The deputy commissioner (DC) and assistant commissioner (AC) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Malakand district were suspended on Tuesday after a social activist was allegedly killed in the region's Sakhakot......
Pakistan will host senior diplomats from the United States, China and Russia in Islamabad on November 11 (Thursday) to discuss the situation in neighbouring Afghanistan, officials said on Tuesday.The......
The England cricket team will play two additional men's Twenty20 Internationals when they tour Pakistan next year in September and October, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Chief Executive Tom......
Rohit Sharma has been named the new captain of India's T20 side, replacing Virat Kohli, the cricket board said on Tuesday after the side were dumped out of the World Cup.The Board of Cricket Control......
Lawyers and journalists are among dozens of people being investigated by police in India over posts on social media about anti-Muslim violence, in a case that has stoked concern about freedom of......
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday approved an increase of Rs2.52 per unit in the power tariff for electricity consumers of ex-Wapda distribution companies (Discos)......
After a stunning knock during the ongoing T20 World Cup, batsman Asif Ali has been voted the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Men’s Player of the Month for October, it emerged on......
Days after Pakistan declined to attend a regional security dialogue on Afghanistan hosted by India, China has also backed out of the moot, it emerged on Tuesday.Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson......
The prosecution in the Noor Mukadam murder case on Tuesday submitted the transcript of the CCTV footage that captured the events that preceded the woman's killing at a Islamabad house earlier this......
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday rejected reports circulating on social media that currency notes were being redesigned, saying no such proposal was under consideration."Some fake news......
All-rounder Glenn Maxwell is uncertain whether he will make Australia's tour of Pakistan in March-April as he and his fiancee plan to have their long-delayed wedding at that time.Maxwell and......
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a case involving national security and the claims of three Muslim men in California who say they were illegally surveilled at their mosque by the......
Pakistan-based fintech Savyour, a pioneer in developing the country's first cashback app and pay-per-sale affiliate marketing network, has raised $3.3 million in a seed round co-led by Global......
Iran said on Monday that the United States should provide guarantees that it will not abandon Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers again if talks to revive the agreement succeed.Indirect......
The US Dollar rose against the rupee on Tuesday, gaining 85 paisa to reach Rs171.55 in the interbank market, up from the previous day's closing rate of Rs170.7.Zafar Paracha, the chairman of the......
Afghanistan's foreign ministry confirmed on Tuesday that a "senior Afghan delegation" led by Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaqqi will visit Pakistan tomorrow.The spokesman of the foreign ministry......
DUBAI: Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh says his team were always confident of doing well at the Twenty20 World Cup despite going into the tournament on the back of a poor run of form.The......
LAHORE: In-form Iftikhar Ahmed has been included in place of veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez as the national selection committee on Monday announced an 18-member Pakistan squad for the tour of......
LAHORE: A month ago, international cricket in Pakistan faced an uncertain future. Not anymore.Things have changed quickly as the Pakistan team has performed at the Twenty20 World Cup, reaching the......
ABU DHABI: England opener Jason Roy has been ruled out of the remainder of the Twenty20 World Cup due to a torn calf muscle, the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said in a statement on......
GUJRAT: Participants in Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP’s) Wazirabad sit-in on Monday vacated the area where they had been encamped for the last 11 days as the government implemented most of the......
LAHORE: Hundreds of climate activists participated in a climate march held from Simla Pahari till Aiwan-i-Iqbal on Egerton Road on the call of the civil society organisations on Monday.Holding......
SHARJAH: Veteran Pakistan batsman Shoaib Malik on Sunday admitted a Twenty20 World Cup semi-final against a formidable Australia will give him “butterflies”.Pakistan completed the Super 12 stage......
LAHORE: Even after removal of the name of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) from the First Schedule as a proscribed organisation, release of its chief Saad Rizvi is not immediately in sight as the......
PESHAWAR: MPA of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz from Mansehra district Mohammad Naeem has moved the Peshawar High Court against the launch of development schemes in his PK-32......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information Kamran Bangash on Monday said the provincial government had challenged in the Supreme Court the decision of the Peshawar High Court for holding......
DADU: Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh has said that after having committed mega corruption in public funds, Pakistan Peoples Party rulers have grown so audacious they......
PESHAWAR: Angered by the continuous absence of members from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s session, Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani on Monday proposed the installation of a biometric attendance system......
