Indian sports minister Anurag Thakur said on Wednesday that a decision regarding the Indian cricket team's participation in the 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan would be made after reviewing the......
The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has launched an app for identifying and reporting hazards, risky incidents, accidents and safety issues witnessed during air travel directly to the......
FINANCE MINISTER Shaukat Tarin is finding out that it is easier to make promises than to deliver on them. And State Bank Governor Reza Baqir is finding out that in Pakistan it is rarely a good idea......
Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Thursday that extremism in Pakistan was not rooted in madressahs but schools and colleges, where teachers were hired during the 80s and......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday congratulated overseas Pakistanis on getting the right to vote, saying all future governments would now value Pakistani expats and work for their......
Taking exception to the "hasty passage" of the electronic voting machines (EVM) bill in the joint parliamentary joint session a day ago, PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday warned that EVMs could be......
Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Hafiz Saad Hussain Rizvi was released from Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore on Thursday, Jail Superintendent Ijaz Asghar confirmed to Dawn.com.TLP spokesperson Ibne......
Educational activities at Balochistan University were again suspended on Thursday as students resumed their protest over the disappearance of two students, and accused the government of reneging on......
Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Thursday criticised the country's bureaucracy and establishment for allegedly controlling electoral results.Addressing an Ulema convention......
Former prime minister and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday suggested that a constitutional amendment be made to apply Article 6 of the Constitution — which deals with treason — on anyone......
Afghanistan is “on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe” and its collapsing economy is heightening the risk of extremism, the UN’s special representative for the country warned on......
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday ordered the Punjab government to issue a notification directing private offices in Lahore to halve staff attendance in an effort to tackle smog.Justice Shahid......
The Rawalpindi police have registered a case against and arrested a school teacher for allegedly raping a student, it emerged on Thursday.Police spokesperson Sajjadul Hassan said the suspect, N*, was......
ISLAMABAD: Postal Life Insurance Company Limited (PLICL) has been granted permission by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) to manage private pension funds under the Voluntary......
Pakistan on Thursday strongly condemned the extra-judicial killings of five more Kashmiris by Indian occupation forces a day earlier in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), and called......
Asif Ali and Imad Wasim were the notable absentees as Pakistan announced their 12-man squad for the first Twenty20 International (T20I) match against Bangladesh that is set to be played on Friday.The......
EVEN as speculation ran high of the government not having the requisite numbers, the PTI has emerged victorious in this week’s joint session by passing two crucial amendments to the Elections Act......
ISLAMABAD: An international study conducted by TikTok revealed that 31pc of teens exposed to hoaxes online had experienced a negative impact, with 63pc saying it was affecting their mental......
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday warned that bitcoin presents a risk to younger generations, sounding a hawkish tone as his government prepares to introduce legislation to regulate......
KARACHI: Idara-i-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) and its flagship programme ASER Pakistan launched its first pilot report on Learning quality in Katchi Abadis of Pakistan on Wednesday.ITA supported by the......
DUBLIN: Graham Ford is stepping down as Ireland coach in December, citing the “challenges and handicaps” of the role, cricket chiefs announced on Wednesday.The former South Africa and Sri Lanka......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued notices on another intra-court appeal against an earlier order of the SHC for setting up a medical college on the premise of Qasr-e-Fatima, commonly......
KARACHI: While the dengue situation remains serious in the province, particularly in Karachi, people having complaints of sore throat along with high-grade fever and body aches are advised to must......
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has set up a working group to determine the future of the game in Afghanistan under the Taliban government, the world governing body said on......
KARACHI: Four warehouses and around 45 shops were gutted when a huge fire broke out in another famous market of Saddar, the Victoria Market, adjacent to the Zainab Market on Wednesday, officials and......
LAHORE: While terming earning the hosting rights of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy a milestone, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja on Wednesday said the country would further improve its......
ISLAMABAD: The metro bus project from Peshawar Mor to New Islamabad Airport now seems to be on track as city managers after opening financial bids are all set to place orders for procuring 30......
