Fire erupts at Karachi factory, 17 laborers killed
KARACHI: At least seventeen laborers were killed in a fire that erupted in a chemical factory in Korangi area of Karachi, the provincial Metropolis....
Auditors raise questions over transparency in awarding Rs. 442 billion Diamer Basha Dam contract...
ISLAMABAD: Auditor General of Pakistan has raised questions over transparency in awarding Rs 442 billion contract to a consortium of Chinese company Power-China and...
Ehsan Mani resigns as Chairman PCB
ISLAMABAD: Ehsan Mani on Thursday resigned as Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as he informed Prime Minister Imran Khan that he can no longer...
Russia, China agree to jointly combat Afghanistan threats
MOSCOW: Russia and China have agreed to jointly combat with the threats emerging after evolving situation from Afghanistan.
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to his...
7 BLF militants killed after returning from Afghanistan
QUETTA: Balochistan counterterrorism department (CTD) officers have killed 7 suspected terrorists soon after they entered the country from Afghanistan to attack a sensitive installation,...
Peshawar mulls blocking SIMs of unvaccinated people
PESHAWAR: Almost 70 per cent of the new coronavirus cases reported in Peshawar are of the Delta variant, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department revealed...
Biden keeps to August 31 deadline for Kabul airlift
WASHINGTON: US president Joe Biden sticks to withdrawal deadline as Taliban asks Washington to stop urging highly skilled Afghans to leave.
About 16,000 people have...
Asma Jan – a cyclist striving to make her grandfather’s dream come true
KARACHI: Asma Jan will represent Pakistan in the World Road Cycling Championship to be held in Belgium next month, with a dream to make...
Educational institutions in Sindh to reopen from August 30
KARACHI: Sindh education minister Sardar Shah on Monday has announced that the educational institutions across the province will reopen from August 30.
The minister said...
Japan to ramp up coronavirus tests as it battles worst wave of infections
TOKYO: Japan plans to dramatically ramp up daily COVID-19 tests, borrowing from anti-contagion measures used in the recent Tokyo Olympics, as it battles its...
