PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz and other opposition figures are expected to address a rally of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) – an anti-government alliance of opposition parties – in......
The Lahore High Court (LHC) sought on Saturday replies from the Punjab government, provincial chief secretary and Punjab inspector general of police on a writ petition over "discrimination" against......
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi set out his Taliban worries to world leaders this week, Indian forces staged raids and battled rebels in occupied Kashmir, who the premier fears could be emboldened by......
Former Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid is set to take over as the senior team's head coach after the T20 World Cup, local media reports said on Saturday.The Times of India newspaper quoted an......
An Apple employee who led fellow workers in publicly sharing instances of what they called harassment and discrimination at the company said on Thursday that she had been fired.Janneke Parrish, an......
A senior UN official said on Friday the Taliban told him they will announce “very soon” that all Afghan girls will be allowed to attend secondary schools.Unicef Deputy Executive Director Omar Abdi,......
The militant Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a Shia mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar that killed at least 41 people and injured......
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday visited the church where lawmaker David Amess was stabbed to death a day earlier in what police say they are treating as a terrorist attack.Amess, 69,......
The United States said on Friday it has offered to pay unspecified compensation to relatives of 10 people in Afghanistan including seven children who were killed by mistake in a US drone strike as......
EDINBURGH: Former England Test star Jonathan Trott says Scotland’s batting line-up is full of ‘match-winners’ as they bid to reach the second stage of a T20 World Cup for the first time.The Scots......
KARACHI: A month long national camp in preparation for next month’s Junior World Cup commenced at the Abdul Sattar Edhi Stadium on Friday.“Out of 29 probables invited by the Pakistan Hockey......
WINDHOEK: Namibian cricket coach Pierre de Bruyn doesn’t buy the narrative that his underdog team has nothing to lose at the T20 World Cup.De Bruyn said his players were determined to upset the odds......
THE HAGUE: The Netherlands open their assault on the Twenty20 World Cup on Monday against Ireland.Both team head coach Ryan Campbell and captain Pieter Seelaar have high hopes for the little......
KARACHI: The residents of illegally-constructed Nasla Tower have been ordered by the district administration to vacate the 15-storey building by Oct 27 or face coercive action by the authorities.The......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah is reportedly unhappy with the provincial police chief who is said to have not advocated the promotion of the former’s Personal Staff Officer SSP......
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: A militant stated to be affiliated with the Haqqani Network was gunned down by unidentified attackers travelling in a car near Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan tribal......
PESHAWAR: Land surveys will be conducted in all districts of the province following the enactment of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Land Use and Building Control Bill, 2021, to formulate land use plans......
LAHORE: Massive delay in outsourcing of the operations of freight and passenger trains allegedly due to the inefficiency and other issues on the part of senior officials is not only swelling Pakistan......
MUSCAT: It’s a far cry from Lord’s, the MCG and Eden Gardens, but the modest Al Amerat Ground, 15km to the south-east of the Omani capital of Muscat, will on Sunday briefly become the beating heart......
PESHAWAR: Lady Reading Hospital has introduced clinical pharmacy and e-prescription services to ensure correct dosage of medicines for safety of patients and putting brakes on misuse of drugs and......
LAHORE: A post-Covid-19 vaccine survey conducted across Punjab to assess the public’s response to, and satisfaction with, the jabs revealed that none of the respondents experienced any major......
LAHORE: The dengue fever continued to take a heavy toll as it claimed 18 more lives during the last 24 hours in Punjab, making it the highest figure reported so far in a day across the province.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Presidency on Friday declared the first ever green presidential secretariat of the world after it was awarded international certification of ISO 50001 EnMS.According to the presidency,......
RAWALPINDI: The garrison city on Friday got a third varsity for women after Government Viqarun Nisa Postgraduate College was upgraded to a university.Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar......
LAHORE: Condemning arrest of two sugar millers for allegedly defaulting on payments to growers, the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has urged the government to sit with them for resolving......
ISLAMABAD: The trial court has charged 12 accused persons in the Noor Mukadam murder case with 15 grave crimes.The accused, including the principal accused Zahir Jaffer, pleaded not guilty and......
BEIJING: China on Saturday launched a three-person crew for a six-month mission aboard its space station that is planned at setting a new record for the length of time spent in space by Chinese......
