Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg met Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai at Britain's University of Oxford on Tuesday and posed for a photo together.Yousafzai, widely known by her first......
Chief US diplomat for South Asian affairs, Alice Wells, on Tuesday expressed concern over the Pakistan government's new social media regulations, adding that they "could be a setback to freedom of......
Iran's deputy health minister and a member of parliament tested positive for the coronavirus as the death toll inside the country rose to 16 on Tuesday as Iranians worry that authorities could be......
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen was released from Central Jail Dera Ismail Khan on Tuesday, confirmed his lawyer and PTM MNA Mohsin Dawar.Speaking to DawnNewsTV, Pashteen's......
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he is willing to mediate between Indian and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue.Addressing a press conference in New Delhi at the end of his two-day visit and......
Egypt's ousted former president Hosni Mubarak has died at the age of 91, state television said on Tuesday, weeks after undergoing surgery.Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years until he was ousted......
A two-member bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday granted bails to former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Ahsan Iqbal in separate cases.Abbasi was granted bail in the Liquified......
Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat on Tuesday said the provincial cabinet had decided not to further extend the bail granted on medical grounds to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is currently......
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that India will buy $3 billion worth of military equipment, including attack helicopters, as the two countries deepen defence and commercial ties in an......
Qatar has invited Pakistan to the signing of the US-Taliban peace deal set to take place on February 29, Radio Pakistan reported on Tuesday.Last week, the US and the Taliban announced they were set......
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday said the importance of US President Donald Trump's statement during his visit to India — in which he said that the US has a "very good relationship"......
The new coronavirus has peaked in China but could still grow into a pandemic, the World Health Organisation warned, as infections mushroom in other countries.Financial markets have gone into a......
Former Karachi mayor Naimatullah Khan passed away in the city on Tuesday after a long battle with illness.The former mayor was a longstanding member of Jamat-i-Islami and the party's naib ameer Dr......
The tiny island nation of Bahrain on Tuesday suspended flights to the world's busiest airport for international travel in Dubai over fears about the spread of the new virus.The move by Bahrain, a......
Prominent PTI leader and business magnate Jahangir Khan Tareen on Monday admitted Prime Minister Imran Khan was "under a lot of pressure" because of allegations that members from his party were......
After a rousing reception, US President Donald Trump sits down with Indian leaders on Tuesday for talks on arms sales and festering trade disputes that have strained ties in recent months.More than......
Five individuals were killed and around 90 others were injured in violent clashes in New Delhi on Monday as thousands of people demonstrating for and against a new citizenship law rioted for several......
RAWALPINDI: The government has directed the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to ensure that all airlines get a health declaration from passengers while travelling to Pakistan.During his visit to......
LAHORE: The Punjab Bar Council (PbBC) Vice Chairman Akram Khaksar and members of its executive committee on Monday demanded the federal government to seek resignation of Law Minister Dr Farogh Nasim......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday disposed of a habeas corpus petition for the recovery of two brothers allegedly arrested at the behest of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s stepson Ibrahim Maneka.A......
LAHORE: The PPP has chided the prime minister for, what it calls, giving lollipop to the nation every month instead of coming up with solid steps to ameliorate the sufferings of the poor.“The......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration on Monday extended the ban on launching of housing societies for two more months to counter land grabbing in the federal capital.The......
DUBAI: An Omani cricketer has been banned for seven years after admitting to corruption charges relating to qualifiers for the men’s ICC Twenty20 World Cup.The International Cricket Council (ICC)......
LAHORE: All-rounder Amad Butt, who took four wickets to guide Islamabad United to their first win in the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) as they outplayed Multan Sultans by eight wickets in Lahore on......
LAHORE: The HBL Pakistan Super League got off to a stupendous start in Karachi and Lahore and the action now shifts to Multan and Rawalpindi.This marks the first instance of these two cities hosting......
PARIS: Aasia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman who was jailed after a 2010 conviction of blasphemy, said on Monday that she was seeking political asylum in France.“My great desire is to live in......
PESHAWAR: All standing committees of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly were dissolved on Monday for inducting lawmakers from the merged tribal districts as uproar by the opposition marred the house......
ISLAMABAD: American Biomedical Engineering Company (ABEC) will establish first-ever manufacturing unit of biomedical equipment at Allama Iqbal Industrial City (AIIC).The AIIC is a prioritised......
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear Apple Inc’s bid to avoid paying about $440 million in damages for using patent licensing firm VirnetX Inc’s internet security technology......
