US House Energy and Commerce Committee members battered TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew about potential Chinese influence over the popular video-sharing platform, displaying fears that the app was somehow......
The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill aimed at curtailing the chief justice of Pakistan’s (CJP) powers to take suo motu notices and constituting benches of the Supreme Court.The cabinet......
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Gujrat on Tuesday cancelled Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah’s non-bailable arrest warrants in a terrorism case lodged against him at Gujrat’s Industrial Area police......
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants external financing commitments fulfilled from friendly countries before it releases bailout funds, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday.The lender......
Pakistan on Tuesday chose not to participate in the democracy summit taking place in Washington this week, opting instead to engage with the US on a bilateral basis to encourage democratic values.The......
The founder of a project that campaigned for girls’ education in Afghanistan has been detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul, his brother and the United Nations said Tuesday.The Taliban government......
China spent $240 billion bailing out 22 developing countries between 2008 and 2021, with the amount soaring in recent years as more have struggled to repay loans spent building “Belt & Road”......
The Supreme Court will on Tuesday resume hearing the PTI’s petition against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) order to delay the general elections to the Punjab Assembly till Oct 8.A......
A heavily armed former student killed three young children and three staff in what appeared to be a carefully planned attack at a private elementary school in Nashville on Monday, before being shot......
ZURICH: FIFA’s compensation paid to clubs that release players for the men’s World Cup has been increased by nearly 70 per cent to $355 million for the 2026 and 2030 tournaments, the global soccer......
NEW DELHI: Indian cricket administrators and pundits on Monday hailed the Women’s Premier League as a huge success after the inaugural tournament ended in fireworks with the Mumbai Indians winning......
JAKARTA: The draw for the men’s FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Indonesia has been cancelled, officials said, days after Bali’s governor called for Israel to be kicked out of the competition.The two......
KARACHI: While the by-election on a total of 93 union committees/councils across the province are scheduled for April 18, the Sindh government on Monday approached the Election Commission of Pakistan......
CHITTAGONG: Taskin Ahmed claimed three wickets in an over as Bangladesh kept their cool to beat Ireland by 22 runs in a rain-affected first Twenty20 international in Chittagong on Monday.Bangladesh......
State Department Spokesperson Vedant Patel has clarified that former US envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad did not represent the country’s foreign policy and did not speak for the administration......
KARACHI: Former president Asif Ali Zardari has undergone eye surgery in the United Arab Emirates and is recuperating at his Dubai residence, sources in the Pakistan Peoples Party said on Monday.Mr......
LAHORE: From using one as a pulpit to challenge the government from outside the Parliament House in 2014 to being shot at atop another container through Wazirabad, PTI chief Imran Khan has had a......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed a petition of former interior minister Sheikh Rashid, challenging the appointment of Mohsin Naqvi as caretaker chief minister of Punjab.Dismissing......
PARIS: Scientists said on Monday they have discovered water inside tiny beads of glass scattered across the Moon, suggesting that one day it could be extracted and used by the “explorers of......
PEUREULAK: At least 184 Rohingya refugees, including many women and children, landed in Indonesia’s westernmost province on Monday, officials said, after they were dropped at sea by boat and made to......
TWO instructive approaches are currently underway to rein in or dislodge autocratic governments in high-profile neighbourhoods. The first method can be glimpsed in the popular movement that has grown......
SEOUL: North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Monday, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a flurry of weapons tests that Pyongyang says are in response to major US-South Korea......
TAOYUAN: Taiwan’s ex-President Ma Ying-jeou became on Monday the first sitting or former Taiwanese leader to visit mainland China since the Communist revolution in 1949, saying he hoped to bring......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed the authorities concerned to form a project support team for execution of the Reko Diq copper-cum-gold project.The Reko Diq project is......
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways and Aviation Khawaja Saad Rafique has said that what Imran Khan wants will never happen, as the government will never surrender to his desires.“Whatever you......
