Interim Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar said on Friday there were “some signs” of economic recovery “even if they were just starting”.Addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside other......
VALENCIA: Chasing an elusive Olympic gold medal will be one of Novak Djokovic’s main goals for next season even though the 24-times Grand Slam champion knows he will have to be physically and......
PAKISTAN batter Sidra Amin plays a shot as South African wicket-keeper Sinalo Jafta looks on during the third One-day International at the National Bank Stadium on Thursday.—Tahir......
MADRID: Unions representing players in Spain’s women’s football league have called off their strike after reaching an agreement on minimum wages, the Liga F organisation said on Thursday.The players......
LAHORE: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) disconnected 241 gas connections in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad on Thursday, imposing a Rs2.7 million detection bill on many......
LAHORE: In a major day-long operation launched on Thursday morning, joint teams of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and police retrieved 75 kanals of commercial land worth billions on the PIA......
KARACHI: Teachers at Karachi University (KU) boycotted the evening classes on the campus on Thursday in protest against non-payment of their remuneration withheld for more than a year.Speaking to......
KARACHI: Succumbing to what many believed an ‘outside pressure’, caretaker Sindh Chief Minister retired Justice Maqbool Baqar has withdrawn key portfolios of finance and planning and development from......
ISLAMABAD: The participants of the second Pakistan-Afghanistan Civil Society Conference on Exploring Approaches for Regional Peace and Stability discussed the need for a joint strategy to counter......
RAWALPINDI: Following the Punjab caretaker government’s directives, the Rawalpindi divisional police have launched a manhunt for at least 2,000 PTI members wanted in 13 different cases registered......
WASHINGTON: When Michel Sadelain began his decades-long quest to genetically modify immune cells to fight cancer, his peers dismissed his ideas as absurd and even his mother grew concerned for his......
ISLAMABAD: A European Union envoy in Pakistan on Thursday said the bloc looks forward to boosting cooperation with Pakistan to curb “illegal migration” as well as boost pathways for legal migration......
MOSCOW: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s security detail spent several minutes disinfecting the chair that Kim sat on during a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kommersant newspaper......
Mumtaz Zahra Baloch ISLAMABAD: While it welcomed foreign governments’ statements in support of free and fair elections, Pakistan on Thursday advised diplomats based in Islamabad......
TAIPEI: Terry Gou, the founder of major Apple supplier Foxconn, on Thursday said his running mate in Taiwan’s presidential election next year would be Tammy Lai, an actress who starred in a......
ISLAMABAD: In a significant setback for the PTI, the Supreme Court on Thursday returned its petition seeking nationwide elections in the country within 90 days with objections.The petition also......
RAWALPINDI: The head of the human resource (HR) department of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Thursday refuted the media reports regarding the poor financial condition of the airline......
ISLAMABAD: A Chinese electric car manufacturing company has announced establishing an electric vehicle (EV) plant in Pakistan and chain of showrooms in major cities of the country.This announcement......
QUETTA: The highly-coveted RDMC (Barrick) International Graduate Programme, launched in July this year, culminated in the selection of nine young graduates from across Balochistan.The primary goal of......
KARACHI: Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Chairman Akif Saeed said on Thursday all stakeholders should work towards improving the stock market’s liquidity — a capital-market......
ISLAMABAD: A new Unicef-World Bank analysis estimates that one in six children globally (around 333 million) live in extreme poverty, and warns that at current rates of reduction, the Sustainable......
LAHORE: PML-N chief organiser Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Thursday tasked the party ticket holders of Punjab to bring as many people as they could to give a rousing welcome to her father Nawaz Sharif, who......
WHY do we put so much academic pressure on our children? Why can we not lighten up a bit? We have too many academic subjects that we teach our children right from grade one, and for each subject we......
THE scenes are from a movie in a Third World, conflict-ridden state, when a mob descends upon a local church to set it ablaze, leaving behind a trail of destruction and despair.The police are......
• Expectations for fair resolution of pending complaints against judges, transparent bench formation • Criticises outgoing CJP’s decisions, their impact on judicial legacyISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bar......
KHYBER: With senior officials of Pakistan and Afghanistan reaching an understanding during their protracted parleys during the last week of Torkham border closure, positive signs emerged on late......
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Thursday tasked newly appointed Privatisation Minister Fawad Hassan Fawad with expediting the PIA’s privatisation of process.The prime......
EVEN after the country’s rulers dangled the carrot of foreign investments amounting up to $70 billion in front of them, experts, bankers and analysts in Pakistan are finding it hard to digest the......
WASHINGTON: A senior US diplomat has identified the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as the greatest threat to regional stability.Addressing a seminar at the Stimson Center on Tuesday, US......
ISLAMABAD: In a rare move and without prior notice, the Senate Standing Committee on Power served a summons on the chairman and members of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to......
• ‘Planted bomb’ apparently targeted Hafiz Hamdullah • Initial investigation suggests device was remote-controlledQUETTA: At least 11 people, including JUI-F leader Hafiz Hamdullah, were injured in a......
• CEC meeting to continue today, focus on pro-PML-N men in caretaker set-up, delimitations, economy • PPP shows flexibility on delimitation, asks ECP to shorten its proposed timeline for the......
