An suicide bomber who detonated explosives outside the foreign ministry in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Wednesday killed 20 people, according to an information ministry official.Ustad Fareedun, an......
The Punjab Assembly session on Wednesday chorused for the third day with the opposition’s demands for the chief minister to take a vote of confidence.The session began after a delay of almost two......
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and opted to bat against Pakistan on Wednesday in the second day-night international in Karachi.Pakistan kept the same team that won the first match......
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar clarified on Wednesday that the government would not take over foreign exchange held by commercial banks, saying that his earlier statement was on the country’s reserves......
Several people were lightly wounded on Wednesday by a man wielding a knife at the busy Gare du Nord station in Paris, French authorities said.The man was arrested by police at the station — serving......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, along with members of the federal cabinet, is currently addressing a news conference in Islamabad.His media talk comes after Pakistan raised $10......
A 19-year-old man accused of attacking three New York City police officers with a machete near Times Square on New Year’s eve — crime investigators have linked to Islamist extremism — was charged in......
The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Wednesday allowed two gas companies — Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) — to hike their prices by......
Pakistan Meteorological Department on Wednesday predicted that a “cold wave” was likely to grip Sindh, including Karachi, from Thursday with the temperature expected to drop to 5-7 °C for the next......
Indonesian President Joko Widodo acknowledged on Wednesday a series of incidents amounting to “gross human rights violations” had taken place in his country’s past, including the bloodshed and......
The Lahore High Court on Wednesday resumed hearing Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi’s plea challenging Governor Balighur Rehman’s orders to de-notify him as the provincial chief executive.The......
British police said on Tuesday they had opened an investigation into a package containing uranium that was seized at London’s Heathrow Airport.The package was discovered by border agents during a......
MADRID: Rafael Nadal, the 22-time Grand Slam tennis champion, has become a new team owner in the world’s first all-electric race boat championship, organisers said on Tuesday.Nadal will enter his own......
LAHORE: Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja on Tuesday supported national captain Babar Azam saying he was doing a good job while Pakistan were still struggling to do well in Test......
LAHORE: It seems the chapter of bringing back Mickey Arthur as the national team head coach has closed after both the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the South Africa-born coach could not agree on......
GUWAHATI: Virat Kohli on Tuesday said playing “without any fear” remains key to success after his 45th One-day International century led India to a 67-run win over Sri Lanka in the opening......
PARIS: Lionel Messi is expected to make his first appearance for Paris St-Germain since his World Cup triumph in a Ligue 1 clash at home against Angers on Wednesday, as the Qatar-owned club look to......
HYDERABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement coordination committee’s deputy convener Wasim Akhtar has warned coalition partners to take his party’s fears over local bodies election seriously lest they too......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate has reissued a non-bailable arrest warrant for television and social media personality Waqar Zaka for his alleged involvement in a Rs86 million cryptocurrency scam.Mr......
ISLAMABAD: The registration of cases in criminal activities in the federal capital decreased by 10 per cent in 2022, as the police entertained 86 per cent of the complaints compared to 96pc in......
MUZAFFARABAD: Chief Justice of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Raja Saeed Akram said on Tuesday that the judiciary was supposed to make decisions on merit and justice without any fear or favour.He was......
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: The participants of a protest sit-in blocked roads in South Waziristan tribal district after talks between their leaders and the local administration failed to yield any results on......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Tuesday claimed that flour price in the province went up extraordinarily due to the high wheat support price announced by the Sindh government.“Sindh’s......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday suspended the operation of Lahore’s Master Plan 2050.Hearing a petition against the plan, Justice Shahid Karim observed that the random and aimless......
Oil prices fell on Wednesday, erasing the previous session’s gains, after industry data showed an unexpected build in crude and fuel inventories in the United States, the world’s biggest oil user,......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Parvez Elahi’s son Rasikh Elahi on Tuesday appeared before the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and recorded his statement in connection with a fresh money laundering probe......
LAHORE: The prices of wheat and flour saw a reverse in their rising trend on Tuesday following reports of an increase in the grain quota of all the flour mills in the province by the government.The......
