Former national hockey player Shahida Raza was among the Pakistanis who lost their lives after a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants crashed against rocks on the southern Italian coast over the......
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Antony Blinken said on Wednesday he had no plans to meet his Russian or Chinese counterparts at a G20 foreign ministers’ meeting, as Ukraine and China tensions......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday appreciated the humanitarian services of Pakistan’s search and rescue teams sent to support and assist the earthquake affectees of Turkiye and......
President Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Wednesday that elections will be held on May 14, sticking to his previous plan for the vote with a date just over three months after a devastating earthquake......
Veteran diplomat Mohammad Sadiq resigned as Pakistan’s special representative to Afghanistan on Wednesday.“After serving close to three years as Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, I......
A passenger train and a cargo train collided head-on in Greece on Tuesday night, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens as the country’s deadliest rail crash in living memory threw entire......
Annual inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), soared to a record high of 31.55 per cent in February, compared to 27.6pc in the previous month, driven by massive......
Bismah Maroof has stepped down as the Pakistan women’s national team captain but will remain available for selection as a player, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Wednesday.Bismah was named......
FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday the agency has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, likely caused the Covid-19 pandemic.“The FBI has for quite some time now assessed......
The Pakistani rupee’s value declined sharply in the interbank market on Wednesday, with the local currency trading at Rs265 per dollar around 1pm, according to data shared by the Exchange Companies......
PTI leaders on Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court’s 3-2 verdict of elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to be held within 90 days, terming it a “victory of the Constitution”.In the written......
Oil prices extended gains for a second session on Wednesday after a strong jump in manufacturing in China, the world’s top crude importer, boosted the outlook for global fuel demand.Brent crude......
KARACHI: Not many bowlers leave Kane Williamson stunned, let alone on their debut. Even fewer produce a delivery that spins past the legendary New Zealand batter to hit the top of the off stump. In......
PARIS: Lionel Messi was named FIFA player of the year 2022 on Monday as Argentina scooped all major men’s awards after winning a vintage World Cup final last December.The 35-year-old forward scored......
ISLAMABAD: Highlighting pressures on food and non-food prices in coming months, the finance ministry on Tuesday further increased its inflation forecast to 30 per cent from its earlier projection of......
SWAT: The Gabin Jabba Snow Sports Festival came to an end with all its grandeur and sweet memories here on Tuesday.A large number of local and foreign tourists turned up and enjoyed the three-day......
WELLINGTON: New Zealand pulled off a remarkable one-run win over England on Tuesday as lionhearted paceman Neil Wagner’s heroics saw the hosts become just the fourth side in 146 years of Test......
ISLAMABAD: Karachi Kings skipper Imad Wasim is hoping his side can carry on in the Rawalpindi-Lahore leg of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) from where they left off in Karachi.The Kings whipped......
INDORE: Australia’s stand-in skipper Steve Smith said their batsmen will aim to slow things down at the crease when they take on India in the third Test in Indore starting on Wednesday after risky......
Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) fell on Wednesday, with analysts attributing the downtrend to a delay in signing the staff-level agreement (SLA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)......
LAHORE: The Punjab police on Tuesday revised security arrangements around Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence, slashed manpower around it by almost 70 per cent because, according to police, threat......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday temporarily reinstated local bodies across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by issuing a stay order against the Feb 3 notification of the Election Commission of......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday directed a lawyer to come up with arguments on the maintainability of his petition seeking contempt proceedings against PML-N chief organiser Maryam Nawaz for......
TAXILA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader and former Punjab minister Syed Yawar Bukhari has said the treatment of party leader Zulfi Bukhari in Shahpur jail was the worst example of basic human......
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday appointed Fauzia Viqar as Federal Ombudswoman for Protection Against Harassment at Workplace.Ms Viqar is former member of the National Commission on the......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly was informed on Tuesday that the rehabilitation of the Karachi Fish Harbour was under way with the cost of over Rs1.5 billion since 2019.Furnishing a statement in reply to......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday issued notices for March 21 on a petition moved by nine former Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MNAs from Karachi against the acceptance of their resignations by the......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday directed the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) to carry out an inspection of Seaview to find out whether or not untreated raw sewage was being......
