Peshawar Zalmi skipper Babar Azam’s 64 off 39 and Salman Irshad’s 2-18 inspired the team to a narrow 12-run win to knock out Islamabad United in their Pakistan Super League (PSL) 8 eliminator at......
Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank rose by $18 million in the week ending on March 10, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.A handout issued by the SBP said......
India on Thursday approved purchases of missiles, helicopters, artillery guns and electronic warfare systems worth $8.5 billion as it sought to add more teeth to its military.The Defence Acquisition......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced that the final of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2023 at the Gaddafi Stadium Lahore will be played on Saturday (March 18) instead of Sunday......
Punjab Inspector General of Police Usman Anwar on Thursday again denied that Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Police and Punjab Police clashed outside Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence in Lahore as claimed by......
Embattled PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday struck a reconciliatory tone, saying he was ready to “talk to anyone” and “render any sacrifice” for the sake of the country’s “uplift, interest and......
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday asserted there would be “no compromise” on the country’s nuclear and missile programmes as he responded to questions raised by PPP Senator Raza Rabbani.Speaking......
PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday told the Lahore High Court (LHC) that the party had “100 per cent confirmed information” of an assassination attempt on PTI chief Imran Khan at the F-8 Katcheri......
Maqsad, an edtech platform for academic content, has raised a seed round of $2.8 million at an undisclosed valuation, co-founder Rooshan Aziz told Dawn in an interview on Wednesday.The latest funding......
Shipping containers were placed outside the main entrance of party chairman Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence in Lahore — ostensibly by PTI supporters — on Thursday as police teams began arriving at......
QUETTA: The Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis, Sajid Hussain Tori, has said that the government is working on a plan to send people working in different technical fields in Balochistan......
QUETTA: The Pakistan Customs, Quetta directorate, has seized a huge quantity of drugs, copper, lead scrap and smuggled diesel worth Rs320 million during raids in Balochistan.A spokesman for the......
The legendary Dutch player and former Barcelona manager Johan Cruyff used to say his team must make sure that the worst players in the opposition team get the ball the most. Cruyff, who had a bigger......
An Indonesian court jailed a police officer for 18 months on Thursday over negligence contributing to one of the worst stadium disasters in the history of football.Last year’s crush in the city of......
In a madrassa in the Afghan capital, rows of teenage girls rock back and forth reciting verses of the Quran under the watchful eye of a religious scholar. The number of......
HARA: The heads of Spain and Portugal welcomed Wednesday Morocco’s move to join their bid to host the 2030 World Cup, saying it boosted their chances of hosting the event.Morocco’s King Mohammed VI......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday extended its stay order against by-elections in 24 National Assembly constituencies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and gave more time to the assembly’s speaker......
EAST LONDON: South Africa will look to maintain their ODI momentum ahead of the World Cup, but they are set to contend with key injuries as they take on West Indies in a three-match 50-over series......
KARACHI: The city may receive light rain on Thursday (today), said the Met office in its advisory on Wednesday.It said that light rain/thunderstorm was expected in Karachi and other parts of the......
• PTI lawmaker terms action ‘state terrorism’ • Sharjeel accuses ex-PM of flouting law, Constitution • Call to fix Rs35,000 as minimum wage as pre-budget debate continuesKARACHI: The Sindh Assembly......
Additional District and Sessions (ADSJ) Judge Zafar Iqbal said on Thursday that he would stop the Islamabad police from arresting PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case if the ex-premier......
KARACHI: The provincial assembly was on Wednesday informed that the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) was under the administrative control of the Sindh government and its handing over to the......
ISLAMABAD: Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Chairman Dr Qibla Ayaz on Wednesday said that after a detailed review of the Transgender Persons (Rights of Protection) Rules, the council had reached......
RIYADH: Al Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo (R) reacts during the King Cup quarter-final against Abha at Mrsool Park Stadium.—AFP RIYADH: Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr beat Abha 3-1 in......
WELLINGTON: Veteran seamer Neil Wagner is adamant he will be back in Test whites for New Zealand once he shrugs off a serious hamstring strain sustained against Sri Lanka.The South Africa-born......
RAWALPINDI: The Inspector General of Prison Punjab has put security of jails throughout Punjab on high alert and instructed all senior jail officials to never leave the jails and to be there at all......
