PTI chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday admitted he did not enjoy absolute power as the prime minister, indicating that the actual centres of power in the country lay elsewhere and "everyone knows where......
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk has asked employees to return to the office or leave the company, according to an email sent to employees on Tuesday night and seen by Reuters."Everyone at Tesla......
A sessions court in Lahore on Wednesday ordered the registration of a criminal case against Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and top police officials for the authorities' alleged torture of lawyers......
A person died and three fell unconscious from inhaling of smoke after a fire broke out in the basement of a well-known departmental near Jail Chowrangi in Karachi on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the......
Social media has been rife with complaints in the last 48 hours that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has changed voter registration data of several citizens without informing them, with......
PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that the party had filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking its protection, and he would announce the date for the next march......
India's financial crime-fighting agency wants to question the two most senior members of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, who lead the main opposition Congress party, as it investigates a complaint of money......
ANOTHER horrific incident of sexual violence has come to light, underscoring how a cavalier approach to security arrangements can embolden criminally inclined men to indulge their worst instincts.A......
WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Tuesday that Pakistan would buy oil and food from Russia at cheaper rates if it was offered and if it did not invoke sanctions against Islamabad.......
IT was an abrupt end to the much-hyped ‘freedom march’. Imran Khan’s threat to storm the capital with over a million people ended with a whimper. A few thousand supporters who had gathered at D-Chowk......
Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah said that none of the amendments made to the Elections Act, 2017 by the incumbent coalition government deprived overseas Pakistanis of the right to......
Wajahat Shah, 32, is a labourer at a government-run tree plantation, spread over 3,000 hectares of army land in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “Ten days after the government announced the lockdown due to......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued notices to the police and complainant — a representative of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces — in a case against......
There's a split emerging in India's refining sector as private refiners tap cheap Russian crude and boost profits from exports just as domestically focused state refiners get squeezed by high oil......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said Pakistan “genuinely and seriously” wanted to boost bilateral, trade and cultural ties with Turkey as he made the case for the Turkish business......
Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to a nearly two-and-a-half-year-high at 13.76 per cent in May, on the back of increasing transport and food prices, according to data......
A grand tribal jirga will join the ongoing talks between the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the government in Kabul to press for an agreement to end years of violence, one of its......
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja on Wednesday said that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is "always ready for elections" as he stressed it will continue to make......
Rafael Nadal edged a late-night classic against old rival Novak Djokovic in the early hours of Wednesday in four sets to reach his 15th French Open semi-final.The 13-time Roland Garros champion won......
Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman on Wednesday appointed senior lawyer Shahzad Shaukat as the advocate general of the province a day after Ahmad Awais tendered his resignation as AGP."The Governor of......
LONDON: Brendon McCullum will have an immediate impact on England’s Test team but fans may need to be patient for the results to come, New Zealand head coach Gary Stead said.Former New Zealand......
KARACHI: Pakistan have their eyes set on direct qualification to the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup as their road to the showpiece begins with the a three-match One-day International series against Sri......
KARACHI: Four years on, Lahore will once again host the FIFA World Cup trophy.The organisers of the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour announced on Tuesday that the prestigious golden trophy, which depicts......
PARIS: Teenage star Coco Gauff and Martina Trevisan, a seasoned Italian professional who rebuilt her career after conquering anorexia, reached their maiden Grand Slam semi-finals here at the French......
TAXILA: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Rawalpindi cantonment boards may have to start water rationing as water level in Khanpur Dam has dropped to just 24 feet above the dead level.An......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Tuesday passed the much-delayed provincial Child Protection and Welfare (Amendment) Bill, 2022, making punishments for crimes against children, including......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Ombudsperson for Harassment of Women at the Workplace Kashmala Tariq on Tuesday stressed on the importance of safety of female journalists, and called for the need to collect data......
KARACHI: A delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) called on Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian president Asif Ali Zardari to discuss “political situation” and progress of......
IT was an abrupt end to the much-hyped ‘freedom march’. Imran Khan’s threat to storm the capital with over a million people ended with a whimper. A few thousand supporters who had gathered at D-Chowk......
YOU can see it happen on reality shows. Participants who are living ordinary lives suddenly find that the world’s voyeurism — curiosity about how other people live — can become a lucrative source of......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo and Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai on Tuesday discussed the prevailing political situation in the......
ANOTHER horrific incident of sexual violence has come to light, underscoring how a cavalier approach to security arrangements can embolden criminally inclined men to indulge their worst instincts.A......
• Charges include subsidy of Rs150,000 per pilgrim • Flights from 6thISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Mufti Abdul Shakoor on Tuesday announced that the annual Haj pilgrimage will......
WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Tuesday that Pakistan would buy oil and food from Russia at cheaper rates if it was offered and if it did not invoke sanctions against Islamabad.......
PESHAWAR / ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has stopped his party’s lawmakers from appearing before National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf for confirmation of......
PARIS: French diplomats will go on strike for the first time in 20 years on Thursday in protest against a perceived lack of recognition and reforms pushed by the president that they say could damage......
ISLAMABAD: The revelation that a number of Pakistani expats and a couple of citizens recently travelled to Israel as part of a delegation has sparked a controversy, with former prime minister Imran......
BEIRUT: Lebanese lawmakers re-elected Nabih Berri as parliament speaker on Tuesday for a seventh consecutive term, cementing his reputation as an immovable centerpiece of the country’s political......
GENEVA: The tobacco industry is a far greater threat than many realise as it is one of the world’s biggest polluters, from leaving mountains of waste to driving global warming, the WHO said on......
KYIV/THE HAGUE: Russian forces have taken partial control of a key industrial city in eastern Ukraine, a regional governor said on Tuesday, hours after European Union leaders struck a deal to ban......
NEW DELHI: India and China on Tuesday agreed to hold the next round of the senior commanders meeting at an early date to achieve complete disengagement from all friction points in eastern Ladakh to......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s cash-strapped government on Tuesday announced a taxation overhaul to boost revenue amid the country’s crippling economic crisis, hiking value added taxes and corporate income......
KARACHI: The Acting Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Dr. Murtaza Syed, said Islamic banking has a key role in the growth of the economy while it has been growing at a fast speed,......
KARACHI: Shares trading began on a bullish note on Tuesday before profit-taking shaved off the early gains in later hours.According to Ahsan Mehanti of Arif Habib Corporation, the index closed at a......
KARACHI: The private sector borrowing from banks has gone up by over 200 per cent from July to May 20 of the current fiscal year, reflecting that the higher economic activities remained intact......
ISLAMABAD: While grilling the power companies for extensive loadshedding and non-utilisation of efficient plants, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday finalised Rs3.99......
KARACHI: The government on Tuesday shocked consumers by pushing up ghee and cooking oil rates by an unprecedented Rs208 and Rs213 to an all-time high of Rs555 per kg and Rs605 per litre,......
