New US ambassador advocates ‘strong trade ties’
WASHINGTON: Ambassador-designate to Pakistan Donald Blome said Washington sought to build strong economic and trade ties with Islamabad which would be in the United...
NCOC daily update: 370 new cases, 4 deaths from Covid-19
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan added 370 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday.
The number of...
New twist as forensic of ‘leaked audio’ of Nisar finds clip doctored
ISLAMABAD: The controversy surrounding the purported audio of former chief justice Saqib Nisar took a new turn after a channel conducted a forensic analysis...
OGRA recommends Rs8-10 reduction in fuel prices
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Wednesday proposed a reduction of Rs8-10 a litre in prices of petroleum products for the...
Winter holidays postponed to January: report
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Wednesday decided to shift the annual winter holidays in educational institutions to January...
BRI to bring prosperity for world by generating global integration: FM
ISLAMABAD: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will bring prosperity for people across the world through generating global integration, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi...
Saudi Arabia ready to normalise ties with Israel based on Arab initiative
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said it is ready to normalise relations with Israel based on the 2002 Arab initiative proposal for peace.
In an interview with...
US surpasses 800,000 coronavirus deaths as fifth wave takes hold
WASHINGTON: The United States, the country hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, crossed 800,000 Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday, a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins...
Taliban blamed for at least 72 extrajudicial killings: UN
GENEVA: The UN has said there are "credible allegations" of more than 100 extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan since the Taliban took power in August,...
Former Australia batsman Slater charged with breaching restraining order: ABC
SYDNEY: Former Australia batsman Michael Slater was charged with breaching a restraining order on Wednesday, two months after being taken into police custody over...
Omicron fastest-spreading Covid variant yet, ‘probably’ in most countries: WHO
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned Omicron was spreading at an unprecedented rate and urged countries to act as drug maker Pfizer said...
NCOC to decide about schools’ winter holidays tomorrow
The federal and provincial education ministries have deliberated on the proposal regarding the rescheduling of winter vacations in educational institutions from December to January,...