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: In the wake of protests against the possible arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, the capital police booked the former prime minister and his close......
LAHORE: The pitch at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Wednesday was tailor-made for the Lahore Qalandars — considered the best bowling unit of the HBL Pakistan Super League. There was movement, bounce and......
ISLAMABAD: Former and sitting senators on Wednesday took stock of the country’s political and economic situation 50 years after the present Constitution was adopted.Speaking at the inaugural sitting......
HOUSTON: Nasa and the private aerospace company Axiom Space unveiled a prototype on Wednesday of the next-generation spacesuit that astronauts will wear on the next mission to the Moon.The suit......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Wednesday condemned the use of excessive force against former prime minister Imran Khan in Lahore as well as alleged refusal of the government......
LAHORE / KARACHI: An audio clip featuring a conversation between PTI leader Yasmin Rashid and President Arif Alvi was leaked on Wednesday, wherein the former could be heard requesting the president......
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan urged the global community on Wednesday to unite against all hate-based beliefs as the world observed the first International Day to Combat Islamophobia.Meanwhile, UN......
THOUSANDS of demonstrators around the world took to the streets on Wednesday to demand better living conditions at a time inflation is making it even tougher for people to make two ends meet.The UK’s......
IN ‘Whitney vs California’, 1927, justice Brandeis of the US supreme court said “… in … government, deliberative forces should prevail over the arbitrary; … freedom to think as you will and to speak......
EVERY journey begins with a single step. The first that Mao Zedong took in his famous Long March began on Oct 16, 1934. It has not yet reached its destination. China’s progress towards its destiny is......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia could start making investments in Iran “very quickly” after they agreed to restore diplomatic ties, the Saudi finance minister said on Wednesday, despite sweeping US sanctions......
NEW DELHI: Russia’s war in Ukraine has brought the world to a standstill when urgent action is needed to address growing global poverty, India’s G20 summit negotiator Amitabh Kant said on......
SUTATAUSA (Colombia): Rescuers and miners raced against the clock on Wednesday to save 10 workers trapped in a coal mine in central Colombia after an explosion killed at least 11.With oxygen fast......
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hosted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for talks as the Kremlin seeks to mend ties between Damascus and Turkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan.The meeting......
ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division has moved its three-day retreat from historic Takht-e-Babri in Punjab to picturesque Whispering Pines in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to discuss oil and gas sector issues and......
KASUR: PML-N chief organiser and Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz has said the country was yet to get rid of the characters hatching conspiracies against the democracy, and the followers of ‘Baba......
LONDON: This week, as Zaman Park turned into a battleground between diehard PTI supporters and law enforcement agencies officials, party chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan sat at the......
ISLAMABAD: Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Chairman Dr Qibla Ayaz on Wednesday said that after a detailed review of the Transgender Persons (Rights of Protection) Rules, the council had reached......
LAHORE: Even after a week or so, the Lahore police investigating the high-profile case of slain PTI worker Ali Bilal could not find the much-needed CCTV footage as evidence to declare confidently......
ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Isa, the senior puisine judge of the Supreme Court, on Wednesday questioned the constitution of a special bench despite availability of regular benches, saying that such......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday increased the prices of all petroleum products, except the insignificant light diesel oil (LDO), by up to Rs13 per litre for the next fortnight.With the latest......
• PTI chief claims he wanted to turn himself in, but fellow leaders cautioned against it • LHC suspends police action until 10am today, will take up Imran’s plea for protective bailLAHORE: After the......
ISLAMABAD: Extending an olive branch to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan again, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday emphasised that all political forces will have to sit for......
LEADING economists of Pakistan say that ‘population explosion’ is one of the biggest — if not the biggest — economic challenges facing the country. Pakistan has the fastest-growing population in......
THE climate change-induced rains of last summer left millions of people homeless in many parts of Pakistan. While it is correct to put pressure on the international community to pay their share of......
EVERY journey begins with a single step. The first that Mao Zedong took in his famous Long March began on Oct 16, 1934. It has not yet reached its destination. China’s progress towards its destiny is......
The government on Wednesday increased the price of petrol by Rs5 per litre to Rs272 per litre for the next fortnight, according to a press release from the Finance Division.“In the last fortnight,......
