US regulators sued Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao on Monday for allegedly operating a “web of deception”, piling further pressure on the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange and sending......
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General (IG) Akhtar Hayat Khan said on Monday that Swat police had arrested a terrorist and a “local facilitator” involved in a shootout in Swat’s remote area of Banjot......
India and the United States have concluded a roadmap for defence industry cooperation for the next few years, the two countries said on Monday, a landmark move expected to bolster New Delhi’s defence......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said Pakistan is “very hopeful” of finalising a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this month.“We are still very hopeful that the IMF program will......
Iran is set to reopen its embassy in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday following a seven-year closure, Tehran and a diplomatic source said, sealing a Chinese-brokered rapprochement deal announced in......
The PPP on Monday announced it had nominated Karachi Administrator Murtaza Wahab as its candidate for the city’s mayor slot and Salman Murad for the seat of deputy mayor.The announcement was made by......
New Zealand honoured former prime minister Jacinda Ardern with the title of dame on Monday, citing her leadership after the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre and during the Covid-19 pandemic.Ardern,......
The rupee fell 1.6 per cent against the US dollar on Monday, changing course after appreciating sharply towards the end of last week.According to the Forex Association of Pakistan, the greenback was......
Pakistan and Iraq on Monday agreed to further strengthen bilateral ties as Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari arrived in Baghdad on a three-day official visit.In a statement, Radio Pakistan......
PTI leader Asad Umar on Monday denied having any contact with Jahangir Khan Tareen, who used to be a close aide of PTI chief Imran Khan before heading a group of dissidents in the party.The PTI......
AC Milan’s Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic said on Sunday he had decided to end his playing career at the age of 41 after a trophy-laden career at some of Europe’s top clubs.The extrovert Swede’s......
Two soldiers were martyred while two militants were killed during an exchange of fire in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, the army’s media affairs wing said late on Sunday.In a......
DHAKA: Bangladesh on Sunday called up uncapped batsman Shahadat Hossain and fast bowler Mushfik Hasan for the one-off Test against Afghanistan later this month.The Afghan Test side will arrive on......
HAMBANTOTA: Quick bowler Dushmantha Chameera stormed back into the Sri Lankan team to power their 132-run win over Afghanistan at Hambantota on Sunday and square the three-match one-day......
MADRID: Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema will leave Real Madrid as a free agent in the close season after 14 trophy-laden years, the La Liga club said on Sunday, with the striker set to move to......
KARACHI: Dynamites clinched the Pakistan Cup Women’s Cricket Tournament after Sidra Nawaz’s century and seven wickets between spinners Ghulam Fatima and Nashra Sundhu helped them beat Challengers by......
KOHAT: In a crackdown on Sunday, the police rounded up 26 persons along with arms and ammunition in Jarma and Saddar areas here. The operations were led by DSP Yousuf Khan.The seizure included two......
SHANGLA: The local residents on Sunday blocked the main Chakesar-Puran Road here against excessive electricity loadshedding.The protesters, including traders and civil society activists, gathered at......
ISLAMABAD: As PTI leaders continue to jump the ship in the wake of the May 9 violence, the party is making new appointments to fill up the ranks left by the old guards.On Sunday, Sayed Zulfiqar Abbas......
Resuming services just over two days after India’s deadliest rail crash in more than two decades, trains crossed the disaster spot in eastern Odisha state where at least 275 people died and 1,200......
ISLAMABAD: The names of 16 police officials have been put on a watch list to stop them from travelling to Saudi Arab as Khuddamul Hujjaj.Officers of the capital police said the officials including......
THATTA: Chounras, the quakeproof and flood-resistant houses — designed by Pakistan’s internationally acclaimed first woman architect Yasmeen Lari — are being damaged by vagabonds who are out to take......
KARACHI: Expressing concern over growing plastic pollution across the country that has contaminated the food chain and endangered all forms of life, speakers at a meeting called upon the government......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has issued notices to the provincial health secretary and medical superintendent of the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) on a petition filed against......
