Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi finally met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in New York on Thursday for talks that are expected to focus on Afghanistan.The meeting, which lasted almost an......
Pakistan on Thursday urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to enhance its efforts in facilitating a lasting solution to the Kashmir dispute.Addressing a meeting of the OIC Contact Group......
MAULANA Abdul Aziz appears to relish provoking the state — and getting away with it. For the third time since Aug 21, flags of the Afghan Taliban were found hoisted on his Jamia Hafsa seminary in......
Heavy monsoon rain lashed parts of Karachi yet again on Thursday, leaving roads flooded, cars submerged and commuters struggling to reach their destinations.No casualties were immediately reported in......
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested a father-son duo in Peshawar late on Wednesday night for allegedly "abusing and sexually extorting" a minor girl in the United States after illegally......
Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar on Thursday said that Chinese investment in Pakistan was growing and along with it, the need for security measures for the investors.The planning minister......
Italy said on Thursday it had asked Pakistan to extradite the parents of a teenage girl suspected of having been murdered by her family after refusing an arranged marriage.The announcement came after......
An Indian man accused of attempted rape has been given bail on condition that he wash and iron the clothes of all women in his village for six months.Lalan Kumar, 20, will have to buy detergent and......
The Punjab Health Department on Thursday took notice of and ordered investigation into a "fake entry" of Covid-19 vaccination in the government portal under the name of former prime minister Nawaz......
A sessions court in Islamabad on Thursday set October 6 for framing of charges in the Noor Mukadam murder case.Additional Sessions Judge Ata Rabbani presided over the hearing in which copies of the......
The Supreme Court (SC) ruled on Thursday that a woman's inheritance could only be claimed in her lifetime and her children could not lay a claim after her death.The apex court issued the ruling in a......
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has reclaimed top spot in the list of the world's highest-paid football players from Lionel Messi, according to Forbes.Ronaldo, 36, rejoined United from......
China's State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the various unilateral sanctions or restrictions on Afghanistan should be lifted as soon as possible.Economic sanctions on Afghanistan must......
Be realistic. Show patience. Engage. And above all, don’t isolate. Those are the pillars of an approach emerging in Pakistan to deal with the fledgling government that is suddenly running the country......
MAULANA Abdul Aziz appears to relish provoking the state — and getting away with it. For the third time since Aug 21, flags of the Afghan Taliban were found hoisted on his Jamia Hafsa seminary in......
SANITY appears to have at last prevailed in the matter of electoral reforms. On Tuesday, at a meeting of National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser with parliamentarians from the treasury and opposition......
DUBAI: Former West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels was charged on Wednesday with breaching four counts of the ICCs anti-corruption code while playing in a limited-overs competition in the United Arab......
LAHORE: While stating that the Pakistan Sports Board will ensure the law of the land is followed by all sports federations of the country, PSB director general retired Col Asif Zaman on Wednesday......
RAMIZ Raja really has had a traumatic first week into his tenure as the 36th chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) with New Zealand and England unilaterally cancelling back-to-back......
RAWALPINDI: A woman who had come from Lahore for a job was allegedly raped in the garrison city.The victim, a mother of two, reported to Race Course police that she and her family were in a......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to allocate specific portion of all development schemes in the province for plantation and horticulture purposes.The planning and development......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday directed the local police to produce the transcript of a media talk of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader retired Captain Mohammad Safdar on......
RAWALPINDI: On the call of All Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Workers Union, employees of Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) on Wednesday brought out a rally against inflation and the......
LAHORE: The number of fresh cases of dengue virus during the last 24 hours jumped to 131 across the province, taking the tally to 776.Of them, 126 patients tested positive in Lahore, which is sharing......
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) informed the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday that it won’t lift the ban on TikTok until unlawful contents were removed from the popular......
LAHORE: Most members of a 17-member committee have ‘strongly opposed’ the proposal of Prime Minister Imran Khan to merge the Border Military Police (BMP) and the Balochistan Levies (BL) into the......
LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has urged the party cadre to stand their ground in case of pressure for changing their political loyalties.He was speaking from London through video link at......
LAHORE: A sessions court on Wednesday resolved to expeditiously decide a long pending defamation suit by Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif against Prime Minister Imran......
