Khan: the measure of a leader
By Syed Mohammad Wajih Zafar Pakistanis have longed for a country free of crime and corruption. They have been gripped in the plague of evil and malpractices that have been made ever…
Educational institutions get conditional nod to reopen in September
— Institutions allowed to take pending examinations in July — Ensuring SOPs a must, violation to result in cancellations of tests, warns minister ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday announced to reopen…
Harvard, MIT sue Trump admin over order revoking visas for foreign students
CAMBRIDGE: Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) asked a court Wednesday to block an order by President Donald Trump’s administration threatening the visas of foreign students whose entire courses have…
Officer to Floyd: ‘It takes … a lot of oxygen to talk’
MINNEAPOLIS: As George Floyd told Minneapolis police officers that he could not breathe more than 20 times in the moments before he died, the officer who pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck…
China urges “positive energy” in ties with United States
BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday that Beijing and Washington’s relations face the most serious challenges since diplomatic ties were established in 1979 but the two countries can return to…
Iconic US clothier Brooks Brothers files for bankruptcy
Brooks Brothers, the retailer known for dressing the great and good of the United States since 1818, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, buckling under the pressure from the coronavirus pandemic after years…
Cleric apologises once again for threatening Justice Isa
ISLAMABAD: Agha Iftikharuddin Mirza, who is accused of posting a video on social media threatening Justice Qazi Faez Isa, on Wednesday submitted an apology in the Supreme Court for the second time.…
Shehbaz and Bilawal discuss APC agenda
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLL-N) President Shehbaz Sharif held on Wednesday a telephonic conversation with Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari during which the two leaders discussed the date for the opposition’s…
International pilots body offers to assist in PIA air crash, ‘licensing scandal’
The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Association (IFALPA) has offered to assist the Pakistani government in the investigation of PIA flight 8303, which crashed in Karachi earlier this year, and the…
Gen Bajwa hails improved security situation in tribal districts
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday appreciated the improved security situation and measures for better border management, including fencing in tribal districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. According to an…
Rawalpindi journalist arrested for allegedly killing wife
RAWALPINDI: A journalist working for a private TV channel was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing his wife in Rawalpindi’s Yousuf Colony. According to the FIR registered at Airport Police Station by…
Punjab to conduct physical verification of flour, sugar mills’ stocks
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Industries Mian Aslam Iqbal and Chief Secretary Punjab Jawwad Rafique Malik jointly chaired an important meeting held at the Camp Office on Wednesday to review the action against…
Further delays in Peshawar BRT won’t be tolerated, warns KP CM
PESHAWAR: A high-level meeting to review progress on the completion of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project was held here Wednesday with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair. The…
AJK shaken by 4.3 magnitude earthquake on 2nd successive day
MIRPUR: Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s 9AJK) lake-city of Mirpur jolted following earthquake of the same 4.3 magnitude experienced the second successive day at 01.42 am (midnight) on Wednesday, local authorities confirmed. The…