13 govt properties fetch Rs179.35 million in Lahore auction
LAHORE: The second phase of the auction of Federal Government owned properties was held in Lahore on Wednesday. Federal Minister for Privatisation Mohammed n
Mian Soomro was the chief…
T20I rankings: Malan displaces Babar to grab top position
England batsman Dawid Malan has seized the No.1 position in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings after a fruitful home series against Australia, which England won 2-1.
The…
Qureshi heads to Moscow for SCO-CFM meeting
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi is visiting Moscow to attend the Meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers (SCO-CFM) on 9-10 September 2020.
The invitation…
Pakistan condemns terrorist attack on Afghan vice president
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned a terrorist attack targeting the convoy of First Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh.
In a tweet shortly after the attack on Wednesday,…
Blast in Kabul targets Afghan VP Saleh’s convoy: officials
At least two people were killed and a dozen more wounded in an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistan's vice president Amrullah Saleh in central Kabul early Wednesday, officials said.…
Christian man sentenced to death in Lahore for blasphemy
By Zahid Hussain Khan
LAHORE: A Christian man has been sentenced to death on charges of insulting Prophet Muhammad, a capital offense under the country’s blasphemy laws, his lawyer said.…
More than 1 billion people face displacement by 2050: report
Rapid population growth, lack of access to food and water and increased exposure to natural disasters mean more than 1 billion people face being displaced by 2050, according to a new…
Video of PM Imran praising Shoaib Dastagir goes viral
A video of Prime Minister Imran Khan praising former IG Punjab Shoaib Dastagir has gone viral on the internet with various people slamming the prime minister for taking yet another U-Turn.…
Punjab govt appoints Inam Ghani new Punjab IG, transfers Shoaib Dastagir
LAHORE: In a shocking development on Tuesday, the Government of Punjab transferred former Punjab IG Shoaib Dastagir and appointed Inam Ghani in his stead, after the former allegedly got into…
Covid-19: Pakistan, India added to Malaysia’s entry ban list
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Monday restricted the entry of people from 23 countries, including Pakistan in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus.
The announcement came from Malaysia’s…
India posts highest COVID-19 death toll in a month
REUTERS: Reporting the lowest number of COVID-19 cases in a week, India could not clamp down on its daily deaths from the virus as the country reported more than 1,100 people succumbed from…
19 workers killed as Mohmand district mine collapses
As many as 19 workers were killed Monday when a marble mine collapsed in Mohmand District and injured several.
Rescue and relief operations began on Monday, carrying on till late into the…
1965 war: Pakistan Navy honors naval heroes
Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi has said that Pakistan Navy is fully capable and vigilantly guarding country's maritime interests.
In his message on the occasion of…
At least 11 dead in massacres in Colombia
At least 11 people were killed in three separate group killings in Colombia, police said Monday, one of the deadliest days since FARC guerrillas signed a peace accord with the government in…
World must be better prepared for next pandemic, says WHO boss
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday the world must be better prepared for the next pandemic, as he called on countries to invest in public health.…