Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Wednesday said that the government would not pass the recent amendment in the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Act — which empowers the watchdog to act against......
The Lahore High Court on Wednesday accepted for hearing a petition calling for PTI Chairman Imran Khan to be removed as the party chief after his disqualification in the Toshakhana reference.Justice......
An Islamabad district and sessions court on Wednesday granted post-arrest bail to Sameena Shah — mother of the main suspect in the Sarah Inam murder case.Sameena was arrested by the police on October......
The mother of slain journalist Arshad Sharif, in a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial written on Wednesday, requested the formation of a high-powered judicial commission to......
Major social media services including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were down for thousands of users across the world — including Pakistan — on Wednesday, according to outage tracker......
Europe needs its industrial companies to save energy amid soaring costs and shrinking supplies, and they are delivering — demand for natural gas and electricity both fell in the past quarter.It is......
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday stopped short of issuing a show-cause notice to PTI chief Imran Khan and gave him another chance to explain his alleged flouting of a May 25 court order that......
Virat Kohli became the highest run-scorer in Twenty20 World Cup history as he powered India to 184-6 against Bangladesh in a key Super 12 match in Adelaide on Wednesday.Kohli, who hit an unbeaten 64,......
US central bankers are expected to announce another steep interest rate hike on Wednesday as they try to prevent soaring inflation from becoming ingrained, but politicians are piling on the pressure......
Paul van Meekeren’s three wickets helped the Netherlands claim their first victory of the T20 World Cup Super 12 stage Wednesday as their five-wicket win all but eliminated Zimbabwe.The Dutch, who......
South Africa’s David Miller warned on Wednesday they will look to “exploit” Pakistan’s fragile confidence as they strive to seal a Twenty20 World Cup semi-final spot and send their opponents......
A North Korean ballistic missile landed less than 60 kilometres off South Korea’s coast on Wednesday, the first time an apparent test had landed near the South’s waters, prompting South Korea to......
The Foreign Office has sought an explanation from Russia after its Senator Igor Morozov reportedly claimed that Pakistan and Ukraine recently held talks for developing nuclear weapons.“We are......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on Wednesday to strengthen the strategic partnership between Islamabad and Beijing, as well as multilateral cooperation in......
India’s Gujarat state on Wednesday mourned the death of 135 people from a bridge collapse on the weekend, with the national flag at half-mast in government buildings and public functions, receptions......
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) announced here on Tuesday to hold a peace march on motorway on November 4 to raise effective voice against militancy in the province.Addressing a news conference......
PESHAWAR: Senator Dost Mohammad Mehsud has claimed that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has agreed to change the name of the newly-established Upper South Waziristan to Mehsud district.In a......
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Pakistan Democratic Movement chairman and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday claimed that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader and former prime minister......
Oil prices rose in early trade on Wednesday after industry data showed a surprise drop in United States crude stockpiles, suggesting demand is holding up despite steep interest rate hikes dampening......
KARACHI: The political parties in government and opposition in Sindh have expressed serious concerns over the ongoing ‘long march’ of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf while seeing it as a cause of......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday expressed resentment over officials of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) for not convening meetings of technical experts and stakeholders to resolve the......
MELBOURNE: Steve Smith will be happy to bat anywhere in the Australian order if called upon at the T20 World Cup and he might finally have his chance with injury doubts hanging over a number of his......
MELBOURNE: India resume their bid for a Twenty20 World Cup semi-final spot when they face Bangladesh on Wednesday and coach Rahul Dravid said there is no room for complacency despite the 2007......
JERUSALEM: Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was within reach of a governing majority and of making a political comeback, initial projections showed after Israel’s elections on Tuesday, but......
DOHA: Unpaid wages dominate a growing number of complaints by migrant workers in Qatar, the UN labour agency said on Tuesday, 19 days from the start of the football World Cup.The International Labour......
TOKYO: Tokyo began issuing partnership certificates to same-sex couples who live and work in the capital on Tuesday, a long-awaited move in a country without marriage equality.The certificates allow......
OTTAWA: Canada will boost its immigration targets, hoping to welcome a record number of newcomers in order to address a worker shortage in the country, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced on......
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi has accorded his assent to three bills earlier passed by parliament, the Presidency said in a press release on Tuesday.The bills included Torture and Custodial Death......
SAN FRANCISCO: New Twitter head Elon Musk said on Tuesday the site will charge $8 per month to verify users’ accounts.“Power to the people! Blue for $8/month,” the billionaire entrepreneur tweeted in......
ISLAMABAD: A record number of enforcement actions have been taken by the competition watchdog, but the impact of these orders will be visible to the consumers after the cartel cases are decided by......
ISLAMABAD: The government had to relax contractual conditions and shift about Rs50 billion worth of budgetary allocations for electricity subsidies to an escrow account for automatic partial payments......
KARACHI: Declining demand for automobiles amid the economic slowdown is well reflected in the sales of petrol and diesel which fell by 18 per cent and 26pc, respectively, in the first four months of......
KARACHI: Long queues of citizens heading abroad for winter vacations and the rising cost of travel have increased the demand for dollars in the open market at a time when the US currency is already......
KARACHI: Entrepreneurs are getting increasingly pessimistic about the conditions of their businesses owing to the country’s political and economic situation, according to a Gallup Pakistan survey......
WASHINGTON: The United States will continue to act unilaterally to address emergent terrorist threats from Afghanistan, the US State Department has warned.The warning followed news reports that Al......
IN recent years, as Pakistan has hurtled from one catastrophe to another, remittances sent by Pakistani workers living abroad have been a source of some small amount of stability. When foreign......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has summoned PTI Chairman Imran Khan in an inquiry into an audio leak related to the US cipher and the prohibited funding case.The FIA has issued a......
LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz vice-president Maryam Nawaz lambasted Imran Khan during a press conference held here on Tuesday, questioning the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman’s democratic......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday compared his struggle for ‘real freedom’ with that of Awami League chief Sheikh Mujibur Rehman and reminded that the country had......
THE battle lines have now been clearly drawn. Apparently undeterred by the security establishment’s frontal attack, Imran Khan is marching on the citadel. The much-awaited ‘long march’ has finally......
ISLAMABAD: PTI chief Imran Khan came under fire on Tuesday, with the coalition government accusing him of conspiring to derail democracy in the country.At a press conference, Interior Minister Rana......
IN recent years, as Pakistan has hurtled from one catastrophe to another, remittances sent by Pakistani workers living abroad have been a source of some small amount of stability. When foreign......
THE battle lines have now been clearly drawn. Apparently undeterred by the security establishment’s frontal attack, Imran Khan is marching on the citadel. The much-awaited ‘long march’ has finally......
