EU calls on China to reverse ban on BBC World News channel
BEIJING: The European Union (EU) on Saturday called on China to reverse its ban on the BBC World News television channel imposed in apparent...
Lahore gets urban forests on Japanese model to fight air pollution
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday announced the development of 50 urban forests in Lahore based on the Miyawaki model as part of...
Banning Isa from hearing cases of PM will damage judicial credibility: Maryam
LAHORE: Disapproving of a Supreme Court's order banning Justice Qazi Faez Isa from hearing any case involving Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...
Gillani’s request for vote transfer approved
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday approved a request of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gillani to transfer his vote from...
PM offers condolences to families of martyred soldiers
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan sent a message of condolence on Saturday, a day after four Pakistan Army soldiers laid down their lives in...
Two white tiger cubs in Lahore Zoo likely died of Covid-19, officials say
LAHORE: Two 11-week-old white tiger cubs that died in Lahore Zoo last month appear to have died of Covid-19, officials said.
The cubs died on...
Justice Isa questions SC order’s ‘shocking’ release to media
ISLAMABAD:Â Days after Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed banned Justice Qazi Faez Isa from hearing any case against Prime Minister Imran Khan, the latter...
Nepra notifies Rs1.95 base tariff hike for K-Electric
KARACHI: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Saturday notified an Rs1.95 per unit increase in the electricity tariff for K-Electric consumers.
The Ministry...
Court to indict Sanaullah in drug case on March 6
LAHORE:Â A court for Control of Narcotics Substance (CNS) in Lahore will indict PML-N Punjab president Rana Sanaullah Khan in a drug case on March...
ECP extends date for submission of nomination forms for Senate elections
ISLAMABAD:Â The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has extended the date for submission of nomination papers for the Senate elections till Monday.
According to a press...
Blasts hit Afghanistan, at least four killed
KABUL: At least four Afghan security force members, including a commander, were killed and seven were critically injured in blasts in eastern and southern...
Pakistan agrees to play extra T20 in South Africa
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s limited-overs tour to South Africa in April will include an extra T20 game.
The tour now comprises four T20s and three one-day internationals,...
US to lift its terrorist designations of Yemen’s Houthis on February 16: Blinken
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said he will revoke terrorist designations of Yemen’s Houthi movement effective February 16, even as...
Anger over arrests in Myanmar at anti-coup protests
YANGON: Opponents of Myanmar’s military coup sustained mass protests for an eighth straight day on Saturday as continuing arrests of junta critics added to...
Trump lawyers portray impeachment trial as Democratic score-settling
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s lawyers said on Friday Democrats had provided no evidence the former president incited last month’s deadly US Capitol riot and had...