The fire that broke out in the basement of a superstore located inside a multi-storey building near Karachi's Jail Chowrangi on Wednesday had still not been brought completely under control till......
US President Joe Biden publicly acknowledged on Friday that he may travel to Saudi Arabia soon, a trip that multiple sources say is expected and could include talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed......
A day after the fuel prices were increased for the second time in the span of a week, PTI Chairman Imran Khan castigated the government for bowing down to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) while......
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has a “super bad feeling” about the economy and needs to cut about 10 per cent of jobs at the electric carmaker, he said in an email to executives seen by Reuters.The......
State Minister for Petroleum Musaddik Malik on Friday said raising the fuel prices by Rs30 was a “difficult decision”, but taken to “save the country from bankruptcy and destruction” a day after the......
Some officials in India are ignoring or even supporting rising attacks on people and places of worship in the country, a United States official said late on Thursday after the release of a report on......
A Pakistan Army soldier was martyred during an exchange of fire with terrorists who attacked a military post in the Datta Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's North Waziristan district on the night......
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the federal government to bring the recent changes in the rules of the Exit Control List (ECL) rules within the "ambit of the law" within a week, cautioning that......
An employee of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Friday wrote a letter to the head of the agency seeking permission to bring a donkey cart to work after the government's recent fuel price hike......
A special committee of the federal cabinet has deliberated filing a sedition case against former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan and the chief ministers of......
Continuing its selling momentum from the previous day, the stock market registered a decline of over 700 points on Friday, just hours after the government raised the prices of fuel and electricity.At......
US President Joe Biden will visit Saudi Arabia this month, reports said Thursday, a stark reversal for a leader who once called for the kingdom to be made a pariah.The reported decision comes hours......
Turkey has told the United Nations that, at the behest of its president, it wishes from now on to be called “Turkiye” in all languages, the UN announced on Thursday.“The change is immediate,”......
KARACHI: To tackle the rising number of suicidal cases as well as mental health issues, Google has launched a suicide hotline for Pakistan on Thursday in collaboration with ‘Umang Pakistan’ enabling......
LONDON: England debutant Matthew Potts and recalled great James Anderson took four wickets apiece as New Zealand were dismissed for just 132 on the opening day of the first Test here at Lord’s on......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday restrained Islamabad police from arresting former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser and former minister Hammad Azhar over first information......
SEOUL: Neymar scored two calmly taken penalties to move to within four goals of Pele at the top of the country’s all-time scoring list as fired a World Cup warning with a 5-1 thrashing of fellow......
PARIS: Iga Swiatek romped into her second French Open final on Thursday and will face Coco Gauff for the title after the teenager became the youngest Grand Slam finalist since 2004.World number one......
LAHORE: Leading Pakistan trio of vice-captain Shadab Khan, wicket-keeper Mohammad Rizwan and pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi said the visiting West Indies team will not be pushovers.Interacting......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Thursday said it would take up changes to electoral rolls in the province with the Election Commission of Pakistan and Supreme Court.It also expressed......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned Wapda former chairman retired Lt-Gen Muzammil Hussain on Jun 6 for allegedly causing a loss to the national kitty to the tune of $753......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Thursday extended the police remand of two suspects held for their alleged involvement in a case pertaining to the murder of young student Jazlan Faisal in Bahria......
• Structure declared ‘dangerous’ for habitation • Owners of 170 flats demand compensation • Deceased identified as KU studentKARACHI: A huge fire that erupted in a superstore’s basement in a......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday resumed hearing on appeals of PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz and retired Captain Mohammad Safdar against their conviction in the Avenfield Apartment......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo has said that the province needs more resources for launching development projects and improving people’s lives.He was speaking at a......
IMRAN KHAN appears to be a man without a plan, and a very angry one at that — even recklessly so, making increasingly apocalyptic statements as time goes on. The six-day ultimatum he gave the......
PESHAWAR: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) formally announced an “indefinite ceasefire” with the government late on Thursday night, following two days of intense talks with a grand......
KARACHI: Following the government’s decision to increase prices of petroleum products and electricity tariff on Thursday, stakeholders believe that while nearly everyone would be impacted, the urban......
SHOCKING images of torched trees, smouldering greenbelts and burnt-out vehicles are not something that people associate with Islamabad. But, in the history of a nation’s capital, cities have often......
KARACHI: PTI chief and former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday down hard on the coalition government for what he called massive increases in the prices of all petroleum products. He also blamed......
ISLAMABAD: Retired Justice Javed Iqbal relinquished charge as National Accountability Bureau chairman on Thursday after the expiry of a recently promulgated ordinance which had allowed him to stay......
THE time is ripe for a heavy tax to be slapped on consumer items that have proved to be harmful such as tobacco products and sugary drinks. Such a measure would be good for public health and will......
• Sindh seeks additional water share from Irsa • NA body to take provinces’ complaints, flow measurement at barrages todayLAHORE / HYDERABAD: As the canal system in Punjab faces a 49 per cent water......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif returned to the country on Thursday after completing a three-day official visit to Turkey.Turkish Minister of Trade Mehmet Mus saw off the prime minister......
WASHINGTON: A White House report on Thursday warned that inter-state water disputes in South Asia were increasing, and while the Indo-Pak Indus Waters Treaty “has withstood six decades and four......
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has said at a UN non-proliferation debate this week that states have a ‘legitimate right’ to avail dual-use technologies and materials, while keeping non-state actors away......
SOLEDAR: Russian forces hammered Ukrainian positions in the Donbas region on Thursday, as Kyiv said Moscow was in control of 20 percent of Ukrainian territory on the eve of the war’s 100th......
SRINAGAR: An unidentified attacker shot dead a bank manager in Indian-occupied Kashmir on Thursday, the seventh in a spate of targeted killings in the occupied territory.The attacker shot Vijay......
LONDON: At least two people caused a disturbance at a military parade in London which launches celebrations for Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee on Thursday, running out in front of marching......
KARACHI: The stock market continued its selling momentum on Thursday from the preceding session on the back of rising yields on government papers, said Arif Habib Ltd.The yield on the three-month......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday revised upward profit rates on all national savings schemes and certificates of the Central Directorate of National Savings. The new rates will be applicable to......
KARACHI: Japanese bike assemblers have increased the prices by up to Rs23,500 citing rising cost of raw materials on account of rupee devaluation against the dollar.Pak Suzuki Motor Company Ltd......
SHOCKING images of torched trees, smouldering greenbelts and burnt-out vehicles are not something that people associate with Islamabad. But, in the history of a nation, capital cities have often......
IN developing countries, national security was the exclusive domain of the state, with state institutions enjoying monopoly over the subject under the cover of secrecy policies. As the 21st century......
KARACHI: We are not Sri Lanka neither we are close to it, in fact, the six per cent GDP growth for the last two years is amazing shocks for the entire world, Acting Governor State Bank of Pakistan......
KARACHI: Volumetric sales of petroleum products totalled 2.17 million tonnes in May, down two per cent from a month ago, according to data released by the Oil Companies Advisory Council on......
ISLAMABAD: Chinese envoy and Pakistani leaders on Thursday warned of growing threats to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor from fake news and disinformation about the mega-development project and......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s merchandise trade deficit widened by an alarming 57.85 per cent year-on-year to an all-time high at $43.33 billion during the first 11 months of 2021-22 through May on the back......
KARACHI: We are not Sri Lanka neither we are close to it, in fact, the six per cent GDP growth for the last two years is amazing shocks for the entire world, Acting Governor State Bank of Pakistan......
