As protests in Portland enter 100th day, protesters attack police with fire bombs
REUTERS: As protests against racism in Portland entered 100 days, protesters threw fire bombs and rocks at police, injuring one person seriously.
Police described what they called…
PM Imran says spirit of 1965 war needed to make Jinnah’s Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday tweeted about the 1965 war and the spirit behind it which was needed to make the country "Jinnah's Pakistan".
Taking to Twitter, the premier…
Turkey ‘disappointed’ by majority-Muslim Kosovo’s move to recognise…
Turkey on Sunday voiced disappointment over majority-Muslim Kosovo's decision to recognise Israel and set up its mission in Jerusalem.
A vocal advocate of the Palestinian cause, Turkey…
India tops four million virus cases as pandemic rages
India has become the third country to pass four million coronavirus infections, setting a new record daily surge in cases on Saturday as the pandemic showed no sign of peaking.
The new…
Pakistan’s desire for peace must not me misconstrued as weakness: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that September 6 is a day in Pakistan’s glorious history that is commemorated as a symbol of courage, strong will and unmatched spirit of…
Taking war to the sea
Pervaiz Asghar
The dawn of 6 September 1965, a full fifty two years ago this day, was like any other dawn. As the sun rose over the horizon, however, it ushered in, along with the…
Police investigating suspicious bag found at a bus in Manchester
REUTERS: The United Kingdom police on Saturday were investigating a suspicious bag that was found inside a bus in Manchester.
Greater Manchester Police said on Twitter that officers were…
PM Imran unveils Rs1.1tln package for Karachi’s development
KARACHI: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday unveiled a comprehensive Rs1.1 trillion package for Karachi aimed at solving its infrastructural and municipal issues over a span of three…
Defense Day: An illustration of unyielding preservance
By Zubeda Anjum Niazi
As nation states and empires grow, the possibility of war and friction between two states also increases. A close scrutiny of history makes it obvious that war…
PM to announce record financial aid for Karachi: Asad Umar
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan will announce the largest development package in the history Pakistan's history for…
PM Imran expected to unveil Karachi Circular Railway
KARACHI: Prime Minister Imran Khan is due to arrive in Karachi today in the aftermath of a record-breaking spell of monsoon rains which devastated the Sindh capital.
According to the…
U.S. coronavirus deaths projected to more than double to 410,000 by January
U.S. deaths from the coronavirus will reach 410,000 by the end of the year, more than double the current death toll, and deaths could soar to 3,000 per day in December, the University of…
UN experts urge Pakistan to end enforced disappearance of Idris Khattak
UN human rights experts have called on the Pakistani authorities to end the secret detention of human rights defender Idris Khattak, who has not been heard from in more than nine months.…
Qureshi proposes job quota, separate budget for South Punjab
KARACHI: The South Punjab Secretariat will formally become operational on October 15, as decided by a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday.
The meeting on establishment…
SECP official Sajid Gondal reported missing from Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: A senior official of the Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has been reported missing from Islamabad, family and friends say.
Sajid Gondal, a former Dawn reporter…