NIAMEY: Twenty-six schoolchildren were killed when their classrooms made out of straw and wood were engulfed in a blaze in southern Niger on Monday.“Right now, we have 26 dead and 13 injured, four of......
NEW YORK: Long lines formed at border crossings on Monday as the United States reopened to foreign visitors vaccinated against Covid-19, ending 20 months of restrictions that separated families,......
KARACHI: Already experiencing high food inflation, people of Karachi suffered another shock on Monday when stakeholders in the milk sector increased the price of loose milk and yogurt by Rs10 per......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Monday extended the police remand of a Pakistan Peoples Party lawmaker Jam Awais Bijar in a case pertaining to the murder of a man whose tortured body was found at......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday restrained the official assignee from taking over the possession of Qasr-e-Fatima, commonly known as Mohatta Palace, till Nov 18 as the provincial government......
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson rejected pressure to appear before British lawmakers debating the standards system on Monday, despite days of sleaze and cronyism claims against his government......
WASHINGTON: Seven suspected hackers linked to ransomware attacks that have targeted thousands of victims have been arrested since last February as part of a global cybercrime crackdown, European law......
ISLAMABAD: The body of a young girl was found dumped in a washroom of a non-functional metro bus station in G-11 on Monday.Police suspected that the girl was subjected to sexual assault and then......
ROME: The UN’s food agency said on Monday the number of people on the edge of famine in 43 countries had risen to 45 million, as acute hunger spikes around the world.The jump from 42 million people......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Monday came under severe criticism from the public for cancelling a plot allotted for the construction of a Hindu temple and cremation centre at......
KARACHI: Mastercard has signed a strategic partnership with One Network, a local intelligent transport systems provider, to digitise the country’s road toll payments network.The partnership was......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Industries and Production Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtyar on Monday said the government would provide targeted subsidies to Ehsaas Programme beneficiaries at the Utility......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Monday that Pakistan desired to maintain the tradition of bilateral engagement and wished for long-term and multi-domain enduring......
QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court has asked those members of the Young Doctors Association (YDA) who have been boycotting the government hospitals’ OPDs almost for one month that they cannot go on a......
• Protection against harassment of women at workplaces, juvenile justice system bills also get nod • Opposition points out quorum twiceISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday passed seven bills,......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has intensified offsite and onsite inspections against Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs) and imposed penalties on a large......
KARACHI: Trading on the Pakistan Stock Exchange remained lacklustre on Monday as uncertainty over the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan programme made investors cautious.According to Topline......
ISLAMABAD: The opposition on Monday disrupted the Senate proceedings by pointing out lack of quorum after staging a walkout in protest against the prevailing unprecedented price hike in the country,......
GLASGOW: The UN climate talks entered their final week on Monday with countries still worlds apart on key issues including how rapidly the world curbs carbon emissions and how to help nations already......
KABUL: Ariana Afghan Airlines on Monday resumed regular flights from Kabul to Dubai, reopening a heavily used international route that had been suspended since the Taliban victory over the......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Monday cleared a total of five projects, including a major infrastructure initiative worth Rs130 billion, for development of a series of......
THE story of the beginning of the TLP is closely linked to post-9/11 politics in Pakistan, as many analysts have written about. But as this story is traced, it is hard to escape the conclusion that......
ISLAMABAD: As the incidence of Covid-19 infection is likely to increase in winter, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Monday advised the provinces to expedite vaccination with a......
ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) emir Sirajul Haq filed in the Supreme Court on Monday a petition seeking a directive for initiation of an inquiry against Pakistani citizens whose names have surfaced......
NOT many details have emerged from the briefing that was given to the parliamentary committee on national security by the military leadership yesterday. It has been reported though that the update......
• Minister deplores ‘conspiracy against federal govt’ over price hike • PM orders action against mafia, hoarders under relevant lawsISLAMABAD: With sugar prices skyrocketing on the eve of fresh sugar......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday formally released two inquiry reports about mysterious disappearance of 20 presiding officers during the February by-election in Daska,......
ISLAMABAD: JP Morgan, which is one of the world’s largest investment banks and advising the consortium of Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), informed the Privatisation Commission on Monday that QIA is......
PESHAWAR: The lawyers’ community observed boycott of courts across the province and staged protest demonstrations on Monday against price hike.The strike call was given by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar......
