Covid-19 vaccination centre set up at varsity
LAHORE: Lahore Deputy Commissioner Mudassar Riaz on Wednesday installed a coronavirus vaccination centre at Lahore College for Women University.
During his visit to the institute,...
‘Hero’ family rushes to aid Ghotki train crash victims
KARACHI: As an express train hurtled through farmland in the Ghotki district of Sindh and smashed into the carriages of another service that had...
Power cuts return as shortfall touches 5,000 megawatts
ISLAMABAD: Electricity consumers nationwide are experiencing eight- to 12-hour-long shortages in the scorching heat as the gap between the demand and supply surged to...
Hostage advocates concerned by US pullout from Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: Advocates for Americans held hostage overseas are raising concerns that the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan will make it harder to bring home...
In vigil remembering Canada Muslim family, a vow that ‘this is our city’
LONDON: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined several thousand mourners in a vigil Tuesday evening to remember three generations of a Pakistan-origin Canadian Muslim family...
Syria intercepts Israel missile strike over Damascus: state media
DAMASCUS: Syrian air defences on Tuesday intercepted an Israeli missile strike over the capital Damascus, state media reported, while military defectors claim the missiles...
Japan leans toward holding the Games with local spectators: media
TOKYO: Japan is leaning towards allowing domestic spectators at the Tokyo Olympics despite the Covid-19 pandemic, media reported on Wednesday, with organisers planning to...
England series will not be broadcast in Pakistan: Fawad
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday said that Pakistan's upcoming tour to England would not be broadcast in the country due...
No net increase in tobacco taxes despite rise in health cost
Islamabad: Since 2017 there has been no net increase in tobacco taxation on the contrary the health cost has increased up to 615 billion...
Illicit cigarettes trade far less than propagated by tobacco industry: study
ISLAMABAD: The illicit cigarettes trade figures are far less in Pakistani cities than those propagated by the tobacco industry to convince the government to...
FED on cigarettes must be increased by 30pc in budget, say anti-tobacco activists
ISLAMABAD: The government should increase the federal excise duty on cigarettes in the upcoming budget by 30 percent as the tobacco taxes in Pakistan...
French President Macron slapped in the face during crowd walkabout
PARIS:Â French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face on Tuesday by a man in a crowd of onlookers while on a walkabout in...