WHO Chief Urges Halt to COVID Booster Shots
GENEVA: Rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines should refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year and make the doses...
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Israel Pours Troops Into West Bank to Hunt Down Prison Fugitives
RAMALLAH: Israel flooded the occupied West Bank with reinforcements on Wednesday in the manhunt for six Palestinians who have been on the run for three...
Rupee Falls Against US Dollar
KARACHI: The exchange rate of US Dollar strengthened by 41 paisa in the interbank on Thursday against Pakistani rupee.The greenback closed at Rs167.66 on fourth...
Australia Likely To Cancel Test Match With Afghanistan
SYDNEY: Australia’s one-off men’s Test match against Afghanistan, scheduled to start in Hobart on 27 November, is set to be cancelled after the Taliban banned...
Yasir Nawaz Trolls Wife Nida Yasir
ISLAMABAD: Actor, director Yasir Nawaz is taking a dig at wife Nida Yasir after her viral ‘Formula 1’ interview video, and fans are in splits....
Neighboring Countries’ FMs to Discuss Afghan Situation Today
ISLAMABAD: At the invitation of Pakistan, Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on the Afghan issue among the neighboring countries of Afghanistan will be held in virtual format...
Newly Appointed CS Punjab Calls on PM Khan
ISLAMABAD: Newly appointed Chief Secretary Punjab Kamran Ali Afzal called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday and discussed administrative matters of the province. Chief...
Pakistan, German, U.S. Naval Forces Conduct Passing Exercise in Arabian Sea
KARACHI: The Pakistan Navy frigate PNS Alamgir (F 260) and German Navy frigate FGS Bayern (F 217) participated in a passing exercise (PASSEX) with guided-missile...
CM Sindh Orders Action Against Officials Involved in Fake Domiciles Scam
KARACHI: Sindh government has decided on Tuesday to take strict action against the officials involved in issuing the fake domiciles, Permanent Residence Certificates (PRCs) in...
FM Qureshi Receives Call From His Romanian Counterpart
ISLAMABAD: Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Arsco telephoned Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. The two leaders discussed bilateral relations and the current situation in Afghanistan in...
New Postings, Appointments in Pakistan Army: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan army on Tuesday announced new postings and appointments in its ranks. According to a statement on Tuesday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said...
Newly Appointed IG Punjab Meets CM Buzdar
LAHORE: New IG Punjab Police Sardar Ali Khan called on Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar. Giving the task to IG Punjab to further improve the...
Sheikh Rasheed Calls on PM Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed called on Prime Minister Imran Khan. In the meeting, Sheikh Rasheed briefed the Prime Minister on the situation in...
Speaker Punjab Assembly Opposes PMDA Bill
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi termed the Pakistan Media Development Authority as a controversial bill. Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Parvez Elahi met the...
Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund To Head New Afghanistan Government
KABUL: Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund has been named as Afghanistan’s new acting head of state. The Taliban, who swept into Kabul on August 15 following...
Bearish Trend Continues At PSX
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a negative trend on the second day of the business week. The market closed with 188 points lower...
Babar Azam Unhappy With Squad Selection For T20 World Cup
LAHORE: Pakistani skipper Babar Azam is reportedly not happy with the squad selection for the T20 World Cup, sources said. According to the sources, Babar...
Rupee Continues To Slide Against US Dollar
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee depreciated 40 paisas against the United States (US) dollar in the inter-bank currency market on Tuesday. According to the State Bank...
Italian FM Meets COAS General Bajwa
RAWALPINDI: Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio called on Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Rawalpindi. During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, regional...
CM Gb Calls on PM Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said development and promotion of tourism will bring prosperity to Gilgit-Baltistan. He was talking to the Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan...
Delegation Level Talks Between Pakistan and Italt at FO
ISLAMABAD: Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio is in Islamabad on a two-day official visit, to hold talks with Pakistani leadership on evolving situation in...
Trade Deficit Increases by 119.9%
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit widened to a whopping $7.49 billion in the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY2021-22), data released by the...
Suicide Bombers Behind Quetta, Mastung Blasts Came From Afghanistan: Rasheed
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said on Monday the suicide bombers behind recent blasts in Quetta and Gwadar came from Afghanistan. Speaking at a...
CCI Approves Long-Term Power Generation Plan
ISLAMABAD: Federal energy minister Hammad Azhar said Monday the Council of Common Interests (CCI) has finally approved the long term power generation plan that had...
ECP Reserves Verdict Over Holding LB Polls in Sindh
ISLAMABAD: A bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday reserved its decision over the local government elections in Sindh after arguments. Earlier,...
