President Emmanuel Macron on Monday remained defiant over his controversial pensions reform, as France braced for another day of strikes and protests that risk more turmoil in the country.Macron told......
President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday appointed Mansoor Usman Awan as the new attorney general of Pakistan (AGP) after accepting the resignation of Shehzad Ata Elahi.A statement issued by the Aiwan-i-Sadr......
Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail of the Supreme Court have called for revisiting the power of the “one-man show” enjoyed by the chief justice, saying that the country’s......
India’s parliament was adjourned on Monday after noisy protests by opposition lawmakers over the expulsion from the house of top opposition figure Rahul Gandhi.Gandhi was stripped of his......
Scottish nationalists picked Humza Yousaf to be the country’s next leader on Monday after a bitterly fought contest that exposed deep divisions in his party over policy and a stalled independence......
A suicide attack on Monday near Afghanistan’s foreign ministry in Kabul killed six civilians and wounded several others, the interior ministry said.Security has dramatically improved since the......
The Supreme Court (SC) will hear PTI’s petition against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) order to put off Punjab Assembly elections till Oct 8 today.A five-member larger bench headed by......
The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday the rating of the pitch used for the third Test between India and Australia in Indore has been changed to “below average” from “poor” following......
LAKKI MARWAT: Heavy rain coupled with hailstones played havoc in parts of Bannu district, damaging standing crops, houses and roads.Roofs and boundary walls of several houses also collapsed during......
QUETTA: Hundreds of people on Sunday took out a protest rally in the provincial capital against what they said was the Balochistan government’s failure to tame rapid inflation, as the prices of......
LAHORE: The State Life Insurance Company (SLIC) has hinted at the closure of the Sehat Sahulat Programme in Punjab due to the non-payment of pending liabilities to the tune of Rs83bn.It was the......
QUETTA: A court in Quetta on Sunday approved Punjab police’s request to get the custody of Hassaan Niazi, a PTI leader and nephew of former premier Imran Khan, on transit remand in a case registered......
Tom Latham will captain an inexperienced New Zealand team in next month’s home T20 series against Sri Lanka and the five-match series in Pakistan that follows, returning to the shortest format for......
KARACHI: In a move to counter growing criticism on the provincial administration for failing to implement official price list and keep a check on profiteering, the Sindh government has set up more......
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Monday restricted live coverage of rallies and public gatherings across the federal capital on March 27, hours before PTI chairman Imran......
BUENOS AIRES: The Argentina national team’s training facility has been renamed after talismanic captain Lionel Messi in recognition of his World Cup heroics and star-studded career, the country’s......
PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan is set to arrive at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) today for protective bail in seven terrorism cases registered against him in the capital.A video......
DUBAI: Eight years after launching its military campaign in Yemen, Saudi Arabia wants to extricate itself from the conflict, despite slim hopes of lasting peace, to focus on ambitious projects at......
DUBLIN: Kylian Mbappe’s rise continued as France started their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with a 4-0 win against the Netherlands and the forward will be looking to reach new heights as Les Bleus......
TUNIS: Tunisia’s coastguard said on Sunday the bodies of 29 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries had been recovered after three vessels capsized, the latest in a string of such tragedies.A......
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday fired Defence Minister Yoav Galant, a day after he broke ranks to call for a pause in the government’s controversial judicial reforms.On......
In complex, challenging conditions, political confrontations and even armed conflicts tend to end in a stalemate. Then, finally, the most contentious issues are settled on the negotiating table.It......
Currently in the works, the petroleum price relief scheme aims to ease the inflation bite for low-income households without burdening the exchequer. It makes political sense for the embattling ruling......
Currently in the works, the petroleum price relief scheme aims to ease the inflation bite for low-income households without burdening the exchequer. It makes political sense for the embattling ruling......
The energy crisis in Pakistan has not emerged overnight. Such a crisis has been systematically created through inappropriate planning. Institutions are created without reducing the functions or......
