French President Emmanuel Macron is facing renewed criticism in the Muslim world and abroad over his latest plans to tackle what he calls radical Islam, including asking Muslim leaders in his country......
Afghanistan’s chief peace envoy Abdullah Abdullah said on Saturday that the United States' decision to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan has come too soon, as his country is still struggling......
Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) Chief Executive Officer Asim Rauf on Saturday said the body has granted approval to a locally invented software that can "detect the coronavirus infection......
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed ways of enhancing ties with King Salman of Saudi Arabia, in a rare phone call since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, his office said.The......
Former United States president Barack Obama has said that he took "no joy" in ordering drone strikes that claimed thousands of lives during his tenure, but stated that he could not afford to "look......
UNMARRIED men and women may live together, alcohol restrictions are gone, and honour killings will be judged a crime just as any other. This official decree took effect last week in the United Arab......
At least eight people were killed on Saturday when a barrage of rockets struck densely populated parts of Kabul, marking the latest big attack in a wave of violence sweeping the Afghan capital.The......
The funeral prayers for Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who passed away on Thursday night, will be offered shortly at the Minar-i-Pakistan in Lahore.Thousands of......
MELBOURNE: Glenn Maxwell’s break from cricket a year ago to deal with mental health issues proved timely in helping him build the tools to handle the stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Australia......
LOUISVILLE: A fundraising campaign has been launched in an effort to raise enough money to renovate and reopen a museum at Muhammad Ali’s childhood home in Louisville, Kentucky.The nonprofit Muhammad......
LAHORE: Having received an assurance from the Pakistan Cricket Board for a long-term captaincy of the national team, newly appointed Test captain Babar Azam on Friday said the upcoming tour of New......
MITHI: Outbreak of mysterious and hitherto undiagnosed diseases has taken a heavy toll on cows, camels, sheep and goats, killing hundreds in villages across the desert region.Villagers in different......
KARACHI: The first four Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) trains for the general public completed successful runs from the City Railway Station to Pipri and vice versa on Friday.There were two trains in......
KARACHI: The city administration on Friday decided to impose ‘smart lockdown’ in four districts and ‘micro lockdown’ in other two districts of Karachi in the wake of an alarming surge in the number......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has directed the National Accountability Bureau to produce records of its inquiries into the alleged corruption and irregularities in the Malam Jabba Ski resort......
RAWALPINDI: Police and the District Intelligence Committee (DIC) have sent the names of 14 individuals to the Home Department to place them on the fourth schedule of Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) for......
RAWALPINDI: Due to the recent spike in coronavirus cases, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has chalked out fresh standard operating procedures (SOPs) for international travellers.According to the......
LAYYAH:The fifth annual Thal Jeep Rally and a festival were inaugurated on Friday with a flag-hoisting ceremony by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Azfar Zia and District Police Officer (DPO) Syed Nadeem......
LAHORE: The Punjab government is likely to exclude the area comprising settlements (residential, industrial, commercial etc) from the total area of the Phase-I of the Ravi River Urban Development......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Friday handed down six-year imprisonment to another senior leader of Jamatud Dawa (JuD) in a terror financing case.Announcing the verdict in FIR No. 26, Presiding......
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and his allies are taking increasingly frantic steps to subvert the results of the 2020 election, including summoning state legislators to the White House as part......
BERLIN: German police have arrested a 41-year-old man on suspicion of cannibalism after they found a pile of bones stripped completely of flesh in a Berlin suburb.Berlin prosecutors said on Friday......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday announced five regulatory relaxations to incentivise banks for financing low-cost and affordable housing.The central bank, which has already taken......
ISLAMABAD: Justice Umar Ata Bandial will take up on Wednesday (Nov 25) a set of four appeals filed by former president Asif Ali Zardari challenging a decision by the Supreme Court’s registrar to......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan was informed on Friday that economic activities worth Rs1 trillion had been generated in Punjab through initiation of several housing and construction......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms Dr Ishrat Husain has announced unbundling of several state-owned enterprises, including Pakistan Railways, PIA and Pakistan Steel......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Friday approved technical supplementary grant for “Initiating the Process of Retrenchment of Pakistan Steel Mills Employees (PSM)” for an......
• Delhi claims to have thwarted JeM plot • FO observes Islamabad’s dossier has unnerved Indian design • Beijing says anti-CPEC attempts will failISLAMABAD: China on Friday rushed to shield Pakistan......
EMBRACING irrelevance is a delicate art that only the reckless can attain.Some such adventure is unfolding in slow motion right before our eyes as the flash-and-bang of politics swallows the......
