The Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday said that the New York State Assembly's decision to adopt a resolution marking Feb 5, 2021, as “Kashmir-American Day” was a "welcome development" and proof that......
The government on Saturday promulgated a presidential ordinance to make amendments to the Election Act, 2017, to hold Senate polls through open vote.However, according to a provision of the......
Pakistan Army helicopters embarked on a "search flight" on Saturday but returned to Skardu after they were unable to locate three climbers, including Pakistan's Muhammad Ali Sadpara, who went missing......
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior and Accountability Mirza Shahzad Akbar on Saturday claimed that the PML-N was declaring premature victory by "giving the perception that (party president and......
Twitter Inc’s refusal to comply with an Indian government directive to block more than 250 accounts and posts has put the social media giant at the centre of a political firestorm in one of its key......
Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Saturday advised opposition parties to merge into a new political party instead of an alliance to contest the upcoming local......
Pakistan's Ahmed Mujtaba aka Wolverine defeated India's Rahul Raju aka The Kerala Krusher in only 56 seconds in the first round of the mixed martial arts (MMA) competition ONE Championship at the......
Joe Root scored 218 to become the first player to hit a double century in his 100th Test as England stormed past 550 in the opening Test against India on Saturday.The captain, who resumed on his......
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday found the court has jurisdiction over war crimes committed in the Palestinian territories, paving the way for a possible criminal......
THE scenes of chaos in the National Assembly this week have been a pitiful yet pertinent symbol of the reality of politics in the country today. An enraged opposition and a bullish ruling party......
ON Kashmir solidarity day on Friday, Pakistan needed to speak with one voice. It did. But not exactly. The price of political dis-functionality is a steep one.Imagine the symbolic power of an entire......
PESHAWAR: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is contemplating a proposal to restore the district and union council tiers of the local government system that were abolished in 2019 and 2013,......
BAJAUR: Elders of Warah area of Mamond tehsil here on Friday banned the women from personally collecting monthly stipends from centres set up by the World Bank under a cash grant scheme.The decision......
ISLAMABAD: Confusion prevails over the whereabouts of the the driver of Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplaces Kashmala Tariq.According to sources, the......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police have requested the interior ministry to increase the number of CCTV cameras and manpower for the Safe City Project.Talking to Dawn, an official of the police on......
ISLAMABAD: On the direction of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the capital administration has swung into action and prepared a list of 80 people allegedly involved in land grabbing activities.Deputy......
LAHORE: A minor boy allegedly committed suicide late on Friday by hanging himself with a ceiling fan in his house in Kahna, police claimed.Ramzan, 12, killed himself allegedly after his parents......
LAHORE: Irked at the approach of the government hierarchy towards the transgender community, a Lahore High Court judge directed the Punjab chief secretary to strictly implement the Transgender......
KARACHI: A man “suffering from some mental disorder” beat his elderly father to death in Khawaja Ajmer Nagri on Friday, police said.They said the suspect identified as Shahid in his early 30s used to......
KARACHI: Prior to connecting the 14-kilometre track from the City Railway Station to Orangi with the operational Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) route, the Pakistan Railways carried out a trial run of......
MOSCOW: Russia on Friday expelled diplomats from three European countries for taking part in protests in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, after the European Union said ties with......
DUBAI: Yemen’s warring factions declared their readiness to act after US President Joe Biden called for renewed efforts to end their conflict, but experts said on Friday that a real solution appears......
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Friday that an unarmed Palestinian man was shot and killed in a West Bank settlement after he fought with a guard there.The military referred to the incident......
BOSTON: The Harvard Law Review has named a Los Angeles-born Egyptian-American as, what it believes, is its first Muslim president in its 134-year history, elevating him to the top of one of the most......
NEW DELHI: As the farmers camp out at the edges of the Indian capital, protesting new agricultural laws they say will devastate their earnings, the mainstream and social media have come under......
MELBOURNE: Serena Williams withdrew from an Australian Open tune-up tournament citing a right shoulder injury on Friday within hours of setting up a semi-final match against top-ranked Ash Barty.The......
RAWALPINDI: Second Test, second day, second ball. That’s was the focal point South Africa when hit the jackpot at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Friday by removing their biggest stumbling block,......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit widened by 20.84 per cent to $2.597 billion in January from $2.149bn over the same month last year mainly on account of surging duty-free imports, official data......
ISLAMABAD: As the international market continued its downward journey, state-run Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) has received cheaper bids for two cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for deliveries in......
SINGAPORE: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is seeking a liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo for delivery in April through a tender after a five-year contract with commodity trader Gunvor expired in December,......
LAHORE: In a bid to cut down reliance on the national grid, Punjab plans to generate over 5,000MW electricity — including 300MW through launch of several small hydropower projects — under short,......
KARACHI: In the absence of any effective price control mechanism, millers on Friday pushed up flour prices once again.The latest hike comes only a day after Prime Minister Imran Khan directed that......
GILGIT/ISLAMABAD: Three climbers — Pakistan’s Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Snorri from Iceland and Jp Mohr Prieto from Chile — summited K2 (8,711m) in winter on Friday.However, one climber from......
RAWALPINDI: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday warned the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) of stern action if they took the law into their own hands, accusing them of trying......
• Addressing public meeting in AJK, Maryam claims PML-N receiving phone calls from Imran’s ‘elders’ • Fazl says PM should be held accountable for ‘stabbing’ Kashmiris • Bilawal vows to rid nation of......
MUZAFFARABAD: In a path-breaking announcement in his key address at a public meeting in Kotli on the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity Day, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday announced that people of......
