A group of 21 British lawmakers have written a letter to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, questioning why Pakistan has not yet been removed from the red list for travel and urging that it be promoted......
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday said the Dasu bus attack that last month killed 13 people, including Chinese nationals, was a suicide bombing, adding that investigation showed it......
A blast has been reported in Rawalpindi's Wah Cantonment area, DawnNewsTV reported.According to initial reports, the explosion shattered the windows of nearby homes and shops.Rescue services, fire......
A Muslim man was beaten, paraded through a street and forced to chant "Jai Shree Ram" (Hail Lord Ram) by a mob in India's Uttar Pradesh state on Wednesday, NDTV reported.Video footage of the......
THE country is now hurtling towards a state of isolation reminiscent of what we saw in the aftermath of the Abbottabad raid. Doors are closing and demands are rising. Meanwhile, at home the prime......
Afghan government negotiators in Qatar have offered the Taliban a power-sharing deal in return for an end to fighting in the country, a government negotiating source told AFP on Thursday.“Yes, the......
Pakistan on Thursday conducted a successful training launch of surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile Ghaznavi, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.According to a statement,......
Prime Minister Imran Khan, in a wide-ranging talk with foreign journalists at his residence on Wednesday night, said he was not really "waiting" for a phone call from US President Joe Biden."I keep......
The failure of Afghan security forces to blunt the advance of the Taliban has left US officials deeply frustrated after spending billions to train and equip the country's military for two......
Hackers pulled off the biggest ever cryptocurrency heist on Tuesday, stealing $613 million in digital coins from token-swapping platform Poly Network, only to return $260m worth of tokens less than......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday took exception to erstwhile rulers for their lack of foresight and long-term approach, saying “election-to-election” planning of former leaders had put the......
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said on Thursday the Azad Jammu and Kashmir general elections acted as a "super spreader event" for the coronavirus with......
Track and field athlete Arshad Nadeem was given a hero's welcome upon his return to Pakistan after finishing fifth in the men's javelin throw event at the Tokyo Olympics.Punjab Sports Minister Rai......
The Taliban have taken the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni just 150 kilometres from Kabul, a senior lawmaker and the insurgents said on Thursday.The city — the 10th provincial capital to fall to the......
An Indian rocket failed in its attempt on Thursday to put a satellite into orbit to provide real-time images used to monitor cyclones and other potential natural disasters.A technical fault occurred......
GILGIT: The local people continued the protest sit-in in Khaplu area of Ghanche district for second consecutive day on Wednesday, while a shutter down strike was also observed in protest against......
HARIPUR: A Christian couple here on Wednesday alleged the abduction, forced conversion and marriage of their ‘underage’ daughter.They also accused a local PTI leader and police of supporting the......
PESHAWAR: A director of Mardan-based tobacco company has moved the Peshawar High Court seeking directives for different government departments, including Federal Board of Revenue, Federal......
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said setting up of a unified body to regulate and monitor all mainstream and social media was the need of the hour.However, media......
ISLAMABAD: It was another unproductive day in the National Assembly on Wednesday as Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri had to once again adjourn the sitting soon after the Question Hour without taking up......
MUZAFFARABAD: Regional president of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Barrister Sultan Mahmood has agreed to become the party’s candidate in the presidential election in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK),......
LONDON: England could be without both Stuart Broad and James Anderson in a home Test for the first time in nearly a decade following a double injury setback at Lord’s.Broad, 35, has been ruled out of......
SYDNEY: Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns is in an intensive care unit at a Sydney hospital after undergoing cardiovascular surgery following a major heart incident in Canberra last week.St......
LAHORE: The ‘jittery’ and ‘confused’ consumers of the Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) were up in arms on Wednesday as the company started fresh cycle of billing, slapping 7.5 per cent......
KINGSTON: West Indies and Pakistan commence their two-Test series at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Thursday with head coach Phil Simmons concerned about the readiness of the home players for what is......
IN November 2010, Argentina and Brazil played a friendly in Qatar. Lionel Messi, then 23, already a global football superstar and Ballon d’Or winner, and Neymar, then an 18-year-old rising global......
ISLAMABAD: A senate committee on Wednesday decided to invite Talha Talib and Arshad Nadeem, who failed to win medals during the recent Tokyo Olympics but still performed well.The Senate Standing......
