Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Monday that Pakistan's armed forces had all required capabilities to fight all external and internal threats, and traditional and non-traditional wars."If any......
A man allegedly killed his male cousin and critically injured his sister for "honour" in Karachi's Gulshan-i-Iqbal neighbourhood on Monday, according to Mobina Town police.The suspect attacked Gulnaz......
Britain is investigating whether or not some veterans from the Afghan war have taken their own lives because they are so devastated by the chaotic withdrawal of US-led forces from the country,......
Anti-Taliban leader Ahmad Massoud and others shared a picture of a fighter jet claiming it showed a Pakistan Air Force plane that was shot down by resistance fighters in Afghanistan's Panjshir......
A district court in Lahore on Monday remanded six suspects in the Minar-i-Pakistan assault case into physical custody of police for three days.The suspects, who had previously been identified by the......
Haseeb Hameed defied India as England looked to captain Joe Root to lead them to a dramatic victory in the fourth Test at London's Oval cricket stadium on Monday.England were 131-2 at lunch on the......
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Monday hailed the Taliban’s desire to have Afghanistan incorporated in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as “encouraging”, saying “it is good” if the......
The Taliban on Monday called for recognition of Afghanistan, saying the country "has the right" to be recognised while urging the international community to reopen their embassies in Kabul.“The war......
With the 2021 T20 World Cup a little over a month away, Pakistan cricket received a major shock on Monday as their head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and bowling coach Waqar Younis resigned from their......
Six Palestinians broke out of an Israeli prison on Monday through a tunnel dug beneath a sink, triggering a massive manhunt for the group.The Israel Prison Service (IPS) said an alert was sounded at......
The Taliban said on Monday they have taken control of Panjshir province north of Kabul, the last holdout of anti-Taliban forces in the country and the only province the Taliban had not seized during......
Pakistan commemorated the 56th Defence Day on Monday to pay homage to the martyrs of the 1965 war against India.On September 6, 1965, the people of Pakistan and the country’s armed forces thwarted......
A self-described survivalist in body armour shot and killed four people, including a woman and her three-month-old baby boy in her arms, before surrendering to police in central Florida on Sunday,......
Senior Taliban officials met in Kabul on Sunday with the UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, who promised to maintain assistance for the Afghan people, Taliban spokesman Suhail......
LAKKI MARWAT: The father of a medical student, who was murdered in Kohat in 2018, has pardoned her killer.Ghulam Dastagir, father of Asma Rani, who was killed on Jan 17, pardoned her murderer,......
LAKKI MARWAT: The father of a medical student, who was murdered in Kohat in 2018, has pardoned her killer.Ghulam Dastagir, father of Asma Rani, who was killed on Jan 17, pardoned her murderer,......
KHYBER: Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has categorically rejected presence of Afghan refugees camps in the border regions and called upon the world community to beware of such baseless......
PESHAWAR: The cash-starved Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan has been deprived of several millions of rupees of fees through fake bank receipts, according to sources.A preliminary inquiry, conducted......
DHAKA: Left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel claimed a career-best 4-16 as New Zealand kept alive their Twenty20 International series against Bangladesh with a thumping 52-run victory in the third game on......
ISLAMABAD: The joint action committee of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) has demanded demarcation of the university land and removal of encroachments from it.The committee, which comprises alumni......
KARACHI: Pakistan will unveil its Twenty20 World Cup party as well as squads for the home series against New Zealand and England on Monday with no major changes forthcoming.Mohammad Hafeez is all but......
TOKYO: The final act of the delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics came on Sunday, almost eight years to the day after the Japanese capital was awarded the Games.The Paralympics ended a 13-day run in......
GUJAR KHAN: A man shot dead his wife and mother-in-law in Thathi area in the jurisdiction of Gujar Khan police station on Sunday.According to DSP Gujar Khan Malik Rifaqat, Jamshed opened fire on his......
KARACHI: Taking a U-turn on its earlier decision within two months, the academic council of Karachi University (KU) recently abolished its two-year bachelor programmes in arts, science and commerce......
HYDERABAD: A four-member committee formed by the Sindh culture minister to look into the Sept 2 collapse of historic Pucca Qila’s facade, has submitted its interim report to the department,......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, in his message on the Defence Day, has termed the Sept 6, 1965 a golden chapter in the history of the defence of the country when the armed forces and the......
