King Salman bin Abdulaziz has directed the Saudi government to invest $1 billion in Pakistan as a confirmation of the kingdom's "support of the Pakistani economy and the Pakistani people", a report......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday lifted the ban on departmental sports across the country to “revive competition” between various teams, saying that it would nourish the capacity and......
Residents in several areas of Karachi took to the streets and protested outside K-Electric offices on Thursday against prolonged power outages and inflated electricity bills.In the last few weeks,......
Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Thursday deemed the rain-induced flooding that is ravaging the country and has caused more than 900 deaths “a national emergency”.In a statement, Aurangzeb......
Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson believes India’s Virat Kohli is too good a player to languish in a funk for long and expects him to return to action at the Asia Cup rejuvenated after a......
The Taliban have not found the body of Ayman al-Zawahiri and are continuing investigations, group spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Thursday, after the United States said they killed the Al......
PTI leader Shahbaz Gill, who has been arrested on charges of sedition and inciting mutiny in the army, approached a sessions court in Islamabad on Thursday for post-arrest bail till the disposal of......
The PKR continued to lose its value on Thursday, with analysts attributing the fall to a higher demand for dollars, particularly by travellers flying to the United Arab Emirates.According to the......
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has alleged that former prime minister Imran Khan was behind the narcotics case against him and rubbished the notion that the army was behind it.“When I was in the......
The head of Japan’s National Police Agency announced his resignation on Thursday after an investigation confirmed “shortcomings” in the security plans for assassinated former prime minister Shinzo......
India’s New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) on Thursday sought to block Gautam Adani’s attempt to acquire a majority stake in the news network, saying regulatory restrictions meant the bid from the......
KARACHI: New York Stock Exchange–listed firm DigitalOcean Holdings Inc is going to buy Cloudways — a Pakistani company that provides small and medium-sized businesses with cloud hosting and software......
Elon Musk’s lawyers jumped on Wednesday on the revelations of a Twitter whistleblower to try to force the platform to surrender vast amounts of information for their fight to cancel the billionaire’s......
PTI chief Imran Khan, who is facing terrorism charges following his controversial remarks about a female judge, is expected to appear before an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad today to get a......
Oil prices rose on Thursday on mounting supply tightness concerns amid disruptions to Russian exports, the potential for major producers to cut output, and the partial shutdown of a United States......
DUBAI: V.V.S. Laxman will take over as India’s interim coach for the Asia Cup after head coach Rahul Dravid tested positive for Covid-19, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said on Wednesday.Laxman,......
LONDON: England’s white-ball captain Jos Buttler said he was aiming to return to action in next month’s seven-match T20 tour of Pakistan.The 31-year-old is hopeful he can fully recover from a calf......
HARIPUR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday warned that if the federal government failed to announce early elections in a free and fair manner, he......
HYDERABAD: A woman died and two children suffered injuries when lightning struck them in a Thar village as heavy downpour continued to pound upper and lower parts of the province on Wednesday,......
KARACHI: Nearly half of the K-Electric consumers may not get the benefit of exemption from paying fuel adjustment charges (FAC) in their monthly electricity bills as Federal Energy Minister Khurrum......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a search committee comprising seven members which will undertake the task of appointing members to the Medical and Dental Council and the......
LAHORE: As people stung by the killing proportion of taxes, mainly fuel price adjustment (FPA) charges for the last two months that multiplied cost of electricity, take to the streets, the government......
DUBAI: Iran on Wednesday launched exercises to test its combat and reconnaissance drones, state media reported, amid US concerns over the possible supply of Iranian-made unmanned aircraft to Russia......
CHONGQING: China’s autumn harvest is under “severe threat” from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, promising on Wednesday fresh steps to protect crops in the face of the......
SOFIA: A British-Belgian teenager became the youngest person to fly solo around the world on Wednesday after a five-month journey that saw him battle monsoon rains, searing heat and......
TOKYO: Japan will restart more idled nuclear plants and look at developing next-generation reactors, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday, setting the stage for a major policy shift on......
LONDON: Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a Eurotunnel train under the Channel between Britain and France after a technical problem, its operators said on Tuesday.Getlink, which runs the......
KARACHI: A range-bound session took place on the stock exchange on Wednesday as investors battled the blues of the rollover week in which futures contracts are either settled or rolled over to the......
KARACHI: New York Stock Exchange–listed firm DigitalOcean Holdings Inc is going to buy Cloudways — a Pakistani company that provides small and medium-sized businesses with cloud hosting and software......
ISLAMABAD: The National Tariff Commission (NTC) has cautioned the federal government of a possible fallout of imposing the highest-ever regulatory duties (RD) on goods imports ahead of the......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday moved the Sindh High Court (SHC) against a ban imposed by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on the live telecast......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday lashed out at the government for apparently only focusing on filing terrorism cases against PTI Chairman......
PAKISTAN is in the midst of a man-made disaster. Our flawed development model has made our lives insecure in both the urban and rural areas. This pattern of development has robbed us of the monsoons......
PAKISTAN seems to be in the grip of extremism often fuelled and expressed by those violently reacting to any accusation of blasphemy.The recent, and as yet unproven, allegations of desecration of the......
BANGKOK: Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha from office while it considers a legal challenge that could see him thrown out months before an......
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered air strikes in eastern Syria targeting “facilities used by Iranian-backed militias”, a US military spokesman said.The strikes in oil-rich Deir......
• Qatar Investment Authority may invest in various key sectors; evaluating strategic partnerships in airport management, running of Roosevelt Hotel • Analysts say pledged capital sketchy for now;......
• Schools, healthcare facilities closed as south Punjab suffers widespread infrastructure damageLAHORE / LOWER DIR / SWAT: Heavy rains and floods claimed eight lives, including six schoolchildren, in......
