Up to 20 dead in Kabul airport blasts as airlift deadline looms
Two powerful explosions outside Kabul airport killed as many as 20 people on Thursday, just hours after Western nations warned of an imminent terror...
US donates 3.7m Pfizer doses to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The United States (US) on Thursday provided about 3.7 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Pakistan through the COVAX facility to assist...
China criticises US ‘scapegoating’ over Covid origin report
China on Wednesday criticised the US "politicisation" of efforts to trace the origin of the coronavirus, demanding without any evidence that American labs be...
Ramiz Raja to succeed Ehsan Mani as PCB chairman
Former Pakistan cricketer and renowned commentator Ramiz Raja has accepted the post of Pakistan Cricket Board PCB chairman, as per Cricbuzz.
"The aim is to...
Afghanistan will get $1bn transit royalty from TAPI: FM
ASHGABAT:Â Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday said implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline (TAPI) was beneficial for the entire region, with Afghanistan alone...
Getting vaccinated only way to control coronavirus: Asad Umar
ISLAMABAD:Â Federal Minister for Planning and National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Chairman Asad Umar on Thursday said that getting vaccinated is the only way...
NIMS begins registering citizens who were vaccinated abroad
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) announced on Thursday that Pakistani citizens, who were administered the Covid-19 vaccine abroad, can now get their...
Clash between tribal groups claims eight lives
At least eight people were killed, while nine others were injured in a clash between two tribal groups in Lower Kurram on Thursday.
The groups...
Djokovic chases calendar-year Grand Slam at US Open
NEW YORK:Â Top-ranked Novak Djokovic will try to complete the first calendar-year men's singles Grand Slam since 1969 and become the all-time men's leader in...
India’s most populous state to drop crop burning cases against farmers
LUCKNOW:Â India's most populous state will drop legal proceedings against farmers accused of burning crop waste, a major source of pollution, as the ruling Bharatiya...
Taliban will allow Americans, at-risk Afghans to leave after Aug 31: Blinken
As many as 1,500 American citizens may still need to be evacuated from Afghanistan and the Taliban have pledged to allow some departures after...
The reality of pre-poll rigging
Every electoral contest since 1970 has been disputed. Some scholars maintain that it was free and fair only in the Western Wing of the...