Bilawal Wishes Nation on Defence Day
KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the sacrifices of the martyrs, the unwavering determination of the soldiers and the...
Court Hears Noor Mukadam Murder Case
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday issued notices on a bail plea of prime accused Zahir Jaffer’s father Zakir Jaffer in the Noor...
Iqbal Accuses NAB of Making Fake Cases
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal on Monday said that false cases are being filed just to take revenge from political opponents. Talking...
Country Cannot Progress With Corrupt System: PM Imran
NATHIA GALI: PM Imran Khan said the government was struggling for establishment of rule of law in the country to attract foreign investment and promote...
We Do Not Hide Anything From Masses: CM Sindh
ISLAMABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that we do not hide anything from the people. Speaking to the media on the...
Panjshir Valley ‘Completely Captured’: Taliban
KABUL: The Taliban said Monday they had captured the last pocket of resistance in Afghanistan, the Panjshir Valley, even as opposition fighters vowed to keep...
PM To Chair CCI Meeting Today
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will preside over the meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) in Islamabad today (Monday). According to sources, the...
President, PM’s Messages on Defence Day
ISLAMABAD: President and the Prime Minister in their separate messages on the occasion of Defence and Martyrs Day have renewed the pledge that brave Pakistani...
57 More Pakistanis Die of COVID-19
ISLAMABAD: In the daily statistics shared by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), COVID-19 has claimed 57 new lives, during the past 24 hours....
Defence and Martyrs’ Day Being Observed
ISLAMABAD: Defence and Martyrs’ Day is being observed today to pay tributes to the martyrs and Ghazis and reaffirm commitment to defend the motherland against...
Traders Action Committee Ends Sit-in
KARACHI: Negotiations with Sindh Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah of the Trade Action Committee were successful. Karachi Trade Action Committee ended the sit-in on the...
Apple Delays Important Security Features After Users’ Complaints
WASHINGTON: Apple has announced it is delaying the rollout of its controversial new anti-child pornography tools, following criticism that the feature would undermine user privacy....
The Wheel of Time Movie To Release in November
LOS ANGELES: This is the story of the Hollywood movie The Wheel of Time. The dramatic turn in the story comes when the loving couple...
Inam Butt Wins Gold Medal in Beach Wrestling World Series
ITALY: Pakistan’s Inam Butt has won a gold medal in the Beach Wrestling World series here on Saturday. Gujranwala-born Inam defeated Ukrainian wrestler Oleksii Yakovchuk...
PM Khan, UN Secretary General Discuss Afghanistan Situation
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has reaffirmed Pakistan’s full support to smooth operation of the United Nations’ humanitarian mission for Afghanistan. Speaking with Secretary General...
Selected Govt Made 20,000 Families Jobless: Bilawal
MULTAN: Chairman Pakistan People's Party Bilawal Bhutto is on a visit to South Punjab. Bilawal Bhutto has said that the selected government has made 20,000...
Fazlur Rehman Criticizing State Institutions To Hide His Corruption: Shahbaz Gill
FAISALABAD: Dr. Shahbaz Gill, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Political Communications, has said that he was deeply saddened by Maulana Fazlur Rehman's views...
Haleem Adil Sheikh, Other PTI Leaders Visit Rain Affected Areas in Karachi
KARACHI: Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh Saturday visited different rain affected areas in Karachi and reviewed the post rain situation...
Bangladesh Beat NZ in 2nd T20
DHAKA: Tom Latham s unbeaten 65 just failed to steal victory from Bangladesh who won the second Twenty20 against New Zealand by four runs to go...
Weekly Inflation Up By 0.67pc
ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended on September 2, 2021 for the combined consumption group witnessed an increase...
UK Will Not Recognize Taliban: Dominic Raab
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Robb says we do not recognize the Taliban and urges other countries to do the same. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Robb...
Karachi Airport To Be Upgraded
KARACHI: The CAA decided to establish latest air traffic control tower and fire station at the Karachi International airport. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has...
Exams in Karachi Postponed Due to Rough Weather
KARACHI: The Board of Higher Secondary Education has postponed the examinations. Exams scheduled for tomorrow morning and afternoon shifts were postponed. The Board of Higher...
KP Closes Schools for a Week Amid Increase in COVID Cases
PESHAWAR: All educational institutions have been closed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) eight districts having high Covid-19 infection rate. The cities where schools, colleges and universities...
PM Shows Concerns Over Keeping Pakistan on Red List
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the international community to stand in solidarity with the Afghan people, undertake positive engagement, and create incentives for...