The foreign ministry has named Director General South Asia and SAARC Dr Mohammad Faisal — who also served as the Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson — as Pakistan's new ambassador to Germany, it emerged......
An armed group that kidnapped humanitarian workers in northeastern Nigeria five months ago has claimed it killed four hostages, international aid agency Action Against Hunger said on Friday.Six......
AS if you didn’t know this would happen.So when it happened, and where it happened, and how it happened is actually rather immaterial. Public property got vandalised. So? Emergency rooms got......
An accountability court on Saturday remanded in the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) custody another suspect in a case against members of the Sharif family pertaining to alleged money......
Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Saturday filed an application in the Lahore High Court (LHC), urging it to stay the proceedings pending before a special court in Islamabad which is seized......
Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa on Saturday said that the "tragic, unbelievable and shocking" attack on Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) earlier this week is "an opportunity for......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday signed $407 million loan agreement with the World Bank for the construction of a 48-km long-road project — Khyber Pass Economic Corridor (KPEC) — from Peshawar to......
The Taliban have killed nine Afghan soldiers in an insider attack in central Afghanistan, the military said on Saturday, underscoring the dangers Afghan forces face from within their own ranks.The......
The membership of 60 Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA) members was suspended for not responding to a strike call by the Pakistan Bar Council and the Islamabad Bar Council, it emerged on......
Qatar's foreign minister said on Saturday that there has been small progress to resolve a two and a half year dispute between the Gulf state and its neighbours.Asked whether there was progress at the......
Washington and London issued travel warnings for northeast India as opponents of a new citizenship law geared up for more protests on Saturday, following days of clashes that saw two people killed......
Overnight rain and poor light continued to mar the first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, stopping the start of play on the fourth day on Saturday.Groundsmen were......
HYDERABAD: A first-ever ‘hunarmand melo’ (craftsmen fair) under the aegis of Sindh Indigenous Traditional Crafts Company (Sitco) began at Sindh Museum here on Friday to bring famous handicrafts —......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday departed for a one-day visit to Saudi Arabia, Radio Pakistan reported.According to a Foreign Office press release, the visit is part of the "regular exchanges"......
AHMEDABAD: The world’s biggest cricket stadium, with space for 110,000 spectators, is taking shape in India and is likely to host its first international match early next year.The new stadium in......
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Cricket Board, in a press release issued here on Friday, tried to defend the scheduling of the historic first Test against Sri Lanka in Pindi after nearly two thirds of the Test......
CAPE TOWN: Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith is the ideal candidate for the role of director of cricket for the home series against England that starts later this month, according to acting......
PERTH: Australia quick Mitchell Starc tore through New Zealand’s batting-order shortly before stumps on a dramatic day two, as the hosts gained a stranglehold of the first Test here at the Perth......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday granted bail to Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani in a reference pertaining to possessing assets beyond his known sources of income.A two-judge bench......
KARACHI: The widow of a murdered professor on Friday said that she is getting threats as police have failed to arrest the killers of her husband and young son.Moreover, she said that important......
ISLAMABAD: Amid criticism of the government for its failure to establish meaningful relations with the opposition in parliament for the passage of over 160 stalled bills, the National Assembly on......
LAHORE: The legal fraternity on Friday boycotted courts across the country against the arrest of lawyers in the wake of the attack on Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), while senior leaders of the......
PESHAWAR: The elementary and secondary education department has withdrawn its Feb decision to hold a composite exam for ninth and 10th grades in the province and decided that the education boards......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa finance department on Friday authorised the government departments to release 100 per cent of the remaining development funds amounting to over Rs10 billion for......
LAHORE: A senior judge of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday condemned the attack on the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) by a mob of lawyers and observed that the incident brought a bad name......
WHAKATANE: Elite soldiers retrieved six bodies from New Zealand’s volatile White Island volcano on Friday, winning praise for a “courageous” mission carried out under the threat of another......
ANKARA: A former premier and ex-ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched a new party on Friday, saying it would stand against “cult of the leader” politics.Ahmet Davutoglu, who served as......
GHAZNI: Ten civilians, including four women and a child, were killed when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Friday.The explosion happened in the......
WASHINGTON: The United States and China announced a major thaw in their trade war on Friday, including immediate cuts to punishing import tariffs, but a lack of detail in the partial deal left......
KARACHI: Bulls were not only back with a vengeance but their ferocity took investors by surprise as they tossed the KSE-100 index over the 41,000-level initially before settling at 40,916.69 post......
ISLAMABAD: The Karachi-based Intelligence and Investigation department of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has unearthed another scandal involving illegal transfer of over Rs5 billion to bank......
ISLAMABAD: The deadlock over the appointment of chief election commissioner and two members of the Election Commission of Pakistan persists as the government on Friday stuck to its decision......
RIYADH: Saudi Aramco hit the $2 trillion target sought by de-facto Saudi leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday as its shares racked up a second day of gains, despite some scepticism......
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Accountability Mirza Shahzad Akbar on Friday said no “criminality” was committed in the case under which the UK’s National Crime Agency......
WASHINGTON: The United States has welcomed Hafiz Saeed’s indictment by a Pakistani court, urging Islamabad to ensure a full prosecution and expeditious trial of the charges against him.Hafiz Saeed is......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau had a telephone conversation on Friday.Mr Khan felicitated Prime Minister Trudeau on his party’s success in the recent......
AS if you didn’t know this would happen.So when it happened, and where it happened, and how it happened is actually rather immaterial. Public property got vandalised. So? Emergency rooms got......
THE fast pace of digitalisation of economies is having a profound impact on the lives of people, governments and markets. As more and more people adapt to the digital economy, policymakers need to......
OVER the last year, protesters have taken over streets from Hong Kong to Iraq, and from Barcelona to Iran.The reasons are diverse, as is the composition of the chanting, stone-throwing groups......
