At the luxurious Armani hotel inside the world’s tallest skyscraper in Dubai, Israelis in kippas and Emiratis in long white robes and kanduras gathered on Wednesday to discuss investment......
A Pakistan Army soldier was martyred on Wednesday after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded near a military checkpost in South Waziristan tribal district's Kaniguram area, the military's......
Global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said it is "appalled" by the move to take veteran journalist and TV anchorperson Hamid Mir off air, terming it "another step towards......
At least 11 people, including nine children, were bitten by stray dogs in a village in Larkana on Wednesday, according to information attributed to local officials.The incident took place in......
A security guard was injured in a grenade attack outside the Bahria Icon Tower in Karachi's Clifton area on Wednesday afternoon, police said.SSP South Zubair Nazeer Shaikh said that two suspects......
PML-N leader and former finance minister Miftah Ismail vowed on Wednesday that his party would "try our best not to let the [government's] anti-people budget pass".He made the comment during a press......
Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood on Wednesday said board exams for students of classes nine and 10 would be held only for elective subjects and mathematics while exams for students of classes......
At least nine people were injured on Wednesday when a security guard opened fire on the set of a television drama at a residence in Karachi's Defence Housing Authority neighbourhood, police said.The......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday stressed the need to improve defence ties with Tajikistan, as the two countries signed memorandums of understanding (MOU) for cooperation in various sectors,......
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has constituted a committee to liaise and discuss the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) — a proposed media regulatory body — with relevant......
The highly infectious Covid-19 variant first detected in India threatens to rapidly spread in the Asia Pacific region, including areas inhabited by refugees, the United Nations High Commissioner for......
In a bid to converge multiple media regulatory bodies in Pakistan and expand the ambit of regulation for digital media, the government has proposed the formation of the Pakistan Media Development......
The federal government on Wednesday withdrew its appeal in the Supreme Court against the Lahore High Court's (LHC) May 7 decision to grant PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif conditional permission to......
On Monday, armed robbers in Karachi killed four people and wounded five others when they resisted their separate mugging bids, causing further alarm among residents who have been highlighting the......
KARACHI: As FIFA’s patience wears thin with Pakistan, the Pakistan Football Federation Normalisation Committee appointed by the global football body in also getting impatient.After having lauded the......
LONDON: The men’s Cricket World Cup will once again become a 14-team tournament in 2027 and 2031, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday.The changes were announced as the ICC,......
LONDON: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson insisted the ‘fierce challenge’ posed by Joe Root’s England side will be uppermost in his mind rather than his team’s record at Lord’s when he leads the......
LAHORE: The Abu Dhabi Health Ministry has surprisingly raised an objection over the presence of Indian broadcasters to cover the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches despite the fact that the UAE......
PARIS: At the mercy of Bernarda Pera’s deep groundstrokes and struggling with her moves, top-ranked Ashleigh Barty gave the impression that her return to Roland Garros would be short-lived.In ideal......
PARIS: Japan’s Naomi Osaka stunned the tennis world late on Monday by withdrawing from the French Open after deciding to boycott post-match media duties, explaining she had been suffering from......
HARIPUR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said that government is utilising its resources for improving the living standard of the people who, reposed confidence in the vision of Prime Minister Imran......
PESHAWAR: The controversy over the appointment of more ministers to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet than the permissible number resurfaced in the provincial assembly on Tuesday as the advocate general......
ISLAMABAD: Police arrested two female lawyers after the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday rejected their bail petitions in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) rampage case.ATC Judge Raja Jawad Abbas......
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday said he has decided to convene a meeting of the committee to take up the issue of press......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa directorate of archaeology and museums on Tuesday took the possession of ancestral homes of Bollywood legends Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar inside the walled city of......
ISLAMABAD: Planning Minister Asad Umar will formally inaugurate construction work on Margalla Road in Sangjani on Thursday.Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Capital Development Authority......
RAWALPINDI: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has exempted diplomats, their staff and families from rapid antigen testing (RAT) on arrival in Pakistan.“Rapid Antigen Testing will not be mandatory on......
MIRPURKHAS: Several hundred growers of Rann Shakh took out a protest rally on Tuesday from Kaloi to Naokot town in protest against acute shortage of irrigation water in their water channel.The......
RAWALPINDI: As vaccination drives across the country continue amid the third wave of Covid-19, a shortage of the Sinopharm vaccine has been reported in several vaccination centres of......
LAHORE: Train accidents have come down in the first five months of the ongoing year if the data is compared to the eventualities occurring in the last two years.From January to May 2020, 64......
HYDERABAD: Newly appointed chief executive officer of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) could not assume his charge on Tuesday as agitating officers and workers blocked his way into the......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court has expressed its displeasure over failure of prosecution in producing witnesses in the eight-year-old case pertaining to the murder of alleged Lyari gangster Arshad......
SIALKOT: The Punjab government has transferred Assistant Commissioner Sonia Sadaf and posted her at Pind Dadan Khan (Jhelum district) with immediate effect a month after derogatory treatment meted......
