A 70-year-old man was detained in Karachi's Korangi area on Sunday on charges of raping a minor girl, according to police.“A minor girl aged six years has been allegedly raped by [a] 70-year-old......
A bomb attack on Sunday killed one person and wounded three in southeastern Iran, a state news agency reported, blaming a “terrorist group” linked to Tehran's enemies.The attack occurred at about......
MARYAM Bibi has taken agricultural loans eight times in as many years from different microfinance banks (MFBs).Her first loan was of Rs12,000, which she paid back on time and qualified for a bigger......
The resignation of one of India's most prominent intellectuals and a fierce government critic from a top university has sparked student protests and worries about freedom of speech in the world's......
BOURNEMOUTH: Southampton’s Nathan Redmond scored twice and fellow winger Moussa Djenepo bagged another in a 3-0 win over south-coast rivals Bournemouth on Saturday to secure a place in the FA Cup......
TOKYO: International spectators will not be allowed to enter Japan for this summer’s Olympic Games amid public concerns over coronavirus (Covid-19), organisers said on Saturday, setting the stage for......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench has directed the provincial government to respond to petitions filed by the opposition parties against the May 2019 drastic changes to the local government law......
PESHAWAR: City police arrested a woman for killing two years old son of her brother-in-law over a minor domestic issue here on Saturday.City police chief Abbas Ahsan told reporters at a briefing at......
PESHAWAR: With the coronavirus positivity rate reaching more than 10 per cent in Peshawar district, provincial chief secretary Dr Kazim Niaz has issued directives for the strict implementation of the......
AHMEDABAD: Rohit Sharma and skipper Virat Kohli blasted half-centuries as India reached 224 for two to set a new best Twenty20 International score against England in the deciding fifth match of their......
MITHI: Speakers at the second day of three-day ‘Colours of Thar’ festival on Saturday said that Thar was fast transforming and going to change Pakistan by generating coal-fired power to cater to......
KARACHI: A local court issued on Friday non-bailable warrants for the arrest of four suspects allegedly absconding in a case pertaining to the murder of Zain Effendi, a great-grandson of Sindh......
KARACHI: An anti-encroachment tribunal on Saturday summoned the provincial local government secretary, Karachi administrator and commissioner, director of the Katchi Abadis department of the Karachi......
KARACHI: After recent cracks in the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Saturday sought support of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) for an upcoming by-election on......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has committed itself to clear the city roads of litter in a week.It also vows that the Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) would now ensure [solid waste] disposal......
LAHORE: Police on Saturday booked PML-N MNA Javed Latif on charges of committing treason.A case was registered against the MNA on the complaint of a citizen, Jameel Saleem.According to the first......
LAHORE: A sessions court on Saturday allowed one-time adjournment to the counsel for singer Meesha Shafi with a last warning to present her two witnesses for cross-examination in a defamation suit......
ISLAMABAD: Robbers, burglars and thieves looted cash and valuables worth millions of rupees from 11 different places of capital, police said.In the first incident six armed men entered a house of......
ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist and former chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Absar Alam has challenged a summon issued to him by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) over......
PARIS: Several European countries introduced new lockdown measures on Saturday as they battled surging coronavirus infections, while Tokyo Olympics organisers were forced to announce an “unavoidable”......
RIYADH: The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Saturday it had launched air strikes in support of pro-government forces battling a quickening Houthi rebel advance on the northern city of Marib.The......
BANGKOK: Thai police used water cannon and rubber bullets outside Bangkok’s Grand Palace on Saturday, after demonstrators broke through a barricade of shipping containers to demand reforms to the......
GRINDAVIK: A volcano that spewed glowing red lava near Iceland’s capital Reykjavik after awakening for the first time in 900 years appeared to be subsiding on Saturday, experts said.The eruption was......
ISTANBUL: Turkey sparked both domestic and international outrage on Saturday after it withdrew from the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women.President Recep......
NO aspect of labour economy is as divisive and as controversial as minimum wage. On one side are economists and employers who think minimum wage creates distortion in the labour market, leads to......
KARACHI: The depreciating US dollar was finally supported by the State Bank which purchased the greenback in the interbank market and lifted its price by more than Re1 on Friday, currency traders......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tea Association (PTA) has alleged that some importers are misusing the SRO450, which is meant for re-export of tea after value addition, and selling the commodity to various cities......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Coastal Development Authority (BCDA) has decided to launch projects for developing tourism centres under public-private partnership.A meeting presided over by Chief Minister......
KARACHI: The strengthening of the rupee by eight per cent against the dollar has substantially reduced the landed cost of imported finished goods and raw materials, but consumers continue to pay high......
ISLAMABAD: The government is set to launch 4G broadband services in Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir and an announcement to this effect is expected to be made on March 23.Sources in the......
KARACHI: Centre has informed the Sindh government that it needs the services of the Karachi police chief — Additional Inspector General Ghulam Nabi Memon — for an assignment in the federal......
RAWALPINDI: In an effort to curb the spike of coronavirus cases in Pakistan, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Saturday notified a fresh list of countries categorised into A, B and C after......
PAKISTANI universities are not contributing enough in the areas of research and development or to the knowledge-based economy. The reasons are not difficult to comprehend. For one, the environment of......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which has announced its plan to hold a public meeting in Rawalpindi on April 4 to mark the 42nd death anniversary of its founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, has......
LAHORE: Delay in the grant of construction licences by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) and finalisation of the Gas Transportation Agreement (GTA) by the state-owned Sui gas companies are......
MARYAM Bibi has taken agricultural loans eight times in as many years from different microfinance banks (MFBs).Her first loan was of Rs12,000, which she paid back on time and qualified for a bigger......
ISLAMABAD: Two major opposition parties lashed out on Saturday at the government over its plan to meet conditions set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) through promulgation of ordinances......
• Modi sends best wishes to Imran • Ministers dispel impression vaccine caused infection • No vaccinations on Sundays, national holidays • Pakistan Day parade to go aheadISLAMABAD: As Pakistan’s......
PAKISTANI universities are not contributing enough in the areas of research and development or to the knowledge-based economy. The reasons are not difficult to comprehend. For one, the environment of......
THE Islamabad Security Dialogue that coincided with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin’s India visit, where he praised New Delhi’s growing ties with ‘like-minded partners’, saw Pakistan’s leadership......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Secretariat has refused to provide ballots of the recently-held election for the chairman of the upper house to the legal team of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) but seems to have......
