US protests defy curfews as Trump faces backlash for violent crackdown

WASHINGTON: Protesters defied curfews across the United States Tuesday as leaders scrambled to stem anger over police racism while President Donald Trump rejected criticism...

China expects Int’l organization to work for peace and development

BEIJING: A spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian hoped that the International organizations will focus on developing peace and development World over. Commenting...

Roof collapse kills six madrassa students in Miranshah

MIRANSHAH: At least six students were killed and seven other were wounded when roof of a madrassa (religious seminary) collapsed in Miranshah, a tehsil...

Minor maid tortured to death in Rawalpindi by employers for letting parrots free

RAWALPINDI: An eight-year-old domestic maid was tortured to death in Rawalpindi by her employers after she accidentally freed two expensive parrots, local media reported...

LHC grants pre-arrest bail to Shehbaz Sharif till June 17 in assets case

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday has granted interim bail to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and opposition leader in National Assembly (NA)...

World Bank says coronavirus to leave ‘lasting scars’ on developing world

WASHINGTON: The World Bank has said that it expects the coronavirus and resulting recessions to leave "lasting scars" on developing and emerging market countries,...

PTI Lawmaker Jamshed ud Din loses life to coronavirus

NOWSHERA: Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa minister Jamshed ud Din Kakakhel passed away due to the coronavirus on Wednesday, said the deputy commissioner of Nowshera. According to...

India’s coronavirus deaths jump 5,815, infections cross 200,000

NEW DELHI: India’s coronavirus infections crossed 200,000, the health ministry said on Wednesday, and a peak could still be weeks away in the world’s...

COVID-19 claims 67 more lives in Pakistan; 4,131 people test positive in last 24...

ISLAMABAD: COVID-19 pandemic claimed another 67 lives in Pakistan during last 24 hours while 4,131 more people have been tested positive to coronavirus on...

Haleem Adil alleges rulers of Sindh even devoured ration of poor people

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice President and parliamentary party leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan provided...