The investigating officer (IO) in the Noor Mukadam murder case on Monday told the court that the statements of neighbours of the primary accused, Zahir Jaffer, and their security guards were not......
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Monday that after India faced its "biggest defeat" in Afghanistan, its intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) was now paying local criminals in......
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday that it was keeping the policy rate unchanged at 9.75 per cent.“There's no need for further tightening at the moment because of the government's fiscal......
PML-N spokeswoman Marriyum Aurangzeb on Monday hit back at Prime Minister Imran Khan for his diatribe against the PML-N leadership in a live television show a day ago, saying the premier's comments......
Justice Ayesha Malik was sworn in as Pakistan's first female Supreme Court judge on Monday, a landmark occasion in a country where activists say the law is often wielded against women.Justice Malik......
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Shahzad Akbar said on Monday that he had resigned from his post, adding that he would still remain associated with the PTI.Making the......
Pakistan batter Bismah Maroof was on Monday appointed the captain of the Pakistan cricket team for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup as the selection committee announced the tournament squad.The......
India's cricket pundits on Monday called for changes in the team after South Africa's one-day series whitewash following Virat Kohli's exit as skipper.India lost their third and final ODI by four......
Pakistan captain Babar Azam was crowned as the ODI Cricketer of the Year by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday for his "match-winning knocks, spell-binding stroke-play and memorable......
The lira was slightly weaker on Monday after Turkey's finance minister was cited as saying he expected some $10 billion of forex bank deposits to be converted to lira due to a new law exempting such......
A journalist was killed in Tijuana on Sunday, the local prosecutor said, the second media worker murdered in less than a week in the northern Mexican border city.Lourdes Maldonado Lopez was “attacked......
Justice Ayesha Malik on Monday took her oath as a Supreme Court judge and formally became the country's first-ever female judge to reach the apex court.Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed administered the......
The United Arab Emirates intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles targeting the Gulf country on Monday with no casualties, its defence ministry said, following a deadly attack a week......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan on Sunday said there appeared to be a ‘national consensus’ over fake census and ‘delimitations based on prejudice’ and Prime Minister Imran Khan seemed......
BRIDGETOWN: All-rounder Jason Holder returned career-best figures of 4-7 as West Indies thrashed England by nine wickets in the first Twenty20 International of the five-match series at the Kensington......
LAHORE: PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his concern at the continuing fertiliser crisis.In a statement issued here on Sunday, he said farmers are running from pillar to post and standing......
LONDON: Liverpool kept hope of a Premier League title race alive as a 3-1 win over Crystal Palace cut the gap on leaders Manchester City to nine points, while Arsenal missed the chance to move into......
MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal survived an epic 28-minute tiebreak to seal his spot in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open and top seed Ashleigh Barty joined him with victory over giant-killer Amanda......
LAHORE: The Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) appears to be a ‘white elephant’ for the police as most CCTV cameras were offline and failed to track down the suspected terrorist who planted......
PORT-OF-SPAIN: Pakistan clinched the top position in the ICC U-19 World Cup Group C by overpowering Papua New Guinea by nine wickets in their third and last group match here at the Queen’s Park Oval......
KARACHI: Mohammad Rizwan has not changed. His work ethic and approach to cricket has been the same ever since he started playing the sport for his club. According to the wicket-keeper/batter, it may......
ABBOTTABAD: The local people have complained about National Highway Authority’s (NHA) failure to repair the damaged portion of the Ayub Bridge in Havelian tehsil despite repeated reminders.Talking to......
RAWALPINDI: Rain varying from heavy to light intensity continued for the second consecutive day on Sunday adding to the chill in the air.Moreover, Murree received 26 inches of snow with the Met......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan on Sunday said there appeared to be a ‘national consensus’ over fake census and ‘delimitations based on prejudice’ and Prime Minister Imran Khan seemed......
KARACHI: In the wake of an alarming rise in Covid-19 cases, particularly of the Omicron variant, city administration has imposed ‘micro-smart’ lockdowns in several areas of the metropolis, it emerged......
