A suspected commander of the banned outfit Daesh was gunned down during an operation in Balochistan’s Mastung area, the province’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) said on Wednesday.In a press......
President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday wrote a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja and proposed November 6 as the date for elections.In the letter, the president said he had......
LAHORE: A high-level investigation into the cross-border drug smuggling scam has taken a surprise turn when an inquiry panel detected many “illegal” properties worth billions of rupees, allegedly......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sustained an office objection and dismissed a petition seeking a restraining order against holding of next general election without bringing the perpetrators......
BAHAWALPUR: A woman lawyer suffered serious burns in an alleged acid attack in Lodhran on Monday night.According to police sources, Advocate Nausheen Sabahat was in her house in Agha Nadeem Colony......
LONDON: Jofra Archer attended England’s training session at The Oval on Tuesday to spark hopes he could yet feature at next month’s World Cup in India.Fast bowler Archer delivered the Super Over as......
LAHORE: In a major setback for Pakistan’s national game, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) withdrew the hosting rights of the Olympic qualifying round from the Pakistan Hockey Federation......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s former cricketers expressed dismay over the team’s performance in their heavy loss to India at the Asia Cup.Babar Azam’s men crumbled like nine pins in their 228-run defeat to......
GILGIT: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Tuesday announced action against elements spreading chaos in the name of religion in Gilgit-Baltistan.He directed the authorities concerned to......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the commissioner Rawalpindi to determine afresh the compensation after assessing the market value of the acquired land for the construction of the......
KARACHI: A day after the Sindh High Court cast doubts over the role of the central leadership of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in the Baldia factory fire case, the party expressed serious concerns......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Museum of Food, a digital hub featuring the rich and diverse culinary landscape of Pakistan, was launched in a ceremony held here on Tuesday.The museum, launched by Oscar-winning......
THE HAGUE: A Dutch art detective has recovered a precious Vincent van Gogh painting that was stolen from a museum in a daring midnight heist during the coronavirus lockdown in 2020, police said on......
QUETTA: Four people, including two policemen, were injured in two hand grenade attacks on police vehicles on Tuesday.Officials said unknown miscreants riding motorcycles hurled a grenade at a......
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says the buildings and construction sector, already responsible for 37 per cent of global emissions and rising, with rapid urbanisation......
LAHORE: Jhelum police have moved all five children of Urfan Sharif to the Child Protection Bureau in Lahore, a day after ‘recovering’ them from their grandfather’s house.Mr Sharif is the father of......
LONDON: The son of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s detained former leader, said he was “extremely worried” about his mother’s health, saying she was struggling to eat and was being refused permission to......
WASHINGTON: The United States confirmed on Monday it had signed off on the transfer of $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds from South Korea, paving the way for five US citizens to leave Tehran.The two......
ISLAMABAD: With nearly all political parties gearing up for general elections, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has decided to re-strengthen itself and invited all disgruntled party leaders to attend......
CHILDREN are a country’s most precious investment. But in Pakistan, poor children don’t fall in this category. Even after 75 years of existence, we as a nation have not given sufficient importance to......
LAHORE: The caretaker Punjab CM has formed a committee to suggest within seven days a roadmap for revamping the research paradigm in the agriculture sector as stakeholders question sustainability......
KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Thursday to announce its decision on the interest rate regime.The SBP will issue the Monetary Policy......
IT was the most audacious cross-border incursion by the TTP. Reportedly, hundreds of heavily armed militants stormed Pakistani security posts in Chitral last week. The intruders were said to have......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has formed a committee in collaboration with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and the Pakistan Institute......
KARACHI: The rupee continued to strengthen against the dollar in the interbank market on Tuesday, rising 0.42 per cent to below 300, a barrier it crossed for the first time ever on Aug 24.According......
KARACHI: Mixed sentiments and low volumes led to a lacklustre trading session on the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Tuesday.Topline Securities said investors chose to take profits, which led the......
CAIRO: A ban on wearing the face veil in Egyptian schools announced by the government this week sparked debate on social media on Tuesday with critics condemning it as “tyrannical”.The education......
MOSCOW: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia on Tuesday ahead of a meeting with President Vladimir Putin that the US has warned could see an arms deal to support Moscow’s assault on......
ISLAMABAD: The caretaker federal cabinet continued to expand as Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Tuesday inducted former bureaucrat Fawad Hasan Fawad, a confidant of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif,......
Gen Kenneth F. McKenzie WASHINGTON: The militant Islamic State group (IS) has become a more enduring threat than Al Qaeda after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Gen Kenneth......
LAHORE: The cotton crop in Punjab is facing an onslaught from whiteflies, which is proving to be a nightmare for growers and agriculture department high-ups, as well who have so far been expecting a......
• Fazl rules out alliance with PPP, says JUI-F values ‘loyalty’ • PPP chief claims advanced weapons have fallen in hands of terrorists, katcha robbersSUKKUR: Building steam on the campaign trail,......
• Insiders say ex-PM has ‘serious legal challenges to overcome’ • Party confident supreme leader’s presence will give political boostLONDON: After four years in self-imposed exile, a date for the......
• Insiders say ex-PM has ‘serious legal challenges to overcome’ • Party confident supreme leader’s presence will give political boostLONDON: After four years in self-imposed exile, a date for the......
