Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh, the highest religious authority in the country, said that prayers during Ramazan and for the subsequent Eid al-Fitr feast should be performed......
Iran on Friday paraded disinfection vehicles, mobile hospitals and other medical equipment to mark its national Army Day as the country’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose by 89 to......
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza on Friday said that it would be "premature" to say that all deaths occurring in the country were due to Covid-19.Speaking at a media......
London's transport authorities on Friday announced new measures to protect bus drivers from coronavirus, as colleagues held a minute's silence for 20 who have already died.Mayor Sadiq Khan, whose......
The rupee made a significant recovery on Friday as the dollar fell by Rs3.3 to close at Rs163.58 in the interbank market.In percentage terms, this represented a 1.9 per cent decline in the greenback......
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif on Friday asked the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to grant him an extension for his appearance, stating......
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday ordered for the creation of a nine-member ad hoc committee to run the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC). The orders were given in a case pertaining to......
Trading was halted at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday after the benchmark KSE-100 index soared almost 1,500 points — a rise of 5 per cent — a day after the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)......
The central Chinese city of Wuhan has raised its number of Covid-19 fatalities by 1,290, with state media saying on Friday the undercount had been due to the insufficient admission capabilities at......
BEFORE it all turned really ugly, the positions of the federal government in Islamabad and the PPP setup in Sindh appeared to be reconcilable. By all signs, the two parties were only a sensible......
IT is a measure of the almost surreal times we are currently living through that the IMF, anything but a principled voice for the working classes, has warned that failure to protect the most......
LAHORE: The first batch of 41 Pakistanis stranded in India since the start of the lockdown last month crossed the Wagah Border on Thursday.Pakistan and India had closed the border crossing points as......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has directed that extension in lockdown be implemented at any cost ensuring that no violation be allowed.He emphasised that the industries allowed to resume work......
ISLAMABAD: Millions of rupees have been spent by the government on transportation, lodging and provision of food to Pakistanis who returned since the outbreak of the coronavirus and are being kept at......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s first e-commerce index was launched at an online event, hosted by Daraz, showing an increase in digital payments and growing demand for online shopping. Federal Secretary for IT......
KARACHI: Only half of urban and rural Pakistanis are aware of the fact that diabetics, smokers and asthmatics are at a higher risk of falling severely ill from Covid-19, says a study recently carried......
LAHORE: An elderly man allegedly set himself on fire and died after some local residents labelled him a coronavirus patient in Ghaziabad area, the police said on Thursday.Identified as Hanif Ahmad,......
MUZAFFARABAD: The AJK government has decided that there shall not be a ban on daily and Friday prayers as well as Taraweeh.The decision was announced after Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider held a......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in their endeavour to close the bridge between international and domestic cricket is in the midst of revamping the Lahore-based National Cricket Academy......
ISLAMABAD: Former captain Ramiz Raja continues to bat for young guns, insisting that Pakistan will have to give them chance in limited-overs game to prepare a strong future outfit.The 57-year-old......
KARACHI: A top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday expressed optimism that the T20 World Cup and Asia Cup will take place as planned, while also saying that the situation about......
TOKYO: Tokyo Olympic organisers and the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday they will cut some of the extras out of next year’s postponed games, an attempt to limit what is expected to......
KARACHI: A recent research has found that more than 40 per cent Pakistanis are of the view that utilising the local governments would have been a better idea than forming a Tiger Force for relief......
NEW DELHI: The world’s richest cricket tournament, the Indian Premier League (IPL), has been indefinitely suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic, officials confirmed on Thursday.The Board of......
ISLAMABAD: Amid reports of hoarding of essential items, the government has prepared an ordinance for taking stern action against hoarders and artificial price hike of 32 consumer items.Under the......
WITH over two million people infected, Covid-19 has gone exponentially viral across the globe. No one really knows how the impact of the pandemic will play out on the economic, social and power......
KARACHI: The International Press Institute (IPI), in a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, has expressed extreme concern over the continued detention of Mir Shakilur Rehman, editor-in-chief of the......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday suspended a notification issued by the provincial authorities to provide 20 per cent concession to parents in school fees till April 22.The two-judge bench......
KARACHI: The adverse effects of being glued to the television, newspapers and social media under the current lockdown is starting to show in the form of stress, strain and depression in many. But......
MINGORA: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said government is taking emergency steps to control the coronavirus outbreak as well as facilitate the poor communities.He was talking to journalists after......
ISLAMABAD: As the principal law officer of the country gave an assurance to withdraw the notification for termination of the Karachi Port Trust chairman’s services, the Islamabad High Court on......
ISLAMABAD: In a major support to shore up the declining reserves following the outflow of hot money, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday night approved the disbursement of $1.386......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is pursuing multiple strategies to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic, which has hit hard two of the province’s most populous districts, says Provincial......
GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan minister for works Dr Mohammad Iqbal announced his resignation here on Thursday over non-implementation of the government committee’s decision to relax lockdown in the......
WASHINGTON: The United States, the global epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, now has the highest single-day death toll and three times more confirmed cases than any other country.The United......
LONDON: Facebook said on Thursday it would start sending tailor-made warnings to users highlighting facts about the coronavirus pandemic, after the world’s leading social media platform was accused......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday welcomed the G-20 move to suspend debt servicing for 76 developing countries, saying it would have substantial impact on economies reeling from the Covid-19......
ISLAMABAD: After a delay of more than six years, the government has finally decided to release income tax refunds worth Rs50 billion to 100,000 taxpayers within the next week.The income tax refunds......
KARACHI: On the first day of the opening up of the partial lockdown, the stocks traded range-bound on Thursday with the KSE-100 index finishing off the session again on a flattish note with minor......
ISLAMABAD: The Independent Power Producers (IPPs) on Thursday asked the government to focus on loss reduction, recoveries, fuel price rationalising and taxes with major impact on capacity payments as......
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to allow export of textile masks and sanitisers, Adviser on Commerce Razak Dawood told Dawn on Thursday.An official order to this effect will be issued in next......
LONDON: The British government has decided to arrange flights on charter to repatriate stranded British citizens in Pakistan as calls for quick action amid the Covid-19 pandemic intensify.British......
ISLAMABAD: Confronted with adjournment of cases on a daily basis as well as difficulties faced by litigants in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court on Thursday proposed adopting......
TEKNAF (Bangladesh): Sixty Rohingya people died on a boat crammed with hundreds of persons stranded in the Bay of Bengal for more than two months, two survivors said on Thursday.Both said the captain......
ISLAMABAD: Decision-makers need accurate data for tackling the coronavirus situation, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday at a meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre convened to......
IT is a measure of the almost surreal times we are currently living through that the IMF, anything but a principled voice for the working classes, has warned that failure to protect the most......