WASHINGTON: The European Union’s diplomatic chief Josep Borrell said on Friday he was “ready” to meet Iranian leaders in Brussels as part of efforts to revive the faltering 2015 nuclear deal, but......
BEIRUT: Lebanon on Friday buried the victims of its deadliest sectarian unrest in years after gunfire gripped central Beirut for hours and revived the ghosts of the civil war.Seven people died and......
JERUSALEM: Israel is quietly advancing controversial settlement projects in and around Jerusalem without making major announcements that could anger the Biden administration. Critics say the latest......
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said hundreds of fighters loyal to the militant Islamic State (IS) group were massing in northern Afghanistan, as Moscow prepares to host......
DHAKA: Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at thousands of protesters in Bangladesh’s two main cities on Friday as disturbances lingered on for a third day.And amid concern over the......
BEIJING: Delegates from 195 countries pledged to set “ambitious” goals to halt the loss of biodiversity and destruction of ecosystems as the first phase of a key UN summit ended on Friday.The COP15......
KARACHI: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Chairman Tauseef H. Farooqi said on Friday the Competitive Trading Bilateral Contract Market (CTBCM) will be rolled out in April next......
ISLAMABAD: Inflation measured through Sensitive Price Index (SPI) posted an increase of 0.20 per cent for the week ended on Oct 14 driven by a sharp rise in the prices of essential food items, data......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has made it mandatory for all banks and microfinance banks to to digitise payments and receipts for corporate clients.For fast digitisation of financial......
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Industries and Production Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar on Friday said that a comprehensive steel policy would be announced soon with active consultation of stakeholders of......
QUETTA: The chief secretary of Balochistan on Friday reviewed measures being taken for the relief and rehabilitation of people who were affected by the Harnai earthquake a few weeks ago.Presiding......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly again faced the quorum syndrome on Friday as its session could not continue even for half an hour.During the brief sitting, the issue of non-provision of additional......
ISLAMABAD: Slamming the government over back-to-back price hikes, the Pakistan Peoples Party on Friday regretted that the government had increased electricity tariff up to 40 per cent over the last......
ISLAMABAD: Commerce Adviser Abdul Razak Dawood said on Friday the government was fully focused on boosting trade and exports with Afghanistan.He said peace in Afghanistan and strengthening of......
FOR the third time, the cabinet has approved a draft of social media rules titled the ‘Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Content Rules 2021’ to govern (read: censor) content on social media in......
POLITICS has gone into a tailspin and stakeholders could be heading back to the drawing board. Here are 10 key pointers:The relationship between PTI and the establishment is under unprecedented......
DESPITE the serious reservations of digital rights activists and tech companies, the federal government has steamrolled its way to notifying its amended but still draconian social media rules. The IT......
The government raised the price of petrol by Rs10.49 per litre and that of high speed diesel (HSD) by Rs12.44 per litre on Saturday.According to a notification issued by the Finance Division, the new......
WASHINGTON: The White House said on Friday it would lift Covid-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign nationals effective Nov 8, ending historic restrictions that had barred much of the......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has received about 37 per cent more income tax returns from salaried and non-salaried individuals, associations of persons and companies for the tax year......
RAWALPINDI: The status of cases excluded from the ambit of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is now uncertain as an accountability court in Rawalpindi stopped the hearing of a reference on......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday welcomed recent meetings between representatives of Western countries and Taliban officials describing it as a positive development.“In our view the......
• Admits import bill increased by 53pc in a year mainly due to import of sugar, wheat, pulses, palm oil • Launches farmers’ portal to facilitate complaints registration • PM told CCTV cameras......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed dismay over noncompliance with its March 25 order for restoration of local government institutions in Punjab, and summoned both the incumbent as well......
• No new gas connection to be allowed • Move to ensure inflows from IMF, World BankISLAMABAD: In a major move to revive inflows from the international lending agencies — IMF and the World Bank — the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is again facing an international dispute before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) over what appeared to be the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday said the issue of appointment of new Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general would be resolved within a week but was reluctant to......
WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said on Friday that some members of the Pakistani team visiting the US would stay in Washington till Tuesday to finalise the resumption of the IMF loan......
