Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Friday that cash-strapped Pakistan had another received $500 million from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC).Taking to Twitter, Dar said......
Parts of Karachi witnessed moderate rain and hail on Friday evening turning the weather in the metropolis pleasant, according to an official from the Met department.Dr Sardar Sarfaraz, chief......
PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Friday called on the coalition government to treat the PTI as a “terrorist organisation”.“The way the government, the state deals with a banned......
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on Friday against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for war crimes committed in Ukraine.Moscow has......
The PTI on Friday urged the coalition government to “give a date and venue” for a meeting that would bring together all political parties to the table — a move that is expected to rid the country of......
Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium is set for a tantalising Pakistan Super League clash as teams with polar strengths and weaknesses clash for a place in Saturday’s final.The tournament’s best bowling attack......
Protesters blocked a key highway around the French capital and escalated strikes at refineries on Friday in a new show of anger after President Emmanuel Macron pushed through a contentious pension......
The Additional Inspector General of Police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shaukat Abbas, said on Friday that the Counter Terrorism Department has apprehended a key suspect linked to the Peshawar mosque......
At least 10 people, including children and women, were killed and three injured in a fire incident early Friday morning in the Seri area of Pattan, the district headquarters of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s......
An infant died in Karachi on Friday after a man along with three other family members attempted suicide by consuming a poisonous substance allegedly due to inflation, according to the police.District......
Oil prices rebounded by about one per cent on Friday after a meeting between Saudi Arabia and Russia calmed markets amid strong China demand expectations, after a banking crisis sparked a sell-off in......
As PTI supporters continued to camp outside party chairman Imran Khan’s residence in Lahore, the former prime minister approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday to avoid possible......
KIGALI: Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as president of FIFA until 2027 after standing unopposed at the congress of world football’s governing body on Thursday.The 52-year-old Swiss lawyer, who......
INDIAN WELLS: Daniil Medvedev’s sore right ankle wasn’t a factor Wednesday as he beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 7-5 to reach the semi-finals at Indian Wells, where Aryna Sabalenka and Frances......
MADRID: Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said his team were full of confidence after reaching the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday.The record 14-time champions of Europe beat Liverpool......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s veteran Aleem Dar stepped down on Thursday from the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires after officiating in a record number of international cricket matches during his distinguished......
PESHAWAR: The lawyers associated with Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf have asked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor to resign within 72 hours ‘for failing’ to give a date for holding elections in the province......
KARACHI: A sessions court on Thursday granted interim pre-arrest bail to the Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh in a terrorism case for allegedly staging protest......
KARACHI: Majority of the lawmakers from the two sides of the aisle in the Sindh Assembly on Thursday continued to condemn each others’ leaderships instead of forwarding their respective proposals and......
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has highlighted the need for capacity building and career counselling of persons with different abilities (PWDs), and matching their skills with jobs.He said that......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) central Punjab President Dr Yasmin Rashid was allegedly intercepted by the Lahore police who tried to arrest her but in vain on Thursday.A cancer survivor and......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday ruled that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) had no locus standi to become a party to a matter of allowing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to go abroad......
KHYBER: Vehicular traffic to and from Torkham was restored after remaining closed for several hours on Thursday owing to protest by the Khugakhel tribesmen in Landi Kotal against the construction of......
ISLAMABAD: The United States and Pakistan on Thursday committed to partner with each other in various areas, including a $4.5 million programme from the US Department of Agriculture to strengthen......
QUETTA: The provincial capital and some other towns of Balochistan would soon have the Green Bus Service to provide better travel facilities to the general public, Balochistan’s transport secretary......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s veteran Aleem Dar stepped down on Thursday from the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires after officiating in a record number of international cricket matches during his distinguished......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has formally dismissed as withdrawn two appeals after the State Bank of Pakistan and the National Bank of Pakistan withdrew their challenge against the last year’s......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said Pakistan cannot make progress without developing and uplifting the Balochistan province.He expressed these views during a meeting with......
PESHAWAR: The military’s media wing has confirmed the death of two children in an operation in the Zinghara area on the border between North Waziristan and South Waziristan districts.Earlier,......
