Sri Lanka's parliament on Tuesday voted against fast-tracking an opposition move to condemn President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, as the prime minister warned that the country was in a precarious economic......
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, in its decision on a presidential reference seeking interpretation of Article 63-A of the Constitution said the votes of defecting lawmakers will not be......
India's Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a local order to ban large Muslim prayer gatherings in a high-profile mosque in north India after a survey team said it found relics of the Hindu god Shiva......
PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday expressed gratitude to the Supreme Court for saving the nation from further "deterioration of its moral standards", which he said were......
Nofe Isah, a 25-year-old based in Nigeria, has been investing in crypto since January. Last week, she lost all of her $5,000 in savings as cryptocurrency Luna went into free fall.Isah, a recently......
Tom Harrison is to step down as chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board in June — part of a major overhaul following a slump in Test results.Since the turn of the year, managing......
Punjab Police's Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested two suspects allegedly involved in the deadly blast in Lahore's crowded Anarkali area earlier this year, it emerged on Tuesday.On......
SHAKESPEARE offered this phrase for the cat in the adage that wanted the fish but was scared of wetting the paws: “Letting I dare not wait upon I would.” That’s what political opponents of Narendra......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a reference seeking the disqualification of 25 dissident MPAs of the PTI, who had voted for PML-N's Hamza Shehbaz in the......
Acting Afghan Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani has said the Taliban regime in Afghanistan does not look at the United States "as enemies" and wants to have good ties with it but that they have......
Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday that his purchase of Twitter would not go ahead unless he was given assurances on the bots that he says plague the platform, further complicating his acrimonious......
The Supreme Court will announce its decision on a presidential reference seeking its interpretation of Article 63-A, which is related to the disqualification of lawmakers over defection, at 5:30pm......
Two top US defence intelligence officials were due to testify on Capitol Hill on Tuesday about what the government knows of unidentified flying objects, in the first public congressional hearing......
Security forces killed two "important and most wanted" terrorists of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in North Waziristan district's Boya area, the military's media affairs wing said in......
PML-N leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday said dissolving assemblies is "not the solution" to the prevailing economic crisis, and urged all political parties to sit......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday stopped PML-N's Hanif Abbasi from working as a special assistant to the prime minister (SAPM) until the next hearing on May 27.IHC Chief Justice Athar......
The US dollar continued its flight against the rupee for the sixth consecutive session on Tuesday to reach the Rs195 mark — an all-time high — in interbank trade, mainly due to the country's......
LAHORE: A sessions court on Monday sought a report from police on a petition seeking registration of a case against former prime minister Imran Khan for saying “nuking Pakistan was better than giving......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Monday announced a ten-member national squad for the inaugural Five-A-Side tournament being held in Lausanne on June 4-5.According to a press release......
LAHORE: A sessions court on Monday sought a report from police on a petition seeking registration of a case against former prime minister Imran Khan for saying “nuking Pakistan was better than giving......
CHITTAGONG: Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews said he accepted his fate after being cruelly dismissed one run short of a double century in the first Test against Bangladesh on Monday.His departure meant the......
TULSA (Oklahoma): Tiger Woods might be in the twilight of his career but still is the most compelling figure in golf and a guaranteed ratings grabber.And he will be back in the global golf spotlight......
PESHAWAR: The counter-terrorism department (CTD) has registered an FIR into the targeted killing of two Sikh traders on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Sunday.Members of the Sikh minority......
PESHAWAR/ABBOTTABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Monday said his government was revamping all district headquarters hospitals and converting basic health units and rural health......
LAHORE: A traffic warden was suspended from service for allegedly harassing a woman and her daughter, who were traveling by a car on The Mall on Monday.Maryam S Khan tweeted the pictures of the......
LAHORE: The provincial law and parliamentary affairs department has once again restrained Advocate General of Punjab (AGP) Ahmad Awais from appearing before the courts on behalf of the government and......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Attaullah Tarar on Monday hinted at launching investigations against former Punjab chief minister Usman Buzdar and others for building assets......
KARACHI: The hot weather returned on Monday when mercury crossed over 40 degree Celsius after just a day break on Sunday when the maximum temperature was recorded at 36.5°C amid searing desert winds......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new prime minister said on Monday the crisis-hit nation was down to its last day of petrol, as the country’s power minister told citizens not to join the lengthy fuel queues that......
RIYADH: Doctors in Saudi Arabia have successfully separated conjoined twins from war-torn Yemen after a “complicated” 15-hour operation, Saudi state media reported on Monday.The baby boys, Yussef......
RAWALPINDI: Frequent power outages in the scorching heat are testing the nerves of citizens while the government is taking no action to overcome the crisis.As the temperature rose to 41 degrees......
ISLAMABAD: As three cases of polio have been reported after a gap of 15 months, the national polio programme has decided to launch a campaign across the country to boost the immunity level of 43.3......
KYIV: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Finland and Sweden on Monday to expect a “response” for applying to join Nato as Ukraine braced for a new push by Moscow’s forces in its eastern Donbas......
LAGUNA WOODS: One person was dead and four others in critical condition after a shooting at a church near Los Angeles, law enforcement said on Sunday, just one day after a gunman killed 10 people at......
SINGAPORE: India’s ban on wheat exports has delivered a fresh blow to world markets already reeling from tight supplies due to output issues in traditional export powerhouses Canada, Europe and......
SHAKESPEARE offered this phrase for the cat in the adage that wanted the fish but was scared of wetting the paws: “Letting I dare not wait upon I would.” That’s what political opponents of Narendra......
IN the political crises that pass for politics in the land of the pure, the sense of déjà-vu is hard to avoid. We seem to be stuck in Groundhog Day where parties are shifted into power and shunted......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has said former prime minister Imran Khan cannot hide the truth by hurling threats as people are aware of those responsible for......
ISLAMABAD: The ruling PML-N on Monday faced severe criticism from none other than its own coalition partners in the National Assembly over the prevailing power crisis and deteriorating law and......
ISLAMABAD: If the head of a political party condones defection, it amounts to a mockery of the Constitution and parliamentary norms, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial observed on......
ISLAMABAD: Recording increase in the intensity and severity of droughts in Pakistan, the ‘Global Food Policy Report 2022’ has cautioned that summer heatwaves are projected to increase at a rate of......
ISLAMABAD: Former governor of Punjab Omer Sarfraz Cheema has announced approaching the court for registration of a high treason case against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif under Article 6.Moreover, he......
IN the political crises that pass for politics in the land of the pure, the sense of déjà-vu is hard to avoid. We seem to be stuck in Groundhog Day where parties are shifted into power and shunted......
ISLAMABAD: Three main ruling coalition partners — Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) — on Monday assured the government of their......
WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States resume their efforts to rebuild bilateral ties with a series of meetings between their foreign policy chiefs in New York this week.Foreign......
KARACHI: The dollar’s relentless surge against rupee is turning out to be a boon for rice merchants, but a bane for the consumer.The prices for different rice varieties have seen an unusual jump of......
ISLAMABAD: Amid the Ministry of Finance’s protest over ‘unsustainable fuel subsidy’, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) approved Rs55.48 billion for immediate reimbursement of price......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman on Monday said Pakistan was among three most water-stressed countries in the world and could become a water scarcity-hit country by 2025 if steps......
KARACHI: In the midst of dwindling foreign exchange reserves and the massive devaluation of the local currency, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the policymakers to devise a comprehensive......
ISLAMABAD: China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang on Monday repeated his government’s demand for punishment for those involved in the attack on Chinese teachers at Karachi University and asked for......
