HBL PSL allowed 20 percent capacity crowds

RAWALPINDI: Spectators will be allowed inside cricket stadiums in Pakistan this month for the first time in the coronavirus pandemic. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)...

Govt will not offer Sinopharm Covid-19 jabs to people over 60

ISLAMABAD: Days after Punjab Minister for Health Dr Yasmin Rashid generated concerns by suggesting the Chinese Sinopharm may not be risk-free, State Minister for...

Opp won’t resign from assemblies: Rasheed

RAWALPINDI: Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has expressed the confidence that the opposition alliance will not cross the political limit beyond the proposed...

US ‘deeply disturbed’ by reports of systematic rape of Muslims in China camps

WASHINGTON: The United States is “deeply disturbed” by reports of systematic rape and sexual abuse against women in internment camps for ethnic Uighurs and...

Balochistan coal miners reluctant to work after Hazara massacre

QUETTA: Thousands of miners have stopped work and many have fled Balochistan since militants killed 10 Hazara workers at a colliery last month, officials...

Sindh vaccinates 979 medics against Covid-19 in 24 hours

KARACHI: As many as 979 frontline healthcare workers in Sindh were administered Covid-19 shots during the past 24 hours, the provincial health department said...

Court extends Asif’s remand in NAB case

LAHORE: An accountability court in Lahore on Thursday extended till February 18 the judicial remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Asif in...

Real journalists being thrown out of the country, says Justice Isa

ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Isa remarked during a Supreme Court (SC) hearing that media is not free in the nation when real journalists are being...

Crime, conflict, chaos crushing Afghan hopes for tomorrow

KABUL: Every morning when Khan Wali Kamran left for work, he was afraid his children might be killed in Kabul’s streets before he got...

NAB chief okays reference against PPP leader

KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday decided to file a reference against former Sindh minister Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Jam Khan...

ECP to announce Senate polls schedule on February 11

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will announce the schedule for the forthcoming Senate elections on February 11 as it started issuing nomination papers...

Three of family injured in cylinder blast

PESHAWAR: At least three members of a family received serious burn injuries in a gas explosion in here on Thursday morning. Rescue officials said the...

Shehbaz shifted to hospital after health deteriorates

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and National Assembly Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif was moved to a hospital Thursday morning after his health deteriorated. Strict...

England get Pope boost but Crawley a doubt after freak injury

NEW DELHI: England welcomed back a fit-again Ollie Pope on Wednesday after he recovered from a shoulder injury but the tourists’ batting consultant Jonathan...

Babar, Fawad revive Pakistan to 145-3 at tea in second Test

RAWALPINDI: Captain Babar Azam and Fawad Alam revived Pakistan with a century stand to be 145-3 at tea after South Africa reduced them to...