ISLAMABAD: The top civil and military leadership on Wednesday reiterated that Pakistan will continue making efforts for regional peace and stability without taking sides in any conflict. This was decided during Wednesday’s meeting…
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
State vs ‘professional beggars’
Poverty is not a choice Capitalism thrives on the myth of ‘choice’. This allows us to lay blame on disempowered individuals for making ‘wrong’ choices, and exonerate unjust systems for setting the…
Editorials
A word to NAB
Don’t talk, concentrate on preparing cases The PPP and PML-N leadership are pondering over taking NAB Chairman Mr Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal to court over remarks made allegedly by him avowedly during…
Business
Govt to facilitate exploration companies under new petroleum policy: PM
Kuwait Petroleum evinces keen interest in expanding business activities in Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that the government was working on a new petroleum policy, which would offer incentives to foreign exploration & production (E&P) companies and...
Foreign
Kremlin condemns alleged US ultimatum to Turkey over missile deal
MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Wednesday condemned as unacceptable an alleged U.S. ultimatum to Turkey designed to force it to cancel a deal to buy Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems and purchase U.S.…
Featured
Media Watch: Here’s to good manners
It is election time in India (do read up on a tidy piece on why Indian elections take so damn long in The Economist) and electioneering is in full swing. All the…
Sports
Mirza Ali becomes first Pakistani to scale seven summits in seven continents
HUNZA: Mountaineer Mirza Ali has become the first Pakistani to scale seven summits in seven continents. According to the Alpine Club Pakistan, Ali achieved the feat after successfully climbing Mount Everest on Wednesday. He scaled…
Lahore
Chinese national arrested for pushing labourer into furnace
A Chinese national was arrested on Wednesday after he reportedly pushed a worker into a burning furnace in Faisalabad, according to media reports. The incident occurred at a factory in the Sahianwala…
Karachi
Nashwa’s family reaches deal with Darul Sehat Hospital
KARACHI: Darul Sehat Hospital Karachi management and the victim family of a nine month-old baby Nashwa, who died due to wrong injection, has reached a settlement and family also accepted apology of administration. This…
Islamabad
ICT admin fails to implement approved vegetable, fruits rate list
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has failed to implement the approved rate list by Islamabad Market Committee (IMC) of fruits and vegetables during the holy month of Ramzan and the…
Arts / Entertainment
Face to face with International Chef and Co-Founder of SHOLA Karachi Kitchen – Aida Khan
Aida Khan, the entrepreneur and chef behind Islamabad’s traditional cuisine destination, Karachi Kitchen, proudly extended her culinary prowess by introducing her establishment: SHOLA Karachi Kitchen, in the heart of West London, White City, positioned where the BBC used to be....