Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank increased by $280 million to $4.598 billion during the week ending on March 17, after receiving an inflow of a commercial loan.“The State......
Violent protests against pension reform in France led to the postponement on Friday of King Charles III’s trip to the country, highlighting the growing security and political problems faced by......
PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said on Friday that Azhar Mashwani, who the party alleged was “abducted” in Lahore a day earlier, had been shifted to Islamabad.The PTI social media activist......
A report published by the United Nations Institute of Water, Environment, and Health has placed Pakistan among 23 other countries in the “critically water-insecure” category.The Global Water Security......
President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday asked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to direct federal and provincial authorities to assist the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in holding the Punjab and Khyber......
A zebra that escaped its pen and roamed freely for hours through the South Korean capital, captivating the internet and sparking thousands of memes, is safely back at the zoo, officials told AFP on......
Short-term inflation measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) hit an all-time high of 46.65 per cent year-on-year (YoY) for the week ending on March 22, driven mainly by a major increase in food......
Noor Jehan, a 17-year-old African elephant living in a barren enclosure at the Karachi Zoo, has been suffering for the past few weeks. And with every passing day, her health is deteriorating.Severe......
India’s parliament disqualified the leader of the opposition Congress party, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday, a day after a magistrate’s court jailed him for two years in a defamation case linked to Prime......
PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Friday reached Lahore High Court (LHC) to extend his protective bail in five cases filed against him in Islamabad, including two for “vandalism” at the Islamabad Judicial......
An Islamabad Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Friday granted bails to PTI chairman Imran Khan’s aide, Amjad Khan Niazi, and 63 other party workers in a case pertaining to violence outside the Federal......
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif is addressing a foreign media conference in Islamabad today (Friday) alongside Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb.The interaction comes as......
An Islamabad district and sessions court reserved its verdict on Friday on PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s petition to extend the suspension of an arrest warrant that was issued in a case pertaining to......
Members of India’s main opposition Congress party will take to the streets on Friday to protest against leader Rahul Gandhi’s conviction for defamation, party officials said a day after a......
A long-awaited loan agreement between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be signed once a few remaining points, including a proposed fuel pricing scheme, are settled, an IMF......
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday sent a strong signal to Pakistan to keep the Fund away from its domestic politics and reminded the government that the decision to hold......
NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma said his team-mates should consider skipping the occasional match during the Indian Premier League (IPL) to manage their workload ahead of the Cricket World Cup......
LAHORE: Multan Sultans’ team manager Haider Azhar has been handed a one-match suspension for a Level 3 breach he committed during the final of the the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) final at the......
KARACHI: Pakistan will not participate in this year’s Asia Cup if it is deprived of the hosting rights of the tournament owing to India’s concerns over touring the neighbouring country due to......
BAJAUR: The provincial government gave away cheques of Rs500,000 each to the heirs of two victims of earthquake in Bajaur tribal district on Thursday.According to a statement, the compensation......
PESHAWAR: Lack of gastroenterology wards at district headquarters hospitals has been affecting the patients suffering from stomach and liver diseases in the province, according to an......
KARACHI: A consumer court has imposed a fine of Rs250,000 on a doctor for selling a diet plan to a patient that adversely affected her health.Judicial Magistrate Fahmida Sahoowal of the Consumer......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has filed a police case against the owner of a British-era building for illegally demolishing it.The issue of unauthorised demolition and construction work on the Pana......
SHARJAH: Pakistan skipper Shadab Khan vowed his new-look side will put up a good fight against a formidable Afghanistan side in the three-match T20 International series starting in Sharjah on......
CHARSADDA/KOHAT/LAKKI MARWAT: A man was killed and several people injured during free flour distribution stampedes in Charsadda and Kohat districts on Thursday.Also, a man died of critical injuries......
LAHORE: Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Thursday a judicial commission would probe PTI chief Imran Khan’s allegations against the police with regard to the threat to his life and action......
LAHORE: Citizens were panicked after a 4.4 magnitude earthquake rocked several cities of the central Punjab on Thursday.According to the seismological centre, the 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck at......
LAHORE: Only 12 public and private universities from Pakistan have made it to the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World subject rankings for 2023.The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 cover a......
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that what the PPP-led Sindh government has done in only five months, the former prime minister could not......
ISLAMABAD: Global trade was worth a record $32 trillion in 2022, but amid deteriorating economic conditions and rising uncertainties, growth turned negative in the second half of the year and is set......
NEW YORK: The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday issued an investor alert warning that firms offering crypto asset securities may not be complying with U.S. laws.Unregistered offerings......
LONDON: The Bank of England (BoE) raised interest rates for the 11th time in a row on Thursday, but said a surprise resurgence in inflation would probably fade fast, prompting speculation it had......
