LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s use of the provincial government’s jet during her recent private visit to London has triggered a fresh controversy, with opposition leaders questioning the use of an official aircraft for a family event. CM Maryam travelled to London l...
NEW DELHI: Saima Wazed, the World Health Organisation’s Southeast Asia head and daughter of ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned on Wednesday, according to her resignation letter, following fraud investigations by the UN agency and Bangladeshi authorities. Wa...
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Wildlife and Parks Department auctioned hunting permits for 117 animals for the 2026-27 trophy hunting season on Thursday, with the top permit for an Astore markhor fetching $356,000. The second Astore markhor permit sold for $301,000, and the th...
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday paid tribute to Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah on his 78th death anniversary, which falls on Sept 11 (today), lauding his visionary leadership, political acumen and lifelong struggle for the con...
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti has warned that no government job in the province will be allowed to be sold, saying that no minister or secretary would be spared if credible evidence of such a practice emerges. Chairing a meeting of the secretaries’ committee on...
PAKISTAN’S financial system is heavily bank-centric. Commercial banks account for over 80 per cent of total financial-sector assets. In a mature financial system, household and corporate savings flow through multiple competing channels — capital markets, pension funds, insur...
ISLAMABAD: The administrations of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have started preparations to counter the PTI’s announced countrywide protest, including a request for detention of activists, arranging containers, seeking additional personnel and procuring anti-riot g...
LAHORE: In an unprecedented development, two players from the national cricket side appeared before the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) in connection with an investigation into alleged dressing-room leaks during the recent England series. The cybercrime agency q...
KARACHI: A cargo ship carrying around 82,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar arrived in Pakistan through the near-closed Strait of Hormuz, reported Anadolu news agency on Thursday. Al Marrouna, carrying LNG from Qatar’s Ras Laffan terminal, transited through the ...
LAST fall, after many years, my wife, our daughter and I decided to get flu shots. The decision wasn’t popular with our nine-year-old, who doesn’t like having her skin punctured, but we thought that, given the smog season and the health disruptions we faced every winter in Lahore...
A QUARTER of a century since the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, the world continues to feel the effects of that epochal event. The US response to the attacks on its soil went beyond a counterterrorism operation. It metastasised into a sprawling imperial ‘crusade’ that laid to waste c...
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ISLAMABAD: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission is due to visit Pakistan on September 23 for a biannual review of the country’s economic performance and implementation of the $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the $1.4bn Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RS...
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said on Thursday that parliament was expected to debate the issue of new provinces next month. Addressing the corporate sector in late July, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi had called for the creation of new provinces or administ...
The Trump administration has proposed eliminating a 60-day grace period that allows certain immigrants, including skilled workers on H-1B visas, to stay in the United States and find a new sponsor after losing their job, according to a government notice posted online on Thursday....
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has taken a practical step towards initiating dialogue between the government and the opposition by inviting National Assembly Opposition Leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai for mandatory consultations on the appointment of a new Chief Election C...
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication on Thursday expressed serious concern over the poor quality of mobile and internet services and decided to summon telecom companies (telcos) to seek direct answers over persistent ...
Algeria said on Thursday it had decided to sever diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after what it described as a series of “provocative or hostile” actions by Abu Dhabi despite “repeated warnings”. The Algerian foreign ministry said the UAE’s actions had rea...