Former National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal on Monday submitted a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking a stay of the Public Accounts Committee’s......
A Pakistan Army helicopter with six people on board, including Commander 12 Corps Lieutenant General Sarfraz Ali, lost contact with the air traffic control in Balochistan’s Lasbela district, the......
UN head Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the world faced “a nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War” and was just “one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation.”“We have been......
India confirmed its first monkeypox death on Monday, a young man in the southern state of Kerala, in what is only the fourth known fatality from the disease in the current outbreak.Last week, Spain......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will announce its verdict in the much-delayed prohibited funding case — previously referred to as the foreign funding case — against the PTI on Tuesday......
The PTI filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday against National Assembly (NA) Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for “staging the drama”......
Iraqi security forces were on high alert in Baghdad on Monday as tensions soared after rivals of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr, whose supporters are occupying the parliament, called for......
PTI chairman Imran Khan on Monday issued a call for a fresh protest outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday( August 4) to demand Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar......
PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s Instagram account was briefly hacked on Monday, the party’s social media head has confirmed.Dr Arslan Khalid told Dawn.com that the account was hacked, however, adding that......
Iran has the technical capability to produce an atomic bomb but has no intention of doing so, Mohammad Eslami, head of the country’s atomic energy organisation, said on Monday, according to the......
Inflation for the month of July, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), has clocked in at 24.93 per cent, the highest year-on-year rise since November 2008.According to......
The rupee continued to recover in the interbank market on Monday, gaining 87 paisas against the dollar in early trade.The rupee, which had closed at 239.37 last week, was being traded at 238.50......
No casualties were reported after an "abandoned" restaurant located at Karachi's Do Darya collapsed, officials said on Monday.Videos being shared on social media showed that the deck overlooking the......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reached Quetta on a day-long visit on Monday to oversee relief operations in the flood-affected areas of Balochistan, which has been ravaged by rain-induced floods in......
Pakistan’s gross financing needs in the current fiscal year would be more than fully met under the ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme while an extra cushion of $4 billion would be......
The first ship to set sail from Ukraine with grain exports since the beginning of the Russian invasion is due to leave on Monday under a guaranteed safe passage agreement, Turkey's defence ministry......
England won a major women’s tournament for the first time as Chloe Kelly’s extra-time goal secured a 2-1 victory over Germany at a sold-out Wembley on Sunday.In front of a record crowd of 87,192 for......
AS Pakistan gets ready to celebrate its 75th birthday, a range of institutions seem to have developed cracks manifesting decay that needs urgent repair.The institutions, both state and non-state, in......
THE high drama of Punjab’s constitutional crisis reached a climax with the Supreme Court ruling that struck down the deputy Speaker’s action in the provincial assembly and held this to be “without......
BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan women suffered their second consecutive loss at the Commonwealth Games as their arch-rivals India put up a ruthless performance to win their much-anticpated clash by eight......
BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan’s hopes of getting closer to a semi-final berth took a hit when they were stunned 4-1 by New Zealand in their second Pool ‘A’ game of the Commonwealth Games hockey tournament on......
KARACHI: The fragile sewerage system of almost the entire city seems to have collapsed following the recent spells of monsoon rains that submerged various roads and streets with rainwater and......
KARACHI: Despite a ban imposed by authorities on bathing and swimming in sea, four friends drowned at Hawkesbay beach on Sunday morning — a day after two boys drowned in a separate incident at the......
PESHAWAR: A Buddhist Monk Arayawangso from Thailand on Sunday visited the Peshawar Museum along with 20 followers.He expressed his interest in Gandhara and various relics of Buddhist civilisation......
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has given yet another extension to its executive director (ED) Dr Shaista Sohail while the Establishment Division issued a formal notification for the......
JEDDAH: Standing behind her control tower with headphones around her neck, Saudi DJ Leen Naif segues smoothly between pop hits and club tracks for a crowd of business school graduates noshing on......
ISLAMABAD: The flyover of Rawal Dam interchange project is expected to open to traffic after one week as constant rains have hampered asphalt work.According to the target set by the Capital......
LEAWOOD: Campaign signs dot the tree-lined streets of the affluent Kansas town of Leawood, as the Midwestern state prepares to hold the first major vote on abortion since the US Supreme Court ended......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Parvez Elahi has announced financial aid for the flood victims of Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Muzaffargarh and Mianwali. He said that the government would disburse financial aid......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: A number of people in Taunsa Sharif tehsil and its contiguous areas are fighting for survival amid ravages of hill torrents and flood.With the recovery of two more dead bodies --......
BAGHDAD: Hundreds of followers of powerful Iraqi Shia preacher Moqtada Sadr camped at the country’s parliament on Sunday for a second day, protesting against corruption and political......
KHARTOUM: Thousands of Sudanese protesters rallied in the capital on Sunday to demand an end to military rule and tribal clashes that have killed over 100 people, correspondents said.“Down with......
SYDNEY: Details for giving Australia’s Indigenous people a voice in parliament will follow a national referendum on the question, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday.Albanese’s centre-left......
MANILA: Former Philippine president Fidel Ramos, who oversaw a rare period of steady growth and peace that won him the reputation as one of the country’s most effective leaders ever, has died aged......
THE high drama of Punjab’s constitutional crisis reached a climax with the Supreme Court ruling that struck down the deputy Speaker’s action in the provincial assembly and held this to be “without......
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday expressed their grief over the loss of lives during the havoc caused by floods in the United Arab Emirates.President Alvi......
LAHORE: Shahbaz Gill, chief of staff to PTI chairman Imran Khan, has accused former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi of taking a bribe from an Indian company when he was the petroleum minister in......
KARACHI: On a rooftop of his 120-square-yard home in Karachi’s Azizabad neighbourhood and with a cell phone in his hand, Syed Owais Haider works through the drizzle under thick, dark clouds to......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday directed party leadership and parliamentarians from Punjab to make preparations as the next general election is “around the corner”.The......
BEIRUT: Parts of Beirut’s grain silos collapsed on Sunday, just days before the second anniversary of a catastrophic explosion at the Lebanese capital’s port that ravaged the stores and parts of the......
LONDON: Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, accepted a $1.19 million donation to his charitable trust from the family of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, The Sunday Times......
KYIV: Ukraine said the “strongest” shelling by Moscow so far of the southern city Mykolaiv killed a grain tycoon on Sunday, as Russia claimed an attack from a drone wounded six personnel at the......
QUETTA: Torrential rains and flash floods continued to play havoc in different parts of the country, especially in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Sunday, claiming the lives of eight more......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman claimed on Sunday that local administration and police in southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had become “powerless” as......
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is likely to start the process for releasing the seventh and eighth tranches of a $6 billion loan programme for Pakistan later this week, IMF and......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Sunday announced the withdrawal of a fixed tax on small traders with electricity consumption of less than 150 units per month in a bid to calm angry......
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly adopted on Sunday a resolution criticising the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and demanding the chief election commissioner and other members resign to pave way for......
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to impose additional taxes to the tune of Rs30 billion as it struggles to arrange Rs100bn emergency funding to avoid international default on oil and gas......
