Massive rallies and demonstrations were staged in almost all major cities and towns of Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Mirpur divisions on Tuesday amid crippling shutter-down and wheel-jam......
Oil prices surged by two per cent on Tuesday to their highest since November, after Saudi Arabia and Russia extended their voluntary supply cuts by three months to the end of this year, worrying......
Stylish batter Kusal Mendis missed a century by just eight runs but still guided Sri Lanka to 291-8 in their crucial Asia Cup match against Afghanistan in Lahore on Tuesday.The 28-year-old hit an......
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has said Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have committed to clear and tangible investment projects in......
India’s Supreme Court concluded its hearing on Tuesday on a challenge to New Delhi’s 2019 imposition of direct rule in occupied Kashmir, a snap decision that led to protests and mass arrests.Prime......
The caretaker Sindh government on Tuesday appointed Khadim Hussain Rind as the new Karachi Additional Inspector General of Police (AIG) as part of a major reshuffle in the province’s police ranks.The......
A meeting called by the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) passed a resolution on Tuesday, urging President Arif Alvi to “fulfil your constitutional responsibility” and announce a date for general elections......
India was buzzing with speculation on Tuesday over rumoured plans to scrap the official usage of the country’s English name after a state-issued invite sent to world leaders referred to it as......
India have recalled a fit-again KL Rahul for their home World Cup later this year but off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is not in the 15-man squad, which did not contain any real......
Explaining his obscene gesture directed at the crowd during the Asia Cup clash between Pakistan and India, former India opener and incumbent BJP MP Gautam Gambhir said he was merely reacting to......
The Supreme Court on Tuesday finally reserved its verdict on PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s 2022 petition challenging the accountability laws, bringing months of extensive proceedings — comprising more......
The Pakistan rupee continued to depreciate in the interbank market in the afternoon, losing another 1.36 against the dollar, while it gained ground in the open market.The dollar was trading for Rs307......
Two people have been detained after using an excavator to dig a hole in the Great Wall of China, state broadcaster CCTV said.Police in Shanxi province followed tracks made by machinery used to dig a......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday issued notices to the caretaker Punjab government and police on a petition seeking a judicial inquiry into the burning of churches and homes of Christian......
LAHORE: The Punjab government is paying a whopping Rs4.4 billion per annum under the head of electricity utility allowance to the higher and subordinate judiciary as well as the chief minister’s......
PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Mohammad Azam Khan has said the newly merged tribal districts require special attention and cooperation of the friendly countries and donor agencies.He said that......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday while hearing a petition on recovery of a “missing” politician directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to issue arrest warrants for police......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday order the release of PTI President Parvez Elahi, who was arrested last week under public order laws hours after being granted bail in another case.On Friday,......
SHANGLA: The family of a Shangla resident, who was arrested in India over illegal entry, on Monday claimed that Faiz Mohammad hadn’t been in contact with it since Aug 24.It added that it learned......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration on Monday launched a crackdown against illegal occupation of public roads with a series of anti-encroachment operations in the federal......
RAWALPINDI: Speakers at a workshop stressed the need for mobilising rural women to enhance pulse production to overcome the food shortage.The workshop on ‘Role of Rural Women in Pulse Production’ was......
RAWALPINDI: After environmental samples tested positive in Rawalpindi, an anti-polio campaign was launched on Monday.During the outbreak response (OBR) drive, 29 union councils of Lahore and four......
KARACHI: The Women’s Wing of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) observed International Hijab Day with a Hijab Walk outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Monday, which was attended by a huge number of veiled......
• Success stories, start-ups are emerging as govt-backed IT programmes begin to pay dividends • PIAIC COO Ziaullah says one must really be patient and disciplined to achieve somethingKARACHI: Amid......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that the transmission of a complaint or information by the federal government received through Pakistan Citizen’s Portal or Prime Minister’s Performance Delivery......
RAWALPINDI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has decided to install 29 modern baggage scanning machines and 20 walkthrough gates at major international airports of Pakistan as part of its measures......
MIRPURKHAS: About 25,000 fertiliser bags, which were to be sold on the black market, were seized in a raid on a goods train at Mirpurkhas railway station on Monday.Sources said that the local......