Only 15 per cent — or 2,100 megawatts — of the planned hydropower capacity of 14,000MWs by 2030 is expected to come online in time, with the cost overruns estimated to go up from the current $31......
The Bath Island area is a posh locality in Karachi. Luxury apartments with eye-watering price tags of Rs60m have mushroomed up in place of the regal old money bungalows. Adjacent to it is a katchi......
ISLAMABAD: It seems after last month’s two incidents all stakeholdershave lost their interest in the early completion of Bhara Kahu bypass project.Earlier, the federal government, Capital Development......
ISLAMABAD: PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui revealed on Sunday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was ready to step down in May to pave the way for general elections in September 2022.“Elections were......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan has agreed to attend a multi-party conference (MPC) to be organised by a civil society group to chalk out the future course of action for electoral......
LAHORE: Chief organiser of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Maryam Nawaz has said that former premier Imran Khan desires to be ‘selected again’, this time through what she called......
CENTURION: South Africa set a new record for chasing in international T20 cricket when they scored 259 for four to beat West Indies by six wickets at Centurion on Sunday in a game described as......
LAHORE: Against the backdrop of purported custodial torture of party supporters and enforced disappearances, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry said the incumbent government through......
Amir Paracha, newly elected president of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Multinational companies (MNCs) are in a tight spot.One can argue that they......
In February this year, annualised food inflation shot up to 41.9 per cent in urban areas and 47pc in rural areas of Pakistan. In February last year, these readings stood at 14.3pc and 14.6pc,......
According to the Austrian school, economic growth is linked with periods within a time cycle where capital expenditure is planned for economic activity.The spread between the US Treasury two-year and......
LAST Tuesday, a powerful earthquake rocked Pakistan and Afghanistan, with tremors felt as far afield as India. The quake, which had its epicentre in the Hindu Kush was measured at 6.5 on the Richter......
THE strategic choices most consequential to Pakistan’s future lie within. They involve dealing with recurrent economic crises, providing effective governance, defeating terrorism, making education......
ISLAMABAD: Ibrahim Khalid Tawab, Honorary Consul General of Ethiopia in Karachi, has said that a Pakistani delegation during a visit to the African country met the chief of Ethiopian Airlines, who......
GWADAR: Following the arrest of Haq Do Tehreek (HDT) chief Maulana Hidayatur Rehman in mid-January, the situation in Gwadar has been calm so far. But after the lifting of section 144 in the town,......
RIYADH: The Gulf Cooperation Council said on Sunday it had written to Washington’s top diplomat condemning controversial comments from Israel’s finance minister in which he denied the existence of a......
ISLAMABAD: Amid criticism over the distribution of free wheat flour in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the federal government has called upon the Gilgit-Baltistan administration to urgently......
SHARJAH: Afghanistan overcame late nerves in the closing overs to beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the second Twenty20 international on Sunday and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-game......
ISLAMABAD: A joint sitting of parliament and a separate National Assembly meeting are set to take place on Monday (today) to discuss important issues, including the respect of state......
• Shehbaz says president’s reference to meaningful consultations ‘out of place’ • Calls out president for being ‘blatantly partisan’, peddling ‘anti-govt’ narrativeISLAMABAD: Hopes for a dialogue......
• Warns PML-N won’t consider democratic norms if cornered again • Blames PTI chief for anarchy-like situation • Marriyum chides 10-point agenda of ex-PMLAHORE: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan......
LONDON: As members of the embattled Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf face a slew of cases, late-night arrests and even alleged enforced disappearances, representatives of the party in the United Kingdom and......
THE strategic choices most consequential to Pakistan’s future lie within. They involve dealing with recurrent economic crises, providing effective governance, defeating terrorism, making education......
In complex, challenging conditions, political confrontations and even armed conflicts tend to end in a stalemate. Then, finally, the most contentious issues are settled on the negotiating table.It......
