Karachi Kings won the opening match of the sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) against Quetta Gladiators at Karachi's National Stadium on Saturday.The Kings made quick work of the......
The sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) kicked off in Karachi on Saturday with a star-studded opening ceremony.Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ehsan Mani kicked things off by welcoming......
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Saturday claimed that the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) statement regarding the NA-75 by-election was a "charge sheet" against the government."There was......
A rundown Islamabad Zoo once home to what was dubbed the “world's loneliest elephant” and notorious for housing animals in cramped concrete enclosures has launched an ambitious $7.5 million makeover......
Three separate explosions in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least five people and wounded two others, a police official said, amid a surge in violence in the war-torn country.Kabul......
Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari disclosed on Saturday that Prime Minister Imran Khan would meet a three-member representative committee of the families of missing persons — who have been......
A player from one of the franchises in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2021 has tested positive for the coronavirus, while another player and an official has been placed in a three-day quarantine......
Federal ministers from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Saturday declared victory in the NA-75 by-polls even though the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said that the results may be......
LAHORE: An election tribunal comprising a judge of the Lahore High Court will hear on Saturday (today) an appeal of PML-N senior leader Pervaiz Rashid challenging the rejection of his nomination......
BAHAWALPUR: Three children were killed and six others injured when their school van collided with a parked truck near Khanda Mor Adda Israni on Hasilpur Road near Khairpur Tamewali, about 40......
LAHORE: The Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Punjab Office has introduced Performance App to review the performance of assistant commissioners (ACs) to check their on-spot efficiency.Through this......
THE fundamental right to dissent from the state’s views or from conventional wisdom is now being systematically denied by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India. The signs were......
VIOLENCE during elections is as unfortunate as it is predictable. Friday’s by-election was no different. In an atmosphere as charged as ours, the real surprise would have been an absence of......
THE fundamental right to dissent from the state’s views or from conventional wisdom is now being systematically denied by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India. The signs were......
KURRAM/NOWSHERA: The voting in by-elections for the National Assembly seat of NA-45, Kurram tribal district, and the provincial assembly seat of PK-63, Nowshera, concluded peacefully on Friday.In......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department on Friday directed the Khyber Teaching Hospital to review its proposal to charge the police fee for forensic services after the plan generated a......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration’s Agriculture Department on Friday distributed around 1,200 poultry birds among deserving women under Prime Minister’s ‘Backyard......
ISLAMABAD: In order to resolve the longstanding issue of traffic gridlocks in the middle of the city, the civic agency is all set to start construction of an interchange at the junction of 7th Avenue......
KARACHI: Karachi police on Friday said they had prepared a comprehensive foolproof security and traffic plan in connection with the PSL-6 matches scheduled to commence on February 20 (today) and......
KARACHI: A police constable was gunned down in the SITE area late on Thursday night, police said.They added that Sheraz Khan, 31, was riding a motorbike when armed motorcyclists targeted him at main......
SRINAGAR: A Kashmir freedom fighter gunned down two policemen on a busy street in the disputed territory’s main city Srinagar on Friday, the latest in a string of deadly attacks around a visit by 24......
WASHINGTON: A US federal judge sentenced an American venture capitalist of Pakistan origin to 12 years in prison for falsifying records to hide his work as a foreign agent while lobbying high-level......
GENEVA: Dubai’s royal family insisted on Friday that Sheikha Latifa was being “cared for at home” after the United Nations demanded proof that she was still alive following “disturbing” footage......
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden declared on Friday the “transatlantic alliance is back” in a powerful speech seeking to re-establish the United States as leader of the West against what he called a......
JAKARTA: Forty-six small whales stranded on a beach in Indonesia have died, after rescue efforts succeeded in saving three others, local officials said on Friday.Starting on Thursday, at least 49......
KARACHI: Former Olympian and Pakistan’s most successful hockey captain Islahuddin Siddiqui said on Friday that he is gradually recovering from coronavirus at his home after getting discharged from......
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced on Friday that the majority of the regions 2022 World Cup qualifying matches in March will be postponed to May and June with a few......
MELBOURNE: Russia’s Daniil Medvedev lived up to Novak Djokovic’s praise as the “man to beat” at the Australian Open when he charged into his first Melbourne Park final with an impressive 6-4, 6-2,......
JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) has lodged an official dispute with the International Cricket Council (ICC) over Australia’s decision to withdraw from a scheduled tour of South Africa.CSA......
ISLAMABAD: Three new companies are set to establish manufacturing units for mobile phones after recent relaxations in withholding tax.However, the investors will have to obtain multiple approvals as......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday announced that now the consumers will only have Europay MasterCard Visa (EMV) chip and PIN compliant payment cards, which will be active right from......
KARACHI: After a correction in the past two sessions, stocks resumed their upward march on Friday with the KSE-100 index eking out net gains of 84.91 points, or 0.18 per cent, to close at......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has broadened the purposes for which the funds (exports proceeds) retained in the Special Foreign Currency Accounts (SFCAs) by the exporters.Exporters of......
ISLAMABAD: Weekly inflation for the combined group in the period ended on Feb 18 increased by 0.55 per cent on the back of an uptick in prices of essential food items, data released by the Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Friday announced Prime Minister Imran Khan’s two-day visit to Sri Lanka that has been hit by a controversy over the cancellation of his planned speech to the......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday re-emphasised Pakistan’s commitment to Afghan peace process.He was talking to US Centcom Commander Gen Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., who......
ISLAMABAD: Senator Raza Rabbani of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) told the Supreme Court on Friday that the concept of proportionate representation of political parties in the Senate did not......
ISLAMABAD: The electricity rates for consumers of 10 distribution companies (Discos) of ex-Wapda may go up by about 93 paisas per unit on account of monthly fuel cost adjustment for January due to......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has notified exemption of sales tax and value-added tax on import of 500,000 tonnes of sugar, as an international tender has been floated to import at......
LONDON: A group of Uber drivers are entitled to worker rights such as the minimum wage, Britain’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday in a blow to the ride-hailing service that has ramifications for......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday abolished a 10 paisa per unit surcharge on electricity and increased the price of ghee by Rs30 per kg (15 per cent) for sale at Utility Stores.The decisions were......
ISLAMABAD: The Attorney General for Pakistan has agreed to the proposal of the formation of a council to review ‘unwanted’ social media content, as currently there is no proper forum to examine......
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Five soldiers were martyred and another was injured when terrorists attacked a security check-post in the Sara Rogha area of South Waziristan tribal district late Thursday......