TAIPEI: Around a dozen demonstrators stormed a stage where Taipei’s new mayor was speaking on Tuesday, calling him a murderer and demanding he apologises for the bloodshed during a 1947 massacre in......
ISLAMABAD: As former prime minister Imran Khan arrived at the judicial complex to secure bail in multiple cases, fragile security measures put in place by the police provided Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf......
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday registered a case against Farhat Shahzadi, known as Farah Khan, on money laundering charges.The FIA booked Shahzadi on the recommendation of......
ISLAMABAD: Google has agreed to ban non-licensed digital lending apps in Pakistan from Play Store, according to a senior Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) official.Addressing a......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) achieved the collection target of Rs527 billion set for February, a growth of nearly 19 per cent over the same month last year, showed provisional data......
KARACHI: For the fifth consecutive year in 2022, India led the world by imposing the most number of internet shutdowns, a new report has said.The research, conducted by internet rights group Access......
WASHINGTON: The White House on Monday gave federal agencies 30 days to purge Chinese-owned video-snippet sharing app TikTok from all government-issued devices, setting a deadline to comply with a ban......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday reduced the prices of all petroleum products, except the most inflationary high-speed diesel (HSD), by Rs5 to 15 per litre for the next fortnight ending March......
VIENNA: The UN nuclear watchdog confirmed on Tuesday it had detected particles of uranium enriched to 83.7 per cent in Iran, just under the 90pc needed to produce an atomic bomb.Asked about the......
KARACHI: The US does not care about Dr Aafia Siddiqui and if the Pakistani government wanted to bring her back, she would be here in the country, a prominent human rights lawyer said on Tuesday.Clive......
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday registered a case against Farhat Shahzadi, known as Farah Khan, on money laundering charges.The FIA booked Shahzadi on the recommendation of......
LONDON: A ‘doomsday’ Arctic seed vault on Norway’s Spitsbergen island is set to receive its most diverse batch of seed donations yet as efforts to secure the world’s food supplies ramp up amid rising......
THE boat crash that killed around 60 people, and counting, off the Italian coast of Calabria had Pakistanis on board. As the rescue mission was underway on Sunday, bits of wood from the crashed boat......
ASTANA: Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday promised US support for jittery Central Asian nations to reduce their reliance on Russia as he warned that any wavering on Ukraine could embolden......
IT has become de rigueur these days for many commentators to speak alarmingly about the pitfalls of political dynasties. The ‘dynasties’ they particularly disapprove of are the Sharif and the Bhutto......
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered collection of toll tax from everyone, including politicians, judges and generals. Exemption will be given to on-duty personnel of the armed......
ISLAMABAD: Raising hopes for a semblance of economic stability, the prime minister has claimed the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was willing to help Pakistan, and that a deal with the IMF will be......
KARACHI: For the fifth consecutive year in 2022, India led the world by imposing the most number of internet shutdowns, a new report has said.The research, conducted by internet rights group Access......
ISLAMABAD / CROTONE: As Italian authorities arrested three people they believe trafficked up to 200 migrants aboard a wooden boat — that was wrecked off the coast of southern Italy, killing at least......
WASHINGTON: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) aims to push the government of Pakistan out of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and establish Sharia by waging a terrorist campaign against the military......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan arrived in Islamabad accompanied by a large number of supporters and managed to secure bail in three cases, but his decision to skip......
The Supreme Court will announce on Wednesday (today) a verdict in the suo motu proceedings regarding the delay in the announcement of a date for elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, both of......
ISLAMABAD: Two senior judges of the Supreme Court — Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Yahya Afridi — on Tuesday took exception to the sudden change in the composition of their bench, as well as the......
• Authorities say lender ‘changed its mind’ on at least four prior actions • Officials hint at ‘1998-like situation’, say foreign capitals working for Pakistan’s ‘meltdown’ • Despite its pro-poor......
THE boat crash that killed around 60 people, and counting, off the Italian coast of Calabria had Pakistanis on board. As the rescue mission was underway on Sunday, bits of wood from the crashed boat......
IT has become de rigueur these days for many commentators to speak alarmingly about the pitfalls of political dynasties. The ‘dynasties’ they particularly disapprove of are the Sharif and the Bhutto......