BRUSSELS: The 27 European Union countries expect to adopt on Tuesday their negotiating mandate for talks about their relationship with Britain after Brexit, paving the way for the launch of talks as......
PESHAWAR: The suspected patients of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) continue to be admitted to hospitals other than Police Services Hospital, which has been declared a facility dedicated to investigate......
KARACHI: With a total of 464 people losing their lives in road traffic accidents across the metropolis in the last two years, traffic authorities have launched a programme for children studying in......
DADU: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has claimed that the Sehwan-Dadu section of the Indus Highway could not be completed because the federal government did not put in its 50 per cent share......
NEW YORK: Oil prices slumped by five per cent on Monday as the rapid spread of the coronavirus in countries outside China added to investor concerns over the effect on demand for crude.Global......
ISLAMABAD: Leading foreign policy expert from the United States Prof Vali Nasr on Monday urged Pakistani policymakers to have close coordination with Iran on the Afghan issue, stressing that no......
PARIS: He was the front-runner to be president of France. Instead, former prime minister Francois Fillon is going on trial to face fraud charges after he used public funds to pay his wife and......
PORT AU PRINCE: The Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince was on lockdown on Monday after Haitian police attacked the army headquarters to demand better working conditions, sparking a gun battle that......
JERUSALEM: Israel and Islamic Jihad exchanged fire in the Gaza Strip for a second day on Monday, a week before the Jewish state’s March 2 election.Islamic Jihad, a group allied to Gaza’s rulers......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) Department in Karachi has identified potential of Rs84 billion sales tax collection from the mines and minerals......
AHMEDABAD: US President Donald Trump on Monday managed to mangle his pronunciation of several Indian names and a Hindi word on an otherwise successful first day of his state visit to India.Cheered by......
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has started appraising the government’s request for a $700 million credit for expansion of electricity supply from Dasu Hydropower Project (DHP).According to project......
ISLAMABAD: To complement government objective of providing ease of doing business and enhanced consumer protection, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Monday launched......
KARACHI: Private sector credit offtake plunged by 69.5 per cent to in the first seven months of this fiscal year (between July and February 14) to Rs179 billion, from Rs587bn in same period of......
KARACHI: Farrukh Khan assumed the charge of his office as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Monday, a position he had been named for on Dec 25.The......
AHMEDABAD: Prioritising pageantry over policy, President Donald Trump basked in India’s welcoming embrace on a day that featured a mega-rally with cheering crowds, a mutual admiration show with his......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has warned the government against confronting the country’s national institutions, including judiciary, and called for an investigation into the fiasco......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways (PR) is yet to complete payment of compensation to the victims of Tezgam Express train accident that occurred on Oct 31 last year and officials of the Ministry of......
KARACHI: Panic-selling was witnessed on Monday at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) where the KSE-100 Index tanked 1,105.49 points (2.75 per cent) and closed below the 40,000 support level for the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China on Monday pledged to keep the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) unaffected by the temporary challenge of coronavirus outbreak as Energy Minister Omar Ayub Khan ......
BAHAWALPUR: A team comprising personnel of intelligence agencies, police and officials of the provincial industries department on Monday raided a sugar mills owned by the Sharif family near......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Monday unanimously approved ‘‘The Zainab Alert, Response and Recovery Bill, 2020’’.The ambit of the bill, which was earlier limited to......
QUETTA: After the government’s decision to close Pakistan border with Iran where novel coronavirus has claimed at least 12 lives, all activities at Taftan and four other entry points remained......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan claimed on Monday that the prices of vegetables in the country had declined significantly and warned that those involved in the artificial price hike would be......
THE Gujarati language is the lingua franca of Indian stock exchanges. Gujarati businessmen traditionally play both sides of the political street and this is no different in the US, where migrants......
THERE is considerable excitement in Pakistan, especially in ‘official quarters’ over the Afghan peace deal. From taking (some) credit for the impending deal to the vindication of Islamabad’s stand,......
ISLAMABAD: A day after assuming charge of his office on Monday, Attorney General Khalid Jawed Khan sought complete autonomy of his office from the control of the law ministry and an explanation over......
The debate on the economy between the government zealots and the resistance, the moniker given to the opposition circles by diehards of the government rank and file on social media, is getting to be......
THERE is considerable excitement in Pakistan, especially in ‘official quarters’ over the Afghan peace deal. From taking (some) credit for the impending deal to the vindication of Islamabad’s stand,......
