Facebook on Friday set its ban on former US president Donald Trump for two years, saying he deserved the maximum punishment for violating platform rules over a deadly attack by his supporters on the......
A passerby was shot dead during an 'encounter' between law enforcement personnel and suspected criminals in Karachi's Nazimabad-1 area on Friday evening, according to police.A police party conducted......
Three cases of the coronavirus variants first identified in India and South Africa have been detected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the provincial health secretary confirmed on Friday.Syed Imtiaz Hussain......
The Karachi Tajir Action Committee (KTAC), which represents a large number of trade associations in the city, on Friday announced to keep shops open till 8pm from tomorrow (Saturday) in protest......
Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that Pakistan is ready to restart talks with India if Delhi provides a roadmap towards restoring the previous status of occupied Kashmir.“If there is a......
Russian player Yana Sizikova has been arrested at the French Open and has been placed in custody over match-fixing allegations, sources told Reuters on Friday.A police source and the French Tennis......
Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Ahmed Al-Malki on Friday assured Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah that the Saudi government would incorporate Chinese-manufactured vaccines in its......
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday said that the party would support Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on the budget despite the inappropriate behaviour of......
Police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kohat district released Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen after keeping him in detention for almost eight hours on Friday, according to PTM......
A petition seeking sedition charges against veteran journalist and TV anchorperson Hamid Mir was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday for his speech "containing very serious derogatory......
Police in India have arrested seven people and seized 6.4 kilogrammes of uranium from their possession, Indian media reported on Friday, marking the second time in less than a month that authorities......
National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yusuf said on Wednesday that the sudden withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan was not ideal, adding that any shifting of blame on Pakistan for......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday named the squads for the upcoming tours of England and West Indies, recalling four experienced players and including uncapped Azam Khan."Quetta Gladiators’......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said Pakistan was faring better than India economically, adding that the country was now on the path to progress.Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony for the......
LAHORE: The Textbook Publishers Association (TPA) on Thursday demanded the government to direct the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB) to issue them no objection certificate and withdraw the......
ISLAMABAD: Over 70 teaching and non-teaching staff in Federal Directorate of Education (FDE)-run schools and colleges have been vaccinated against Covid-19 after the Ministry of Federal Education......
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) senior minister Chaudhry Tariq Farooq claimed on Thursday that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was destined to sweep the upcoming AJK polls owing to......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government on Thursday did not allow the mayor of Rawalpindi and union council chairmen to enter Jinnah Hall to hold a meeting and forced them to convene a session of the......
TOKYO: The countdown clock for the Tokyo Olympics hit 50-days-to-go on Thursday, and the day also brought another problem for the delayed Games.About 10,000 of 80,000 unpaid volunteers for the Tokyo......
LAHORE: The Punjab cabinet has expressed its concern over the irresponsible behaviour of the Sindh government for, what it sees, the sake of point-scoring on water issue.“We negate such an approach......
LAHORE: Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf says all the matches involving Pakistan including the Pakistan Super League (PSL) should be held in the home country, otherwise,......
LONDON: England finished day two on 111-2 and trail New Zealand by 267 runs in the first innings of the first Test after Devon Conway’s double ton took the game away from the home side on......
PARIS: World number one and former champion Ashleigh Barty limped out of Roland Garros on Thursday, throwing the battle for the women’s title wide open as Novak Djokovic eased into the third round......
LAHORE: Testing for the evacuation, transmission, dispatch and distribution of 2,200MW of electricity by the country’s first high voltage direct current (HVDC) Matiari-Lahore transmission line was......
LAHORE: Pace of the Covid vaccination drive is ‘dead slow’ in Punjab as the government is vaccinating 51,667 people daily on average against adult population of 0.42m, a daily target set by the......
KARACHI: South Africa’s star batsman David Miller is really excited about his debut in Pakistan Super League (PSL) for Peshawar Zalmi.The recent uncertainty about the remaining PSL matches in Abu......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench has directed Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) and public works department to complete work on 13 tubewells in National Assembly constituency, NA-31,......
LAHORE: The government finally allowed the mayor-led members of the city district assembly to hold a pre-budget session at the main hall of Metropolitan Corporation Lahore after offering some......
PESHAWAR: Despite a crippling financial crisis, the Islamia College University Peshawar has failed to utilise its land holdings and commercial properties to offset the impact of the lack of......
PESHAWAR: For the first time in 1,000 days of the current Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, eight private member bills, including one seeking restrictions on commercial development of agricultural land,......
JERUSALEM: A party representing Arab citizens of Israel has for the first time joined an Israeli coalition to form a government, but many doubt the move can end decades of political......
