ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday discussed a seven-point agenda pertaining to the country’s infrastructure and power generation…
National
Columns
Deceiving the Scythe of Time
And when is it time to take a bow and bid farewell Time, that oldest master of man, decide fates. Time, that cruellest of friends, sits silently and watches momentary rise and…
Editorials
PTI’s 100 days plan
Ambitious, but requiring years to implement The PTI deserves credit for being the only party which has so far put before the voters the list of its priorities after assuming power. The…
Business
Textiles grow at 8% as overall Pakistan exports rise by 14%
ISLAMABAD: Exports of textile and clothing products recorded an eight per cent growth year-on-year to $11.2 billion in the 10 months of 2017-18, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Monday. The partial revival in the export proceeds is...
Foreign
Five killed, 22 wounded by Houthi missile in Yemen’s city of Marib
RIYADH: Five people were killed and 22 wounded by a Houthi missile fired at the Yemeni city of Marib, which falls under control of the internationally recognised government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour…
Featured
Enter the Short story
Book review: “Storyteller’s Tales – a collection of short stories and musings.” “This is not to say that english short story compilations are not published in Pakistan. Indeed, a lot of…
Sports
New Zealand set to dump Eden Park for new Auckland venue
AUCKLAND: Auckland’s Eden Park may not host another test match with New Zealand Cricket (NZC) pondering the use of a redeveloped Western Springs Stadium as an alternative venue in the country’s most…
Lahore
Kiln owner tortures woman labourer to death: report
SAHIWAL: A case was registered against a kiln owner and his assistant by the Saddar police Monday on charges of torturing and killing a woman worker at their kiln at the Dhako Chishti village…
Karachi
SHC issues contempt notices to K-Electric, NEPRA officials
KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday issued contempt of court notices to officials of K-Electric (KE) and National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) over a petition. The notices have been issued to KE…
Islamabad
PHC to hear petition today demanding crematory ground for Sikhs
PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court (PHC) will hear a case regarding a crematory ground for Hindus and Sikhs in Peshawar today. The petitioner claimed that 60,000 Sikhs across the province did not have…
Arts / Entertainment
Taj Mahal turns yellow and green due to pollution
AGRA: India’s white-marble Taj Mahal is turning yellow and green as the 17th-century mausoleum weathers filthy air in the world’s eighth-most polluted city. One of the Seven Wonders of the World, the…