Police levelled their first formal charge against Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, members of her party said on Wednesday, giving military authorities who staged a coup a legal reason to......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Wednesday that there would be no change in the 17-member cricket team that was selected for the first Test match against South Africa as the hosts look......
The National Assembly witnessed a noisy session on Wednesday as the government presented the 26th constitutional amendment bill in the lower house that seeks open balloting in the Senate......
India has written to Twitter warning the platform to comply with orders to block accounts and content related to a protest by farmers, a technology ministry source said on Wednesday.Twitter blocked......
More than 1,400 protesters were detained by Russian authorities during rallies supporting Alexei Navalny, a civil monitoring group said on Wednesday, after the Kremlin's most prominent critic was......
Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Wednesday took notice of the development funds, approved for members of the National Assembly and provincial assemblies by Prime Minister Imran Khan in a......
New dad Virat Kohli returns to captain a buoyant India against England as they aim to build on their crushing win over Australia by sealing a place in the World Test Championship final.Kohli, who......
Vaccination drives against the novel coronavirus started simultaneously in all federating units of the country on Wednesday, a day after 500,000 doses of the vaccine arrived in Islamabad as a gift......
India slammed international celebrities on Wednesday for making comments in support of protesting farmers as inaccurate and irresponsible and said vested interest groups were trying to build opinion......
The United States said on Wednesday that it was "alarmed" by the Supreme Court’s order to move Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the prime accused in the 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl, from......
“Pakistan cricket as a microcosm of the entire country.”After Pakistan lost to India in a World Cup match yet again in 2019, I wrote the aforementioned line in a column and it hit home for a number......
PESHAWAR: An anti-terrorism court here on Tuesday turned down the pre-arrest bail plea of social activist Gulalai Ismail’s father Prof Mohammad Ismail in a case registered by the counter-terrorism......
PESHAWAR: The vaccination of frontline workers against Covid-19 will begin in 17 centres set up in eight districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday (today).The province has recorded 32 deaths and......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to conduct an inquiry within three months into the alleged theft of crude oil during production by oil......
ISLAMABAD: Four young men were killed and two others injured when a vehicle with the family of Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women Kashmala Tariq on board hit a car on......
ISLAMABAD: Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan on Tuesday asked why signatories to the Charter of Democracy (CoD) in their vow to remove distortions in the Constitution failed to do......
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Masstransit Authority (PMA) on Tuesday announced that the metro bus service between Rawalpindi and Islamabad will be closed for two hours in the morning and afternoon due to the......
LAHORE: PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz has said her party and many other components of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) still believe in the “resignations option” and think these must be......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has prepared multiple proposals to effectively dispense and administer the 70,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses it has received from the federal authorities to the healthcare......
LAHORE: A mother of two minor daughters was allegedly tortured to death by her in-laws in Gujjarpura area ‘for not giving birth to a baby boy’.Saba (30) died of severe torture marks on parts of her......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the ministry of industries and production, management of Pakistan Steel Mills and others on a petition against retrenchment of PSM workers.A......
KARACHI: The Sindh government is set to launch a Covid-19 vaccination drive in the province on Wednesday (today) as it received the first batch of the Sinopharm vaccine from the federal government on......
HYDERABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh has said that a no-confidence motion can be moved against Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah “the moment we get a......
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters like a loaded cannon at the US Capitol, House Democrats said on Tuesday in making their most......
WASHINGTON: Wikipedia on Tuesday unveiled a “universal code of conduct” aimed at stemming abuse, misinformation and manipulation on the global online encyclopedia.The new code was released by the......
LAHORE: Haroon Malik has a very measured approach when it comes to talking. He says every word carefully and meticulously.He probably needs to do that considering he’ll be measured by every word he......
CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh will look to get their first points in the inaugural World Test Championship when they take on the West Indies in a two-Test series starting on Wednesday, captain Mominul......
RAWALPINDI: While Fawad Alam, Yasir Shah and Nauman Ali shared the lead roles during Pakistan’s seven-wicket triumph in the first Test against South Africa at Karachi, Faheem Ashraf continued to......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday said that Thar Coal Block-I project comprises a 7.8-million-tonne-per-annum (Mtpa) open-pit coal mine and installation of a 1.3 GW......
KARACHI: Amid rising demand on account of growing construction activities in public and private sectors, cement makers continue to raise prices linking them to higher coal prices in the world......
ISLAMABAD: With the vaccination process officially launched by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday, the government is confident that Pakistani citizens will be fully inoculated by the end of the......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa said on Tuesday it was time for recommitting to peace for the secure future of the region.“It is time to extend hand of peace in all directions,” Gen Bajwa said......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Tuesday expressed concern over exaggerated and estimated billing by some power companies and called for shifting the headquarters of the National Transmission and......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Athar Minallah on Tuesday remarked that the labourers working at brick kilns were not bound to return the money taken by them as......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the Peshawar High Court (PHC) judgement directing the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to investigate the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transport (BRT)......
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri on Tuesday disallowed presentation of a constitution amendment bill moved by an opposition member seeking formation of a special bipartisan......
ISLAMABAD: In a written statement filed with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)’s Scrutiny Committee, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has disowned the public offer of Prime Minister Imran......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Britain have moved closer to signing the extradition treaty as Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and British High Commissioner Christian Turner reached an understanding to......
• Takes notice of govt employees’ protest • Cabinet told 100,000 more housing units to be built • Aide says PM ready to resign if opposition leaders deposit laundered money in national......
QUETTA: At least fourteen people, including 10 members of a single family, were killed and 12 others injured in a road accident near the Uthal area of Lasbela district on Tuesday.Police said that a......
ISLAMABAD: The deal between the government and Independent Power Producers (IPPs) has entered the implementation phase after the finance ministry agreed to clear about Rs400 billion dues in two......
• Imran praises his team, China for vaccine • Fifty-year-old doctor gets the first shot • 63 more Covid patients die in a dayISLAMABAD: Nearly a year after the outbreak of the novel coronavirus......
THE Broadsheet saga has laid bare the ad hoc and casual attitude of the ruling elite. In the past few years, Pakistan has lost almost every international arbitration, be it Karkey, Reko Diq or......
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday suspended entry to the kingdom from 20 countries, including Pakistan, with the exception of diplomats, Saudi citizens, medical practitioners and their families, to help curb......
