One Frontier Corps (FC) soldier was martyred and two others were injured on Sunday in an exchange of fire with terrorists after they raided an FC checkpost in North Waziristan, a statement by the......
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday announced that a meeting between Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), as well as other parties from Sindh in the centre......
Fire broke out at the Karachi head office of internet and television service provider StormFiber, powered by Cybernet, late Saturday night. No causalities or injuries were reported.According to a......
Britain’s political leaders are sparring over who is responsible for the early release of a convicted man who launched a stabbing attack in central London that left two dead.The argument centers over......
Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday proposed the establishment of a joint parliamentary committee so consensus can be formed on the issues of amendment in the Army......
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh on Sunday said the "strong rally" in the stock market shows "increasing investor confidence on stabilisation measures taken by the......
Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa imparted advice to female judges on Sunday, saying they "should be relaxed and be themselves".Addressing the concluding session of 'Women Judges Conference' in Lahore,......
Nine years before Usman Khan killed two people in a stabbing spree on London Bridge, he was overheard by British security services discussing how to use an Al Qaeda manual he had memorised to build a......
ISLAMABAD: The Azadi March of the JUI in the capital cost the government over Rs240 million.This amount is payable to contractors/vendors whose services were hired for security arrangements during......
Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the federal government and the provinces to form a comprehensive strategy for the protection of students' rights and for the speedy resolution to their......
Members of the Pakhtun Council at Punjab University (PU) staged a protest after the former chairman of the council Alamgir Wazir allegedly went missing from the university on Saturday......
Mitchell Starc took six wickets and denied Babar Azam a century to break stubborn resistance from the Pakistan batsmen Sunday as they work to save the day-night second Test at Adelaide Oval.The......
THE six-month extension given to army chief Gen Qamar Bajwa by the Supreme Court will effectively keep him in office for at least the next three years as the court-mandated parliamentary approval to......
HAMILTON: Tim Southee and Matt Henry removed both England openers as New Zealand reduced the tourists to 39-2 and took control of the second Test by the close of play on the second day at Seddon Park......
NEWCASTLE: Manchester City’s Premier League title hopes faltered once more as the champions twice blew a lead to draw 2-2 at Newcastle United on Saturday.Pep Guardiola’s men were frustrated for long......
LAHORE: Agitated by the national cricket team’s pathetic performance in international contests, former member of the Senate Standing Committee on Sports Enver Baig on Saturday urged the government to......
ABU DHABI: Lewis Hamilton claimed his first pole position in four months with a scorching record lap at the Yas Marina circuit on Saturday for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of his Mercedes team-mate......
KARACHI: A consumer court on Saturday imposed fines on a leading online retailer for providing a faulty product to a customer.The judge of the consumer court (South) Mukesh Kumar Talreja directed......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Human Rights on Saturday submitted to Islamabad High Court (IHC) the notification regarding constitution of a commission tasked with examining civil liberties for prisoners......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has directed a senior government official to inform it whether any mechanism is provided for orphan students’ scholarships in pursuance of the Sindh Educational......
PESHAWAR: A local court has ordered registration of a criminal case against provincial health minister Hisham Inamullah, head of National Health Task Force Dr Nausherwan Burki and eight others over a......
QUETTA: Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court Jamal Khan Mandokhel has said the judiciary’s top priority is to provide speedy justice to the people.Speaking at a ceremony held on Saturday to......
QUETTA: Emir of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman will attend the 46th death anniversary of Pashtun nationalist leader Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai in Quetta on Monday.Chief of the......
LAHORE: The legal team of former law minister Rana Sanaullah Khan on Saturday boycotted trial proceedings of drug case in protest against ban on media coverage and restriction on lawyers’ entrance to......
LAHORE: The Punjab University (PU) administration on Saturday suspended nine students of the Punjabi Council and the Islami Jamiat Tulaba (IJT) for their alleged involvement in a clash five days ago.......
LAHORE: Three opposition members of the Punjab Assembly on Saturday moved the Lahore High Court against frequent ‘misuse’ of powers by the governor to promulgate ordinances.PML-N’s lawmakers Azma......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has directed the University of Malakand to formulate a policy by December 25 to allocate at least 19 jobs for physically challenged persons.Once the policy is formulated,......
SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the......
SINGAPORE: Facebook published a correction on a user’s post on Saturday following a demand from Singapore, the first time a tech giant has complied with the city-state’s law against......
THE HAGUE: Dutch police arrested a homeless man on Saturday over a knife assault in a busy shopping street in The Hague which three teenagers were wounded.The 35-year-old suspect was detained in the......
APPLE Inc is “taking a deeper look at how we handle disputed borders” after it referred to the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula as part of Russia in its Maps and Weather apps for Russian users, a......
SPREMBERG: Thousands of activists on Saturday occupied several opencast coal mines in eastern Germany, seeking to put pressure on the government to phase out the fossil fuel — a divisive issue in the......
HONG KONG: Secondary school students and retirees joined forces to protest in Hong Kong on Saturday, the first of several weekend rallies planned across the city, as pro-democracy activists vowed to......
HYDERABAD: Hundreds of people on Saturday laid siege to a police station where four men are being held over the latest gruesome rape-murder to shock India.Baton-wielding police pushed back crowds......
BEIJING: Factory activity in China unexpectedly returned to growth in November for the first time in seven months, as domestic demand picked up on Beijing’s accelerated stimulus measures to steady......
KARACHI: Revenue collection in November grew by 17 per cent compared to last year to touch Rs334 billion, according to Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Shabbar Zaidi in a late afternoon tweet......
ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has listed five reasons for dates to become food of the future, stating that dates are nutritious and important for......
KARACHI: The stock market rallied for the fifth week in a row as bulls displayed no signs of fatigue. The KSE-100 index propelled by 1,362 points (3.59 per cent) and stormed past the 39,000-level......
Does the idea of going to a beauty parlour ever fill you with dread? Despite good grooming habits, do you feel overwhelmed when the salon lady tells you “your eyebrows are too bushy”? Have you ever......
KARACHI: On May 30 this year a woman, who was sick for a long time, was murdered by her husband in Gharo Rind village in Sindh. Her body was left hanging from a tree as people stood there and made......
TEHRAN: Air pollution forced the closure of schools and universities in parts of Iran, including Tehran, which was cloaked by a cloud of toxic smog, state media reported on Saturday.The decision to......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has cautioned that legislation on the extension of service of Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa will not be easy in parliament if......
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has launched a countrywide service to register physically challenged and seriously ill people on their doorstep.The service, which......
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan’s attendance in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly in the first parliamentary year remained poor as he attended the house’s proceedings on only 11 of the 61 working......
LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan once again made it clear that Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar will complete his term as he supported him in different meetings he chaired at the CM Secretariat......
THE perception has been growing for a while now that Pakistan’s power elites believe in an apolitical society and thus tend to engineer young people’s thoughts for that purpose. As ‘politics’ has......
WHEN we refer to the ‘politicisation of the judiciary’, we often allude to the judiciary being influenced by or being under the influence of the political process. In times of military rule, theories......
Dadu police on Saturday arrested the parents of a 10-year-old girl as well as two other accused amid reports that they had allegedly stoned the girl to death.According to police, the incident occured......
