An unknown suspect broke into a Mosque in Karachi’s Steel Town area and tainted “holy books, religious symbols and names of revered personalities”, said police on Saturday. According to a local media…
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
Night of the long knives
Another first by Khan The sacking of Asad Umar as finance minister Thursday morning and later in the evening a few key ministers’ portfolios reshuffled has raised many questions about the style…
Editorials
The Buzdar administration
Serious questions about ability to deliver On Friday, Prime Minister Imran Khan told the PTI Chief Ministers that he would replace those who do not deliver with ones who can. A chief…
Business
Cabinet likely to issue policy directives for renewal of cellular mobile licences
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet is likely to give policy directive for the renewal of cellular mobile licences in its upcoming meeting, scheduled to be held on Tuesday. Sources told this scribe that the licences of three telecom operators, Jazz (Warid), Telenor...
Foreign
Indian poll watchdog stops web series on Modi
NEW DELHI: India’s poll watchdog Saturday ordered producers to stop streaming a web series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, weeks after it banned a Bollywood film and clamped down on a TV channel…
Featured
Media Watch: ‘Hail to the Chief’
There is talk, as their often is, of bringing in a presidential system in the country. Now, I do believe that in most cases, the simplest explanation is the correct one, Occam’s…
Sports
Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer fifties guide Delhi Capitals to rare home win
–Delhi Capitals 166 for 5 (Iyer 58*, Dhawan 56, Viljoen 2-39) beat Kings XI Punjab 163 for 7 (Gayle 69, Lamichhane 3-40, Axar 2-22) by five wickets Measured half-centuries from Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer helped Delhi Capitals to…
Lahore
Rights groups protest against forced conversions
–More protests planned in multiple cities across country, says activist LAHORE: Human rights activists and leaders of several minority parties on Saturday gathered at Charing Cross to protest against the alleged abduction and…
Karachi
Over 12m girls out of school in Sindh
KARACHI: Pakistan has more than 12 million girls’ student out-of-school out 22 million students with Sindh and Punjab at the top. Moreover, the provision of government schools for girls is much lower…
Islamabad
Uprooting corruption, eliminating poverty top priorities of govt: Arif Abbasi
RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) Chairman Muhammad Arif Abbasi has stated that uprooting corruption and bringing people out of poverty are top priorities of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government. In an interview…
Arts / Entertainment
KahaniSaaz begins it’s journey
LAHORE: KahaniSaaz, a digital platform for short films, introduced itself at a launch ceremony called, ‘Qissa-e-KahaniSaaz’, held at Olomopolo on April 19 2019. To bring out the true essence of what Kahanisaaz stands for, the team told it’s story through...