Former prime minister Imran Khan has called for an internal military inquiry against former army chief retired General Qamar Javed Bajwa for his alleged “admission” about being involved in the PTI......
The National Assembly (NA) speaker’s office claimed on Friday that Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf’s was “proved correct” with regard to PTI lawmakers’ resignations after the Lahore High Court issued a......
Karachi police on Friday arrested a woman for allegedly killing her 11-year-old domestic helper and torturing the victim’s elder brothers as well.The death sparked protests in the boy’s native......
The Supreme Court of India has dismissed a petition filed by the Hindu Sena president requesting a ban on British Broadcasting Corporation‘s (BBC) coverage in the country and an investigation into......
Senators belonging to various political parties voiced their objection on Friday to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial’s remarks made a day ago highlighting that Parliament was being......
The Lahore High Court on Friday reserved its verdict on a PTI petition seeking the announcement of a date for elections in Punjab.On Thursday, the LHC asked the Election Commission of Pakistan and......
Pakistan’s economy can grow sustainably only if the country introduces “productivity-enhancing reforms that facilitate a better allocation of resources and talent”, a World Bank press release......
Supreme Court Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, while hearing PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s petition against the August 2022 amendments to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) ordinance on Friday, asked......
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Friday rejected the notion that the country was headed towards bankruptcy and asked the government to adopt measures to stem foreign currency......
Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) plunged during intraday trading on Friday as a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the completion of the ninth review of a......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is currently speaking at a ceremony at an airport in Lahore, from where relief goods are being sent to earthquake-hit Turkiye.Officials and medics said 17,674 people had......
Rescuers were scouring debris on Friday nearly 100 hours after a massive earthquake hit Turkiye and Syria, killing at least 21,000 people in one of the region’s worst disasters for a century.The......
BERLIN: A future European Super League could include as many as 80 teams, Bernd Reichart, the chief executive of A22 Sports Management, a company formed to sponsor and assist in the creation of a......
WELLINGTON: Brendon McCullum once thrilled crowds in New Zealand with his batting fireworks but the former Black Caps skipper may get a different reception as coach of England as he puts ‘Bazball’ to......
NAGPUR: Indian spinner Ravindra Jadeja said Thursday the Nagpur pitch was not a rank turner despite a five-wicket haul on his international return for the first Test against Australia.Jadeja returned......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Thursday showed grave displeasure over failure of the Pakistan Football Federation Normalisation Committee to begin the election process of the country’s football......
KARACHI: The Sindh government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday agreed to collaborate in the procurement of another fleet of electrical vehicles to include them in the Peoples Bus......
PESHAWAR: Two militants of banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan were killed by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police during an intelligence-based operation in Nowshera on Thursday......
PESHAWAR: Seventy-six people have filed nomination papers for the March 16 by-elections in eight National Assembly constituencies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.All eight former Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MNAs,......
SWAT/SHANGLA/DIR: Heavy snow fell in Swat, Shangla and Dir on Thursday blanketing those mountainous regions in white.Residents complained about chilly weather and power outages.The snowfall attracted......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court five-member larger bench on Thursday decided to hold a day-to-day hearing on petitions challenging the powers of the caretaker government to remove public servants,......
LAHORE: The provincial interim cabinet on Thursday approved rules and regulations for corporate farming under the CPEC project.Under the plan, 127,000 acres of land would be made available for......
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday that virtual talks would continue with Islamabad after the two sides failed to reach a staff-level agreement (SLA) on the Memorandum of Economic......
ISLAMABAD: A federal minister has suggested the prime minister to undo the recent amendments to the blasphemy law because it was done to “please a specific group” and approved without “fulfilling the......
ROME: The Italian city of Siena closed museums, schools and universities on Thursday after a series of small earthquakes shook the famous Tuscan tourist destination.A 3.5 magnitude tremor struck......
BANGKOK: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim expressed optimism on Thursday over the prospects of lasting peace for Thailand’s troubled deep south, pledging to do whatever it takes following talks......
SYDNEY: Australia’s defence department will strip its buildings of Chinese-made security cameras to ensure they are “completely secure”, the government said on Thursday.It follows similar moves in......
KARACHI: The Center for Entrepreneurial Development (CED), Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi and Sindh investment department (SID) signed an agreement for conducting a study on......
