At least 11 people were killed by a blast on Thursday at a funeral service for an Afghan acting provincial governor whose assassination this week was claimed by militant Islamic State (IS), the......
Ukraine and Russia accused each other of shelling rescuers and evacuees in the flood-hit Kherson region on Thursday as Moscow said its forces fought off a Ukrainian offensive in another part of the......
PML-N lawmaker Hina Pervaiz Butt accused the PPP on Thursday of rigging in the by-election for the seat that was vacated following the disqualification of former Azad Jammu and Kashmir prime minister......
Pakistan and Turkmenistan signed a joint implementation plan on Thursday to execute the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project.The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister......
Jahangir Khan Tareen, who once used to be a close aide of the PTI chief, has launched a new party, the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party.He made the announcement during a press......
Slain journalist Arshad Sharif’s mother has requested the Supreme Court to direct the special Joint Investigation Team (JIT) — probing her son’s killing in October last year — to include PTI Chairman......
A Syrian national wounded four children and an adult in a knife attack in a French park on Thursday, police said, leaving some of the victims critically ill in hospital.The attack, which happened in......
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar is presenting the economic survey for the fiscal year 2023 at a press conference in Islamabad.The minister said Pakistan achieved Gross Domestic......
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability, Irfan Qadir, said on Thursday that matters of superior court judges could be referred to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) if they......
India and China must find a way to step back from potential confrontation in the western Himalayas, India’s foreign minister said on Thursday, fearing that the militarised, disputed border could lead......
Smoke from Canadian wildfires shrouded New York in a record-breaking apocalyptic smog Wednesday as cities along the US East Coast issued air pollution warnings and thousands evacuated their homes in......
Two police constables were martyred while one security guard was critically injured on Thursday when gunmen opened indiscriminate fire near the Sabzi Mandi area of Swat’s Mingora city, an official......
An eight-member bench of the Supreme Court will resume hearing a set of petitions challenging the Supreme Court (Practice & Procedure) Act, 2023, which seeks to limit the powers of the Chief Justice......
PTI Chairman Imran Khan will appear before multiple courts in Islamabad, including the high court, today (Thursday) in over a dozen cases pertaining to criminal proceedings in the Toshakhana......
Pakistan stands to secure one board review under the current bailout package of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if measures in its budget, set to be unveiled on Friday, meet the lender’s......
HAMBANTOTA: Easy half-centuries from Sri Lanka openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka made short work of Afghanistan on Wednesday in a nine-wicket drubbing that clinched a 2-1 ODI series win......
LAHORE: Five men lost their lives as a car they were travelling in from Sargodha to Lahore crashed on the motorway near Hafizabad on Wednesday.According to Hafizabad Rescue 1122 officials, five men......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has backed the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) current stance over the Asia Cup but has also called for the matter to be dealt with harmony between all parties......
ISLAMABAD: The race to be elected Pakistan Cricket Board chairman intensified on Wednesday.As Najam Sethi, the chair of the PCB’s interim management committee, called on Prime Minister Shehbaz......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Wednesday directed the investigating officer (IO) of Sarwar Road police to submit complete record of the Jinnah House attack case against PTI Punjab......
LAHORE: The Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has booked 10 persons including former chief minister Usman Buzdar, a son and friend of former first lady Bushra Bibi and five senior......
PESHAWAR: Traders have reacted sharply to the federal government’s decision regarding early closure of markets and business premises under its energy conservation plan and vowed to defy the order in......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday set aside the orders of the provincial capital’s deputy commissioner for the detention of former Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MNA Ali Mohammad Khan under......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani has expressed confidence that the evolving global landscape would further strengthen bilateral ties between Pakistan and Russia and open new avenues of......
DERA ISMAIL KHAN/PESHAWAR: A policeman sustained injuries when militants opened fire on the vehicle of DSP Kulachi here on Wednesday, an official said.The official said that DSP Rashid Khan was......
RAWALPINDI: An eight-member delegation of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of Saudi Arabia completed its first phase of visit on Wednesday and returned to Saudi Arabia.A spokesman for......
SUKKUR: USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman has announced extra $16.4 million aid for flood-hit people who were struck by the calamity last year.She announced this while on her visit to the......
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) expressed concern on Wednesday over the May 9 violence and observed that “extremist actions” like these could not be ignored as they were not only......
