Power Minister Khurram Dastgir has said an “alternative strategy” will be announced before the upcoming budget — scheduled to be presented on June 9 — to deal with “economic troubles and the fascist......
Founder of banned Baloch National Army Gulzar Imam alias Shambay, who was arrested by security forces last month, expressed on Monday remorse over taking up arms and said the fight for Balochistan’s......
Former human rights minister and PTI stalwart Shireen Mazari on Tuesday quit the party and announced her retirement from “active politics” citing personal reasons.On May 9, PTI Chairman Imran Khan......
An image claiming to depict an explosion at the United States Department of Defense headquarters, The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia rapidly spread across social media on Monday (May 22). The image......
India is “abusing” its presidency of the G20 by holding a tourism conference in the occupied Kashmir, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari told AFP.It is the first diplomatic event in the disputed......
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) will on Tuesday resume hearing the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) plea asking the top court to revisit its April 4 order of holding elections......
PARIS: Paris 2024 organisers have been planning to install the Olympic flame on the Eiffel Tower, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday.The source added that the flame......
BATKHELA: The Anti-Terrorism Court, Malakand, on Monday handed over 13 more suspects arrested on charges of vandalism and setting Swat Motorway toll plaza on fire to the police on three-day physical......
KARACHI: The students and faculty of the Pakistan Navy Engineering College-National University of Sciences and Technology (PNEC-NUST) proudly unveiled their formula electric racing car at a local......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed against issuance of “fake” domiciles and permanent residence certificates (PRCs) to people who are not residing in Karachi.A......
PTI Chairman Imran Khan is expected to appear before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Islamabad later today in connection with the Al-Qadir Trust case.The PTI chief is also expected to......
San Francisco: WhatsApp has granted users one of its most awaited features — the ability to edit messages.“For the moments when you make a mistake or simply change your mind, you can now edit your......
WASHINGTON: A SpaceX capsule carrying two Saudi astronauts docked with the International Space Station on Monday, as part of a private mission chartered by Axiom Space.Rayyanah Barnawi, a scientist......
GENEVA: Taiwan failed on Monday in its efforts to gain an invitation to the World Health Organisation’s annual assembly despite the island’s assertion that support was growing for its......
PAKISTAN is yet again at a crossroads. It appears that, when direction fails, indirection must fill in. The arrest of Imran Khan on May 9, followed by the frenzied emotional outpouring and mayhem,......
MOSCOW: Armenia is ready to recognise the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave as part of Azerbaijan if Baku guarantees the security of its ethnic Armenian population, the Russian state news agency TASS and the......
DHAKA: The United Nations food agency said on Monday lack of funding forced it to cut food aid for one million Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh for a second time in three......
GEORGETOWN: At least 20 youths were killed and several injured in a school dormitory blaze in Guyana, the South American country’s fire brigade said on Monday.It is not yet known how the fire started......
DUBLIN: Meta was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its lead European Union privacy regulator over its handling of user information and given five months to stop transferring......
SOMETIMES one wants to simply write about events long past. Out of sheer ‘boredom’ with current events or perhaps because it is so difficult to make sense of what is happening — the reason can be one......
KARACHI: A bearish trend prevailed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Monday with equities trading on the lower side throughout the trading session.Topline Securities said the dollar traded at over......
KARACHI: Banks’ net lending to the private sector plunged 90 per cent during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year suggesting a sharp economic slowdown.In the backdrop of unprecedented......
ISLAMABAD: In a significant economic setback, Pakistan’s textile and clothing industry experienced a substantial decline of 14.22 per cent year-on-year to $13.7 billion during the first 10 months of......
ISLAMABAD: More than two dozen smaller oil marketing companies (OMCs) claim to have suffered massive losses due to unfair petroleum pricing and marketing conditions and lashed out at the Oil and Gas......
RAWALPINDI: A private company plans to introduce the country’s first air taxi service in Karachi next month, the firm’s chief executive officer (CEO) said after signing an agreement with a foreign......
LAHORE: Amid a renewed wave of defections, apparently in the wake of May 9 arson attacks on state buildings and army installations, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf suffered another blow on Monday when......
KARACHI: The rupee remained under pressure as the US dollar appreciated by another 74 paise in the interbank market on Monday.The State Bank of Pakistan said the dollar settled at Rs286.56 compared......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Census Commissioner Dr Naeemuz Zafar has said that Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) is poised to commence enumeration operations in areas impacted by snowfall and security......
ISLAMABAD: The army will observe a “Martyrs’ Respect Day” on May 25 (Thursday), Chief of Army Staff Gen Syed Asim Munir said at the General Headquarters, Rawalpindi, on Monday during a ceremony held......
KARACHI: Multinationals operating in Pakistan have asked the government to increase the minimum taxable limit from Rs600,000 a year to Rs1.2 million to offset the impact of unprecedented inflation on......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported another case of monkeypox on Monday, two days after a woman tested positive.The victim, a 50-year-old male who arrived from Kuwait to Islamabad, tested positive for the......
ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Monday approached the Supreme Court against the federal government’s decision to prosecute civilians under the Army Act, carry out crackdown on supporters over violence on May......
SOMETIMES one wants to simply write about events long past. Out of sheer ‘boredom’ with current events or perhaps because it is so difficult to make sense of what is happening — the reason can be one......
PAKISTAN is yet again at a crossroads. It appears that, when direction fails, indirection must fill in. The arrest of Imran Khan on May 9, followed by the frenzied emotional outpouring and mayhem,......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution “vehemently condemning” the May 9 incidents, besides calling for prosecution of “arsonists” under the country’s existing laws as Prime......
