UK PM Johnson looks to end England’s virus restrictions
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was due on Monday to set out plans to end social and economic Covid-19 restrictions in England, in...
Gunmen kidnap students in northwest Nigeria, school official says
ABUJA:Â Gunmen have kidnapped 140 students from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, a school official said on Monday, the latest in a wave of...
Three soldiers martyred in Afghanistan cross-border attack
ISLAMABAD: Militants martyred three soldiers close to the border with Afghanistan in North Waziristan, where militants from the proscribed Afghanistan-based Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan group have...
Amir needs domestic success for international return: Younis
ISLAMABAD: Bowling coach Waqar Younis feels it will be tough for paceman Mohammad Amir to make a comeback to international cricket without first impressing...
SHC adjourns disqualification case against Murad
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday took up a petition of Haleem Adil Sheikh, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawmaker and opposition leader in the Sindh...
All foreign troops must leave Afghanistan by deadline: Taliban
LONDON: Any foreign troops left in Afghanistan after NATO's September withdrawal deadline will be at risk as occupiers, the Taliban has told the BBC.
It...
Japan selects basketball player Hachimura, wrestler Susaki as flagbearers
TOKYO: Japan has selected basketball player Rui Hachimura and wrestler Yui Susaki as joint flagbearers for the Tokyo Olympics, organisers said on Monday, placing...
Sindh says not in position to host potential influx of Afghan refugees
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Monday demanded the federal government set up camps in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and former tribal areas to deal with...
Nadia Jamil left stranded on Heathrow after British Airways staff ‘abandons’ her
Actor Nadia Jamil, who recently defeated breast cancer after battling the disease for a year, has complained about the British Airways staff after experiencing...
PIA brings back 155 stranded nationals from Doha
ISLAMABAD: A special Pakistan International Airlines plane brought home on Monday 155 nationals stranded in Doha, Qatar due to a wave of coronavirus-related flight...
Zardari seeks pre-arrest bail in New York apartment case
ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Monday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court seeking pre-arrest bail in a National Accountability Bureau...
Top leadership hints at Indian involvement in terror wave
ISLAMABAD: The top civilian leadership has hinted at possible Indian involvement in the reemergence of terrorist attacks in the country -- in particular the...
Pakistan still facing consequences of 1977 coup: Bilawal
KARACHI: Pakistan People's Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday said that July 5, 1977, will always be remembered as a black day in the...
Abid Sher Ali’s wife passes away
LAHORE: The wife of former minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Abid Sher Ali has passed away, he announced on Monday.
Fatima Ali was suffering...
NCOC daily update: Lowest Covid-19 deaths in five months
ISLAMABAD:Â Pakistan recorded 19 deaths from coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the lowest single-day toll since February, the Health Ministry said on Monday.
The country...