A day-long symposium on an alarming population growth in Pakistan is being held in Islamabad.Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar will address the symposium to......
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday while hearing a case on the transfer of the Islamabad police chief suggested that minister Azam Swati could be tried under Article......
SWABI: Three leaders of the Pakhtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) on Tuesday appeared in a local court at the Swabi Judicial Complex for confirmation of their bail before arrest.The three men — Ali Wazir......
Orlando (Florida, US): Nasa’s deep space explorer Osiris-Rex flew on Monday to within a dozen miles of its destination, a skyscraper-sized asteroid believed to hold organic compounds fundamental to......
LONDON: Britain’s government suffered a stinging rebuke from MPs ahead of Tuesday’s momentous Brexit debate, exposing Prime Minister Theresa May’s lack of support in parliament.The House of......
NAROWAL: Heavy machinery reached Kartarpur area of the district on Tuesday to construct a corridor connecting Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur to Dera Baba Nanak in India’s Gurdaspur district.The......
LAHORE: Criticising Prime Minister Imran Khan’s statement that the armed forces support the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) manifesto, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has demanded that the......
KARACHI: After two weeks of hustle and bustle at the DA Creek Club, the scene has been shifted to the PN Roshan Khan-Jahangir Khan Squash Complex where the US$18,000 13th CNS International Squash......
BHUBANESWAR: Pakistan and Malaysia face each other in a must-win Pool ‘D’ clash on Wednesday with both sides having opened their Hockey World Cup campaigns with losses and both fully aware that......
PARIS: Luka Modric saw off competition from a host of French World Cup stars as the Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder won the 2018 Ballon d’Or on Monday, breaking Cristiano Ronaldo’s and Lionel......
WAMENA: An Indonesian soldier was killed while investigating reports that more than two dozen construction workers were shot dead by separatist rebels in restive Papua province, officials said on......
NEW DELHI: India’s environmental watchdog has slapped New Delhi’s government with a $3.5 million fine for failing to enforce rules to reduce smog in the world’s most polluted major city, officials......
WASHINGTON: The remains of George H.W. Bush lay in state on Tuesday at the US Capitol amid a groundswell of tributes honouring the 41st US president.Since Monday evening Americans have been quietly......
KARACHI: It is quiet now around the stone building of the historic Empress Market. A passenger with a big straw sack leaning by his feet watches as the rickshaw he is inside passes by. It seems like......
LAHORE: Latest agriculture technology is need of the hour to enhance per acre yield in the country and we hope the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will allow for this knowledge and tech......
KARACHI: Total cement despatches grew by four per cent to 19.253 million tonnes in the first five months of this fiscal year, from 18.513m tonnes in corresponding period last year.Domestic despatches......
SHANGHAI: As White House officials fanned out to talk up what US President Donald Trump called “an incredible deal” with China to hit pause in their trade war, Beijing has said little on a pact that......
KARACHI: If there is to be incremental progress between India and Pakistan that have fought four wars, Prime Minister Imran Khan is presently “India’s best bet”, according to a Washington Post......
ISLAMABAD: After touching record four-year high last month at 6.78 per cent, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation eased to 6.5pc in November, according to data released by the Pakistan......
VIENNA: Opec and its allies are working towards a deal this week to reduce oil output by at least 1.3 million barrels per day, four sources said, adding that Russia’s resistance to a major cut was so......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran have agreed to extend full support to the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned efforts for peace in Afghanistan.This consensus was reached during the 10th round of Pak-Iran......
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to break a deadlock, the government allowed sugar millers another 100,000 tonnes of export and relaxed the limit of 1m tonnes it had set previously. On top of that, the government......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan’s latest remarks that the government can run the legislative business through presidential ordinances have stirred another controversy, with the opposition......
KARACHI: After a massive rout of 1,335 points a day ago, the KSE-100 index recovered 442.27 points (1.13 per cent) on Tuesday and closed slightly short of the intraday high at 39,602.87.In early......
ISLAMABAD: After continued lobbying by civil society, Minister for National Health Services (NHS) Aamer Mehmood Kiani announced on Tuesday that soon a ‘sin tax’ will be imposed on cigarettes and......
