A top US official called on Friday for Pakistan to take action against all extremist groups ahead of a visit to Islamabad, which has sought reconciliation with militants both at home and in......
PPP leaders on Friday criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan's statement during an interview in which he said the government was holding talks with some factions of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban......
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday declared as illegal the detention of Saad Hussain Rizvi, chief of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), approving a petition filed by Rizvi's uncle......
Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs Jeppe Kofod on Friday said Denmark was aligned with the view of the European Union and the United Nations in advocating for peaceful and diplomatic dialogue for......
Several media outlets, including the New York Times and CNN, were forced to issue clarifications after falling for a fake Twitter account claiming to be the vice chancellor of Kabul University, it......
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the government is in talks with some groups of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), seeking a reconciliation."There are different groups which form the TTP......
Japanese Princess Mako will marry her fiance, a former college classmate, on October 26, authorities said on Friday, after years of intense scrutiny and criticism that cast her engagement in an......
An accountability court in Lahore on Friday indicted Nusrat Shehbaz, the wife of Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, in a money laundering reference filed by the National......
Mountaineer Sirbaz Khan became the first Pakistani on Friday to climb nine of the world's highest 14 peaks — each of which has a height of more than 8,000 metres — after he scaled the......
Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Friday said petrol prices in Pakistan were cheaper than the rest of the region and the world, adding that only 16 countries had lower prices — all of them being oil......
West Indies cricket star Chris Gayle has pulled out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with “bubble fatigue” and will instead focus on this month's T20 World Cup.The big-hitting 42-year-old batsman......
A public holiday has been announced in Karachi for today (October 1) as the threat of a tropical cyclone and torrential still looms.The decision was shared by Karachi Administrator Murtaza Wahab late......
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia said on Thursday it would expel seven senior UN officials for “meddling” in its affairs, ratcheting up worries over the humanitarian response in the war-torn and......
KUTUPALONG: The brother of slain Rohingya community leader Mohib Ullah on Thursday blamed militants for murdering him in a Bangladesh refugee camp because of his popularity and rights work.Mohib......
MOSCOW: Russia urged Tajikistan and Afghanistan to resolve any dispute in a mutually acceptable manner, saying it had heard reports they were sending troops to their common border, TASS quoted the......
JERUSALEM: Three Palestinians were killed on Thursday by Israeli fire, including a woman who tried to stab officers in Jerusalem, a militant shot during West Bank clashes and a Gazan who approached......
JERUSALEM: Israel and Bahrain cemented their year-old agreement to establish diplomatic ties on Thursday, with the king of the small Gulf Arab state hosting Israel’s foreign minister who for the......
LAHORE: Former Test off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq’s appointment as Pakistan team’s interim head coach is likely to be extended till the ICC T20 World Cup being held in the UAE and Oman from Oct 17 to......
LAUSANNE: Boxing bouts for medals at the 2016 Olympics were fixed by complicit and compliant referees and judges, an investigation reported on Thursday.Investigator Richard McLaren was appointed by......
KARACHI: It rarely happens when batting ace Babar Azam is outshone by a compatriot whenever the Pakistan captain strikes a century.But that was precisely the scenario on Thursday during a......
MONACO: An investigation into two Belarus team officials who tried to force sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya on a flight from the Tokyo Olympics will now be run by track and field authorities.World......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has directed the health department not to promote any of the BPS-19 officers from the management cadre until the issuance of their seniority list.It, however,......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa directorate of archaeology and museums has formally begun the conservation of the ancestral homes of Bollywood legends Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor located inside the......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has informed the National Assembly that on an average the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) portals were subjected to 71,000 cyber attacks every month.This......
ISLAMABAD: While the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) concluded after one month on Thursday, a large number of students have been protesting against the Pakistan Medical Commission......
RAWALPINDI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has decided to restrict one flight each of the two designated airlines of Kuwait following the kingdom’s continuous ban on the operations of Pakistan’s......
