Lahore Police claimed on Friday to have arrested eight suspects on charges of assaulting a female TikToker, Ayesha Akram, and her team at Lahore's Greater Iqbal Park on Independence Day.According to......
Rescue and relief work continued in the earthquake-hit areas of Balochistan for a second day on Friday as the death toll from the calamity rose to 16.According to a report by the Provincial Emergency......
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Friday expressed appreciation for Pakistan's efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, saying that it should be "very proud of 42 years......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced an altered squad for this month's Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, with former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed replacing the young Azam Khan.The national......
A meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) discussed matters of national security, the situation in Afghanistan and other important issues on Friday.The meeting held at PM House was chaired......
A blast tore through a mosque in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Kunduz on Friday, a Taliban official said, causing multiple deaths."This afternoon, an explosion took place in a mosque of our......
THE change of command at the ISI has become a subject of intense media coverage and discussion. The military on Wednesday notified a number of important transfers and postings that included the......
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan on Friday announced that students will not be allowed to attend classes from October 31 unless they are partially vaccinated......
National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf, in a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Friday, stressed that the international community "must maintain contact" with the interim......
LONDON: England all-rounder Ben Stokes could miss the Ashes series in Australia after undergoing another operation on his injured finger, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on......
LONDON: English Premier League club Newcastle United was sold to Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund on Thursday after a protracted takeover and legal fight involving concerns about piracy and......
ISLAMABAD: Three weeks after calling off their tour of Pakistan due to security concerns, New Zealand are willing to reschedule the series and Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ramiz Raja said on......
MILAN: Ferran Torres put Spain into the Nations League final with a brace in a 2-1 win that ended European champions Italy’s world record unbeaten run at 37 matches in front of their own fans at the......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet on Thursday approved the proposed KP Land Use and Building Control Authority Act, 2021, to check unplanned urbanisation and protect agricultural lands from......
PESHAWAR: The parents of the students, who were killed by terrorists during Army Public School (APS) attack, have rejected the federal government’s proposed amnesty to proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday granted bail to nine currency dealers arrested this month under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance for hoarding the US dollars.A bench consisting......
ISLAMABAD: As many as 47 serving and retired officers of various ministries/divisions have challenged the decision of the executive board of the Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA)......
KARACHI: Referring to what he observed “talk of the town,” Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday said his Pakistan Peoples Party was fully prepared for possible early general......
ISLAMABAD: The Afghanistan situation and internal security are likely to dominate the agenda of the National Security Committee (NSC) meeting on Friday (today).The NSC, which is the highest forum for......
ISLAMABAD: The tally of deaths from dengue rose to five in the capital as one more patient died of the disease on Thursday.District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Zaeem Zia said the deceased was a resident......
KARACHI: The bright red flags were out once again to denounce and reject the rising costs of commodities and other daily use items.Labour leaders and workers associated with the National Trade Union......
“AIMAAL” (deeds) is the word one frequently comes across following an earthquake in the quake-prone Balochistan province. En route to Harnai district in northern Balochistan, this is what I heard......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani has said all government institutions are working on an emergency basis for rehabilitation of the earthquake-affected people of Harnai, adding......
ISLAMABAD: After hearing owners of brick kilns operating in two acquired sectors, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has declared all 58 kilns in H-16 and I-17 ‘unlawful and illegal’.Sources......
THE change of command at the ISI has become a subject of intense media coverage and discussion. The military on Wednesday notified a number of important transfers and postings that included the......
BRANDENBURG HAVEL: A 100-year-old former concentration camp guard who became the oldest person to be tried for Nazi-era crimes in Germany will not speak about his time at the site, his lawyer said at......
BRUSSELS: The EU on Thursday voiced serious concern over reports of illegal, sometimes violent, migrant pushbacks at the bloc’s borders and called for probes in Greece and Croatia.“Some of these......
ADVANCE market commitment (AMC) has proven to be a public health measure. It has done wonders in the area of vaccines, as has been the case with Covid-19. As an innovative policy tool, it can be......
BOSTON: Russia accounted for most state-sponsored hacking detected by Microsoft over the past year, with a 58pc share, mostly targeting government agencies and think tanks in the United States,......
WASHINGTON: The CIA said on Thursday it will create a top-level working group on China as part of a broad US government effort focused on countering Beijing’s influence.The group will become one of......
KARACHI: While Toyota India has recently announced the move to discontinue Toyota Yaris, the same car in Pakistan has been shining since its launch in May 2020.In India, Yaris was launched in 2018 to......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood on Thursday appreciated new investment of $5 billion in the textile sector.“We have been informed that an......
ISLAMABAD: The per-day clearance of trade cargoes at the Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) reached 51 per cent in August from less than 40pc last year, a development that will help......
STOCKHOLM: Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize for his writings on post-colonialism and the trauma of the refugee experience.Gurnah, who grew up on......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA) on Thursday fixed wheat target at 28.9 million tonnes from a sowing area of 9.2 million hectares for the rabi season 2021-22, an increase of 1.4......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) welcomed the diminishing trend in global energy prices on Thursday as its benchmark index closed at 44,586 points, up 212.81 points or 0.48 per cent, from a......
ISLAMABAD: Vowing to implement the National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021, promulgated on Wednesday, the National Accountability Bureau on Thursday presented its three-year performance......
ISLAMABAD: The presidential ordinance about the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has served to “disrupt” the otherwise smooth proceedings on references and bail petitions relating to the......
ISLAMABAD: Highlighting certain downside risks, the World Bank on Thursday said Pakistan’s economic growth rate slightly came down to 3.4 per cent during the current fiscal year against 3.9pc of last......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday emphasised the need for regular engagement with the United States as US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman reached here for talks on bilateral ties and......
BRUSSELS: As desperate Afghans resort to selling their belongings to buy food, officials are preparing to fly in cash for the needy while avoiding financing the Taliban government, according to......
• Vows to challenge controversial ordinance at every forum • PPP to bring resolution in Senate to reject ordinanceISLAMABAD: Vowing to challenge the newly-introduced National Accountability Bureau......
ISLAMABAD: As the coronavirus positivity rate has declined to 2.8 per cent across the country, the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) on Thursday decided to open the doors of......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday vowed that polling would be conducted through electronic voting machines (EVMs) in general elections of 2023 at any cost.Presiding over a meeting of......
