Multan by-election: WASA gets ECP notice over violation of conduct

MULTAN: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) served a notice on the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) for alleged violation of the election code of...

No immediate food security challenge despite floods: officials

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is not facing any acute shortage of its basic staple food wheat, an official statement said. Officials at a meeting convened by the...

Covid-19 daily report: 42 new cases

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 42 new Covid-19 cases, the Ministry of National Health Services said on Tuesday. The overall tally of the infected people climbed...

Apple to raise App Store prices in Pakistan

WASHINGTON: Apple Inc. said on Tuesday it will raise the prices of apps and in-app purchases on its App Store from next month in...

In hopeful sign, NDMA says no new flood deaths in three days

ISLAMABAD: The government said there have been no fatalities for the past three days from the deadly floods that engulfed the country since mid-June,...

Ali returns to roots as England faces Pakistan in T20 series

KARACHI: Moeen Ali returns to his roots in Pakistan to lead England in a seven-match series as both nations fine-tune for next month’s T20...

Pakistan, Norway agree to diversify cooperation

NEW YORK: Pakistan and Norway have agreed to continue joint efforts to further strengthen and diversify cooperation, particularly in the fields of trade, investment,...

PM arrives in New York to attend UNGA session

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in New York in the wee hours of Tuesday to represent Pakistan at the 77th session of...

ADB to assist relief efforts with flood package

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is preparing a flood relief package to assist Pakistan, stricken by devastating floods. The ADB in a communique said...

Bilawal urges OIC to push for appointment of UN Islamophobia envoy

NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) nations to approach the office of the United Nations...

Flood-borne diseases kill nine people

KARACHI: At least nine people died on Monday of infectious and water-borne diseases that have attacked tens of thousands of people in flood-hit cities,...

French federation to review image rights agreement

PARIS: The French Football Federation said it will review its agreement on players' image rights following media reports that striker Kylian Mbappe had refused...

Politics back as UK’s new PM makes debut trip to UN

LONDON: Hours after delivering a sombre reading at Monday's funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss flew to stage her...

Toba Tek Singh DC assumes charge

MULTAN: Chaudhry Muhammad Arshad has assumed charge as the deputy commissioner of Toba Tek Singh district, his office said. After assuming the office, Arshad held...

Four feared dead after typhoon hits Japan

TOKYO: Two people were confirmed dead and another two were found "without vital signs" after Typhoon Nanmadol slammed into Japan over the weekend, a...