Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked Balochistan Governor retired Justice Amanullah Khan Yasinzai to step down, saying he intends to appoint a new governor in view of the "transformed political......
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for a review of the GSP+ status granted to Pakistan in view of an "alarming" increase in the use of blasphemy accusations in the country as......
Taliban fighters have protected western military bases in Afghanistan from attacks by rival, or rogue Islamist groups for over a year under a secret annex to a pact for the withdrawal of all US......
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Friday that he had taken notice of reports of villagers being evicted by employees of Bahria Town and law enforcers in Karachi and demanded a report on the......
Imran Butt led the way for Pakistan with a dogged 71 not out but it was slow going on the second morning of the first Test against Zimbabwe on Friday as the batsmen added just 59 runs in 32......
FORMER DG FIA Bashir Memon has opened a Pandora’s box by saying that Prime Minister Imran Khan wanted him to initiate proceedings against Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa. In a wide-ranging......
Karachi-based senior journalist and media consultant Khurram Baig, 49, passed away on Thursday evening due to Covid-19.With over two decades of print, TV and web experience under his belt, Baig —......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday announced a five-year development package worth Rs370 billion for Gilgit-Baltistan during his visit to the area.Addressing a ceremony in GB, the prime minister......
At least 44 people were crushed to death overnight on Friday at an overcrowded ultra-Orthodox religious festival in Israel with attendees describing scenes of chaos in which others died in front of......
Several Indian states have run out of Covid-19 vaccines a day before a planned widening of a nationwide inoculation drive, authorities said on Friday, as new infections in the crisis-hit country......
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said on Friday that Pakistan has so far managed to cope with the increase in critical care Covid-19 patients by......
India has recorded the world’s sharpest spike in coronavirus infections this month, with political and financial capitals New Delhi and Mumbai running out of hospital beds, oxygen and......
DUBAI: Iran on Thursday welcomed a “change of tone” from Saudi Arabia and said it hoped the two countries could work together to secure peace, amid moves to ease tensions between the regional......
LAUSANNE: A sports’ social media boycott was gathering strength on Thursday with several organisations joining England’s soccer leagues in a show of solidarity against online abuse.European soccer......
PALLEKELE: Openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne posted hundreds and a double century stand as Sri Lanka reached 291-1 against Bangladesh on an ominous first day of the second Test on......
ISLAMABAD: Ashfaq Hussain Shah called on the Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Dr. Fehmida Mirza in her office on Thursday during which he shared the proposals suggested by his group......
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Residents of Makeen in South Waziristan tribal district called off their protest after talks between Inspector General Frontier Corps (South) Maj-Gen Umar Bashir and elders of......
PESHAWAR: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) in its meeting on Thursday approved 14 projects with the cost of Rs34.14 billion.A statement issued here said the online meeting of the forum......
PESHAWAR: Though Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded 36 deaths from coronavirus on Thursday, the Covid-19 positivity level in Mardan came down to 14 per cent from 23.3 per cent in a day.On average, 35 people......
DUBAI: Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak, who was given an eight-year ban by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for corruption, on Thursday apologised and took ‘full responsibility’ for his......
KARACHI: An accountability court on Thursday acquitted a former acting chairman of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) and four private contractors in an eight-year-old case pertaining to corruption of......
KARACHI: Killing of two suspected gangsters in an ‘encounter’ in a PIB locality on Thursday triggered protest on main University Road where police resorted to aerial firing to disperse the......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday directed divisional administration to ensure enforcement of complete ban on intercity transport from Friday, adding that this ban would......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) board on Thursday finalised six multi-storey parking plazas in major business centres of Islamabad with parking capacity of about 3,500......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday upheld capital punishment of a convict who killed his pregnant wife and was seeking acquittal on the ground of being a psychopath.IHC division......
NAROWAL: The district administrationhas postponed the inauguration of an anti-corona vaccination centre in Zafarwal thrice for administrative and political reasons.Like the other parts of the......
