President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday rejected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's advice to remove Punjab Governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema from his office."The president further highlighted that he was committed......
Bitcoin fell to its lowest level since July 2021 on Monday as slumping equity markets continued to hurt cryptocurrencies, which are currently trading in line with so-called riskier assets like tech......
PTI chairman Imran Khan on Monday hit back at Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for accusing him of vilifying the army, saying that he was well aware of the importance of key state institutions.During......
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation Authority on Monday issued directives for and warned private electronic media from airing content against the armed forces and judiciary."It has been observed......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday criticised PTI Chairman Imran Khan for his comments regarding state institutions and said that action should be taken on them within the ambit of the law and......
The National Institute of Health (NIH) announced on Monday that the first case of Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12.1 had been detected in Pakistan.The institute — which has been looking after......
Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned on Monday, his spokesman said, shortly after violent clashes between his supporters and anti-government protesters left 78 people wounded.The......
President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday approved the appointment of senior Supreme Court (SC) advocate, Ashtar Ausaf, as the attorney general of Pakistan (AGP), almost a month after Khalid Jawed Khan......
Sri Lankan police imposed a curfew on Monday after clashes between rival political camps, as anger builds over the island's worst economic crisis since independence.Months of blackouts and dire......
A Lahore sessions court on Monday acquitted actor Saba Qamar and singer Bilal Saeed in a case concerning the alleged desecration of Wazir Khan mosque, ruling that the charges against them were......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Monday that he had imposed a "complete ban" on the export of sugar, owing to the commodity's "domestic demand"."Given the domestic demand, I have ordered a......
The three one-day international (ODI) matches that were part of the Green Shirts' planned tour of Sri Lanka have been scrapped, it emerged on Monday.Pakistan was originally slated to play two Tests......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday directed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to review his decision of appointing Hanif Abbasi as his special assistant.The court issued the directive while hearing......
The Supreme Court on Monday resumed hearing a presidential reference seeking its interpretation of Article 63-A, which is related to the disqualification of lawmakers over defection.A five-member......
Bears were in firm control of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday as the benchmark KSE-100 index shed more than 1,100 points in intraday trading, while dollar continued its flight towards......
MIAMI: Formula One championship leader Charles Leclerc took pole position for the inaugural Miami Grand Prix ahead of Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz in a front row lockout in qualifying on......
PESHAWAR: Lumpy skin disease of livestock has reached Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after its outbreak in Sindh and Punjab provinces as cases have been reported in Peshawar, Charsadda and Dera Ismail Khan......
BALATONFRED: Veteran Mark Cavendish won stage three of the Giro d’Italia on Sunday after launching a long sprint for the line at the end of a flat 201km run to Lake Balaton in Hungary.Dutch ace......
LONDON: Manchester City moved a step closer to retaining the Premier League title with a 5-0 demolition of Newcastle United, while Arsenal beat relegation-threatened Leeds United 2-1 to boost their......
PESHAWAR: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has said that a judicial commission, comprising judges of the Supreme Court, should investigate whether the PTI government was dismissed through a foreign......
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas on Friday said his government would hold the local body (LB) polls in accordance with the direction of the AJK Supreme......
ISLAMABAD: The fate of the long-awaited project aimed at reducing contamination in Rawal Dam -- the main water supplier to the garrison city - still hangs in the balance as the Planning......
RAWALPINDI: The Meteorological department on Sunday predicted that the daytime temperature will likely rise to 41°C on Monday and will further increase in the coming week.According to the weather......
KARACHI: Residents of district Central may have to wait for at least two more months for any improvement in garbage disposal system in their respective localities as the contractor is still in the......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab president Shafqat Mahmood has warned the PML-N government of “jamming” the whole country, if it tried to block the party’s ‘Azadi Long March’ by......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Sunday formed a high-powered task force to take action against the menace of water theft as well as illegal hydrants and to plug leakages in the......
KARACHI: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Sunday raised alarm over growing number of HIV patients in Sindh and blamed the health system under the “corrupt administration” of the Pakistan......
• Seven killed over resistance in Ramazan • Official figures show decline in crime rateKARACHI: While there was no decline in the number of people killed in the metropolis by armed muggers upon......
LAHORE: The government has decided to give charge of the Water and Power Development Authority chairman to Mr Naveed Asghar (Wapda’s member finance), as a summary has been moved to the office of teh......
LAHORE: The Shehbaz government has warned that it may prevent the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) from taking out a long march on Islamabad if it feels to be turning out violent as being threatened by......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz will stay in hospital for some time to rest on doctors’ advice after undergoing colonoscopy on Sunday, the Saudi Press Agency said, citing the royal......
CAIRO: Egypt has released three social media users who were detained after posting a satirical song on TikTok about rampant inflation in the country, rights groups said on Sunday.In March, the group......
BEIRUT: More Syrian children are in need than at any time since a devastating civil war erupted over a decade ago, but funding for them is “dwindling”, the United Nations warned on Sunday.“Syria’s......
TEHRAN: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi during a brief visit to Tehran on Sunday, Iranian state television said.“Assad has......
WASHINGTON: A deadly fire at an aerospace research institute in Tver, northwest of Moscow. Another blaze at a munitions factory in Perm, more than 1,100 kilometres to the east. And fires in two......
SAN FRANCISCO: As urban traffic gets more miserable, entrepreneurs are looking to a future in which commuters hop into “air taxis” that whisk them over clogged roads.Companies such as Archer, Joby......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo has said that the overall development of Gwadar and other parts of Makran division is top priority of the provincial government and all......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Central Information Secretary Farrukh Habib on Sunday alleged that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz was targeting institutions and senior......
WASHINGTON: “Focus on the light. Try to take it in,” said Karachi artist Riaz Rafi as a guest asked him to explain one of his works.The guest, who only gave her first name Nancy, turned and faced the......
PAKISTAN’S enduring political fault lines are well known. But newer ones have emerged to make the political environment more challenging if not combustible.Key among the more long-standing fault......
ALTHOUGH the question in the title is premature, some analysts seem to be worried about how the National Assembly will work without a large segment of the opposition whose members recently tendered......
IT was around 3:55pm last Saturday when Rescue 1122 Nowshera received a call alerting them to a fire at a private oil tanker stand in this locality, located on GT Road.Firefighters who arrived at......
KABUL: Women in Afghanistan expressed defiance on Sunday after the Taliban issued a directive ordering them to cover fully in public, including their faces, or stay indoors, saying the change would......
PAKISTAN’S enduring political fault lines are well known. But newer ones have emerged to make the political environment more challenging if not combustible. Key among the more long-standing fault......
• Asks people to be ready for call after May 20 • Challenges media to highlight price hike • Says dissidents conspired with ‘present-day Mir Jafar and Mir Sadiq’ to overthrow himABBOTTABAD: Former......
• Reveals no decision yet on early elections • Trip to Beijing to revive CPEC on the cards • Says Nawaz will return when his treatment is completeLAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif lashed out at......
ELAD: Police arrested on Sunday two Palestinians suspected of axing to death three Israelis after a more than two-day manhunt, the latest in a spate of deadly attacks.Police — who previously......