KARACHI: A day after its disciplinary committee expelled a student, the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) made clear on Thursday that the student had the right to appeal to numerous......
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Thursday further relaxed coronavirus restrictions across the province for 15 days from Friday (today), allowing indoor and outdoor gatherings, including weddings.As......
NAROWAL: Muhammad Arshad was at his shop in Shakargarh on Sept 27 when he received a frantic call from the rickshaw driver who provides pick-and-drop service to his three daughters, the students of a......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has extended the lockdown in 35 districts of the province until Oct 15 while relaxing the restrictions in this regard for Rawalpindi for achieving the Covid vaccination......
LAHORE: Spike in dengue cases in the provincial capital has set alarm bells ringing.The data shows that 223 people contracted dengue virus in Punjab during the last 24 hours (Thursday) including 167......
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency claimed to have arrested 10 Iranian nationals on Thursday for allegedly acquiring Pakistani identity documents in connivance with local officials and......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has referred the petitions of the sugar mills against forced lifting of the commodity and its new price to an appellate committee available in the law as a first remedy......
THE US administration’s decision to get Australia to cancel its contract with France for the supply of conventional submarines and, instead, get nuclear-powered submarines of the type the Americans......
WASHINGTON: The US military chief has informed American lawmakers that the loss in Afghanistan was a cumulative effect of 20 years of wrong decisions and bad planning and was not caused by any single......
ONE of the bigger issues with our tax system is the deep-rooted unfairness that has been built, by default but often by design, into the system. Those who are documented and in the tax net, by choice......
THE US administration’s decision to get Australia to cancel its contract with France for the supply of conventional submarines and, instead, get nuclear-powered submarines of the type the Americans......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday challenged the presidential ordinance that fixed a deadline of 60 days for elected members to take the oath.The PML-N, through its......
A REPORT by the US-based research lab AidData on the nature of Chinese financing for infrastructure schemes under the multibillion-dollar CPEC initiative should once again lead to calls for greater......
KARACHI: Locally-assembled Volkswagen, Skoda Crossovers and SUVs are expected to hit the road by the mid of next 2023, a business group announced on Thursday.The announcement was made in a statement......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue collected Rs1.395 trillion in the first quarter of the current financial year exceeding the target of Rs1.211tr by Rs186 billion, showed provisional data......
ISLAMABAD: Amid confirmation of overcharging of consumers in almost all the public and private distribution companies (Discos) through larger than 30/31-day monthly billing cycles, the National......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Thursday asked the Power Division to seek a review from power regulator for a streak of quarterly tariff adjustments for......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has imposed 100 per cent cash margin on another 114 items to curb their imports which have grossly destabilised the exchange rate and widened both trade and......
KARACHI: With its benchmark index losing 12 per cent value in dollar terms, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) remained the third worst-performing equities market internationally in the July-Sept......
ISLAMABAD: With only 20 per cent vaccine-eligible people fully vaccinated in Pakistan, mobility is going to become difficult for non-vaccinated people from Friday (today).According to data shared by......
KARACHI: With the weather system getting stronger and strengthening further into a cyclonic storm, the city life remained on the edge witnessing stronger winds that uprooted several structures,......
MORE than six weeks since the longest war in US history ended in almost surreal circumstances with the re-establishment of the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’, Washington’s political and military......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has said that by questioning the transparency of highway and motorway projects undertaken during the party’s previous term in government, Prime......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law and Justice would soon send a summary to the prime minister so that he could take a decision about grant of extension, or otherwise, to sitting chairman of the National......
A REPORT by the US-based research lab AidData on the nature of Chinese financing for infrastructure schemes under the multibillion-dollar CPEC initiative should once again lead to calls for greater......
The government on Thursday increased the price of petrol by Rs4 per litre and that of high speed diesel (HSD) by Rs2 per litre.Meanwhile, the prices of kerosene oil and light diesel oil (LDO) were......
