Fighting intensified in several areas of Khartoum on Sunday, residents of Sudan’s capital reported, a day after the expiry of a ceasefire deal between rival military factions brokered by Saudi Arabia......
Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid has alleged that police beat his staff during raids at his houses in Islamabad and Rawalpindi late Saturday night and forced them to give statements that......
Hong Kong police searched and detained scores of people on Sunday, including four arrested for “seditious” intent, as authorities tightened security for the 34th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has sought from the Punjab Excise and Taxation Department details of purchase and sale of vehicles “in the name of” 22 members of former prime minister Imran......
Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu told Asia’s top security summit on Sunday that conflict with the United States would be an “unbearable disaster” but that his country sought dialogue over......
The Punjab police decided on Sunday to approach the high court against a Lahore anti-terrorism court’s order to discharge PTI leader Yasmin Rashid in a case pertaining to vandalism at the Lahore......
The January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol Building by the supporters of Donald Trump is often referred to as the ‘stupid coup’.Political commentators in the United States have continued to compare it......
Rescuers and families searched through mangled train carriages on Sunday for more victims of India’s worst rail crash in more than two decades with signal failure emerging as the likely cause.At......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s rugby team will play two matches against the UAE in the Asia Rugby Men Division I 2023 in Lahore on July 4 and 8.Pakistan Rugby Union (PRU) Salman Sheikh secretary on Saturday said......
BIRMINGHAM: Batsman Marnus Labuschagne believes Australia will benefit from increased stability in their Ashes squad as they prepare to face England in the first Test of the series later this......
LAHORE: Pakistan junior hockey team captain Mohammad Abdullah on Saturday demanded the team is given more international exposure ahead of their participation in the Junior World Cup.At the same time,......
SWAT: The Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Musarrat Hilali on Saturday directed the police to avoid lodging bogus cases in their pursuit to get promotions, warning if such practice was not......
MANSEHRA: The police raided the houses of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leaders here on Saturday.However, no arrest was made as the police didn’t find PTI leaders at home.Raids were conducted on the......
KARACHI: The provincial government on Saturday decided to build a world-class tourist resort at Keenjhar Lake.The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the steering committee on tourism......
KARACHI: With less than two weeks left in the Karachi mayoral election, the war of words between two leading contesting parties for the key municipal office intensified on Saturday when the......
Zoo Director Kanwar Ayub says two elephants at Safari Park are healthy.—White Star/file KARACHI: Despite getting treatment for potentially fatal blood parasites a few weeks ago,......
BALASORE: When India’s worst train accident in more than 20 years happened just outside his home, Hiranmay Rath said it felt “like the sky was falling on us or the earth was cracking open”.What......
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid Punjab Secretary General Shafay Hussain has advised the embattled Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi to form his own party after quitting......
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law a debt ceiling bill passed by Congress after weeks of wrangling, moving to avert a catastrophic, self-induced default in the world’s......
HONG KONG: Police arrested four people in Hong Kong for “seditious” acts and “disorderly conduct” on Saturday, on the eve of the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.Around the busy......
MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Saturday that journalists from “unfriendly countries” would not be allowed into the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, which President Vladimir Putin has used to......
LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested six suspects belonging to different banned outfits during operations in different areas of Punjab.According to the......
ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) during a comprehensive visit to Adiala jail on Saturday found no evidence of inhuman or derogatory treatment of detained political......
SINGAPORE: The US on Saturday issued a fresh call for talks with China, as US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin urged Beijing at Asia’s top security summit to engage with Washington as “responsible......
JERUSALEM: Three Israeli soldiers and a member of Egypt’s security forces were killed on Saturday in a rare exchange of fire near the border between the two countries, official sources from both......
The May 9 riots will keep haunting the country’s political landscape for a long time. The investigation into what transpired and led to riots and acts of sabotage following the PTI chief’s arrest......
ANKARA: Turkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on Saturday sworn in for a third term as president, promising to serve impartially after a historic victory in a run-off election.“As president, I swear......
IF the government decides to call for elections just a few days shy of the current parliament’s term-end, the caretaker administration will have 90 days in which to complete the process, and if the......
KARACHI: Due to falling vegetable prices on world markets, Pakistan earned a meagre amount despite exporting a record quantum of 1.035 million tonnes in the first nine months of the current fiscal......
ISLAMABAD: As the European Union’s 10-year preferential trade arrangement approaches its expiration this year, Pakistan has intensified its efforts to enhance compliance with key international......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo has approved a summary to grant the status of Special Economic District (SED) to Gwadar for the city’s development and promotion of......
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) deploys the Iris recognition system at Nadra centres for identity verification and effectively addressing the duplicate identity......
VIENNA: Opec and its allies began two days of meetings on Saturday that may culminate in further production cuts of as much as 1 million barrels per day, Opec+ sources told Reuters, as the group......
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar will depart on a week-long trip to four European countries on Monday, said the Foreign Office.The visits to Norway, Sweden, Denmark......
LAHORE: Senior lawyer Irfan Qadir, who is also Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability, said on Saturday that the federal government did not want to undermine the judiciary, but......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday held out reassurance to the businessmen of Karachi pledging to consider their concerns during the budget deliberations for the year 2023-24.The......
LAHORE: The Islamabad police on Saturday served warrants on PTI Chairman Imran Khan for his appearance before a court in the federal capital.The warrants were served at Mr Khan’s Zaman Park......
PRIME MINISTER Shehbaz Sharif greets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after his inauguration ceremony in Ankara, on Saturday.—Courtesy Foreign Office ANKARA: Prime......
• Former Punjab CM returns to custody as ACE arrests him in yet another case • Lahore ATC ‘discharges’ ex-health minister, 23 others from Jinnah House attack case • Over 100 PTI men, women still in......
IF the government decides to call for elections just a few days shy of the current parliament’s term-end, the caretaker administration will have 90 days in which to complete the process, and if the......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government is planning to file an application in the Supreme Court seeking a review of its decision on the interpretation of Article 63-A of the Constitution, according to......
