PPP leader Nasir Hussain Shah on Sunday closed the door on the possibility of any alliance between his party and the PTI ahead of general elections.Questioned on the veracity of a speculated PTI-PPP......
All too often ignored in favour of the big name sport stars, cricketing groundstaff who kept the rain-hit Asia Cup running were promised a $50,000 shared bonus by organisers on Sunday.Pace bowler......
Flames gripped the Sudanese capital on Sunday and paramilitary forces attacked the army headquarters for the second day in a row, witnesses reported, as fighting raged into its sixth month.“Clashes......
Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka won the toss and elected to bat first against India as the two sides bid for another Asia Cup title in Sunday’s final in Colombo. The start of the match has been......
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Sunday departed for New York to represent Pakistan at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which will be held on September......
A member of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was shot dead during events falling on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death, state media reported on......
Lee made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone packing hurricane-force winds in a far western part of Canada’s Nova Scotia province on Saturday, flooding roads, downing trees and cutting out power for......
A week after a wall of water rushed through the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the focus turned on Sunday to caring for survivors of the disaster.Estimates of the......
Justice Qazi Faez Isa was sworn in as the 29th chief justice of Pakistan on Sunday.He was administered the oath of office by President Arif Alvi during a ceremony at Aiwan-i-Sadr in Islamabad.......
PESHAWAR: Business community, transporters and political activists have rejected the increase in the prices of petroleum products and asked the federal government to withdraw it to the relief of......
LAHORE: Amazed by a number of tactical decisions made by Babar Azam for the Asia Cup Super Four match against India, former captain Pakistan Intikhab Alam has urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)......
ISLAMABAD: Showing their class and experience, Aisam-ul-Haq and Aqeel Khan gave Pakistan a solid 2-0 lead against Indonesia in the Davis Cup World Group-II tie here at the Pakistan Sports Complex on......
KARACHI: For a third straight edition, in yet another tantalisingly close finish, it was Shabbir Iqbal who prevailed.Shabbir’s love affair with the Chief of Naval Staff Open Golf Championship......
COLOMBO: Skipper Shakib Al Hasan on Friday said Bangladesh will be a “dangerous side” in the World Cup after they edged India by six runs for a consolation Asia Cup victory.India, who had already......
(Clockwise from top left) Poof, gone! The recent increase in fuel prices had a seemingly magical effect, making traffic disappear from the otherwise crowded Tower intersection on......
LONDON: Manchester United’s crisis deepened on Saturday as Brighton & Hove Albion’s Danny Welbeck scored in a 3-1 win against his old club while Manchester City beat West Ham United to stay perfect......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: The Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Bridge on the river Indus at Chachran Sharif, some 75kms from here, may be damaged due to erosion of a portion of the guide wall of Minchan Bund (spur).As......
(Clockwise from top left) Poof, gone! The recent increase in fuel prices had a seemingly magical effect, making traffic disappear from the otherwise crowded Tower intersection on......
LAHORE: The office of the prosecutor general of Punjab has returned the challan (investigation report) of the Jinnah House attack case to the investigating officer (IO) to remove shortcomings and to......
THE phrase used to be ‘paralysis by analysis’, when someone was guilty of overanalysing a situation or individual. But even then such an exercise was harmless, if boring, with the facts remaining......
THE US is cautiously rebuilding its relationship with Pakistan, focusing on critical areas and communities considered vulnerable. The recent visit by US Ambassador Donald Blome to Gwadar is an......
LONDON: British comedian and actor Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse during a seven-year period, according to the results of a media investigation published......
VIENNA: UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi on Saturday condemned Iran’s “disproportionate and unprecedented” move to bar multiple inspectors assigned to the country, hindering its oversight of......
MOSCOW/KYIV: One person died in a Russian village near the border with Ukraine in a Ukrainian strike, the regional governor of Kursk said on Saturday.Governor Roman Starovoit said on Telegram the......
ULUNDI: Thousands of people, some dressed in traditional warrior clothes, on Saturday attended the funeral of South Africa’s divisive Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who was implicated in a wave of......
WASHINGTON: Mexico on Friday extradited the son of Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman to the United States to face narcotics charges, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said.Ovidio......
LAHORE: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Chairman Waseem Mukhtar has said there was no other option but to take some harsh decisions to make the power sector......
LAMPEDUSA/BRUSSELS: The Italian Coast Guard found a newborn baby dead on a boat carrying migrants to Lampedusa, ANSA news agency reported on Saturday, as dozens of the island’s citizens protested......
MOSCOW: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met on Saturday with the Russian defence minister in Vladivostok, where he inspected state-of-the-art weapons including a hypersonic missile system on the......
ISLAMABAD: Political parties have censured the caretaker government for the massive hike in petrol prices, saying the move will put a further strain on the masses already battling with rampant......
LONDON: A flurry of meetings took place at Stanhope House, the PML-N’s de facto headquarters here, on Saturday, where the party’s top leadership met key members of its legal team ahead of Nawaz......
QUETTA: Hundreds of thousands of people, including workers and supporters of the National Party, Haq Do Tehreek, and other parties, participated in a protest rally and staged a sit-in in Turbat town......
ISLAMABAD: Exports to the Middle East bounced back with a growth of 20.82 per cent in July led by a demand revival from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain.However, the exports to the United Arab......
KARACHI: The local bourse experienced mixed trends in the outgoing week amid conflicting developments on the economic front.Arif Habib Ltd said the market was unified in its expectation of an......
MEXICO CITY: For Jaime Maussan, a Mexican journalist and longtime UFO enthusiast, they are one of the most important discoveries in the history of humankind, but for many scientists these two tiny......
WASHINGTON: The prosecutor leading the federal election meddling case against former US president Donald Trump has asked a judge to impose limits on his statements regarding the trial.“The defendant......
DERNA: Shipments of international aid arrived in Libya, mainly from the United Arab Emirates and Iran, on Saturday, offering a lifeline to thousands despite dwindling hopes of finding more survivors......
KARACHI: The issuance of daily gold rates by the All Pakistan Gem and Jewellers Association (APGJA) has remained suspended for the last four days due to a crackdown by law enforcement agencies on......
KARACHI: Business leaders on Saturday said the massive hike in prices of petroleum products would further fuel the unprecedented inflation, intensify miseries for the common man and create serious......
• Chan criticises ‘N’ for abandoning ‘vote ko izzat do’ narrative, calls on party to ‘not hide behind institutions’ • PPP ‘to approach SC if poll date isn’t announced by Nov 30’ • Saad dismisses......
ISLAMABAD: The cash-strapped Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has managed to get a bank loan, after which its administrative affairs are said to be running smoothly.“We have managed to get a......
ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad court on Saturday granted the Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) a one-day transit remand of PTI President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi in a graft case.Mr Elahi was......
• President to administer oath to 29th CJP as SC hopes for ‘unity’ under new top judge • Military courts, general elections, practice and procedure law among major challenges facing new chief......
LIFE in developed countries pivots around the rule of law. Every citizen is subjected to the same laws, and no one is above the law. However, despite full consensus on the validity of the rule of......
