Jamaat-i-Islami said on Friday that a “suicide attack” had targeted party emir Sirajul Haq’s convoy in Balochistan’s Zhob.In a tweet, the party said that Haq was safe and that the attacker had been......
LAHORE: A number of umpires and match referees, who rendered their services in last year’s Kashmir Premier League haven’t been paid their match fees till date, Dawn has learnt.All of the officials......
ISLAMABAD: Head coach Sabih Azhar believes that despite an outstanding performance in Bangladesh recently, Pakistan U-19 team still need to improve.Pakistan’s U-19 squad was returning home from......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday extended the physical remand of former provincial minister Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed for seven days in a case of burning Jinnah House and other public......
LAHORE: Pakistan junior hockey team manager Hanif Khan is expecting the side to win the Junior Asia Cup, which starts in Oman on Tuesday.Clinching the tournament would also secure the national junior......
LAHORE: The Punjab caretaker government on Thursday presented evidence of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s alleged involvement in the May 9 arson attacks on military installations to Chief Election......
BAJAUR: Teachers appointed for the second shift classes in government educational institutions protested here on Thursday against the nonpayment of salaries for the last several months.Scores of......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court sought reports from the Punjab caretaker government on Thursday in response to a petition filed by PTI senior vice president Fawad Chaudhry, seeking details of cases......
PESHAWAR: With its prominent leaders still in hiding, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police arrested over 1,720 Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) workers across the province allegedly involved in violent......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani has come out with a unique idea of renaming the Parliament House.According to an official announcement by the Senate Secretariat, the Senate chairman has......
ISLAMABAD: Rejecting dialogue with the PTI to resolve issues, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Thursday endorsed a proposal of establishing military courts to......
KARACHI: A post-mortem examination report released on Thursday by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) shows that zoo elephant Noor Jehan suffered from multiple serious health complications,......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan on Thursday rejected the digital census results and warned of protest if the true count of population did not reflect in the final results of the......
ISLAMABAD: The number of PTI leaders to quit the party in the aftermath of May 9 violence increased to six on Thursday after Malik Amin Aslam, Dr Muhammad Amjad and Dr Imran Ali Shah announced their......
KARACHI: A big fire broke out in a multi-storey building located on main M.A. Jinnah Road on Thursday night, according to officials.The blaze erupted on the 8th floor, they said.SHO of the Nabi Bux......
• Caretaker minister says eight suspects captured while trying to flee • Police under pressure as road blockades near Zaman Park irk citizensLAHORE: As the 24-hour deadline given by the Punjab......
JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of far right Israelis marched through the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem’s walled old quarter under heavy security on Thursday in an annual event that further heightened......
LONDON: Competing claims surfaced on Thursday over Prince Harry and his wife Meghan’s purported involvement in a “near catastrophic car chase” with paparazzi in New York.A spokesperson for the couple......
OLD ‘principled’ view: India is priority for Pakistan’s foreign policy. It is the principal adversary and only country with which we have gone to war. It has brutally repressed the people of Kashmir......
KATHMANDU: Two more climbers have died on Everest, expedition organisers said on Thursday, bringing the number of deaths on the world’s highest peak this spring climbing season to seven.The latest......
WASHINGTON: Instability in Pakistan could destabilise the entire region and lead to war, warns former US diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad while explaining why he is interested in recent developments in the......
• Caretaker minister says eight suspects captured while trying to flee • Police under pressure as road blockades near Zaman Park irk citizensLAHORE: As the 24-hour deadline given by the Punjab......
REIMAGINING Pakistan has been a work in progress since the very beginning. Projects, seminars and books on the theme have proliferated, especially over the last decade. Similarly, today we see......
HIROSHIMA: G7 leaders arrived in Hiroshima, Japan, on Thursday to weigh tighter sanctions on Russia and protections against China’s “economic coercion”, surrounded by reminders about the harrowing......
WASHINGTON: As many as 66 US lawmakers have urged Secretary of State Antony Blinken to push for democracy and human rights in Pakistan, although the Biden administration is still reluctant to take......
• Tehran to supply 100MW electricity to Gwadar • First of six border markets inaugurated • PM hopes two projects will lead to greater cooperation • Both sides agree to speed up work on free trade......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday rejected as baseless assertions made about Pakistan in the International Religious Freedom Report released by the US Department of State.“Such ill-informed......
• Says he got no beef with establishment, sympathises with comrades who quit PTI ‘under pressure’ • Skips NAB hearing in Al Qadir caseLAHORE: PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday condemned the attack......
KARACHI: The external debt repayments further slashed the foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) by $72 million to $4.31 billion during the week ending on May 12, announced the......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) is formulating laws to convert all non-banking financial services, including the capital market, insurance sector, leasing and......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports to the Middle East shrank 14.18 per cent year-on-year to $1.912 billion in the first 10 months of FY23, mainly driven by a substantial decline in exports to the United......
ISLAMABAD: A six-member probe committee of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has held the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) responsible for the national power......
KARACHI: The State Bank has warned banks that they would be held responsible for lost account holder funds if they failed to take preventive measures to combat social engineering and other digital......
ISLAMABAD: Without the IMF umbrella, Pakistan’s external financing pipeline appeared drying up as it received 38 per cent lower inflows — only $8.1 billion in the first 10 months (July-April) of the......
OLD ‘principled’ view: India is priority for Pakistan’s foreign policy. It is the principal adversary and only country with which we have gone to war. It has brutally repressed the people of Kashmir......
PRESIDENT Arif Alvi has said that PTI Chairman Imran Khan should unequivocally condemn the violence that took place after his arrest on May 9.In an interview with Hamid Mir on Geo News on Thursday,......
KARACHI: Stocks dipped on Thursday as political instability pushed down the benchmark index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange to an intraday low of 422.02 points.Arif Habib Ltd said the KSE-100 index......
REIMAGINING Pakistan has been a work in progress since the very beginning. Projects, seminars and books on the theme have proliferated, especially over the last decade. Similarly, today we see......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Thursday condemned the May 9 incidents of arson and violence after the arrest of PTI chief Imran Khan, but at the same time called upon the......
