Construction of Leh Expressway to begin this year: Rasheed

RAWALPINDI: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has said that the Punjab government has allocated Rs55 billion for the Leh Expressway project in the 2021-22...

New Zealand likely to tour Pakistan just before T20 World Cup

WELLINGTON: New Zealand are likely to tour Pakistan after 18 years for a limited-overs series just before the T20 World Cup. The last time Blackcaps...

Motorway police ban entry of vehicles with tinted windows

ISLAMABAD: National Highways and Motorways Police have suspended the entry of vehicles with tinted windows and initiated action against several motors for doing so. The...

10 cabin cruisers sink in Hong Kong marina fire, no serious casualties

HONG KONG: A fire swept through a marina in Hong Kong in the early hours of Sunday, igniting fuel tanks as it passed along...

Holloway narrowly misses world record in blockbuster day at US trials

SALEM: Grant Holloway narrowly missed the 110-metre hurdles world record on a blockbuster day at the US trials in Eugene, Oregon. The reigning world champion...

Palestinian Authority deploys forces during protest against critic’s death

WEST BANK: The Palestinian Authority on Saturday deployed security forces to confront protesters who took to the streets of Ramallah in the West Bank...

At Ohio rally, Trump knocks Biden on border, hints at 2024 plans

WASHINGTON: At his first rally since leaving the White House, former President Donald Trump on Saturday lambasted the Biden administration's immigration policies and sought...

Human security and the budget

Before becoming Prime Minister, Imran Khan had a great vision for prioritizing human security in policy making and implementation. He has allocated a share...

Can Pakistan survive identity politics?

The world has passed through several questions that it tries to answer before shaping its institutional structures and processes. The central question until the...

Dreams taking shape

“In the vacant places We will build with new bricks There are hands and machines And clay for new brick And lime for new mortar Where the bricks are...

Pakistan after troops’ drawdown

What Prime Minister  Imran Khan told The NewYork Times indicates that Pakistan’s Afghan strategy has led us  up a blind alley. While Pakistan’s relations with Afghan...

Still in the greylist

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that there is “no room” to continue keeping Pakistan on the Financial Action Task Forcesor 's (FATF)...