WASHINGTON: “Why was I born a girl?” asks Fariba Mohebi, an 11th grade teenager in Kabul as she tries to adjust to new realities of her life under the Taliban.The poem echoed across the globe when......
KARACHI: As many as 20 Indian fishermen behind bars in Pakistan for unknowingly having crossed over to this side were released from the District Prison and Correctional Facility, Malir, on Sunday......
FRANKFURT: Germany’s new government faced pressure on Sunday to take a firmer stance against Russia, after a German navy chief’s pro-Moscow remarks angered Kiev and exasperation grows with Berlin’s......
CAIRO: The Arab League on Sunday said Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels should be labelled as a “terrorist” group after they attacked the United Arab Emirates.On January 17 the Houthis claimed a......
BRUSSELS: Police fired water cannon and tear gas on Sunday at stone-throwing protesters after tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through Brussels against Covid-19 rules.Authorities estimated......
COPENHAGEN: The Omicron variant has moved the Covid-19 pandemic into a new phase and could bring it to an end in Europe, the WHO Europe director said on Sunday.“It’s plausible that the region is......
QUETTA: Resisting vaccination against preventable diseases and pandemics is not a new phenomenon. The attitude is particularly entrenched in developing countries like Pakistan, where dogmatic......
Contrary claims have emerged over construction activities in the country as constructors and builders paint a gloomy picture while the State Bank of Pakistan (SPB) paints a rosy scenario given 85 per......
Pakistan’s wheat import tenders have been a regular occurrence for the last few years. After claiming to have harvested a record crop of 27.30 million tonnes last May, the government ordered the......
The space for Pakistan’s energy options is undergoing a squeeze due to a combination of external and internal factors. This winter we have been once again reminded that our domestic gas reserves will......
In six months and 20 days of the current fiscal year (between July 1, 2021, and Jan 20, 2022,) the rupee has lost 12 per cent value against the US dollar. On June 30 last year, the rupee closed at......
Shahzad Saleem is one of those Pakistani businessmen that younger entrepreneurs look up to as role models. The CEO of Nishat Chunian (NCL) set up his first spinning factory with 14,400 spindles in......
ISLAMABAD: A critically injured common Asian leopard rescued from along the rocky bank of Neelum River succumbed to injuries on Sunday at an Islamabad’s rehabilitation centre where it was under......
ADVISING the formulators rather politely to broaden the ownership of the new security policy by taking all political parties on board, big business in Pakistan believes placing the economy at the......
LAHORE: Main opposition parties Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party took exception to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s threat that he would become more dangerous if pushed out of......
HASAKEH: Fighting raged in Syria for a fourth day on Sunday between US-backed Kurdish forces and fighters of the militant Islamic State (IS) group who have attacked a prison, killing 136 people......
A MAJOR trial is underway in London during which Pakistan has repeatedly been mentioned as the place where payment was allegedly sent to a hitman for hire. The case revolves around the defendant, a......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan revisited his call to help Afghanistan under the international doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), inviting the international community to fulfil its......
WE’RE at that stage of the electoral cycle where calls for instituting a ‘presidential system of government’ gain voice. One difference this time around though is that these calls are partly coming......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Awami National Party (ANP) have agreed to cooperate in the second phase of the local government elections to be held in the remaining districts......
PRIME MINISTER Imran Khan was right to assert at the launch of the National Security Policy (NSP) that for long it was military security that determined the country’s strategy. Offering a......
OSLO: A Taliban delegation led by Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday began talks focused on human rights with Afghan civil society members ahead of their highly anticipated meetings......
• Says inflation not just Pakistan’s problem • Rules out holding talks with Shehbaz • Chastises media, judiciary for ‘protecting mafias’ISLAMABAD: Expressing confidence that people would never take......
A MAJOR trial is underway in London during which Pakistan has repeatedly been mentioned as the place where payment was allegedly sent to a hitman for hire. The case revolves around the defendant, a......
PRIME MINISTER Imran Khan was right to assert at the launch of the National Security Policy (NSP) that for long it was military security that determined the country’s strategy. Offering a......
