Slain journalist Arshad Sharif’s widow has penned a letter requesting President Dr Arif Alvi to intervene and help in her husband’s ongoing murder investigation, saying that his family was “extremely......
The Pakistan Army said it killed two terrorists during an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Hoshab area, according to a statement from the military’s media wing on Friday.The IBO was......
Video clips showing a fire at the ancestral home in Iran of the Islamic Republic’s late founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, have appeared on social media, with activists saying it was torched by......
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Friday said the matter of the next army chief’s appointment would be settled in a “day or two”.In an interview with Geo News show ‘Naya Pakistan’, Sanaullah said:......
Say hello to ronnagrammes and quettametres: International scientists gathered in France voted on Friday for new metric prefixes to express the world’s largest and smallest measurements, prompted by......
Mourners flooded the streets of Gaza on Friday as they carried the shrouded bodies of 21 people, including at least eight children, killed in a fire in an apartment block where residents had planned......
Climate negotiators on Friday agreed to a European Union proposal aimed at resolving an impasse over financing for countries hit by climate-fuelled disasters and pushing the UN climate summit in......
FIFA and Qatar on Friday banned beer sales around the eight World Cup stadiums in a stunning policy U-turn just two days before the start of the tournament.Football’s world governing body said the......
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said that Pakistan perhaps needed to review its internal security policies and decisions in the wake of rising terrorist incidents and protests......
PTI chairman Imran Khan said on Friday that the incumbent government’s planned amendments to the army act would be challenged in the Supreme Court (SC), claiming that the coalition leaders were......
Apple pie or apple crumble The Captain’s taken a tumble“DON’T just try to pluck out a few words from what I may have said and toss them at me expecting me to crumble [because] in answering questions......
Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), eased slightly to 0.62 per cent week-on-week (WoW) in the week ending on November 17, mainly due to a decline in the prices of......
A Turkish court Friday ordered the detention of 17 suspects, including a Syrian woman, for alleged links to a bombing that killed six people in central Istanbul, local media reported.The government......
The US government recommended on Thursday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman was immune from legal action over the 2018 murder of a dissident journalist, according to court documents.Prince......
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday briefed President Dr Arif Alvi on the country’s financial and economic outlook, a statement released by the President’s Secretariat said.During the meeting at......
Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Aamer Farooq said on Friday that as per intelligence reports, there were fears of another attack on former prime minister Imran Khan.He passed the remarks......
Oil pared early gains and was on track for a steep weekly decline on concerns about weakening demand in China and further interest rate rises by the United States Federal Reserve.Brent crude futures......
India successfully launched its first privately developed rocket, the Vikram-S, on Friday, a milestone in the country’s effort to create a commercial space industry and to compete on cost.The 545kg......
North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday that landed just 200 kilometres off Japan and had sufficient range to reach the mainland of the United States,......
Amazon confirmed on Thursday that it is laying off staff, after days of rumors that the e-commerce behemoth would become the latest tech giant to unleash a large-scale redundancy plan amid a souring......
DOHA: Four-time winners Germany arrived at the World Cup in Qatar on Thursday after Argentina superstar Lionel Messi touched down to launch his final bid to win football’s biggest prize.After a 1-0......
WELLINGTON: India will play fearless cricket in the limited-overs series in New Zealand while remaining tactically flexible, coach VVS Laxman said on Thursday.The beaten semi-finalists of the recent......
ADELAIDE: A superb Dawid Malan century was in vain as Australia cruised to a six-wicket win over England in their first One-day International at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday.Malan hit a stylish 134......
LAKKI MARWAT: The entire Lakki Marwat district wore a blanket of gloom and sadness on Thursday as people thronged the residences of martyred policemen to offer condolences to their relatives.Six......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Thursday released Rs12.20bn for relief of more than 55,000 flood victims, which would be given as Rs280,000 each to the owners of 47,500 mud houses and......
Hundreds of Twitter employees are estimated to be leaving the beleaguered social media company following an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk that staffers sign up for “long hours at high......
ISLAMABAD: After more than a year of Taliban takeover, the expected progress has not been achieved in some vital areas, including inclusivity, human rights, particularly women rights and in......
LAHORE: The Punjab Masstransit Authority (PMA) is all set to issue fare discount cards to working women and students for travelling by the Lahore Orange Line Metro Train running at the 27km-long......
RAWALPINDI: After receiving a threatening call to attack former interior minister and Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, police here have registered a case and launched an......
KARACHI: The International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) 2022 Karachi Show at Nishan-i-Pakistan on Seaview beach provided a rare opportunity for local and foreign visitors to witness up......
THE airline official at the check-in counter at Allama Iqbal International calls out to passengers queuing for their flight that the Hayya application in their phones needs to be updated.Hours before......
KARACHI: Foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $3 million during the week ending on Nov 11, a press release said on Thursday.The small increase in the central......
KARACHI: Most experts believe the central bank will leave the interest rate unchanged at 15 per cent in its next monetary policy meeting scheduled for Nov 25, a survey showed on Thursday.According to......
ISLAMABAD: The telecom industry is divided over the launch of 5G network services in the country next year, with one mobile service provider willing for the upgrade while the other three wondering......
GAZA CITY: Twenty-one people were killed and several others injured on Thursday when a fire broke out in a building where residents attended a party in the Gaza Strip.Footage circulated on social......
BANGKOK: A former British envoy, an Australian economic adviser and a Japanese journalist arrived in Thailand late on Thursday after being freed by Myanmar’s junta in an amnesty involving almost......
WASHINGTON: FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday the agency is investigating several cases in which people sought to fly drones equipped with home-made bombs within the United States.“We......
PARIS: Hundreds of mourners poured onto the streets of an Iranian city on Thursday, defying a lethal crackdown on protests over Mahsa Amini’s death that shows signs of turning even bloodier. Iran’s......
WASHINGTON: US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to hold that influential post, said on Thursday she will step down as the Democratic leader in the chamber a day after......
• Pindi admin installs 80 bathrooms in Shamsabad park, 200 installed in Taxila • 5,000 police officials to perform duties, PTI chief to be provided with ‘box security cover’RAWALPINDI: The......
KYIV: Fresh Russian strikes hit cities across Ukraine on Thursday, the latest in a wave of attacks that have crippled the country’s energy infrastructure as winter sets in and temperatures......
BANGKOK: The Asia-Pacific is no one’s backyard and should not become an arena for a big power contest, China’s President Xi Jinping said in written remarks on Thursday, calling on the world to reject......
THERE is a method to all this madness. The law of our land acknowledges the need for politics and its importance in forging a common future. That is why the legislature is designated as the specific......
Apple pie or apple crumble The Captain’s taken a tumble“DON’T just try to pluck out a few words from what I may have said and toss them at me expecting me to crumble [because] in answering questions......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Food Security Tariq Bashir Cheema on Thursday categorically declared on the floor of the National Assembly that he would not allow the export of sugar without......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had another round of engagement on Thursday but could not finalise a schedule for formal talks on the overdue ninth review of a $7......
THERE is a method to all this madness. The law of our land acknowledges the need for politics and its importance in forging a common future. That is why the legislature is designated as the specific......
ISLAMABAD: A day ahead of the next hearing of the contempt case against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, the federal government on Thursday moved a fresh application before the......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday deliberated over the question whether the Balochistan Assembly enjoyed the legislative competence of encroaching upon the federal jurisdiction to amend a......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has asked the Punjab government to amend the law to do away with the requirement of using electronic voting machines (EVMs) for the upcoming......
