Interior minister calls on world to unfreeze billions in Afghan bank accounts

Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed called on the world to unfreeze the bank accounts of Afghanistan’s government after the United States reportedly froze about...

Voting in cantonment boards ends, unofficial results show independents in the lead

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Polling for local government elections in the 39 cantonment boards ended at 5:00 pm on Sunday after having started at 8:00 am, wherein the...

India involved in war crimes, genocide, gross HR violations in IOK: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday shared with the world another dossier comprising incriminating audio, video and documentary evidence on gross human rights violations, war crimes,...

Police arrest purported child abusers, seek suspects

LAHORE: Police said they were searching for members of a gang accused of abusing minors and making pornographic videos in a marriage hall in...

Islamabad becomes first city to hit 50pc vaccination target: minister

ISLAMABAD: Sustaining its rapid vaccination rate, Islamabad became Pakistan’s first city to fully vaccinate 50 percent of its eligible population against Covid-19, said the...

PIA resumes commercial flights to Kabul as UAE operates aid air bridge

ISLAMABAD: Just as Pakistan International Airlines gears up to relaunch commercial flights to Kabul from Monday (tomorrow), the United Arab Emirates has announced to...

Murad leaves for private US visit

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah left late Saturday for a third tour to the United States in three months. The flight EK-603...

At least 14 killed in KP monsoon rains

ISLAMABAD: 14 people were killed and two others injured in torrential monsoon rains and mudslides that hit residential units in the Torghar District district...

NCOC daily update: 3,153 new cases, 58 deaths from Covid-19

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday reported 3,153 new Covid-19 cases and 58 more deaths, the National Command and Operation Centre said on Sunday. The NCOC, the...

Ronaldo takes United joint top with Chelsea, City win and Spurs slump

MANCHESTER: Two goals from returning hero Cristiano Ronaldo sent Manchester United joint top of the Premier League after early season pace-setters Tottenham Hotspur fell...

FBI releases declassified 9/11 document after Biden order

WASHINGTON: The Federal Bureau of Investigation late on Saturday released the first document related to its investigation of the September 11, 2021, attacks on...

Yemen: the seven-year war with no peace in sight

DUBAI: Seven years have passed since Houthi rebels seized the Yemeni capital Sana'a in September 2014, sparking a war that has plunged the already...