At least eight people, including seven teachers, have been killed in separate incidents of firing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district on Thursday, district headquarters hospital deputy medical......
Six Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred during an exchange of fire with militants in the Dir Duni area of North Waziristan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the army’s media affairs wing said......
KARACHI: Cement makers continued to struggle with declining construction activities as their domestic sales in April and 10MFY23 plunged by 25.13 per cent and 16.23pc, respectively.As per data......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday concluded that ex-Wapda distribution companies (Discos) and K-Electric would charge between 34 paise and Rs3.70......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has entered into data sharing agreements with provincial revenue authorities to enhance efficiency and transparency in the sales tax collection system of......
ISLAMABAD: Wild poliovirus of Afghan origin has been detected in sewage samples from Peshawar and Hangu districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.The virus was found in environmental samples......
UNITED NATIONS: South Asia leads global reductions in child marriage but still needs 55 years to eliminate the practice if it does not speed up the pace, says a UN report released on Wednesday.To......
ISLAMABAD: Urging the judiciary to confine itself to only interpreting the Constitution, a multi-party conference on Wednesday agreed that elections should be held across the country on the same day......
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has summoned chairman of Capital Development Authority (CDA) Noorul Amin Mengal on Thursday to discuss cracks that developed in the newly constructed......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has informed the health ministry that a mechanism has been formulated to avoid sale of hospital waste in future.On Feb 27, a company hired by......
LAHORE: Ali Asfand’s all-round performance and fine bowling by leg-spinner Arafat Minhas inspired Pakistan U-19 to a thumping 10-wicket victory against their Bangladesh counterparts on the......
LONDON: England cricket chiefs on Wednesday recommended fines totalling 37,000 ($46,000) for players charged in connection with the explosive Yorkshire racism scandal.Pakistan-born bowler Azeem......
MUZAFFARABAD: Dealing a blow to the aspirations of the coalition government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday asked the members of his parliamentary party not......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution on the World Press Freedom Day, expressing its resolve that the fundamental right of freedom of speech enshrined in the......
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday brought forward diversified views from politicians and mediapersons over freedom of expression, with Federal Minister Mian Javed Latif calling on......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf claims that Imran Khan’s leg has again been fractured since he was pushed by a crowd that came around him during his appearance before the Lahore High Court. It......
ISLAMABAD: A report by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has revealed that an online group in Pakistan targeted people, including military personnel, in both India and Pakistan through fake......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday restrained the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) from arresting former chief minister Usman Buzdar in any undisclosed case registered against him and also......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council on Wednesday made it mandatory for all new lawyers to submit a declaration with their intimation forms to the effect that they believe in the finality of the......
ISLAMABAD: A report by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has revealed that an online group in Pakistan targeted people, including military personnel, in both India and Pakistan through fake......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday directed advocate general of Sindh to inform the court why detained leader of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Ali Amin Gandapur was not being released......
NEW DELHI: The Indian Army is set to merge civil areas at cantonments with municipal corporations and municipalities and designate them as military stations, shedding the colonial tag, The Hindustan......
KARACHI: Keeping up with the 2017 figures, Central district has so far again emerged as the most populated district of Karachi as the city population has crossed 18 million during the ongoing census,......
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee has summoned the Supreme Court’s registrar on May 16, warning that it would issue arrest warrants if he did not comply with the order.“In case the registrar......
PAKISTAN has become a free-for-all dumping ground for hazardous materials including chemicals, plastics, e-waste, and long-term pollutants. The health of the Pakistani people and their physical......
NOOTDORP (Netherland): The world’s chemical weapons watchdog said on Wednesday that the process of destroying tens of thousands of tonnes of declared chemical stockpiles will be completed “within......
THE ever-widening rift between the ‘common’ man and the Pakistani elite is a fascinating phenomenon. It is quite common nowadays to hear the phrase ‘the poor are getting poorer and the rich are......
WASHINGTON: US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly on Wednesday announced its experimental Alzheimer’s drug significantly slowed cognitive and functional decline, results hailed as “remarkable” by experts......
TOKYO: Like most 10-year-olds in Japan, Maholo Terajima enjoys baseball and video games, but recently his schedule has also included lessons in sword-fighting, choreography and fan dancing —......
DUBAI: Sanctions-hit Iran seized on Wednesday a second oil tanker in less than a week as tensions rise in the commercially vital Gulf waters.A fleet of high-speed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps......
ROME: Police across Europe arrested more than 100 people on Wednesday in a crackdown that dealt a “serious blow” to the Italian ‘Ndrangheta mafia, with suspects accused of drugs and weapons......
ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers on Wednesday continued their assault on the judiciary as ex-prime minister and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi urged the speaker to convert the whole house into a committee and......
• Fixing poll date exclusive domain of electoral watchdog, ECP plea maintains • Watchdog worried snap polls in KP, Punjab will compromise transparency of general electionsISLAMABAD: A day after the......
• Court refuses to accept ‘medical’ reason for non-appearance • Ex-PM’s lawyer says not humanly possible for PTI leader to appear in all 140 cases simultaneouslyISLAMABAD: Perturbed by the......
NEW DELHI / ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will leave for Goa today (Thursday) to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting — a visit......
PAKISTAN has become a free-for-all dumping ground for hazardous materials including chemicals, plastics, e-waste, and long-term pollutants. The health of the Pakistani people and their physical......
THE ever-widening rift between the ‘common’ man and the Pakistani elite is a fascinating phenomenon. It is quite common nowadays to hear the phrase ‘the poor are getting poorer and the rich are......
LONDON: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif touched down in London on Wednesday evening, just days ahead of the coronation of King Charles III, who has invited scores of world leaders to witness the......
IT would be an understatement to say AI has taken the world by a storm. Much like the pandemic, it is sweeping through countries and enmeshing itself in human lives at an alarming pace. No matter......
ISLAMABAD: In light of an audio leak pertaining to the distribution of PTI tickets wherein the son of a former chief justice of Pakistan was also featured, the National Assembly speaker on Wednesday......
KARACHI: The acquisition of media by wealthy businessmen closely aligned with political leaders and harassment of critical sources and reporters by supporters of the government has led Reporters......
KARACHI: It was breezy here at the National Stadium on Wednesday night, but it was humid too. Down 2-0 in the five-match One-day International series, New Zealand weren’t letting their hopes slip in......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s overall oil sales plunged 47 per cent year-over-year to 1.171 million tonnes in April, while the total sales shrank by 24pc to 13.970m tonnes in the July-April period of......
KARACHI: Brand image matters in Pakistan more than most other nations as 70 per cent of the respondents in the latest survey reported they’re willing to spend more on a well-known brand.“This in......
KARACHI: The government raised Rs705 billion through an auction of market treasury bills despite Rs1.195 trillion bids offered mostly by banks on Wednesday.The bidding trend showed that banks were......
