The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday dismissed reports claiming that its foreign exchange reserves had "dried up", and clarified that neither the country's banks had run out of US dollars nor......
A local court in Karachi on Tuesday ordered the director of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber Crime Reporting Cell to submit a detailed report on private videos of recently deceased......
PPP Senator Raza Rabbani on Tuesday suggested the formation of a parliamentary committee tasked with looking into the defence budget as he pointed out that the budgetary allocations for the military......
ISLAMABAD: A former chairman of the Board of Investment (BoI) and member of Imran Khan’s cabinet claimed on Monday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, popularly known as MbS, wanted to......
Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities struggled to reach more than 9.5 million people stranded with little food and drinking water......
PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday claimed that the Punjab government was violating the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) code of conduct ahead of the by-elections on 20 seats of the......
PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday said his party would challenge the recent amendments to the National Accountability (NAB) Ordinance in the Supreme Court.Earlier this month, a joint session of......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that in the budget for the fiscal year 2022-23, the ruling coalition government had decided to redistribute the economic burden on the poor by taxing the......
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Tuesday issued a clarification saying that, contrary to media reports, it had not implemented centralised DNS (Domain Name System) control.The DNS is......
“There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune” — ShakespeareFRANKLIN Roosevelt won four terms as president of the United States before the two-term bar was......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange's (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 index was up more than 700 points in afternoon trading on Tuesday as investor sentiment was buoyed by the possibility of an announcement......
Elon Musk's transgender daughter has filed a request to change her name in accordance with her new gender identity and because "I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in......
Pre-monsoon rains have wreaked havoc in various parts of Balochistan, causing floods, damaging crops and properties and leaving at least five people dead, according to the Provincial Disaster......
Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities struggled to reach more than 9.5 million people stranded with little food and drinking water......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday reserved its verdict in the much-delayed prohibited funding case — previously referred to as the foreign funding case by the commission — against......
A six-member medical board has been formed to perform a post-mortem examination on the body of lawmaker and television personality Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain on June 23 to determine the "actual cause......
Indian police have arrested three men accused of murdering hip-hop star Sidhu Moosewala, seizing a cache of weaponry including a grenade launcher from the suspects.Moosewala — also known by his birth......
Several popular websites were unreachable on Tuesday afternoon after Cloudfare — a DNS service — reported a "widespread outage".In a statement, available on its website, Cloudfare confirmed the......
A day after President Arif Alvi refused to give his assent for the second time to a piece of legislation seeking to clip the vast powers of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), PML-N leader......
The US dollar continued to set new records on Tuesday as it rose to Rs211 against the local currency during early morning trade in the interbank market.According to the Forex Association of Pakistan......
MADRID: Antonio Rudiger said on Monday Carlo Ancelotti was instrumental in his decision to join Real Madrid from Chelsea this summer.Rudiger has moved to the Santiago Bernabeu on a free transfer......
LAHORE: The long-awaited Annual General Body meeting of the Pakistan Cricket Board finally took place after four years on Monday, attended by only three members out of nine and saw PCB Chairman Ramiz......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Sports Board will finalise the contingent for the Commonwealth Games in its Board meeting to be held in Islamabad on June 24.PSB director general retired Col Asif Zaman told Dawn......
LONDON: Ons Jabeur said on Monday she “cannot wait” to team up with Serena Williams as the American star prepares to return to tennis at the Eastbourne International after nearly a year away.Serena,......
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party central senior vice-president Ameer Haider Khan Hoti said on Monday that his party was not interested in the governorship of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the decision had......
DG KHAN/BAHAWALPUR: Justice Shujaat Ali Khan of the Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur Bench, on Monday granted protective bail to former Punjab chief minister Sardar Usman Buzdar in a case instituted......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday turned down a request of Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi to stay an ordinance issued by the governor clipping powers of the speaker.Justice Sajid......
ISLAMABAD: Voluntary return of Afghan refugees to their country in safety and dignity will be preferred by Pakistan, Minister for States and Frontier Regions Senator Mohammad Talha Mahmood said on......
BOGOTA: Ex-guerilla Gustavo Petro was elected the first ever left-wing president of Colombia on Sunday, after beating millionaire businessman Rodolfo Hernandez in a tense and unpredictable runoff......
ISLAMABAD: People must be given their right to peaceful assembly as per international standards set by human rights law while ‘archaic’ laws and policing strategies from the colonial era must be......
ISLAMABAD: Uncertainty prevails over holding of local government elections in Islamabad as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday sought time to come up with a solution to settle the......
KATHMANDU: Police in Nepal’s capital fired teargas and charged at protesters with sticks on Monday to break up a demonstration by students against fuel price hikes, officials and witnesses said, in a......
GUWAHATI: At least 26 more people have died in monsoon flooding and lightning strikes in India, as millions remained marooned in the country and neighbouring Bangladesh, authorities said on......
JERUSALEM: Israel is building a US-sponsored regional air defence alliance, the Israeli defence minister said on Monday, adding that the apparatus has already foiled attempted Iranian attacks and......
UNITED NATIONS: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) urged the international community on Monday to outlaw all willful provocations and incitement to hate and violence.In a statement read......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo has rejected reports of differences in the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), saying reservations of some members will soon be addressed.He was......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Syed Aminul Haque said on Monday that the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) policies and some rules of the State Bank of......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday decided to continue giving subsidy to the poor and low-income groups on five essential items — wheat flour, sugar, ghee/edible oil, pulses and rice......
ISLAMABAD: Every court must analyse in each case whether or not it had honoured the right of an accused to a fair trial under Article 10A of the Constitution, the Supreme Court observed on Monday.“On......
ISLAMABAD: PPP Senator Raza Rabbani on Monday asked the government to take the Senate into confidence on the talks with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) amid reports that the latter had been......
• Ayaz Sadiq slams Alvi for returning electoral reforms bill, Imran for attacking institutions • Issue of fertiliser shortage echoes in NAISLAMABAD: Minister for Economic Affairs Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s non-textile exports grew 27.40 per cent year-on-year to $11.25 billion in the first 11 months of the outgoing fiscal year owing to a partial revival of international orders and......
IT would be 47 years this week since Indira Gandhi imposed her controversial emergency in India on June 25, 1975.Pakistan has seen a couple or more of those itself, under the military’s watch,......
ISLAMABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz owns assets worth Rs414 million, including 17.8 million shares in as many as 21 companies.According to his statement of assets and liabilities for year......
LAHORE: Another PML-N ‘rebel’ MPA, who had openly taken on former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for criticising the incumbent army leadership, returned to the party fold on Monday after a meeting with......
ISLAMABAD: A former chairman of the Board of Investment (BoI) and member of Imran Khan’s cabinet claimed on Monday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, popularly known as MbS, wanted to......
“There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune” — ShakespeareFRANKLIN Roosevelt won four terms as president of the United States before the two-term bar was......
QUETTA: Presentation of the annual budget for Balochistan for the fiscal year 2022-23 was delayed for another day reportedly after some details could not be finalised on Monday.However, there were......
• NDMA issues alert for torrential rains causing landslides, urban flooding • FWO clearing Jaglot-Skardu road • Tourists advised against travelling at night, during rain • Over 100kmph winds recorded......
ISLAMABAD: Covid-19 rears its ugly head again as the country has reported the highest number of cases over the past around 80 days, with the positivity ratio in Karachi and Hyderabad surpassing 10......
• Says revival of EFF programme likely in ‘a day or two’ • Vows to protect those with up to Rs1.2m annual earnings from income taxISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Monday sounded confident......
