PM announces electoral reforms after comfortably winning confidence vote
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday announced electoral reforms as he won the crucial confidence vote in the National Assembly on Saturday, hanging on...
Health workers hesitate over Sinopharm vaccine, poll says
ISLAMABAD: Just over a half of the country's health workers have received a Covid-19 shot since inoculations began in February, while a poll released...
UN envoy calls for action against Myanmar junta over bloodshed
NEW YORK: The United Nations special envoy on Myanmar called on the UN Security Council to take action against the ruling junta after the...
Twitter’s Dorsey auctions first ever tweet as digital memorabilia
CALIFORNIA: “just setting up my twttr” -- the first-ever tweet on the platform is up for sale after Twitter boss Jack Dorsey listed his...
Man, woman killed for ‘honour’ in Kohistan: police
In yet another case of honour killing, a woman and a man were executed in the name of honour by unknown assailants on Friday...
More than a quarter of lawmakers worldwide are women, but parity 50 years away
GENEVA: More than a quarter of lawmakers worldwide are women after the proportion inched higher in 2020, but progress is so slow that it will...
Indian farmers plan major road blockade outside Delhi to mark 100th day of protests
NEW DELHI: Indian farmers who have been protesting for months against deregulation of produce markets plan to block a major expressway outside New Delhi on...
WHO renews support to strengthen primary healthcare in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reaffirmed its support to Pakistan for strengthening primary healthcare in the country.
The assurance was given by the representative...
Private schools allowed to hike tuition fees by 5pc
LAHORE: The Punjab School Education Department on Friday rejected the application of private schools for hiking annual tuition fees up to eight per cent.
Three private...
Pakistan, Sri Lanka air forces agree to enhance cooperation
ISLAMABAD: The air forces of Pakistan and Sri Lanka have agreed to explore new avenues to enhance bilateral professional cooperation.
The understanding was reached at a...
PTI’s hate campaign
That Prime Minister Imran khan has gone into conniptions is unfortunate. Finance Minister Hafeez Sheikh’s defeat in the Senate election must have come as...
Special treatment
That the Biden Administration intends to give India the same special treatment that its predecessor, the Trump Administration did, and ignore the way it...