Finland's football association has begun offering a free “sports hijab” to any player who wants one, in a move designed to attract a greater diversity of players into the sport.So far, the FA has......
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said on Saturday that Pakistan is included among the world's top 30 countries in terms of Covid-19 vaccines administered.In a video......
ISRAEL’S recent brutal foray into Gaza and its targeting of Palestinians elsewhere in the occupied territories has elicited strong reactions from across the world.While many of Tel Aviv’s protectors......
WHEN data starts to drive discussion, politics becomes even messier than usual. In Pakistan today, numbers, figures, graphs and charts are speaking louder than words. But are the people absorbing......
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday said he would invite foreign ministers of Muslim nations to Islamabad in March 2022 to propagate the Kashmir issue and present the case of Kashmiris......
India has told Twitter Inc it has one last chance to comply with new IT rules, or face “unintended consequences” according to a copy of an official letter seen by Reuters.The new rules — which were......
Prime Minister Imran Khan is addressing a ceremony in Islamabad to mark World Environment Day. This year, Pakistan is hosting World Environment Day in partnership with the United Nations Environment......
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry expressed on Saturday the government’s willingness to initiate negotiations with the opposition, saying that Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly......
Some of India's states are easing lockdown restrictions as coronavirus infections subside, with the world's second-most-populous nation on Saturday logging its lowest daily case count in nearly two......
Yesterday the Supreme Court of India, after quashing a sedition case registered by the Himachal Police against veteran journalist Vinod Dua, ruled that no journalist could be arrested on sedition......
ISRAEL’S recent brutal foray into Gaza and its targeting of Palestinians elsewhere in the occupied territories has elicited strong reactions from across the world.While many of Tel Aviv’s protectors......
LAHORE: A resolution was submitted to the Punjab Assembly on Friday condemning attacks on journalists and rights activists in the country.The resolution was submitted by independent MPA Jugnoo......
LAHORE: The Punjab Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department has unearthed a scam of posting of nurses on the fake Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) recommendation letters......
TOKYO: One of Japan’s sporting heroes and a member of the local Olympic committee said on Friday her nation had been “cornered” into pressing ahead with the 2020 Games despite public opposition......
KUALA LUMPUR: Three Australian clubs have pulled out of the 2021 Asian Champions League amid an interrupted domestic season prolonged by the Covid-19 pandemic.The Asian Football Confederation issued......
PARIS: Pakistan’s veteran tennis professional Aisam-ul-Haq made an early exit from the French Open when he and his Austrian partner Oliver Marach lost their second-round men’s doubles match against......
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Friday passed the Sugar Factories (Control) (Amendment) Bill 2021 and five other bills bulldozing all rules of procedure and conventions amid protest by the......
LONDON: England and New Zealand were left kicking their heels in the Lord’s Pavilion after rain prevented any play on Friday’s third day of the first Test.The pitch and square remained fully covered......
PARIS: The early departure of seeded players in the women’s tournament continued at the French Open as third-seeded Aryna Sabalenka was upset by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Friday in the third round......
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has favoured the jirga system saying it is an excellent alternative justice system.Addressing tribal elders during a jirga at the South......
KOHAT: Six people were killed and five others injured over a land dispute in Dheri Banda during an exchange of firing in a house here on Friday.The incident occurred at 8am when two cousins Adam Khan......
MITHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Sindh secretary Aajiz Dhamrah has warned of dire consequences if water is not provided to rice cultivation zones of the province and said the country may face a......
PESHAWAR: The controversy over Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai’s views on marriage echoed in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Friday with members of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party and......
KARACHI: Police’s Counter-Terrorism Department on Friday issued notices to former leaders of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Dr Farooq Sattar and Anis Advocate, said CTD DIG Omar Shahid Hamid.The senior......
ISLAMABAD: Educational institutions in Islamabad will be opened on a staggered basis from Monday as the positivity ratio of Covid-19 cases has significantly dropped in the city, however, so far only......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking disqualification of former Karachi mayor and Pak Sarzameen Party chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal from the public offices he previously......
ISLAMABAD: Cigarette prices are the cheapest in Pakistan when compared with other countries in the South Asian region, said a study by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI).The study......
KARACHI: The Sindh Cabinet considering the significance and future financial implications of pension payments on Friday approved a pension reforms scheme under which around Rs894.4 billion would be......
ISLAMABAD: The murder of two officials of the Eagle Squad of the capital police late on Thursday night seemed to be targeted one, according to senior police officers.The officers told Dawn that a......