NEW DELHI: Days after India abstained at the UN Human Rights Council on a resolution proposing to set up a Commission of Inquiry into violations related to Israel’s recent bombardment of Gaza, the......
KARACHI: The provincial agriculture department on Thursday informed the Sindh High Court that it had decided to draft a new law to replace existing laws about market committee and it would cover all......
KARACHI: Friends, colleagues and admirers of renowned writer the late Dr Asif Farrukhi took part in an online event held at the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi on Tuesday to pay homage to him on his......
KARACHI: The violence allegedly perpetrated by the so-called nationalist groups has recently overtaken the violence committed by religious and sectarian outfits in Sindh. However, the situation may......
LONDON: Like thousands of Afghan translators who served with Nato forces, Nazir Ahmad fears for his life as the US-led alliance scrambles to pull out of the country in the coming weeks.“The situation......
TEHRAN: Iran on Thursday slammed the United Nations’ decision to suspend its voting rights for failing to pay its dues as “fundamentally flawed, entirely unacceptable and completely......
KARACHI: An eight-member central committee, comprising Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) officers and representatives of welfare organisations, set up on directives of city Administrator Laeeq......
BANNING the TLP under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 1997, raises questions. Is proscription — a counterterrorism tool to challenge the legitimacy and fundraising capabilities of extremist groups —......
LONDON: Senior aides to Queen Elizabeth II barred the hiring of “coloured immigrants or foreigners” in office roles at Buckingham Palace until at least the late 1960s, a media report said on......
THE National Accounts Committee has provided a provisional estimate for overall growth in the economy for the outgoing fiscal year. At 3.94 per cent, the estimate has surprised everyone, especially......
EDUCATION and learning have suffered substantial, and in some ways permanent, setbacks in Pakistan during the pandemic. Schools were intermittently closed due to rising cases and ensuing......
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that the United States would dispatch seven million Covid-19 vaccines to South and Southeast Asia to help regional governments overcome the......
ISLAMABAD: The telecom sector on Thursday urged the government to rationalise duties and taxes to reduce the cost of doing business which would eventually make telephony and internet services cheaper......
QUETTA: Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani has expressed anger over non-recovery of dues from parliamentarians, government officials and other people who have stayed at the Balochistan House,......
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has urged the United Nations to urgently set up a global mechanism to coordinate efforts against corruption.Addressing a UN debate on corruption on Wednesday evening,......
SINGAPORE: Six companies have placed the lowest offers for a buy tender by Pakistan LNG for nine liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes to be delivered in July and August, according to a document posted......
ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission (PC) on Thursday completed the pre-bidding process for the privatisation of SME Bank and parties interested in the transaction were shortlisted.At the same......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court observed on Thursday that Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah, a leader of the Peoples Party, cannot plead for bail now on the ground cited since he did not make the same argument......
ISLAMABAD: Two policemen were shot dead in Shams Colony area of the federal capital on Thursday night, sources said.According to police, Constables Ishtiaq Ranjha and Bashir Shah, who were on a......
ISLAMABAD: The leaders of the main opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday presented a dismal picture of the state of economy in the country due to “failed fiscal policies” of the......
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) — the supreme parliamentary forum for accountability of federal government departments — appears to be helpless before influential contractors in the......
ISLAMABAD: The K-Electric has sought more than Rs5.6 billion worth of additional charges from consumers through monthly fuel cost adjustments (FCAs) for four months (January to April 2021) of the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday underscored the need for closer trilateral cooperation between Islamabad, Kabul and Beijing for peace and stability in Afghanistan and the region.“We should,......
YANGON: A shadow government in Myanmar on Thursday called on the Rohingya minority to help it overthrow the junta, promising citizenship and repatriation for the persecuted Muslim community in a......
ISLAMABAD: Even though the government appears to be slowing down ongoing power projects, it will have to increase generation capacity by 35-40 per cent from about 34,501MW to 57,204MW by......
KARACHI: Finance and Revenue Minister Shaukat Tarin has assured businessmen that no notices will be issued by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) from July 1 as the taxpayers will be able to carry out......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Thursday said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had left behind higher economic growth with borrowed money but the Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Thursday disclosed that he had written to the president for summoning a joint sitting of parliament for a decision on Sindh’s objection over approval to......
THE National Accounts Committee has provided a provisional estimate for overall growth in the economy for the outgoing fiscal year. At 3.94 per cent, the estimate has surprised everyone, especially......
BANNING the TLP under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 1997, raises questions. Is proscription — a counterterrorism tool to challenge the legitimacy and fundraising capabilities of extremist groups —......
