Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday took suo motu notice of "perceived interference" by "persons in authority" in investigation and prosecution of criminal matters against......
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday held a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his maiden official visit to New York, as they discussed bilateral relations,......
Former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said families of army personnel will also take part in his upcoming march to Islamabad to remove the "imported government that came to power through a......
PTI leader and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf had decided to challenge the election of Hamza Shehbaz as the Punjab chief minister in the......
LAST week, a routine matter made headlines. The government approved appointments of trade ministers in several Pakistani embassies, including our high commission in New Delhi. Suddenly, several......
Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Faisal Malik aims to make history as the world's first British-Asian MMA world champion after he makes his debut on Cage Warriors — a promotion that has produced......
A no-confidence motion was submitted against Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo in the provincial assembly on Monday with the support of some lawmakers from his own party.The motion,......
The first Russian soldier on trial in Ukraine for war crimes during Moscow's invasion pleaded guilty today, facing possible life imprisonment in Kyiv.Asked in court if he was guilty of the......
England on Wednesday named the “outstanding” Matthew Mott as head coach of their men's white-ball team following his successful stint in charge of the Australian women's team.Mott, 48, won Twenty20......
India's top court on Wednesday ordered the release of a man jailed over the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, more than 30 years after he was first arrested.A bench headed by......
An Islamabad accountability court on Wednesday issued a permanent arrest warrant for former finance minister Ishaq Dar in a corruption reference.The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had filed the......
It was the order of a district court in Uttar Pradesh in 1986 that “triggered a chain reaction leading to the demolition” of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya by Hindutva activists five years later. This......
Belarus has introduced the death penalty for attempts to carry out acts of terrorism, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday, charges that several opposition activists face in the ex-Soviet......
Video-sharing application TikTok on Wednesday said that any content that promotes "dangerous" or "illegal" behavior was a violation of its community guidelines after a social media star faced......
An Indian wrestler has been banned for life after punching a referee as tempers boiled over in a sweltering New Delhi arena with no air conditioning during an intense heatwave.Satender Malik was......
More than 500,000 people have fled their homes in India's northeastern state of Assam to escape heavy floods triggered by pre-monsoon rains that drowned seven, authorities said on Wednesday, as they......
Sri Lankan police arrested two ruling party lawmakers for allegedly instigating mob violence that plunged the country into days of unrest and left nine people dead last week, officials said......
The government began talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday over the release of crucial funds, a process slowed by concerns about the pace of economic reforms in the......
The Sindh government on Wednesday removed Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar as Sindh's inspector general of police and posted Additional Inspector General Dr Kamran Fazal as the acting police chief of the......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is set to announce at 12pm its verdict on references seeking the disqualification of 25 dissident MPAs of the PTI, who voted for PML-N's Hamza Shehbaz in the......
The US dollar continued its rising streak against the rupee on Tuesday, rising past Rs197 in interbank trading and marking the completion of a week of breaking records, largely on account of the......
LAHORE: Umar Bhutta will lead a 20-member Pakistan squad at this month’s Asia Cup, the Pakistan Hockey Federation’s national selection committee announced after resolving its differences with the......
CHITTAGONG: Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das struck fifties after Tamim Iqbal made a hundred to put Bangladesh in pole position in the first Test against Sri Lanka here at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury......
SEVILLE: Ten years after financial oblivion plunged them into Scotland’s bottom tier, Rangers are on the brink of lifting their first European trophy in half a century as they meet Eintracht......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is mulling over the national team’s participation in a tri-nation series in New Zealand involving the hosts and Bangladesh ahead of October’s ICC T20 World......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Tuesday directed the Mardan deputy commissioner to take strict action against the people involved in illegal stone crushing and mining in the district and......
ISLAMABAD: Hope lay with the young generation to save the planet by engaging with unrelatable climate science of the world that is becoming a daily challenge, said Minister for Climate Change Senator......
ISLAMABAD: Representatives of the Chinese company, Sinovac, have expressed an interest in forming partnerships for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases through investment in the health......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday approved some changes proposed by the local government department in the alignment of the Malir Expressway project.At the 36th meeting of the......
KARACHI: While the Sindh chief minister admitted on Tuesday that the third bomb blast within three weeks in Karachi, in which a woman was killed and over a dozen people were injured on Monday night,......
IN 2019, the journal Science Advances published a study about the state of the world’s glaciers. This study found that glaciers in the Himalayan mountain range were melting much faster than they did......
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Asking President Dr Arif Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly, former information minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday demanded Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief......
• State Department confirms Blinken will meet Bilawal • FM says will take Pakistan’s message to UN • IMF review talks with Pakistan start in Doha todayWASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Hours after Foreign......
WASHINGTON: US investigators believe someone on board deliberately crashed a China Eastern flight in March, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, in what was China’s deadliest air disaster in......
ISLAMABAD: The five-week-old coalition government under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is not only struggling on the economic front but keeping parliament functional has also become an enormous......
LAST week, a routine matter made headlines. The government approved appointments of trade ministers in several Pakistani embassies, including our high commission in New Delhi. Suddenly, several......
QUETTA: An accountability court on Tuesday convicted serving Balochistan Local Government Secretary Mir Imran Gichki in a corruption case and sentenced him to five years in prison.After the sentence......
RIYADH: Sandstorms across the Middle East have delayed flights, closed schools and hospitalised thousands — a phenomenon experts say could worsen as climate change warps regional weather......
BEIRUT: Hezbollah and its allies lost their majority in Lebanon’s parliament, official results showed on Tuesday, while independents achieved a surprise breakthrough.Full results announced by the......
FNIDEQ: Morocco and Spain have reopened the land borders between the north African country and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, two years after they were shut due to Covid restrictions and......
LONDON: The UK government on Tuesday unveiled a plan to drastically overhaul post-Brexit trade rules in Northern Ireland, arguing the changes are needed to end political paralysis in the divided......
KYIV: Russia said on Tuesday that 265 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered after staging a last stand at the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, prompting Kyiv to call for a prisoner......
IT is not for the first time that the country has been on the brink of a financial collapse. We have been many times in the proverbial ICU in the past and have been resuscitated, of course with some......
KABUL: Taliban authorities on Tuesday said they had dissolved Afghanistan’s independent human rights commission as it was “not considered necessary”.Since the Taliban seized power last August, they......
MADRID: Spain’s cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill which grants paid medical leave for women who suffer from severe period pain, in what would be a first in Europe.The bill entitles workers......
• Decision to be shared with military establishment • Coalition partners give go-ahead for ‘tough’ decisions • Cabinet consents to amending NAB lawsISLAMABAD: The government’s coalition partners on......
WASHINGTON: US investigators believe someone on board deliberately crashed a China Eastern flight in March, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, in what was China’s deadliest air disaster in......
LONDON: Global stock markets and oil rallied on Tuesday on hopes that China will ease its weeks-long Covid lockdown and gradually reopen businesses.Oil prices rose to over $115 a barrel, their......
ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division has notified substantially higher price differential claim (PDC) payable to oil companies and refineries for the second half of current fiscal year owing to......
WASHINGTON: School closures during the pandemic have set back children’s learning in many G20 countries and could have a long-lasting negative impact on GDP in advanced economies, the IMF said on......
KARACHI: The national bourse witnessed range-bound activity on Tuesday owing to the investors’ concerns over the economic outlook.JS Global said the stock market is expected to stay range-bound in......
ISLAMABAD: The biggest challenges with regards to cryptocurrency in Pakistan are the lack of knowledge and the need for initial capacity-building for regulators, stakeholders at a meeting with the......
