Owners, supervisor arrested in Karachi factory fire case

Karachi police on Tuesday arrested the owners and an official of a factory in Mehran Town after a local court cancelled an interim pre-arrest...

‘The path to stability in Afghanistan’

With the fall of Kabul on 15 August, the Taliban are now the de facto rulers of Afghanistan. Their military gains amid little or...

Peshawar BRT takes a U-turn

As Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf came into power, chants of tabdeeli (change) were shouted from every rooftop and reverberated in every heart. People looked...

Act of ultimate inhumanity

An icon of the freedom movement in Indian-Occupied Kashmir and the leader of the All Parties Hurriyet conference, Syed Ali Geelani, passed away last...

Underscoring the importance of democracy

COAS Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has assured the nation that the Army is well-prepared to face any conventional or unconventional threat and was ready...

A chaotic season of cricket ahead

Pakistan cricket never fails to offer an ample serving of controversy and disappointment on a regular basis. It is this trait, which is why...

Journalists, politicians and friends pay tribute to late Arif Nizami

ISLAMABAD: Journalists, politicians, academicians and authors on Tuesday paid tribute to the founding editor of The Nation and Pakistan Today, Arif Nizami. The memorial webinar...

Bilawal’s South Punjab sojourn proves to be a failure as no political bigwig joins PPP

ISLAMABAD: The political sojourn of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to South Punjab has proved to be another political failure as...

ISPR announces new postings for Rawalpindi Coprs Commander, others

Pakistan army on Tuesday announced new postings and appointments in its ranks, according to information provided by the army's military wing. According to a statement...

Is the Single National Curriculum implementable?

WHAT IS SNC? In 2018, on the suggestion of Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood, Prime Minister Imran Khan created a National...

Trial of accused 9/11 mastermind resumes, days before 20th anniversary

Accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others appeared in court for the first time in more than 18 months on Tuesday as US...

Taliban announce interim government with Mullah Akhund as its head

Mohammad Hasan Akhund will head the Taliban’s acting government in Afghanistan while the group's co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar will be the deputy Afghan leader,...

IED martyrs two soldiers in N Waziristan attack: ISPR

Two Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred in an improvised explosive device attack in North Waziristan on Tuesday, the Inter-Services Public Relations informed. In a statement, the...

Djokovic overcomes flat start to reach US Open quarter-finals

NEW YORK: An out-of-sorts Novak Djokovic scraped his way to a 1-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 win over American wildcard Jenson Brooksby on Monday to move...

NCOC urges masses to get vaccinated, follow safety protocols

The National Command and Operation Centre on Tuesday urged the masses to get second jab of their vaccination and follow safety protocols as it...