Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Wednesday announced that the federal government has decided to raise the prices of petroleum products by Rs24 per litre.The new prices will come into effect from......
IN a comment titled ‘Pakistan’s recognition of Israel is now inevitable’, published last week in the liberal Israeli daily Haaretz, Kunwar Khuldune Shahid suggests that the pressure from “the......
KOLKATA: Thousands of Muslims marched in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Tuesday in a second week of protests, while six prominent former judges said a state government had acted illegally by......
LYSYCHANSK: Russia said on Tuesday it would establish a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from a chemical plant in Severodonetsk, as the two sides battled for control of the key city in......
BAJAUR/SWABI: A fire broke out on a mountain in Laghari area of Mamond tehsil of Bajaur district on Tuesday.Local residents said they tried to put out the blaze, but to no avail.Later, the villagers......
VISAKHAPATNAM: Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and seamer Harshal Patel helped India to a convincing 48-run win over South Africa in the third Twenty20 International in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday to keep......
KARACHI: High-flying skipper Babar Azam hopes that his extraordinary run-scoring can fire Pakistan to World Cup glory — and in the process fulfil a childhood dream.The 27-year-old is in the form of......
NOTTINGHAM: Jonny Bairstow blasted a match-winning 136 from 92 balls to lead England to a remarkable five-wicket, second Test victory over New Zealand on Tuesday, clinching the three-Test series.New......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa finance minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra on Tuesday said his government would struggle to manage the payment of salary to its employees in tribal districts following the......
GILGIT: President Dr Arif Alvi has said climate change is a major threat to the future of Gilgit-Baltistan, and asked the universities in the region to promote research to tackle its......
KARACHI: Two leading German companies, Audi in collaboration with Siemens unveiled Pakistan’s first and only ultra-rapid DC charging station equipped with Siemens SICHARGE D series chargers with......
KARACHI: While Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has claimed to have earmarked Rs118 billion for “Karachi-based” projects in the Rs1.714 trillion provincial budget for financial year 2022-23, new......
LAHORE: In a scam of its kind, officials in Kasur district jail allegedly sold the high quality soil of several acres of government land to the local mafia for millions of rupees.The issue surfaced......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday disposed of a petition of a US national Pakistani citizen and directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to decide within 30 days an application of......
MADRID: Spain was grappling on Tuesday with a second unusually early heatwave in less than a month as temperatures hit levels normally seen in July and August, while France began preparing for......
BEERSHEBA: The European Union wants to strengthen its energy cooperation with Israel in light of Russia’s use of gas supplies to “blackmail” its members over the Ukraine conflict, European......
THE slide seems unstoppable. The finance minister’s balancing act in the budget has failed to end the anxiety. The free fall of the rupee against the dollar continues as inflation marks a new high.......
RAWALPINDI: As the country sizzled with heatwave, the Met Office predicted pre-monsoon rains from Wednesday (today) in upper parts of the country and from Thursday (tomorrow) in twin cities of......
ISLAMABAD: Local government elections, which are slated to be held in Islamabad on July 31, could face a delay as the ruling PML-N and PPP have decided to increase the number of union councils from......
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s Jumbo Floating Restaurant, a famed but ageing tourist attraction that featured in multiple Cantonese and Hollywood films, was towed out of the city on Tuesday after the Covid......
QUETTA: Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Dr Rubaba Khan Buledi on Tuesday said that as per guidelines of the Federal Shariat Court and revised prison rules, blood screening......
ISLAMABAD: Amid the current unprecedented food inflation in the country, people may have a sigh of relief as governments of Indonesia and Malaysia are sending 10 shiploads of edible oil to Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) lawyer Anwar Mansoor Khan has moved an application before the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), asking it to decide all foreign funding cases......
IN a comment titled ‘Pakistan’s recognition of Israel is now inevitable’, published last week in the liberal Israeli daily Haaretz, Kunwar Khuldune Shahid suggests that the pressure from “the......
ROME: Pope Francis has taken a new series of swipes at Russia for its actions in Ukraine, saying its troops were brutal, cruel and ferocious and that the invasion violated a country’s right to......
KOLKATA: Thousands of Muslims marched in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Tuesday in a second week of protests, while six prominent former judges said a state government had acted illegally by......
RAMALLAH: Hundreds of millions of euros in European funds to support the Palestinian Territories can be paid out following the resolution of problems that had blocked their release, European......
ISLAMABAD: Lack of interest by lawmakers on Tuesday marred the National Assembly’s proceedings as only four lawmakers took part in the general discussion on the federal budget on the second day as......
THE slide seems unstoppable. The finance minister’s balancing act in the budget has failed to end the anxiety. The free fall of the rupee against the dollar continues as inflation marks a new high.......
KARACHI: Sindh unveiled a “pro-poor” and “tax-free” deficit budget for the next fiscal year on Tuesday with a total outlay of Rs1.714 trillion.In his budget speech, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad......
WASHINGTON: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has won a high-profile terror-financing case in New York’s Federal Court, avoiding a potential bankruptcy.Media reports and diplomatic sources said the......
JERUSALEM: Israel and Arab countries that share its worries about Iran should build up a joint force under a US aegis, the Israeli defence minister said on Tuesday ahead of a visit to the region by......
KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Industries, Commerce and Cooperative Department Jam Ikramullah Dharejo on Tuesday announced that the provincial government has fixed the minimum wage at Rs25,000.Talking......
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday constituted a committee to probe the alleged involvement of former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra in obtaining billions of rupees from a real......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday allowed K-Electric to raise about Rs26 billion through Rs5.28 per unit additional fuel cost adjustment (FCA) from its......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday said if the current setup remained in power, it would abolish the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and National......
LAHORE: Frustrated over its failure to present the province’s budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 even after two consecutive days owing to a deadlock with the Punjab Assembly speaker, the PML-N-led......
WASHINGTON: Officials from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are viewing Pakistan’s budget for 2022-2023 as a document which contains points for further negotiations on resuming an IMF package......
