PM directs provinces to resolve issues of farmers on priority basis
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to resolve issues of farmers on a priority basis by allotting a special category for them on the...
Israel foreign minister in Bahrain to sign deals, open embassy
MANAMA: Israel Foreign Minister Yair Lapid flew to Bahrain on Thursday on the highest-level Israeli visit to the Gulf state since the countries established...
NCOC imposes strict restrictions for non-vaccinated travel
ISLAMABAD: The authorities on Thursday announced strict restrictions on non-vaccinated people, including a ban on boarding domestic and international flights.
Non-vaccinated people will also not...
Top court orders FIA, AGs to submit report on journalists’ harassment cases
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ordered the provincial advocate generals and Federal Investigation Agency to submit reports on the incidents of alleged torture and...
Matiari-Lahore distribution line to cut power losses: Imran
ISLAMABAD: The operationalisation of the Matiari-Lahore transmission line — Pakistan’s first and mega High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) project — would reduce power losses from...
IBA expels student for violating protocol in exposing on campus harassment
KARACHI: A top business school in Karachi expelled a student for exposing an incident of workplace harassment and helping the female victim in lodging...
Punjab reports 223 new dengue cases, sparking outbreak fears
LAHORE: A surge in the number of dengue fever cases has been reported in Punjab over the past 24 hours amid fears that the...
NCOC daily update: 1,742 new cases, 39 deaths from Covid-19
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday confirmed 1,742 new Covid-19 cases and 39 more deaths, the National Command and Operation Centre said on Thursday.
The NCOC, the...
Helping journalists in fight against infodemic
COVID-19 is not over and so is the infodemic that came with it. Fighting against it is as important as other steps everyone is...
Minister welcomes ECB chief’s apology over tour cancellation
ISLAMABAD:Â Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry welcomed the apology from the England and Wales Cricket Board chief over the withdrawal from the planned...
Israeli forces kill Palestinian gunman, woman ‘assailant’
JERUSALEM: Israeli forces killed a Palestinian gunman in the occupied West Bank on Thursday and a Palestinian woman who allegedly tried to stab officers...
Djokovic pulls out of Indian Wells
PARIS: World number one Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from next month's Indian Wells tournament, organisers said.
"I am sorry I won't get to see my...
China’s high-end military technology touted at biggest air show
ZHUHAI: China put on an extravagant display of once-secret high-end military technology at its largest air show this week, while broadcasting its growing ambitions...
