Three children were killed and as many injured on Saturday when an SUV ran over them during Eid celebrations in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Ghanche district, a rescue official said.Rescue 1122 in-charge for......
Pakistan celebrated Eidul Fitr with traditional religious zeal and fervour on Saturday, capping off a month of worship and fasting in Ramazan.Many countries had already celebrated the festive......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said the “basic purpose” of the suo motu jurisdiction was for it to be exercised in the public interest instead of for an individual.The Supreme Court is......
PTI leader Shireen Mazari has claimed that some of the cabinet members in Imran Khan’s government, including her, had raised objections to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance,......
The US Supreme Court on Friday blocked new restrictions set by lower courts on a widely used abortion pill, a decision welcomed by President Joe Biden as his administration defends broad access to......
Sporadic shelling rang out late on Friday in Sudan’s capital even though warring factions announced a truce, while one force said it was willing to allow airports to reopen for the evacuation of......
Inmates who have been held for years in the Guantanamo Bay US detention facility in Cuba are showing signs of “accelerated ageing”, a senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross......
Ailing elephant Noor Jehan, who was under treatment after collapsing in its pen at Karachi Zoo around a week ago, passed away on Saturday, animal rights activist Mahera Omar confirmed.“She (Jehan)......
TOKYO: The former chairman of a Tokyo 2020 Olympics sponsor was handed a suspended prison sentence on Friday along with two others, in the first convictions in a spiralling bribery scandal......
STEFANOS Tsitsipas of Greece in action during his Barcelona Open match against Australia’s Alex de Minaur on Friday.—AFP BARCELONA: Stefanos Tsitsipas eased into the......
LAHORE: While the tenure of Pakistan Cricket Board’s Interim Management Committee stood expired on Friday, no decision was taken by the board’s patron-in-chief Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif by the......
SUKKUR: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that Pakistan Peoples Party believes in dialogue but Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl have their own stance on......
LARKANA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader and a former federal minister Ali Amin Gandapur was remanded in judicial custody till April 25 when he was produced in the court of Civil Judge Sajjad Ali......
MANSEHRA: The district administration on Friday warned tourists against visiting Kaghan valley during Eid holidays over threats to their life by glacier collapses and landslides.It also said the main......
Pakistan is celebrating Eidul Fitr with religious zeal and fervour today, although the festivities have been lukewarm due to multiple crises facing the nation and worsening economic turmoil. ......
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden assured Muslims in his Eid message on Friday that his administration was committed to addressing Islamophobia as an ideology of hate.“As we celebrate our blessings......
BERLIN: Rail workers went on strike across Germany on Friday, mostly bringing national operator Deutsche Bahn’s services to a halt in the morning hours, as protests over pay in Europe’s largest......
PIETERMARITZBURG (South Africa): Gunmen stormed a homestead in a township outside the South African city of Pietermaritzburg and ambushed a family, killing 10 people, police said.Police did not give......
ISLAMABAD: The success rate of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) public sector operations declined during 2016–2022, Independent Evaluation Department (IED), ADB’s assessing body revealed on......
ISLAMABAD: Refuting the claims of a think tank, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has confirmed a Rs239bn net credit to the government but clarified that this was not fresh credit.In a statement, it......
LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq on Friday hinted at a “positive development” with regard to his party’s initiative for talks among the political parties to develop a consensus on holding of......
ISLAMABAD: While President Arif Alvi on Friday appealed to the countrymen to shun their differences, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif assured the nation that his government would rid it of the......
INDIA has assumed the chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) for 2023, and has planned a series of meetings, including the forthcoming defence ministerial in New Delhi and the meeting......
IF even the Chinese are not safe here in Pakistan, who is?Because of CPEC and Pakistan’s national interest, the Chinese are the most privileged and protected of all foreigners. Multiple layers of......
