Saudi Arabia will invest up to $25 billion in Pakistan over the next two to five years in various sectors, caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar said on Monday, adding his government would also......
Israel officially opened its embassy in Bahrain on Monday as both agreed to boost trade ties, three years after both sides normalised ties and as Washington presses Riyadh for a similar deal that......
UN experts condemned on Monday the Indian government’s “slow and inadequate response” to reported serious rights violations, including sexual violence, amid deadly ethnic clashes in the country’s......
Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab said on Monday that three people were booked and arrested after an Ahmadi place of worship in the city’s Saddar area was vandalised. ......
President Dr Arif Alvi discussed matters pertaining to elections with caretaker Law Minister Ahmed Irfan Aslam on Monday and stressed the need to make decisions “in accordance with the spirit of the......
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Zaka Ashraf on Monday expressed optimism about the future of cricketing relations between Pakistan and India and extended a warm welcome to a delegation from the......
Rain halted play in the final Group A clash of the Asia Cup between India and cricketing minnows Nepal in Pallekele in Sri Lanka on Monday.Nepal, who lost the tournament opener to Pakistan, were......
Two Pakistan Navy officers and one soldier were martyred on Monday in a helicopter crash in Balochistan’s Gwadar, a spokesperson for the navy said.In a statement, the spokesperson said that the......
More than 100 fishermen and locals living near Fukushima will file a lawsuit this week seeking to stop the release of wastewater from the stricken Japanese nuclear plant, they said on Monday.Twelve......
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday sought a response from Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Investigation Imran Kishwar and DIG Operations Ali Nasir Rizvi while hearing a plea filed by PTI President......
The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is considering moving games in the Super Four round of the ongoing Asia Cup away from Colombo as wet weather looms over the Sri Lankan capital, according to......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday ordered authorities to inform the court before arresting human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir in any case.Imaan and former lawmaker Ali Wazir were......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 index gained more than 400 points on Monday on the back of assurances by the army chief regarding ensuring transparency in the foreign exchange......
US President Joe Biden on Sunday expressed disappointment that Chinese leader Xi Jinping would not attend the G20 summit in India this week, as Washington seeks to repair relations with Beijing.Asked......
Taiwan woke up Monday to toppled trees, floods, and persistent rainfall after Typhoon Haikui made landfall on the island and swept overnight across its central mountain ranges.Haikui initially......
PALLEKELE: Nepal are looking forward to the “big opportunity” of facing cricketing powerhouse India in the Asia Cup, skipper Rohit Paudel said on Sunday, adding that his players would be looking to......
BARCELONA: Jude Bellingham rescued Real Madrid with a 95th minute strike to secure a 2-1 win over Getafe on Saturday and maintain Los Blancos’ perfect start to La Liga, as they played with a......
• Several key medicines and non-essential drugs are not available at pharmacies as black market flourishes • Govt takes notice of crisis, officials asked to submit report on remedial measuresKARACHI:......
KARACHI: Pakistan women put up a show of immense intent to outclass South Africa in the second Twenty20 International to seal the three-match series 2-0 here at the National Bank Stadium on......
PESHAWAR: Describing the financial situation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as precarious, the caretaker chief minister has asked the federal government to pay pending dues to the province including funds for......
PESHAWAR: Several Jamaat-i-Islami activists were booked by the police here on Sunday allegedly for blocking traffic, burning tyres and forcefully shutting down shops in the provincial capital on......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has ruled that under the Constitution the services tribunal had exclusive jurisdiction to deal with matters relating to terms and conditions of service of a civil......
LONDON: The UK government vowed on Sunday to “do what it takes” to ensure pupils’ safety, after scores of schools were forced to shut buildings made with an aerated concrete prone to collapse.As......
LAHORE: The Universal Health Insurance (UHI) Programme has almost collapsed at the primary and secondary healthcare hospitals as an official report unveiled that 86,217 patients out of total 104,846......
LAHORE: Minister of Information and Culture Amir Mir has taken decisive action against the proliferation of obscene dances in Gujranwala and Faisalabad. Orders have been issued to remove the......
