India's parliament on Wednesday passed a contentious bill that seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants from some countries, as hundreds of troops were deployed in the northeast which has......
Russian boxers will only take part in the Tokyo Olympics if doping sanctions forcing them to compete as neutral athletes are overturned, the general secretary of the Russian Boxing Federation told......
An accountability court in Lahore on Wednesday confirmed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore's orders to freeze properties owned by PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif, his sons Hamza Shehbaz......
Punjab law minister Raja Basharat on Wednesday announced the government's decision to fully prosecute all those involved in the violent protest at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC)."I assure......
As the protest by lawyers outside Lahore's Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) on Wednesday took an ugly turn, members of the legal fraternity slammed those protesters who resorted to violence.PPP......
Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday announced its plans to invest $2 billion in the energy sector over the next three years.The announcement was made after an ADB team lead by Director General......
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Wednesday took notice of an attack by lawyers on the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC).Yesterday, a video of young doctors "mocking lawyers" had gone viral on......
Protesters burned tires and blocked highways and rail tracks in India's remote northeast for a second day on Wednesday as the upper house of parliament began debating legislation that would grant......
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar on Wednesday said that Russian involvement in development projects will be mutually beneficial for both Russia and Pakistan.Addressing a press......
PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari was on Wednesday granted bail on medical grounds by the Islamabad High Court (IHC), in two cases filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau......
An anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Wednesday indicted Hafiz Saeed, the chief of the proscribed Jamaatud Dawa (JuD), and other JuD leaders who were booked in July for offences pertaining to terror......
On Monday, Lok Sabha passed the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill which explicitly excludes Muslims from three neighbouring countries from applying for Indian citizenship. By introducing a......
Aung San Suu Kyi is set to speak out in Myanmar's defence at the United Nation's (UN) top court on Wednesday, a day after the former democracy icon was urged to “stop the genocide” against Rohingya......
Somali security forces shot dead five Al Shabaab gunmen, who had killed three civilians and two soldiers during an attack on a hotel near the presidential residence in Mogadishu on Tuesday night,......
Facebook Inc dropped to the 23rd spot in Glassdoor's list of "Best Places to Work" in 2020 from the seventh it secured last year, amid heightened regulatory scrutiny of the world's largest social......
A suicide bomber in Afghanistan detonated explosives on Wednesday outside the United States' (US) main military base of Bagram in an attack that wounded five people, Afghan and Nato officials......
MUZAFFARBAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan on Tuesday said a war for the freedom of Kashmir had become inevitable, which the whole nation would fight with full......
KARACHI: Echoing the longstanding reservations over the results of the sixth population census, the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday unanimously demanded a third-party audit of five per cent of census......
KARACHI: The Sindh government and the World Bank have agreed to launch a $200 million Solid Waste Emergency and Efficiency Project (SWEEP) for improvement and removal of waste from streets, drainage......
LAHORE: With a record 25 new positive environmental samples reported across the country, the World Health Organisation (WHO) foresees Pakistan as a polio-endemic state in 2020 as well.With disturbing......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday sought comments from the climate change ministry and Peshawar Zoo director about a petition challenging the non-issuance of NOC for the import of two......
HYDERABAD: Sindh Governor Imran Ismail on Tuesday invited the Sindh government to jointly work with the federation for the sake of development in the province.“I invite the Sindh government again to......
As Test cricket returns to Pakistan after over a decade, Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat against Pakistan in the first Test at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.For the hosts, Abid Ali......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) is considering challenging a Balochistan High Court (BHC) decision restoring sacked employees of the dissolved Pakistan Medical and Dental......
LAHORE: Former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Khalid Mahmood, former Test pacer Aaqib Javed and ex-Test umpire Mian Aslam, while welcoming the resumption of Test cricket in Pakistan after ten years,......
RAWALPINDI: The last time Pakistan hosted a Test at the Pindi Cricket Stadium it turned out to be one miserable tale of woes for them. The visitors happened to arch-rivals India who not just......
