The Sindh health department conducted a community response visit in Karachi’s Keamari on Thursday after receiving reports about “18 mysterious deaths”.The statement released by the health......
President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday said the government should “desist and restrain itself” from arresting any popular leader, saying that it could “catapult the country into further chaos”.He made......
The differences between the Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) factions widened on Thursday as Tariq Bashir Cheema and Chaudhry Salik Hussain denounced the decision to remove Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain......
More than 160 people have died from the cold in Afghanistan this month in the worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday, as residents described being unable to afford fuel to......
As the Pakistani rupee plunged to a record low against the dollar, domestic gold prices hit another all-time high of Rs195,500 per tola after gaining Rs4,900 on Thursday.According to the All Sindh......
A 15-member cabinet was sworn in as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker cabinet on Thursday, hours after KP Governor Haji Ghulam Ali issued a notification formally appointing them for the roles.The......
Meta Platforms Inc’s social media apps appeared to be back up after facing a brief disruption in the United States on Wednesday, data on outage tracking website Downdetector.com showed.At the peak of......
PML-N leader Miftah Ismail said on Thursday that Pakistan suffered “a big loss” due to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s approach of “giving a cold shoulder” to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).“All......
An Israeli raid on the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp on Thursday killed nine Palestinians including an elderly woman, Palestinian officials said, also accusing the forces of using tear gas......
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar said on Thursday that ever since the incumbent government came to power, there has been no backchannel diplomacy going on between Pakistan and......
An American elementary school teacher shot by her six-year-old student plans to file a lawsuit against school authorities saying they ignored multiple warnings over the threat, her lawyer said on......
Pakistan cricket captain Babar Azam on Thursday was picked as Men’s ODI Player of the Year for the second time in a row by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for his “match-winning knocks [and]......
Former prime minister Imran Khan believes that Pakistan cannot shun the idea of reaching out to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for an economic bailout any sooner and says his party, if returns......
The number of daily Covid-19 deaths in China has fallen by nearly 80 per cent since the start of the month, authorities have said, in a sign that the country’s unprecedented infection surge may have......
The rupee depreciated in both the interbank and open markets on Thursday, a day after the Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan (Ecap) removed an unofficial cap on the USD-PKR exchange rate in......
Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued to rally on Thursday, with the benchmark index crossing the key 40,000 points mark.The KSE-100 index jumped 616.83 points, or 1.55 per cent, to......
LAHORE: All the six franchises of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) for its eighth edition on Wednesday added players to their squads in the third and fourth supplementary pick rounds before naming......
BHUBANESWAR: Germany edged out England in penalty shootout in a dramatic quarter-final after trailing 0-2 two minutes before regulation time to book a berth in the FIH World Cup semi-finals while the......
LONDON: The door is open for Test captain Ben Stokes to end his retirement from One-day Internationals and join England’s title defence at the 50-overs World Cup in India later this year, white-ball......
KARACHI: After raising the temperature over local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad on the issue of “unjust delimitation” amid election boycott and threats of street protests against......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court has observed that the courts can only act upon evidence and material presented before the judges and the judiciary cannot be blamed if the “executive/ police fail in......
SWAT: The members of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) staged rallies in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday against the acquittal of Rao Anwar, the former SSP of Malir district, in......
PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Azam Khan on Wednesday said he would speak to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s administration about a delay in payments to the......
WELLINGTON: Hundreds gathered to pay an emotional farewell to Jacinda Ardern as she left New Zealand’s parliament to resign as prime minister on Wednesday, before Chris Hipkins was swiftly sworn in......
Eni said on Wednesday that the delivery of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to Pakistan LNG Limited that was scheduled for February has been disrupted due to an event of force majeure.The Italian......
LAHORE: Police have registered a case under terrorism charges against former MNA Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain, the younger brother of PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, and his son Musa Elahi for......
LAHORE: As expected, the caretaker Punjab government on Wednesday went for an administrative reshuffle as it transferred and posted 15 secretaries and deputy commissioners of the three districts in......
MOSCOW: A Moscow court on Wednesday ordered the closure of Russia’s oldest human rights organisation, the Moscow Helsinki Group, silencing another respected institution amid a political crackdown.The......
WASHINGTON: Three members of a Pakistani-American family were sentenced this week to prison terms ranging from five to 12 years, for their roles in keeping a woman from Pakistan in forced labour at......
