At least two children died after a landslide struck a house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Shangla district on Friday, burying nine members of the same family.According to officials, the two deceased......
India’s government on Friday moved a commemorative flame that was lit 50 years ago to honour Indian soldiers killed in the 1971 war with Pakistan to a new National War Memorial that was inaugurated......
Lahore High Court's (LHC) Justice Ayesha A. Malik was notified as a judge of the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Friday, officially becoming Pakistan's first-ever woman judge to be green lighted to......
A man was killed in a wall collapse in Karachi on Friday as gusty winds battered the city, turning the weather dusty.The Met Office said in a statement that strong winds were blowing in the city from......
Israel's attorney general has ordered an investigation into police surveillance tactics amid reports that law enforcement improperly used a disputed hacking tool.A report by the Calcalist financial......
A Taliban delegation is expected to hold talks with Norwegian officials and Afghan civil society representatives in Oslo next week, the Norwegian foreign ministry said on Friday.The visit is......
Opposition senators on Friday sought an explanation from Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed over the recent terrorist incidents in the country, including the blast in Lahore on Thursday which......
Pakistan on Friday reported 7,678 new coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours — the highest number of cases since the pandemic began in Feb 2020.The country had last seen the highest number of......
India and Pakistan will lock horns in a blockbuster T20 World Cup group clash for the second year running after the fixtures for the October-November 2022 tournament in Australia were announced on......
JOHANNESBURG: South African head coach Mark Boucher faces charges which could result in his dismissal, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Thursday.CSA said in a statement a senior counsel,......
MELBOURNE: Daniil Medvedev faced a hostile crowd and a full array of Nick Kyrgios outbursts and tricks, and still remained calm for long enough to reach the third round at the Australian Open.The......
SHANGHAI: Strict Covid-19 testing requirements for the Beijing Winter Olympics could see more athletes from high-risk Omicron regions banned from participating, but the system in place will be as......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief Moazzam Jah Ansari has declared the militant Islamic State group’s Khorasan chapter (IS-K) a bigger threat to peace in the province than the outlawed......
LAHORE: Mohammad Rizwan, the winner of PCB’s most valuable cricketer of 2021 award, has welcomed the statements of Australian cricketers, former players and broadcasters looking forward to touring......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday allowed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Mohammad Asif to cross-examine Prime Minister Imran Khan in connection with the......
LAHORE: Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz on Thursday withdrew his acquittal application earlier filed in the Ramzan Sugar Mills reference saying he did not want to take advantage......
KARACHI: The big, small, tall and short, leaning, titling, pink, yellow, orange, blue and plain brick dwellings scattered along Mauripur Road are covering up a secret. There is a mangrove forest......
KARACHI: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has registered an FIR against former Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) officials and others in Nasla Tower case, it emerged on Thursday.The FIR......
LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said terrorism is again rearing its head in the country because of ‘flawed’ policies of Imran Khan.“I condemn the Lahore blast and pray for the recovery......
MUNICH: Former pope Benedict XVI knowingly failed to take action to stop four priests accused of child sex abuse in Munich in the 1980s, according to a damning independent report published on......
WEVELGEM: A British-Belgian teenager became the youngest woman to fly solo around the world on Thursday and the first person to do so in a microlight plane after a five-month, five-continent odyssey......
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday dismissed new allegations that his aides had tried to “blackmail” and threaten Conservative rebels, in a potentially criminal twist to Downing......
BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian brushed away media reports that suggest the Chinese contractor has demobilised from the Dasu dam project site.At his regular briefing at......
QUETTA: President Dr Arif Alvi arrived in Gwadar on Thursday on a two-day visit during which he will chair a high-level meeting and attend briefings on various issues, including ongoing development......
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has said that sustainable export-led growth was the only way to put the country in the right......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is all set to begin the first phase of its “tractor trolley march” on Friday (today) to extend its support to the country’s farmers who have been......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday lashed out at the main opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for what he called “using unfair tactics” to influence courts.Talking to a......
MONDAY night’s assault on a police party in Islamabad, which left one cop dead and two injured, marks a significant uptick in the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s resurgent campaign of......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Privatisation Mohammad Mian Soomro has resigned as chairman of the Privatisation Commission. He, however, will continue performing as minister for privatisation.The prime......
BERLIN: The United States and its allies on Thursday warned Moscow of grave consequences if “any” of the tens of thousands of troops massed on the border were to cross the border into......
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he withdrew his troops from Afghanistan because it’s not possible to unify the war-torn country under one single government.At a White House......
LONDON: British police said on Thursday they have arrested two people in connection with a hostage-taking at a synagogue in Texas.Counter Terrorism Police North West said one man was arrested on......
BERLIN: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and European allies insisted it was still possible to revive the Iran nuclear deal but said “time is running out”, after talks in Berlin on......
ISLAMABAD: Senior vice-chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi formally invited the country’s opposition parties on Thursday for consultations on the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported over 6,800 fresh cases of Covid-19, the second highest number of cases reported in a single day since the pandemic began in 2020.Over the past 24 hours, the number of......
• Over 30 injured in explosion at Anarkali claimed by newly emerged Baloch Nationalist Army • CTD officer says looking for suspect seen in CCTV footage planting explosivesLAHORE: In what appears to......
WHILE the issue of recognition of the Afghan Taliban remains pending, a humanitarian crisis is looming: the dilemma of the virtually stateless people of Afghanistan, especially women, is not limited......
ISLAMABAD: The size and growth rate of Pakistan’s economy increased significantly during 2020-21, making it the second-highest economic growth recorded in the last three years of the incumbent......
FOR all that changes in Pakistan’s political life, much continues to conform to a choreographed script. Take, for example, the emergence of ‘popular’ demands for a presidential system of government......
ISLAMABAD is once again in the grip of rumours. The latest issue finding traction revolves around a mysterious campaign that appears to be pushing for a presidential system and even the imposition of......
MONDAY night’s assault on a police party in Islamabad, which left one cop dead and two injured, marks a significant uptick in the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s resurgent campaign of......
THE chairperson of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Dr Tariq Banuri, was removed through an ordinance in March 2021. He felt wronged and went to court. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) agreed and......
FOR all that changes in Pakistan’s political life, much continues to conform to a choreographed script. Take, for example, the emergence of ‘popular’ demands for a presidential system of government......