THE start of a home Test after a gap of more than ten years is dawn of a new era in the history of the game of this country. Struck by that tragic event of March 2009 when the visiting Sri Lankans......
RAWALPINDI: The moment of truth has finally arrived for Pakistan to play host to Test cricket for the first time in 10 years and nine months.From Wednesday onwards Sri Lanka — who ironically were......
ALGIERS: An Algerian court sentenced two former prime ministers to long jail terms on Tuesday in the first of a series of high-profile corruption trials launched after longtime president Abdelaziz......
TAXILA: Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said that supreme leader of the PML-N Nawaz Sharif has been granted permission to go abroad for medical treatment and after recovery he......
LAHORE: Hazardous smog that was the worst in the region once again blanketed Lahore on Tuesday, causing eye, nose and throat irritations and aggravating pulmonary diseases.Smog also lowered......
PRAGUE: A gunman killed himself on Tuesday after shooting dead six patients at a hospital in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava, in what the premier has called “an immense tragedy”.The attacker......
RIYADH: Qatar’s emir on Tuesday skipped a Gulf summit billed as a potential “reconciliation conference”, but leaders’ calls for integration provided more signs of a thaw between Doha and regional......
WASHINGTON: Nearly 175 Saudi military aviation students have been grounded as part of a “safety stand-down” after a Saudi Air Force lieutenant shot and killed three people last week at a US Navy base......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought detailed replies from the federal and provincial governments to a petition seeking a declaration that secret filming, recording or photographing......
WASHINGTON: House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment on Tuesday against President Donald Trump abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — pushing towards historic votes over charges he......
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers are demanding a full and open congressional debate on Afghanistan after a media report revealed that three US administrations repeatedly misled Americans on the Afghan......
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers are demanding a full and open congressional debate on Afghanistan after a media report revealed that three US administrations repeatedly misled Americans on the Afghan......
QUETTA: Seven Qatari nationals, including four members of the royal family, were arrested for attempting to enter Nushki for hunting houbara bustard without permission of the Foreign Office.Official......
FRANKFURT: Mario Draghi took over as head of the European Central Bank eight years ago amid market speculation that the euro currency union might break up.Christine Lagarde succeeds him with a little......
WASHINGTON: Canada, Mexico and the United States have agreed to a fresh overhaul of their quarter-century-old regional trade pact after negotiators approved changes to a preliminary deal struck last......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought assistance from the federal ministry of interior on a legal point whether the imposition of a state of emergency by former military ruler Pervez......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday received $1.3 billion just a day after signing an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Islamabad.The $1.3bn inflow from the ADB......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s remittances rose by 9.35 per cent to $1.819bn during November, from $1.664bn in corresponding month of FY19, reported the State Bank of Pakistan on Tuesday.However, on a monthly......
KARACHI: Trading at the stock market will be brought to a halt when the market capitalisation-based KSE-30 index moves up or down by 4pc during the trading session in a single trading day, the......
KARACHI: The correction seen on Monday proved short-lived as the KSE-100 index recovered 221.79 points (0.55 per cent) on Tuesday and settled at 40,664.60.With all quiet on the news front, either......
ISLAMABAD: In a dramatic move, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led federal government has drastically increased discretionary powers of the Central Selection Board (CSB) for promotion of senior civil......
KARACHI: Overall car sales plunged 44 per cent to 49,110 units during the first five months of current fiscal year as demand for WagonR, Bolan, Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic/City slumped by around......
THERE was a central square in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh that was used for executions. Every Friday, after prayers, prisoners were brought here and executed before the watching crowd. The blood......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Tuesday saw a rare consensus on lifting of a ban on student unions, but with certain conditions, as members from across the divide supported the opposition’s......
IT was an unwinnable conflict but lies covered the failure. For almost two decades, the American people have been misled by their leaders over a war that has gone wrong. The US went into Afghanistan......
ISLAMABAD: Apparently targeting opposition leaders, the federal cabinet on Tuesday decided to impose curbs on media coverage of convicts and absconders.“The prime minister has given a task to the law......
