President Vladimir Putin leveraged a World War II commemoration on Thursday to whip up support for his army’s intervention in Ukraine, comparing the fighting to Nazi Germany’s invasion and hinting......
Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank decreased by 16.1 per cent to $3.09 billion in the week ending Jan 27, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday, which analysts......
Barrister Shehzad Ata Elahi, a young lawyer from Lahore, was appointed the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) on Thursday.A notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice, a copy of which is......
The Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday that Pakistan expected “sincere cooperation” from the interim Afghan government to address the “challenge of terrorism”.The remarks come a day after Acting......
Hong Kong is ready to welcome the world back, its leader said on Thursday, pledging more than half a million free flights and positive publicity to resurrect the once-vibrant global hub after three......
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Thursday that he would ask the central bank governor to coordinate with a group of philanthropists in an effort to raise dollars from overseas Pakistanis to reduce......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) dismissed on Thursday PTI’s petition challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) verdict in the party’s prohibited funding case.The short verdict, which was......
PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan has called on President Dr Arif Alvi to take notice of the “brazen interference by intelligence agencies and some sections of the establishment” in......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday decided to constitute a larger bench to hear a petition seeking PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s disqualification for not mentioning “his daughter Tyrian Jade......
The number of apps downloaded by Pakistanis in 2022 rose by 35.4 per cent compared to the preceding year, making the country the fastest-growing apps market in the world, according to a report by......
ISLAMABAD: Former PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar on Wednesday called upon mainstream political parties representative participating in a dialogue to convince their party heads to play their role in......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has extended the business hours for the restaurants and eateries, allowing them to operate till 11pm whole week.However, the home delivery services of the eateries will......
KARACHI: The theme was pink and the slogan ‘women empowerment’ as the Sindh Mass Transit Authority succeeded in making all the women in the city smile by inaugurating a safe, convenient, affordable......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Wednesday acquitted outlawed Peoples Amn Committee chief Uzair Baloch in a decade-old case pertaining to a grenade attack in Lyari due to lack of evidence.Uzair......
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Chief Moazzam Jah Ansari said on Thursday that the police was “closing in” on the terror network behind the suicide attack on a mosque in the Peshawar Police Lines area,......
SYDNEY: Pakistan-born Australian batter Usman Khawaja was on Wednesday belatedly issued his Indian visa and will join his team-mates who are already departing for next week’s four-Test tour, an......
KIMBERLEY: Dawid Malan and captain Jos Buttler both hit centuries as England overcame a poor start in the third and final One-day International against South Africa here at the Diamond Oval on......
AHMEDABAD: Opener Shubman Gill smashed an unbeaten 126 to help India clinch the T20 International series against New Zealand with a crushing 168-run victory in the decider on Wednesday.Gill recorded......
KARACHI: Former captain Misbah-ul-Haq has criticised the likely reappointment of Mickey Arthur as director of the national team by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).Arthur, who acted as Pakistan head......
LAHORE: Days after being made chairman of the junior team selection committee, former Pakistan Test wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal got another role when he was named as one of three members of the......
WASHINGTON: A search by US law enforcement of President Joe Biden’s Delaware beach house turned up no classified documents, the president’s lawyer said on Wednesday.“No documents with classified......
A 4.3 magnitude earthquake jolted Balochistan’s Lasbela on Thursday morning.According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, the depth of the earthquake was measured at 41km with the epicentre......
PESHAWAR: Parents of the martyred students of the Army Public School on Wednesday demanded of the government to implement the National Action Plan (NAP) in letter and spirit.They said that the NAP......
BENGALURU: Indian billionaire Gautam Adani on Wednesday lost his position as the richest person of Asia, as shares of his listed companies slide further as a rout in his companies deepened to $86......
SYDNEY: A tiny but dangerously radioactive capsule that fell off a truck on a remote Australian outback highway has been found, relieved authorities said on Wednesday.The silver-coloured cylinder —......
LONDON: Half a million workers went on strike in Britain on Wednesday, calling for higher wages in the largest such walkout in over a decade, closing schools and severely disrupting transport.As......
GENEVA: Eight humanoid robots will be the star attractions when the United Nations hosts its first summit since the start of the pandemic on the benefits of artificial intelligence, it said......
