Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Monday said that a nexus between “internal collusive elements and external forces to create instability” in the country had been “amply exposed” to......
Iran on Monday held the first trial session for one of the two detained female journalists who reported on Mahsa Amini’s death in custody last year, her lawyer said.Months of nationwide protests......
Shanghai recorded its hottest May day in 100 years on Monday, the city’s meteorological service announced, shattering the previous high by a full degree.Scientists say global warming is exacerbating......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 index opened in the green on Monday and gained more than 400 points on expectations of an “investor-friendly budget” for the fiscal year of 2024,......
No loss of life was reported after a huge fire broke out at a plastic factory in Karachi’s SITE area on Monday, rescue and police officials said.SITE-B Station House Officer (SHO) Zawar Husain told......
A three-judge Supreme Court bench has resumed hearing the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) plea asking the top court to revisit its April 4 order of holding polls to the Punjab Assembly on May......
KARACHI: The Sindh government will soon introduce a human rights (HR) policy, which would encompass the HR violations and resolution of the genuine cases being faced by people, including the forced......
SWABI: Jamaat-i-Islami’s central naib emir Liaqat Baloch has said the mayhem created following the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan on May 9 was the result of hatred created among the minds......
KARACHI: Dr Seemin Jamali, former executive director of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), was laid to rest on Sunday.The funeral prayers were offered in a mosque inside the JPMC and......
KARACHI: A teenager died of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) — a disease of the central nervous system caused by Naegleria fowleri, better known as ‘brain-eating’ amoeba, — on Sunday at the......
PESHAWAR: A teenage girl died at the Lady Reading Hospital here after she gave birth to a stillborn baby, a police statement said on Sunday.According to the statement, the 15-year-old was brought to......
PESHAWAR: Five personnel of the Pakistan Customs sustained injuries when unidentified attackers opened fire at them in Mattani area, some 25 kilometres south of the provincial capital, on Saturday......
TAIPEI: A 14-legged giant isopod is the highlight of a new dish at a ramen restaurant in Taipei and it has people queuing up — both for pictures and for a bite from this bowl of noodles.Since the......
Greece’s Maria Sakkari plays a forehand return against Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic’s during their French Open match.—AFP PARIS: Aryna Sabalenka won a......
SEOUL: South Korea’s Asiana Airlines has stopped selling some emergency exit seats following an incident in which a passenger opened an aircraft door mid-air, the carrier said on Sunday.A court in......
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will not support Pakistan Cricket Board Management Committee chairman Najam Sethi’s proposed “hybrid model” of hosting the Asia Cup, the Press Trust......
LIVERPOOL: Leicester were relegated from the Premier League just seven years after a spectacular title triumph as Everton prolonged their 69-year stay in the English top flight by beating Bournemouth......
• Mother fighting for life, father distraught after four kids killed in tragic accident laid to rest • Another gas explosion claims teenager’s life, injures sevenRAWALPINDI: A day after a gas leak in......
NEW DELHI: Around 40 suspected militants and two police have died in fresh violence in Manipur in northeast India, an official said on Sunday, confirming comments from the state’s chief minister to......
RAWALPINDI: The Noor Khan Airbase authorities have asked the local police and the commissioner to “maintain and share the data” of individuals possessing weapons within a five kilometres radius of......
Ever since the launch of ChatGPT, you must have come across countless takes on the potential or consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) — from doomsday peddlers to grifters trying to cash in on......
In Greek mythology, Procrustes was a unique character known for his obsession of making his guests fit perfectly in his iron bed. His methodology, however, was disturbingly brutal. He altered his......
The national issues cropping up owing to the deadlock in the National Finance Commission (NFC) are prompting the federation to have a fresh look at its devolution policies.It includes a shift from an......
Tycoons, aware of challenges and Prime Minister Shehbaz’s government’s weakness, are not hopeful. The volatile market is desperate for positive signals. The people, however, expected relief in an......
HISTORIANS of South Asia have spent significant time and energy trying to understand the degree to which independence from the British actually constituted any sort of meaningful change. Continuities......
Societies leaning towards capitalism have small governments that provide essential public goods to the people, formulate policy and leave the rest to the imagination and executing capabilities of the......
Pakistan is the fifth largest populated country in the world, with 233 million people and a population growth rate of two per cent. Wheat is the main staple food in the country, with a per capita......
The game of chickens in the political arena can lead to economic malaise; the United States is on the verge of it. The deadlock between President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy has amplified the......
Forex-starved Pakistan earned $2.6 billion last fiscal year through exports of information and communication technology (ICT) services. And within ten months of this year, ICT exports fetched $2.1bn,......
THE world has seen sweeping geopolitical changes over the past 70 years. The international landscape has been fundamentally transformed by the dispersion of power more widely among states. This......
With a positive growth rate, Pakistan’s economy has somehow managed to skirt a recession during the ongoing fiscal year, even if the GDP growth has fallen flat to less than 0.3 per cent — the slowest......
After much dilly-dallying, Pakistan has made its first purchase of Russian crude oil — at a “discounted” price. With Russia looking for new outlets for its crude oils and Pakistan looking for cheaper......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo and Senate Chairman Mir Sadiq Sanjrani have said that Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) will take part in next elections as an independent......
WASHINGTON: The Pakistani American community is planning a bipartisan meeting of US lawmakers on Capitol Hill next month to highlight the political situation in Pakistan.“The situation is getting......
ISLAMABAD: As the nation observed the silver jubilee of Youm-i-Takbeer on Sunday, the president, prime minister and the armed forces paid rich tributes to the scientists, engineers, political and......
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: A number of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders on Sunday decided to part ways with the former ruling party in light of the May 9 violence that resulted in the destruction of......
NEW DELHI: Flanked by priests, Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new Indian parliament on Sunday in a ceremony steeped in religious symbolism but boycotted by opposition......
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday praised his country’s air defence forces, after the capital Kyiv saw the largest drone attack since the beginning of the Russian invasion.The......
IRANIAN President Ebrahim Raisi welcomes Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq al-Said at the Presidential Palace in Tehran, on Sunday.—AFP DUBAI: Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq......
ISLAMABAD: The recent observation by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial about efforts to drive a wedge between judges of the Supreme Court has given credence to rumours that the......
• Says clampdown on PTI an attempt to ‘roll back democracy’ • Alleges govt ‘maltreating women prisoners’ • Unfazed by exodus from party, ex-PM reiterates demand for polls • Minister calls out......
RAWALPINDI: Police have detained 532 suspects in connection with violent protests on May 9 and the attack on the General Headquarters (GHQ) and other sensitive installations.Police have been......
• Dar says negotiations possible if Imran admits mistakes, apologises to nation • Saad Rafique says no space for dialogue in present situationLAHORE: The ambiguities of government policy over talks......
HISTORIANS of South Asia have spent significant time and energy trying to understand the degree to which independence from the British actually constituted any sort of meaningful change. Continuities......
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday said negotiations can’t be held with PTI Chairman Imran Khan until “he apologises, takes corrective actions, owns the problem, and promises” the nation that......
