition, which said it was not taken into confidence while making the......
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said on Thursday its Cyber Crime Unit in Lahore has arrested three suspects for harassing and blackmailing three separate women, including a foreigner.The......
US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper has confirmed the death of Hamza bin Laden, the son and designated heir of Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden.“That's my understanding,” Esper said in an interview......
India's Davis Cup tie against Pakistan at Islamabad next month has been postponed to November under “exceptional circumstances” after a security review, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said......
China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak, popularly known as Zong) today successfully conducted 5G trials in Pakistan, a press release issued by the company on Thursday said.With this, Zong has become "the first......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday witnessed a bullish trend with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 912 points to close up 2.9 per cent.The benchmark index closed at 31,884 points after......
The Islamabad High Court on Thursday repatriated former accountability court judge Arshad Malik, who is at the centre of a video leak scandal that rocked the country's judiciary last month, to his......
RARELY has a year felt as long, yet gone by so fast. It seems like yesterday when the PTI government was sworn in, assumed office, and the newly minted prime minister asked everyone to wait at least......
Genocide Watch, an organisation that focuses on preventing genocide, has issued two warning alerts for India — one for occupied Kashmir and the other for Assam state.According to the website, a......
A trial court in Multan on Thursday rejected a request by the parents of slain social media star Qandeel Baloch to pardon her brothers, who are accused of killing her.Baloch's brother Waseem had......
South Korea will scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan amid an intensifying dispute over history and trade, South Korea's presidential office said on Thursday.The decision was made after a......
Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had shut 216 social media pages, groups and accounts in Myanmar, some tied to the army, to stymie efforts to “manipulate or corrupt public debate”.The company closed......
Cristiano Ronaldo admitted on Wednesday his long-time rivalry with Lionel Messi has made him "a better player" and that he enjoys a "healthy" rivalry with the Argentine great.However, Portuguese star......
A day after considering cutting taxes to promote economic growth, President Donald Trump on Wednesday changed course and said he would abandon the idea because the nation already had "a strong......
Iran's president struck a muscular tone on dealings with the US, saying Thursday that “talks are useless” as Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers crumbles further.President Hassan Rouhani made the......
China said on Thursday it hopes the United States will stop its wrong tariff action, adding that any new tariffs would lead to escalation.The United States said early this month it would slap duties......
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry — who oversees the country's nuclear arsenal — has fallen for an Instagram hoax.He reposted a message claiming there was a "new Instagram rule" that would allow the......
KASUR/SAHIWAL: Displacement of villagers and livestock in Kasur continued on Wednesday, as the Sutlej went on swelling for the third consecutive day here in Ganda Singhwala locality, its adjacent......
The international community observed the first International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief on Thursday, as reports of atrocities in Myanmar, occupied......
Amid rising tension over occupied Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said there is "no point" talking to Indian officials and that his overtures for peace and dialogue with New Delhi so far have......
BEIJING: Pakistan Army under the leadership of Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa will continue to make contributions to upholding Pakistan’s sovereignty and security interests as well as peace and stability in......
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that other countries must assume the battle against Islamic extremist militant groups as the US negotiates a withdrawal from Afghanistan.He singled out......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s standing committee on law and justice on Wednesday cleared the civil procedure code (CPC) amendment bill to substantially reduce time for disposal of civil......
LONDON: Mark Robinson has resigned as England women’s national team coach two years after taking the side to World Cup glory with a victory over India in the final at Lords.Robinson departs after......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Squash Federation is set to organise the Pakistan International Squash Tournament from Aug 26 to 30 here at Mushaf Squash Complex.The tournament carries a prize money of......
MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Wednesday it will earn 58% more per match for the next four years as Paytm retained the title sponsorship rights for international and......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Wednesday said they were pursuing the recent case of lynching of a boy by a mob in Bahadurabad and the culprits involved in it would be taken to task.The......
KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani has said that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement instead of joining hands to clean Karachi are indulging in political......
LAHORE: An accountability court on Wednesday extended physical remand of Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz for 14 days in a case of alleged illegal assets and money laundering,......
