Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a suspect in Karachi's Lyari neighbourhood who is a son of slain Lyari gang war kingpin Rehman Dakait.“Kalakot police arrested drug peddler Sarban near......
PPP's Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar on Wednesday regretted his party's alleged move to accept the votes of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) members to get Yousuf Raza Gilani elected as the opposition......
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said on Wednesday that 0.8 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine had been administered in Pakistan and the campaign would be......
Pfizer announced on Wednesday that its Covid-19 vaccine is safe and strongly protective in children as young as 12, a step towards possibly beginning shots in this age group before they head back to......
Pakistan has shown a dismal performance when it comes to gender parity, according to the 'Global Gender Gap Report 2021' published by the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, slipping two spots since......
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Wednesday that there were a lot of opportunities present in furthering relations between Pakistan and Tajikistan in different avenues and stressed the......
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Wednesday allowed the private sector to import 0.5 million tonnes of white sugar from India, Finance Minister Hammad Azhar said.The finance minister added......
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has booked estranged PTI leader Jahangir Tareen and his son, Ali Tareen, for fraud and money laundering, it emerged on Wednesday.According to the FIRs dated......
THE abrupt ouster of Hafeez Sheikh as the ruling PTI’s finance minister has triggered a greater level of uncertainty about the economic governance of the country. On Monday, Prime Minister Imran Khan......
The rapid rise in different parts of the world of deadly, more infectious coronavirus variants that share new mutations is leading scientists to ask a critical question — has the SARS-CoV-2 virus......
Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange were on the rise since the opening bell on Wednesday with the benchmark KSE-100 index up 588 points, or 1.32 per cent, to reach 45,079 by 10am.So far, commercial......
The upsurge of the rupee against the US dollar continued on Wednesday with the local currency gaining 50 paisa compared to the previous close on the back of $499 million inflows from the......
LONDON: England paceman Jofra Archer has had successful surgery to remove a piece of glass that became lodged in a finger when he smashed a fish tank while trying to clean it.The 25-year-old played......
NAPIER: New Zealand downed Bangladesh by 28 runs in their rain-affected second Twenty20 International in Napier on Tuesday to secure the three-match series and complete a home sweep against all......
NORTH SOUND: Kraigg Brathwaite completed a ninth Test century and was eventually last out for 126 on the stroke of lunch as the West Indies totalled 354 in their first innings on day two of the......
LAHORE: While the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are in negotiation with their Sri Lankan counterparts for a national series tentatively in June, they have also invited 27 emerging women cricketers for......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday extended the interim pre-arrest bail of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader retired Captain Mohammad Safdar for an ongoing inquiry of the National......
HARIPUR: The police claimed to have arrested two persons for allegedly shaving off the head of a transgender person before sexually assaulting her in Beer union council here on Tuesday.DSP Saddar......
LARKANA: If the inspection of central medicine store and checking of stocks there by deputy commissioner is further delayed, the Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH) and Shaikh Zayed Hospital for......
KARACHI: “We have no voice in this democracy. And others, including the media, are silent spectators to our misery as the roofs over our heads are bulldozed,” said Nighat, an affectee of the Gujjar......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the federal and Sindh health authorities on a petition seeking fair distribution and vaccination of Covid-19 vaccines.The petitioners also......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Tuesday announced restriction on inter-provincial public transport on Saturdays and Sundays until the start of Ramazan, a ban on indoor and outdoor......
ISLAMABAD: The city managers on Tuesday approved PC-1 worth Rs15 billion for a low cost housing apartments project in Alipur Farash.The Capital Development Authority (CDA)’s Development Working Party......
RAWALPINDI: Due to a surge in coronavirus cases, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Tuesday notified travel restriction and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for inbound flights to Pakistan and......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Tuesday announced a number of measures to improve Islamabad’s security system which included deployment of Eagle Squad and Tourist Police and......
LAHORE: Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday denied having knowledge of any possibility of an in-house change in Punjab.In a brief informal conversation with......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday set aside an order of a trial court wherein Nusrat Shehbaz, wife of Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, had been declared absconder......
LAHORE: The Punjab Local Government and Community Development (LG&CD) Department is in a fix over the implementation of a recent Supreme Court short order restoring the local government institutions,......
BEIJING: Chinese leaders endorsed a sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system on Tuesday, creating powers to vet anyone standing for public office and slashing the number of directly elected......
WASHINGTON: The US State Department’s annual report on human rights on Tuesday identified unlawful, arbitrary and extrajudicial killings and disappearances as major issues in both India and......
NEW DELHI: India itself has received more than a third of the nearly 28 million Indian-made AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses delivered so far by the global programme for poor countries, according......
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved on Tuesday a $300 million loan to finance the construction of a 300-megawatt hydropower plant that will increase the share of clean energy in the......
ISLAMABAD: Clearance of goods containers under the Green Channel has reached 50 per cent of total cargo, leading to reduced dwell time for containers at ports and facilitating trade.The target is to......
ISLAMABAD: The prices of petroleum products may come down by up to Rs5.5 per litre on Wednesday provided the prime minister accepts recommendation of the Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) based......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday reserved its judgment on increasing power tariff by 91 paisa per unit under quarterly adjustment and 66 paisa per unit......
QUETTA: Balochistan will become a regional hub of trade and economic activities with the completion of mega projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Balochistan Governor Justice......
ONE year ago, the world ran on different rules. The rhythm of day was different, the management of time was different, people behaved differently and were scared of different things. One custom of......
WEEKS after the prime minister claimed the economy was on course to recovery he sacked his finance minister. Hafeez Sheikh’s humiliating exit is yet another example of a government completely losing......
THE abrupt ouster of Hafeez Sheikh as the ruling PTI’s finance minister has triggered a greater level of uncertainty about the economic governance of the country. On Monday, Prime Minister Imran Khan......
QUETTA: A Chinese liquor company, the Hui Coastal Brewery and Distillery Limited, which was granted a licence in 2018 for making beer, has formally started production at its plant in Balochistan’s......
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday decided to hold an inquiry over a video clip in which family members of federal Minister for Housing Tariq Bashir Cheema of......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the federal government to come up with a legal instrument to justify its perceived resistance to the import of elephants for a zoological garden.A......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has constituted an inter-ministerial committee to review the controversial social media rules.As per a directive issued by the Prime Minister Office on March 29,......
ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties on Tuesday called for reviewing all the agreements that had been signed by Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh as finance minister with international donors and placing his name......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the Russian Federation Shafqat Ali Khan has said that Islamabad and Moscow have gradually built strategic trust and have put in place institutional mechanisms to......
DUSHANBE (Tajikistan): Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Dushanbe on Tuesday and discussed matters of bilateral interest, including the Afghan peace......
ISLAMABAD: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the government had not yet released a staggering Rs240 billion for equity injection on part of the......
ISLAMABAD: Head of the Scrutiny Committee of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has defended the decision to keep the PTI’s financial documents secret, saying the petitioner has to prove his......
WEEKS after the prime minister claimed the economy was on course to recovery he sacked his finance minister. Hafeez Sheikh’s humiliating exit is yet another example of a government completely losing......
