British television channel BBC World News has been barred from airing in China, the National Radio and Television Administration said on Friday, a week after Britain’s media regulator revoked Chinese......
Nepal on Wednesday revoked the Everest summit certificates of two Indian climbers for faking their 2016 ascent, and banned them and their team leader from mountaineering in the country for six years,......
India has chided Twitter for not complying with its orders to remove certain accounts and content, warning the social media platform that it “must respect” Indian laws “irrespective of Twitter’s own......
Mohammad Rizwan's splendid 104-run knock propelled Pakistan to victory in the first Twenty20 International against South Africa at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Thursday.It was Rizwan's......
Pakistan will allow private companies to import coronavirus vaccines and has agreed to exempt such imports from price caps, according to documents reviewed by Reuters, even as the nation scrambles to......
The army on Thursday successfully test-fired a short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile capable of hitting land and sea targets with “high precision” up to 450 kilometres away, a press......
The Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) on Thursday called off a protest it was going to hold later this month after a new agreement was signed between the party leaders and the government in which it......
When army generals in Myanmar staged a coup last week, they briefly cut internet access in an apparent attempt to stymie protests. In Uganda, residents couldn’t use Facebook, Twitter and other social......
Search efforts for mountaineers Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Snorri and John Pablo Mohr are expected to resume on Thursday, after slight improvement in Skardu's weather.A special forward looking......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday released the schedule for holding the Senate elections, announcing March 3 as polling day.According to the notification, Feb 12 to Feb 13 is the......
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Thursday that Pakistan could have cooperated within the region on tackling the Covid-19 pandemic but there was a "bottleneck" on regional trade and......
United States President Joe Biden had his first call as president with Xi Jinping, pressing the Chinese leader about trade and Beijing’s crackdown on democracy activists in Hong Kong as well as other......
India and China have agreed to pull back troops from a bitterly contested lake area high in the western Himalayas, the Indian defence minister said on Thursday, in a breakthrough after a months-long......
Safepay, a Karachi-based fintech startup, announced that it has raised a seven-figure seed funding round led by Stripe, the global payments platform, it emerged on Thursday.Safepay was founded in......
The United States State Department has clarified that there has been no change in America’s Kashmir policy and Washington still considers both Jammu and Kashmir as a territory disputed between India......
IT’s taken a long road to get here. Yesterday (Wednesday), the Supreme Court of Pakistan passed a landmark judgement commuting the death sentences of two mentally ill prisoners stating that such......
WATCHING the video of those politicians caught on camera raking large bundles of cash into a duffel bag larger than an overnight carry-on allegedly in return for switching their loyalties before the......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday announced that it would investigate a recently-surfaced video showing members of the provincial assembly with mounds of cash received as......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has issued contempt notices to the director of the elementary and secondary (E&S) education department and Kohat district education officer (female) for conducting......
ISLAMABAD: Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan on Wednesday admitted before the Supreme Court that charismatic leadership does appeal to the people than the manifesto of the......
ISLAMABAD: The proposed Islamabad Model Police Act 2020, that seeks depoliticisation of the capital police, is likely to be approved in a parliamentary meeting scheduled to be held on Feb 16.A......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday summoned 17 lawyers on Feb 18 in contempt of court case.The lawyers were accused of storming the Chief Justice Block on Feb 8 and holding the......
FAISALABAD: The district administration on Wednesday demolished some illegal buildings in the yarn market, including a plaza belonging to the family of former state minister for water and power, Abid......
LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) has directed the private Covid and non-Covid hospitals and approved laboratories to complete registration of their frontline healthcare workers at the......
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan on Wednesday sought an explanation from Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar about the prolonged and repeated postings of officials in the......
LAHORE: The local dealer of a known international car brand in Lahore has been booked by police in several cases for committing monetary fraud with the customers.Around 15 people had lodged......
KARACHI: Following last week’s test runs, the City Railway Station to Orangi Station track of the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) was made operational and accessible to the public on Wednesday.The......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the provincial and local authorities on a petition filed against functioning of Karachi Zoological Gardens.The bench headed by Justice......
HYDERABAD: The Sindh food department has cancelled release of 32,000 tonnes of old wheat to flour mills in different regions of the province.According to a directive issued on Feb 8, the food......
NEW DELHI: Twitter said on Wednesday it had blocked some accounts in India over comments on mass farmers’ protests in New Delhi, but the social media giant refused to shut down others despite the......
YANGON: Large crowds demonstrating against the military takeover in Myanmar again defied a ban on protests on Wednesday, even after security forces ratcheted up the use of force against them and......
TAPOVAN: Dozens of angry and desperate relatives of about 30 people trapped in a tunnel since a glacier disaster in India jostled with police on Wednesday as hopes faded that they would be found......
LAHORE: After the 2-0 Test series sweep against South Africa, Pakistan look favourites in the Twenty20 International series against Proteas starting under lights here at the Gaddafi Stadium on......
MELBOURNE: Eight-time champion Novak Djokovic was made to sweat at the Australian Open on Wednesday as Serena Williams made serene progress in her bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam......
LAHORE: Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) has warned the Ministry of Energy (MoE) of massive disruption in the liquefied natural gas supply chain in near future if Rs6.5 billion payments are not released by......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday introduced three new categories of foreign investments under its revised policy governing equity investment abroad.Banks have been authorised to......
ON Wednesday, the government tear-gassed inflation. The results have been fairly mediocre. At the end of the day, that witnessed the Red Zone turning into a battlefield reminiscent of PTI’s assault......
ISLAMABAD: The bureaucratic red tape and unattractive perks have kept two premier insurance companies of the country — State Life Insurance Corporation Limited (SLICL) and National Insurance......
ISLAMABAD: Amid a simmering controversy over the ordinance on open voting, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is set to announce on Thursday (today) the schedule for holding Senate elections......
QUETTA: Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) founder Saeed Ahmed Hashmi has expressed reservations over anti-Covid-19 vaccination drive in the country and suggested handing over this responsibility to the......
ISLAMABAD: While around 27,000 frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) have been vaccinated against Covid-19 across the country in over one week, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on......
KARACHI: The Temporary Economic Refinance Facility (TERF) has recorded the highest increase of Rs51 billion during one week, which ended on January 28, while the total amount has reached over......
THE government has extracted concessions worth several hundred billion rupees in future payments to the 47 independent power producers (IPPs) set up between 1990 and 2013 by forcing their hand but......
ISLAMABAD: The capital’s Red Zone gave a look of a battle zone on Wednesday as the federal government employees and security personnel clashed throughout the day in the heavily-guarded area.The......
• Says talks with banks under way to double their debt repayment tenure with IPPs • Four Discos to be given to private sector to curtail lossesISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday said the National......
