HONG KONG: China's most indebted property developer Evergrande Group has agreed to sell stakes in its internet unit...

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib has commended a World Population Review...

KANDAHAR: Afghan forces fought fierce street battles and bombed Taliban positions Sunday while insurgents swarmed...

ANKARA: Dozens of villages were evacuated in tourist hotspots in southern Turkey on Sunday as wildfires that have...

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange remained under pressure during the week ended on July 30, due to investors concerns...

KARACHI: The futures spread increased by 1876bps to 14.58 percent on the last day of outgoing week. Trading...

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has urged the people to strictly...

DUBAI: Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) has approved a proposal to build the Middle East's first city to serve electric...

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Sunday said that it was unfortunate...

KARACHI: K-Electric has recently be en awarded with the highest status (Platinum) for trainee development stream by...

KARACHI: Provincial Minister for Food and Minority Affairs Hari Ram Kishori Lal while inaugurating the water supply...

ISLAMABAD: Special Representative to the Prime Minister on Interfaith Harmony and Middle East and President of...

FAISALABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) Senator Dr. Sania Nishtar Sunday launched a Pak-Korea...

PESHAWAR: Exporters and importers have widely welcomed the government's decision of extension of cash in counter...

ISLAMABAD: The college teachers serving in the educational institutions run by Federal Directorate of Education ...

MINGORA: A 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit Swat on Sunday afternoon, causing area residents to panic. According to...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) has invited the children to participate...

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that the Punjab government is taking all possible steps ...

RAWALPINDI: The residents of several Cantt areas have been left to suffer due to illegal commercial activities in...

ISLAMABAD: Tourism has come back to the scenic Gilgit Baltistan (GB) where so far up to 700,000 local and foreign...

• Aim is to uplift low-income groups by empowering them through provision of small loans by micro finance institutions
• Target market shall be the households as identified by the 'Ehsas Program'

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan was facing the fourth wave of lethal coronavirus, but ...

LAHORE: The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front (PIAF) has asked the government to make the ...

PESHAWAR: The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has introduced a piece of legislation to ensure a stable...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has expressed the hope that India after assuming Presidency of United Nations Security Council...

PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has announced week-long 'Karwan-e-Inqilab' rallies under its youth wing to raise ...

LAHORE: Three armed assailants shot at and injured a trader for refusing to give them cigarettes and cold drinks on...

LAHORE: Inspector General of Police Punjab, Inam Ghani said on Sunday that Punjab police were performing its duties...

LAHORE: As the holy month of Muharram-ul-Haram is approaching fast amid uptick in Covid-19 cases, the Punjab Primary...

WASHINGTON: National Security Adviser (NSA) Dr Moeed Yusuf Sunday said peace in Afghanistan is not our weakness...

HYDERABAD: Opposition Leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh Sunday reached out to the families of the victims...

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA)/ Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Tariq Mehmood Murtaza...

ISLAMABAD: Central leaders of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) have said that due to wrong government policies it is...

PESHAWAR: A policeman was martyred when some unidentified assailants opened fire in the Daudzai area here on Sunday....

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar said that the Prime minister had approved the...

MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) secured three seats out of nine followed by Pakistan Peoples' Party...

ISLAMABAD: The fear of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has reportedly made the IPPs' Implementation Committee (IC) headed by the Finance Minister, "inoperative" and a cause of embarrassment for those "quarters" that facilitated negotiations between the government and power companies on Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), well- informed sources told Business Recorder.

LAHORE: Adviser to Prime Minister on Trade Abdul Razzaq Dawood has said that carpet manufacturers and exporters...

TOKYO: A Belarusian sprinter said she was taken to the airport against her wishes on Sunday to board a flight back...

TOKYO: Unheralded Italian sprinter Lamont Marcell Jacobs stormed to a shock gold in the Olympic 100 metres on Sunday...

TOKYO: China missed the podium entirely in badminton women's singles at the 2016 Rio Games, but Chen Yufei put them...

TOKYO: When Britain's male 4km team pursuit squad broke the world record twice in one day to claim gold in Rio five...

KARACHI: Kashmir Premier League (KPL) is associated with the Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, backed by the...

TOKYO: Alexander Zverev said that "nothing is bigger" than winning an Olympic gold medal after brushing aside Karen...

Ambassador’ Message, H.E. Mr. Benedict de Cerjat, Ambassador of Switzerland to Pakistan On the occasion of the...

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H.E.Mr.Guy Parmelin Swiss President Switzerland established diplomatic relations with Pakistan in 1949, which have...

In 2019, Swiss exports to Pakistan amounted to CHF 373.7 million and consisted mainly of machinery, chemical,...

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WASHINGTON: The top Republican in the US House of Representatives faced calls to apologize or resign Sunday after...

