The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday ordered National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officers and their family members to declare their assets.PAC Chairman Noor Alam Khan issued the directives......
The government on Tuesday dispelled rumours that it was considering yet another increase in petrol prices."Speculation regarding an increase in the prices of petroleum products is absolutely false.......
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to ensure the immediate supply of gas to the public from recently discovered reservoirs in the erstwhile tribal......
Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Tuesday that the country needed $41 billion dollars in the next 12 months, adding that he was "very confident" about it happening."We have to pay back $21bn in......
Saturday holidays have been restored for the public sector, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb announced on Tuesday, as the government seeks to implement austerity measures to rein in a......
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, in her maiden visit to Pakistan on Tuesday, called on the international community to "give a loud and clear message" to the Afghan Taliban that they were......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has sought an explanation from the Religious Affairs Ministry, an aide said Tuesday, over a report claiming that a list of 200 ministry officials has been finalised for......
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday issued notices to Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz, the Attorney General for Pakistan and others on the second petition filed by the PTI requesting the court......
The rupee fell sharply against the dollar in interbank trade on Tuesday morning to hit an all-time low of Rs203.According to the Forex Association of Pakistan, the greenback gained Rs2.40 against the......
LAHORE: Former Water and Power Development Agency (Wapda) chairman retired Lt-Gen Muzammil Hussain skipped the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)’s hearing on Monday in a hydro power project......
LONDON: A relieved Joe Root said the England Test captaincy had taken a toll on his personal health after he guided his side to a memorable five-wicket win against New Zealand on Sunday in his first......
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has appointed his nephew as the party’s focal person on legal affairs.In another development, two former......
PESHAWAR: A single-member Peshawar High Court bench on Monday granted transit bail to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader and former federal minister Ali Amin Gandapur until June 25 in 13 cases of......
COLOMBO: Australia have picked three pacemen for the first T20 International against Sri Lanka on Tuesday, hoping their World Cup-winning formula will work in their favour again.With conditions in......
PARIS: Rafael Nadal would probably not have played any Grand Slam other than the French Open with the chronic foot injury that needed numbing injections in Paris, the 14-time Roland Garros champion......
MULTAN: After whitewashing Netherlands in the cool Amstelveen weather, the West Indies squad will have less than two days to acclimatise to twice as hot temperatures as they arrived here on Monday......
SAHIWAL: Malik Nouman Ahmed Langrial, who lost his Punjab Assembly seat for voting in favour of Hamza Shehbaz against his party (PTI) instructions, has been awarded PML-N ticket for the upcoming......
KARACHI: In the absence of any effective mechanism at city’s entry points to isolate diseased animals, cattle infected with lumpy skin disease (LSD) are being brought to Karachi’s livestock markets......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday told an accountability court that the payment of Rs16 billion plea bargain with the owner of Eden Housing Scheme would be distributed among......
KARACHI: One of the tyres of a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft burst during take-off from Gwadar, but it landed safely at Karachi airport on Saturday evening with 60 passengers on board.PIA......
KARACHI: The Lahore-bound Karachi Express got derailed soon after departing from the Cantonment Railway Station on Monday afternoon.According to a Pakistan Railways spokesperson, the train derailed......
THE day the Babri Masjid was demolished in December 1992, Indian embassies from world capitals were knocking at J.N. Dixit’s door, the phlegmatic foreign secretary from the old world school of......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) led government is looking to give another four-year term to the chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), whose time......
QUETTA: The Balochistan cabinet has approved an increase of Rs200 in the support price of wheat and fixed the new rate at Rs2,200 per 40kg. It directed the food department to start procurement of......
ISLAMABAD: The government’s spokesperson again mentioned the alleged corruption of the former first lady while on Monday referring to a leaked audio conversation purported to be involving a prominent......
ISLAMABAD: Former Senate chairman and PPP leader Mian Raza Rabbani on Monday moved a motion in the house seeking withdrawal of five constitutional amendment bills he had introduced earlier, in......
ISLAMABAD: In order to combat unprecedented economic crisis in the country, the government has arranged a gathering of top economists, industrialists and businessmen to find short-, medium- and......
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has appointed his nephew as the party’s focal person on legal affairs.In another development, two former......
TUNIS: Tunisian judges launched a week-long strike on Monday in protest at President Kais Saied’s “interference” in the judiciary, days after he sacked 57 of their colleagues.Saied — who suspended......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution with a majority vote urging the “state” to move the Supreme Court against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan over......
A HOUSE divided against itself cannot stand, said Abraham Lincoln many moons ago, adding that it will become “all one thing, or all the other”. His words are remembered to this day as he spoke of a......
VIENNA: Major European countries and the United States are expected to seek to censure Iran as the UN atomic watchdog started meeting on Monday with talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal stalled.The......
ISLAMABAD: Amidst a hue and cry over inaccuracy of preliminary elector rolls, the Election Commission of Pakistan has approached the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) seeking its......
LAHORE: The efforts to bring the Chaudhry brothers of Gujrat back on the same page do not seem to be bearing fruit so far, as the sons of PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain have declared they......
CUPERTINO: Apple Inc on Monday announced it would more deeply integrate its software into cars, while the iPhone maker rolled out a slew of features for collaboration and safety.Apple also announced......
DOHA: Qatar plans to re-install a sculpture immortalising French-Algerian soccer player Zinedine Zidane’s head butt during the 2006 World Cup final, which had been removed in 2013 amid a domestic......
A HOUSE divided against itself cannot stand, said Abraham Lincoln many moons ago, adding that it will become “all one thing, or all the other”. His words are remembered to this day as he spoke of a......
THE day the Babri Masjid was demolished in December 1992, Indian embassies from world capitals were knocking at J.N. Dixit’s door, the phlegmatic foreign secretary from the old world school of......
ISLAMABAD: Even though 10 distribution companies (Discos) of ex-Wapda faced over 7,440MW of shortfall on Monday, the government claimed the shortage was about 4,000MW and promised to reduce the......
SEOUL: South Korea and the United States fired eight ballistic missiles on Monday in response to North Korean weapons tests the previous day, Seoul’s military said.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the......
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s finance minister, Lawrence Wong, will be promoted to deputy prime minister on June 13, according to an official statement released on Monday, taking a step closer to becoming......
• NEC set to approve Rs2.2tr for country’s uplift • Industrial sector expected to perform betterISLAMABAD: The prevailing political uncertainty and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme-led......
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti has transferred pending petitions against the election of Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz from his court to another judge who would......
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan International Airlines on Monday started its Haj operation on Monday as 1,080 intending pilgrims departed for Saudi Arabia by four flights, a PIA spokesperson said.“PIA has......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Monday said Pakistan has come out of the financial crisis after two episodes of increase in petroleum prices in quick succession and hence no need of......