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said under the 18th Amendment the formation of curriculum is a provincial subject but the federal government wants to impose it unilaterally.“That’s......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a review petition against its earlier order to demolish a 15-storey building, known as Nasla Tower, after hearing the counsel at length.On a request......
KARACHI: “The core of Pakistan’s national security is economic security,” said National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yusuf on Wednesday.He was speaking at a programme about ‘Pakistan Future Direction’......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Wednesday took a number of important decisions that included the approval of the transfer of shares and changes in the......
TEHRAN: Despite sharp posturing at the UN General Assembly, Washington and Tehran are expected to reach a compromise to resume talks on resurrecting the Iran nuclear deal, analysts say.“The Vienna......
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Dr Sania Nishtar on Wednesday directed the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to blacklist those......
RAWALPINDI: The heavily defaulting national airline is facing more turmoil as the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has threatened to directly collect all applicable airport fees from domestic and......
PARIS: US President Joe Biden and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron spoke for the first time on Wednesday since a fierce row erupted over the sale of submarines to Australia, with both leaders......
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation strengthened its air quality guidelines on Wednesday, saying air pollution was now one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, causing seven......
ISLAMABAD: The quorum issue took a chronic form as the Wednesday’s sitting of the National Assembly was adjourned for a fourth time in as many days as the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) again......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an interim bail plea of B4U Chief Executive Officer Saifur Rehman, who is accused of cheating public at large in a multi-billion-rupee scam.Police......
NEW YORK: Former US president Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a $100 million lawsuit against his estranged niece Mary Trump and The New York Times, alleging they engaged in “an insidious plot” to......
QUETTA: A vehicle of Eagle Squad escaped a bomb attack in the Sariab Road area here on Wednesday evening.Police said unknown people detonated an improvised explosive device near Musa Clooney when a......
BY Aug 31, the Biden administration was able to evacuate some 124,000 people primarily through Kabul’s Hamid Karzai airport but also via overland routes. The fact that this number could be evacuated......
It is the season for appointments and disappointments. Prime Minister Imran Khan has to make three most critical appointments during the remainder of his term. All three can have a bearing on his......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday inaugurated the Centre of Integrated Air Defence Battle Management.“There is a need for greater cooperation, integration and synchronisation......
UNITED NATIONS: Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers are unlikely to speak at or represent their country in the current session of the UN General Assembly, diplomatic sources told Dawn.Representatives......
SYDNEY: Police in Australia’s second largest city of Melbourne arrested more than 200 people after projectiles thrown by protesters injured two officers on Wednesday, the third consecutive day of......
LOS ARIDANE: A vast wall of molten lava creeping down the slopes of Spain’s La Palma island has now destroyed 320 buildings, as distraught residents watched the flow inching towards the sea on......
THE AUKUS military pact signed last week between Australia, the UK and the US has created major fissures between apparent allies within the Western bloc, while also drawing censure from China, whom......
SHANGHAI: China’s pledge to stop building coal-fired power plants overseas could cull $50 billion of investment as it slashes future carbon emissions, analysts said.Chinese President Xi Jinping said......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday underscored the need for international engagement with the Taliban government in Afghanistan to prevent humanitarian crisis and economic collapse.The Foreign Office......
KARACHI: Pakistan exported 95,991 tonnes (worth $333 million) meat and meat preparations in FY21 — an all-time high figures — against 83,749 tonnes ($304m) a year ago. However, the average per tonne......
KARACHI: Cut-off yields on treasury bills were increased by up to 49 basis points in the auction held on Wednesday — the first such big increase during the last 15 months — while most of the bids......
ISLAMABAD: Not only the adolescents in the age group of 15 to 17 years have responded poorly to the recent government initiative to vaccinate them against Covid-19 but a large number of adults also......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court took the Sindh government to task on Wednesday after the provincial law officer contended that they have no funds to relocate people displaced by demolitions around three......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin and Group CEO Etisalat International Hatem Dowidar on Wednesday agreed for the resolution of all outstanding issues between the telecommunication company......
ISLAMABAD: Samsung Electronics — a South Korean technology giant — is in the process of establishing its TV lineup plant in collaboration with a local partner R&R Industries Pvt Ltd with the goal of......
ISLAMABAD: Conceding concerns over heating up of Pakistan economy, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Wednesday announced steps — regulatory duties and cash margins — to curb imports ahead of......
