It’s a slow start for political parties in Punjab: local body elections in the province are scheduled on September 20, but the hot summers and the prolonged delimitation process and are already dampening all impetus for the grass-root electoral bout...
Most are awaiting the final list of constituencies that will be issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on July 28, after objections to the demarcations it has carried out...
In a highly partisan political environment, China reiterated its neutrality towards the internal affairs of the country by stating its resolve to abide by ‘a strategic cooperative partnership with Pakistan’...
A statement on the subject mailed to Dawn by the Chinese Embassy reads, “It hopes that all parties and sections in Pakistan can prioritise state and national interests, properly deal with their domestic affairs, maintain unity...
Pakistan’s tour of England this summer is not going to be an easy one...
After their triumph over Sri Lanka, the home side will be brimming with confidence and Pakistan’s players will have their work cut out for them...
Overnight rain and poor light continued to mar the first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, stopping the start of play on the fourth day on Saturday...
The Test is the first in Pakistan since a militant attack on the Sri Lankan team bus killed eight people in March 2009, leading to the suspension of international cricket in the country as foreign teams refused to visit over security fears...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan take on Slovenia in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania playoff starting here at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Friday amid inclement weather conditions in the federal capital...
Meanwhile, the referee said while the weather in the federal capital was unpredictable the tie was most likely to happen on March 6-7...
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday expressed the hope that Pakistan's "hot and dry" weather will help to mitigate the coronavirus outbreak, urging citizens to exercise social distancing and self-discipline...
There is a difference of opinion, but some doctors say that the type of heat Pakistan experiences, that makes the virus lose its effectiveness [to spread]...
The Pakistan Day parade scheduled to be held tomorrow (Tuesday) has been postponed due to forecast of "inclement weather and rain" over the next two days, the military's media wing said in a statement on Monday...
"The Joint Services Pakistan Day Parade will now be held on 25th March, 2021 as per program and timings already specified," it said...
The country is celebrating Pakistan Day today (Tuesday) as the nation battles a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic...
Pakistan Day commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution on March 23, 1940, when the All-India Muslim League demanded a separate nation for the Muslims of the British Indian Empire...
KARACHI: Pakistan’s twin ports appear to have performed slightly better than regional peers during the last one and half a years amid global Covid-19 lockdowns and disruption of business activities from February-March 2020 to date in various countries...
A senior official at Hutchison Port Pakistan (HPP) said Pakistan is among the countries which are fortunate enough to experience relatively low rates of Covid-19 cases thanks to the...
“For the US, it’s going to be about how we can deepen the partnership further and help Pakistan as it’s trying to deal with what is an unquestionably challenging economic situation,” said the senior US diplomat when asked what the top item on his agenda would be...
Pakistan, he noted, was still recovering from the floods, and was also dealing with an “emerging counterterrorism threat”, which has made the situation even worse...
RAWALPINDI: Cricket fans in Rawalpindi hope the T20 International series between Pakistan and New Zealand is not dampened by inclement weather on Thursday when both the teams enter the ground for the fourth match of the five-game series...
The forecast for Thursday is not bright either as the Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted the weather to remain partially cloudy with chances of rain...
ISLAMABAD: Health experts blame rising gastro cases on humid weather and change in eating habits after the fasting month of Ramazan...
Moreover, suffocation and humidity also one of the reasons for gastro as food is spoiled more quickly during this weather,” he said...
ISLAMABAD: The ministry of climate change fears that the country is going to suffer in coming years more bouts of inclement weather patterns like the heatwave in Karachi that led to over a thousand deaths in a few days...
Based on various studies and projections, the ministry, headed by Senator Mushahidullah Khan, says that global warming is going to affect Pakistan more than the rest of the world, which warrants drastic measures at...
LAHORE: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) issued on Friday another severe weather warning, forecasting torrential rain across the country, especially in Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan (upper parts), from Sunday to Thursday...
“The severe weather system is likely to persist in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral...
KARACHI: The tropical cyclone Ashobaa, currently located at around 700 kilometres south of the city, has turned north-west towards the Persian Gulf, missing the Sindh coast though affecting weather in Pakistan’s coastal areas including Karachi...
Though still quite far from the coast, Ashobaa has started influencing the weather of Karachi that experienced a cloudy day, said a weatherman...