A man shot and killed his sister for "honour" in the Clifton area of Karachi on Saturday, police officials said.They said the suspect, Hasnain Qamar, shot his 19-year-old sister, Noorul Huda Shah, in......
Chris Woakes hit an unbeaten 84 as England came from behind to beat Pakistan in the first Test at Old Trafford on Saturday.England were struggling in pursuit of a victory target of 277 after......
IT is rare for high officials in Pakistan to publicly criticise ‘friendly’ and ‘brotherly’ countries over foreign policy differences. However, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s recent blunt......
IT is rare for high officials in Pakistan to publicly criticise ‘friendly’ and ‘brotherly’ countries over foreign policy differences. However, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s recent blunt......
WITH multiple myeloma, it’s not the cancer that kills, but the infections that a compromised immune system can’t resist.I learned this soon after I was diagnosed with this pernicious — and relatively......
WE are fighting on the cheap and expecting to win. Someone somewhere is not thinking right on Kashmir.A year after India’s reoccupation of occupied Kashmir, Pakistan is expressing resolve by flexing......
WE are fighting on the cheap and expecting to win. Someone somewhere is not thinking right on Kashmir.A year after India’s reoccupation of occupied Kashmir, Pakistan is expressing resolve by flexing......
PESHAWAR: Covid-19 claimed one more life on Friday, taking the total death toll in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to 1,222, as the coronavirus testing kept increasing in the province during the last two days.The......
MOHMAND: The first child protection court in the merged tribal districts will be virtually inaugurated by Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth in Ghalanai area here today......
MURREE: After opening of tourist spots, people thronged Murree and adjoining areas amid deployment of extra police force and traffic wardens with personal protective equipment (PPE).The government......
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration on Friday further eased restrictions on small businesses allowing them to open for an unlimited time throughout the week.However, business activities which are......
ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on Friday put the accused in same sex marriage case on exit control list (ECL) and directed the police to arrest and produce her before the......
KARACHI: Should K-Electric (KE) consumers expect a loadshedding-free Karachi in the next two, five or 10 years? The simplest response could very well be ‘not any time soon’ but the chief executive......
PARIS: France and Germany have quit talks on reforming the World Health Organisation in frustration at attempts by the United States to lead the negotiations, despite its decision to leave the WHO,......
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s president on Friday rejected any international probe into the catastrophic port blast, saying a missile or negligence could have been responsible as rescuers desperately combed the......
DUBAI: Australia will host this year’s postponed Twenty20 World Cup in 2022 with India retaining their tournament next year, the sport’s governing International Cricket Council (ICC) said on......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a bonus for its ground staff who worked tirelessly during the fifth edition of Pakistan Super League which was held entirely in the country for......
MANCHESTER: Yasir Shah took three wickets after lunch as Pakistan dismissed England for 219 to tighten their control of the first Test on the third day at Old Trafford on Friday.The wily leg-spinner......
KARACHI: A jump of four dollars per ounce to $2,054 further pushed up domestic per tola and 10-grams gold rate to Rs132,000 and Rs113,169, showing a jump of Rs2,500 and Rs2,144 compared to Thursday’s......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Friday approved Locust Emergency and Food Security Project (Leafs) to uplift the local agriculture sector and combat locust threat, said a......
HONG KONG: As Tencent assesses how its business might be impacted by a US decision to ban its messenger app WeChat in the country, American companies in China may become unintended casualties due to......
KARACHI: Barring Site industrial area, continuous rains in Karachi cut down production activities at industrial units by almost 50 per cent after traders pulled shutters way before the official shut......
QUETTA: The deputy speaker of the Balochistan Assembly, amid uproar and an exchange of hot words between opposition and treasury benches on Friday, admitted an adjournment motion of the PkMAP’s......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi on Friday unveiled a new shipping policy offering incentives for establishment of local shipping lines and said the nationalisation......
MUZAFFARABAD: A woman was martyred and nine other civilians were injured in two districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Friday in the heaviest shelling by Indian troops from across the Line of......
QUETTA: Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani on Friday directed the authorities concerned to allocate 50 to 100 acres of land along the newly-built dams in Balochistan to develop forests in order to......
ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister’s Adviser on Finance, Hafeez Shaikh, made his debut at a parliamentary panel meeting on Friday, watching the body clear two government bills relating to the Financial......
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed Pakistan’s role in promoting peace in Afghanistan with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday as a Loya Jirga met in Kabul to......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has asked if the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) can bypass constitutional provisions in making appointments in the bureau under a subordinate legislation.“On the......
