The government has appointed Air Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar Sidhu as the new chief of the air staff, a statement from the Directorate General Public Relations (DGPR) for the Pakistan Air Force (PAF)......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday requested National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser to "immediately" constitute an inter-party parliamentary committee in order to discuss electoral reforms and end......
Ministry of Human Rights Parliamentary Secretary Lal Chand Malhi has termed the University of Lahore's decision to expel two students for hugging on campus an "overreaction" and asked the varsity to......
GUJRAT: Religious scholar Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza, who survived yet another attempt on his life, says he has not been provided with security despite requests to the Jhelum police.Narrating the......
A pilot of the Indian Air Force (IAF) was killed on Wednesday when his MiG-21 Bison aircraft crashed in central India, a statement from the IAF said.Group Captain A. Gupta had taken off for a combat......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange opened higher on Wednesday as the postponement of the Pakistan Democratic Movement's (PDM) long march helped drive investors' sentiments.By 2pm, the benchmark KSE-100......
FAR-right movements have gained ground across the globe, blaming ethnic and religious ‘others’ for all of society’s failings. In some countries, groups that were once labelled extremists are now......
Pakistan witnessed foreign direct investment (FDI) of $155 million during the month of February 2021, around 20 per cent lower in comparison to net inflows of $192.7 million received in January......
The National Security Division (NSD) held the "first-ever Islamabad Security Dialogue" on Wednesday and launched an advisory portal on day one of the two-day conference which is aimed at unveiling......
DUBAI: Former United Arab Emirates (UAE) captain Mohammad Naveed and batsman Shaiman Anwar Butt have been handed identical eight-year bans by a tribunal for breaching the International Cricket......
LAHORE: The PCB will bear full medical expenses for the treatment of former Test off-spinner Tauseef Ahmed who recently suffered a heart attack in Lahore.Tauseef, who is also a former member of the......
MIAMI: Three-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one Andy Murray is among five players handed a wildcard into the main draw of next week’s Miami Open, tournament officials said on......
TOKYO: The Tokyo Olympic organisers on Tuesday called on roadside spectators at the torch relay to wear mandatory masks and practise social distancing to help prevent the spread of the......
AHMEDABAD: Jos Buttler’s blistering 83 not out trumped Virat Kohli’s majestic half-century as England beat India by eight wickets in the third Twenty20 International to go 2-1 up in the five-match......
KARACHI: Renowned singer Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was given the lifetime achievement award and honorary membership of the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi at a small but impressive ceremony in the......
KARACHI: The Sindh police’s Counter-Terrorism Department on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two suspected militants allegedly involved in attacks on the Pakistan Rangers and law-enforcement......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet on Tuesday cancelled the Feb 7 screening test held by the National Testing Service for the primary school teacher (PST) posts across the province over paper......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has ruled that indecent and objectionable material is being uploaded on the popular video-sharing application TikTok without restriction in violation of Islamic......
KARACHI: The provincial cabinet on Tuesday passed a resolution reposing confidence and trust in the Election Commission of Pakistan, its chairman and members and called upon the federal government......
RAWALPINDI: After a clash between two groups of prisoners and recovery of mobile phones from the inmates of Adiala jail, an intelligence agency found a gang of drug peddlers who were operating inside......
GUJRAT: Religious scholar Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza, who survived yet another attempt on his life, says he has not been provided with security despite requests to the Jhelum police.Narrating the......
LAHORE: Addressing the decades-old issue of non-registration of public complaints, the Punjab police department has integrated the 15 calls with the police station record management system......
LAHORE: Following the rising number of registered senior citizens for Covid-19 vaccination, the Punjab government has decided to double the existing facilities at the Expo Centre Johar Town.The......
THE HAGUE: The EU’s medicines regulator said on Tuesday it was “firmly convinced” the benefits of AstraZeneca’s jab outweigh potential risks, insisting there was no evidence linking the vaccine to......
MOSCOW: Russia’s media regulator Roskomnadzor on Tuesday gave Twitter a one-month ultimatum to remove “banned” content, threatening to consider blocking the social media platform within the country......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has given another extension to a helicopter deal with Turkey, giving Ankara six more months to deliver the aircraft, a US defence publication reported this week.In July 2018,......
YANGON: Residents of a protest flashpoint district in Myanmar’s biggest city fled on flatbed trucks and motorbikes on Tuesday as security forces defied global calls for restraint and maintained their......
KARACHI: The rupee on Tuesday soared to one-year high against the US dollar at Rs156.72 in the interbank market.The dollar was traded at Rs156.58 on March 9, 2020. The local currency has been......
PESHAWAR: Amid ever-growing pension liabilities, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Tuesday reversed its decision of increasing the retirement age by three years for government employees.The......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday directed all banks to discontinue paper-based submission of foreign exchange related cases latest by June 30.“In view of SBP’s priority for......
IN recent years, as the negotiations phase in the 21st-century variant of the Great Game has gathered pace, every cliché in the diplomatic playbook has been trotted out to illustrate its sporadic......
THE PTI government wants the entire Election Commission of Pakistan to resign because apparently the prime minister is unhappy with the institution for not bowing to his whims. This can only be......
FAR-right movements have gained ground across the globe, blaming ethnic and religious ‘others’ for all of society’s failings. In some countries, groups that were once labelled extremists are now......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan has said that the provincial government is working day and night for equal development of all districts of the province and providing basic......
KARACHI: In a significant development that will ensure marked efficacy in handling the container trains and traffic, Pakistan Railways has accomplished track connectivity of Groyne Yard with the old......
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said Pakistan is keen to improve ties with Bangladesh and called for utilising all avenues for improving the bilateral relationship.Talking to Pakistan’s High......
ISLAMABAD: An inquiry committee of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) has identified governance, ownership problems and poor chain of command for countrywide power breakdown early......
KARACHI: The country’s cellphone imports swelled by 51.5 per cent to $1.311 billion in 8MFY21 as compared to $865m in the same period last year, according to the data released by the Pakistan Bureau......
THE PTI government wants the entire Election Commission of Pakistan to resign because apparently the prime minister is unhappy with the institution for not bowing to his whims. This can only be......
IN recent years, as the negotiations phase in the 21st-century variant of the Great Game has gathered pace, every cliché in the diplomatic playbook has been trotted out to illustrate its sporadic......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday issued notices to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and its own scrutiny committee to appear before it on March 22 to explain their position......
TOKYO: The United States and Japan warned China against what they called “coercion and destabilising behaviour” on Tuesday after top-level diplomatic and defence talks aimed at bolstering their......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended the Dec 2020 order of the Balochistan High Court (BHC) in which several provisions of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Quetta Act 2015 were held......
• Minister says commission not serving its purpose • PM wants briefing on electronic voting process every week • Interior ministry asked to introduce arms licensing policyISLAMABAD: The government on......