ISLAMABAD: In a protest against the nomination of the Pakistan Bar Council’s office-bearers – vice chairman and executive committee chairman – from Punjab, six members of the committee staged a......
RAWALPINDI: The local police have reportedly been preparing to round up Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) workers and activists who were part of a long march on Nov 10, 2022.Mandra police on Wednesday......
ISLAMABAD: Commerce Minister Naveed Qamar has said that the promotion of information technology and data sciences are key to future challenges and soon the National Assembly will pass the Data......
LAHORE: The management of Scarsdale International School has constituted a committee to conduct an inquiry into the incident of scuffle between five girl students and said a strict action will be......
KARACHI: Pak Suzuki Motor Company Ltd (PSMCL) has increased motorcycle prices by Rs20,000-25,000 effective from Feb 1.The new rate for GD110 S, GS150, GSX125 and GR150 is Rs264,000, Rs286,000,......
KARACHI: The government increased the cut-off yields to raise Rs852 billion through auctions of treasury bills on Wednesday against the target of Rs650bn.The State Bank reported that the three-month......
MUMBAI: Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani saw his net worth drop $6 billion on Wednesday after a US investment firm accused him of “brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud”.Adani, 60, is the......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Association for Clinical Psychologists (PACP) has issued a warning over an anticipated surge in mental health issues after the ongoing political upheaval in the......
KARACHI: Coal mined from Thar fields is going to be used by Power Cement Ltd as part of a trial run, Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company Ltd (SECMC) said on Wednesday.Speaking to Dawn, SECMC CEO Amir......
ISLAMABAD: Amid fiscal challenges, the government has increased development funds for parliamentarians by almost 30 per cent from budgetary allocations to Rs90 billion and is set to distribute about......
On Jan 23, at 7.34 am, the entire national grid system collapsed and the whole of Pakistan slipped into premature darkness. All Indian Prime Minister Modi needed to invade Pakistan was a torch.Last......
DADU: Power supply was affected in several towns after a high-voltage electricity transmission tower collapsed in Khanoth town of Jamshoro district, the police said on Wednesday, but there were......
The irony of ironies. An institution which across the globe has been acknowledged as anti-people, elitist and responsible for increasing poverty, misery and destitution across dozens of countries, is......
NEW DELHI: Mulayam Singh Yadav is a name associated with the late former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was a staunch opponent of the Hindu right.Now the Bengaluru police have arrested a young......
NEW DELHI: Indian students said on Wednesday they would show again a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the government has dismissed as propaganda after a campus screening the......
NEW DELHI: As the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) chair, India has invited Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial to attend......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has delayed the launch of the country’s first-ever digital census by a month, citing “unavoidable circumstances” and “ground realities”.The seventh......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday sought the US support in reviving the IMF programme to facilitate soft landing of its economy marred by exogenous challenges like floods and adverse global economic......
• Second such incident in Europe within days • Turkiye summons Dutch envoy • Qatar warns against repeating desecration of Holy QuranISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday strongly condemned the despicable......
WASHINGTON: The United States and Germany on Wednesday announced deliveries of a total of 45 top-of-the-line tanks to Ukraine, sweeping aside their longstanding misgivings and signaling a new surge......
THE World Economic Forum has released its Climate Risk Report 2023. It does not have any good news for world leaders who manage global economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal and......
The irony of ironies. An institution which across the globe has been acknowledged as anti-people, elitist and responsible for increasing poverty, misery and destitution across dozens of countries, is......
On Jan 23, at 7.34 am, the entire national grid system collapsed and the whole of Pakistan slipped into premature darkness. All Indian Prime Minister Modi needed to invade Pakistan was a torch.Last......
LAHORE: As scores of supporters gathered outside his residence to resist a potential bid to arrest the PTI chairman on Wednesday, Imran Khan — in a televised address — claimed he was shocked to see......
• Party spokesperson whisked away from his Lahore home in the early hours of Wednesday • Produced in Islamabad court after being booked in ‘sedition’ case for criticising ECP • LHC dismisses habeas......
WASHINGTON: The United States has reiterated that Pakistan can purchase oil from Russia at a discounted price even though it has not signed a Washington-backed price-cap on Russian petroleum......
KARACHI: The rupee dipped by 1.2 per cent to 243 against the dollar on Wednesday after foreign exchange companies lifted a price cap, which they said caused “artificial” distortions and created a......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday sought the US support in reviving the IMF programme to facilitate soft landing of its economy marred by exogenous challenges like floods and adverse global economic......