LAHORE: Most of the Punjab Cabinet members have proposed that the provincial government must go ahead to impose lockdown in the cities facing high coronavirus rate.As many as 2,100 coronavirus deaths......
LAHORE: The representatives of various medical and health organisations have blasted the government for delayed response towards third Covid spike and slow vaccination process and suggested it to......
LAHORE: Senator Barrister Ali Zafar, who has been tasked by Prime Minister Imran Khan with overseeing the sugar scam probe, on Thursday held meetings with the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf ‘s......
• Car finance, charity incentives for overseas Pakistanis launched • PM to visit Saudi Arabia next week • Premier rejects allegations levelled by former FIA chiefISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Terming over nine......
WASHINGTON: A bipartisan bill will soon be introduced in the US Senate to set up duty-free export zones along the Pak-Afghan border, says a senior US lawmaker.The proposed legislation will allow......
BRUSSELS: Nato has started the withdrawal of its mission from Afghanistan following a decision by President Joe Biden to bring US forces home, an alliance official said on Thursday.“Nato Allies......
ISLAMABAD: The Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has granted construction licences to Tabeer Energy and Energas to start construction of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Receiving Terminals at Port......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has now introduced a single combined digital certificate evidencing registration with the SECP and some provincial departments......
ISLAMABAD: The auction for mobile telephony spectrum is expected to be held in June, and consultants have expressed optimism that it will be successful because of the potential available in......
THERE was a time when May Day was one of the most important dates on the calendar. When the workers movement exercised significant influence over politics as well as intellectual debate. When......
THE PTI government will be completing its third year in about three months. Election talk may start by the end of next year unless the opposition has its way. With two years to go, and large policy......
FORMER DG FIA Bashir Memon has opened a Pandora’s box by saying that Prime Minister Imran Khan wanted him to initiate proceedings against Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa. In a wide-ranging......
QUETTA: Balochistan Home Minister Mir Zia Langove has said that eliminating acts of terrorism and restoring peace in the province are top priorities of the government and all plots to destabilise the......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday sought a reply from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for not allocating seats for special persons in the recruitment test for election......
QUETTA: Balochistan Assembly Speaker Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo has directed the officials concerned to submit details of the earthquake victims of Washuk district who have not received rehabilitation......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that civil servants when reinstated on merits cannot be deprived of back benefits as such deprivation would be against his/her constitutional rights.“In case of......
LAHORE: Consumer confidence in Pakistan further deteriorated during the period between January and March this year, primarily owing to the restrictions renewed by the government to stop the rising......
ISLAMABAD: The executive committee of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Thursday expressed concern over the disclosures by former director general of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Bashir......
ISLAMABAD: Two days after the scrutiny committee of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) refused to allow use of laptops by financial experts to scrutinise financial documents of the ruling......
BEIJING: China launched the first module of its “Heavenly Palace” space station on Thursday, a milestone in Beijing’s ambitious plan to establish a permanent human presence in space.Billions of......
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to withdraw prize bonds of Rs7,500 denomination with immediate effect and allowed its conversion into registered bonds of higher denomination.In a notification......
ISLAMABAD: The accountability court of Islamabad has summoned former president Asif Ali Zardari on May 20 in a corruption reference.Accountability Judge Syed Asghar Ali has summoned Mr Zardari in a......
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden triumphantly declared that the United States is “on the move again” in a rousing speech to Congress on Wednesday, calling for trillions of dollars to rebuild the......
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Election Commission of Pakistan was informed on Thursday that the gender gap in electoral rolls had come down to 10.4 per cent as was evident from electoral rolls......
• Car finance, charity incentives for overseas Pakistanis launched • PM to visit Saudi Arabia next week • Premier rejects allegations levelled by former FIA chiefISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Terming over nine......
• One million doses of Covid-19 vaccine arrive from China • Inbound flights curtailed to stop transportation of Indian variant • 5,480 cases, 151 deaths reported in single day • Permission granted......
THERE was a time when May Day was one of the most important dates on the calendar. When the workers movement exercised significant influence over politics as well as intellectual debate. When......
