China on Monday rejected “slanderous attacks” about conditions for Muslim Uighurs and other minorities living in its Xinjiang region, insisting that they enjoyed freedom of religion and labour......
Protesters calling for an end to enforced disappearances in Balochistan ended a week-long sit-in in the capital on Monday, after an assurance that Prime Minister Imran Khan will meet them next......
Mohammad Hafeez showed experience and class as Lahore Qalandars came from behind to defeat Quetta Gladiators in the fourth 2021 Pakistan Super League fixture at the National Stadium in Karachi on......
Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh on Monday alleged that a video shared by the PTI's Karachi chapter on Twitter showed the way the Sindh government "through 50-60......
PPP leader Yousuf Raza Gilani, who has been fielded as a joint candidate of the opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) for the upcoming Senate elections from Islamabad, side-stepped a......
The Supreme Court on Monday announced its decision on whether the present six-judge bench or a larger bench would hear a set of petitions seeking review of the court’s majority judgement in Justice......
Boeing Co said it recommended suspending the use of 777 jets with the same type of engine that shed debris over Denver at the weekend after United States regulators announced extra inspections and......
IN a globalised world, despite the shrinking of distances and the coming together of cultures, hateful ideologies persist. Discrimination and violence on the basis of race, religion, and sect......
IN a globalised world, despite the shrinking of distances and the coming together of cultures, hateful ideologies persist. Discrimination and violence on the basis of race, religion, and sect......
IT is not just the long war in Afghanistan that the US with all its military power has been unable to win. A new and insightful book argues that Washington’s long game in the Middle East has......
IT is not just the long war in Afghanistan that the US with all its military power has been unable to win. A new and insightful book argues that Washington’s long game in the Middle East has......
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prosecution Service (Constitution, Functions and Powers) Act, 2005, was enacted in Jan 2005, which was aimed at improving the prosecution service, an integral part of the......
NOWSHERA: Rejecting the result of the PK-63 by-poll, Federal Defence Minister Pervez Khattak on Sunday claimed that he had confiscated 6,000 fake votes which he would present before the Election......
RAWALPINDI: The district building department has refused to take over newly-constructed blocks of schools for boys and girls after finding substandard construction work.The matter has now landed in......
LAHORE: While preparing a draft of reforms, a think tank of serving and retired inspector generals of police (IGPs) has pointed out a set of key problems, mainly the chronic political interference in......
LAHORE: The Hinglaj Devi Temple, some 200km west of the city of Karachi in the desert of Balochistan, is known for Hindu goddess Hinglaj but it’s a common place for the Hindus and the Muslims who......
LAHORE: Hundreds of people from different walks of life on Sunday held rallies to mark the International Mother Language Day while demanding the government make Punjabi compulsory for primary classes......
LAHORE: The city administration claimed to have retrieved a cricket ground measuring 51 Kanals from a local cricket club and handed it over to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) management on......
KARACHI: The Sindh police have suggested various amendments to the colonial-era Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) for enactment of an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanism and civil cases, bail......
KARACHI: The Jeay Sindh Mahaz-Riaz (JSM-R) on Sunday held a demonstration outside the Sindh Assembly against alleged settlement of ‘outsiders’ in Sindh, unemployment and other issues.JSM-R chairman......
KARACHI: As a close fight is expected between Pakistan Democratic Movement’s candidate Yousuf Raza Gilani and incumbent Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh on an Islamabad Senate seat, the ruling......
NEW DELHI: India said on Sunday that its troops, along with their Chinese counterparts, had completed a pullback from a disputed part of their Himalayan border after months of heightened......
TEHRAN: The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Sunday that Iran would begin offering its inspectors less access, but would still allow the agency to monitor its atomic......
AHMEDABAD: Indian players will have to focus more on their batting during challenging twilight conditions in a pink ball day-night Test against England later this week, opener Rohit Sharma said......
MELBOURNE: Maybe, just maybe, the thinking went, Novak Djokovic would be just a tad more susceptible to trouble this time around at the Australian Open.After all, he tore an abdominal muscle in the......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was left with questions to answer on Sunday after it decided to accept Peshawar Zalmi’s appeal and allowed the previously quarantined Wahab Riaz and Darren......
CHRISTCHURCH: In the new normal for professional cricketers, Australia will emerge from coronavirus quarantine on Sunday evening less than 24 hours before their five-match Twenty20 series against New......
No big boost in exports is expected till Pakistani manufacturers reorient their business model and target achieving scales to integrate effectively in the global supply chain.They might also need to......
When the Covid-19 health crisis struck the world forcing countries across the globe into lockdown to slow down the spread of the plague, multilateral lenders had forecast developing nations like......
It is often said if you need to experience or report on heat, Jacobabad is the right place to be. The oppressive heat has been its identity as one of the hottest places in Asia that makes people go......
Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff have been able to put the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of $6 billion back on track after almost a year of virtual freeze.According to a......
A lot of discussion on digitisation in Pakistan inevitably gets either technical or hypothetical. Unfortunately, this diverts attention from the most important aspect: ensuring that any innovative......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has urged the United States to play its role in persuading India to engage with Islamabad for bringing peace and stability to the South Asian region.“Pakistan is committed to a......
ISLAMABAD: While as many as 1,329 more people have been infected with coronavirus in a single day, the total number of active cases has dropped to 24,466.According to data issued by the National......
ISLAMABAD: Following the directive of Speaker Asad Qaiser, the government is set to lay the controversial Senate open vote ordinance before the National Assembly on Monday (today) when the lower......
GUJRAT/LAHORE: Shifting from its earlier stand of fresh ballot in 53 polling stations in NA-75 (Daska), the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) demanded re-election in the entire National Assembly......
ISLAMABAD: With its plenary beginning on Monday (today), Pakistan may remain in the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) though the authorities assert that the country qualifies to be......