KARACHI: Stock prices inched up on Monday in a mixed trading session on the Pakistan Stock Exchange.Arif Habib Ltd said stocks traded on the lower side initially but the trend line shifted afterwards......
ISLAMABAD: The unilateral amendments to the monthly sales tax return forms by the Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) have hindered the smooth e-filing of returns, said the Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA)......
KARACHI: The repatriation of dollars by foreign companies plunged 88 per cent during the first 8 months of the current fiscal year reflecting low profits and stringent restrictions on outflows from......
KARACHI: Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Ltd (KSTML) said on Monday it’s shutting down operations until May 31 owing to political unrest, import restrictions and an “unchecked” increase in the dollar......
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank on Monday warned that the global economy’s “speed limit” — the maximum long-term rate at which it can grow without sparking inflation — is set to slump to a three-decade low......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan and China are engaged in a “threshold alliance” but Beijing’s opponents, particularly the US, may prevent it from becoming a fully-fledged alliance, says a recent US report.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Monday approved about Rs72 billion financing facility for payment of the Balochistan government’s obligations in the Reko Diq......
SHARJAH: Pakistan rued their inability to adapt to the conditions in Sharjah after their seven-wicket loss to Afghanistan in the second Twenty20 International on Sunday, a defeat that saw their......
LAHORE: A group of politicians — mostly belonging to south Punjab and led by Jahangir Khan Tareen — on Monday mulled a proposition floated by the powers that be to set up a ‘parallel’ Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: With food inflation hitting up to 42 per cent in urban areas, a large number of consumers have opted for slightly cheap but ‘high quality’ Iranian ‘smuggled’ products, such as oil and......
GEN Qamar Bajwa was rather busy during his six-year tenure and didn’t get much time to air his views. After all, army chiefs do not give interviews or interact with journalists the way politicians......
Scottish National Party leader Humza Yousaf reacts after he becomes the first Muslim leader of a major UK political party in Edinburgh, on Monday.—AFP LONDON: In an emotional......
GEN Qamar Bajwa was rather busy during his six-year tenure and didn’t get much time to air his views. After all, army chiefs do not give interviews or interact with journalists the way politicians......
TWO instructive approaches are currently underway to rein in or dislodge autocratic governments in high-profile neighbourhoods. The first method can be glimpsed in the popular movement that has grown......
ISLAMABAD: The expenses for this year’s Haj are likely to come down by Rs40,000 per person following “successful negotiations” with the Saudi government, an official said on Monday after a meeting......
• Justice Shah notes judges can’t be removed from bench sans their consent • Cites Panama Papers verdict as precedent, says removal of judges won’t affect outcome • Deplores ‘one-man show’ at apex......
ISLAMABAD: Ending almost a year-long boycott, opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) senators returned to the joint sitting of parliament on Monday with their signature noisy protest, causing......
LAHORE: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz on Monday pledged to expose what she called Imran Khan’s facilitators in the judiciary “with full force” and tasked the party spokespersons with doing......
• New AGP Mansoor Usman Awan set to appear in court from today • CJP questions political leaders’ efforts towards restoration of peaceISLAMABAD: Asking the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to......
LAHORE: The Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has sought a report from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) about the whereabouts of PTI social media activist Azhar Mashwani, as......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan National Heart Association (Panah) has appealed to the electronic media regulator to stop media coverage of former federal minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed as he smokes cigars during......
RIYADH: A bus ferrying pilgrims to Makkah burst into flames after a collision on a bridge on Monday, killing 20 people and injuring more than two dozen others.The incident in the southern province of......
GENEVA: EU funding is facilitating the commission of abuses against migrants in Libya, who are being systematically tortured and forced into sexual slavery, a United Nations investigation has......
ISLAMABAD: With food inflation hitting up to 42 per cent in urban areas, a large number of consumers have opted for slightly cheap but ‘high quality’ Iranian ‘smuggled’ products, such as oil and......