• JI-PTI alliance stands at 193 in 366-strong house • Total number of PPP, PML-N and JUI-F is 175 • Parties yet to announce candidates for mayor, deputy mayorKARACHI: The electoral process for seats......
RAWALPINDI: In a first night-time landing in Quetta , a PIA flight (PK-747) touched down airport’s new category-11 runway on Saturday, before carrying Haj pilgrims to Madina, marking the start of......
WASHINGTON: A large number of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf supporters in the United States, calling themselves as PTI US, on Sunday urged the Biden administration to impose visa bans on Pakistani......
QUETTA: Haq Do Tehreek (HDT) chief Maulana Hidayat-ur-Rehman has said the provincial government has backed out of the agreement had it signed with HDT leaders accepting its demands, which led to end......
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait is staging its seventh general election in just over 10 years on Tuesday as the oil-rich Gulf state remains mired in a political impasse undermining hopes of economic......
SINGAPORE: Senior officials from about two dozen of the world’s major intelligence agencies held a secret meeting on the fringes of the Shangri-La Dialogue security meeting in Singapore this weekend,......
ISLAMABAD: Trade between Pakistan and Turkiye has the potential to reach $5 billion annually in the next three years, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tweeted on Sunday, as he returned home after......
Li Shangfu SINGAPORE: China’s defence minister warned on Sunday against establishing Nato-like military alliances in the Asia-Pacific, saying they would plunge the region into a......
Batool is the daughter of a maid. There was fierce opposition at home when her mother enrolled her in school. Batool’s father claimed that the four-year-old would pick up bad habits and consort with......
Few sectors or industries in Pakistan can claim to have the kind of growth that nano lending has had in the past two years, even if everything else seems to have crashed. The......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said the government will announce a welfare-oriented, pro-investment and business-friendly budget for the next fiscal year.The government would provide as......
Scaling up agricultural output by at least 50 per cent through the year 2050 is an overarching challenge for Pakistan’s agriculture sector, given the country’s ever-growing population.The challenge......
Yearly headline inflation hit 38 per cent in May 2023. This means that on average, the purchasing power of the rupee was down 38 per cent in May compared to May last year.If you have Rs138,000 now,......
ON a crisp September day in 2005 at the Wagah-Attari border, the flags of Pakistan and India were flying high, while the drums rolled on both sides to announce one of the largest prisoner exchanges......
ISLAMABAD: With ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ this year’s theme, the World Environment Day, the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment, will......
THE fallout of the May 9 riots on the country’s politics has been both immediate and significant. Coming on the back of opposition leader Imran Khan’s intensifying confrontation with the......
Two London-based properties tied to prominent Pakistani families have raised questions about Britain’s “awkward status as haven for political elites and their fortunes”, said a report published in......
BALASORE: A signal fault led to the Odisha train disaster, coupled with a change that occurred during ‘electronic interlocking’, Indian railway minister suggested on Sunday.Electronic interlocking......
• Officials say verdict will be challenged, have ‘strong evidence’ against PTI president • Ex-CM says has ‘nothing to do with’ riotersLAHORE: An anti-corruption court sent former chief minister......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has sought details of vehicles sold and purchased by 22 members of ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s cabinet as it expands the scope of the......
• Punjab IG says ATC decision to be challenged, claims to have ‘enough evidence’ against PTI leaders • Forensic report claims ex-minister was present at corps commander’s house at time of attack;......
• 35 ex-lawmakers have reportedly joined new group • Chaudhry Raza, Ayesha Iqbal latest to jump ship • PTI leader accuses police of looting daughter’s dowryLAHORE: As the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf......
ON a crisp September day in 2005 at the Wagah-Attari border, the flags of Pakistan and India were flying high, while the drums rolled on both sides to announce one of the largest prisoner exchanges......
THERE are some clips that go viral time and again, because they’re absolutely incredible. One such clip on social media feeds is from a 2006 documentary named Ants! Nature’s secret power in which......