LAHORE: Cotton seed companies allege that unregistered players in the market are selling unprocessed and spurious seed in Sindh and coupled with other factors this is damaging crop yield in the......
JERUSALEM: Cracks have emerged within Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government, with a row over the demolition of a settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank testing the......
BEIJING: Beijing condemned on Thursday US President Joe Biden’s comments that Xi Jinping faced “enormous problems”, saying the remarks were “extremely irresponsible”.The latest rhetorical skirmish......
BRUSSELS: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky received a hero’s welcome to Brussels on Thursday as he lobbied star-struck EU leaders for help to repel a renewed Russian offensive.Two weeks ahead......
ISLAMABAD: The Customs Department has notified regulations that will govern cross-border trade under the Pakistan Single Window (PSW) system.The regulations were notified through a customs......
LAHORE: Amid claims of adequate availability and the government warning of stern action against hoarders, the shortage of petrol persists across Punjab disrupting the routine life of the public at......
KARACHI: While expressing their strong resentment toward the justification for pushing up prices to unprecedented levels of up to Rs303,500 per tonne, builders and developers have suspended the......
KARACHI: Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank fell by $170 million to $2.916 billion during the week ending on Feb 3, but the rupee gained despite this piece of bad news on......
JAYAPURA: At least four people were killed on Thursday when an earthquake struck the capital of Indonesia’s breakaway eastern region of Papua and crumpled a waterfront restaurant, officials said.The......
Pakistan has never experienced a staggered general election with polls to one or more provincial assemblies taking place months apart from polls to the National Assembly and other provincial......
• Health department to set up medical board • Bodies of three children to be exhumed later • Investigators collect industrial samplesKARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Thursday allowed an application......
LAHORE: The LHC spokesperson said on Thursday a letter written to the Multan stadium manager for the provision of VVIP passes of the Pakistan Super League’s opening ceremony for the judges and their......
READERS may remember there was much hue and cry over the amendments to the State Bank of Pakistan Act, 1956, that were legislated in January 2022. The present government, then in the opposition, had......
RAWALPINDI: Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on Thursday summoned the City Police Officer (CPO) as Saddar Baironi SHO failed to execute the non-bailable arrest warrants for a ‘missing......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) in its meeting on Friday (today) may allow increase in prices of 124 medicines including fever relief pills and syrup Paracetamol.It may also......
RAWALPINDI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) foiled an attempt of sabotage in the twin cities and arrested two ‘most wanted terrorists’ of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on......
ISLAMABAD: PTI lawmakers’ bid to return to the National Assembly was thwarted on Thursday when the deputy speaker abruptly prorogued the session.The lawmakers had arrived at the assembly a day after......
LAHORE: After the governors of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa expressed their reluctance to call elections within 90 days of the dissolution of the provincial assemblies, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf......
ISLAMABAD: Urging the business community, philanthropists, religious scholars, and educational institutions to raise funds for quake victims in Turkiye and Syria, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on......
RAWALPINDI: A team of experts from the UK has arrived in Karachi for an audit of the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), sources said on Thursday.The......
WASHINGTON: Helping Pakistan deal with an “unquestionably challenging” economic situation is a top priority for the US, said US State Department Counsellor Derek Chollet.In an interview with Dawn in......
• Concluding statement from mission ‘expected shortly’, to be followed by staff-level agreement, says finance secy • Claims delegation waiting for management clearance, has ‘promised’ to share MEFP......
LAHORE: The LHC spokesperson said on Thursday a letter written to the Multan stadium manager for the provision of VVIP passes of the Pakistan Super League’s opening ceremony for the judges and their......
READERS may remember there was much hue and cry over the amendments to the State Bank of Pakistan Act, 1956, that were legislated in January 2022. The present government, then in the opposition, had......
ISLAMABAD: The government has barred the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) from blocking any website without consulting the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication.The......
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman told the Lahore High Court on Thursday that he was not supposed to announce a date for the general election in the province as he had not dissolved the......
• Observes ‘parliament being kept incomplete’ by design • Says PTI’s way ‘blocked’ after party decided to return to NA • Terms elections ‘real answer’ to all such issuesISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of......
