Additional restrictions lifted in six districts as cases decline
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre on Tuesday announced the lifting of additional non-pharmaceutical interventions in six districts following a gradual decline in...
Qaim Ali Shah gets clean chit in NAB case
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau has cleared former Sindh chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah in an illegal land allotments case against him.
The Sindh...
China’s Tianjin Municipality named sister-city to Karachi, Islamabad
China’s Tianjin Municipality was declared as sister cities to Karachi and Islamabad respectively and sister-province to Punjab to further enhance the bond of friendship...
Taliban appoint hardline battlefield commanders to key government posts
KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban rulers announced several senior appointments on Tuesday, naming two veteran battlefield commanders from the movement's southern heartlands as deputies in important...
Gauhar resigns as PM’s adviser on power, petroleum
ISLAMABAD: Tabish Gauhar stepped down from the post of adviser to the prime minister on power and petroleum divisions, about a year after his...
Pakistan calls for unfreezing of Afghanistan assets ahead of UN talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan called on world powers to unblock billions of dollars in Afghanistan assets frozen after the Taliban takeover but said it did not...
China keeps virus at bay at high cost ahead of Olympics
BEIJING: The Beizhong International Travel Agency in the eastern city of Tianjin has had only one customer since coronavirus outbreaks that began in July...
Minister’s brother appointed NAB prosecutor
ISLAMABAD: Faisal Chaudhry, brother of Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry, has been appointed as special prosecutor at National Accountability Bureau headquarters in...
After NZ and England snubs, Raja says Pakistan will now look after own interest
ISLAMABAD: Ramiz Raja, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, said the “western bloc” seems united after England became the second country to refuse...
Nine killed, 20 injured in Upper Dir firing
ISLAMABAD: Nine people were killed and 20 others injured in a firing between two groups while attending a session of a Jirga, the tribal...
After Afghans fell from plane, families live with horror
KABUL: It’s a scene that has come to symbolise the chaotic end to America’s 20 years of war in Afghanistan: A lumbering US Air...
World powers to meet with Iran at UN to push for return to nuclear talks: France
NEW YORK: Ministers from Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia will meet with Iran at the United Nations later this week to try to...
Canada’s Trudeau headed for another minority in ‘status quo’ election
MONTREAL/OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on track to retain power, television networks projected on Monday as results trickled in, but looked set...
