President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday conferred civil awards on 88 Pakistani and foreign nationals in recognition of their services in different fields during a ceremony at Aiwan-i-Sadr.The awards......
China's Geely Auto announced the formation of a new electric car brand, Zeekr, on Tuesday, whose first vehicle will be delivered in the third quarter this year.The brand will focus on the Chinese......
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told Prime Minister Imran Khan in a Pakistan Day message that his country desires cordial relations with the Pakistani people, it emerged on Tuesday.The......
Just three days after Pakistan observes March 23 as the Pakistan Day to mark the anniversary of the adoption of the Lahore Resolution in 1940, Bangladesh observes March 26 as its own Independence......
As the nation commemorates today the historic passing of the Pakistan Resolution of 1940 in Lahore, which in practical terms triggered the Pakistan Movement and brought us independence, it is well......
Fourteen militants were sentenced to death in Bangladesh on Tuesday for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina more than two decades ago, a prosecutor said.The 2000 bomb plot was one......
Pakistan opener Sharjeel Khan said on Tuesday he was delighted with the welcome he had been given since being recalled to the national squad after completing a lengthy ban for spot-fixing.The......
THE PDM is in trouble. If the dispute over resignations symbolised the first crack within the opposition alliance, the disagreement over which party has claim on the office of the leader of the......
RAWALPINDI: The administrations of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Monday announced local holiday in the twin cities on March 25 as the Joint Services (JS) Pakistan Day Parade has been rescheduled amid......
AstraZeneca’s release on Monday of encouraging data about its coronavirus vaccine from its US trial raised hopes that the drug company could bury doubts about the shot and put a troubled rollout......
Israelis began voting on Tuesday in the country’s fourth parliamentary election in two years — a highly charged referendum on the divisive rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Public opinion......
A gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, killing 10 people, including the first police officer to arrive on the scene, before the bloodied suspect was arrested in the......
The country is celebrating Pakistan Day today (Tuesday) as the nation battles a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.Pakistan Day commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution on March 23,......
NORTH SOUND: Sri Lanka claimed wickets at both ends of a dour morning session which produced just 59 runs as they restricted West Indies to 72 for two in reply to the tourists’ paltry first innings......
LAHORE: Poor response from clubs across the country has forced the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to extend the deadline for clubs’ registration till April 8.Though the PCB in a press release on Monday......
MIAMI: Serena Williams became the latest high-profile player to pull out of the Miami Open on Sunday, saying she was withdrawing in order to concentrate on her recovery from recent oral surgery.The......
PUNE: India skipper Virat Kohli on Monday said players should be consulted over the cricket calendar as the extended bubble life during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has strengthened fears of......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday came down hard on the federal authorities for taking little interest in the cases of missing persons and deplored that no legislation had so far been made......
PESHAWAR: A single-member Peshawar High Court bench on Monday extended the interim pre-arrest bail of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader retired Captain Mohammad Safdar until April 5 in a case......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department wants reduction in the number of passengers travelling in public transport vehicles to and from the infected districts to prevent spread of Covid-19......
ISLAMABAD: The District Health Office has set indicators to evaluate the spread of Covid-19 in different areas so that smart lockdowns can be imposed as the capital saw an increase in cases with 672......
LAHORE: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) has decided to support the candidature of Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani for the opposition leader in the Senate, agreeing to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto’s contention that......
LAHORE: The PML-N leadership has directed all its members in the national and provincial assemblies from Punjab to accompany party’s vice president Maryam Nawaz to the National Accountability Bureau......
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation on Monday blasted the growing gap between the number of coronavirus vaccines administered in rich and poor countries, branding the inequity a global “moral......
BRUSSELS: The European Union, Britain, Canada and the United States on Monday launched coordinated sanctions against officials in China over alleged human rights abuses in the far western Xinjiang......
PARIS: At least one in three patients hospitalised with Covid-19 suffer long-term health issues including multiple organ problems and deteriorated mental health, according to a review of studies......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday offered Yemen’s Houthi rebels a “comprehensive” UN-supervised ceasefire, as part of a series of new initiatives aimed at ending a catastrophic six-year conflict.But the......
ISLAMABAD: Karachi and Larkana remained the most expensive cities in the country for the third consecutive week in terms of gap between actual market prices of essential food items and the rates......
ISLAMABAD: Railways Minister Azam Swati on Monday assigned the Pakistan Railways (PR) an annual earning target of Rs30 billion from its freight service and asked the officials concerned to submit......
LAHORE: Notwithstanding a drastic cut in its wheat procurement target for the current season, Punjab doesn’t see any grain shortage in the near future.The provincial food department has fixed 3.5......
ISLAMABAD: With relaxed procurement rules, Pakistan has sought eight import cargoes of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) at fixed dollar price and tight tendering schedule for delivery between April 30 and......
TRUTH be told, now that the left has lost its moorings, it’s mainly the right wing that calls the shots in South Asia. Who is lending hope to the fight against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India?......
THE PDM is in trouble. If the dispute over resignations symbolised the first crack within the opposition alliance, the disagreement over which party has claim on the office of the leader of the......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has expressed grave concern over reports of denuding of mango orchards and conversion of them into an urban property over the past years by the Defence......
QUETTA: Balochistan Governor retired Justice Amanullah Yasinzai has said that democracy cannot survive without a fully independent and free media and only a true democratic order was panacea for all......
GWADAR: The Parliamentary Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) held a daylong dialogue on the development of Gwadar and the growth of blue economy in Pakistan with the......
ISLAMABAD: Not only the opposition, but a majority of the treasury members also did not see any utility of the newly formed 15-member Senior Parliamentarians Council (SPC) as only three members,......
ISLAMABAD: A report of the one-man inquiry commission comprising retired Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh found anomalies in disbursement of $1.5 million to UK-based firm Broadsheet as the record of......
ISLAMABAD: The Dutch telecom giant VEON Ltd has bought all stakes in its telecom venture from the UAE-based Dhabi group in Jazz Pakistan.VEON in its official statement released on Monday announced......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Monday set deadlines to put into operation two mega transport projects in Karachi — the Rs300 billion Karachi Circular Railway......
• NCOC decision to be enforced where positivity ratio is over 8pc • Restrictions on education sector to be reviewed on March 24ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Monday......
ISLAMABAD: In remarks that surprised many, the head of the scrutiny committee auditing the ruling PTI’s foreign funding candidly told the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday that the......
ISLAMABAD: US Defence Secretary Lloyd J. Austin on Monday praised Pakistan’s cooperation for peace in Afghanistan.Austin, in telephone conversation with Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa, according to a......
KARACHI: Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has terminated the services of a number of officers falling in seven categories, with former employees estimating that around 500-600 officers have been affected......
THE day the coronavirus vaccination campaign began, a friend called as he waited at one of the inoculation centres in Islamabad. It was a mess, he said. Too many people had been called in and the......
