NCOC allows schools to resume normal classes from Oct 11
National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) head Asad Umar on Thursday announced that all educational institutions would start normal classes from October 11.
The planning...
World food prices hit 10-year peak: UN food agency
World food prices rose for a second consecutive month in September to reach a 10-year peak, driven by gains for cereals and vegetable oils,...
Biden, Xi plan US-China virtual summit before year’s end: US official
The United States and China have agreed in principle for their presidents to hold a virtual meeting before the end of the year, a...
Psychologists to monitor players during T20 World Cup for ‘mental health’ issues: ICC
Psychologists will monitor players at the T20 World Cup to help cope with the growing number of mental health cases in coronavirus safety bubbles,...
Minister questions ‘colonial mindset’ in UK policy of Covid vaccine recognition
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday slammed the United Kingdom for accepting only "white" Covid-19 vaccines and certificates for approving foreign travellers entering the country,...
Sober up or face beatings: Afghanistan’s new rulers fight drug addiction with a heavy hand
The Taliban’s war on drugs is complicated as Afghanistan faces prospect of economic collapse, imminent humanitarian catastrophe.
Now the uncontested rulers of Afghanistan, the Taliban...
Top Turkey diplomat calls Qureshi, offers assistance after quake
ANKARA: The Turkish foreign minister has offered assistance to Pakistan after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit Balochistan, killing at least 23 people.
According to diplomatic...
Paceman Shaheen signs for Middlesex
LONDON: Pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has signed to play for Middlesex for the 2022 season, the English county cricket club announced.
The 21-year-old giant...
You’ve been hacked: How Dubai ruler’s eavesdropping was uncovered
LONDON: In August last year, Fiona Shackleton, one of Britain's most prominent divorce lawyers, received an urgent late-night phone call from Cherie Blair, wife...
Tanzania’s Gurnah, novelist of colonialism and refuge, wins 2021 Nobel
STOCKHOLM: Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, 72, won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism...
ICC to switch to inclusive ‘batter’ from T20 World Cup
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council will change "batsman" to the gender-neutral term "batter" in its playing conditions starting from this month's T20 World Cup,...
Pakistan calls for equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, debt relief
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan called for ensuring vaccine equity to defeat the coronavirus, maintaining that while developed countries have inoculated most of their population, their...
Punjab ombudsman continues to provide relief
LAHORE: On the orders of Punjab Ombudsman Maj. (r) Azam Suleman Khan, the outstanding emoluments worth Rs5.2 million of a government employee, Ramzan, who...
PML-N to block NAB ordinance: Sana
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N has decided to challenge the National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021, which will reportedly allow the incumbent anti-graft chief to enjoy the...
Pakistan, Saudi naval chiefs witness drill
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabian and the Pakistan naval forces continued on Thursday joint exercise, Naseem Al-Bahr 13, in the Arabian Sea off the Pakistan coast.
The...