ADELAIDE: Novak Djokovic will face the biggest test of his Australian Open preparations in a blockbuster semi-final with former world number one Daniil Medvedev after the Serbian beat Denis......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Hamza Khan won two back-to-back matches to reach the boys U-19 quarter-final of the British Junior Open Squash Championship in Birmingham on Friday.According to the information......
RIYADH: Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo still needs to serve a two-match English Football Association ban before making his Al Nassr debut, an official at the Saudi club told AFP on......
SYDNEY: The entire third day of the final Sydney Test was washed out Friday forcing a reappraisal of Australia’s push for a series clean sweep over South Africa.Skipper Pat Cummins has a decision to......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Friday alleged that the federal government was sabotaging the process of development in the province’s tribal districts by withholding......
KARACHI: When it started, it was billed as a bumper home season for Pakistan with Test series in the offing against Australia, England and New Zealand. When it ended with a thrilling draw against New......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Friday issued notices to the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and provincial government seeking their response to the orders of Peshawar and Charsadda......
KARACHI: A teenage student, armed with a Kalashnikov rifle, shot dead one of his colleagues inside an educational institute in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Friday, police and witnesses said.They said Ahsan......
KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet on Friday approved an amount of Rs1.7 billion for the purchase of 43 more 12-metre hybrid buses for the already operational Peoples Bus Service in the city.The cabinet......
LAHORE: Suleman Shehbaz, son of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who last month returned from London after a four-year self-exile, on Friday submitted a reply to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday gave Jan 12 deadline to the Inspector General of Islamabad Police (IGP) to recover a teenage girl allegedly abducted from the Khanna police......
RAWALPINDI: Former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday said instead of helping the flood victims, the Sharif brothers were going to meet abroad to decide about their political future.He......
GUJRAT: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has said his government has planned an initiative to give Rs60,000 monthly ration package to the families having two or less children to encourage......
MIAMI: Ten people were injured in a shooting outside Miami on Thursday during the filming of a music video by Moroccan-American rapper French Montana, police and US media said Friday.The shooting......
HONG KONG: China is in talks with Pfizer Inc to secure a licence that will allow domestic drugmakers to manufacture and distribute a generic version of the US firm’s Covid antiviral drug Paxlovid in......
MEXICO CITY: Nineteen suspected gang members and 10 military personnel were killed in a wave of violence surrounding the arrest of Mexican drug cartel boss Ovidio Guzman in the northern state of......
BAKHMUT: Artillery exchanges pounded war-scarred cities in eastern Ukraine on Friday despite Russian leader Vladimir Putin unilaterally ordering his forces to stop attacking for 36 hours.The brief......
ISLAMABAD: A new report from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has suggested that reduced working hours and more flexible working time arrangements, such as those used during the Covid-19......
KARACHI: Shares inched up on Friday as investors welcomed the progress on the long-awaited review of the loan programme by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).Topline Securities said the upward......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that the country is destined for progress and development.He said this during a virtual meeting with Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB)......
NEW DELHI: India’s government expects economic growth to slow in the financial year ending March, as pandemic-related distortions ease and pent-up demand for goods levels out going into 2023.Gross......
ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Legislative Cases (CCLC) on Friday approved the country’s first-ever safety standards for the auto sector including helmets for motorcycle riders.With the approval......
KARACHI: After keeping production activities suspended from Jan 2-6, Pak Suzuki Motor Company Ltd (PSMCL) has extended plant shutdown from Jan 9-13 due to a continued shortage of imported parts and......
GILGIT: Amid a shutdown and transport strike across Gilgit-Baltistan on Friday against the land reforms, imposition of taxes, wheat shortage and prolonged blackouts in the region, GB Chief Minister......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Shaukat Tarin has said that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar lacks an understanding of the economy and is unfit for the job.In a rejoinder issued to Mr......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja on Friday made it clear that the forthcoming second phase of local government (LG) elections in Sindh would not be put off again and......
LAHORE: Seeing the establishment’s hand behind Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi’s confident statements about not taking a fresh confidence vote, PTI chief Imran Khan alleged on Friday that the......
THE detention of nearly 1,200 Afghan nationals, including 178 children, has received much media attention and generated bad press for the Sindh government. It has also brought in its wake increasing......
AS the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) ramp up their murderous attacks on Pakistani soldiers, ISI officers, police, and ordinary citizens, the men who run Pakistan’s security establishment are trotting out......
UNITED NATIONS: Israeli and Palestinian envoys to the United Nations have traded heated barbs at a Security Council meeting over the controversial visit by an Israeli minister to Al-Aqsa mosque......
KARACHI: Pakistan should seek forgiveness of principal and interest on the debt extended by China, the Paris Club and bilateral and multilateral lenders, said the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) on......
WASHINGTON: Kevin McCarthy finally picked up some momentum Friday, winning new votes on the 12th and 13th rounds of voting, but appeared still unable to get to the victory line as a few Republicans......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court office on Friday returned with objections a petition moved to seek direction for reconsidering pension and other service benefits to the retired judges of high courts.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday summoned former prime minister Imran Khan on Jan 11 to explain why he continues to hold the PTI chairmanship even after his......
ISLAMABAD: Bailable warrants for the arrest of the news director of a private TV channel, Ammad Yousaf, were issued on Friday for his repeated failure to appear before a local court of Islamabad in a......
ISLAMABAD: Weekly inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), jumped by nearly 31 per cent as compared to last year, amid a big surge in the prices of foods and a couple of fuel......
• Directs interior minister, secretary, Nacta national coordinator to consult provinces, submit a report • Claims IMF team to visit Pakistan in 2-3 days to review programme • Calls on business......
THE detention of nearly 1,200 Afghan nationals, including 178 children, has received much media attention and generated bad press for the Sindh government. It has also brought in its wake increasing......
