Sarwar, Buzdar discuss Senate elections
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar and Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Saturday held an important meeting to discuss various strategies to secure the maximum...
Root hits double ton as England punish India
CHENNAI: Joe Root hit a majestic six to become the first player to hit a double century in his 100th Test as England reached...
Tractors, trucks block India’s roads as farm protests widen
KUNDLI: Thousands of farmers across India blocked roads on Saturday with makeshift tents, tractors, trucks and boulders to pressure the government to roll back...
Qureshi calls for world pressure on India over Kashmir dispute
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday called on the international community to force India to rescind its recent actions in occupied Jammu...
Four dead, 24 injured in Muzaffargarh accident
MUZAFFARGARH: At least four passengers were killed and 24 wounded in a collision between a truck and a passenger coach on Ali Pur Road here...
Struggling South Africa bowled out for 201 in second Test against Pakistan
RAWALPINDI: South Africa, in response to Pakistan's 272, were bowled out for 201 in their first innings on the third day of the second...
Harvard Law Review elects first Muslim president
BOSTON: The Harvard Law Review has named a Los Angeles-born Egyptian-American as what it believes is its first Muslim president in its 134-year history,...
LHC to hear Sanaullah’s bail request in NAB case on Tuesday
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday fixed for February 9 (Tuesday) the hearing in bail petition of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N)...
FIR registered in Quetta explosion case
QUETTA: Quetta police on Saturday registered a first information report (FIR) into Friday's explosion near the deputy commissioner's office that killed two people and...
Myanmar junta shuts Twitter and Instagram to curb protests
YANGON: Military authorities in charge of Myanmar broadened a ban on social media following this week’s coup and shut Twitter and Instagram, as residents...
ICC clears way for war crimes probe of Israeli actions
JERUSALEM: The International Criminal Court said Friday that its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, potentially clearing the...
US intends to revoke terrorist designation of Yemen’s Houthis due to famine
WASHINGTON: The United States said on Friday it intends to revoke the terrorist designation for Yemen’s Houthi movement in response to the country’s humanitarian...
UN urges ‘maximum restraint’ as India farm protesters widen blockade
MUMBAI: The United Nations human rights office called on Indian authorities and protesting farmers to exercise “maximum restraint” hours before the growers impose a...
