PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Thursday said it was better to quit the government than burden people with more inflation, which she underlined, was compounded by the previous Imran Khan-led......
“The court must care to speak and act in ways that allow people to accept its decision on the terms the court claims for them, as grounded truly in principle, not as compromises with social and......
A Pakistan Army soldier embraced martyrdom in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in the South Waziristan district, the military said in a statement on Thursday.The Inter-Services Public......
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, in their maiden official meeting on Wednesday, vowed to bolster economic ties between the two countries,......
Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb announced on Thursday that the government had imposed a ban on the import of all non-essential luxury items under a new "emergency economic plan".Addressing a......
The PTI filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday, requesting it to declare Hamza Shehbaz's election as the Punjab chief minister "illegal" and to restrain him from working in that......
An Indian court on Thursday convicted top Kashmiri leader Mohammed Yasin Malik in a terrorism-related case that carries a maximum sentence of the death penalty or life imprisonment.Malik had been......
Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday was sentenced to a year in jail by the country's apex court in a 1988 "road rage" case in which one person had lost his life,......
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has reportedly paid monetary compensation to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the losses incurred due to its national team's last-minute abandonment of the Pakistan tour......
Rising temperatures, a direct result of climate change, are aggravating water, food, and biodiversity insecurity in Pakistan and India, which may worsen in years to come, said environmentalists based......
Senior PTI leader and former planning minister Asad Umar on Thursday questioned whether the airstrike by India in Balakot in 2019 was more damaging to Pakistan or the no-confidence vote that saw......
Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Deputy Inspector General Syed Khurram Ali shared on Thursday that the alleged mastermind of the improvised explosive device (IED) attack in Karachi's Saddar area......
A five-judge Supreme Court bench is expected to take up the suo motu case on the apprehensions that criminal justice might be undermined by people in positions of authority later today (Thursday).The......
Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz on Thursday said that he would stay on the post of CM "as long as God wills it" and vowed to continue working for the welfare and well-being of the people of the......
Former United States President George W. Bush mistakenly described the invasion of Iraq as “brutal” and “unjustified” before correcting himself to say he meant to refer to Russia's invasion of......
The US dollar was inches away from reaching the startling milestone of Rs200 in interbank trading on Thursday morning, gaining 75 paisa from the previous day's close and being traded at Rs199.75,......
LAHORE: For the first time after the new federal government was formed, Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan, a leading MPA and former Punjab sports minister, has categorically said he does not see the future of......
TULSA (Oklahoma): Tiger Woods and his incredible injury comeback and Jordan Spieth’s quest for a career Grand Slam will seize the spotlight in Thursday’s opening round of the 104th PGA......
LONDON: Matthew Mott has been appointed as the new head coach of the England limited-overs side, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said on Wednesday.The 48-year-old Australian has signed a four-year......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday vowed during a meeting with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah that no one would be allowed to destroy peace of the country’s economic hub......
ISLAMABAD: Sindh Labour Minister Saeed Ghani on Wednesday said that the Pakistan Peoples Party was prepared to contest the general elections, but the party believed that electoral reforms should be......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) named three uncapped players in the national women’s team squad for the upcoming Twenty20 International and one-day series against Sri Lanka on......
LAHORE: For the first time after the new federal government was formed, Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan, a leading MPA and former Punjab sports minister, has categorically said he does not see the future of......
ISLAMABAD: The Balochistan government revealed on Wednesday that cells operating from the Gulf region and Europe were sponsoring terrorist networks in the province, especially by recruiting......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday issued a stay order against ‘frequent’ suspension of gas supply on different grounds to textile mills in the province and directed the Sui Northern Gas......
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday constituted a joint group comprising officials of the National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC) and the Safe City Authority to......
NAIROBI: A 16-year-old British schoolboy who is on a quest to become the youngest person to fly around the world solo, landed his small plane in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, on Wednesday.Mack......
BERLIN: Gerhard Schroeder’s publicly funded office is to be closed and its remaining staff reallocated amid mounting dismay at the former German chancellor’s refusal to distance himself from Russian......
“The court must care to speak and act in ways that allow people to accept its decision on the terms the court claims for them, as grounded truly in principle, not as compromises with social and......
ISLAMABAD: The PPP leaders on Wednesday blamed the previous setup for economic woes that the country is currently facing.Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, Shazia Atta Marri was......
ISLAMABAD: Exiled Afghan journalists, currently in Pakistan, have expressed the need for assistance through engagement with international, Pakistani and international media.They have also asked......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) and Capital Development Authority (CDA) have been asked to set up a control room to monitor the Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP) during the......
SUMMER’S set in earlier in Sindh, so the irrigation supply to meet the agronomic demands of the province should come earlier too — as should our national water distribution strategy.Early summer......
WASHINGTON: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that Islamabad is looking to the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to play its role in discouraging the increase in terrorist activity on......
QUETTA: Just seven months after the submission of a no-trust motion against the then chief minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani that compelled him to resign, Balochistan plunged into another political......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has declared forex trading platforms like OctaFX and Easy Forex illegal in the country and warned citizens that these platforms are regulated neither by the......
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has banned the use of smartphones by low-grade staffers like porters, helpers and loaders working at the Islamabad International Airport as a......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has challenged an April 28 order by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) calling for the formation of a commission to address complaints of harassment by Baloch......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday condemned the framing of fabricated charges against Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Muhammad Yasin Malik by Indian authorities and handed over a demarche to the Indian......
ISLAMABAD: The financial adviser of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) said on Wednesday that the Election Commission of Pakistan’s scrutiny committee lacked the professional and technical competence......
KARACHI: After climate change related phenomena cut the country’s mango production in half, exporters have been forced to slash the export target by 25,000 tonnes to 125,000 tonnes for the current......
SUMMER’S set in earlier in Sindh, so the irrigation supply to meet the agronomic demands of the province should come earlier too — as should our national water distribution strategy.Early summer......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday took suo motu notice on the apprehensions that criminal justice might be undermined by people in authority and fixed the case......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to move swiftly on reducing massive fuel and electricity subsidies and banning about 30 luxury imports to contain fiscal and trade deficits under a commitment given to the......
LAHORE: As Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) provincial lawmakers met beleaguered Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz on Wednesday to form a joint strategy in the wake of the Supreme Court verdict on......
