A meeting of the members of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir cabinet and parliamentary secretaries on Sunday decided not to present the 2022-23 budget in the event of cuts by Islamabad on the region's......
A protest was held outside the Sindh Assembly on Sunday against the alleged abduction of two Baloch students of the University of Karachi (KU) by law enforcement agencies.Relatives and civil society......
Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan on Sunday accused the PML-N-led government of "deliberately" slashing the development portfolio of the region by almost half in the budget for......
The phrase ‘Frankenstein’s monster’ has come to mean an ambitious (and even unnatural) creation which not only becomes a threat to society, and to itself, but also to those who created it.The term is......
A fire broke out at a vehicles' impoundment lot — commonly known as Nazarat — near Aziz Bhatti Park in Karachi's Gulshan-i-Iqbal neighbourhood on Sunday, gutting many vehicles in the......
It might look and smell like McDonald's but now it's Vkusno & tochka. The golden arches are gone, the Filet-O-Fish is simply a fish burger. The Big Mac has left Russia.A new era for Russia's......
The leader of India's main opposition party, Sonia Gandhi, has been admitted to a hospital in New Delhi with health issues related to Covid-19, her Congress party said.The party tweeted the......
An overladen ship crammed with thousands of sheep sank on Sunday in Sudan's Red Sea port of Suakin drowning the animals on board but with all crew surviving, port officials said.The livestock vessel......
Pakistan's captain won the toss and chose to bat in the third and final day-night international against the West Indies in Multan on Sunday.Pakistan, who have an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the series,......
Some 1,200 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank region of Masafer Yatta face the risk of forced removal to make way for an army firing zone after a decades-long legal battle that ended last month......
Civic authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj started demolishing the house of Welfare Party of India activist Javed Mohammed on Sunday afternoon, claiming that it was an illegal construction, ANI......
Two days after the budget was formally presented in the National Assembly, the PML-N and the PTI continued to butt heads over each other's economic performance and the state of Pakistan's external......
A senior tri-service military delegation of Pakistan, headed by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, visited China, where the two sides pledged to enhance their "training, technology......
Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday that it was up to the United States to improve the bilateral relationship, as ties were at a critical juncture.Repeating several times at an Asian......
Indian police cracked down on protests that erupted across the country over derogatory remarks against the Prophet (PBUH) by members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Muslims have taken to......
Wildfires in the Marghazar mountains of Swat, a tourist hotspot, continued to rage for the second day on Sunday, as teams of Rescue 1122 and the forest department amped up their efforts to extinguish......
• Hints at reducing or withdrawing relief on personal income tax, says IMF still unhappy • Fiscal consolidation govt’s priority to avoid Sri Lanka-like crisis • Economic team evasive about giving......
The phrase ‘Frankenstein’s monster’ has come to mean an ambitious (and even unnatural) creation which not only becomes a threat to society, and to itself, but also to those who created it.The term is......
A Pakistan Army soldier was martyred during an "intense exchange of fire" with terrorists in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan tribal district, the military's media affairs wing said on......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Saturday complained that the centre had slashed its annual allocations for the province’s tribal districts by Rs21 billion in the next fiscal.Addressing......
PESHAWAR: Over 200 wildfires damaged forests and pastures over an area of 14,430 acres in various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during past two weeks.Of the 210 wildfire incidents, some 55 blazes......
KARACHI: A Rangers official deposed before an antiterrorism court that a cache of arms and ammunition was recovered on a lead provided by chief of outlawed Peoples Amn Committee (PAC) Uzair Baloch in......
KARACHI: After a recent fire in an ‘illegally’ built warehouse in the basement of a superstore at Jail Chowrangi left the multi-storey building dangerous for living for residents, the threat of such......
MADRID: Real Madrid have reached an agreement to sign French midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni from AS Monaco on a six-year deal, the two clubs announced on Saturday.The French international, 22, will......
HARARE: Hazratullah Zazai and Najibullah Zadran played knocks of 45 and 44 respectively as Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe by six wickets in the first T20 International here at the Harare Sports Club......
NOTTINGHAM: New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell scored an impressive 162 not out while Tom Blundell also hit a century to put the tourists in a strong position at 481-5 at a rain-enforced early tea break on......
MULTAN: Pakistan began the One-day International series against the West Indies in bullish mood with captain Babar Azam and coach Saqlain Mushtaq eyeing a clean sweep. They’re now just one victory......
LAHORE: Former chief minister Usman Buzdar on Saturday issued an “missing alert” on social media to “locate” the Punjab finance minister, who is supposed to prepare and present the provincial budget......
SEOUL: North Korea has appointed veteran diplomat Choe Son-hui as its first female foreign minister, state media reported on Saturday, as Pyongyang pushes ahead with a blitz of sanctions-busting......
SINGAPORE: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday blasted China’s “provocative, destabilising” military activity near Taiwan, as well as Beijing’s growing aggression across the wider......
SHANGHAI: China’s capital Beijing is facing an “explosive” Covid-19 outbreak connected to a bar, a government spokesman warned on Saturday, as the commercial hub of Shanghai began mass testing to......
WASHINGTON: More than 450 protests were held across the United States on Saturday to persuade American lawmakers to play their role in ending gun violence.The largest rally was held in the US capital......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Saturday directed authorities concerned to expedite the process for edible oil imports from Malaysia and Indonesia to ensure a smooth supply of the......
GENEVA: Around 500 people marched in Geneva on Saturday slamming free trade’s role in a global food security crisis, as the WTO prepared to host global trade ministers in the city.“Our food is not......
ISLAMABAD: Inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), increased by 2.67 per cent from the previous week due to increases in energy and food prices, showed data released by the Pakistan......
OF the two families that have ruled Pakistan since the last 50 years, which have seen two interludes by military strongmen, the Bhuttos have been around since 1971 (51 years) while the Sharif family......
EVEN if the government signs a peace accord with the banned TTP, it will provide only temporary or partial respite to the security institutions. For the latter, which have been fighting the terrorist......
FINANCE Minister Miftah Ismail says the inflationary budget for FY23 focuses on two things: a) fiscal consolidation to save the economy, and b) protection of underprivileged and vulnerable......
ISLAMABAD: Like his predecessor, National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf seems to be reluctant in issuing production order of independent MNA Ali Wazir, forcing the secretary general of his own......
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Saturday knocked at the doors of the Supreme Court to challenge the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP)......
TEHRAN: Iran and Venezuela signed a 20-year deal on cooperation between the two allies subject to US sanctions during a visit on Saturday to the Islamic republic by Venezuelan President Nicolas......
THE Chaudhry brothers of Gujrat, who have remained relevant in the national politics for decades, seem to have reached a point where their much-publicised family ties have all but snapped off. Their......
LAHORE: With a staggering increase of 46.77 per cent in electricity charges about to be included in monthly bills, sectoral experts, economists, sociologists and politicians across the divide have a......
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday told a special court (central-I) that he did not own a single share in his sons’ sugar business, and was implicated in ‘baseless’ cases on political......
• Hints at reducing or withdrawing relief on personal income tax, says IMF still unhappy • Fiscal consolidation govt’s priority to avoid Sri Lanka-like crisis • Economic team evasive about giving......
OF the two families that have ruled Pakistan since the last 50 years, which have seen two interludes by military strongmen, the Bhuttos have been around since 1971 (51 years) while the Sharif family......
EVEN if the government signs a peace accord with the banned TTP, it will provide only temporary or partial respite to the security institutions. For the latter, which have been fighting the terrorist......
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Saturday knocked at the doors of the Supreme Court to challenge the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP)......
