Rights groups call for Pakistan to halt ‘judicial harassment’ against…
Several international human rights groups have strongly condemned the "deliberate targeting" of human rights defender Muhammed Ismail and his wife Uzlifat Ismail, the parents of woman human…
Fawad Chaudhry unveils plan to launch Pakistan’s version of Netflix
Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry announced that his ministry was preparing to launch a "Pakistani version of Netflix" in the country.
Netflix is a US-based…
Dubai breaks world record for largest fountain
The glitzy emirate of Dubai broke the record for the world's largest fountain on Thursday, as the Gulf city seeks to boost its hard-hit tourism sector amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The…
No knockouts at Biden, Trump debate 12 days before vote
President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden traded accusations of graft and clashed on the Covid-19 pandemic Thursday but without landing a knockout blow 12 days before the election in a…
FO quashes reports Saudi Arabia voted against Pakistan on FATF action plan
ISLAMABAD: Responding to media queries regarding role of Saudi Arabia in assessment of Pakistan’s FATF Action Plan, the Foreign Office categorically rejected the story circulating on segment…
Pakistan cricketers, support staff test negative for Covid-19
All Pakistan men’s national team’s players and support staff assembled in Lahore were integrated into a bio-secure bubble in a local hotel today after they tested negative for…
Russia, Iran tried to interfere in election 2020: US intelligence officials
REUTERS: US intelligence officials have accused Iranians and Russians of interfering in general election 2020, as America braces to go to the polls on November 3 to either reimpose…
Veena Malik takes a vicious ‘nani’ jibe at Maryam Nawaz
Pakistani actress Veena Malik on Wednesday took a vicious jibe at PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz, referring to her as a "Nani" (grandmother) and suggesting that her team was operating…
Gen Bajwa stresses on all-out support for local population affected by Indian…
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday paid a visit to the forward areas of Chamb sector where he called on Pakistan Army soldiers to give "all-out support" to the…
Pakistan likely to stay in FATF grey list: report
Pakistan is unlikely to be excluded from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list over its failure to fully comply with a 27-point action plan to combat terror financing.
The…
Pakistan slams India for ‘malicious propaganda’ on alleged ‘civil…
Chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Shehryar Khan Afridi has taken strong exception to fake news reports orignating from India regarding an alleged 'civil war' in Pakistan.
"A…
NASA asteroid surface sampling likely successful
NASA on Wednesday released its first images of a sampling operation carried out on the asteroid Bennu, which appeared to show successful recovery of rock and dust, or as one official put it,…
Pakistan expresses grief over Jalalabad stampede
Pakistan on Wednesday expressed grief over the loss of lives in a stampede at a stadium in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad city, where aspirants of Pakistani visas had gathered, and also urged upon…
At least 11 Afghan women killed in stampede near Pakistan consulate
At least 11 women were killed Wednesday in a stampede in an Afghan football stadium where thousands had gathered to apply for visas at a nearby Pakistan consulate, officials said.
Many…
At least three die in Karachi building explosion
KARACHI: At least three people have been killed and over a dozen are wounded in an explosion that struck a residential building in Karachi.
The blast took place near the Maskan gate of…