GAZA: Ismail Haniyeh has been re-elected as leader of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, officials said on ...

ANTANANARIVO: Madagascar on Sunday announced the arrest of five generals as well as high-ranking police officers in...

LONDON: Britain's Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has pressed for an easing of travel restrictions to offer respite to...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday formally apologised for police crackdowns in the...

ABOARD SEA-WATCH 3, (Mediterranean): Two humanitarian rescue ships pulled 394 migrants from a dangerously ...

CAIRO: Eight Egyptian army soldiers have been killed in anti-terrorism operations, the armed forces said on Sunday....

OSHKOSH, Wis: The wings of a Boeing 737 MAX airliner swept over green fields populated by colorful small planes,...

SANTIAGO: Workers at the world's biggest copper mine, Chile's Escondida, have approved a strike after rejecting the...

TEHRAN: Iran's ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi will be inaugurated on Tuesday as the new president of the Islamic...

BEIJING: China reported 75 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday as cities began introducing strict curbs to halt an...

PROVIDENCE, (Guyana): Torrential rain which left a sodden outfield resulted in the abandonment of the third Twenty ...

KARACHI: Over five days of trading last week, PKR experienced net fall against USD in both interbank and open ...

TOKYO: India reached the semi-finals of the men's hockey tournament at the Olympics for the first time since 1980...

LARKANA: The Sindh government has finally decided to take back 111 Rural Health Centres and Taluka Headquarter...

HYDERABAD: The Opposition Leader in Sindh Assembly and central leader of Pakistan Tehreek Insaf Haleem Adil Sheikh ...

KARACHI: Senior customs agents' leader Arshad Jamal has been elected as vice president of United Business Group...

KARACHI: In order to avoid overcrowding and public chaos, amid the emergence of the Delta variant of Covid-19...

KARACHI: At least eight passengers were dislodged from their Islamabad-bound flight on Sunday by the Civil Aviation...

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Shifa International Hospital (SIH) Islamabad inked a memorandum ...

QUETTA: At least six people got injured in clash between two groups in Kadh-Koocha area of Mastung district on...

HYDERABAD: Deputy Commissioner Hyderabad Fuad Ghaffar Soomro directed the concerned officers to ensure ...

KARACHI: The rate of cotton remained overall stable. The production of cotton will be less than the target....

The Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) dated 27 July decided to keep the discount rate unchanged at 7 percent with a...

Nearly everybody wants to talk to the Taliban. Nearly everybody thinks Pakistan is the medium for talks. Nearly...

A shortage of semiconductors has sent shockwaves through the global economy, squeezing supplies of everything from...

EDITORIAL: The Ministry of Finance in its July Outlook noted that economic recovery remained intact in June, ...

EDITORIAL: It is somewhat ironic that the Imran Khan government has just had to assure the Islamabad High Court ...

It is fact that the Sindh government-unlike the other provincial governments and the government at the centre-had...

KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) head Maulana Fazlur Rehman on...

KE and Karachi share a relationship that extends over a century. We are deeply enmeshed in the fabric of this city...

ISLAMABAD: Uniform curriculum will be enforced at primary schools and seminaries in Punjab from August 2. This was...

PESHAWAR: Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco) has conducted a seminar to create awareness among the linemen...

KARACHI: Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Maritime Security Agency conducted a joint operation at 180 Nautical Miles South...

ISLAMABAD: The sub-national immunization campaign will start from Monday to reach more than 23.6 million children in...

PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities, including vegetables, sugar, cooking oil/ghee, flour, fruits, pulses...

PRISTINA: Kosovo's president on Sunday awarded a medal to the late son of U.S. President Joe Biden for his service ...

NEW YORK: Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc have raised the prices of their COVID-19 vaccines in their latest European ...

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Sirajul Haq has said that JI believes that independent media and freedom of...

MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi Sunday said India wanted to sabotage peace in the region and...

MIRPUR (AJK): Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has welcomed the letter from the members of...

NAWABSHAH: The convoy of the Opposition Leader in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh, who is also Vice President...

HYDERABAD: The Special Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate here Sunday granted two-day physical remand of Chief...

PESHAWAR: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of Kyhber Pakhtunkwa has said that around 12 people...

LAHORE: Member National Assembly (MNA) Riaz Fatyana and Provincial Minister for Women Development Ashifa Riaz called...

PESHAWAR: Books review ceremony of Pashto poetry titled, "Halzoon" written by Yousaf Baheer and "Hasoon" by Kabir...

ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Sunday took stern notice of illegal constructions and violation of...

HYDERABAD: In view of increasing cases of Covid-19, the Liaquat University Hospital (LUH) administration has...

ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister and Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Senator A Rehman Malik has...

HONG KONG: Equities fell in Asia on Friday, setting them up to end a volatile week on a negative note as China's...