Gunmen shot dead an Afghan former lawmaker and one of her bodyguards in the capital Kabul in a night-time attack at her home, police said on Sunday.Mursal Nabizada had been a member of parliament in......
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Sunday “rejected” the second phase of local government (LG) elections in Sindh, saying that Karachi was “deprived of 70 union councils”.Polling for......
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan said on Sunday that the summary for the dissolution of the provincial assembly would be sent to the governor on January 17 (Tuesday).The move comes......
Indian cricket great Mohammad Azharuddin on Sunday expressed support for Babar Azam, saying that the under-fire Pakistan captain has had a short sting at the helm of affairs and deserves some more......
US President Joe Biden’s counsel said on Saturday that five additional pages with classified markings were discovered at the president’s Wilmington, Delaware, home on Thursday, and were immediately......
Former Punjab chief minister and PML-Q leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi said on Sunday that his party “fulfilled its commitment” to former premier Imran Khan by dissolving the provincial assembly despite......
An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal on Sunday, Yeti Airlines and a local official said.“There are 68 passengers on board and four crew members… Rescue is underway, we don’t know......
HARARE: Opener Ross Adair struck a brisk 65 as Ireland levelled a three-match T20 International series against Zimbabwe with a six-wicket victory here on Saturday.Zimbabwe made 144 with captain......
KARACHI: Having brazenly added President Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) under his working title of Chairman PFF Normalisation Committee, Haroon Malik is holding a summit aimed at “contributing......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Saturday reserved its verdict till Jan 23 in the high-profile Naqeebullah Mehsud killing case.Former SSP Rao Anwar along with his around two-dozen subordinates has......
Gold remained synonymous with Pakistan hockey for many years while the game was regarded as a symbol of national pride in international sport. With the passage of time, however, signs of gradual......
MIAMI: Jamaican financial authorities have launched an investigation into a company holding investments for eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt after reports that he may have lost millions......
KARACHI: The week-long tennis event ended as Mikael Ali Baig swept the under-16, under-14 and doubles titles at the 11th Essa Lab National Seniors and Juniors Tennis Championships here at the Modern......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Saturday lashed out at the federal government for forming a committee to disburse development funds in tribal districts and insisted that......
LAHORE: Former deputy speaker of the National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri has approached the Lahore High Court against the notices issued to him by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on a complaint......
LAHORE / DERA GHAZI KHAN: Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Amir Zulfiqar Khan has ordered a clean-up operation against militants and other criminals involved in attacks on police check posts......
Last week, the official Twitter handle of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) shared a video of 2022’s Pakistan Day parade, in which the guest of honour was the then prime minister of the country, Imran......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will take up a petition on Monday seeking legislative assembly for the federal capital, on the pattern of a provincial assembly.The petition, filed by......
LONDON: England will ban a range of single-use plastic items such as cutlery, plates and bowls from October in an effort to limit soaring plastic pollution, Britain’s environment department said on......
WASHINGTON: The Biden administration has told Congress it is preparing the potential $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkiye, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, sparking an......
ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has directed the Petroleum Division to submit within three days the details of the non-payment of royalties by two oil companies.The complaint was lodged......
KARACHI: Trading on the stock exchange commenced on a positive note in the outgoing week as investors celebrated the reported progress towards the resolution of the circular debt, said Arif Habib......
ABU DHABI: The world will need natural gas for a long time and more investment is required to ensure supply security and affordable prices during the global energy transition, the energy ministers of......
PARIS: The hottest startup in Silicon Valley right now is OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed developer of ChatGPT, a much-hyped chatbot that can write a poem, college essay or even a line of software......
LAHORE: Part of the 820 wagons procurement contract, Pakistan Railways (PR) is set to receive the first consignment of completely built units (CBUs) of 70 high-capacity flat wagons from China on......
WASHINGTON: Republicans have launched an investigation into the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan that sparked a lightning takeover of the war-ravaged country by the Taliban and the death of 13......
KARACHI: In a move to encourage exporters of software and IT&IT-enabled services to bring more dollars into the country, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed 35 per cent retention of their......
BEIJING: China on Saturday reported almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths in just over a month, the first major toll released by authorities since Beijing loosened virus restrictions in early......
LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday pledged to provide Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, making it the first Western country to supply the heavy tanks Kyiv has been calling for.The......
QUETTA: Most parts of Balochistan, including the capital Quetta, are under the grip of intensely cold weather with the mercury dropping to -10°C to -15°C in some areas.The extreme weather brought......
QUETTA: The Pak-Iran Joint Border Trade Committee at a meeting agreed to remove hurdles, increase bilateral legal trade and implement the barter agreement for achieving the target of trade between......
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has started enforcing Sharia laws based on their own interpretation of the precepts of Islam. Pakistan is among those Muslim countries that have distanced themselves......
Whether countrywide elections are held within three months to coincide with the elections to the Punjab Assembly, after its dissolution, or separately on the completion of the term of the National......
The long-awaited second phase of local government elections in Sindh is underway in 16 districts today (Sunday), including Karachi and Hyderabad.The polling began at 8am and will continue till......
JENIN: Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, in what witnesses described as a running skirmish, touched off by an army raid near a flashpoint town.Witnesses......
WASHINGTON: Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has blamed Ashraf Ghani, who served as Afghan president, for failing the US-led peace process and landing his people into trouble.Speaking at the......
GILGIT: At least four homes were completely destroyed and 40 partially damaged in Diamer’s Tangir Valley as a result of two lake outbursts, officials said on Saturday.According to locals, an......
• Two ‘assailants’ killed hours after Sarband attack; militants used automatic weapons, thermal sightsPESHAWAR: A senior police officer along with two constables embraced martyrdom in a midnight......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Saturday reiterated that he wouldn’t hesitate for even a moment to dissolve the provincial assembly as and when he was instructed by his......
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI: Undeterred by the eleventh-hour request of the Sindh government to put off local bodies polls in Karachi and Hyderabad, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to......
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has started enforcing Sharia laws based on their own interpretation of the precepts of Islam. Pakistan is among those Muslim countries that have distanced themselves......
