The Brazilian coastal city of Santos, which sporting giant Pele turned into a byword for football brilliance during a glittering club career, started bidding goodbye to its hero on Monday with a......
Russia acknowledged on Monday that scores of its troops were killed in one of the Ukraine war’s deadliest strikes, drawing demands from nationalist bloggers for commanders to be punished for housing......
Some people in China’s key cities of Beijing, Shanghai, and Wuhan braved the cold and a spike in Covid-19 infections to return to regular activity on Monday, confident of a boost to the economy as......
Sri Lanka began a fresh austerity drive on Monday, freezing government recruitment as new taxes and higher electricity prices kicked in with authorities trying to secure a bailout from the......
The new year sees Pakistan at an unprecedented crossroads. A painful and messy reconfiguration of the country’s political order over the past year has left it more bitterly divided than ever before.......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday approved for hearing the government and the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) intra-court appeals against the court’s verdict of holding local......
The Afghan Taliban administration on Sunday rejected Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah’s remarks pertaining to the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) hideouts in Afghanistan, calling them......
Annual Inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was recorded at 24.5 per cent in December, compared to 23.8pc in the previous month, as food and transport costs......
The new year sees Pakistan at an unprecedented crossroads. A painful and messy reconfiguration of the country’s political order over the past year has left it more bitterly divided than ever before.......
A second round of the National Security Committee (NSC) meeting — which is expected to take “key decisions concerning security and the economy” — began on Monday in Islamabad with Prime Minister......
The Taliban administration will encourage “self-sufficiency” and wants international trade and investment, the acting Commerce Minister Haji Nooruddin Azizi said, as Afghanistan faces isolation and......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday reserved its verdict on PTI Senator Azam Swati’s post-arrest bail plea in a case related to controversial tweets against senior military officials.Swati was......
Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) opened the year in green, buoyed by investor interest in the fertiliser and energy sectors.The benchmark KSE-100 index gained 463.69 points, or 1.15 per......
New Zealand captain Tim Southee won the toss and chose to bat Monday in the second Test against Pakistan at the National Stadium in Karachi.The two-match series is tied after the first Test, also in......
LONDON: Aston Villa ruined Tottenham Hotspur’s bid to climb back into the Premier League’s top four as a costly mistake from Hugo Lloris condemned the north Londoners to a damaging 2-0 defeat on......
KARACHI: For a change, the pitch will not be a placid one when Pakistan take on New Zealand in the decisive second and final Test here at the National Stadium on Monday.Less than 24 hours ahead of......
KARACHI: Commenting on the alarming rise in incidents of mugging and killings over resistance, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Sunday said that his government was taking measures to curb......
KARACHI: Following the announcement of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party that it was ready to contest local government election in Karachi, the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Sunday vowed to......
KARACHI: Consumers of the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), who live in diverse areas in the city, have been complaining of having no gas for cooking meals despite the fact that the utility had......
PESHAWAR: The maiden anti-polio campaign of the new year will be started today (Monday) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to vaccinate 7.2 million children in the first phase.All the 20 polio cases recorded in......
MUZAFFARGARH/RAHIM YAR KHAN: Long lineups of flour buyers can be seen at designated stations selling subsidised flour in Muzaffargarh, Kot Addu, and Rahim Yar districts, indicating that the flour......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Central Punjab region, organised a large protest march in Lahore on Sunday against the “imported administration” for causing the country’s crippling price......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways (PR) looks to be in dire straits financially as its passenger and freight train affairs are being run with just three-day oil reserves that must be for one month at......
ISLAMABAD: Experts have called for a collective effort to form a technical forum to gather scientific evidence to tackle the issue of leopard encounters with humans.Recently, an endangered Common......
LONDON: More than 45,000 migrants crossed the Channel to the UK from mainland Europe in 2022, surpassing the previous year’s record by more than 17,000, according to government figures released on......
WASHINGTON: For much of the global economy, 2023 is going to be a tough year as the main engines of global growth — the United States, Europe and China — all experience weakening activity, the head......
KAMPALA: At least nine people died, most aged between 10 and 20, in a shopping mall crush as revellers rang in the New Year in Uganda’s capital, police said on Sunday.After fireworks outside the......
BEIJING: Travellers from China now face restrictions when entering more than a dozen countries as concern grows over its surge in Covid-19 cases, with Australia the latest to demand a negative test......
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis hailed the “beloved” Benedict XVI in New Year’s Day services on Sunday as the Vatican released the first pictures of the former pontiff following his death at the age of......
KYIV: Russia’s New Year assaults on Ukraine left four people dead and wounded dozens this weekend as Moscow on Sunday claimed to have thwarted Kyiv’s “terror attacks” on the homeland.The Ukrainian......
Menlo Park (California, US): Facebook owner Meta Inc is preparing to announce whether it will allow former US President Donald Trump back on to Facebook and Instagram, the Financial Times reported......
Returns in the stock market have either barely beat inflation or been outright negative for six consecutive years.A portfolio of investment — left untouched since the end of......
WASHINGTON: The US budget for 2023 has two small but significant provisions for Pakistan, including $15 million for improving security along the Afghan border and an unspecified amount of funds to......
QUETTA: Former chief minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani has accused the ministers and officials of the incumbent Balochistan government of selling jobs in different departments and receiving huge amounts......
QUETTA: Attempts by “certain forces” to create an “artificial leadership” through “coercion of politicians” would not enable them to achieve their goals, warned National Party (NP) chief Dr Abdul......
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday said he enjoyed a working relationship with the government as he and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif respected each other.“I enjoyed a working relationship......
ISLAMABAD: Amid a revenue setback in December and higher expenditure, mostly for debt servicing, the government plans to borrow a record Rs4.8 trillion in the first three months of 2023 through......
PRIMARY grade students at public schools come mostly from the poor and lower middle classes and speak a range of languages as their mother tongue. Unfortunately, when the latter is supplanted by......
2022 was a tumultuous year in Pakistan even by the standards of its turbulent political history. It confronted a polycrisis — several crises that converged to reinforce each other and create an......
PESHAWAR: A multi-party conference (MPC) in the provincial capital has expressed grave concern over the prevailing law and order situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and held the provincial government’s......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) sprang into action on Sunday, anticipating it can be asked to conduct the much-delayed local government elections in Islamabad any time, informed......
MANILA: Tens of thousands of travellers were stranded at a Philippine airport on Sunday after a power outage knocked out communication and radar equipment at the country’s busiest hub in Manila,......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif decided on Sunday to send a team of troubleshooters to Karachi for placating the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan after the party opposed the Sindh......
ISLAMABAD: The government has increased the prices of wheat flour, sugar and ghee by 25 to 62 per cent for sale through the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) with immediate effect to reduce the......
• Accuses establishment of ‘pressurising’ three MPAs over Elahi trust vote • Says Hussain Haqqani was hired to lobby against himLAHORE: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Sunday lashed out at the......
ISLAMABAD: In light of the spike in terror incidents in parts of the country, a second round of the National Security Committee (NSC) meeting will be convened on Monday (today) to take “key......
2022 was a tumultuous year in Pakistan even by the standards of its turbulent political history. It confronted a polycrisis — several crises that converged to reinforce each other and create an......
