Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo said his “work is done” in Europe, adding that he is relishing new challenges both on and off the pitch after being unveiled as a player of Saudi Arabian club Al......
Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Tuesday that his government desired “good relations” with Pakistan and all neighbouring countries, but urged Islamabad to refrain from issuing......
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah expressed concern over the law and order situation in Punjab as two officials from the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) were gunned down on Tuesday by unknown......
Senator Azam Swati, who had been in detention since late November over his controversial tweets about senior military officers, was released from an Islamabad sub-jail on Tuesday.Swati was arrested......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday appointed Maryam Nawaz as the senior vice president of the PML-N, authorising her to “reorganise” the party “at all functional levels”.Information Minister......
Israel’s new far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir briefly visited Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Tuesday, a site also revered by Jews, prompting fierce condemnation from the......
Miftah Ismail’s six-pillar prescription to avoid Pakistan’s looming socio-economic collapse underscores the need for radical change.However, governments, policymakers and technocrats repeat......
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif announced on Tuesday that the federal cabinet has approved the National Energy Conservation Plan — a policy aimed at saving energy.Briefing the media after a meeting of......
Britain will officially declare Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, which has arrested seven people with links to the United Kingdom over anti-government protests, as a terrorist group, the Telegraph......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that the Covid-19 situation in the country was “under control”, but instructed authorities to remain prepared to tackle any possible spread of the......
New Zealand’s Matt Henry and Ajaz Patel put on an unbeaten 88 for the last wicket to frustrate Pakistan on Tuesday as the visitors reached 433-9 at lunch on the second day of the final Test in......
The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday allowed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to continue its proceedings against former premier Imran Khan, and PTI leaders Asad Umar and Fawad Chaudhry, in......
China’s state media played down the severity on Tuesday of the Covid-19 wave surging over the country, with its scientists expected to give a briefing to the World Health Organisation on the......
DADU/HYDERABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s reservations over delimitation of constituencies have been conveyed to the Election......
KARACHI: Residents of North Nazimabad have complained that despite the last month’s order issued by the Sindh High Court (SHC) to restrain the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) and local......
KARACHI: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Monday questioned the political activism of Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori and said that it had approached President Dr Arif Alvi to take......
• Roti prices jumped from Rs15-18 in Jan 2022 to Rs25-30 in Dec • Price of per litre milk in Jan was Rs130-140 compared to Rs190 in Dec last year • Govt assailed for not controlling rising......
MUMBAI: Winning a world title in any format is top of Hardik Pandya’s target list as he leads a new-look India T20 team against Sri Lanka, he said on Monday.All-rounder Pandya was appointed captain......
KARACHI: It was five years ago, at the age of 26, that South Africa-born Devon Conway moved to New Zealand to pursue his cricketing career. It took him three years before he eventually broke into the......
KARACHI: In his six previous Tests Agha Salman had picked up just two wickets across eight innings. So when Pakistan were put in to field by New Zealand in the second Test at the National Stadium......
LENS: Paris St-Germain, without World Cup winner Lionel Messi and Neymar, lost for the first time in any competition since March 20 last year when they were defeated 3-1 at Lens on Sunday.“Lens......
PESHAWAR: PTI lawmaker Nasir Khan Musazai has confirmed that he has accepted the invitation of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and would formally join the party within the next few days.Talking to......
PESHAWAR: Work on two hydropower projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been suspended for several months due to the shifting of the Chinese engineers to Islamabad over the resurgence of militancy in......
PESHAWAR: Minister of transport and mass transit Malik Shah Mohammad Khan on Monday constituted a committee to suggest raising a dedicated police unit for securing the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)......
LAHORE: Fearing outbreak of the new sub-variant of the Omicron, the health authorities have proposed another booster dose for the protection against the virus as most of the people lack immunity in......
LAHORE: An anti-corruption court on Monday directed the prosecution to produce the record of a case of alleged land fraud against PML-N MNA Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf.The court was hearing a......
ISLAMABAD: In light of an earlier court order directing the election watchdog to conduct elections within 24 hours, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has sought assistance from stakeholders regarding......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has set aside the appointment of local government administrators in Punjab, all new development projects initiated by them and the allocation of funds to the members......
CAIRO: Egypt announced on Monday the recovery of a sarcophagus lid dating back nearly 2,700 years that it said had been smuggled out and put on display at a museum in the United States.Egyptian......
