Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who recently returned from a five-day stay in the United Kingdom, had tested positive for Covid-19.In a......
PESHAWAR: An opposition member in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday feared that educational institutions would be converted into barracks for security forces in certain areas of merged tribal......
PESHAWAR: Temperatures plummeted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday after heavy rains and first snowfall of the winter season.However, no damage to public life or property was reported.The rainfall,......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court’s Bannu Bench granted bail to MNA from South Waziristan Ali Wazir in a sedition case on Monday.The lawmaker had been in Karachi’s central prison since Dec 31, 2020......
A LOVELY story from Melbourne ahead of the T20 final was Devendra Pandey’s nostalgic piece for the Indian Express. It concerned Melbourne restaurateur Iftikhar Shah, who answered an SOS call from......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday reserved its order after hearing all parties in the petitions of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) against postponement of the local......
LAHORE: Nida Dar’s all-round show and Ayesha Naseem’s blistering knock saw Pakistan women beat Ireland by six-wickets here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Monday to level the three-match Twenty20......
KHERSON: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday visited the newly recaptured southern city of Kherson, the biggest prize yet won by Ukrainian forces, where he has accused Russian forces of......
LAHORE: The deployment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police commandos for the security of former premier Imran Khan in Lahore has been taken as “disgrace” by Punjab police high-ups who command a force......
LONDON: US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns on Monday met Vladimir Putin’s spy chief, where he is believed to have cautioned the latter about the consequences of any use of nuclear......
ISLAMABAD: Economic losses from drought, floods and landslides have rocketed in Asia, and last year alone, weather and water-related hazards caused total damage of $35.6 billion, affecting nearly 50......
COLOMBO: The crisis-hit Sri Lankan economy can turn around by the end of 2023 if budget policies, which are not limited to the International Monetary Fund’s recommendations, are followed, President......
KARACHI: Unchecked usage of substandard steel bars has not only compromised the quality and sustainability of infrastructure and residential projects but also posed a serious risk to the future......
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad said on Monday the country has enough dollars in its coffers to meet foreign debt obligations.Speaking to the press on the sidelines of a......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Monday approved Kissan Package with a 27 per cent increase in agriculture loan target to Rs1.8 trillion and reshaped Kamyab......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly on Monday demanded of the federal government to make DNA tests mandatory for every citizen before issuing the computerised national identity card (CNIC).The......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar approached the accountability court on Monday, seeking his acquittal, unfreezing of assets and permanent exemption from personal attendance in proceedings on the......
• Imran blames ‘propaganda cell’ for distorting his remarks • PM says conspiracy claims caused ‘irreparable damage’ to Pakistan • US official says Washington has ‘no favourites’ in......
ISLAMABAD: As the world population has reached eight billion, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says population is growing in Pakistan at an average annual rate of 1.9 per cent, and nearly......
KABUL: Afghanistan’s supreme leader has ordered judges to fully enforce aspects of Islamic law that include public executions, stoning and floggings, and the amputation of limbs for thieves, the......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday criticised Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for conferring with his elder brother Nawaz Sharif, who was sentenced in two graft cases......
QUETTA: Guns on both sides of the Pak-Afghan border fell silent on Monday after an intermittent exchange of fire between the security forces continued over the weekend at Friendship Gate, which......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and six other nations facing climate risks — called ‘pathfinder countries’ — will be the first recipients of ‘Global Shield’ funding, it was announced at the COP27 summit in......
• Justice Shah observes court can at maximum ask parliament to reconsider law it already made • Justice Ahsan observes diluting law amounts to condoning corruption by looking the other wayISLAMABAD:......
ISLAMABAD: After a brief but busy trip to London, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif landed back home on Monday, but took the day ‘slow’ apparently owing to an illness.The prime minister will soon convene......
LONDON: The United Kingdom has removed Pakistan from its ‘high-risk third countries’ list through a statutory instrument, effectively meaning the UK foreign office recognises the progress Pakistan......
• Khawaja Asif says PTI chief can’t be allowed to go scot-free, will have to suffer consequences as per law • Claims Imran has made army chief’s appointment ‘street gossip’ through public......
IT was not a quiet weekend by any stretch. The PTI, like Downton Abbey’s dowager countess, is unfamiliar with the idea of a weekend, as it continued its long march and Imran Khan’s media......
IT was not a quiet weekend by any stretch. The PTI, like Downton Abbey’s dowager countess, is unfamiliar with the idea of a weekend, as it continued its long march and Imran Khan’s media......
WE face now one of our worst crises due to a mix of domestic and external economic, political and natural threats. Our economic, political, social, demographic, ecological and external trends say we......
