Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) workers and supporters on Sunday took to the streets in various cities across the country to protest against rising inflation on the call of party chairman and former......
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted countrywide torrential rains from Monday due to a strong weather system entering the upper and central parts of the country.According to......
Security forces on Sunday killed six terrorists belonging to Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) during a search operation in Paroom area in district Panjgur of Balochistan, the military's public affairs......
PPP Senator Saleem Mandviwalla on Sunday walked back his statement calling on Pakistan to focus on its "interests" with respect to Israel, saying he never supported the recognition of, or trade with,......
President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday returned unsigned a bill seeking to reverse the controversial changes made in election laws by the previous PTI government regarding the use of electronic voting......
Pakistan is facing new inflows of asylum seekers from neighboring Afghanistan, following the Taliban's takeover of Kabul, according to the UN refugee agency.Speaking to Anadolu Agency on the eve of......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday ordered a "detailed inquiry" into a clash reported between PTI and PML-N workers at an election office in Lahore's PP-167 constituency yesterday......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the formation of a task force to oversee the implementation of the rights of minorities after the National Assembly (NA) unanimously passed a resolution......
Sri Lanka's military opened fire to contain rioting at a fuel station, officials said on Sunday as unprecedented queues for petrol and diesel were seen across the bankrupt country.Troops fired in......
The war in Ukraine could last for years, the head of Nato said on Sunday, as Russia stepped up its assaults after the European Union recommended that Kyiv become a candidate to join the bloc.Jens......
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, a spokesperson said, a week before he is due to accompany President Joe Biden to a meeting of the Group of Seven......
Following in the footsteps of Sindh and Punjab, Islamabad has also decided to limit the operational hours of markets, shopping malls, wedding halls and restaurants in an effort to tackle the current......
PARIS: Former world number one Naomi Osaka has pulled out of Wimbledon due to a left Achilles injury, the four-time Grand Slam champion said on Saturday.Japan’s Osaka suffered the injury in Madrid,......
Days after Pakistan received "good news" from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari reiterated Pakistan's "high-level" commitment to continue aligning the......
Last week, a TV news channel ‘broke the news’ that the price of petrol was going to witness a further increase after 12am that night. Within minutes, petrol stations were stormed by owners of all......
PESHAWAR: Promising Pakistan youngster Noor Zaman thrashed Malaysia’s Andrik Lim in the semi-final of the 29th Asian Junior Individual Squash Championship in Pattaya, Thailand on Saturday.Looking in......
BROOKLINE (Massachusetts): Collin Morikawa held a share of the US Open lead after a riveting second round on Friday while defending champion Jon Rahm and tournament favourite Rory McIlroy were one......
NORTH SOUND: Bangladesh lost four wickets in the morning session to reach lunch at 115-6 in their second innings on day three of the opening Test against the West Indies on Saturday, still needing 47......
PESHAWAR: Health authorities in North Waziristan tribal district are keeping their fingers crossed that they will be able to interrupt the circulation of polio virus in the area by surpassing......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Saturday directed the city police chief to further strengthen the work of intelligence to ensure peace in the city for the local government elections......
RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD: Heavy rain lashed the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad inundating low-lying areas on Saturday.An official said there was no significant impact of the rain on the water......
KARACHI: As the monsoon season is just around the corner, City Administrator Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Saturday said that the cleaning and de-silting of 41 major storm drains in Karachi had been......
KARACHI: Day one of the annual intermediate examinations posed two hurdles in the way of the examinees appearing for their part one and part two papers under the Board of Intermediate Education......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways (PR) is likely to further increase the fares and freight charges of the express and goods’ trains from June 21 following repeated hike in the petroleum products’......
Nepal is preparing to move the base camp for Mount Everest after it emerged that the current location is becoming unsafe for continued habitation due to global warming and human activity, according......
PARIS: Spain, France and other western European nations on Saturday sweltered under a blistering June heatwave that has sparked forest fires and concerns that such early summer blasts of hot weather......
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan warned the international community on Saturday that the Hindu nationalist government in New Delhi was erasing India’s Islamic heritage and making Muslims second class......
SAMAWAH: Gazelles at an Iraqi wildlife reserve are dropping dead from hunger, making them the latest victims in a country where climate change is compounding hardships after years of war.In little......
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the war-damaged southern city of Mykolaiv on Saturday for the first time since the Russian invasion in a rare trip outside Kyiv.He also visited......
ISLAMABAD: At the 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation, Pakistan cautioned global leaders to come up with practical solutions to help developing and least developing countries......
KARACHI: Despite achieving over 90 per cent localisation, the tractor assemblers have increased farm machinery prices by Rs254,000-422,000 in the outgoing fiscal year.In FY21, the assemblers raised......
ISLAMABAD: The electricity distribution companies have demanded an increase of more than Rs7.96 per unit, to be reflected in the bills of July, due to the high cost of power produced from diesel and......
I LIVED in Karachi in my younger days and a pleasurable activity was to drive over to Tariq Road to a place called Havemore or Eatmore ice cream. I thought of it when asked to drink less tea.That is......
IT has now been well-recognised that relying on markets and competition, as opposed to directed government control or privilege, is the best way for countries to achieve sustainable prosperity for......
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Power Khurram Dastagir has said the then prime minister Imran Khan had “fascist plans” to extend his rule for 15 years by getting the entire leadership of opposition......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday said his government had served as a shield against international price hike and protected people......
REHOBOTH BEACH: US President Joe Biden took a tumble as he was riding his bicycle near his beach home in the state of Delaware on Saturday morning, but was unhurt.A video from a White House pool......
KABUL: Gunmen stormed a Sikh gurdwara in the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least one member of the community and wounding seven more, the interior ministry said.Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi......
JERUSALEM: Israeli warplanes hit Hamas military sites in the Gaza Strip on Saturday in retaliation for rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave run by the Islamist movement, the Israeli army said.“A......
PESHAWAR / ISLAMABAD: The federal government has asked Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to absorb the health card beneficiaries from the merged districts of erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)......
ISLAMABAD: A baffling race is currently underway to take credit for the positive response that Pakistan received from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at its meeting in Berlin on Friday,......
LAHORE: PPP leader and former president Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday claimed that his party will form the next government in the Centre after winning the 2023 general elections.“The next government......
SAADIA has been teaching science to Grade 8 students at a government school in Lahore’s outskirts for 15 years. Every day, she enters the classroom, starts lecturing and the students take notes. No......
IT has now been well-recognised that relying on markets and competition, as opposed to directed government control or privilege, is the best way for countries to achieve sustainable prosperity for......
