UAE and Iran officials met in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday and discussed enhancing ties, in a possible sign of improving relations between Gulf countries and Tehran.The United Arab Emirates' deputy prime......
Former United States president Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he is filing suits against three of the country’s biggest tech companies: Facebook, Twitter and Google, as well as their CEOs.Trump......
President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday said that India was "supporting militancy and terrorism" in Afghanistan and using the neighbouring country's soil for hybrid warfare in Pakistan.A statement issued......
Balochistan Governor retired Justice Amanullah Khan Yasinzai has resigned from his position, more than two months after Prime Minister Imran Khan asked him to step down.Sources in Balochistan......
Pakistan captain Babar Azam said on Wednesday there was no thought of abandoning the team’s white-ball tour of England after learning of a major coronavirus outbreak within the home squad.Two days......
Three Indian farmers in the dry western state of Gujarat have been arrested for selling illegal alcohol after their own buffaloes got drunk on the hooch, police said.One of the men called a local vet......
Pakistan middle-order batsman Umar Akmal has tendered a public apology for failing to report corrupt approaches made to him, over which he had to serve a 12-month ban.In a video message released by......
Nigerian kidnappers, who abducted more than 100 schoolchildren this week, have demanded food for their captives as security forces stepped up efforts to free the hostages, school officials said on......
The Taliban launched a major assault on a provincial capital in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the first since the United States military began its final drawdown of troops from the country, as insurgents......
Minister for Industries Khusro Bakhtiar said on Wednesday that new reduced car prices would be implemented in a few days to reflect the tax and duty cuts on automobiles in the budget for fiscal year......
Rescuers have found the bodies of nine victims a day after a plane crash in a remote area in Russia’s Far East, local authorities said.An Antonov An-26 carrying 28 people crashed on Tuesday near its......
Prime Minister Imran Khan congratulated the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) — the nerve centre of Pakistan's coronavirus response — the team of the Ehsaas Programme and the State Bank of......
The United States military confirmed on Tuesday that it did not give Afghan officials the precise time troops would abandon the strategic Bagram air base for security reasons, even as it left the......
Italy beat Spain 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in a magnificent Euro 2020 semi-final at Wembley on Tuesday, as Jorginho converted the decisive kick to take the Azzurri through to the final where......
TOKYO: The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics are shaping up as a TV-only event with few spectators if any being allowed when they open in just over two weeks.Japan’s AsahiShimbun newspaper, citing......
Police arrested a suspect in Islamabad after a harrowing video of him torturing and stripping a woman and a man went viral on social media, it emerged on Wednesday.According to the FIR, a copy of......
LONDON: England are shouldering rising expectations. Denmark are powered by resilience and recovery.And emotions will be high at Wembley Stadium before their Euro 2020 semi-final even kicks off on......
LONDON: When Angelique Kerber grabbed the opening set of her Wimbledon quarterfinal, the full-capacity crowd saluted the accomplishment with cheers that bounced off the closed roof at Court Number......
GILGIT: German Ambassador Bernhard Schlagheck has said cooperation will be extended for mitigating climate change impact in Gilgit-Baltistan.The German envoy called on Chief Minister Khalid......
PESHAWAR: Alarmed by the recent spate of revenge killings, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Tuesday decided to not issue new weapon licences and to compile data of family feuds and personal......
LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid directed the officials on Tuesday to strictly observe deadlines in ongoing development projects at the tehsil and district headquarters hospitals of......
LAHORE: The Metropolitan Corporation Lahore (MCL) administration on Tuesday again locked offices after the Lord Mayor reached there to perform duty following release of a detailed judgment of March......
RAWALPINDI: A class eighth girl student was allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted by three men in the limits of Saddar Barooni police.The victim, a resident of Liaquat Colony at Chakri Road, told......
ISLAMABAD: Two students were picked by the capital police when they along with scores of others reached Express Chowk on Tuesday to stage a demonstration against physical exams of SSC and HSSC......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) board is all set to authorise the civic agency to get two projects - construction of 7th Avenue Interchange and rehabilitation of I.J.P. Road -......
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Imran Ismail in a meeting with leaders of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) on Tuesday asked them to identify the problems in the province and promised them their meeting......
