PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said on Thursday that Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi had signed the summary for dissolving the provincial assembly.Speaking to the media in Lahore, he said that......
Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal announced on Thursday that his party would join the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P).He made the announcement at a press conference held......
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) agreed to roll over an existing loan of $2 billion and give an additional loan of $1bn to Pakistan, a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said on Thursday.The......
PARIS: French football team captain Huglo Lloris announced his retirement from international football aged 36. His decision comes weeks after Kes Bleus lost the FIFA World Cup final to Argentina in......
ADELAIDE: Petra Kvitova reached the Adelaide International-2 quarter-finals on Wednesday after her opponent retired and was joined in the last eight by Olympic champion Belinda Bencic and Danielle......
NEW DELHI: Indian wicket-keeper/batter Rishabh Pant will miss the Indian Premier League because of his injuries in a road accident last month, former national cricket board chief Saurav Ganguly has......
PARIS: French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet has been forced to stand down just weeks after France’s defeat in the World Cup final following a series of controversies, the body said on......
KARACHI: A day after the Sindh government pledged to bring down retail price of flour to Rs95 a kilo, opposition parties on Wednesday slammed the provincial administration for allegedly creating an......
KARACHI: The heirs of the victims of Ali Enterprises Baldia factory fire and representatives of labour organisations expresses serious concerns over the pact of International Labour Organisation......
KARACHI: Reacting on the hearing of a complaint filed before an environmental tribunal, the HMR Waterfront Limited has said that the construction of its beachfront project began after completing all......
DHAKA: Huge crowds swarmed the streets of Bangladeshi cities on Wednesday to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and fresh elections, with public anger mounting over rising food and......
ATHENS: Greece’s former King Constantine II, who died on Tuesday night aged 82, will be buried privately at a former royal estate north of Athens, the Greek government said on Wednesday.Deposed by......
NEW DELHI: The growth of Google’s Android ecosystem is on the brink of stalling in India due to an antitrust order that asks the company to change how it markets the platform, the US company has said......
LONDON: Prince Harry has hit back at “hurtful” responses to his record-selling memoir, saying he was particularly upset by the “lie” he had boasted that he had killed 25 people in Afghanistan when......
LAKKI MARWAT: The Awami National Party’s Lakki chapter organised a rally in Naurang town here on Wednesday against runaway inflation on the call of party’s provincial president Aimal Wali Khan.ANP’s......
PESHAWAR: Rain and snowfall brought cold temperatures to the people across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday.Though no damage to public life or property was reported, the winter storm suspended supply......
LAHORE: The government should declare “agricultural emergency” in the country as its staple crop (wheat) is in deep crisis because of Punjab’s reluctance to announce its support price and black......
PARIS: The world’s oceans, which have absorbed most of the excess heat caused by humanity’s carbon pollution, continued to see record-breaking temperatures last year, according to research published......
ISLAMABAD: The elite Islamabad Club has suspended the corporate membership of National Endowment Scholarships for Talent (NEST) and returned Rs25 million to the said organisation.In response to a......
LAHORE: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Aamir Zulfiqar Khan has asked police officers to circulate a summary of a new special package for martyrs and police officers who have been injured or......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday notified a cut in fuel cost for consumers of K-Electric by Rs7.43 per unit for one month and an increase in fuel cost......
KARACHI: Despite promises of massive financial help for Pakistan, the rupee failed to put up any resistance and lost another 5 paise against the US dollar in the interbank market on Wednesday.The......
KARACHI: Auto sector, barring the bus segment, recorded a steep decline in sales ranging from 28.4-56.5 per cent during the first half of 2022-23.With a 40pc drop, total car sales stood at 68,900......
KARACHI: Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue spoke with one voice on Wednesday about the unapproachability of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.“He doesn’t even meet......
There is a growing recognition amongst economists and political scientists that in many developing countries, an externally guided development effort has not been as effective as hoped. The fact is,......
Three months ago, in a major attempt to generate affordable electricity, the new government unveiled its policy for fast-track development of solar photovoltaics (PV) projects at an investors’......
LAHORE: In contrast with its calls for the establishment to stay out of politics, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday announced that it would lodge a complaint with the army chief......
THE world’s first donor conference in Geneva, convened specifically to support the victims of climate-induced disaster, has pledged more than $10 billion for Pakistan. This offers Pakistan a rare......
KARACHI: In a sign of much-propagated merger of its factions, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) staged a power show on Wednesday to protest against the holding of Jan 15 local government......
LAHORE: PTI Chairman Imran Khan said his party members were being asked to part ways with him and were being coerced into believing that he had been marked with a “red line” and had no political......
• Treasury manages to secure magic number of ‘186’, opposition boycotts sitting over doubts on vote count • Altercations, shouting matches witnessed as session extended past midnightLAHORE:......
• The Sun report claims uranium on flight from Karachi detected during scan • Officials say no word from UK on probe so farLONDON/ISLAMABAD: Reports that a package containing uranium originating from......
THE world’s first donor conference in Geneva, convened specifically to support the victims of climate-induced disaster, has pledged more than $10 billion for Pakistan. This offers Pakistan a rare......
WASHINGTON: Airlines in the United States resumed departures and a ground stop was lifted on Wednesday after a system outage the previous night had forced a halt to all departing flights.As the......
There is a growing recognition amongst economists and political scientists that in many developing countries, an externally guided development effort has not been as effective as hoped. The fact is,......
ISLAMABAD: While the poultry crisis has begun to subside after the government released genetically modified soybean and canola seeds that had been stranded at ports, more than 100 containers of......
ISLAMABAD: The World Economic Forum in its global crisis risk report has identified debt crisis, sustained and/or rapid inflation, state collapse, failure of cyber security measures, and......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday directed Kohsar police to interrogate two former generals and a financial adviser in connection with the disappearance of a Pakistani-origin......
• Who is AGP and where is he, asks Justice Isa • Usman Mansoor Awan’s appointment approved by president but notification still awaitedISLAMABAD: The delays on the part of the federal government in......
• Treasury manages to secure magic number of ‘186’, opposition boycotts sitting over doubts on vote count • Altercations, shouting matches witnessed as session extended past midnightLAHORE:......