KARACHI: With less than a week is left in the local government elections of six cantonment boards in Karachi, besides one each in Hyderabad and Pannu Aqil, the election campaign has picked up......
BAHAWALPUR: Thirty-four candidates belonging to various political parties are in the run for the five seats of Bahawalpur Cantonment Board (CB).The ruling coalition partners Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf......
GUJRAT: An 18-year-old girl on Saturday died at the Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital after alleged gang rape.The girl’s family bemoaned that she had been murdered as she was administered......
CAIRO: A court in Egypt on Sunday sentenced eight foreigners and two Egyptians to death on charges of smuggling in over two tonnes of heroin by sea, a judicial source said.Authorities seized the......
LONDON: A former aide to Prince Charles has temporarily stepped down from his role heading a charity founded by the British heir after newspaper revelations about his links to a Saudi businessman.The......
LAHORE: The government claims to have started implementing the special compensation package for the landowners/affectees of the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project under the Land Acquisition......
SRINAGAR: Police in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir opened a case on Saturday against family members of the late resistance leader Syed Ali Geelani under a harsh anti-terror law for......
CONAKRY: Special forces soldiers appeared on Sunday to have ousted Guinea’s long-serving president, telling the nation they had dissolved its government and constitution and closed its land and air......
HISTORY has come full circle in Afghanistan with the Taliban regaining power after 20 years of war. In post-America Afghanistan the Taliban face a number of critical tests — of governance, preventing......
THE fourth year of the government has barely begun but the prospects of the next election, which is not scheduled before the autumn of 2023, are already being widely discussed. One question that......
QUETTA: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Balochistan’s health department will jointly set up psychiatric telemedicine centres for counselling and treatment of mentally ill prisoners in the......
ISLAMABAD: Since Pakistan inception in 1947, as many as 41 judges have been elevated to the Supreme Court bypassing the senior most judges of their respective high courts, it emerged on......
THE PTI government’s claims of respecting press freedom have long been exposed as patently insincere. Its proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority is no less than a declaration of war against......
ISLAMABAD: Expressing concern over long delays, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has directed the power sector entities concerned to immediately include hydroelectric power in......
DUBAI: The UAE announced a new visa on Sunday allowing foreigners to work in the country without being sponsored by an employer, relaxing residency requirements in an attempt to boost economic......
“In September, Pakistan will have the highest textile orders of 2021,” says Khurrum Mukhtar, Patron in Chief of the Pakistan Textile Exporters Association while explaining that the shipping backlog......
Is the government’s pro-cyclical growth strategy starting to unravel even before it could properly take off? That may not be so but the sharp surge in trade deficit in August bringing pressure on the......
HISTORY has come full circle in Afghanistan with the Taliban regaining power after 20 years of war. In post-America Afghanistan the Taliban face a number of critical tests — of governance, preventing......
LAHORE: Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry defends the Kabul visit by the director general of the country’s prime intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence, saying such unconventional......
With changing dynamics around the world marked with the rise of FinTechs, payment and lending platforms and Covid-driven fast-tracked growth in awareness and usage of financial products and digital......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has sought cooperation of real estate associations all over the country to meet requirements of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in relation to......
LAHORE: Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry defends the Kabul visit by the director general of the country’s prime intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence, saying such unconventional......
Amazon.com Inc plans to take a more proactive approach to determine what types of content violate its cloud service policies, such as rules against promoting violence, and enforce its removal,......
The Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Food Price Index (FFPI) is the most reliable indicator of movements in international commodity prices. Measured by this index, global food prices were up 33.9......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani has reversed his two `controversial’ decisions directly linked with powers and efficacy of the standing committees following the opposition’s outcry, but......
KEEN to build on the last year’s growth rate of 3.9 per cent to hit the targeted 4.8pc this year, Pakistan is set to leverage the second phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) at a time......
A World Cup qualifier between Argentina and Brazil was suspended amid farcical scenes on Sunday after Brazilian health authorities accused a number of Premier League players of violating the......
• Inoculation of class 9-12 students begins in province today • Drap allows use of alternatives for ActemraKARACHI / ISLAMABAD: In a significant development, the Sindh health department has decided......
Tech’s hot in Pakistan these days no matter how one looks at it. You could substantiate that claim by using the inflow of investment in startups, which has already crossed $250 million with four......
