Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday accused the judiciary of having “double standards” with their treatment of different political parties.The prime minister’s criticism of the judiciary came......
A Karachi court on Wednesday sent teenager Dua Zehra — the girl who was reported missing from Karachi on April 16 and later recovered from Punjab on June 5 — to a government-run child protection and......
Bangladesh has asked to start talks on a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but will take it only if conditions are favourable, the finance minister said on Wednesday, adding its......
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Wednesday forecasted more rains for Sindh, including Karachi, over the next two to three days.“The low-pressure area causing widespread heavy rains in......
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Wednesday warned of imposing governor’s rule in Punjab if he was restricted from entering the province.Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, he said he had......
Dhananjaya de Silva completed a century before Sri Lanka declared their second innings on 360-8 to hand Pakistan a mammoth victory target of 508 in the second Test on Wednesday.Vice Captain De Silva......
A strong earthquake in northern Philippines has killed four people and injured 60, the interior minister said on Wednesday.Two people died in Benguet province, one in Abra province, and one more in......
Scientists advising the World Health Organization (WHO) on monkeypox say the window is closing to stop its spread, with cases currently doubling every two weeks, raising concerns that it will take......
• President administers oath to Elahi after refusal by Punjab governor • All actions taken by outgoing CM are of no legal effectISLAMABAD: In a decision that was awaited with bated breath by......
The rupee continued to slide against the dollar on Wednesday, hitting another low of Rs236 in the interbank market.According to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the local currency fell Rs3.07......
ISLAMABAD: The deadline to receive nominations for the elections for the position of International Hockey Federation (FIH) president and four open positions of EB Ordinary Member has been set for Aug......
NEW DELHI: India’s Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will not defend his Commonwealth Games javelin title in Birmingham due to injury, the country’s Olympic association said on Tuesday, two days ahead......
DOHA: Three quarters of the teams at the World Cup finals in Qatar will be based within a 10km radius of each other, FIFA said on Tuesday, announcing the hotels and training venues for the 32......
TOKYO: Japanese police on Tuesday raided the home of a 2020 Tokyo Olympics board member who allegedly received money from a sponsor he signed a consulting contract with, local media reported.Haruyuki......
ISLAMABAD: The capital’s security remained on high alert during and after the announcement of the Supreme Court (SC) judgement against the ruling of the Punjab Assembly’s deputy speaker in the......
ISLAMABAD: The success of Pakistani students who study in schools without walls in the global Huawei competition shows that there is no alternative to dedication and hard work, deputy chief executive......
QARAWAT HASAN: Israeli forces on Tuesday demolished the homes of two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank accused of shooting dead a Jewish settler in April, an army statement said.The army said it......
GUJRAT: The workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) and the PML-Q gathered outside the Zahoor Elahi House and the residence of Chaudhry Parvez Elahi to celebrate the supreme court’s decision......
JERUSALEM: Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday displayed a rare and “remarkably well preserved” Roman-era coin dating back nearly 1,900 years, depicting the moon goddess Luna, the first such find in......
CHICAGO: Top US cattle feeding companies sent 1,000-pound carcasses to a Kansas landfill, where they were flattened by loader machines and mixed with trash, after a June heatwave killed thousands of......
MOSCOW: Russia has decided to quit the International Space Station “after 2024”, the newly appointed chief of Moscow’s space agency told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.The announcement comes as......
KARACHI: The Peoples Bus Service, popularly known as red bus, will begin operation on another route in the metropolis from Wednesday (today).The new route will start from North Nazimabad’s Five Star......
KARACHI: Five more people died, three of them from electrocution, as the city continued to receive intermittent rains on the third successive day on Tuesday.The regular life activities of most......
WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday accused China of increased “provocations” against rival claimants in the South China Sea and said its “aggressive and irresponsible behavior’ meant it was......
KARACHI: Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited (PSMCL) has decided to cut the number of production days in August due to shortage of parts following restrictions on their import imposed by the State Bank......
KARACHI: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Tuesday the pressure on the rupee will “vanish” in a couple of weeks.In a one-on-one conversation with Mosharraf Zaidi, CEO of advisory services firm......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has condemned Narendra Modi-led Indian government for torturing senior Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik in Tihar jail which has forced the......
ISLAMABAD: Former Senate chairman Raza Rabbani has warned that any “soft intervention” by the military would directly affect the parliament.In separate but identical letters to the Senate chairman......
IN an unprecedented move, the ruling coalition on Monday decided to boycott the proceedings of the apex court expressing “lack of confidence” in the judges hearing the case on the validity of the......
THE current state of Punjab has been described in these pages as a circus, but I strongly disagree. Such a comparison is uncalled for — and disrespectful. To circuses. At least they approach their......
DHAKA: Bangladesh has asked the International Monetary Fund for support in riding out a financial shock triggered by volatile energy prices after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, officials said on......
GOMA: Three United Nations peacekeepers and at least 12 demonstrators have been killed in escalating anti-UN protests in eastern DR Congo, officials said on Tuesday.Anger has been fuelled by......
ISLAMABAD: Senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa advised Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial not to bulldoze the “due” process for appointment of more than......
KARACHI / QUETTA: Heavy rains continued to wreak havoc in several areas of Sindh and Balochistan on Tuesday where at least eight more people lost their lives in rain-related accidents while several......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday categorically rejected as baseless and misguided the remarks made by the official spokesperson of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs on China Pakistan Economic......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday announced a three-phased increase in uniform base power tariff, starting with Rs3.50 per unit with effect from July 26 to generate funds to the tune of at least......
ISLAMABAD: While the ruling coalition rejected the Supreme Court’s verdict on Punjab chief minister’s election and called it a day of “start of another phase of independence of judiciary”, the......
• President administers oath to Elahi after refusal by Punjab governor • All actions taken by outgoing CM are of no legal effectISLAMABAD: In a decision that was awaited with bated breath by......
SHE was from a small city in a southern state. Sania Khan, a Pakistani-American woman killed in a murder-suicide by her ex-husband Raheel Ahmad, had just moved to Chicago last year. Khan’s divorce......
THE current state of Punjab has been described in these pages as a circus, but I strongly disagree. Such a comparison is uncalled for — and disrespectful. To circuses. At least they approach their......
ISLAMABAD: While the ruling coalition rejected the Supreme Court’s verdict on Punjab chief minister’s election and called it a day of “start of another phase of independence of judiciary”, the......