LAHORE: Days after the UK Home Department refused to extend former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s stay in the country on medical grounds, his ‘fresh’ medical report was submitted to the Lahore High......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has shown serious concern over non-implementation of the Anti-Rape (Investigation & Trial) Ordinance 2020 by the police while dealing with the cases of sexual assault......
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank on Wednesday signed an agreement to extend $130 million financial support to help improve the education system in Sindh.Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan......
KARACHI: The Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly, Haleem Adil Sheikh, on Wednesday described Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s claims of winning elections from Karachi as daydreaming and said that the......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to an accused for throwing acid on a schoolteacher over a marriage proposal.Mohammad Sohail was found guilty of burning the face......
KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority defended on Wednesday the decision to outsource its testing and licensing exam system to the United Kingdom saying that the move aimed at rebuilding the global......
CHAGAI: Senate Chairman Mohammad Sadiq Sanjrani has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan is playing a key role in the development of Balochistan, adding that he has ensured release of Rs20 billion for......
QUETTA: Five suspended militants of a banned organisation have been killed in a gun battle with the personnel of Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and security forces in New Marri Camp area near......
BERLIN: A British man suspected of spying for Russia in exchange for cash has been arrested in Germany, prosecutors said on Wednesday, in a highly unusual case compared to a Cold War thriller.Germany......
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation on Wednesday announced major international trials of three drugs to find out whether they improve the condition of hospitalised Covid-19 patients.Artesunate,......
KHARTOUM: Sudan will hand longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court along with other officials wanted over the Darfur conflict, Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi said on......
LONDON: A British judge on Wednesday gave the US government extra grounds to appeal a refusal to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, after it argued the initial ruling relied on a witness who......
ISLAMABAD: The judiciary has failed to come up to the nation’s expectations and one cannot claim with confidence that the institution is independent, the Islamabad High Court’s chief justice admitted......
KARACHI: All representative organisations and associations of media in-dustry — the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), Pakistan Broadcasters......
America lost. Pakistan did not. How do you tell this to the world?The story of Afghanistan is writing itself on the battlefield. It is not a work of fiction. The story of Afghanistan is also being......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed on Wednesday held out an assurance that as long as he served the top judicial office, he would ensure that the rights of minority communities,......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued rules for prize schemes for those who shop at big retailers, integrated with the computerised system of the tax machinery.The rules were......
LAHORE: MCB Bank Limited on Wednesday declared second interim cash dividend of Rs5 per share (that is 50pc), bringing the total cash dividend for the half-year ended on June 30 to 95 per cent, in......
KARACHI: Robust sales of cars, trucks, jeeps, pickups and tractors were noted in July, while for buses, two- and three-wheeler segments the first month of the fiscal year proved a bit turbulent.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Wednesday approved the National Remittance Loyalty Programme (NRLP) envisaging incentives for overseas Pakistanis to sustain......
KARACHI: The country has succeeded in entering a sustainable economic growth phase after attaining stability and will keep moving forward to achieve a high growth rate, said State Bank of Pakistan......
HOW many of us feel proud when the chief justice takes suo motu notice on issues of women empowerment, building and master plan violations, horrendous fundamental rights abuses, or even things as......
THE country is now hurtling towards a state of isolation reminiscent of what we saw in the aftermath of the Abbottabad raid. Doors are closing and demands are rising. Meanwhile, at home the prime......
ISLAMABAD: Sindh High Court Chief Justice Ahmed Ali Shaikh has again refused to attend sittings of the Supreme Court as an ad hoc judge, saying he is humbled by the offer of the Judicial Commission......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Bajwa on Wednesday called on ‘stakeholders’ in the Afghan peace process to contribute positively to it rather than blaming Pakistan for the failures......
• NCOC expects six million doses in a week • Fully inoculated people to avail air travel from Sept 1 • Vaccination centres to remain closed on Muharram 9, 10 • PM aide informs UK of concern over red......
THE prime minister’s brief visit to Karachi on Tuesday once again laid bare the frosty relations between the federal and Sindh governments. Imran Khan took a round of the Karachi shipyard and chaired......
HOW many of us feel proud when the chief justice takes suo motu notice on issues of women empowerment, building and master plan violations, horrendous fundamental rights abuses, or even things as......