KARACHI: Amid protest by two main opposition parties, the Sindh Assembly on Friday passed the Sindh Evacuee Trust Properties (Management and Disposal) Bill, 2019 enabling the provincial government to......
ISLAMABAD: In a resolution, the Sindh Bar Council (SBC) on Friday called upon Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed to consider taking suo motu notice of a ban on prominent journalist and......
LONDON: Finance ministers from wealthy G7 nations on Friday moved towards supporting US-backed plans for a minimum global level of corporate tax aimed at getting multinationals — especially tech......
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday summoned the National Assembly to meet in the Parliament House on June 7 (Monday). During the session the budget for the year 2021-22 will be presented on......
WASHINGTON: The US government has airlifted emergency medical supplies to Pakistan, the Maldives and Sri Lanka to stop the spread of Covid-19, the State Department said on Friday.The supplies,......
QUETTA/DERA MURAD JAMALI: Hundreds head of cattle were killed, power supply was suspended and a large number of people were rendered homeless as their makeshift houses were destroyed due to heavy......
WORLD Environment Day today has kick-started a decade of ecosystem restoration. As a global host for World Environment Day, 2021, it is an important opportunity for Pakistan to revisit environmental......
ISTANBUL: A thick, brown, bubbly foam dubbed “sea snot” has covered the shores of the Sea of Marmara, alarming Istanbul residents and raising environmental concerns.The naturally-occurring mucilage......
THE acquittal of Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta by the Lahore High Court this week has once again underscored the deeply problematic and growing misuse of the blasphemy law. After spending seven years......
YANGON: Envoys from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) held talks with Myanmar’s junta on Friday, with its top general reiterating he would only allow fresh elections once the......
WHEN data starts to drive discussion, politics becomes even messier than usual. In Pakistan today, numbers, figures, graphs and charts are speaking louder than words. But are the people absorbing......
WASHINGTON: The conclusion of a classified US intelligence report on the existence of alien unidentified flying objects (UFOs) is inconclusive, US media reported on Friday.Military and intelligence......
BRUSSELS: The European Union and Britain launched parallel competition probes on Friday into whether Facebook uses data from advertisers to unfairly dominate the online classified market.The US......
ISLAMABAD: Weekly inflation for the combined group in the period ended on June 3 fell by 0.61 per cent on the back of a slight decline in prices of essential food items, data released by the Pakistan......
LAHORE: Following the decision taken by Prime Minister Imran Khan for tripartite checking of river water situation, Punjab on Friday nominated nine officers to accompany the Wapda teams to gauge......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports of 13 sectors including value-added textiles posted double-digit growth in the 11 months of current fiscal year (11MFY21) compared to the same period a year ago, data......
BEIJING: China accused the United States of “suppressing” Chinese firms and issued veiled threats of a retaliation on Friday, after President Joe Biden expanded a blacklist of companies Americans are......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday suspended the operations of a letter written by the Ravi Urban Development Authority (Ruda) to the provincial secretary for local government and......
CAIRO: Egypt has sent a convoy of engineers and building equipment to Gaza to begin reconstruction in the Palestinian enclave after the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Egyptian state television......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday assured the Muttahida Qaumi Movement of Centre’s support to address problems confronting Sindh, particularly Karachi, after an MQM delegation presented......
KARACHI: Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Maliki has assured Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah that he will take up with the Saudi authorities the issue of approval of......
KARACHI: Pakistan has received $1.25 billion in Roshan Digital Accounts (RDA) since its beginning in September 2020 while the inflow has been increasing faster than the initial first quarter.The......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday called for investigating repeated incidents of illicit uranium possession and sales in India and emphasised the need for identifying the end-users of the......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday allowed K-Electric to charge an additional fuel cost adjustment (FCA) of average 26 paisa and 10 paisa per unit in June......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday completed Rs89.2 billion transactions as the first instalment of payments to 20 independent power producers (IPPSs) from the Rs403bn committed under a settlement......
ISLAMABAD: The Asia Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering has improved Pakistan’s rating on 21 of the 40 technical recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) against money laundering......
THE acquittal of Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta by the Lahore High Court this week has once again underscored the deeply problematic and growing misuse of the blasphemy law. After spending seven years......
WORLD Environment Day today has kick-started a decade of ecosystem restoration. As a global host for World Environment Day, 2021, it is an important opportunity for Pakistan to revisit environmental......
