Former prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate said on Monday that it was PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s decision to seek the support of......
Saudi authorities said on Monday only people vaccinated against Covid-19 will be allowed to perform the year-round Umrah pilgrimage, starting from the holy month of Ramazan.The Haj and Umrah ministry......
South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock is unlikely to face any sanction over the run-out of Fakhar Zaman during the Proteas' 17-run win in the second ODI, according to reports.After reviewing......
Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan will miss the rest of the tour of South Africa and the tour of Zimbabwe due to a toe injury, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Monday.The 22-year-old spinner......
Pakistan hopes to maintain cordial ties with both China and the United States despite the growing animosity between the two giant economies.Last week, US President Joe Biden floated a proposal to......
A Bangladesh ferry carrying around 50 passengers collided with a cargo vessel and sank on Sunday in the Shitalakhsya River south of the capital Dhaka, leaving at least 26 people dead and a few still......
WHEN a number of Arab countries — led by the UAE — established ties with Israel last year under the so-called Abraham Accords, the million-dollar question was (and remains) when Riyadh would......
It’s somewhat ironic how Donald Trump came to power on the rhetoric of reversing what he and his supporters called “too much of globalisation”. In fact, he was successful to an extent. He pulled out......
THE danger that misleading or false information poses to society has been grimly demonstrated during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the deadly threat from the virus, many people’s response......
MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Sunday the notification to scrap the powers of the south Punjab secretariat was a conspiracy against the Punjab government as neither the chief......
Turkish authorities on Monday detained 10 former admirals after a group of more than 100 retired top navy officers issued a midnight statement that government officials tied to Turkey’s history of......
Jordan’s estranged Prince Hamzah, in a voice recording released on Monday, said that he would disobey orders by the army not to communicate with outside world after he was put under house arrest.The......
Five suspects were arrested on Monday in connection with the killing of a Swat anti-terrorism court judge and his family members, police said.A day earlier, Judge Aftab Afridi was travelling to......
The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has served show cause notices to the PPP and the ANP (Awami National Party), it emerged on Monday.The development was confirmed by PDM secretary general and......
PARIS: French Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu said it was possible the French Open could be postoned for the second year amid the COVID-19 crisis.France entered a third nationwide lockdown on......
KARACHI: Although no case of UK Covid-19 variant has been reported so far this year in Sindh, which is conducting highest number of tests, the World Health Organisation has recommended the provincial......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has directed the provincial health department to constitute a medical board to determine the age of a girl who has contracted a freewill marriage.The two-judge bench......
KARACHI: Pakistan Blind Cricket team outclassed India in all departments in the final to win by a handsome margin of 62 runs and lift the Triangular Blind Cricket Series title at Bashundhara Cricket......
KHYBER: Illegal cutting of wild berry and olive trees in different areas of Bara here has been continuing without any check, sources said.They told this correspondent that local men in Lawatta area......
PESHAWAR: Security forces killed another terrorist during an area ‘sanitisation operation’ in Dewagar area of North Waziristan tribal district on Sunday.The security forces had also killed a member......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s Rs2.6 billion programme for giving monthly stipends to the students of government schools in merged tribal districts is still in the doldrums despite......
ISLAMABAD: After a controversy over the scope of audit of Prime Minister’s flagship Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme, the Ministry of Climate Change has finally agreed on an special audit to be......
RAWALPINDI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Sunday revised and extended the entry restrictions, temporary ban and the coronavirus standard operating procedures (SOPs) for all inbound travelers,......
ISLAMABAD: While 714 more people were found infected in the federal capital, the positivity rate rose to 11.28 per cent during the week ending on April 4 compared to 9.69pc between March 22 and March......
LAHORE: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif has chided Prime Minister Imran Khan for saying that he goes to office daily to wage jihad (against corruption).“You wake up in the morning not to go for......
MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Sunday the notification to scrap the powers of the south Punjab secretariat was a conspiracy against the Punjab government as neither the chief......
LAHORE: Giving a reference to a Transparency International report, Federal Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry says the report has suggested that the people of Pakistan think that the......
“We deliver roughly 150,000 orders a day – this comes to about 4.5-5 million orders a month. An average order for home chefs is Rs300-350 whereas for other restaurants it is about Rs550,” says Mr......
Pakistan hopes to maintain cordial ties with both China and the United States despite the growing animosity between the two giant economies.Last week, US President Joe Biden floated a proposal to......
It’s somewhat ironic how Donald Trump came to power on the rhetoric of reversing what he and his supporters called “too much of globalisation”. In fact, he was successful to an extent. He pulled out......
Given the rate of inflation that has taken place, Prime Minister Imran Khan has removed unelected technocrat Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and given the additional charge of the finance ministry to Federal......
There are few districts in Sindh that can be credited with a role in the freedom struggle against Britishers. Sanghar is one of them. Its history sans the powerful Hur Resistance Movement — titled......
Remittances are relentless lovers of the rupee. They console, comfort and support it like nothing else. The rise of the rupee during March has cheered up the politically challenged PTI government.......
DHAKA: Five people died in Bangladesh on Sunday and rescue workers searched for survivors as a small ferry packed with up to 50 passengers sank after colliding with another boat.The vessel sank in......
DUBAI: Police in Dubai arrested a group of people on charges of public debauchery, authorities said, over a widely shared video that showed naked women posing on a balcony in the city.Violations of......
KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will put forward a three-phase peace roadmap for Afghanistan during a proposed meeting in Turkey, seeking an agreement with the Taliban and a ceasefire before......
OVER the past two years, online debates over mass cultural identity and the Pakistani state’s role in defining and shaping it have taken a new turn on account of the small, but growing, imprint of......
THE danger that misleading or false information poses to society has been grimly demonstrated during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the deadly threat from the virus, many people’s response......
WHEN a number of Arab countries — led by the UAE — established ties with Israel last year under the so-called Abraham Accords, the million-dollar question was (and remains) when Riyadh would......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani on Sunday constituted a parliamentary committee for holding negotiations with the government employees who have been staging a sit-in outside......
QUETTA: The Balochistan health department has again postponed a five-day vaccination campaign against polio across the province due to the ongoing strike of government employees who have been holding......
KARACHI: Habib Bank Limited has joined forces with Hysab Kytab to launch the first comprehensive ‘personal finance manager (PFM)’ solution, offered for the first time by any bank in Pakistan.Hysab......
ISLAMABAD: Billions of rupees’ development projects of the National Highway Authority (NHA) have virtually come to a halt due to a lack of disbursement of funds under the Public Sector Development......
ISLAMABAD: After constitution of a committee on construction of new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals, the gas utilities are said to have expressed concerns over supply issues in the existing......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Sunday said that differences between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) would benefit the ruling Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: The new Senate which emerged last month after the much-hyped election is set to begin its first session on Monday (today) with a strengthened coalition government facing a divided......
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said on Sunday the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is entering an important phase as the projects to be built under it pertain......
OVER the past two years, online debates over mass cultural identity and the Pakistani state’s role in defining and shaping it have taken a new turn on account of the small, but growing, imprint of......
ISLAMABAD: As number of active cases of coronavirus has surpassed the figure of 60,000 first time since July last year with record number of patients in hospitals since the outbreak in the country,......
• Rules out any decision against country’s interests • Accuses judiciary and NAB of protecting those involved in financial wrongdoing • Warns of major restrictions if people don’t adhere to Covid-19......
