Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Friday said the Pakistan Army, law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and the nation could never be coerced by the “cowardly tactics of terrorists”,......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday announced that it has decided to shorten the timeframe of the delimitation of constituencies and will complete the process by November 30.According......
WHEN caretaker finance minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar said that the ‘interim’ government wasn’t empowered to provide meaningful relief to the working masses ravaged by exorbitant electricity bills, she......
CHESTER-LE-STREET: England Twenty20 International debutant Brydon Carse took three wickets to set up a seven-wicket win over New Zealand in the series opener at Chester-le-Street on Wednesday.The......
NEW YORK: Sixth seed Jannik Sinner earned a comfortable 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 win over Lorenzo Sonego in an all-Italian second-round clash at the US Open on Thursday while Briton Jack Draper upset 17th seed......
PALLEKELE: Fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana returned impressive figures of 4-32 to help Sri Lanka to a comprehensive five-wicket win over Bangladesh in the Asia Cup match on Thursday.Spinner Maheesh......
KARACHI: A lot has changed for Pakistan since they last took field during the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in February this year.They have a new captain in Nida Dar, their former head coach Mark Coles......
ISLAMABAD: Despite opposition from the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS), the Senate Standing Committee on NHS on Thursday passed the “Pakistan Opportunistic Screening and Treatment of......
PESHAWAR: Residents of the provincial capital on Thursday moved the Peshawar High Court against multiple taxes and duties in electricity bills and free electric supply to government employees.In the......
ISLAMABAD: Like many parts of the country, a shutter-down strike was observed in the federal capital and Muzaffarabad by traders in protest against inflated electricity bills. Another strike has been......
PESHAWAR: Traders on Thursday observed a shutter down strike across the province against the recent hike in power tariff with political workers staging rallies to protest inflated electricity......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to produce former chief minister Parvez Elahi on Friday (today) after the anti-graft body did not present......
KARACHI: The bilateral exercise, White Star IV, between the navies of Pakistan and the United Kingdom concluded in the Arabian Sea on Thursday.HMS Lancaster, with an embarked helicopter, was in......
WHEN caretaker finance minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar said that the ‘interim’ government wasn’t empowered to provide meaningful relief to the working masses ravaged by exorbitant electricity bills, she......
LARKANA: The death toll from consumption of toxic lassi in Ghous Bakhsh Brohi village a day before rose to four on Thursday with the death of two more women of the same family.Earlier on Wednesday,......
WHILE the debate on whether or not inflation and foreign currency and debt pressure will continue, and what effect they will have on aggregates like exchange rates, growth and solvency, is important,......
KARACHI: The driver of a Revo pickup truck, who hit a man, his two minor daughters and a niece in Gulshan-i-Iqbal near Sunday Bazaar, is still at large, police said on Thursday.As the video of the......
KARACHI: Health authorities quarantined on Thursday three air travelers suspected of having monkeypox (mpox) following their arrival at Karachi airport.A statement issued by the Sindh health......
• JI holds women-only demo to denounce power tariff hike • MQM-P organises rally in Hyderabad, warns Hesco to mend ways • Mirpurkhas traders observe shutterdown strikeKARACHI/HYDERABAD/MIRPURKHAS:......
BANGKOK: Thailand’s jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has requested a royal pardon, a government minister said on Thursday, as rumours of a backroom deal for clemency swirl.The......
STOCKHOLM: Bomb squad experts have been called in after Swedish cities were rocked by four explosions in just over an hour, police said, with the country struggling to rein in a surge of gang-related......
THE Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam have rejected as baseless a map released by China that denotes its claims to sovereignty including in the South China Sea and which Beijing said on......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday directed the inspector general of Punjab police to hear the point of view of a Christian trust organisation and decide its plea seeking a judicial......
NIAMEY/ TOLEDO: Niger’s new military rulers have stripped France’s ambassador of diplomatic immunity and ordered police to expel him, according to a letter seen on Thursday by AFP, a move that......
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on Thursday said the role of UN peacekeeping remains indispensable in a world grappling with persistent conflicts and complex......
ISLAMABAD: The tax authorities collected Rs669 billion in the second month of the current fiscal year, exceeding the target of Rs649bn by Rs20bn, according to provisional data released by the Federal......
QUETTA: Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) President Sardar Akhtar Mengal has announced that his party would contest the upcoming elections on the slogan of “recovery of missing persons”.He......
LAHORE: In a bid to reduce escalating expenditures and mitigate losses, Pakistan Railways (PR) is all set to shift its entire array of field formations, encompassing stations, offices, workshops and......
KARACHI: Caretaker Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar on Thursday said that the government was committed to resolving structural issues faced by the economy.Speaking at the roundtable conference on......
Donald Trump WASHINGTON: Former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges that he led a criminal conspiracy to overturn his 2020 election loss in the......
• Says judges, armed forces do not enjoy free electricity • Kakar promises relief in future bills • Says ECP enjoys authority to announce poll date, caretakers can only assist it • IMF urged to help......
ISLAMABAD: The PTI has alleged that sugar mill owners have earned over Rs500 billion during the last four months due to the rise in the commodity’s price.Muzzammil Aslam, PTI spokesperson on economy......
KARACHI: The rupee’s free fall and the dollar’s seemingly unstoppable rise have made the former almost irrelevant to the economy as queues for purchasing the greenback are growing by the......
THIS screengrab from a video released by Iran’s state media shows what officials described as faulty foreign parts that could be used in a missile or drone and in the defence......
FIREFIGHTERS and police stand at the scene of the deadly fire which occurred in the early hours of the day in Johannesburg, on Thursday.—Reuters JOHANNESBURG: A fire that tore......
KARACHI: Hoarding, smuggling and rupee depreciation continued to bring more misery for the consumers in the shape of further increases in sugar, pulses and ghee/cooking oil prices.Wholesale sugar......
KARACHI: Bears tightened their grip on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday as the benchmark index plummeted by around 1,250 points, or 2.7 per cent, driven by concerns about the country’s......
• PML-Q representatives support delimitation before elections • TLP says returning officers should not be drawn from judiciaryISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said on Thursday it......
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar’s government increased the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) on Thursday by Rs14.91 and Rs18.44 per litre, respectively, to beyond......