SAN FRANCISCO: The latest leaps in artificial intelligence in everything from cars, robots to appliances will be on full display at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opening on Thursday in......
Oil prices slid on Tuesday from their highest levels in a month on a stronger dollar and after the head of the International Monetary Fund warned of a tougher 2023 as major economies experience......
VATICAN CITY: A steady stream of tens of thousands of people filed into St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI, whose body was laying in state without any......
NABLUS: The Israeli army killed two Palestinians in a West Bank raid on Monday and demolished the homes of two Palestinians accused of killing an Israeli soldier.The Palestinian health ministry......
DUBAI: Dubai has dropped a 30 percent tax on alcohol sales in an apparent bid to lure tourists as competition rises between major cities in the Gulf.The cut, announced by distributors but not......
BRUSSELS: The European Parliament on Monday announced its chief, Roberta Metsola, had launched “an urgent procedure” to lift the immunity of two MEPs amid a corruption scandal linked to Qatar.The......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) welcomed 2023 with a rally in share prices on Monday.Topline Securities said the KSE-100 index mostly stayed in the green zone, thanks to the expectations......
KARACHI: As all official imports of raw materials and finished goods are made on prevailing interbank dollar rates, consumers are forced to pay higher prices for gold and its related products as......
TEHRAN: Iranian police have resumed warnings that women must wear mandatory headscarves even in cars, media reported on Monday, as unrest continues following the death of Mahsa Amini.Protests have......
SEOUL: South Korea and the United States are discussing possible joint exercises using US nuclear assets, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said, as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un labelled the......
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations and humanitarian agencies have called for urgent action to reduce food consumption gaps and save lives and livelihoods of people affected by floods in Balochistan, Sindh......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s equities, treasury bills and bonds could attract a meagre sum of $112.9 million against a much higher outflow of $187m during the first half of the current fiscal year.The......
KARACHI: JDW Sugar Mills Ltd said on Monday it completed the buyback of two million shares for ultimate cancellation in less than two months of initiating the exercise.The sugarcane processor......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Power on Monday unanimously decided to summon through police the chief executive officer (CEO) of K-Electric and to move a privilege motion against him for......
LAST month, in a report furnished before the Sindh High Court’s Hyderabad circuit bench, the province’s chief secretary admitted the government’s failure in handling the 2022 flood disaster, saying......
A NEW year begins, though in Pakistan we are already braced for old issues, older than just a few months. This was brought home by the new army chief’s statement in the papers on Sunday, where he......
ISLAMABAD: While hailing the services of polio workers across the country, Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel on Monday renewed government’s commitment to end the transmission of the crippling virus......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday announced the schedule for election on a Senate seat which fell vacant after the resignation of former PTI leader Faisal Vawda.According......
GILGIT: Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman has said the federal government would take “more effective and serious measures” to mitigate the impact of climate change on Gilgit-Baltistan.The federal......
GWADAR: The Balochistan government has established an effective monitoring system to prevent illegal trawling in Balochistan waters, according to the fisheries director general.Under the monitoring......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani said on Monday that he has asked his lawyers to examine if Imran Khan’s conspiracy theories about him fell under......
ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) has been approached to seek a directive for government departments not to detain or forcefully deport Afghan asylum seekers when their......
LAHORE: The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the Wazirabad attack on PTI chairman Imran Khan has reportedly found that the attack was carried out from three different shooting sites.An official......
THE political situation in Balochistan has rarely been dull, and with one crisis following the other, there is rarely any respite from the ‘interesting times’ of Chinese proverb-fame. That’s why even......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) are in talks to fight the next general elections on the same symbol, PTI Chairman Imran Khan has said.In an interview with......
ISLAMABAD: In the wake of threat posed by the new BF.7 Omicron variant of Covid-19, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Monday instructed National Institute of Health (NIH) to issue......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s efforts to bridge differences between his key allies at the Centre — Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan and Pakistan Peoples Party — failed to meet the......
LAHORE: In what seems to be a bid to save themselves from embarrassment, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Monday withdrew no-trust motions they had filed......
ISLAMABAD: The rate of consumer inflation shot back up to 24.5pc in Dec — after a temporary decline to 23.8pc in Nov — affecting the country’s rural population the most, as prices escalated by almost......
A NEW year begins, though in Pakistan we are already braced for old issues, older than just a few months. This was brought home by the new army chief’s statement in the papers on Sunday, where he......
