Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi on Sunday brushed aside concerns of any resistance from him regarding PTI’s planned dissolution of Punjab assembly, acknowledging that he owed his......
Substitutes Abdelhamid Sabiri and Zakaria Aboukhlal earned Morocco their first World Cup victory in 24 years as they upset a hugely disappointing Belgium side 2-0 in World Cup Group ‘F’ on......
Iranian authorities have arrested a niece of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after she recorded a video describing the authorities led by her uncle as a “murderous and child-killing regime”, it......
Shafeeq Saqafi paid $3 for the Argentina shirt he proudly wore when he sat with 15,000 other migrant workers in a hidden corner of Doha to watch Lionel Messi’s side salvage their World Cup on......
Pakistan has expressed “grave concern” on comments from Indian Home Minister Amit Shah confirming the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) “direct involvement” in anti-Muslim violence 2002 Gujarat......
ASK anyone familiar with economic matters what is the basic problem with Pakistan’s economy and they will say it’s the current account deficit. And that would be the correct answer. The boom-and-bust......
A jeep carrying voters fell into a ravine in Neelum Valley in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Sunday, killing six women and injuring eight people, according to local police.The incident occurred in......
Pablo Aimar was in tears, his hands covering his face, as Lionel Messi wheeled off in celebration, arms wide open in accepting the adulation of those at the Lusail Stadium Saturday night.In the......
Hundreds of people took to the streets in Beijing and Shanghai on Sunday to protest against China's zero-Covid policy in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state.China's hardline virus......
North Waziristan lawmaker Mohsin Dawar on Sunday alleged that he was stopped at the Islamabad airport by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from travelling to Tajikistan for a security......
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday said that data regarding the alleged assets of outgoing Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and his family members making the......
PESHAWAR: Thousands of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf workers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa left for Rawalpindi to participate in the party’s “Haqeeqi Azadi March” on Saturday.The processions of PTI workers......
SALEM Al Dawsari, Saudi Arabia’s hero from the first game, facing Wojciech Szczesny from the spot. A whole nation in expectation, let alone the thousands of his countrymen who’d packed the Education......
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa president Aimal Wali Khan has urged Chief of Army Staff-designate Gen Asim Munir to constitute a truth commission on ‘military interference’ in......
LAHORE: Even though his son tweeted their administration’s support for Imran Khan’s strategy soon after the PTI chief announced it during a public meeting on Saturday night, it seems Punjab Chief......
LAHORE: A special court (control of narcotics substance) on Saturday allowed an application of interior minister Rana Sanaullah Khan for one-time exemption from personal appearance in a drug recovery......
RAWALPINDI: Life remained normal in the garrison city of Rawalpindi except on the portion of Murree Road from Chandni Chowk to 6th Road where the PTI held its public gathering on Saturday.The usual......
UNITED NATIONS: A panel of UN human rights experts has concluded that the Taliban regime’s treatment of Afghan women and girls can be described as crime against humanity and should be investigated as......
MEXICO CITY: From Buenos Aires to Bogota, women across Latin America took to the streets on Friday in marches to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, demanding......
BRASLIA: At least three people, including an adolescent girl, were killed and 11 others wounded Friday when a 16-year-old shooter wearing Nazi symbols opened fire on two schools in southeastern......
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has stepped down as head of her ruling party after it suffered defeat in Saturday’s local elections, while the Beijing-friendly main opposition held its......
ROME: Around a dozen people were missing on Saturday after heavy rains caused a landslide on the Italian island of Ischia, the interior minister said, but denied earlier reports that eight people......
KARACHI: Former central bank governor Syed Salim Raza has said Pakistan should avoid going for a “piecemeal restructuring” of its dollar-denominated debt.Speaking at a recent seminar on national......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday directed all relevant departments for early completion of the remaining steps to ensure the revival of the multi-billion-dollar Reko Diq project......
ISLAMABAD: Confusion continued to prevail over the central bank’s alleged decision to withhold certain payments to foreign service providers and thus put the citizens at risk of losing access to......
KARACHI: The interest rate hike will cost heavily to the government as it will have to re-price the Rs5 trillion maturity of treasury bills and Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) in the next three......
In the American cartoonist Charles M. Schulz’s famous comic strip Peanuts, there is a character called Lucy Van Pelt. She’s a young girl who is a friend of the strip’s main character Charlie Brown.......
IT is difficult to say whether his successors will live up to the ‘cathartic’ statement by retiring army chief Gen Qamar Bajwa that the military has decided to steer clear of politics and adhere......
ASK anyone familiar with economic matters what is the basic problem with Pakistan’s economy and they will say it’s the current account deficit. And that would be the correct answer. The boom-and-bust......
Senator Azam Swati was arrested for a second time early morning on Sunday, PTI leaders claimed.PTI Secretary General Asad Umar said the “dignified manner” in which Swati conducted himself as he was......
MANSEHRA: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Saturday declared that their jihad against Imran Khan would continue so that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman did......
ISLAMABAD: The case of a super-luxury car said to be stolen from London and then recovered thousands of miles away in Karachi has now landed in the Supreme Court as the tax collection authority seeks......
ISLAMABAD: After former prime minister Imran Khan announced his intention to dissolve the provincial assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the government played down his declaration as a......
DOHA: In the 51st minute of a tense, cagey game against Mexico, Argentina received a free-kick in prime Lionel Messi territory.Needing a win to keep their hopes alive, Argentina were looking to their......
BEIJING: As China grapples with a surge in Covid-19 cases despite its strict ‘zero-Covid’ policy, the anger at the country’s hardline approach to containing the virus has intensified, prompting......
MUZAFFARABAD: After a long wait of over three decades, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) will finally go to the phased local government elections on Sunday (today), with polling in the first leg in......
QUETTA: Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai has expelled all the central executive committee (CEC) members and party leaders who attended the CEC meeting in Kuchlak......
PAKISTAN Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s ‘ambiguous threat’ to quit the assemblies is actually an attempt to “stay politically relevant” and “an invitation for renewed engagement” to the......
• Imran says will consult party, CMs on this plan soon; drops idea of taking long march to Islamabad • Tells massive gathering polls no longer a priority as he is confident of victory, whenever they......
PAKISTAN Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s ‘ambiguous threat’ to quit the assemblies is actually an attempt to “stay politically relevant” and “an invitation for renewed engagement” to the......
