Emergency workers in western Germany and Belgium rushed on Friday to rescue hundreds of people in danger or still unaccounted for as the death toll from devastating floods rose to more than 125......
An anti-terrorism court on Friday granted bail to 147 leaders and activists of nationalist parties arrested in cases pertaining to allegedly resorting to violence, ransacking and torching private......
WhatsApp has blocked more than two million users in India in just a month for violating its rules, the United States-based company has disclosed in its first compliance report under India’s......
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and the US have formed a new diplomatic platform to support peace and stability in Afghanistan and foster regional trade and business ties, according to a Foreign......
A delegation of Afghan political leaders led by top peace official Abdullah Abdullah left for Qatar on Friday to attempt to breathe life into stalled talks with the Taliban as violence escalates......
Authorities in Indian-occupied Kashmir on Friday said there is no ban on the sacrifice of animals during the upcoming Eidul Azha holiday, a day after the government asked law enforcers to stop the......
SCIENCE is all around us. Kitchens, kitchen gardens, lawns etc. become a child’s first laboratories. They are never tired of exploring them. The fact that children as young as three or five have a......
A spell of moderate to heavy rain, coupled with winds and thunderstorm, is expected in all districts of lower Sindh including Karachi till late night on Friday, according to the Pakistan......
Cricket rivals Pakistan and India have been drawn in the same group at this year's T20 World Cup, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Friday.The tournament is set to take place in......
The three-day Afghan Peace Conference, earlier scheduled to commence from July 17 in Islamabad, has been postponed until after Eidul Azha, the Foreign Office said on Friday.According to the FO, the......
Treasury members in the Senate on Friday disputed the claims of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Sindh Director Amir Farooqi about the involvement of National Database and Registration......
“Never thought diplomacy could be so sweet,” commented a US lawmaker as he received a box of Pakistani mangoes.“And I never thought mangoes could be so delicious,” said another US official, while......
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Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui was killed on Friday while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a border crossing with Pakistan, an Afghan commander......
Prime Minister Imran Khan assured China on Friday that Pakistan would spare no effort to fully investigate the Dasu bus tragedy, according to Radio Pakistan.The state broadcaster said the prime......
The US dollar continued to move upwards against the rupee on Friday, hitting Rs160 in the interbank market for the first time since February.The rupee depreciated by 70 paisa as the dollar was being......
Pakistan has denied allegations by Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh that the Pakistan Air Force had issued an official warning to Afghan security forces to repel any action by the latter to......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday hit back at Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's claims about Pakistan's "negative role" in the Afghan peace process, adding that it was "unfair" to blame the country......
ISLAMABAD / MANSEHRA: Stepping back from its earlier position that the blast on Chinese workers’ bus was caused by accidental leakage of gas, the government on Thursday said it could potentially be a......
SWAT: The residents of Charbagh and Khwazakhela tehsils here on Thursday staged a protest against imposition of Section 4 on their agricultural lands.They said that they did not want to give their......
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said that mass scale reforms were underway in the tax regime of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as annual revenue collection of the provincial government has already......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s cricket board is planning disciplinary action against the national side’s batting coach Grant Flower following allegations that he breached a bio-secure bubble during the recent......
PESHAWAR: A lawyer on Thursday moved the Peshawar High Court challenging some provisions of the women’s property rights law, which assigned judicial powers to the provincial anti-harassment......
TOKYO: International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Thursday there was “zero” risk of Games participants infecting Japanese residents with COVID-19, as cases hit a six-month high in......
SUKKUR: Freshwater dolphins are flourishing in a stretch of the country’s main river after a helping hand from fishermen mobilised to defend a rare species driven to near extinction.Identifiable by......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Thursday summoned ballistics and chemical experts on July 27 to record their testimonies in a case pertaining to killing of an aspiring young Waziristan model,......
SANDWICH: The long-awaited return of the British Open got under way under blue skies at Royal St. George’s on Thursday as former champion Louis Oosthuizen shot to the top of the leaderboard with a......
KARACHI: A suspected robber was shot dead in an encounter in Korangi on Thursday as the police foiled a bank robbery. His three accomplices, including one injured, escaped through the back gate of......