India’s Adani group shares plunged on Thursday after the Gautam Adani-led conglomerate shelved a $2.5 billion share sale amid a turbulent market, bringing its cumulative market capitalisation losses......
KARACHI: The dollar price slightly appreciated in the inter-bank market on Wednesday, indicating that the exchange rate can find a sustainable level around Rs270, said currency dealers.The State Bank......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has received 340 recommendations from UN member states on its fourth periodic report on the human rights situation in the country, and the government will examine these......
ISLAMABAD: In the absence of IMF umbrella, Pakistan’s external financing pipeline appeared drying up as it received 40 per cent lower inflows – only $5.596 billion in the first half of the current......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has not crossed the tipping point and it’s still possible to rebuild the national economy with competence and courage, the country’s former finance minister and a senior......
• 1,243 people put to death in the kingdom between 2010 and 2021, says Reprieve • Pakistanis make up highest number among those executedKARACHI: While the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has rebranded itself......
ISLAMABAD: While PTI leader Asad Umar on Wednesday appeared for the first time before a bench of the ECP hearing the contempt case against Imran Khan, Fawad Chaudhry and himself, the ex-PM and the......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Wednesday witnessed some fiery speeches as lawmakers stressed national unity to eliminate terrorism, but while sticking to their party positions offered divergent......
• Shehbaz terms PTI claims about lack of money to fight terror ‘distortion of facts’ • Cabinet passes resolution to reform province’s policeISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque on Wednesday said that digital census is set to be completed by the end of March and general elections......
PESHAWAR: Police in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa held protest march to condemn the Monday bombing of a mosque inside a compound that left more than 100 dead and scores wounded.In an......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police have registered a sedition case against a former member of National Assembly (MNA) from the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI).The case was registered with the women police......
THE suicide bombing at the sprawling Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines in Peshawar was among the deadliest to hit this city.Headquarters to capital city police and half a dozen other units including......
ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan reeled from the terror wave, January 2023 remained one of the deadliest months since July 2018, as 134 people lost their lives — a 139 per cent spike — and 254 received......
ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court judge has regretted the policy of appeasement towards banned terrorist outfits and wondered for how long the state would be scared of these non-state actors.“Sometimes......
IN the past year, there has been a record spike in attacks by the TTP and Baloch separatists on Pakistan’s law-enforcement agencies. Over this period, more than 100 policemen were martyred in the......
LAHORE / LONDON / KARACHI: After weeks of ‘will he, won’t he’ speculation, former prime minister and senior PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi came clean on his ‘reservations’ with continuing as the......
THE word ‘default’ (or its less pejorative technical equivalent, ‘restructuring’) sends shivers down the spines of our policymakers and citizens alike. It shouldn’t. Sovereign default, in an economic......
LAHORE: A day after parliament distanced itself from the decision to initiate talks with militants and resettlement plans, former prime minister Imran Khan defended his plan to relocate thousands of......
Journalist and anchorperson Imran Riaz was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Lahore in the early hours of Thursday morning, according to his counsel Mian Ali Ashfaq.Ashfaq told......
ISLAMABAD: The governors of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have declined to give dates for general elections to the provincial assemblies, advising the electoral watchdog to consult relevant......
Awami Muslim League (AML) leader and PTI ally, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, was arrested by Islamabad police in the early hours of Thursday.Confirming the incident, his nephew Sheikh Raashid Shafique told......
ISLAMABAD: The annual consumer inflation hit 27.6 per cent last month, the highest in 48 years, as prices of food and transport continued to remain elevated amid economic turmoil, official data......
LAHORE: The Punjab police on Wednesday morning launched a grand counterterrorism operation in the highly complex and inaccessible hilly areas of Mianwali district, hours after some heavily......
THE word ‘default’ (or its less pejorative technical equivalent, ‘restructuring’) sends shivers down the spines of our policymakers and citizens alike. It shouldn’t. Sovereign default, in an economic......
AWAMI Muslim League (AML) leader and PTI ally, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, was arrested by Islamabad police in the early hours of Thursday, according to various media reports.Confirming the incident, his......
THE suicide bombing at the sprawling Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines in Peshawar was among the deadliest to hit this city.Headquarters to capital city police and half a dozen other units including......
