Ambassador of the United States to Pakistan, Donald Blome, on Friday called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and discussed the bilateral ties.Ambassador Blome, who arrived in Pakistan late last......
KARACHI: Startups in Pakistan raised a total of $103.8 million in 22 deals in the April-June quarter, down almost 40 per cent from the preceding quarter when the flows amounted to $173m.Data compiled......
THATTA: An skilled artisan, known for his beautiful carving work on traditional wooden swings, Nawaz Wadho, has warned he will commit self-immolation along with his family of seven if state, civil......
HYDERABAD: Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has said that Pakistan Peoples Party is now trying to manipulate results in the constituencies where it has lost election to opposition......
KARACHI: After another late night of razzle-dazzle it is yet another morning at the city’s biggest livestock market at Sohrab Goth. The animals were resting, some were munching and chewing on feed......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is all set to launch two environment friendly electric feeder buses that will transport passengers towards the Green and Blue Line metro......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday suspended the order of the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), removing Chairman Council of Islamic Ideology Dr Qibla Ayaz as......
KYIV: Russia on Thursday withdrew from Snake Island, a craggy speck of land in the Black Sea, handing Ukraine a symbolically-potent political victory and depriving Moscow of a strategic outpost for......
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration on Thursday issued a no-objection certificate to the PTI to organise a public gathering at Parade Ground subject to permission from the General Headquarters......
PARIS: A casting of Auguste Rodin’s “The Thinker” sculpture, one of the most iconic works of art in the world, sold for 10.7 million euros ($11.14 million) at a Paris auction on Thursday.The auction......
MUMBAI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is returning to power in the country’s richest state, Maharashtra, giving it a fillip ahead of the 2024 national election after an unlikely ruling......
WASHINGTON: Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in on Thursday as a US Supreme Court justice, making history as the first Black woman on the nation’s top judicial body while joining it at a time when......
HONG KONG: Hong Kong has overcome its challenges and “risen from the ashes”, China’s President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, as he arrived in the former British colony to celebrate 25 years since its......
JERUSALEM: Israeli lawmakers dissolved parliament on Thursday, forcing the country’s fifth election in less than four years, with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid set to take over as caretaker prime......
WASHINGTON: As the United States and the Taliban reengaged in Doha on Thursday, US officials defended the talks, saying that isolating Kabul’s de facto rulers would not promote US interests in......
LONDON: Jos Buttler has been appointed England’s new limited-overs captain following the retirement of Eoin Morgan, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said on Thursday.The 31-year-old, who had been......
LONDON: World number five Stefanos Tsitsipas sailed into the third round with a 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 win over Australia’s Jordan Thompson at Wimbledon on Thursday, setting up a mouthwatering third-round......
KARACHI: Stocks rallied on Thursday as the rupee continued extending its gains against the dollar while the cut-off yields on three- and six-month treasury bills fell by two and 15 basis points,......
LONDON: Saudi Arabia’s push for swifter oil production hikes by Opec+, which were agreed in June, involved behind-the-scenes diplomacy to ensure Russia backed the move that followed US appeals for......
NEW DELHI: India’s Virat Kohli could line up beside Pakistan skipper Babar Azam in the same team next year with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) planning to revive the Afro-Asia Cup.The 50-overs......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has given separate contracts to players in the Test and limited-overs squads in a bid to build long-term depth, the chief selector said Thursday.Previously, top players were......
ISLAMABAD: The government announced several reforms on Thursday in multiple public sectors like customs, banking, overseas Pakistanis, information technology, health and social welfare to ensure......
LONDON: PML-N and PTI activists have planned simultaneous protests at the family homes of their parties’ rival leadership.A poster by PTI calls on its workers in London to gather in Hyde Park on July......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Human Rights Minister Riaz Pirzada on Thursday contradicted the statement he issued on Sunday that some missing persons were engaged by detained Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav or by......
EARLIER this month, Pakistan’s foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, met his Iranian counterpart, Dr Amir Abdollahian, to review their countries’ relationship.The past few years have seen serious......
ARE we in the midst of the sixth wave of the Covid-19 global pandemic?This question is ubiquitous these days. However, while the question may have journalistic value the reality is that cases have......
ISLAMABAD: Two dissidents of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf were among the eight lawmakers elected on Thursday as chairpersons of eight standing committees of the National Assembly.The committees had......
• New ex-depot rates of HSD and LDO stand at Rs276.54 and Rs226.15 per litre • Country’s fuel consumption jumped 20pc in last two months despite rising prices • Miftah says petroleum levy applied to......
KARACHI: It took nearly 15 months, but Pakistan has finally returned to the international football fold.FIFA announced on Thursday that the Pakistan Football Federation’s (PFF) suspension was being......
ISLAMABAD: Using the word that he usually reserves to describe the alleged US role in his ouster, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Thursday alleged that ‘interference’......