KARACHI: Directing the medical superintendent of the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) to provide treatment to transgender petitioners living with HIV, the Sindh High Court on Wednesday......
ROME: Pope Francis underwent an operation on a painful abdominal hernia Wednesday, which was completed without complications but which revived concerns over the 86-year-old’s increasingly fragile......
KABUL: Twenty-four people, including 12 women and eight children, died on Wednesday when the van they were travelling in fell into a ravine in northern Afghanistan, police said.“Due to the neglect of......
OSLO: Norway has rescued a Russian in need of emergency medical assistance on board a scientific vessel stuck in ice near the North Pole in a spectacular helicopter operation, its rescue services......
WASHINGTON: Artificial intelligence has proven itself useful in reading medical imaging and even shown it can pass doctors’ licensing exams.Now, a new AI tool has demonstrated the ability to read......
GUWAHATI: Indian security forces stepped up operations to prevent further violence in Manipur state on Wednesday after a seven-year-old boy, his mother and a relative were burnt alive when a crowd......
LONDON: Prince Harry accused a tabloid publisher of “industrial scale” phone hacking as he wrapped up almost eight hours of court testimony on Wednesday, becoming the first British royal in over a......
THE preliminary results of the 2023 census show that Pakistan has been growing at an inexplicably high intercensal population growth rate since 2017. The country’s demographic statistics present an......
IN medical terminology, autoimmunity is “a condition in which the body’s immune system mistakes its own healthy tissues as foreign and attacks them”. In other words, it is an attack on the self by......
QUETTA: The Pakistan Coal Suppliers Association and Good Transport Association announced on Wednesday that they would stop the supply of coal across the country from Balochistan if they were not......
KARACHI: The government is likely to resort to heavy taxation on the banking sector in the 2023-24 budget as Islamabad looks for easy sources of revenue in a fiscally challenged environment.“We......
KARACHI: The pre-budget rally remained in full swing on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) as share prices rose on Wednesday amid positive triggers.Topline Securities said expectations of major......
LAHORE: While it works to increase revenue collection from all other sectors, the government is said to be considering a proposal seeking the continuation of tax concessions — granted by the PTI......
KARACHI: Noted development economist Dr Kaiser Bengali has said attempts to mobilise revenue through income tax on agriculture won’t generate a substantial amount given the average farm size in the......
ISLAMABAD: Ashfaq Tola, who chairs the Reforms & Resource Mobilisation Commission, said on Wednesday that the salaries of government employees would be raised by around 20 per cent in the coming......
KARACHI: The government will hope to find a balance between reforms to satisfy the International Monetary Fund and measures to win over voters in an imminent election in its budget for 2023-24 to be......
ISLAMABAD: The coalition government, led by PML-N, has partially approved recommendations of the Tariff Policy Board (TPB) to adjust solar sector duties in the upcoming budget, Dawn has learned from......
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday granted interim protective bail to former prime minister Imran Khan in an FIR of alleged fraud in the sale of Toshakhana gifts and restrained the......
ISLAMABAD: Without pointing fingers at anyone, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday wondered what those holding protests at the Supreme Court gates on May 15 had gained,......
• PBC wants ATCs to conclude civilians’ cases within seven days • Political parties urged to initiate grand dialogue for sake of democracyISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has called for the......
THE preliminary results of the 2023 census show that Pakistan has been growing at an inexplicably high intercensal population growth rate since 2017. The country’s demographic statistics present an......
THE already heated debate around the potential and pitfalls of artificial intelligence reached fever pitch last week, when some of the most respected leaders working in the field got together to say......
THE Biblical scriptures tell us that Noah loaded his Ark with a pair of every species, especially rodents. He calculated that if his Ark was ever in danger of sinking, rats would be the first to jump......
IN medical terminology, autoimmunity is “a condition in which the body’s immune system mistakes its own healthy tissues as foreign and attacks them”. In other words, it is an attack on the self by......
LAHORE: To put the sluggish economy on the fast track to recovery, former president Asif Ali Zardari has called for a long-term economic plan, based on collective thinking instead of individual......
• Aleem Kham keen to become president of ‘Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party’; Fawad, Zaidi, ex-governor Imran, Kiyani, Firdous, Maulvi, Chohan attend reception • Zardari camped in Lahore to woo......