LAHORE: PML-N chief organiser Maryam Nawaz Sharif, who is against the upcoming elections in two provinces without ‘ensuring’ accountability of PTI chief Imran Khan, on Thursday chose four......
SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft pressed on with its AI revolution on Thursday, announcing that it would apply the powers behind ChatGPT to its iconic Excel, Word and Outlook programs.The Redmond, Washington......
WASHINGTON: Iran has agreed to halt covert weapons shipments to its Houthi allies in Yemen as part of a China-brokered deal to re-establish diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia, The Wall Street......
BEIJING: China is concerned about an escalation of the war in Ukraine and wants Moscow and Kyiv to hold peace talks, senior Chinese diplomat Qin Gang told his Ukrainian counterpart over a phone call......
ISLAMABAD: The five-member National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) and various consumer representatives on Thursday stood unanimous in strongly criticising the government for an......
KARACHI: Foreign exchange holdings of both the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and commercial banks improved during the week ended on March 10 reflecting the higher inflows of remittances and export......
WELLINGTON: Around 50,000 teachers in New Zealand went on strike on Thursday, after union talks with the Ministry of Education aimed at improving salaries and conditions stalled.Teachers demanding......
THE lives of many Muslims are governed (mostly) by what they believe is allowed or forbidden in Islam. There is a wide array of such items: ranging from non-mehram men overhearing voices of women, to......
TOKYO: Japan and South Korea announced relaxed trade controls and a return of frequent reciprocal visits on Thursday, as President Yoon Suk Yeol visits Tokyo on a trip intended to rebuild ties......
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday released a video it said shows an “unsafe” and “unprofessional” intercept by Russian military jets when one struck an American drone, damaging its......
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Thursday recommended wearing of masks at crowded and tightly enclosed places and healthcare facilities.According to the NCOC,......
SOME economists and other commentators have been arguing that the economic/financial crisis that we are facing, though serious, is relatively easy to fix. All we have to do is to a) implement and......
WASHINGTON: More than 500 Pakistani physicians in the US have signed a letter for US lawmakers, sharing their concerns about threats to the safety of former prime minister Imran Khan.“These are not......
LAHORE/GILGIT: After the Lahore High Court extended its stay order against a police operation to arrest Imran Khan in connection with the Toshakhana case for another day, the Punjab police chief......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday to furnish a complete record of recoveries it had made through voluntary returns, or plea bargain, of......
DUBAI: Eager to end its political and economic isolation, Iran had been trying for two years to restore ties with Saudi Arabia, an Arab heavyweight and oil powerhouse.Last September, Iran’s Supreme......
SINGAPORE: The drought-hit regions of northern and central India, all the way up to Pakistan, are staring at lower food output and high prices as the region is set to receive lower than normal......
• Claims action at his residence made him feel like ‘most wanted’ terrorist • Says Elahi absent from scene due to Covid diagnosisLAHORE: After a court kept his arrest warrants in play and police......
• Dar says nobody can dictate what missiles, N-weapons Pakistan should have • Rabbani laments Senate not taken into confidence on IMF conditions • Shehbaz admits tough decisions led to unrelenting......
ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government of Punjab has signed an agreement to hand over at least 45,267 acres of land in three districts — Bhakkar, Khushab, and Sahiwal — of the province to the Pakistan......
RAWALPINDI: The global air transport body has warned of an ‘aviation crisis’ in Pakistan as airlines are struggling to recover $290 million due to a severe financial crisis, the Financial Times......
SOME economists and other commentators have been arguing that the economic/financial crisis that we are facing, though serious, is relatively easy to fix. All we have to do is to a) implement and......
AT the Faiz Festival in Lahore Javed Akhtar was asked to tell Indians that not all Pakistanis were terrorists. In response, he said two things. First, that the two countries needed to communicate......
THE lives of many Muslims are governed (mostly) by what they believe is allowed or forbidden in Islam. There is a wide array of such items: ranging from non-mehram men overhearing voices of women, to......
