TAFTAN: Iranian authorities on Sunday deported 77 illegal Pakistani immigrants via MirJaveh-Taftan border near Chagai district.According to official sources, 31 people from Punjab, 19 from Khyber......
DHAKA: Mehidy Hasan Miraz shone with ball and bat as Bangladesh stunned England to win the second T20 international by four wickets and seal the series 2-0.Mehidy bowled a career-best 4-12 to help......
PARIS: Kylian Mbappe broke away to score a last-minute winner as Paris St-Germain beat Brest 2-1 on Saturday, a result that will go a small way towards healing the wound of their midweek Champions......
AHMEDABAD: Virat Kohli ended his agonising wait for a Test century with a painstaking 186 as India racked up 571 to claim a lead of 91 in the fourth and final Test against Australia on Sunday.The......
LAHORE: Pakistan chief selector Haroon Rasheed hinted at picking junior players who have lit up the ongoing Pakistan Super League for the three-match T20 International series against Afghanistan......
PESHAWAR: Keeping in view the upsurge in militant attacks on law enforcement agencies, the authorities have provided armoured personnel carriers (APC) to police of Dera Ismail Khan and Bannu......
LAHORE: The reverse clash between Lahore Qalandars and Karachi Kings — the biggest rivals of the HBL Pakistan Super League — turned out to be a dead rubber, and it felt like one as well.The......
LAHORE: A lack of response by Punjab’s caretaker government has been delaying the delivery of 16 newly-purchased bomb disposal response vehicles to as many districts in the province, leaving the......
• Over 8,000 provincial employees working with PBS as enumerators • Says PPP candidate will easily be elected as mayor of KarachiKARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Sunday warned......
KARACHI: A huge fire that erupted in a commercial high-rise on Sharea Faisal near Nursery late on Sunday night was put out after several hours of efforts on Sunday morning, police and fire department......
San Diego: At least eight people died after two fishing boats capsized off the coast of San Diego, California, emergency officials said on Sunday.San Diego fire rescue said in a statement that a......
SAN FRANCISCO: Advances in artificial intelligence are coming so hard and fast that a museum in San Francisco, the beating heart of the tech revolution, has imagined a memorial to the demise of......
MUZAFFARABAD: In a surprise move, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas has withdrawn the coveted portfolio of Inland Revenue from his Minister for Finance Abdul Majid......
ISLAMABAD: As prices of essential items witness a twofold increase during the rule of the PML(N)-led coalition, citizens have called out the government and the capital administration over its failure......
JERUSALEM: The Saudi-Iran detente sets back Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to isolate Tehran, but time will tell whether it also hinders his outreach to Riyadh or planning for......
KHYBER: The Khuga Khel tribe in Landi Kotal has threatened to stop the construction of a Customs terminal at the Torkham border if their reservations over excess land acquisition were not......
BEIJING: China unexpectedly kept its central bank governor and finance minister in their posts at the annual session of the rubber-stamp parliament on Sunday, prioritising continuity as economic......
KARACHI: A provincial lawmaker and Karachi chapter’s secretary general of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Arsalan Taj Ghumman, was whisked away reportedly by policemen who alongside “men dressed......
LONDON: Britain’s finance minister on Sunday said “people’s confidence” in the BBC needed to be restored as the broadcaster’s boss vowed not to quit amid the chaos surrounding Gary Lineker’s removal......
Singapore, a small island located in Southeast Asia, has managed to establish itself as a developed nation with a strong economy in recent years. Despite not having any natural resources, it has......
In many Muslim countries, including Pakistan, the medical profession has traditionally been male-dominated. However, in recent years, more and more women have entered the field of surgery, breaking......
Sajid Ali Sadpara GILGIT: Mountaineer Sajid Ali Sadpara has reached Nepal with a mission to summit the world’s three highest mountains in Alpine style — without supplemental......
The informal sector’s contribution to Pakistan’s economy is remarkable as it adds a handsome volume of approximately $661 billion, tantamount to 35.6 per cent of GDP. According to the International......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) took 63 long years to honour the family of Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari, who had coined the name of Islamabad in 1959.Mr Qazi, a teacher, poet and......
WASHINGTON: After a recent screening of a BBC documentary, India: The Modi Question, panellists urged the US media to hold Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accountable for the 2002 massacre in......
ALI Bilal was a fixture at PTI’s Lahore rallies and especially at Zaman Park, where he and other PTI workers routinely gathered at the party’s call whenever it seemed that PTI Chairman Imran Khan was......
THERE has been much talk recently of Pakistan’s seeking a restructuring of its external debt servicing obligations. We last requested such restructuring in December 1998. What lessons does our past......
THE Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition will complete a year in government next month. What has this period meant for the country? How has it shaped politics and affected governance? For a start, the ruling......
LAHORE: Shabbar Zaidi, the former chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue, said 70 per cent of the entire tax collected in Pakistan was paid by just 300 companies, giving a shut-up call to the......
ISLAMABAD: The government has tightened its fiscal controls by restricting the federal and provincial entities to ensure that all their assignment accounts for development projects and......
KARACHI: Raising voice over the many injustices in society, raising awareness on multiple issues, standing up for each other, Hum Aurtein managed to gather, in no particular order, women, men,......
LAHORE: Personnel of the Punjab police stand at a railway crossing near Zaman Park to stop PTI workers from reaching Imran Khan’s residence, on Sunday.—Arif Ali / White Star •......
• Zardari, Nawaz retained bulletproof vehicles; Imran took multiple watches • Most of the gifts acquired free of cost; millions of rupees spent on gifts given to foreign delegatesISLAMABAD: The......
THE Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition will complete a year in government next month. What has this period meant for the country? How has it shaped politics and affected governance? For a start, the ruling......
THERE has been much talk recently of Pakistan’s seeking a restructuring of its external debt servicing obligations. We last requested such restructuring in December 1998. What lessons does our past......
