An ‘appalling choice’ EDITORIAL: Helping people in crisis situations, perhaps, has never been as hard for the UN as it is in the... Updated 18 Apr, 2023 06:48am
Business & Finance Iran, Afghanistan: PM urged to help stop steel smuggling into Pakistan ISLAMABAD: The documented steel industry has approached Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to immediately intervene to... Published 18 Apr, 2023 06:21am
Business & Finance EPO 2022 modified: Angoor Adda included as customs station ISLAMABAD: The government has modified Export Policy Order (EPO) 2022 to include Angoor Adda as customs station,... Published 15 Apr, 2023 06:19am
Sports Full-strength Pakistan to bring ‘A game’ against depleted New Zealand LAHORE: A full-strength Pakistan take on a New Zealand side depleted by the Indian Premier League when their... Published 13 Apr, 2023 02:34pm
World Exiled Afghan journalists ‘living in fear’ NEW YORK: Stuck with no income for more than a year after fleeing Afghanistan for Pakistan, Samiullah Jahesh was... Published 13 Apr, 2023 06:37am
Pakistan Khar to lead delegation to Samarkand meeting ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar will lead the Pakistani delegation in the meeting... Published 13 Apr, 2023 06:37am
Business & Finance Frustrated cargoes: No NOC required from SBP & MoC, FTO tells DGTT Karachi ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has barred the Directorate General of Transit Trade Karachi from asking... Published 08 Apr, 2023 07:18am
World Biden report on Afghanistan blames Trump for degraded US operations WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday released a summary of after-action reports on the U.S.'... Published 06 Apr, 2023 11:37pm
World UN to hold talks with Taliban officials over women staff ban KABUL: The United Nations mission in Afghanistan will hold talks Wednesday with Taliban officials in Kabul “to seek... Published 05 Apr, 2023 10:54am
Editorials Need to secure the western border EDITORIAL: Four soldiers were martyred at the Pak-Iran border in the Kech district of Balochistan last Saturday when... Published 05 Apr, 2023 06:16am
World UN staff in eastern Afghan province stopped from reporting to work KABUL: The United Nations’ Mission in Afghanistan said on Tuesday that female staff in the eastern province of... Published 04 Apr, 2023 08:43pm
Pakistan Fire ruins warehouse complex at Dasu hydropower project One police official says electrical fault suspected cause of the fire Published 04 Apr, 2023 12:18pm
World UK govt ‘in negotiations’ after three British men held in Afghanistan LONDON: Britain’s interior minister Suella Braverman on Sunday said the UK government was “in negotiations”... Published 03 Apr, 2023 07:50am
World Founder of Afghan girls’ school project arrested in Kabul: UN KABUL: The founder of a project that campaigned for girls’ education in Afghanistan has been detained by Taliban... Published 28 Mar, 2023 01:10pm
Sports Shadab leads Pakistan's consolation T20I win, Afghanistan take series SHARJAH: Stand-in skipper Shadab Khan gave an allround performance to guide Pakistan to a consolation 66-run win in... Updated 28 Mar, 2023 12:58am
World Afghan girls struggle with poor internet as they turn to online classes KABUL: Sofia logs in to class on a laptop in Kabul for an online English course run by one of a growing number of... Published 27 Mar, 2023 11:00am
Editorials Countering the TTP terrorists EDITORIAL: Clashes between the security forces and the TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) militants have intensified... Published 27 Mar, 2023 06:15am
World US working to get dozens of Americans from Afghanistan: Blinken WASHINGTON: The United States is working to assist 44 Americans who want to leave Afghanistan and several others... Published 23 Mar, 2023 11:26pm
Print Strong quake jolts parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, India KABUL: A strong earthquake lasting for at least 30 seconds was felt across much of Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts ... Updated 22 Mar, 2023 09:00am
Sports Rashid to lead strong Afghanistan squad for Pakistan series KABUL: Wily spinner Rashid Khan will lead a strong 17-man Afghanistan squad in the Twenty20 international series... Published 21 Mar, 2023 06:45pm
World Afghanistan school year starts but no classes held KABUL: Afghanistan’s schools reopened Tuesday for the new academic year, but no classes were held as students were... Published 21 Mar, 2023 01:49pm
World Funding shortfall forces food ration cuts for millions of hungry Afghans KABUL: The UN World Food Programme has been forced to cut rations to 4 million Afghans this month, it said in a... Published 18 Mar, 2023 02:14pm
Print 20 years after US Iraq invasion, Senate acts to end war authorisation WASHINGTON: Almost exactly 20 years after US forces invaded Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein from power, the US Senate... Updated 18 Mar, 2023 09:16am
Print UN grants one-year extension to Afghanistan mission UNITED NATIONS: The Security Council on Thursday renewed the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for... Updated 17 Mar, 2023 09:10am
World Banned from school, Afghan girls turn to madrassas KABUL: In a madrassa in the Afghan capital, rows of teenage girls rock back and forth reciting verses of the Koran... Published 16 Mar, 2023 11:36am
World Bomb attack kills guard, wounds journalists in Afghan north MAZAR-I-SHARIF, (Afghanistan): A bomb blast in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday killed a... Published 12 Mar, 2023 05:55am
World Blast in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province kills one, injures 5 KABUL: A blast hit the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Saturday, police said, killing one person... Updated 11 Mar, 2023 06:45pm
World Afghanistan coffers swell as Taliban taxman collects TORKHAM: A dusty logjam of trucks inches across a rut in the mountains splitting Pakistan and Afghanistan, teeming... Published 09 Mar, 2023 11:59am
BR Research Permanent pariah? Be careful what you wish for! Pakistan’s economy and security seem to have suffered in the aftermath of the... Published 09 Mar, 2023 07:24am
Print Viral disease in cows: Pakistan hesitant to import beef from Afghanistan: MoC ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Commerce (MoC) said Wednesday that Pakistan is reluctant to import cow meat from Afghanistan... Updated 09 Mar, 2023 08:50am