KARACHI: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) claimed to have seized a huge quantity of liquor in the city on Monday.An ANF spokesperson said in a statement that 8,520 bottles of liquor were recovered in......
WELLINGTON: Kane Williamson will captain New Zealand at next month’s World Cup after making “sufficient progress” in his recovery from a knee injury, the country’s cricket board said on......
SRI LANKA’S Sahan Arachchige in action during a training session at the Gaddafi Stadium on Monday.—AFP LAHORE: A struggling Afghanistan team face an in-form Sri Lankan side in a......
LAHORE: Bushra Bibi, the wife of former prime minister Imran Khan, on Monday filed a petition in the Lahore High Court challenging her possible arrest and seeking details of all cases including......
QUETTA: Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the President of the Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal), has emphasised that, as a matter of principle, elections should have been conducted within 90 days......
KARACHI: An accountability court on Monday granted post-arrest bail to incumbent Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani in a case pertaining to accumulating Rs1.61 billion assets allegedly......
HYDERABAD / SUKKUR: As the Hindu residents of upper Sindh continued their protest over the abduction of some businessmen and children belonging to the minority community, two of the hostages were......
IN 2019, I wrote, under the same title, a column on whether Nawaz Sharif was a political prisoner under the then PTI-establishment hybrid regime. Events since then have shown the weak basis of his......
KARACHI: Amid a gloomy economic atmosphere and lingering wheat, cotton and dollar crisis, Army Chief General Asim Munir has signalled towards the country’s bright future in view of the upcoming huge......
LONDON: Britain’s education minister Gillian Keegan apologised for an expletive-ridden outburst on Monday after complaining she wasn’t being thanked enough for doing a “[f-word] good job” in dealing......
THE countdown has begun, already — on how long the caretaker set-up can last, and what will replace it, if elections are not called. The first question was always going to be asked, for no one had......
PARIS: France received on Monday five Afghan women “threatened by the Taliban” after repeated requests it creates a humanitarian corridor for women shut out of public life, an official said.Since......
KARACHI: The interbank market remained relatively calm on Monday while the open market witnessed some wild fluctuations during the session.The dollar gained 17 paise to close at Rs305.64 compared to......
KARACHI: Construction activities appear to have revived following a 37 per cent jump in domestic sales to 6.573 million tonnes during the first two months (July-August) 2023-24 from 4.8m tonnes in......
ISLAMABAD: Amid countrywide protests over high electricity prices, the Power Division has virtually bombarded the power regulator with three separate sets of quarterly adjustments for K-Electric to......
KARACHI: Pakistan completed a 3-0 series cleansweep over South Africa after they beat the visitors in the third and final women’s Twenty20 International here at the National Bank Stadium on......
KARACHI: Amid a gloomy economic atmosphere and lingering wheat, cotton and dollar crisis, Army Chief General Asim Munir has signalled towards the country’s bright future in view of the upcoming huge......
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow is just two weeks away from supplying free grain to six African nations, after scrapping a deal allowing Ukrainian food exports......
LIBREVILLE: General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup last week that toppled Gabon’s 55-year-old ruling dynasty, took the oath of office as interim president on Monday, promising “free, transparent......
THE social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, has been accused in a civil US lawsuit of helping Saudi Arabia commit grave human rights abuses against its users, The Guardian reported.The......
KARACHI: Sugar prices rose to record levels in various parts of the country on Monday, as members of the former ruling coalition continued to trade blame over who was ultimately responsible for the......
A FILE photo of the Sea King helicopter, released by Pakistan Navy. GWADAR: A Pakistan Navy helicopter on a routine training mission crashed near the port city on Monday, with......
ISLAMABAD: After finding the Election Commission unsympathetic to his request for an election date, President Arif Alvi emphasised the need to holding elections in 90 days, during a meeting with......
• PM Kakar vows no quarter for those guilty of non-payment or stealing electricity • Reiterates commitment to IMF; lender ‘turns down’ govt’s relief proposals, seeks new roadmap • Premier expecting......
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: PTI President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi underwent different tests at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pi) here on Monday after his health condition deteriorated in Attock Jail,......
GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltitistan Chief Minister Haji Gulbar Khan on Monday said the government has invited clerics from across Pakistan to settle a controversial issue that had caused sectarian tensions in......