LAHORE: The Punjab Tourism and Archaeology Department is developing and restoring many archaeological sites around Taxila with special focus on religious tourism under a project worth Rs150m.Tourism......
LAHORE: The PML-N has taken on Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) for giving a ‘clean chit’ to top government functionaries and made two official scapegoats.The ACE has arrested former......
LAHORE: Patients and their kin have been suffering at the hands of the Shaikh Zayed Hospital (SZH) administration and the ‘noncooperative’ nursing and paramedical staff.Multiple ills plague this one......
LAHORE: As the government raised per litre price of petrol by a whopping Rs5.40, which came on the heel of last two increases, all segments of society on Thursday reacted sharply, saying it [as......
KARACHI: Pakistan Navy Ship Zulfiquar, along with an embarked helicopter, recently visited Portsmouth, United Kingdom, as part of the Navy’s overseas deployment.According to information reaching......
MUZAFFARABAD: A group of political activists, said to be affiliated with the ruling PML-N, hurled eggs and stones on the convoy of federal minister for Kashmir affairs Ali Amin Gandapur on Thursday,......
ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Federal Education, headed by MNA Hamid Hameed, on Thursday formed a high-profile committee having representation of the......
ISLAMABAD: Three more accountability courts have been set up in the capital and three judges of the subordinate judiciary have been nominated to preside these courts.With the establishment of three......
QUETTA: Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq has said that the PTI government, despite completing three years of its rule, has failed to end poverty, resolve missing persons’ issue and restore law and......
The complexity of the situation in Afghanistan is intensifying by the day and Pakistan is battling the odds to secure itself from the toxic fallout of the escalating chaos across the western......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has arrested more than 120 people suspected of supplying or procuring fraudulent coronavirus vaccine and test certificates, official media said on Thursday, two days before a......
BEIJING: The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and seemingly unstoppable march of the Taliban opens a strategic door to China that is laden with both risk and opportunity.China abhors a power......
SYDNEY: The Australian state of Victoria was ordered into a five-day lockdown on Thursday following a spike in Covid-19 infections, joining Sydney as the country’s two main population hubs battle an......
QUETTA: After gaining consent from Afghan Taliban, Pakistan opened the border crossing in Chaman on Thursday for three hours to allow citizens of both countries, who had been stuck on both sides of......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday issued notices to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on a petition regarding framing of......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan on Thursday said that housing and construction finance in FY21 saw a remarkable increase of Rs111 billion or 75 per cent to reach Rs259bn compared to FY20.The......
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) raised Rs5.7 billion on Thursday with the conclusion of the book-building process for PIA Sukuk-I at the cut-off price of one-month Karachi......
ISLAMABAD: Export containers have been piling up at Chaman border stations since July 14 in the wake of government’s decision of indefinite closure of Friendship Gate for all commercial activities......
GENEVA: Pakistan has severely criticised the draft agreement that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is hopeful to finalise to stop overfishing.Pakistan described the draft deal as “regressive and......
ISLAMABAD: Reversing earlier decisions and agreements, the government on Thursday decided to ‘re-negotiate’ once again power purchase agreements (PPA) with about a dozen independent power producers......
SCIENCE is all around us. Kitchens, kitchen gardens, lawns etc. become a child’s first laboratories. They are never tired of exploring them. The fact that children as young as three or five have a......
ISLAMABAD: The Planning Commission has expressed its inability to “rein in” the National Logistics Cell (NLC) and suggested the cabinet division place it under control of the communications......
KARACHI, a city of around 16 million, is the commercial and industrial hub of Pakistan. It has consistently remained the highest taxpaying city of Pakistan.Electricity is the lifeline of any modern......
THE Afghan Taliban are on the march, capturing territory inside Afghanistan as the government in Kabul fumbles to respond and Western forces in the beleaguered country count down the days till their......
ISLAMABAD / MANSEHRA: Stepping back from its earlier position that the blast on Chinese workers’ bus was caused by accidental leakage of gas, the government on Thursday said it could potentially be a......
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office on Thursday said that Pakistan was hosting a three-day conference on Afghanistan to give a fresh impetus to the efforts for peace there.“Pakistan is hosting the Afghan Peace......
THE ongoing school and college examinations across the country mark the advent of the cheating season. As expected, the national discourse is now focused on the malpractices of both candidates and......
