Security forces killed seven terrorists in two intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Bannu and North Waziristan District, the military's media affairs wing said in a statement on Sunday.According......
Muslim countries have taken strong exception to derogatory remarks made against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by leaders of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with Qatar, Kuwait and Iran......
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has decided to contest by-elections on 20 seats of the Punjab Assembly that fell vacant after the de-notification of PTI legislators over defection, senior PTI leader......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday called for a "grand dialogue" between all stakeholders over vital sectors of the economy for the nation to progress.Addressing the inauguration ceremony of......
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Sunday that Moscow will strike new targets if the West supplies long-range missiles to Ukraine and said new arms deliveries to Kyiv were aimed at......
ONCE they become law, the amendments made to the NAB (Second Amendment) Bill 2021 by the PML-N-led government may end up benefitting over 90 per cent of cases, including high-profile ones, that the......
Three people were killed and 11 others wounded on Saturday after multiple shooters opened fire into a crowd on a popular Philadelphia street, police said.Police Inspector DF Pace told local media......
At least 38 people died and hundreds were injured after a fire that sparked a huge chemical explosion and was still blazing on Sunday at a shipping container depot in Bangladesh, officials said.The......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said he has passed orders for helicopters to be flown to Swat to help the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) put out the wildfires that have been......
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Sunday said that the police personnel who are part of the security detail outside Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan's Bani Gala residence will arrest......
KARACHI: The huge fire that erupted in an ‘illegally’ built warehouse in the basement of a superstore at Jail Chowrangi on Wednesday morning was ‘finally’ controlled on Saturday evening, said......
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has suggested taking advantage of "365 days of sunshine" and operate markets in the daytime as opposed to the convention of "opening markets at 1pm and closing them at......
LONDON: International Cricket Council (ICC) chair Greg Barclay said women’s Test matches should be played over five days, but raised doubts over the place of the longer format in the future of......
PARIS: World number one Iga Swiatek confirmed her dominance of women’s tennis by sweeping aside American teenager Coco Gauff 6-1 6-3 to claim her second French Open title in three years on......
LAHORE: The prevailing hot weather conditions in Multan aren’t a concern for Saqlain Mushtaq. Instead, the Pakistan head coach is eyeing a clean sweep of the West Indies when the three-match One-day......
PESHAWAR: A senior lawyer on Saturday moved the Peshawar High Court seeking the disqualification of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan from holding public office for threatening to use the province’s......
KARACHI: The Concerned Citizens Alliance in collaboration with the Pakistan Medical Association on Saturday organised a discussion on the ‘Socio-political, economic meltdown’, and some solutions to......
KARACHI: The huge fire that erupted in an ‘illegally’ built warehouse in the basement of a superstore at Jail Chowrangi on Wednesday morning was ‘finally’ controlled on Saturday evening, said......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has said over 100,000 candidates have registered themselves for the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Tests (MDCAT) in just 10 days.It said the......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan’s decision to change the presidents of the three regions in Punjab is a significant move at a time when the party is at a crossroads to mobilise......
BEIJING: China will launch a spacecraft on Sunday carrying three astronauts to the core module of the unfinished Chinese space station, where they will work and live for six months as construction......
ATHENS: A wildfire whipped by gale-force winds blazed through vegetation in a southern suburb of Athens on Saturday, the Fire Brigade said, forcing residents to evacuate.The Greek Civil Protection......
LUCKNOW: At least 10 people were killed and 22 injured in a chemical explosion at an electronics factory in northern India’s Hapur district on Saturday, a police official said.The accident happened......
HONG KONG: Hong Kong authorities on Saturday detained multiple people as they pounced on any attempt at public commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, while around the world......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s main airport on Saturday denied the island nation’s government was behind a decision to detain an Aeroflot aircraft, after Russia lodged a diplomatic protest over the move.The......
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Saturday indicted retired Capt Muhammad Safdar, son-in-law of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in a hate speech case.Safdar along with his counsel......
ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) is meeting on June 10 to consider elevating five advocates as judges of the Balochistan High Court (BHC).Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly has criticised the performance of the Quetta Electricity Supply Company (Qesco) and blamed it for delaying the implementation of the provincial government’s power......
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Saturday indicted retired Capt Muhammad Safdar, son-in-law of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in a hate speech case.Safdar along with his counsel......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader from Karachi Ali Haider Zaidi petitioned the Supreme Court on Saturday to set aside the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to hold the......
KARACHI: The introduction of a mechanism for prior approval from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for the import of goods has created hurdles in the arrival of completely knocked down (CKD) kits of......
With fuel costs rising to astronomical levels, there is a lot of buzz around electric vehicles these days; how good are they for the environment, can they help Pakistan reduce its reliance on......
ONCE they become law, the amendments made to the NAB (Second Amendment) Bill 2021 by the PML-N-led government may end up benefitting over 90 per cent of cases, including high-profile ones, that the......
LAHORE: As the authorities and key government figures have been drawing attention to the economic losses due to illegal trade, the country’s shadow economy accounts for about 40 per cent of GDP,......
THE Indus is dying, and it is dying downstream Sukkur, was the unanimous verdict of filmmaker Wajahat Malik and his five friends after traversing the once mighty river on a raft.To get first-hand......
AN entirely avoidable disaster has ended up displacing dozens of families, killing a young student and consuming considerable resources of the Karachi fire department.From initial reports, the owners......
ISLAMABAD: The River Indus delivers around 10,000 tonnes of macro-plastics to the Arabian Sea each year, according to a World Bank survey made available on Saturday.The survey, titled ‘Plastic Waste:......
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the authorities concerned to come up within 24 hours with an ‘emergency plan’ aimed at reduction in the electricity loadshedding.PM Sharif......
KYIV: Ukraine said on Saturday it had recaptured a swathe of the battlefield city of Sievierodonetsk, in a rare counter-offensive against Russia’s main assault force that had been steadily advancing......
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia and Israel — planned for late June — has now been postponed to July, various US media outlets reported on Saturday.Speculations about the......
SHANGLA: Four members of a family were reported killed and another injured as wildfire ravaged five districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday.The provincial forest department, Rescue 1122, civil......
ISLAMABAD: Continuing to create hurdles for the coalition government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday refused to assent to the bills recently passed by the two......
THE Indus is dying, and it is dying downstream Sukkur, was the unanimous verdict of filmmaker Wajahat Malik and his five friends after traversing the once mighty river on a raft.To get first-hand......
