Saudi to allow around 1,000 pilgrims to perform hajj: minister
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia will allow around 1,000 pilgrims residing in the kingdom to perform the hajj this year, a minister said Tuesday, after it announced the ritual would be scaled back due…
China, India agree to reduce tensions after deadly clash
BEIJING: China and India have agreed to reduce tensions a week after clashes on their disputed Himalayan border left 20 Indian troops dead in brutal hand-to-hand fighting.
The June 15…
COVID-19 pandemic: Saudi Arabia allows only those living in kingdom to perform Hajj…
AFP: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Monday confirmed that it would only allow all nationals residing in the country to perform Hajj 2020 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The kingdom has…
Bilawal questions PM Imran’s ‘silence’ on India-China tensions
Bilawal says while tensions between India and China rose, the prime minister was 'MIA'
MQM-P MPA Sadaqat Hussain ‘narrowly’ escapes attack
MQM-P MPA Faisal Sabzwari demands more security for the party's lawmakers after the attack on Sadaqat Hussain
Shadab Khan, Haider Ali and Haris Rauf test positive for COVID-19
Shadab, Haris and Haider likely to miss out Pakistan's upcoming England tour after testing positive for COVID-19
Renowned Pakistani scholar Allama Talib Johri passes away
Renowned Shia scholar Allama Talib Johri passed away in Karachi in the early hours of Monday at the age of 81.
Johri had been under treatment in the intensive care ward of a Karachi…
OIC to hold emergency meeting on Kashmir
DUBAI: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said that it would hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the latest situation in the Indian-occupied Kashmir.
The online…
Girl, 13, martyred in Indian fire along LOC: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: At teenage girl was martyred when Indian army troops resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in Hajipir and Bedori Sectors along the Line of Control last night.
According…
‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse dims Asia, Africa
People from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, India and southern China witnessed on Sunday a dramatic "ring of fire" solar eclipse.
So-called annular eclipses occur when the…
Eminent scholar Mufti Naeem passes away in Karachi
KARACHI: Eminent scholar Mufti Naeem passed away on Saturday in Karachi, a spokesperson of his seminary, Jamia Binoria confirmed.
Naeem was on his way to a hospital after his health…
Ramiz Raja lists four things that will ‘make Pakistan cricket great…
Former Pakistan opening batsman and cricket commentator Ramiz Raja listed the four things that according to him, "will make Pakistan cricket great again".
Taking to Twitter, Raja wrote:…
COVID-19: World entering ‘new and dangerous phase’, says WHO
AFP: The World Health Organisation has issued a stern warning to people across the globe that now is not the time to return to the normal routine as the COVID-19 virus is still surging…
As bilateral tensions rise, N. Korea prepares propaganda leaflets to send to S. Korea
REUTERS: North Korea is gearing up to send propaganda leaflets over its southern border, denouncing North Korean defectors and South Korea, its state media said on Saturday, the latest…
Pakistan to ‘partially open’ airspace for international flights on Sunday
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Saturday that the government will "partially open" its airspace for overseas Pakistanis tomorrow (Sunday) a couple of months after…