Strong monsoon currents are expected to penetrate eastern parts of the country from Saturday. A westerly wave is persisting over upper and central parts of the country and is likely to prevail…
National
Columns
Afghanistan: a morally corrupting war
Afghanistan: A Morally Corrupting War Sixteen years have passed and we are still fighting a war in Afghanistan. It was necessary to invade Afghanistan to destroy al-Qaeda following 9/11, but once it…
Editorials
The long wait, in vain?
Consensus on Election Reforms Bill 2017 remains elusive After two years of apparently laid-back consultations between 34 members of political parties, 25 meetings of the main parliamentary committee and 93 of…
Business
SBP fails to meet probe deadline into cause of rupee depreciation
Karachi : The stipulated date for completing its inquiry into the reasons for the fall of the PKR on July 5th has expired, as the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) did not meet the deadline. While talking to a local...
Foreign
Trump warns Iran over detained Americans
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump warned that Iran would face “new and serious consequences” unless all unjustly detained American citizens were released and returned, the White House said in a statement on…
London explores ways to stop deadly youth stabbings
Six dead in worst Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed for years
Russian war game may be ‘Trojan horse’, says US general
Israel bars men under 50 from Jerusalem Old City prayers
Free movement of people to continue for at least two years after Brexit: media
Featured
Revival of Mughal recipes in Royal Fort
The conservation of the royal kitchens started in 2015 by the Walled City of Lahore Authority and Aga Khan Trust for Culture A no-go area inside Lahore Fort has suddenly…
Sports
Roddick, Clijsters to be inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame
Former world number ones and Grand Slam singles champions Kim Clijsters and Andy Roddick are among five people who will be inducted Saturday into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Joining the…
City
Ghee, oil mills sealed in Lahore
LAHORE: In an ongoing crackdown against unhygienic food materials, the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has sealed a ghee and an oil mill for using poor quality ingredients. The PFA teams raided factories on…
226 computer labs to be provided in primary girls’ schools
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to prepare girl students to deal with emerging challenges, a total of 226 primary girls schools will be provided with computer laboratories and other requisite facilities in the federal…
Couple found dead in house in suspected honour killing
KARACHI: A young couple has been found dead at a house in District Central in what appears to be a case of honour killing on Friday. The incident took place early the other…
Ghee, oil mills sealed in Lahore
LAHORE: In an ongoing crackdown against unhygienic food materials, the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has sealed a ghee and an oil mill for using poor quality ingredients. The PFA teams raided factories on…
Arts / Entertainment
ndian musician plays guitar while doctors perform brain surgery
Musician Abhishek Prasad strummed his guitar throughout his neurosurgery to help doctors zero in on the part of the brain being operated on during the first such procedure in India. The 37-year-old…