LOS ANGELES: The star-studded California town that is home to Britain’s Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle was ordered evacuated on Monday, with firefighters warning mudslides could engulf luxury......
KATHMANDU: Former Maoist rebel Pushpa Kamal Dahal was confirmed as Nepal’s prime minister for a third time on Tuesday, winning almost unanimous backing from legislators even though November’s......
WASHINGTON: Classified documents from Joe Biden’s vice-presidential days were discovered in November by the US president’s personal attorneys at a Washington think tank, a White House lawyer said on......
LIMA: Seventeen people were killed in Peru on Monday night—the most violent day of protests since last month over the ousting of former president Pedro Castillo.The government clamped an eight-hour......
WASHINGTON: Companies including GM, Ford, Google and solar energy producers said on Tuesday they would work together to establish standards for scaling up the use of virtual power plants (VPPs),......
LONDON: Getting the design of a digital pound right is a bigger priority than a rapid launch, Britain’s Financial Services Minister Andrew Griffith said on Tuesday.China has pushed ahead with......
KYIV: Russian troops have stepped up an assault on the small salt mining town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, forcing Ukrainian troops to repel waves of attacks led by mercenary forces, officials in......
JERUSALEM: A consortium led by India’s Adani Group has completed the purchase of Israel’s Haifa port for four billion shekels ($1.15bn), the Jewish state’s finance ministry said on Tuesday.The sale......
KARACHI: An environmental tribunal has issued notice to the chief executive officer (CEO) of a private company on a complaint challenging construction of multi-storey residential-cum-commercial......
ISLAMABAD: The consumers of telecom and internet services paid Rs100 billion more in duties and levies during the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2022, as the PMLN-led coalition government increased......
The people of Pakistan have responded with great generosity to those displaced by the floods last summer. Yet, in their haste to rebuild homes most have not paid attention to sustainability. Clearly,......
ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has assured Pakistan that it will continue to play a leading role in transforming the country’s agriculture food systems......
ISLAMABAD: Praising the world community for making over $10 billion aid pledges for flood-hit areas and the people of Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that through these aid......
ISLAMABAD: Two senior bureaucrats are in hot water and four key officials of the National Endowment Scholarships for Talent (NEST) have been dismissed from service for splurging at least Rs25 million......
ISLAMABAD: South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa remained the two worst regions in terms of child mortality in 2021, a new UN report has said.The report released on Tuesday estimated that around five......
ISLAMABAD: Questioning a demand by the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC) for an annual financial support of $40 million for continuing its flight operations, the federal government......
LAHORE: As the PPP steps up its efforts to woo a group of south Punjab politicians, led by Jahangir Khan Tareen, the PML-N on Tuesday sent its own emissary to meet Mr Tareen with assurances that......
GENEVA: As global condemnation of Iran’s execution of protesters intensified, the country on Tuesday decided to “firmly punish” people who violate the hijab law.The United Nations Human Rights Office......
ISLAMABAD: The challenge to amendments to the accountability law by former prime minister Imran Khan “is not a case that deserves to be answered”, the government’s lawyer told the Supreme Court......
WASHINGTON: The United States has assured Pakistan that it would continue to support Islamabad’s efforts to strengthen its economy and deal with the consequences of last year’s devastating......
• CM refuses to take vote of confidence, LHC to take up his plea today • Opposition lambasts CM over ‘failure’ to show majority • Shoe hurled at Rana Sanaullah’s vehicle • Fawad claims PTI MPAs......
LAHORE: Members of the Joint Investigation Team probing the Wazirabad attack on PTI Chairman Imran Khan have disputed claims that there were multiple shooters in the attack on the former prime......
• PTI chairman says KP police ill-equipped to counter militants armed with modern weaponry • Claims Wazirabad JIT members being ‘pressurised’ to disown findingsISLAMABAD: As he warned against the......
ISLAMABAD: Warning of another global recession, the World Bank on Tuesday forecast Pakistan’s economic growth to slow further to two per cent during the current year — down by two percentage points......
THE spectacle of desperate men and women thronging the shops for subsidised flour provides just one glimpse of the worsening level of privation. A father of six died in a stampede in Mirpurkhas......