RAWALPINDI: The fare for the metro bus between Rawalpindi and Islamabad will be increased from Rs20 to Rs30 per person on Friday.The Punjab government has given the Punjab Masstransit Authority (PMA)......
ISLAMABAD: While setting aside its show-cause notice to Pharma Bureau (PB) for alleged cartelisation, the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has warned that the pharmaceutical sector is......
KARACHI: The stock market continued to rally for third straight day with the KSE-100 index recording gains of 553.53 points (1.82 per cent) and close at 30,972.75.In the last three days, the index......
ABUJA: Nigeria on Wednesday announced that three years had elapsed since it last recorded a case of polio, a key step towards eradicating the notorious disease in Africa.“Three years without a case......
ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties on Wednesday slammed the government’s decision to make some procedural changes in the working of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to provide fearless......
ISLAMABAD: The two telecom operators — Telenor and Jazz — on Wednesday announced to pay the licence renewal fee.While Jazz will be paying around $291 million, Telenor Pakistan will voluntarily pay......
KARACHI: The total foreign investment plunged by 22 per cent in the first month of this fiscal year, reported the latest data from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday.The total investment......
LAHORE: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) commenced on Wednesday the evaluation process for the bids submitted to it separately by two Chinese-led joint ventures for the construction......
ISLAMABAD: Concerned over a slower beginning of development programme and overall economic activities in the country, the government on Wednesday decided to relax procedures for release of......
WASHINGTON: US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad resumed his efforts on Wednesday to finalise a peace deal with the Taliban after a week of consultations in Washington.“Productive week in......
SAO PAULO: Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday accused non-governmental organisations of setting wildfires in the Amazon rainforest to damage his government’s image after he cut......
THE state here has accepted the challenge of getting undone the Narendra Modi government plan to strangulate the people of India-held Kashmir and thus force them to abandon their dream of freedom.......
THE United Nations Security Council has outdone Rip Van Winkle. He slept for 20 years and woke to find a changed world. The UNSC slumbered for 50 years to find the embers of the Jammu & Kashmir issue......
AMIDST the din of the Kashmir crisis and the economy, there is little space for anything else, including the bureaucracy. That the bureaucracy is not working is something everyone agrees on. It......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minster Imran Khan decided on Wednesday that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) would organise massive protests in New York during Indian premier Narendra Modi’s coming visit to......
RARELY has a year felt as long, yet gone by so fast. It seems like yesterday when the PTI government was sworn in, assumed office, and the newly minted prime minister asked everyone to wait at least......
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Board of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started referring petty cases to the provinces or other authorities after it was asked recently by the federal......
ISLAMABAD: A bill proposing to increase the number of national and provincial assembly seats for Balochistan will be submitted in the Senate soon.This was said by Senate Chairman Muhammad Sadiq......
WASHINGTON: The voice of the Kashmiri people, who have been living under siege since Aug 5 when India forcibly merged their land with the union, is now resonating in the US Congress where key......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), the apex statutory authority of lawyers, on Wednesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the filing of the reference against Justice Qazi......
ISLAMABAD: The Asia-Pacific Group — a regional affiliate of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) — has adopted Pakistan’s third Mutual Evaluation Report (MER) on strengthening of anti-money......
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to strip the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) of powers to investigate the affairs of persons other than holders of public offices by amending the National......
THE state here has accepted the challenge of getting undone the Narendra Modi government plan to strangulate the people of India-held Kashmir and thus force them to abandon their dream of freedom.......
THE United Nations Security Council has outdone Rip Van Winkle. He slept for 20 years and woke to find a changed world. The UNSC slumbered for 50 years to find the embers of the Jammu & Kashmir issue......
High drama unfolded in New Delhi late Wednesday as officers from India's equivalent of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation scaled the walls of a former finance minister's home to arrest......
A US military MQ-9 drone was shot down in Yemen's Dhamar governate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, two US officials told Reuters on Wednesday, the second such incident in recent......
Sudan took further steps in its transition towards civilian rule on Wednesday with the swearing in of a new sovereign council, to be followed by the appointment of a prime minister.The body replaces......
