Pakistan coronavirus update: 1,650 people test positive for COVID-19
ISLAMABAD: The number of coronavirus patients being infected on a daily basis have been on the rise in Pakistan as 1,650 people tested positive for the virus on Sunday, according to the…
Biden begins transition as Trump refuses to concede
US President-elect Joe Biden took the first steps Sunday towards moving into the White House in 73 days, as Donald Trump again refused to admit defeat and tried to sow doubt about the…
Govt taking measures to quell smog, PM’s aide
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Climate Change, Malik Amin Aslam, said that tackling smog-forming pollutant sources is the most effective way to quell the growing challenge…
Bank employee arrested in Islamabad for groping female colleague
Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari on Sunday confirmed the arrest of a bank employee caught harassing a female colleague on camera.
This came hours after Faisal Bank employee Usman…
UAE relaxes Islamic laws on alcohol
The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday a major overhaul of the country's Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restrictions and…
Sarfaraz Ahmed, Usman Salahuddin fined
Karachi, 8 November 2019: Sindh First XI captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has been fined 35 per cent match fee for a level 1 offence relating to use of inappropriate language during his side’s…
Imran, Nawaz congratulate Biden, Harris on US election victory
ISLAMABAD: PakistanPrime Minister Imran Khan has felicitated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for winning the US presidential race.
In a tweet message on Twitter, Prime Minister Khan said: " I…
Congratulations flood in for Biden’s ‘historic’ win
Congratulations poured in for US president-elect Joe Biden from around the world, with Washington's allies, particularly in Europe, seeing his win as a chance at a fresh start after the…
Biden wins U.S. presidency, says ‘time to heal’ a deeply divided nation
President-elect Joe Biden declared it was “time to heal” America in his first speech after prevailing on Saturday in a bitter election, even as President Donald Trump refused to concede.…
French PM says ‘radical Islamism’ the ‘enemy’ after Nice…
French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Saturday lamented the killings of three people killed by a knife attacker in Mediterranean city Nice and named "radical Islamism" as an "enemy" for the…
Stability through deterrence
By Ehsan Ahmed Khan
Allah orders in the Quran: “And prepare for them whatever power and whatever garrisoned horses you can, to (spread) awe thereby into (the hearts) of the enemy of Allah…
White House chief of staff tests positive for coronavirus
The White House's chief of staff has tested positive for coronavirus, according to US media. The man was seldom seen wearing a mask.
It was not immediately clear when or how he was…
Shahid Afridi’s tweet about daughters is the best thing you will see on the…
Former Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Khan Afridi has always made his love for his daughters known to the world. In a recent post on social media, the swashbuckling all-rounder thanked God…
Shaniera Akram advises Pakistanis to ‘save money, save lives’ by holding…
Wasim Akram's wife Shaniera Akram on Saturday advised Pakistanis to hold small weddings due to the novel coronavirus in order to "save money, save lives".
"I understand that in the past…
NCOC tells public, private offices to implement 50% work from home policy
The NCOC released a number of new restrictions on Friday, according to which indoor weddings have been banned and public as well as private offices have been told to implement a 50%…