— Meets COAS, president, Senate delegation ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday was awarded the “Nishan-e-Pakistan”, that is Pakistan’s highest civil award. He was given the awarded on behalf…
National
ECP completes arrangements for 2018 by-elections
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed all necessary arrangements for holding of bye-elections in 36 constituencies on October 14. According to an ECP official, the elections will be held for…
Columns
End of conflict, or end of the way?
Candid Corner Will Taliban rule Afghanistan again? Things appear to be moving away from hostilities and, according to some inveterate optimists, towards peace in Afghanistan. But, does cessation of conflict necessarily lead…
Editorials
Growth and investment
The MBS effect There are no easy choices, really, for Pakistan at the moment. Such is the cash strapped position of the government that even the measures it is patting itself on…
Business
Saudi investment ‘not charity’: Saudi FM
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday that the money given by Saudi Arabia to Pakistan is an investment and not “a form of charity”. He said this during a joint press conference with Foreign Minister...
Foreign
India proposes more than $12 billion of pollution-reducing incentives
NEW DELHI: India has proposed incentives worth 885 billion rupees ($12.4 billion) to encourage power plants to install equipment to curb emissions and to develop infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs), a government…
Featured
Exeunt Rashid Suhrawardy
He was an Oxford educated actor best known for his his time with the Royal Shakespeare Company. His mother was a Russian actress of Polish descent. An Englishman in diction and in…
Sports
Photographs of Pakistani cricketers’ removed from Mohali stadium
MOHALI: In aftermath of the deadly Pulwama attack, in which at least 40 CRPF personnel were killed in a bomb attack, the IS Bindra PCA Stadium in Mohali removed 15 photos of…
Lahore
Youth shaves sister’s head over domestic dispute
FAISALABAD: A youth shaved his sister’s head over domestic disputes here on Monday, soon after which he was arrested. Police said that the suspect Arshad, hailing from Rodala Road area of Faisalabad, insisted that his…
Karachi
Sindh govt to launch legal action against doctors on strike
The Sindh government has warned striking doctors from state hospitals across the province of disciplinary action and ordered administrations of all public hospitals to ensure the continuation of medical facilities. In a…
Islamabad
PM has vision to bring country out of present economic quagmire
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Mahmood Khan has said that Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has the vision and the ability to successfully bring the country out of the present…
Arts / Entertainment
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