5 killed in attack on South African church
One potential motive for the attack is a power struggle at the church between rival factions, local media reported.
No more unannounced loadshedding in Karachi from tomorrow, says Asad Umar
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said Saturday there will be no unannounced loadshedding in Karachi from tomorrow (Sunday).
Umar paid…
Adviser to KP CM on information Ajmal Wazir resigns after audio leak
PESHAWAR: KP adviser to the chief minister on information, Ajmal Wazir Khan, resigned on Saturday, a day after an alleged conversation involving the adviser leaked to the internet in which…
US reports record 69,000 COVID-19 cases in single day
REUTERS: New cases of COVID-19 rose by over 69,000 across the United States on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, setting a record for the third consecutive day as Walt Disney Co stuck to…
KE cannot be blamed for persistent loadshedding: CEO in public hearing
ISLAMABAD: The Karachi-Electric (K-Electric) cannot be faulted for the persistent loadshedding crisis in the country, said KE CEO Moonis Alvi during a public hearing arranged by the National…
Erdogan declares Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia a mosque again
President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia open to Muslim prayer as a mosque on Friday after a top court ruled that the ancient building’s conversion to a museum by modern…
Pakistan records 75 deaths, 2,751 new virus cases
ISLAMABAD: At least 75 people succumbed to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 5, 058.
According to the latest figures by the National Command and…
Changes to Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia could trigger heritage review: UNESCO
UNESCO must be notified of any change in the status of Istanbul’s sixth-century Hagia Sophia museum and the changes may have to be reviewed by its World Heritage committee, the United…
Closing schools ‘greater public health risk’ than reopening, says top…
Keeping schools closed in the coming academic year is a greater risk to children’s health than reopening them, even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers…
U.S. bans PIA flights over pilot concerns
The U.S. Department of Transportation said it has revoked permission for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to conduct charter flights to the United States, citing Federal Aviation…
COVID-19: Another 1.3mn Americans file for jobless benefits
More than 60,000 new COVID-19 infections were reported on Wednesday and U.S. deaths rose by more than 900 for the second straight day, the highest since early June
‘Govt to reopen educational institutions from Sept 15’
ISLAMABAD: The federal minister for education announced on Thursday that the government had taken the decision to reopen schools across the country from September 15, 2020 if health…
SBP revises bank timings to 9AM-5:30PM
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced Thursday that it was revising banks' timings to 9AM-5:30PM, revising the timings due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.…
5 aunties that broke the internet for their craziness
Often, angry Pakistani aunties have gone viral over the internet for all the wrong reasons. From the 'Colonel ki Biwi' to the woman who misbehaved with a Karachi traffic police cop, we…
CII receives ministry’s letter on Hindu temple
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Religious Affairs has formally written to the the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) seeking its opinion regarding the construction of a new Hindu temple with state…