Two soldiers were martyred and as many terrorists killed in two separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) conducted by security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military's media affairs wing......
South African captain Dean Elgar defied a hostile Indian bowling attack on a difficult pitch to lead his team's quest for a series-levelling win on the third day of the second Test at Johannesburg’s......
The Taliban have ordered shop owners in western Afghanistan to cut the heads off mannequins, insisting figures representing the human form violate Islamic law.A video clip showing men sawing the......
THAT the Islamabad High Court may proceed to indict journalists among others in a case involving an affidavit signed by a former Gilgit-Baltistan chief justice sets an unfortunate precedent for press......
THE prime minister has his own ideas of what ails Muslim societies. Last week, he held an online discussion on ‘Islam, society and ethical values’, with scholars from various countries participating.......
Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM) convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said on Wednesday his party would raise reservations expressed by the PML-N over the contentious Finance (Supplementary) Bill......
Hong Kong announced a two-week ban on incoming flights from eight countries, including Pakistan and India, and tightened restrictions on Wednesday as authorities feared a fifth wave of Covid-19......
The ongoing spell of winter showers in Karachi entered its second day on Wednesday, with the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecasting that the spell would continue till January......
The Women in Law Pakistan initiative has issued a statement with respect to the seniority debate on the appointment of Justice Ayesha A. Malik of the Lahore High Court (LHC) to the apex court, saying......
Bangladesh pulled off a crushing eight-wicket victory over world champions New Zealand at Mount Maunganui on Wednesday.The tourists needed only 40 runs in their second innings for the historic win,......
THERE continues to be a lack of political consensus on Sindh’s local government law, as the PPP insists on keeping the legislation as it is without listening to the opposition’s criticism.The......
IT would be fair to say that marriages in Pakistan are ‘forced’. On one end of the spectrum are the extreme cases, ones in which young girls, often even those who have not yet reached puberty, are......
MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic will get a chance to defend his Australian Open title after receiving a medical exemption to travel to Melbourne, ending months of uncertainty about his participation......
MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Ebadot Hossain bowled Bangladesh to the brink of a historic victory over world Test champions New Zealand in a fiery spell on Tuesday on the fourth day of the first cricket Test.On a......
JOHANNESBURG: A career-best performance by Shardul Thakur enabled India to fight back on the second day of the second Test against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium on Tuesday.Thakur took seven......
KARACHI: The cancellation of South Africa’s Mzansi Super League could well end up to be a blessing in disguise for the upcoming edition of the HBL-Pakistan Super League.With Pakistan Cricket Board......
MANSEHRA: The upper parts of the Hazara and Malakand divisions and other hilly areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday received heavy snowfall, and while rain lashed the plains, turning weather......
KARACHI: The city received light to moderate rain with strong winds that continued throughout the evening in different parts of the metropolis on Tuesday.The Met office predicted the trend would......
LAHORE: Singer Meesha Shafi, who has accused actor-cum-singer Ali Zafar of causing her sexual harassment more than once, said on Tuesday that she did not see but felt the incident of harassment......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Tuesday acquitted chief of the outlawed Peoples Amn Committee Uzair Baloch in a case pertaining to kidnapping and murder of two Rangers personnel in 2013.The Lyari......
LAHORE: A special court (offences in bank) on Tuesday extended pre-arrest bail of Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz in the money laundering and sugar......
LAHORE: Singer Meesha Shafi, who has accused actor-cum-singer Ali Zafar of causing her sexual harassment more than once, said on Tuesday that she did not see but felt the incident of harassment......
PHI LEH: Thailand has reopened Maya Bay, a white sand beach made famous by the 2000 film “The Beach” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, more than three years after closing it to allow its ecosystem to......
NEW DELHI: Authorities in Delhi on Tuesday ordered people to stay home over coming weekends having seen Covid-19 cases quadruple in a week, with its chief minister saying he had caught the virus just......
LONDON: Britain on Tuesday faced warnings of an impending hospital crisis due to staff shortages caused by a wave of Omicron infections, as the country’s daily Covid caseload breached 200,000 for the......
CAPE CANAVERAL: The US space agency (Nasa) aced the most complicated, critical job on its newly launched space telescope on Tuesday: unrolling and stretching a sunshade the size of a tennis......
MONTREAL: A Canadian court has awarded more than $80 million in compensation to the families of six people who died when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner almost two years ago, according to a......
NEW YORK: Prince Andrew’s lawyers on Tuesday urged a New York judge to dismiss a sexual assault lawsuit brought against the British royal, citing a settlement that his accuser signed in 2009.Lawyer......
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has successfully completed its first ever smartcard registration of Afghan refugees, a UN agency reported on Tuesday.In another report, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) urged......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed has said that the rule of law is a weapon to ensure good governance in the country.The CJP was speaking at a thanksgiving ceremony organised by......
IMAGINE yourself as a Kashmiri born in Srinagar on Jan 5, 1949. You are 73 years old, and have completed nearly every phase of your life. You took decisions on what to study, where to work, how to......
WASHINGTON: The United States reported more than one million new Covid-19 cases on Monday after the long New Year’s weekend, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, as the Omicron variant......
THE prime minister has his own ideas of what ails Muslim societies. Last week, he held an online discussion on ‘Islam, society and ethical values’, with scholars from various countries participating.......
THAT the Islamabad High Court may proceed to indict journalists among others in a case involving an affidavit signed by a former Gilgit-Baltistan chief justice sets an unfortunate precedent for press......
• In a clip leaked online, Maryam, Pervaiz Rashid purportedly talk about journalists’ bias towards their party • State minister claims clip exposes PML-N has ‘vast experience of blackmailing,......
KARACHI: The total cement off-take went down 4.12 per cent to 27.45 million tonnes in the first six months of 2021-22.Domestic despatches grew 2pc to 24.06m tonnes while exports declined 32.47pc to......
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Science and Technology to purchase electronic voting machines (EVMs) as per requirement of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)......
IMAGINE yourself as a Kashmiri born in Srinagar on Jan 5, 1949. You are 73 years old, and have completed nearly every phase of your life. You took decisions on what to study, where to work, how to......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday invited Omani investors to invest in different sectors, such as fisheries, water, construction and food processing.“The Sindh government......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday finally laid the controversial finance supplementary bill, generally known as mini-budget, before the Senate amid opposition’s noisy protest as Chairman Sadiq......
KARACHI: The positive momentum on the Pakistan Stock Exchange continued for the second consecutive day on Tuesday on the back of a positive development relating to the resumption of the International......
• Report claims party under-reported Rs312m funds between 2009 and 2013 • Fawad calls report ‘inaccurate’, claims certain transactions counted twice • PTI demands public scrutiny, open hearing of......
