Blinken wraps up Mideast tour to shore up Gaza truce
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Wednesday wrapped up a Mideast tour to bolster an Egypt-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, calling for regional…
PSL 2021: Cricketers travelling from India and South Africa get their visas.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has provided a further update regarding the progress in the visa process for players and support staff for the HBL Pakistan Super League, due to take…
Unidentified men thrash journalist Asad Toor
Journalist and blogger Asad Toor was brutally assaulted by unidentified men at his home in Islamabad Tuesday night.
Toor was later shifted to the hospital after attackers broke into…
Top US diplomat lands in Israel to ‘solidify’ ceasefire
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, days after an Egypt-brokered truce halted fighting between the Jewish state and the Gaza Strip's Islamist rulers Hamas.…
Naseem Shah out of PSL for breaching Covid protocols
Naseem Shah of Quetta Gladiators has been released from isolation in Lahore after he breached the protocols for departure from Pakistan by arriving at the designated hotel with a…
Pakistan’s Covid positivity rate drops below 5% mark
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported around 2,253 fresh Covid cases and a daily positivity rate of 4.82 per cent in the last 24 hours,
The daily positivity rate has fallen below the 5 per cent…
No US military or air base in Pakistan: FO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's ministry of foreign affairs has rebuffed "baseless and irresponsible" reports about the presence of a US military base in Pakistan.
In a statement on Monday evening,…
Suspect stabs 2 in Jerusalem, shot dead: Israeli police
(AFP) -A Suspect stabbed two young Israeli men before being shot dead by police at a tram station in Jerusalem on Monday, Israeli police told AFP.
"Attacker shot and killed," police…
Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar to take oath today
LAHORE: Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar will take oath as a Punjab parliamentarian today, after remaining aloof from Pakistani politics for a period of three years.
As per sources…
Sindh imposes restriction on ‘unnecessary movement’ after 8pm
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Monday imposed a restriction on the unnecessary movement of people after 8pm in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur cities to curb the spread of the…
Traumatised by Israeli bombing, Gaza children ‘scared of dying’
When an Israeli air strike targeted a security office near her home in Gaza this month, 10-year-old Zeina Dabous frantically scribbled a note and slipped it under her mother's pillow.…
PIA airlifts two million doses of Sinovac vaccine
ISLAMABAD: A special PIA flight airlifted another batch of two millions doses of Sinovac vaccine from the Beijing Capital International Airport to Islamabad on Sunday.
Last Sunday, a…
FM Qureshi meets UN chief
Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi met with the UN Secretary General António Guterres at the United Nations headquarters.
During the meeting, the Foreign Minister expressed…
Shireen Mazari defends FM Qureshi’s CNN interview
ISLAMABAD: Federal Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari has put her weight behind Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi who came under fire from a section of US media over his interview with…
Covid vaccination shots for 30 and above to start from May 22
National Command and Operation Center Chairman Asad Umer has announced that the Coronavirus vaccination drive for 30 years and above will kick off from May 22.
Those who have already…