Buzdar, government treading on the path of public facilitation
The year 2020 can be rightly termed as the most challenging cycle of this century. The impacts of events that happened will be felt...
Bitcoin declines 17pc as doubts grow over valuations
LONDON/SINGAPORE: Bitcoin tumbled 17 per cent on Tuesday, sparking a sell-off across cryptocurrency markets as investors grew nervous at sky-high valuations and leveraged players...
CPEC: Pace and direction
To substantiate the argument, statistics are often used that are based on hearsay and have nothing to do with ground realities. Therefore, those, who...
How rich is Saudi Arabia? Kingdom does the math in balance sheet overhaul
The kingdom is working on creating a consolidated balance sheet of its assets and liabilities which will include items currently kept off the oil-rich...
National Assembly passes bill against punishment of children
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday passed three private members' bills, including the bill against the corporal punishment of children, and referred eight...
Justice Isa case: SC reviews guidelines for dissenting judges
The Supreme Court (SC) has issued guidelines on how dissenting judges should act if they are called to sit in a review of a...
Facebook ‘refriends’ Australia after changes to media laws
CALIFORNIA: Facebook said on Tuesday it will restore Australian news pages after negotiating changes with the government to a proposed law that forces tech...
‘Balochistan is being unjustly treated when it comes to the Senate elections’, says SAPM
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind spoke out against the tactics of the ruling party, lamenting that he was...
France summons Pakistan envoy after Alvi condemns ‘Islamist separatism’ bill
PARIS/ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs has summoned Pakistan's envoy to protest remarks by President Arif Alvi that a French bill cracking down...
Broadsheet pays Rs4.5m to Sharif family
The latest development in the Broadsheet LLC scandal sees the UK based law firm making a payment of £20,000 (Rs4.5 million) to the Sharif...
Karachi ATC acquits two in 2016 majlis attack case
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) here on Tuesday acquitted two accused in connection with a 2016 attack on a religious gathering in the Nazimabad...
Hearing in NAB case against Iqbal adjourned
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal appeared before an accountability court here on Tuesday in connection with the Narowal sports complex case.
Iqbal...
A year on, India’s communal riot victims say justice still unserved
NEW DELHI: The shooter shouted “Victory to Lord Ram,” the Hindu god, before pulling the trigger that sent a bullet into Muhammad Nasir Khan’s...
Vawda gets tribunal’s nod to contest Senate elections
KARACHI: An appellate bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday rejected an appeal against the nomination of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Minister...
ECP directs PTI to submit response in Daska by-election vote fraud case
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday directed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to submit its response in a case pertaining to claimed...