ISLAMABAD: The country’s political leadership on Tuesday commended neighbouring China for its assistance during the Covid pandemic and said China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was beyond......
KARACHI: The newly-appointed director general of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Sanaullah Abbasi has urged officials to carry out quality investigation and obtain “timely and quality conviction”......
KARACHI: A day after the matric part-2 physics exam paper was leaked out, Advisor to the CM on Boards and Universities Nisar Khuhro on Tuesday ordered that all teachers, invigilators, both external......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday directed chief executive officer (CEO) of Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) and administrator of Defence Housing Authority (DHA) to file counter affidavits to an......
JAKARTA: Indonesia said on Tuesday it was importing emergency oxygen from neighbouring Singapore as hospitals crumbled under the weight of Covid-19, with the Delta variant continuing to wreak havoc......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz said on Tuesday that to make elections fair and transparent, between 350,000 and 400,000 electronic voting machines (EVMs) were......
OTTAWA: Canada named Mary Simon on Tuesday as its first indigenous governor general — Queen Elizabeth II’s official representative in the Commonwealth country — as the nation faces a reckoning with......
BAGRAM: The US left Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base’s new Afghan commander, who......
ISLAMABAD: Despite the negative impact of Covid-19, the country has recorded an increase in exports to major markets, said Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razzak Dawood on Tuesday.“I’m......
ISLAMABAD: With the battle over Geographical Indication (GI) rights for basmati rice between India and Pakistan entering a new phase, the Intellectual Property Organisation (IPO) is a rudderless ship......
CHAGAI: Two people, including an official of the Quetta Electric Supply Company (Qesco), were booked under different sections of the Pakistan Penal Code after a child was killed and two others......
ISLAMABAD: The Balochistan government has asked the Water and Power Regulatory Authority (Wapda) to interfere and regulate water share issues under the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) rules as......
KARACHI: Auto assemblers have been dragging their feet in passing on the price cut benefit to the consumers after the government’s decision of slashing federal excise duty (FED), general sales tax......
QUETTA: Three men and a woman were killed and 13 others suffered injuries on Tuesday when a passenger wagon overturned and plunged into a deep roadside ditch in Ziarat district.According to Levies......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to impose penalty on banks if they fail to meet the mandatory targets for the number of houses and disbursement, said a circular issued on......
ABOUT a decade ago, the rulers of Saudi Arabia faced some difficult truths. Fossil fuels, experts must have told them, were increasingly a losing bet. The dark liquid that they extracted from the......
MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has agreed to contribute to the election campaign of his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) by addressing at least three......
ISLAMABAD: PPP vice president Senator Sherry Rehman on Tuesday warned that the situation in Afghanistan could badly affect Pakistan.Talking to reporters on the rapidly evolving situation in......
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) has issued Seasonal Awareness and Alert Letter for infectious diseases in the country.The main purpose of the letter is to alert all health......
LAHORE: Pakistan on Tuesday raised additional debt of $1 billion through a tap issue of its recently issued three-tranche dollar denominated Eurobond that had fetched $2.5bn in March.The bond was......
Legendary Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar — one of the biggest stars in the golden age of Indian cinema from the 1940s to the 1960s — passed away on Wednesday at the age of 98.“With a heavy heart and......
KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz has denied any kind of deal of her party with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government and insisted the entire PML-N......
ISLAMABAD: As many as two million more doses of Sinovac vaccine reached Pakistan from China on Tuesday.On the other hand, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) confirmed presence of......
• Cabinet gives go-ahead to talks with Baloch tribals having no links to India • Camps to be set up on border for Afghan refugees • PM not to go to private functions with protocol, securityISLAMABAD:......
NOTWITHSTANDING CPEC-related development in Balochistan, insurgent groups remain active in the province. Over the years, security forces have largely contained the violence, but it is nevertheless an......
ISLAMABAD: The Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act 2010 (PAHWWA) surprisingly in its present form is just another piece of cosmetic legislation that is blinkered in its......
IT was not just the optics but also the substance that marked the national security briefing last week. The atmosphere in the National Assembly hall was completely different that day to the mayhem......
ABOUT a decade ago, the rulers of Saudi Arabia faced some difficult truths. Fossil fuels, experts must have told them, were increasingly a losing bet. The dark liquid that they extracted from the......
