Governments in a number of Muslim-majority countries are gradually rolling back certain conservative laws that were framed as being ‘Islamic’.The move is understandably being challenged by segments......
KINGSTON: World 100 and 200 metres record holder Usain Bolt said on Friday that it was a “stressful situation” trying to recover more than $12.7 million that has disappeared from his account with a......
ZURICH: Uruguay’s Fernando Muslera and Jose Maria Gimenez were hit with four-match bans by FIFA on Friday, while Diego Godin and Edinson Cavani were suspended for a game each after they confronted......
MELBOURNE: Aryna Sabalenka bludgeoned her way to a maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Kazakh Elena Rybakina on Saturday in a thrilling final between two of......
KARACHI: The Sindh health authorities hinted on Saturday that they could not “exclude measles virus as a risk factor of outbreak” that killed several people including children, over the past few days......
• Experts say number of patients has doubled in two weeks • Children, people with low immunity said to be most vulnerableKARACHI: The cold wave gripping the city for the past 10 days has severely......
KARACHI: Workers and supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf took to the streets on Saturday and staged a demonstration at the Numaish traffic intersection in protest over reports of likely arrest......
PESHAWAR: Former prime minister and PML-N central leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday said the military’s interference in national politics was to blame for the current economic and political......
ISLAMABAD: The Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has banned the Pakistani web series “Sevak” and the OTT platformvidly.tv streaming the series that is based on a true story.The series......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police received hundreds of written and verbal requests and recommendations from influential people to induct their men on the posts of constable for which the recruitment......
LAKKI MARWAT: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Youth Council, Bannu chapter, demonstrated on Saturday against desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden.The council president Ishaq Khan led a rally, which......
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has directed the Islamabad Healthcare Regulatory Authority (IHRA) to issue instructions to Shifa International Hospital Islamabad to refund an amount of Rs2.9......
LIMA: Peru’s Congress rejected on Saturday a request by embattled President Dina Boluarte to bring forward elections to December this year, as protests rage on against her leadership.The South......
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s aide Sumair Ahmad Syed has been posted as secretary to caretaker chief minister, apparently to micromanage the Punjab administration according to the......
LAHORE: The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) killed on Saturday two alleged members of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an ‘encounter’ in Dera Ghazi Khan district.The department ......
WASHINGTON: The man who carried out a pepper-spray attack on a US Capitol Police officer who died the day after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was sentenced to 80 months in prison on Friday with credit for......
KARACHI: In contrast to a downward trend on world markets, one tola and 10 grams domestic gold rates on Saturday hit a new all-time high of Rs209,000 and Rs179,184, respectively, up by Rs6,500 and......
BEIJING: China’s cabinet said on Saturday it would promote a consumption recovery as the major driver of the economy and boost imports, state broadcaster CCTV reported, at a time of cooling global......
KARACHI: The benchmark of representative shares of the stock market remained flattish at the beginning of the outgoing week owing to the investors’ concerns about a major hike in the key interest......
HAVANA: Five people died and another 12 were unaccounted for after an improvised boat they were using to reach the United States from Cuba sank, official Cuban media reported on Friday.“Five deaths......
SYDNEY: An urgent search was underway in Western Australia on Saturday after a tiny radioactive capsule was reported to have gone missing while being transported from a mine.The 8mm by 6mm silver......
WASHINGTON: The United States has secured a deal with the Netherlands and Japan to restrict exports of some advanced chip-making machinery to China in talks that concluded on Friday, Bloomberg......
KARACHI: Almost 90 per cent out of over 5,700 stuck-up containers are lying at the private terminals and the rest at the state-owned Karachi Port and Port Qasim, said Karachi Chamber of Commerce and......
WASHINGTON: The House Foreign Affairs Committee plans to hold a vote next month on a bill aimed at blocking the use of China’s popular social media app TikTok in the United States, the committee......
KABUL: One hundred and sixty-six people have died in a wave of bitterly cold weather sweeping Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday, as extreme conditions heaped misery on the poverty-stricken......
KARACHI: Onion sells at Rs250 per kg in Karachi while in other parts of the country the rate hovers between Rs200-320 due to limited arrivals from Sindh and Balochistan crops and additional taxes on......
BAKHMUT: Ukrainian troops were locked in a “fierce” confrontation with Russian fighters on Friday for control of the town of Vugledar, south-west of Donetsk, as the two sides battle along the......
WASHINGTON: The US Treasury Department’s top sanctions official, on a trip to Turkiye and the Middle East next week, will warn countries and businesses that they could lose access to G7 markets if......
KABUL: The Taliban-run Ministry of Higher Education ordered private universities in Afghanistan not to allow female students to sit university entrance exams next month, underscoring its policy to......
KARACHI: The Ministry of Finance is expected to issue the country’s first-ever 12-month Ijara Sukuk or Islamic bonds next month — a move that’s part of the renewed push for Sharia-compliant debt......
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: Former finance minister Shaukat Tarin has demanded the resignation of incumbent finance czar Ishaq Dar for pushing Pakistan to the “brink of default” and causing “immeasurable......
“When I was brought into prison, a jail official told me not to worry because I’d get bailed out in 15 days. I shuddered at the prospect of having to spend two weeks behind bars and wondered how I’d......
GWADAR: The coastal district of Makran division will be connected with the under-construction Pak-Iran transmission line by March this year after which it will get 100MW additional power supply from......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo on Saturday said the precious minerals existing in the province were assets of Balochistan and guarantee of a bright future for the next......
After a CIA- and MI6-orchestrated campaign of mass killing and ‘purges’ in Indonesia in the 1960s that left an estimated upward of one million Indonesians dead, the attention of the US turned to......
ISLAMABAD: A local court has imposed Rs10,000 fine each on former premier Imran Khan and incumbent Defence Minister Khawaja Asif for delaying the proceeding of Rs10 billion damages suit moved by the......
UNITED NATIONS: The internet has “super-charged” hate speech, allowing perpetrators to spread their “lies, conspiracies and threats,” the United Nations warned, hours after an anti-Islam activist......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that the power to initiate contempt jurisdiction, vested with the superior judiciary, is not a substitute to execute or implement decrees passed by the courts......
JERUSALEM: Two Israelis, a father and son, were shot and wounded in east Jerusalem on Saturday, hours after a gunman killed seven people outside a synagogue, raising fears of escalation despite......
LAHORE: PTI leaders in Lahore have vowed to protect party chief Imran Khan at any cost amid fears of his arrest, insisting that he was their red line.In a meeting chaired by PTI Secretary General......
ISLAMABAD: Rumours of a massive hike in petrol prices resulted in long queues at petrol pumps in many parts of the country on Saturday.According to reports being shared on social media, the prices......
• Two draft ordinances prepared for Rs100bn each in taxes, flood levy • Govt considering discontinuing power subsidy, imposing sales tax on raw materials for exports • More hikes in power, gas......
After a CIA- and MI6-orchestrated campaign of mass killing and ‘purges’ in Indonesia in the 1960s that left an estimated upward of one million Indonesians dead, the attention of the US turned to......
