One person was killed and others injured in protests that spread across Iran on Saturday after a surprise decision to impose petrol price hikes and rationing in the country hit by the United States......
Venice was on red alert for more floods and fierce winds on Saturday after an exceptionally high tide swamped the city of canals, where authorities have declared a state of emergency.Mayor Luigi......
The Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday welcomed the hearing of of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the United States Congress on the situation in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, where people are......
Gunmen fired at buses carrying minority Muslim voters on Saturday as Sri Lankans elected a new president, with the powerful Rajapaksa clan eyeing a comeback seven months after the island was hit by......
Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami took four wickets as his country crushed Bangladesh by an inning and 130 runs inside three days of the opening Test on Saturday.Bangladesh were bowled out for 213 in......
United States Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein on Saturday pressed Gulf Arab states to reconcile differences and unify military capabilities as tensions with Iran simmer.Washington sees an......
Lahore's air quality went from being 'hazardous' to 'unhealthy' with an Air Quality Index (AQI) ranking of 157 on Saturday, according to Air Visual.The Punjab capital, which was recorded to be the......
Day Two of public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump featured a career diplomat with a soft voice and a powerful story.Former US Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch......
WASHINGTON: Former US Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch provided chilling detail in Trump impeachment hearings on Friday of the threat she felt upon suddenly being ousted from her post and......
The Lahore High Court (LHC) will on Saturday hear a petition challenging the government's condition of furnishing indemnity bonds in order to secure the removal of ailing former prime minister Nawaz......
KARACHI: A six-year-old boy, who was brutally bitten by half-a-dozen rabid dogs in Larkana, was on Friday admitted to the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) as doctors said it required time......
KARACHI: A sessions’ court on Friday acquitted 19 accused of charges of raping and murdering a minor girl “due to lack of evidence”.Nineteen men were charged with raping a six-year-old girl in Orangi......
KARACHI: Sindh’s health ministry on Friday confirmed that a two-year-old boy belonging to this city had become the year’s 10th victim of poliovirus from the province.The emergency operation centre......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has directed all education boards in the province to ensure implementation of a court order in letter and spirit with regard to upgrade of the curriculum and examination......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday tried to stem a raging controversy over the reports of its taking over mines in merged districts by declaring them propaganda.Addressing a joint......
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The main accused in the infamous Dera girl’s stripping case has surrendered to the police after remaining at large for two years.Officials said Sajawal surrendered to the police in......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has removed former PML-N legislator Dr Saeed Elahi from the chairmanship of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) short of completing his......
BAHAWALNAGAR: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Friday to have arrested three suspects in two raids in parts of Punjab.A team of the CTD arrested two suspected terrorists allegedly......
RAWALPINDI: Police investigating into the child abuse case claimed to have recovered an 11-year-old tea vendor who had allegedly been abducted by a man arrested and being suspected of leading an......
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters defied a warning by China’s President Xi Jinping and took to the streets again on Friday, as the political turmoil seeped out to London where a......
VILNIUS: Russia on Friday returned two Lithuanians and a Norwegian convicted of espionage to Vilnius in an espionage swap that also saw Nato and EU member Lithuania free two Russians jailed for......
BAGHDAD: Security forces fired live rounds and tear gas at anti-government protesters in a central Baghdad square on Friday, killing three people, in bloody confrontations that continued despite an......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court questioned the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa about the functioning of internment centres without authorisation for three months last year during the hearing of a......
LONDON: British police are unveiling new tactics to protect politicians amid the country’s fraught, even hostile political atmosphere, issuing safety recommendations for candidates running in the......
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan may face another contempt of court case for commenting on the “axle load policy” in sharp......
ISLAMABAD: It is time for a new leader at the Joint Staff Headquarters as the incumbent chairman, Gen Zubair Hayat, is retiring on Nov 27. He has begun making the ritual farewell calls.Gen Zubair’s......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Friday witnessed the opposition and the government locked in a heated debate on justification for frequent promulgation of ordinances, with the opposition accusing the......
WOLFSBURG: German car giant Volkswagen said Friday it would plough 60 billion euros ($66bn) by 2024 into its switch to electric, hybrid and connected vehicles, as automakers around the world rev up......
LONDON: Pakistan issued a tender on Friday to buy a cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for delivery in February 2020, documents from state-owned gas firm Pakistan LNG showed.The delivery window is......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday reviewed the pace of privatisation while pointing out that increasing non-tax revenue is one of government’s top priorities.He said that......
KARACHI: After increasing prices of various flour varieties by Rs15-20 per kg from April till Nov 12, millers are reducing rates of flour no.2.5 to Rs47.50, down a rupee from Rs48.50 per kg.Prices of......
KARACHI: The country’s external debts and liabilities increased by $543 million in the first quarter of this fiscal year while external debt servicing soared to over $3 billion.As per quarterly data......
GIVEN the growing number of ‘unspoken’ and confusing restrictions on the country’s media, it is no surprise that online policing of content, especially on the social media, has also increased. A......
OVER a dozen IMF programmes that Pakistan has entered into in the last 30 years have followed a familiar pattern: an economic crisis; turning to the IMF for relief; much cheering as initial measures......
KARACHI: Moachko police on Friday registered a case against some leaders and workers of the Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl for blocking the highway linking Karachi with Balochistan through Hub as the JUI-F......
PESHAWAR: A plan to swap two Western hostages with three Taliban prisoners has been postponed, an Afghan government official said on Friday, and Taliban sources said the group had moved the......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has directed the authorities concerned to compile data of non-Muslim employees across the province to ensure protection of their rights.The CM gave the direction......
A teenage boy who killed two classmates and wounded three others at a southern California high school on his birthday before shooting himself in the head died on Friday of his wounds in hospital, the......
ISLAMABAD: In a surprise development, the government and the opposition struck a ‘give and take’ deal in the National Assembly on Friday under which the former withdrew all 11 recently rushed......
KARACHI: Moachko police on Friday registered a case against some leaders and workers of the Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl for blocking the highway linking Karachi with Balochistan through Hub as the JUI-F......
SOME cruel little boys torment insects by pulling out their wings. Once a video went viral showing a young French Algerian torturing a cat. He was arrested and jailed.Occasionally, these nasty......
THE Supreme Court of India’s judgement in the Babri Masjid case does no credit to the court’s reputation. It comes in the wake of its studied denial of redress to the Kashmiris after the Modi......
OVER a dozen IMF programmes that Pakistan has entered into in the last 30 years have followed a familiar pattern: an economic crisis; turning to the IMF for relief; much cheering as initial measures......
GIVEN the growing number of ‘unspoken’ and confusing restrictions on the country’s media, it is no surprise that online policing of content, especially on the social media, has also increased. A......