MOSCOW: A Russian Sukhoi-34 supersonic warplane accidentally fired a weapon into the Russian city of Belgorod near Ukraine on late Thursday night, causing an explosion and injuring three people.Video......
KHARTOUM/GENEVA: As Eid celebrations marking the end of the fasting month began, “several areas of Khartoum were bombed” and reported “shelling and clashes” for the sixth straight night, increasing......
KARACHI: It was an eerie feeling seeing the Twitter accounts of notable personalities, government organisations and multinational companies without a blue checkmark of authority following their......
WASHINGTON: The US administration and lawmakers have both forcefully rejected the suggestion that a UN-hosted meeting in Doha next week would explore the possibilities of recognising Afghanistan’s......
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting with his legal team and some PML-N leaders on Friday, vowing to hold the parliament ‘supreme’ in the face of apex court decisions regarding......
ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, based on the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), spiked to an unprecedented 47.23 per cent year-on-year for the combined income group for the week ending April 19, according......
"There are armies which guard their nation’s borders, there are armies which are concerned with protecting their own position in society, and there are armies which defend a cause or an idea. The......
Even five minutes of scrolling on Twitter can make one believe that the world is coming to an end. Well, if not the entire world, then surely one’s country.If not that, then certainly one’s city,......
"There are armies which guard their nation’s borders, there are armies which are concerned with protecting their own position in society, and there are armies which defend a cause or an idea. The......
A man displays a Rs10 coin and Rs75 notes.—Fahim Siddiqi / White Star KARACHI: ‘Which coin is this?’ The person manning the counter at a popular convenience store in a Defence......
KARACHI: Contrary to the claim of market traders regarding a massive slowdown in sales due to skyrocketing inflation amid deepening economic and political crises, branded retail outlets did a......
IN an article for the Harvard Business Review, author Andy Watz recounts a story about a new immigrant to the US, who mistook ‘busy’ to mean ‘good’, because that is the response he got when he asked......
CIVIL servants are the backbone of any state structure. They enforce the rules, provide services, and set governance standards. In Pakistan, commissions have repeatedly been formed to enact civil......
INDIA has assumed the chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) for 2023, and has planned a series of meetings, including the forthcoming defence ministerial in New Delhi and the meeting......
IN an article for the Harvard Business Review, author Andy Watz recounts a story about a new immigrant to the US, who mistook ‘busy’ to mean ‘good’, because that is the response he got when he asked......
IF even the Chinese are not safe here in Pakistan, who is?Because of CPEC and Pakistan’s national interest, the Chinese are the most privileged and protected of all foreigners. Multiple layers of......
CIVIL servants are the backbone of any state structure. They enforce the rules, provide services, and set governance standards. In Pakistan, commissions have repeatedly been formed to enact civil......
TAXILA: Three vehicles worth millions of rupees of health department were sold in scrap by officials of the health department without going through standard operating procedure.The scam unearthed in......
QUETTA: Despite being behind bars, Mahil Baloch continues to appear in the media, making confessional statements.The 27-year-old single mother of two, who belongs to the Gumazi area of Kech district,......
ISLAMABAD: Findings of a study on women’s work burden and their effects on child labour says the Punjab government has not yet formally recognised the role of women agriculture workers who still do......
ISLAMABAD: While halting the digital census for Eid, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) announced on Friday that so far 235 million people had been counted — a whopping increase of 27m, or 12.98......
ISLAMABAD: The world’s glaciers melted at dramatic speed last year and saving them is effectively a lost cause, a UN agency said in a report on Friday, noting that record levels of greenhouse gases......
ISLAMABAD: As deadly clashes between two rival generals in Sudan continued amidst calls for an Eid ceasefire, Pakistan has stepped up efforts to help its citizens trapped in the restive African......
New Delhi/Vadodara: “’Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’ echoed in our vicinity as our dargahs and mosques were being attacked, our sons being beaten,” said Feroz, a local from Vadodara’s Fatepura.On March......
