Diplomats from nearly two dozen countries visited India-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday as residents of the region’s main city closed their shops and businesses in a sign of protest.This is the third......
A New Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted a journalist of criminal defamation after she accused a former editor-turned-politician and junior external affairs minister of sexual harassment.M.J. Akbar,......
The administrative judge of an anti-terrorism court in Karachi on Wednesday remanded Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh and four others in police custody in cases......
A shipment of Covid-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm arrived in Hungary on Tuesday, making it the first member of the EU to receive a Chinese vaccine.The 550,000 vaccine doses would be......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday highlighted the need to devise a joint strategy to confront the global economic shocks triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, saying "we will perish or survive......
Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said on Wednesday that the tech industry in Pakistan had been hurt by state policies and court decisions, including worsened relations with......
A day after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) received flak from the apex court during the hearing of a presidential reference on the use of open ballots in the upcoming Senate elections,......
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday said that the government should "at least inform" the families of missing persons if their relatives are alive or dead.She was speaking to the media at......
Britain said on Wednesday it wants to see proof that Sheikha Latifa, one of the ruler of Dubai’s daughters, is still alive after the BBC published a “deeply troubling” video in which she said she was......
China has dismantled dozens of structures and moved vehicles to empty out entire camps along a disputed Himalayan border, where Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a face-off since last......
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday stressed the need for planting trees and vowed that his government would make a "green Pakistan" by planting 10 billion trees.The premier was speaking at the......
Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has announced his retirement from Tests to make Twenty20 International cricket his priority with successive World Cups in the next two years.Middle-order......
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi urged Egyptian businessmen to invest in Pakistan by highlighting the incentives the government is offering to foreign investors in various sectors including......
THE spike in oil prices and the ensuing balance-of-payments crisis during the First Gulf War in 1991 forced India to dismantle its licence-permit-raj economy. The difficult task fell to Manmohan......
THE spike in oil prices and the ensuing balance-of-payments crisis during the First Gulf War in 1991 forced India to dismantle its licence-permit-raj economy. The difficult task fell to Manmohan......
PESHAWAR: The construction of 356 mini hydropower units by the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation in 11 districts of the province has suffered a delay of around five years with officials......
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: The local administration on Tuesday imposed a curfew in Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan tribal district, and surrounding areas for an indefinite period amid a search......
ISLAMABAD: Families of two of the four men who lost their lives after being hit by a vehicle of Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women Kashmala Tariq on Feb 2 on Srinagar......
ISLAMABAD: While the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) is in the limelight for its important role in registering the Covid-19 vaccines and allowing its clinical trials across the country,......
RAWALPINDI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has installed a digital token system at the Islamabad International Airport (IIA) to conduct rapid Covid-19 tests of inbound passengers arriving from......
LAHORE: The Punjab government is working on a proposal for the establishment of a dedicated transport police for the entire Orange Line metro train and bus operations in Lahore, Rawalpindi/ Islamabad......
LAHORE: In response to Tuesday’s proceedings in the Supreme Court in the Senate elections case, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Ms Maryam Nawaz Sharif has expressed hopes that the......
SHIKARPUR: A group of armed men broke into a house and shot dead the owner’s two visitors sleeping in the autaq (guest room) in Bakal Teghani village located in Garhi Tegho in the early hours of......
KARACHI: Sharing his observations and documentary evidence and highlighting threats to mangroves lying off the city’s coast, particularly those existing in and around Bundal Island and Khiprianwala......
THE HAGUE: A Dutch court ordered the government on Tuesday to lift a nationwide coronavirus curfew that sparked riots in the Netherlands, as frustration mounts throughout the world against virus......
KABUL: The Taliban on Tuesday urged the US to honour a landmark withdrawal deal under which all foreign troops would exit Afghanistan in the coming months, even as violence continues to rage in the......
ATHENS: Heavy snowfall blanketed the Acropolis and other ancient monuments in Athens and halted Covid-19 vaccinations in the Greek capital on Tuesday as the weather brought many services across the......
KARACHI: Multan Sultans were the last franchise to join the HBL Pakistan Super League family and in three seasons since 2018 they had made steady progress. But it was rapid improvement in 2020 which......
MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic smashed his racquet to bits and then swept Alexander Zverev out of the Australian Open as the defending champion followed Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka into the......
KARACHI: Peshawar Zalmi captain Wahab Riaz and his Lahore Qalandars counterpart Sohail Akhtar said on Tuesday the decision to allow crowds during the HBL Pakistan Super League 6 would motivate the......
Pakistan women’s cricket team recently had a very forgettable tour of South Africa where they lost both the ODI and T20 series. The ODI series was lost 0-3 while the T20 series was lost 1-2.South......
KARACHI: Stocks extended the spectacular rally to the second day of the week as the KSE-100 index added 492 points, or 1.1 per cent, to close at 46,868 on Tuesday.The bulls appear to have pushed back......
KARACHI: Chinese bike assemblers have raised prices by Rs2,000-3,000 citing costly raw material on world markets.DS Motors has informed its dealers about increase of Rs2,500 on two models of Unique......
HYDERABAD: Even though more sugar production is being anticipated this cane crushing season — which is nearing its end — as compared to 2019-20, consumers are unlikely to get any relief in the price......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over foreign exchange inflows via the Roshan Digital Accounts (RDAs) which reached $500 million.“I want to thank our Overseas......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has asked the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) — an anti-government alliance of political parties — to defer its long march plan until the end of......
QUETTA: Jamiat Ulema-Islam (JUI-F) candidate Syed Azizullah Agha won the by-election of Balo-chistan Assembly’s vacant seat of PB-20 (Pishin-III) with a massive majority against his rival Asmatullah......
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chief Executive Officer Air Marshal Arshad Malik reached Kabul on Tuesday on a one-day official visit.The PIA CEO requested Afghanistan’s Civil......
ISLAMABAD: The main opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has called for initiation of “criminal proceedings” against Adviser to the Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Shehzad......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has urged the UN Security Council to promote political solutions to the problems that have political reasons, such as the Kashmir dispute.Addressing the first meeting of the......
ISLAMABAD: Amid threats of Covid-19 and lockdowns, the year 2020 witnessed a significant change in internet viewership as searches like sadqa, pet, cooking, mental health, gender equality, kids’ home......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday challenged the nomination of former prime minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Yousuf Raza Gilani for a Senate seat.Mr Gilani, who......
ISLAMABAD: Dispelling the impression that the recent civil service reforms are the brainchild of Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS), the powerful cadre of the bureaucracy, Adviser to the Prime......
GAZA CITY: Hamas on Tuesday blasted Israel’s refusal to allow some 2,000 coronavirus vaccine doses destined for Gaza health workers through its blockade of the territory and termed the move a......
DHAKA: Five people were sentenced to death on Tuesday over the brutal murder of a Bangladeshi-American writer and rights activist six years ago.Avijit Roy, a prolific blogger and the author of 10......
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood on Tuesday urged the international community to pressure India to end human rights violations in occupied Kashmir and help in the peaceful settlement of......
• Clears Faisal Vawda, Saifullah Abro to contest election • Says SC decision on presidential reference binding • Minister rules out permission for Maryam Nawaz to travel abroadISLAMABAD: Prime......
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday said before the scrutiny committee of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that no details of funds said to have been received by......
ISLAMABAD: Not convinced with the measures being employed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to guard against the perception of corrupt practices in the coming Senate elections, the Supreme......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dispelled the impression that Justice Qazi Faez Isa was not given court sitting for the week commencing on Feb 15 and explained that the judge opted to do......
