The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday said it was appalled by Prime Minister Imran Khan's remarks linking the incidence of rape to obscenity."This is unacceptable behaviour on the......
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived on Tuesday for a two-day visit in Islamabad, where he was received by his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mehmood Qureshi.This is the first visit by a......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said his government would consult the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in order to disburse a second package of incentives as the third wave of the coronavirus......
The Awami National Party (ANP) on Tuesday formally announced that it was withdrawing from the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), saying the opposition alliance had been "hijacked" by some of its......
Women now hold many of the jobs controlling the world’s largest economy — and they’re trying to fix it.Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and trade czar Katherine Tai......
There is a link between AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in the brain but the possible causes are still unknown, a senior official for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said......
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called out the daily Ummat newspaper for using "unethical and inappropriate language" against participants of the Aurat March, demanding that it......
With security forces in Myanmar having shot dead at least 570 protesters and bystanders in the past two months, many of the country’s residents see venturing out onto the street as a brave but......
THE myth that a woman’s clothing is somehow linked to the sexual violence against her has long been debunked, but it seems the prime minister still harbours this problematic view. During a telethon......
COMPARED to other Pakistani civilian leaders Imran Khan has had it easy. Although there may have been tension between him and the army, he has never had reason to fear that his government was about......
Jordan's Prince Hamza pledged allegiance to King Abdullah on Tuesday after mediation by the royal family, two days after he was placed under house arrest and accused of trying to destabilise the......
AUGUSTA: Spectators returned to Augusta National on Monday under Covid-19 safety protocols while four-time major winner Brooks Koepka worked out less than three weeks after right knee surgery, hoping......
KARACHI: A virtual consultative meeting of Pakistan Peoples Party’s senior leadership chaired by the party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari here on Monday demanded that “selected” prime minister step......
KARACHI: A transgender person was shot dead in Korangi on Monday, according to police.They added that 65-year-old M. Siddique alias Mumtaz was killed in his Gulshan-i-Latif house.Awami Colony SHO......
KARACHI: Balochistan Home Minister Mir Zia Ullah Langau said on Monday that terrorist outfits in Sindh and neighbouring Balochistan had lately developed contacts and coordination and under an......
GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Deputy Speaker Nazir Ahmed Advocate on Monday constituted a five-member parliamentary committee to investigate alleged illegal appointments being made in the......
PESHAWAR: The Centre for Advanced Studies and Energy of the University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, has developed solar panels at half the price of the existing silicon ones with the help......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet has decided to provide a subsidy of Rs20.8 billion on wheat to ensure the supply of flour to the people at rates lower than the market’s during the holy month......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday imposed a Rs20,000 fine on a citizen over her frivolous litigation and for trying to make the government’s policies against Covid-19......
The National Command and Operation Centre will hold a session today (Tuesday) to review the opening of educational institutions in Covid hotspots across the country, Radio Pakistan reported.Today's......
ISLAMABAD: While a large number of people aged less than 50 years of age have managed to get themselves vaccinated against Covid-19, the government has failed to take action against them.Experts......
LAHORE: Inspector General of Punjab Police Inam Ghani on Monday took immediate action against officials of various ranks who have a criminal record.Chairing an important meeting, the IGP directed to......
LAHORE: The PMS Officers Association on Monday sought an unconditional apology from the Lahore High Court on behalf of the officers involved in anti-judiciary protests after a former civil judge in......
LAHORE: With no respite in the new Covid-19 cases, the south Punjab health secretary and four of his family members tested positive for the virus, besides 2,275 other people across the province,......
MOSCOW: Russia said on Monday it would extend a punitive slowdown of Twitter until May 15, though it acknowledged the US social media company had speeded up deletion of what Moscow calls banned......
UNITED NATIONS: Enabling poorer countries to make Covid-19 vaccines is the only effective way of defeating the pandemic that has already killed almost three million people, says a UN report released......
BHUBANESWAR: Indian security forces have stepped up operations against ultra left-wing guerrillas deep in the forests of a mineral-rich central state after they killed 22 police in an ambush at the......
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that could keep him in the Kremlin until 2036, the government said on Monday.The legislation allows him to run for two more six-year terms......
JERUSALEM: Israel’s legal and political dramas converged Monday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced court in his corruption trial while his bid to form a government after another inconclusive......
KARACHI: Chinese tyres have captured 85 per cent of market share in Pakistan — a substantial 45pc increase from two years ago, importers said on Monday.Like many Made in China products that have......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan on Monday announced the third five-year strategic plan for Islamic banking industry, with the aim of expanding the share of Islamic banks’ assets and deposits to......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan may be facing about 12-19 per cent water shortage during the current kharif season despite significantly better than last year water availability.The Indus River System Authority......
COMPARED to other Pakistani civilian leaders Imran Khan has had it easy. Although there may have been tension between him and the army, he has never had reason to fear that his government was about......
TRANSFORMATIVE leaders positively change a state’s direction. They induce big changes in political, economic and social institutions and policies whose influence lasts for decades to give major......
THE myth that a woman’s clothing is somehow linked to the sexual violence against her has long been debunked, but it seems the prime minister still harbours this problematic view. During a telethon......
QUETTA: A suspected terrorist belonging to a banned outfit was killed and four others were arrested in an operation launched by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in the Bakhtiarabad area of Sibi......
ISLAMABAD: With falling sugar prices in the world market, the government is considering floating an international tender for import of 50,000 tonnes of the sweetener to maintain its price within the......
ISLAMABAD: A fresh list of 12 nominees for elevation as judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has surfaced after a delay of over two months.Last time the elevation process was interrupted after LHC......
ISLAMABAD: On the instructions of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the government has expanded its mobile free-food programme and launched it in three more cities to help the poor, especially the labour......
ISLAMABAD: Cracks in ranks of the opposition came into the open on Monday as 27 senators belonging to five political parties formally announced formation of a separate group and refused to accept PPP......
NEW DELHI: A former Indian back channel envoy for talks with Pakistan has canvassed support for secret parleys reportedly between the two sides, *The Hindu* said on Monday.It quoted Satinder Lambah,......
MAPUTO: Mozambique’s military says it is regaining territory in the northern town and gas hub of Palma, seized by the activists of the militant Islamic State group last month, claiming a......
BEIRUT: Jordan’s King Abdullah II has intervened in the case involving his outspoken half brother, who is accused of a plot to destabilise the kingdom, and the former heir to the throne has agreed to......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday determined about 27.5 per cent reduction in average bulk hydroelectric tariff of the Water and Power Development......
LEMBATA: Tropical cyclone Seroja pounded Indonesia and East Timor on Monday after torrential rains triggered floods and landslides that have killed at least 113 people and left dozens more......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has referred to the interior ministry the case of 41 Pakistani prisoners who were convicted of drug trafficking in Sri Lanka but were brought back under an......
ON our national stage, where only the PDM’s survival and the government’s economic policies seem to be worth obsessing over, there is another story which has a small group of people interested. As it......
ISLAMABAD: In a dramatic turn that may forestall an early settlement of tens of billions of dues between K-Electric and state-owned entities, Saudi investor Abdulaziz H. Aljomaiah and Special......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday abruptly prorogued the National Assembly session even without completing the question hour after failing to meet the requirement of quorum following a noisy......