KHARTOUM: Sudanese security forces shot dead at least 10 anti-coup protesters and wounded dozens more on Wednesday, medics said, in the bloodiest day since the military’s October 25 takeover.The......
RAWALPINDI: Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ali on Wednesday asked District Health Authority to lodge cases against those school owners who refused to allow the teams to vaccinate the children against......
ISLAMABAD: Six bills related to Islamabad including the Food Safety and Rent Restriction Amendment Bills were passed in the joint session of the Parliament on Wednesday.The Islamabad Capital......
WASHINGTON: Last year a US general made an ominous revelation: two Russian satellites in orbit were stalking a US spy satellite high above the earth.It wasn’t clear if the Cosmos satellites could......
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended a botched bid to overhaul parliament’s standards system that has prompted a weeks-long sleaze crisis for his ruling Conservatives, as he faced......
LAHORE: A sessions court on Wednesday reserved verdict on an application of singer Meesha Shafi seeking permission to get her and her husband’s cross-examination recorded through a video link from......
LAHORE: Unnecessary drug sampling and poor techniques of testing/analysis in the government laboratories in Punjab to check the components of alternative medicines have raised doubts about the......
LAHORE: A high-level meeting held here on Wednesday under the Punjab Law Minister Basharat Raja could not reach a consensus on the release of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan chief Hafiz Saad Rizvi.The......
VIENNA: The UN nuclear watchdog on Wednesday reported that Iran has again boosted its stock of highly enriched uranium, just days before talks are set to resume seeking to revive the 2015 nuclear......
WASHINGTON: Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers sent an open letter to the US Congress on Wednesday, urging American lawmakers to help unfreeze their country’s assets seized after their August takeover of......
KARACHI: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) plans to reduce the complaint resolution turnaround time to 60 hours from 60 days, according to a press release issued on Wednesday.During a visit to the head......
ISLAMABAD: One of the bills passed by the joint session of parliament on Wednesday provides for the punishment of “chemical castration” of the habitual rapist.The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2021......
ISLAMABAD: The government is trying to functionalise at the earliest the Federal Government Properties Management Authority (FGPMA) that would be tasked with the recovery of prime federal government......
KARACHI: A partial lunar eclipse will take place on Friday (tomorrow) which will be the longest partial lunar eclipse in 600 years, Met officials and astronomy enthusiasts said on Wednesday.The Met......
ISLAMABAD: The government called upon the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on Wednesday to exercise “judicial restraint” by leaving it to the executive and the legislature to amend laws on Riba (interest)......
KARACHI: The government rejected almost all competitive bids in the auction of treasury bills held on Wednesday while it accepted only Rs0.5 billion for three-month tenor.However, the government......
KARACHI: The likelihood of monetary tightening induced bearish sentiments on the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Wednesday.According to Arif Habib Ltd, investors expected aggressive tightening of 100......
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednesday decided to establish call centers and chatbots to reach the people eligible for Covid-19 vaccination.The decision was......
ALL socioeconomic indicators show a marked difference between Balochistan and national averages. Whether it is the list of Pakistan’s most backward districts, poverty rates and GDP per capita, or......
KARACHI: Foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 12 per cent in the first four months (July to October) of the current fiscal year, according to data issued by the State Bank on Wednesday.In real......
FINANCE MINISTER Shaukat Tarin is finding out that it is easier to make promises than to deliver on them. And State Bank Governor Reza Baqir is finding out that in Pakistan it is rarely a good idea......
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday termed the passage of 33 bills in a joint sitting of parliament a “big victory” for the government and said the opposition’s dream of......
• Anti-graft watchdog seeks adjournment to produce evidence in Avenfield case • PML-N leader accuses Saqib Nisar of conspiring to derail the partyISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB),......
EVEN as speculation ran high of the government not having the requisite numbers, the PTI has emerged victorious in this week’s joint session by passing two crucial amendments to the Elections Act......
LAHORE: More than 2,500 Indian Sikhs arrived here on Wednesday via Wagah border to observe the 552nd birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak.Also, after the Indian government announced reopening of the......
