RAWALPINDI: Seven troops, including an army officer, embraced martyrdom and nine terrorists were killed in a clash during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in North Waziristan, the Inter-Services Public Relations said on Saturday. According…
National
Sattar, others appeal to CJP, COAS to take notice of rigging
Say ready to produce evidence, witnesses Allege disappearance of POs on election night Claim that rigging was targetted to favour PTI KARACHI: Leaders of Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Dr Farooq Sattar and…
Columns
Getting the most of CJP
Let’s reform the judiciary as well The Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has been in the limelight for some months, for more reasons than his job entails. The prominence has…
Editorials
Remedies that do not address the underlying cause
Pakistan’s hotchpotch diplomacy Within days of a civil-military huddle on foreign policy, Shah Mahmood Qureshi visited Afghanistan, Imran Khan held talks with Saudi and Emirati royalty while the COAS was in China.…
Business
Oil: No sign of waning appetite
Oil is so entrenched in the modern world that demand is still rising by up to 1.5 percent a year LONDON: Global oil consumption will reach 100 million barrels per day (bpd) — more than double the level of 50...
Foreign
Ecuador attempted to give Assange diplomat post in Russia
QUITO: Ecuador in 2017 gave Wikileaks founder Julian Assange a diplomatic post in Russia but rescinded it after Britain refused to give him diplomatic immunity, according to an Ecuadorean government document seen…
Featured
Media Watch: Death of the “All 42 Flavours!” TV pundit, hopefully
The video itself has a WhatsApp logo, but most saw it on Facebook. G News, a Gujranwala collective, apparently, had shared it there. Though one really doesn’t know whether the subject was…
Sports
Malik the hero as Pakistan survive serious scare
Pakistan 258 for 7 (Imam 80, Babar 66, Malik 51*, Rashid 3-46) beat Afghanistan 257 for 6 (Shahidi 97*, Afghan 67, Nawaz 3-57) by three wickets DUBAI: It was three balls from the end that the…
Lahore
Govt to set up Punjab Clean Air Commission to control pollution, smog
LAHORE: Punjab government has decided to set up Punjab Clean Air Commission to control pollution and smog, and in this regard, committees have been established at tehsil and district levels for the monitoring…
Karachi
Seven Sindh MPAs commute on motorcycles, 64 do not possess cars
KARACHI: There are 165 members of the Sindh assembly out of which 64 lawmakers deny ownership of any vehicle, while seven others report having only motorcycles. According to details of assets declared…
Islamabad
Capital’s main roads remain unsafe for pedestrians
Pedestrians crisscross through heavy traffic due to insufficient overhead bridges Govt prefers to rid the capital of encroachments, avoids completing infrastructure projects ISLAMABAD: Everyday thousands of pedestrians from around the city’s crowded thoroughfares have…
Arts / Entertainment
Kareena Kapoor rings in 38th year with a midnight bash
Bollywood diva Kareena Kapoor welcomed her 38th year with a small and intimate family bash, pictures of which went viral on social media. Kareena’s immediate family including husband Saif Ali Khan, sister…