KARACHI: This year, much like in the past, the non-availability of items as per various price lists issued by the Karachi commissioner has come as an added shock for consumers already reeling from......
RAWALPINDI:An exhibition of old photographs depicting Pakistan Movement titled Roshani ka Safar kicked off at Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) on Thursday to mark Pakistan Day......
ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be a steady decline, Pakistan’s exports to nine regional countries shrank 18.28 per cent in the first eight months of FY23 mainly driven by a drop in shipments to China,......
KARACHI: One of the four container-terminal operators in Pakistan has vowed to bring in more than $100 million in fresh foreign direct investment shortly — provided that procedural glitches hindering......
KARACHI: Bank advances to the private sector plunged by 73 per cent during the first 8 months of the current fiscal year suggesting a painful economic slowdown leading to massive retrenchments in key......
“Our bodies are gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.” — William ShakespeareREADERS might find it surprising to know that people with mental illness live less long than the general......
RAWALPINDI: An extremely low gas pressure in various localities of the garrison city put consumers in a bind as they were unable to prepare Sehri on the first day of Ramazan on Thursday.The......
DISAPPOINTMENT is the word that comes to mind when one thinks of Pakistan’s current situation. Sheer disappointment. Not necessarily with the state of our economy, the abysmal security situation, or......
ISLAMABAD: While over 400,000 tuberculosis (TB) related cases are detected across the country on a yearly basis, the health ministry has vowed to end the disease in Pakistan by 2030.In his message on......
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has conferred civil awards on 135 national and foreign citizens on Pakistan Day in recognition of their excellence and gallantry in their respective fields. The......
NEW DELHI: Russia is unable to deliver vital defence supplies it had committed to India’s military because of the war in Ukraine, the Indian Air Force (IAF) says.New Delhi has been worried that......
QUETTA / CHAGAI: Heavy rains, thunderstorms and hailstorms lashed several areas of Balochistan, including Quetta and many districts, disrupting lives and traffic and dropping the mercury on......
MOSCOW: Any attempt to arrest President Vladimir Putin after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for the Kremlin chief would amount to a declaration of war against Russia, his......
NEW YORK: Donald Trump created a “false expectation” of his imminent arrest, the New York prosecutor investigating the ex-president over hush money said on Thursday, as tensions build over a possible......
WASHINGTON: The United States is working to assist 44 Americans who want to leave Afghanistan and several others detained by Taliban authorities, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on......
ISLAMABAD: As Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif espoused “adherence to the Constitution” on the occasion of Pakistan Day, the federal government on Thursday endorsed the decision of the Election......
LAHORE: A volunteer prepares iftar at the Data Darbar shrine on the first day of Ramazan, on Thursday.—AFP KARACHI: Natural gas disappeared from people’s stoves as soon as the......
SHANGHAI: More than 400 people lost their billionaire status last year, most from China, as global monetary tightening, Covid-19 disruptions and Beijing’s crackdown on major tech companies hurt the......
• Petition to urge SC for Punjab polls on April 30; PTI nominees asked not to stop canvassing • Fawad says party ready to sit with govt, calls on judiciary to protect ConstitutionLAHORE: A day after......
“Our bodies are gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.” — William ShakespeareREADERS might find it surprising to know that people with mental illness live less long than the general......
DISAPPOINTMENT is the word that comes to mind when one thinks of Pakistan’s current situation. Sheer disappointment. Not necessarily with the state of our economy, the abysmal security situation, or......
• Highest level seen since Sept 2022 • Officials urge citizens not to panic; ask them to avoid crowds, wear masks in publicISLAMABAD: The national positivity rate of Covid-19 has exceeded three per......
ISLAMABAD: The government is mulling forming a special task force to check social media campaigns against the army, an official source told Dawn on Thursday.He explained that a summary to set up the......
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday sent a strong signal to Pakistan to keep the Fund away from its domestic politics and reminded the government that the decision to hold......
QUETTA: Four people have been killed and three injured in a head-on collision between a truck and car at the Quetta-Zhob highway on Thursday.According to Levies officials, the accident took place......
QUETTA: Treasury and opposition benches in the Balochistan Assembly have protested the federal government’s unsympathetic attitude towards the flood-hit province in resolving its financial and other......
WASHINGTON: The US chapter of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has hired a second lobbying firm in the United States to make Americans aware of the threat to Imran Khan’s life, a senior party leader said.The......
KARACHI: The interim foreign minister of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi, has once again asked the world to lift sanctions imposed on the country and expressed the willingness to work together with......
LAHORE: PTI social media activist Azhar Mashwani was picked up on Thursday, apparently on charges of criticising the Punjab police and the caretaker government for allegedly using high-handed tactics......
