Ride-hailing service Careem has announced its plans to launch a new “women-driven motorbike service” catering exclusively to its female clientele.According to a press release issued by the company on......
QUETTA: Amid tight security, provincial minister Sardar Abdul Rahman Khetran, who is under arrest in connection with the Barkhan killings, and Granaz, the wife of Khan Muhammad Marri, were produced......
TODAY is International Women’s Day. On this single day out of 365 days, women review the progress that they have been able to make over the past year. In most countries, it is understood that the......
DHAKA: At least 17 people were killed and more than 100 injured after an explosion struck an office building in the Bangladeshi capital’s commercial district on Tuesday, police and medics said. ......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board will stick with its stance of not travelling to India for the World Cup if the Board of Cricket Control in India doesn’t send its team to Pakistan for the Asia Cup......
LAHORE: The Pakistan squad reaches Tehran on Wednesday to participate in the Nawruz-gah Cup Karate Championship being held in the Iranian capital from March 8 to 14.Besides Pakistan and hosts Iran,......
BAGHDAD: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, making an unannounced trip to Iraq on Tuesday nearly 20 years after the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, said Washington was committed to......
KABUL: Afghanistan announced on Tuesday it will host Pakistan for three Twenty20 Internationals in Sharjah later this month, the first bilateral series between the neighbours.Afghanistan Cricket......
CHITTAGONG: Captain Jos Buttler warned his England side they have “areas to improve” ahead of their ODI World Cup defence after failing to seal a series clean sweep in Bangladesh.England lost the......
JENIN: Israeli forces on Tuesday raided a refugee camp in the volatile West Bank city of Jenin, killing at least six Palestinians, including a gunman suspected of shooting two brothers from a Jewish......
RAWALPINDI: Faheem Ashraf conjured up an innings to remember, showing grit and nerves of steel as his unbeaten 51 snatched an improbable victory for Islamabad United over Multan Sultans in their......
KARACHI: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) officials will meet on Wednesday (today) to decide on a date for polls to the provincial assembly.On Monday,......
PESHAWAR: Extending its stay order against by-elections in 24 National Assembly constituencies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday directed the assembly’s speaker and Election......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police have established the Counter Terrorist Financing Unit (CTFU) to “reduce and investigate” the growing cases of extortion to finance terrorist......
LAHORE: A sessions court on Tuesday granted interim pre-arrest bail to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) senior vice president Fawad Chaudhry in a case of inciting people against the state institutions......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sustained an office objection to a petition of PTl chief Imran Khan challenging a ban imposed by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority......
TASHKENT: Russia and six nations bordering Afghanistan have set up a club to discuss ways to achieve long-term peace in the war-torn nation, with diplomats at the inaugural meeting on Tuesday calling......
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Annoyed by their persistent absence, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants for PTI Chairman Imran Khan and senior party leader Fawad......
• PPP wins 84 UCs, JI 82 and PTI 40 • ECP withholds results of 20 union committees • JI moves SHC for polls on 11 remaining UCsKARACHI: While the results of 20 union committees have been withheld by......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday said Vision 2025 could not be achieved because of the change of government as the new government [Pakistan......
QUETTA: The Balochistan government has increased the compensation amount for martyred officials by up to more than three times, the finance department said in a notification on Tuesday after approval......
LAHORE: PML-N’s chief organiser Maryam Nawaz Sharif has once again stressed that there could be no elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa until “wrongs done to Nawaz Sharif” were righted and PTI......
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Tuesday supported the idea of having elections across the country on the same day and said that the parliament was ready to play its role......
ISLAMABAD: Amid a staggering price spiral over the past few months, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made a significant announcement on Tuesday that “the poorest of the poor” would get wheat flour......
VEHARI: Former president Asif Zardari accused PTI chief Imran Khan on Tuesday of destroying the economy, saying that he “should not have been allowed” to become prime minister in the first place.Mr......
ISLAMABAD: The United States and Pakistan have resolved to increase dialogue on regional and global threats, improving cooperation, preventing and countering violent extremism, and combating......
UNITED NATIONS: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari reached New York on Tuesday to attend the first UN conference on the rights of women in Islam and on the first International Day to Combat......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), which was supposed to kick off its election campaign today with a rally from Zaman Park to Data Darbar, has decided to dedicate Wednesday’s demonstration......
STECCATO CUTRO: Five days after leaving Turkiye, migrants crammed in darkness aboard a wooden sailboat pleaded with their traffickers to radio for help as they rocked in increasingly stormy seas off......
BEIJING: The United States is leading a “containment, encirclement and suppression of China”, President Xi Jinping has said, as he urged the country’s private sector to boost innovation and become......
KARACHI: Share prices closed on the lower side on Tuesday as investors reacted negatively to the news report that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) requires assurance on financing the expected......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce on Tuesday approved Trademarks (Amendment) Bill 2023 to facilitate local brands to protect their logos in more than 130 countries.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has notified rules for recovery from Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs) under money laundering cases.The rules will apply to......
KARACHI: The central government debt jumped by Rs4 trillion, or around 7.7 per cent, in January to reach close to Rs55tr, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) data showed on Tuesday.The figure was......
ISLAMABAD: The country’s oil industry is reportedly in serious trouble in arranging crude oil and petroleum products owing to foreign exchange constraints and prevailing product pricing, particularly......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday restrained the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from holding by-elections on nine National Assembly seats scheduled to be held on March 16 by suspending......
LAHORE: After successful negotiations between Aurat March organisers and the city administration, the Lahore High Court on Tuesday allowed the Women’s Day event while directing the former to ensure......
• Ahsan Iqbal directs PBS, Nadra officials to meet Sindh CM, says exercise should not be made controversial • Insiders claim PPP playing politics over census issue, govt ready to remove ‘valid......
THE time will eventually arrive, if the world survives, when International Women’s Day (IWD) is little more than a historical curiosity — a reminder of the bad days when more than half of humanity......
WE are heading towards a shipwreck. But there seems to be no realisation of the impending calamity, with the warring political forces refusing to pull back from the precipice. While a rudderless......
TODAY is International Women’s Day. On this single day out of 365 days, women review the progress that they have been able to make over the past year. In most countries, it is understood that the......
WE are heading towards a shipwreck. But there seems to be no realisation of the impending calamity, with the warring political forces refusing to pull back from the precipice. While a rudderless......
