A new Taliban interim government drawn exclusively from loyalist ranks formally began work on Wednesday, with established hardliners in all key posts and no women — despite previous promises to form......
In its first official comment on the government announced by the Taliban, Pakistan on Wednesday expressed the hope that the new political dispensation will work for peace and security in Afghanistan......
The National Command Authority (NCA) on Wednesday noted with concern the "destabilising massive arms build-up" in the region, affirming that Pakistan would take all measures to ensure strategic......
Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz on Wednesday said his ministry has submitted a report to a technical committee of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding electronic......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday launched the cadastral map of Islamabad to curb land record tampering, ensure monitoring of construction through imagery and provide information about land......
A massive fire raged through an overcrowded prison near Indonesia’s capital early on Wednesday, killing at least 41 inmates, two of them foreigners serving drug sentences, and injuring 80......
A Lahore district court on Wednesday issued bailable arrest warrants for actor Saba Qamar and singer Bilal Saeed in a case of the alleged desecration of Wazir Khan mosque.Judicial Magistrate Jowaria......
Police in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IOK) raided the homes of four journalists on Wednesday, triggering concerns of a further crackdown on press freedom in the disputed region.After the raids in......
The European Union on Wednesday said the “caretaker” government unveiled by the Taliban in Afghanistan failed to honour vows from the new rulers to include different groups.“Upon initial analysis of......
The Sindh government on Wednesday unveiled its plan to collect two taxes on behalf of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) — fire tax and conservancy tax — from the citizens of Karachi through......
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has dismissed the director of public security, Khalid bin Qarar al-Harbi, ordering his investigation on corruption charges, state media reported on Wednesday.“Khaled......
A woman who was harassed by a group of men while travelling in a Qingqi rickshaw in Lahore on Independence Day identified on Wednesday four of the suspects arrested in the case.The suspects were......
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz said on Wednesday that Pakistan must accept the will of the Afghan people and refrain from imposing its decision on Afghanistan.She made this statement in response......
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday stressed that the prevention of a humanitarian crisis and economic meltdown in Afghanistan were key priorities in the wake of recent developments in......
China said on Wednesday it is ready to maintain communication with the leaders of the new Taliban government in Afghanistan, calling its establishment a "necessary step" in reconstruction.Foreign......
As Taliban fighters entered Kabul on the evening of August 15, executives at Afghanistan's biggest independent TV network had a tough decision to make: stay on-air or go dark.Tolo kept broadcasting,......
KARACHI: Following a successful reflotation operation, the beached cargo ship MV Heng Tong 77 was pulled back to deep waters at high tide on Tuesday.The reflotation team rejoiced as the ship, beached......
Afghanistan cricket chiefs are still awaiting instructions from the country's new Taliban government on the future of the women's game and are not anticipating a decision any time soon, a top cricket......
The timing of it was just like one of Babar Azam’s exquisite drives through the arc between point and extra cover. While departing simultaneously and leaving the rest of the backroom staff in the......
LAHORE: While avoiding any comment on the out-of-the-blue resignations of Misbah-ul-Haq and Waqar Younis, newly appointed interim coach of Pakistan cricket team Saqlain Mushtaq on Tuesday claimed his......
COLOMBO: Debutant spinner Maheesh Theekshana claimed four wickets as Sri Lanka hammered South Africa by 78 runs in the third One-day International to clinch the series 2-1 in Colombo on......
NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic struggled but advanced within three matches of completing the first men’s singles calendar-year Grand Slam in 52 years on Monday by outlasting American Jenson Brooksby at the......
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) CEO Wasim Khan has rejected circulating reports that national team captain Babar Azam is unhappy with the squad picked for next month's T20 World Cup.On Monday, chief......
KARACHI: Expressing surprise over the management of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) for allowing its well-paid doctors to practice privately on the premises of the health......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presiding over a cabinet meeting here at CM House on Tuesday directed all the divisional commissioners to scrutinise all the domiciles/permanent......
Three days every week, as many as 70 youngsters fill up the pitch at the Dar Hockey Academy in Lahore. Run by Olympian Tauqir Dar, the academy offers training for free from Thursday to Saturday with......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Revenue has retrieved over Rs60 billion worth of 4,100 kanals government land from encroachers in 30 districts of the province with the help of the relevant......
MANSEHRA: The Kolai-Palas police have arrested a man for promoting sectarianism on social media.DPO Salman Khan told reporters on Tuesday that Mohammad Farooq was taken into custody for using his......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday directed the National Accountability Bureau to produce a detailed report about progress on its investigation into the alleged irregularities in the......
SAHIWAL: Police on Tuesday registered a case and arrested a youth for allegedly throwing acid on an 18-year-old girl over ‘refusal of marriage proposal’ at Nanakpur, Pakpattan tehsil, on Monday......
