The State Bank of Pakistan announced on Thursday that it had increased the interest rate by 125 basis points (bps) to 15 per cent.In a press conference after the monetary policy committee (MPC) met......
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to resign on Thursday, with his office saying he will make a statement to the country.“Boris Johnson will resign as Conservative Party leader today,”......
ARENBERG: Simon Clarke of Israel Premier Tech won stage five of the Tour de France on Wednesday in a photo finish after a 157km run from Lille to Arenberg featuring 20km of cobbled mining......
LONDON: Former champion Simona Halep said she is playing her “best tennis” as she set up a Wimbledon semi-final clash with Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina on Wednesday.Halep, the 2019 winner, comfortably......
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi says Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz has broken his promise made before the Supreme Court of holding free and fair by-elections.Mr Elahi, who is......
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Three Afghan women were swept away by floodwaters and several people suffered injuries following the downpour-induced flash floods in Tochi River and streams in North Waziristan......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday set aside the arrest of opposition leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh in a land ‘scam’ case registered in Sindh and granted him protective......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the interior ministry, provincial home department, police and others on a petition filed by the father of teenage Dua Zehra seeking her......
KARACHI: Two boys were killed in separate roof collapse incidents and a girl died from electrocution as the city continued to receive light to moderate rains for the third successive day on Wednesday......
SYDNEY: Thousands of people on Australia’s east coast fled their homes on Wednesday as torrential rains tracked north after unleashing floods in Sydney that submerged communities, roads and bridges......
• Two high altitude porters die on Broad Peak • Stranded climbers being monitored through telescopes from control roomGILGIT: Two high altitude porters lost their lives on Broad Peak while two......
KARACHI: The federal government’s budgetary borrowing for the fiscal year 2021-22 (FY22) was more than 85pc higher than the previous year, while the private sector borrowing from banks jumped by......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was “baffled” by what he called the “criminal delay” incurred in the construction of breakwaters at the Gwadar port, despite the availability of ample funds......
KARACHI: The world of English literature in general and South Asian literature in particular lost a sonorous poetic voice, a skilful essayist and a distinguished novelist, Zulfikar Ghose, who passed......
ISLAMABAD: With tourism expected to peak during the Eidul Azha holidays, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has advised travelers to exercise caution, check weather forecasts and......
IT is an apocryphal story. A Russian and an American argued over who enjoyed greater freedom of speech. The Russian insisted that he enjoyed unfettered freedom of speech, to which the American......
FIRST off, my sincerest condolences: your position is certainly not an enviable one.If you are an experienced hand, you must have already understood why I say so, and might even be vigorously nodding......
SAHIWAL: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan once again trained his guns on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday as he alleged pre-poll rigging, especially tampering......
• Dastgir and Wapda confirm Neelum-Jhelum power station closed due to cracks in tailrace tunnel • Minister claims shortfall has shrunk; says govt will add 5,000MW to national grid this fiscal • Says......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Railways and Aviation Khawaja Saad Rafique on Wednesday expressed the confidence that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidates would win all 20 Punjab assembly seats......
FIRST off, my sincerest condolences: your position is certainly not an enviable one.If you are an experienced hand, you must have already understood why I say so, and might even be vigorously nodding......
IT is an apocryphal story. A Russian and an American argued over who enjoyed greater freedom of speech. The Russian insisted that he enjoyed unfettered freedom of speech, to which the American......
HERE is an excerpt from Hillary Clinton’s concession speech to Donald Trump after the 2016 US presidential polls: “Last night, I congratulated Donald Trump and offered to work with him on behalf of......
• 10 die in Balochistan, several rendered homeless • Five swept away in GB flash floods • CMs order ‘all hands on deck’ for relief measuresQUETTA/GILGIT: At least 15 people, including women and......
