Kohsar University decides to convert rooms for YDC into VC House

LAHORE: Kohsar University Murree has decided to convert the rooms of the Youth Development Centre – Murree allotted at Punjab House Murree into the...

Giants fall, Crouser sets record, swimmers navigate elbows and fish

TOKYO: US men continued to splutter on the athletics track at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, while kayaker Lisa Carrington became New Zealand's most...

Afridi blames Modi of replicating Israeli settler plan in Jammu & Kashmir

ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, Shehryar Khan Afridi, on Thursday accused Indian regime of replicating Israel’s ‘settler’ tactics in Kashmir, adding...

Barrister Murtaza Wahab appointed as administrator of Karachi

Barrister Murtaza Wahab has been appointed as administrator of Karachi by the Sindh government, stated a notification issued by the local government secretary. Wahab, the...

Pakistan will not accept ‘forceful takeover’ in Afghanistan: NSA

National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yusuf has said that Pakistan will not accept a "forceful takeover" in Afghanistan and instead support a political solution...

Discontent in occupied Kashmir on second anniversary of loss of autonomy

SRINAGAR: Troops patrolled the streets on Thursday in Srinagar, the main city of Indian-occupied Kashmir, where many shops were shut to mark the second...

Top judge takes notice of attack on Hindu temple

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed has taken notice of the attack on a Hindu temple by a mob in a village of Rahim Yar...

Palestinian dad expects no justice for son killed by Israel

WEST BANK: A week after the death of his eldest son, Moayed al-Alami sat on the sofa on his ground floor patio, protectively hugging...

OIC body calls for improved rights situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir

ISLAMABAD: A 12-member delegation of the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Thursday stressed the need to put...

Threats of cellphone blocks, work bans boost vaccination rate

ISLAMABAD: Tens of thousands of people are thronging coronavirus vaccination centres daily after officials announced penalties for the unvaccinated, including blocked cell phones and...

On second annexation anniversary, Pakistan draws world’s attention to atrocities in Kashmir

ISLAMABAD: As people of Kashmir on either side of the Line of Control and the world over observe the second anniversary of the Indian...

Across China: Pakistani movies in Beijing to boost people-to-people ties

BEIJING: Five Pakistani movies will be screened at the ongoing Pakistan Film Festival that kicked off Wednesday in Beijing, a move aimed to help...

New Zealand to tour Pakistan for first time since 2003

ISLAMABAD: New Zealand will tour Pakistan for the first time in 18 years when it plays three one-day internationals and five T20 matches beginning...

NCOC daily update: 5,661 new cases, 60 deaths from Covid-19

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday confirmed 5,661 new Covid-19 cases, the National Command and Operation Centre said on Thursday. The NCOC, a department leading campaign against...

Court rejects bail request of suspect’s parents in Noor murder

ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad on Thursday turned down the bail request of the parents of the prime suspect in the...