The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 40 on Monday with dozens more missing, making it the deadliest civilian incident of Moscow’s three-month campaign......
The Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi Bench on Monday suspended the arrest warrants issued against PTI Chairman Imran Khan and party leader Fawad Chaudhry by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in......
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Monday said that the government will “welcome back” PTI MNAs to the National Assembly if they were to return but maintained that any discussion over a caretaker......
In a book I put together two decades ago, the late Meekal Ahmed, one of Pakistan’s most distinguished economists, contributed a chapter titled ‘An economic crisis state’. He had this to say then:......
PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat sent a show-cause notice to fellow party leader Parvez Elahi on Monday and suspended his membership over his comments regarding the party’s possible merger with the......
Former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and senior lawyer Latif Afridi was killed in firing in the Peshawar High Court bar room on Monday, according to the police.“He was sitting with......
Japan and India began their first joint fighter jet exercise on Monday near Tokyo as the countries upgrade defence and security ties with an eye on China’s growing military might.The 11-day joint......
Passengers laden with luggage flocked to rail stations and airports in China’s megacities on Monday, heading to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year holidays that health experts fear could......
Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) opened in the red on Monday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index falling below the 40,000 points mark. Analysts attributed the slump to political and economic......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday responded to the criticism from contesting parties over the delay in results of the second phase of local government elections in Sindh, saying......
Rescuers resumed searching on Monday in Nepal for four people still missing after the Himalayan nation’s deadliest plane crash in 30 years, officials said.Rescuers had recovered 68 bodies out of the......
MELBOURNE: Rafa Nadal will kick off his Australian Open title defence on Monday with a first round test against rising Briton Jack Draper as a new era begins on the blue hardcourts of Melbourne......
LONDON: Chelsea eased the pressure on manager Graham Potter with a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace as Newcastle struck late to beat Fulham 1-0 and move up to third in the Premier League on Sunday.Kai......
Barely two in five people believe their families will be better off in the future, according to a regular global survey that also identified growing levels of distrust in institutions among......
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Virat Kohli smashed an unbeaten 166 to help India beat Sri Lanka by 317 runs and record the highest ever victory margin in a One-day International as they swept the series 3-0 on......
POTCHEFSTROOM: Pakistan got off the mark at the inaugural ICC Women’s U-19 World Cup with an eight-wicket win over Rwanda on Sunday.Struggling at 42-2 at the halfway stage during their chase of......
KARACHI: Some saw boycott by the factions of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) a reason for low turnout in Sunday’s local government elections in Karachi while some believed that disconnect of the......
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday claimed that Pakistan’s friendly nations were opposed to the return of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khanto power......
KARACHI: The city by the sea experienced its coldest day of the season on Sunday as the minimum temperature recorded in the metropolis was 6°C.The Met department said the area of Jinnah Terminal was......
LAHORE: PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat, along with his sons Shafae Hussain and Salik Hussain called on PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari late on Sunday evening.The Q leaders felicitated the......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has initiated disciplinary proceedings under the Punjab Employees Efficiency and Discipline and Accountability (PEEDA) Act 2006 against former medical superintendent......
KARACHI: Claiming the low turnout a “success” of its narrative, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Sunday called the local government (LB) elections in Karachi and Hyderabad a “failure”......
After securing a $4 billion lifeline from friendly Arab countries, the government will be prioritising the revival of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme to ensure that other multilateral......
Oil prices dipped in early Asian trade on Monday, but held close to the highest levels since the start of the year on optimism that China’s reopening will lift fuel demand at the world’s top crude......
KARACHI: While the voter turnout remained low in almost every locality of the metropolis — as some say it was because of the boycott of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement factions while some saying it was......
OUAGADOUGOU: Suspected militants abducted roughly 60 women in insurgency-wracked northern Burkina Faso, local officials and residents said on Sunday.Roughly 40 were seized 10 kilometres southeast of......
For the last few decades, Pakistan’s agriculture sector has become the happiest hunting ground for crises. Going from one crisis to the next, the entire sector is operating in a firefighting mode and......
LONDON: A man, in his 60s, has been arrested in connection with an investigation linked to the discovery of traces of uranium found in a cargo package at London’s Heathrow Airport, the UK......
LUTZERATH: Around 70 police officers were injured in environmental protests on Sunday at a German village being razed to make way for a coal mine expansion.In an operation that began on Wednesday,......
BERLIN: Ukraine can expect more deliveries of heavy weapons from Western countries soon, Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with a German daily on Sunday.Kyiv has long......
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said last week that the United States will likely hit the $31.4 trillion statutory debt limit on Jan 19, forcing the Treasury to launch extraordinary cash......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) Sindh chapter on Sunday took notice of print and electronic advertisements run by the provincial government on the day of local government......
QUETTA: The Canada-based Barrick Gold Corporation has formally launched work on the Reko Diq project in Balochistan, the company’s head announced on Sunday.In a ceremony held at the Chief Minister’s......
It is the dawn of 2023. Ahead of us are several national problems that continue to be overlooked. The solutions are obvious, but the intent to act is missing. Critical areas face stagnation, with......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government is considering taking back precious motels of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) from provinces as they were given to provincial governments without......
In a book I put together two decades ago, the late Meekal Ahmed, one of Pakistan’s most distinguished economists, contributed a chapter titled ‘An economic crisis state’. He had this to say then:......
AFTER the arrest of Haq Do Tehreek (HDT) leader Maulana Hidayatur Rehman, the mood in Gwadar has been sombre over the weekend.The Maulana had been in hiding following the registration of a case......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif kicked off a three-day nationwide polio eradication campaign by administering polio drops to children at a ceremony held here on Sunday.Pakistan and......
SALINAS: US President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster in California, as the latest in a succession of storm systems blew into the state, bringing heavy flooding to already waterlogged regions......
BENI: A bomb killed at least 10 people and wounded 39 others after ripping through a church in eastern DR Congo on Sunday in an attack, which was later claimed by militant Islamic State (IS)......
WASHINGTON: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has defended the open-ended presence of US and other foreign troops in his country, in his first US interview since taking office in October,......
LAHORE: After experiencing the bitter taste of defeat at the hands of the PTI multiple times, the PML-N leadership is now searching for a ‘narrative’ to counter Imran Khan, especially in light of......
• Significantly low to achieve required GDP growth of 7-8pc • High-productivity growth sectors mostly based on services or technologyISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s average productivity growth remained just......
• Consensus on serving bureaucrat Sukhera, ex-minister Naseer Khan, ex-bureaucrat Khosa • Elahi says Moonis favours PML-Q merger into PTI, believes differences in PDM will result in Shehbaz losing......
• All three key parties make claim for Karachi mayor office • PPP in pole position to bring mayor in Hyderabad • Reports of sporadic violence, mismanagement receivedKARACHI / HYDERABAD: After a long......
It is the dawn of 2023. Ahead of us are several national problems that continue to be overlooked. The solutions are obvious, but the intent to act is missing. Critical areas face stagnation, with......
For the last few decades, Pakistan’s agriculture sector has become the happiest hunting ground for crises. Going from one crisis to the next, the entire sector is operating in a firefighting mode and......
As on quite a few other important issues, the opinion at the national level on how to reduce trade and current account deficits is sharply divided.Some argue that import substitution should precede......
Pakistan’s real estate sector is into transacting plot files that are neither registered with the pertinent government institutions nor bear any cogency in the eyes of the law. Plot files, therefore,......
It was barely a year ago when the ruling party and the State Bank (SBP) were exuberant about economic growth. Some were denying inflation by comparing fuel prices with California, while others were......
