Govt refuses to renew Nawaz’s passport but ready to facilitate his return

ISLAMABAD: As the passport of deposed prime minister and PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif expires tonight, the government has refused to renew it but said...

PPP moves SC against Senate open vote reference

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Tuesday filed a petition with the Supreme Court against the presidential reference seeking the apex court’s opinion on...

Pakistan concerned as NATO faces conundrum in Afghan pullout

ISLAMABAD: After 20 years of military engagement and billions of dollars spent, NATO and the United States still grapple with the same, seemingly intractable...

Qureshi arrives in Egypt on two-day visit

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has arrived in Cario for a two-day visit to Egypt after leaving on Tuesday morning upon an invitation...

Ashwin stars as India thrash England to level Test series

CHENNAI: India beat England by 317 runs in the second Test inside four days to level the series at 1-1 on Tuesday. Left-arm spinner Axar...

US firm discovers Indian spyware targeting Pakistan army

ISLAMABAD: Two malware programs on an Android-based platform with ties to the Indian military have been spying on Pakistan Army, a US-based cybersecurity company...

Iraq rocket attack kills contractor, wounds US service member: US coalition

ERBIL: A rocket attack at a US-led military base in Kurdish northern Iraq on Monday killed a civilian contractor and wounded five other people,...

Can you take painkillers before or after a Covid-19 vaccine?

WASHINGTON: Can you take painkillers before or after a Covid-19 vaccine? It’s best to avoid them, unless you routinely take them for a medical...

UN warns Myanmar against harsh response to protesters

NEW YORK: The United Nations special envoy has warned Myanmar’s army of “severe consequences” for any harsh response to protesters demonstrating against this month’s...

Efforts afoot to trace missing climbers

ISLAMABAD: The government and other stakeholders are still employing their best efforts to find Muhammad Ali Sadpara and two other foreign climbers who went missing...

Foreign policy sans religious fanaticism

PM Imran Khan’s statement that the government would place TLP’s demands for severing relations with France before parliament is cause for concern. Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan...

K-2 climbers

The successful climbers of K2 have greatly attempted to be successful. But very sadly the three mountaineers are missing. However, Pakistan’s Muhammad Ali Sadpara,...