WAD MADANI: Residents of Khartoum awoke on Sunday to artillery and rocket fire, hours after an air strike in the city’s south killed at least 20 civilians including two children, according to......
“Riots were triggered off by soaring prices, by malpractices, or by hunger. But these grievances operated within a popular consensus as to what were legitimate and what were illegitimate......
IN the recent past, Karachi has experienced several unfortunate, infrastructure-related accidents that impacted human lives and assets. The list is long: nine people were injured in a sewer gas......
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has directed universities to acquire prior approval of the Foreign Office for engaging with international organisations such as United Nations and its......
A Burning Man participant wades through mud after a rainstorm turned the site into a quagmire.—Reuters BLACK ROCK CITY (Nevada, US): Tens of thousands of festival-goers were......
KIRKUK: A curfew was lifted in the multi-ethnic Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday after protests turned violent and led to the deaths of four people.Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani imposed the......
RAWALPINDI: During the past 20 days of the screening programme in the garrison city, the District Health Authority has detected 34 patients of hepatitis B and 122 of hepatitis C, including eight......
ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) held a consultation on Sunday regarding the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) judgement against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act......
PRESSURE is mounting on the caretaker government and the establishment on multiple fronts — political, economic and legal. Several developments have fuelled more uncertainty at a time when the......
QUETTA: Different political parties in Balochistan, including both nationalist and religious parties, have spearheaded negotiations to forge alliances and achieve seat-to-seat adjustments in the......
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz and US envoy to Pakistan Donald Blome on Sunday held a meeting at her Murree residence wherein both sides discussed matters of......
WASHINGTON: Pakistani institutions need to work through the electoral process in consultation with the political parties to ensure fair and free elections, said Elizabeth Horst, the lead US diplomat......
Exhausted by the relentless economic pressures, as public frustration seeps onto the streets, the depreciating rupee grapples to salvage its value, markets descend into chaos, and political turmoil......
LARKANA / DERA GHAZI KHAN: A large number of people took to the streets in different cities of Sindh on Sunday to protest against the abduction of some members of the minority Hindu community and......
A competitive cost of energy, particularly electricity tariffs, and its uninterrupted supply are essential for oiling the industry’s wheels. Rejecting the recent hike in electricity bills, the......
• PIDE survey reveals 83pc firms link inability to meet targets with lack of power • 78pc companies say electricity scarcity hinders operational efficiencyISLAMABAD: Despite surplus power generation......
Huge waves are seen in Yilan as Typhoon Haikui makes landfall in eastern Taiwan on Sunday.—AFP TAITUNG: Typhoon Haikui made landfall in eastern Taiwan on Sunday, unleashing......
KYIV: Russian drones targeted Ukraine’s southern Odesa region in the early hours of Sunday, with Moscow hitting a Danube port on the border with NATO member Romania in an attack condemned by......
The Satpara Dam, a joint collaboration of the government and the United States Agency for International Development, was completed in 2011. It aimed to cater to the electricity needs of the local......
• Asif says party battling anger over inflated power bills • Iqbal attributes current crisis to 2018 ‘crash-landing’ • Insiders admit Sharif bros’ continued presence in UK ‘not good for......
GILGIT: Amid a peaceful rally held in Skardu demanding the arrest of a cleric and the government’s announcement that the situation has turned normal, Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Haji Gulbar Khan......
LAHORE: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Sunday assured the business community of fostering transparency in dollar exchange and interbank rates.“The money exchanges would be brought......
Exorbitant electricity bills are not the main problem, though it is hard to agree when over half the salary is spent paying it. The issue lies in the breakup of consumption — households, for over two......
PRESSURE is mounting on the caretaker government and the establishment on multiple fronts — political, economic and legal. Several developments have fuelled more uncertainty at a time when the......
• Power sector employees, govt officials using ‘free electricity’ worth Rs22bn yearly • Need stressed to review IPPs agreements as liabilities surge to Rs2trLAHORE: The total cost of free electricity......
“Riots were triggered off by soaring prices, by malpractices, or by hunger. But these grievances operated within a popular consensus as to what were legitimate and what were illegitimate......