LAHORE: Top PML-N leaders presented views both in favour and against initiating talks with all stakeholders, including the establishment, in a meeting with its Quaid Nawaz Sharif.“In a recent......
KARACHI: A judge of the Sindh High Court on Monday sent a matter involving a constitutional question to the chief justice of Sindh for formation of a division or a larger bench to decide as to......
KARACHI: Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani said on Tuesday that exams of matriculation and intermediate in the province would be held in July and the decision regarding exams of the classes up to......
LAHORE: Holding two policemen hostage, the notorious Chotu gang has demand the release of its key accomplices, including the ring leader, presently serving sentence in different jails in Punjab for......
KARACHI: Trade bodies have given a 72-hour ultimatum to the Sindh government to meet their nine demands, which were also part of a resolution passed by the traders on Tuesday. They have also......
KARACHI: Yet another private members’ day in the Sindh Assembly was marred by chaos and uproar during a strong protest lodged by the members of three major opposition parties on Tuesday.This seems to......
RECENTLY, as India’s battle against Covid-19 raged on, the New York Times published a damning report regarding the death and disease statistics that India was offering up as ‘official’ figures.......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia scrambled jets to intercept 16 Chinese military aircraft off the country’s coast in the South China Sea, a rare incident that the foreign minister angrily denounced on Tuesday......
WITH the last of the American soldiers packing to leave Afghanistan, post-9/11 US-Pakistan relations have come full circle. Originally touted as a strategic alliance, it morphed into a transactional......
KABUL: The US military will hand over its main Bagram Air Base to Afghan forces in about 20 days, an official said on Tuesday, as Washington presses on with withdrawing the last of its troops from......
MAKE no mistake: the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority Ordinance — an apparent draft of which is doing the rounds on social media — is a declaration of war against journalists. It will,......
VILNIUS: Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Tuesday she had asked the United States for further sanctions on individuals and companies supporting the Belarus government.The......
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis updated the Catholic Church’s criminal code on Tuesday, reinforcing penalties for priests who sexually abuse minors, measures long sought by activists against......
JERUSALEM: Israeli politicians battling to unseat veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were racing against the clock on Tuesday in talks to build a “change” coalition spanning the political......
GENEVA: Coronavirus variants with clunky, alphanumeric names have now been assigned the letters of the Greek alphabet to simplify discussion and pronunciation while avoiding stigma.The World Health......
QUETTA: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Balochistan, commercial banking circle, arrested three members of a gang involved in bank frauds, seized Rs1.73 million from their possession and......
ISLAMABAD: Perusal of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s financial documents by the chartered accountants hired by the petitioner in PTI foreign funding case continued on Tuesday for the second......
MIRAMSHAH: Gunmen attacked the security squad of the North Waziristan tribal district’s deputy commissioner on Tuesday, killing two people, including a policeman. Three guards were injured in the......
ISLAMABAD: In continuation of poultry sector inquiry, the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) on Monday carried out search and inspection of Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) premises for its......
QUETTA: Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said the army will make all possible efforts to achieve an enduring peace for sustainable socio-economic development of......
ISLAMABAD: The counsel for Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday concluded arguments in the petition he had filed against victory of Sadiq Sanjrani in the election for Senate chairman.Mr Gilani’s......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has established three border markets at Gabd, Mund and Chedgi in Balochistan’s border with Iran for the rehabilitation of people living along the borders affected by the......
LAHORE: A member of a Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Tuesday recused himself from hearing post-arrest bail petition of PML-N MNA Khawaja Asif related to an inquiry into assets beyond means......
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday dispelled the impression of a rift in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and said the party is united under the leadership of......
KARACHI: Media organisations representing publishers, journalists, broadcasters, editors and news directors have rejected the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) Ordinance,......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesday said that nearly 51 per cent of the total Inland Revenue was raised from 14 major sectors including petroleum products in July-May (11MFY21)......
ISLAMABAD: Categorically stating that Pakistan’s stance on Israel’s violations of human rights in Palestine is anti-Zionist and not anti-Semitic, President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday urged Muslim......
• Drap registers Pfizer vaccine • WHO gives green light to Sinovac • Lowest positivity ratio recorded since March • 500,000 Sinopharm doses arriveISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday inaugurated an......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Industries on Tuesday urged the National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) to resolve the ex-mill sugar price fixation issue soon as the sweetener is being sold at retail......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Advisory Council (EAC) on Monday agreed to keep the focus of coming budget on agriculture, export diversification, higher subsidy allocations and to extend construction sector......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is increasingly getting worried about a security vacuum in Afghanistan after the United States pullout as the already dim prospects of successful reconciliation between warring......
MAKE no mistake: the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority Ordinance — an apparent draft of which is doing the rounds on social media — is a declaration of war against journalists. It will,......
THROUGHOUT history, Muslims and Jews have lived in peace, in sharp contrast to the persecution the followers of Judaism suffered during the 2,000 years of their life in Europe’s ghettoes. That Arabs......
WITH the last of the American soldiers packing to leave Afghanistan, post-9/11 US-Pakistan relations have come full circle. Originally touted as a strategic alliance, it morphed into a transactional......
