Leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as president of Brazil on Sunday under tightened security in the capital Brasilia following threats of violence by supporters of his far-right......
France on Sunday began testing passengers arriving from China in order to track potential Covid variants, Health Minister Francois Braun said.“This control on arrival is not a control to prevent......
Pakistan and India on Sunday exchanged the lists of nuclear sites and prisoners in each other’s custody as part of various agreements in place between the two countries, the Foreign Office (FO)......
Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant is in “high spirits” and recovering from surgery after his horror car crash but will likely miss the upcoming Test series against Australia, Indian media reports said on......
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for developing new intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and a larger nuclear arsenal to counter US-led threats, state media said on Sunday, amid flaring......
An explosion outside the military airport in Kabul on Sunday caused multiple casualties, a spokesman for the Taliban-run interior ministry said.“Today morning an explosion took place outside Kabul......
At least 37 people were injured in aerial firing on New Year’s Eve in Karachi, police and hospital officials said on Sunday.The injured include four women and two infants. Karachi police also......
A “key terrorist” was killed and a police constable martyred in the early hours of Sunday when gunmen attacked a police checkpost in the Shahbaz Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat......
Pakistani politicians rang in the new year with messages of solidarity with some figures reflecting on the intense politicking that took place in the outgoing year.President Arif Alvi said the nation......
Pakistan’s raison d’être as a nation-state has three positions.At the time of the country’s inception in 1947, the state sought to invent a history in which Islam had arrived in India in the 8th......
WHAT is an explosive revelation? In Pakistan, it is when we hear straight from the horse’s mouth something almost every Pakistani knows, such as the contemptuous disregard of the Constitution by the......
KARACHI: On the penultimate day of the recently-concluded first Test between Pakistan and New Zealand, Ish Sodhi swung his bat at a delivery from Abrar Ahmed. That was the only thing fans saw before......
SYDNEY: Rafael Nadal lost his opening match of the season on Saturday in the countdown to the defence of his Australian Open title, but women’s world number one Iga Swiatek cruised to victory at the......
LAHORE: In a major shake-up, the interim Management Committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board on Saturday decided to restore all regional and district cricket associations and departments/service......
KARACHI: A large number of people, including youngsters, thronged the Seaview beach to celebrate New Year after Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah lifted a ban imposed on pillion riding in the......
Asad Umar, Shireen Mazari criticise polls’ postponement PML-N’s Tariq Fazal Chaudhry says elections to be held soonISLAMABAD: Some voters, mostly belonging to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and......
KARACHI: After seeking delay of the crucial electoral exercise for multiple times, the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) for the first time sounded prepared on Saturday to contest the Jan 15 local......
LAHORE: The Punjab government is taking measures to preempt 7th corona wave and is also establishing a system to forewarn the departments concerned of diseases, floods and other calamities, at three......
LAHORE: Former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Jawwad S Khawaja said he never cared about how his judgements were received, as a judge should not write verdicts according to the wishes of the......
UNITED NATIONS: The Arab region registered the world’s highest unemployment rate in 2022, about 12 per cent, says a UN survey released this weekend.The Survey of Economic and Social Developments in......
HONG KONG: China’s top lawmaking body has given Hong Kong leader John Lee the power to bar foreign lawyers from national security cases, removing the decision from the city’s courts, in a move likely......
ZAGREB: Croatia was counting down the hours on Saturday ahead of a switch to the euro and entry into Europe’s passport-free zone — two major milestones for the country after joining the EU nearly a......
SEOUL: North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles on Saturday, Seoul’s military said, adding a final salvo to Pyongyang’s record-breaking blitz of launches this year.Military tensions on......
WHAT is an explosive revelation? In Pakistan, it is when we hear straight from the horse’s mouth something almost every Pakistani knows, such as the contemptuous disregard of the Constitution by the......
THE state institutions made a mistake by deciding to initiate peace talks with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. The talks were doomed from the start. They allowed the TTP to regain their lost......
LAHORE: Federal Minister Planning for Development Ahsan Iqbal has said if the coalition government doesn’t follow the IMF agreement, Pakistan’s economic problems will mount further.“The IMF is......
KARACHI: Governments over the past years have attempted to have social media companies maintain an on-ground presence in Pakistan.They employed a carrot-and-stick approach —......
ISLAMABAD: It was a tough year for the IT sector, with telecom operators and users taking the brunt, especially after a change of government in April and the belt-tightening that followed.Call and......
KARACHI: The calendar year came to a close on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) with the benchmark of share prices settling at 40,420 points, down 9.4 per cent from 2021.Topline Securities Ltd said......
KARACHI: The prices of cement and steel — the two key building materials — have jumped 41 per cent and 16pc, respectively, pushing up the cost which resulted in a construction slowdown in the......
ISLAMABAD: Having exceeded projections in the first five months of the current fiscal year, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) missed its collection target for December by almost 24 per cent, or......
KYIV: Explosions were reported throughout Ukraine on New Year’s Eve as Russia carried out its second major round of missile attacks in three days on Saturday, Reuters reported while quoting Ukrainian......
KARACHI: A number of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) leaders on Saturday parted ways with the ruling party in Balochistan and joined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) after weeks of talks spearheaded by......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday accused Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders Sharjeel Memon and Nasir Hussain Shah of trying to bribe the party MPAs ahead of......
THE state institutions made a mistake by deciding to initiate peace talks with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. The talks were doomed from the start. They allowed the TTP to regain their lost......
The world’s eight billion people have begun ushering in 2023 and bidding farewell to a turbulent 12 months marked by war in Europe, stinging price rises, Lionel Messi’s World Cup glory and the deaths......
