Facebook Inc and Instagram will extend a ban on US President Donald Trump’s accounts for at least the next two weeks until the presidential transition is completed, Chief Executive Officer Mark......
President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged his defeat in the Nov 3 election and announced there would be an “orderly transition on Jan 20” after Congress concluded the electoral vote......
Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Snap Inc temporarily locked the accounts of United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday, as tech giants scrambled to crack down on his baseless claims about the US......
Moderna’s Covid-19 mRNA vaccine is likely to offer protection of up to a couple of years, its chief executive said on Thursday, even though more data is still needed to make a definitive......
Arab states boycotting Qatar could resume travel and trade links with Doha within a week under a United States-backed deal, but restoring diplomatic ties requires more time as parties work to rebuild......
The US Congress certified on Thursday that Democrat Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris have won the 2020 presidential election, but the certification followed a mob attack on the Capitol......
Traffic disruptions were reported in multiple areas of the Karachi once again on Thursday as protests and sit-ins against the killing of 11 Shia Hazara miners in Balochistan earlier this week......
On a recent chilly winter day in occupied Kashmir, Mushtaq Ahmed shoveled the earth, laboriously digging a grave for his teenage son. There was, however, no body to be lowered inside.Stunned, a group......
LAHORE: Former Test captain Intikhab Alam says the Pakistan batsmen again failed to cope with the pressure of New Zealand’s bowling in the second Test as the tourists suffered a massive loss in......
SYDNEY: Reports of Indian discontent at the prospect of being forced into strict quarantine for the fourth Test against Australia in Brisbane could raise tensions on the field in the series’ third......
CHRISTCHURCH: Captain Kane Williamson had no trouble on Wednesday pinpointing the moment that laid the foundation for New Zealand to become the world’s number one ranked Test cricket team for the......
KARACHI: While the members of Balochistan’s Shia Hazara community refused to bury the bodies of the miners killed in a brutal attack in Mach demanding visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan, sit-ins in......
KARACHI: Zain Hassan Effendi, the great-grandson of Sindh Madressatul Islam (now University) founder Hassan Ali Effendi and maternal cousin of former president Asif Ali Zardari, was shot dead by five......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday unanimously adopted two clubbed resolutions to condemn the brutal killing of 11 coal miners belonging to Hazara community, asking Prime Minister Imran Khan to......
PESHAWAR: A member of the Christian minority kept in the Peshawar Central Prison on Wednesday moved the high court seeking his release from the prolonged ‘illegal’ detention.In the petition, Shakeel......
ISLAMBAD: The BNP Group project, One Constitution Avenue, has been de-sealed after the developer deposited Rs1.7 billion with the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on account of first installment......
LAHORE: The alarming Covid-19 mortality rate and new infections in Punjab during the second wave of the virus have become a case for serious concern for the medical and health authorities as well as......
LAHORE: PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz will visit the Hazara community in Balochistan on Thursday and request it to bury the coal miners who were slain in a brutal attack.“On the direction of......
LAHORE: The government’s ‘lopsided’ surveillance mechanism, the alleged sugar cartel and above all hoarding have caused around Rs20 per kilo increase in the price of the sweetener in the last 15 days......
HONG KONG: China’s crackdown in Hong Kong escalated dramatically on Wednesday with police arresting more than 50 opposition figures in their largest operation since a draconian security law was......
• Rs200bn for power • Rs150bn for gas • Rs400bn for DLTL scheme • Rs200bn for creditISLAMABAD: The government is set to unveil an ambitious Textile and Apparel Policy 2020-25 laden with cash......
ISLAMABAD: Dozens of mountaineers have converged on the mighty K2 peak, vying to conquer one of the world’s last major climbing challenges — reaching the summit in winter.Four teams with around 60......
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities Chela Ram Kewlani announced on Wednesday that a comprehensive policy aimed at stopping the recurrence of terrorist attacks similar to the......
AS of writing this, my city, the largest in the country, is seeing protest camps spring up in multiple locations (at least 11 as of last count) in solidarity with the mourners from the Hazara......
PERHAPS half the readers of this column might not have been born 50 years ago. Others old enough will recall the mood prevailing in January 1971 across East and West Pakistan — a feeling of......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Selection Board (CSB) on Wednesday recommended promotion of officers of various cadres and ministries in BS-20 and BS-21, including those belonging to top spy agencies......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court pulled up the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday, observing that the anti-graft watchdog always punishes people accused of petty offences and leaves......
ISLAMABAD: In a significant development, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday directed its scrutiny committee auditing accounts of three major political parties — the PTI, PML-N......
ISLAMABAD: As the High Court of Justice in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) resumes on Thursday (today) hearing of a case relating to enforcement of a $5.97 billion award against Pakistan, Islamabad......
A week into 2021, opposition parties of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) are beginning to figure out why their campaign against the PTI government is sputtering like a car with a blown gasket.......