The US State Department has urged Pakistan to play a critical role in bringing an inclusive government in Kabul as a lawmaker warned that the United States could re-enter Afghanistan if the situation......
RAWALPINDI: The heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon brought a respite from the sultry and humid weather but inundated low-lying areas in the garrison city besides creating gridlocks on roads.Commuters......
LAHORE: Justice Farooq Haider of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday sent the file of a petition against the detention of Hafiz Saad Rizvi, leader of proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), to the......
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Tuesday issued a warning to the Aitchison College for non-implementation of the Single National Curriculum (SNC).The government had implemented the SNC for primary......
LAHORE: The new contractor of Metrobus service will resume the operations from Wednesday (today) with a fleet of 60 vehicles after a three-week break caused by the strike of the drivers and other......
LAHORE: The Lahore Central Business District Development Authority (LCBDDA) on Tuesday auctioned five commercial plots for Rs21.588 billion after it received the highest bid price from four groups......
DOHA: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that the Taliban were making good on promises to let out Afghans as he heard firsthand concerns on the country’s future during a trip to......
LONDON: Breaking an election pledge not to raise taxes, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday announced hefty new funding to fix a social care crisis and a pandemic surge in hospital......
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday lauded her party’s candidate Armin Laschet as the best choice to succeed her, as polls showed the gaffe-prone Rhinelander still trailing badly......
KARACHI: The foreign exchange inflows through Roshan Digital Account (RDA) reached $2.114 billion at the end of August.The State Bank of Pakistan’s data shows that the RDA inflows have significantly......
ISLAMABAD: The state-run Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has announced a gas and condensate discovery in Frontier Region Lakki of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The OGDCL said in a statement that......
KARACHI: While it collects property tax from six major cities of Sindh, the provincial government on Tuesday decided to conduct a property survey only in Karachi in an attempt to increase the tax......
KARACHI: The parent company of Nestle Pakistan mopped up as much as 2.55 per cent of the total issued shares from the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Tuesday at a price of Rs6.94 billion.In a......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Tuesday expressed concern over the threat issued by the banned Tehreeki-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to the media and urged the government......
LAHORE: The Bank of Punjab has signed an agreement with the State Bank of Pakistan for collecting government receipts in Balochistan province.A signing ceremony was held at the SBP head office and......
QUETTA: The election commission has completed all arrangements for holding elections in three Cantonment Boards in Balochistan — Quetta, Zhob and Loralai.One candidate was elected unopposed from one......
ISLAMABAD: For the last few days, the positivity rate of Covid-19 cases across the country has dropped below seven per cent.However, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday urged......
QUETTA: Pakistan on Tuesday deported over 200 Afghan nationals, including women and children, who reached Quetta via Chaman after Taliban took control of Afghanistan.They crossed into Pakistan from......
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Information Senator Faisal Javed and the panel’s other members announced on Tuesday that they would reject the Pakistan Media Development......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court remanded a case of an HIV-positive inmate back to the Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Tuesday with instructions that it first obtain a fresh report from a medical board......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will host a virtual meeting of the foreign ministers of neighbouring countries of Afghanistan on Wednesday (today) to discuss developments in the war-ravaged country.The meeting......
KARACHI: The Sindh government is going to mount a legal challenge to the Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP) 2021.Speaking to Dawn on Tuesday, Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh......
VENICE: Venice celebrated the completion of full restoration of its Rialto Bridge on Tuesday, with tenor Andrea Bocelli singing opera atop the gem of Renaissance art spanning the Grand Canal.With its......
TWENTY years ago, on that fateful September day, the world changed forever. Even as the smoke and ash from the cataclysm was still in the air, a superpower set off on the warpath. The Sept 11, 2001,......
WHILE the Afghan Taliban announced members of an interim ‘cabinet’ on Tuesday — the first step towards the formation of a new government — it is unclear if members of other political, tribal and......
YANGON: Myanmar’s shadow government, formed by opponents of military rule, on Tuesday called for a nationwide uprising against the junta amid reports of new protests and a flare-up in fighting......
WITH the fall of the last pocket of resistance, the Afghan Taliban now virtually control the entire country. It took days of fighting to clear the Panjshir valley that had remained out of the......
TWENTY years ago, on that fateful September day, the world changed forever. Even as the smoke and ash from the cataclysm was still in the air, a superpower set off on the warpath. The Sept 11, 2001,......
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Water Resources Nawab Yousaf Talpur has complained to Prime Minister Imran Khan over alleged violations of the 1991 water......
ISLAMABAD: In what was described by a minister as a murder FIR against electronic voting machines (EVMs), the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday raised as many as 37 objections to the......
ISLAMABAD: Although the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) rejected the use of electronic voting machine, the federal cabinet on Tuesday reiterated the government’s resolve to introduce the EVM in......
