Pro-army banners spring up in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: Days after installations of the armed forces, including the General Headquarters (GHQ), were besieged by a mob in protest against the arrest of PTI chief Imran Khan, banners and......
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ArchivePrincess Sadia favourite for Liberty Cup
KARACHI: Filly Princess Sadia looks fancied to clinch the Liberty Cup when it takes place in the Gymkhana race meeting here at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.With two back-to-back wins under her......
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ArchivePakistan U-19s clinch one-day series in BD
LAHORE: An impressive unbeaten century by Shahzaib Khan inspired Pakistan U-19 to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Bangladesh U-19 in the fourth youth one-day match at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman......
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ArchivePakistan Shaheens rout Zimbabwe ‘A’ to sweep series
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Shaheens defeated Zimbabwe ‘A’ by an innings and 41 runs on the last day of the second four-day match at the Mutare Sports Club in Mutare on Saturday.The victory gave the Shaheens......
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ArchiveSMOKERS’ CORNER: THE RISE OF THE ANTI-INTELLECTUAL
Across the 20th century, intellectuals played an important role in political parties and governments, both democratic and authoritarian. According to Richmond University’s Professor of Politics......
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ArchiveBATTLEFIELD CENTRAL PUNJAB
Constituency politics is tough business. It gets even tougher when the public support that party candidates are counting on for their electoral victories is quickly dwindling.Voters can be brutal and......
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ArchiveBabar Awan meets Asad Umar in Adiala jail
RAWALPINDI: Former senator Advocate Babar Awan held a meeting with Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar in Adiala jail on Saturday.Moreover,Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir, daughter of PTI......
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ArchiveMetro bus service resumes operation
RAWALPINDI: Metro Bus Service resumed its operation between Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Saturday after four days of closure due to protests of PTI workers and supporters over arrest of Imran Khan in......
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ArchiveOver 60 workers of PTI get bail, 22 sent to prison
KARACHI: As many as 63 workers of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf were granted bail in cases pertaining to rioting and violence by different judicial magistrates on Saturday.However, the......
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ArchiveLower Dir police arrest 119 over violent protests
LOWER DIR: The Lower Dir police have arrested 119 people for participating in violent protests and damaging government property, vandalism, blocking national highways, resisting law-enforcement......
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ArchivePHC orders Nadra to unblock identity card of transgender person
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has ordered the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) to unblock Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) of a transgender person.The court observed......
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ArchiveBuzdar’s bail extended in illegal assets case
LAHORE: An accountability court on Saturday extended the interim pre-arrest bail of former chief minister Usman Buzdar in an inquiry of illegal assets by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) with......
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ArchiveSpring gala begins in Orakzai to promote tourism
PESHAWAR: A two-day Jashan-i-Baharan spring festival began in the Kharasha-Khwa Storikhel area of Orakzai tribal district on Saturday.Director-General (Forests) Tahir Orakzai inaugurated the event......
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ArchiveZartaj Gul among 55 booked on terrorism charges in DG Khan
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Police have registered a case against 55 PTI protesters, 25 of them nominated, including former federal minister Ms Zartaj Gul and a former adviser to the chief minister, under the......
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ArchiveSyria extends humanitarian aid access via two border crossings
UNITED NATIONS: Syria has extended for three months humanitarian aid access into quake-stricken rebel-held areas from Turkiye via two border crossings, a United Nations representative said on......
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ArchiveWill it be 1977 or 1999?
WHAT a dramatic few days these have been, even by Pakistani standards — triggered by the arrest of PTI leader Imran Khan on Tuesday in Islamabad and his triumphant return to Lahore late Friday, after......
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ArchiveSurfer feared killed in shark attack
SYDNEY: Rescuers were scouring the waters off a remote beach in South Australia on Saturday for traces of a surfer believed to have been killed in a shark attack.Emergency services were called to the......
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ArchiveTemperature in Singapore soars to 40-year high
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported its highest temperature in 40 years on Saturday, officials said, as a blistering heatwave burns through large parts of South and Southeast Asia.Saturday’s temperature of......
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ArchiveG7 finance chiefs move to diversify supply chains
NIIGATA: The G7 plans to launch a partnership scheme to diversify supply chains this year, the group’s finance ministers said on Saturday following talks in Japan ahead of a major summit next......
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ArchiveUS company plans $200m pink salt facility
WASHINGTON: A leading American company plans to invest nearly $200 million in curating, processing, distributing, and importing pink Himalayan salt from Pakistan, officials said.The Miracle Saltworks......
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ArchiveStocks suffer losses in jittery week
KARACHI: Trading on the stock exchange commenced on a negative note in the outgoing week as ratings agency Fitch stated that Pakistan faced a substantial debt payment of $3.7 billion in May and......
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ArchiveEU, US to pledge joint action over China concerns
BRUSSELS: Washington and the EU will pledge joint action to tackle concerns focused on China about non-market practices and coordinate their export controls on semiconductors and other goods at a......
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ArchiveStartup upskills IT graduates for global industry
KARACHI: Pakistan hardly figures on the global IT map even though its universities churn out approximately 30,000 graduates a year in computer-related fields. Why?One possible explanation is the......
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ArchiveAJK premier calls on Dar second time in a week
ISLAMABAD: The newly appointed prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Anwarul Haq, met Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday for the second time in a week to reach an understanding over......
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ArchiveDr Yasmin Rashid arrested again, after LHC ordered her release
LAHORE: PTI’s Punjab chapter president Dr Yasmin Rashid was arrested again, just hours after the Lahore High Court had ordered her release along with 17 other women workers of the party detained......
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ArchiveBilawal asks judges not to become ‘Tiger Force’
KARACHI: In light of extraordinary relief extended to Imran Khan by the Supreme Court, Foreign Minister and chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday asked the judiciary......
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ArchiveBanning PTI only solution, insists interior minister
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Saturday said banning the PTI was the only solution and accused party chief Imran Khan of recruiting, organising, training and arming thousands of......
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ArchiveTurkiye set to vote in tight presidential race
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan led Saturday prayers at Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia mosque, ahead of a battle for his political life against a secular rival as he braces for......
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ArchiveThousands flee as Mocha heads to Bangladesh
SITTWE: Thousands fled Myanmar’s west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate Rohingya refugees on Saturday as the most powerful cyclone in the region for over a decade......
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ArchiveSocial media sites stay inaccessible as govt fears ‘exploitation’
ISLAMABAD: While mobile data services were restored late on Friday night, access to key social media platforms remained restricted a day later, as the interior ministry is yet to allow access to......
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ArchiveImran seeks ‘independent’ investigation into riots
• Advises army to form political party, stop taking decisions behind closed doors • Announces rallies from Wednesday; asks police, media to snub ‘unjustified’ orders of ‘handlers’LAHORE: PTI......
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ArchiveShehbaz wants ‘PTI arsonists’ in jail within 72 hours
• Prime minister accuses Imran of ‘planning, instigating violence’ • Orders trial of cases in anti-terrorism courts, vows to make it a ‘test case for govt’ • Punjab govt sets up JIT to probe......
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ArchiveThe syndrome of duplicity
THIS week was another sad episode in Pakistan’s chequered history, when enraged PTI supporters stormed military and other state installations in various cities. While warning the miscreants, the......
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