RABAT: Morocco plans to spend at least 120 billion dirhams ($11.7 billion) in a post-earthquake reconstruction plan over the next five years, the royal palace said on Wednesday. A 6.8…
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Russia hits Ukrainian energy facilities
KYIV: Russia pounded energy facilities across Ukraine on Thursday in its biggest missile attack for weeks, firing what Ukrainian officials saw as the first salvo in a new air campaign…
LHC seeks arguments on plea challenging Elahi’s arrest
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) sought on Thursday arguments from parties on whether a single bench can hear Pervez Elahi’s plea seeking execution of LHC’s order restraining law enforcement…
Polls to be held in last week of January: ECP
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Thursday that general elections will be held in the country in the last week of January 2024 – well beyond the…
Shehbaz summoned back to London within 48 hours
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif had to rush back to London merely 48 hours after he returned to Lahore, it was learnt on Thursday. On August 21, the former…
Khursheed Shah demands level-playing field in polls
ISLAMABAD: Noting that former bureaucrats of the PML-N were inducted into the caretaker set-up, PPP senior leader Khursheed Shah on Wednesday demanded a level-playing field to contest the upcoming general…
Verified refugees shouldn’t be jailed: IHC
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has asked the federal government to establish a mechanism in accordance with Article 31 of the Refugee Convention, 1951. This mechanism should enable refugees…
Parliament made subservient to court, argues govt
ISLAMABAD: Raising serious objections to the Supreme Court judgment striking down the SC (Review of Judgments and Orders) Act, 2023, the federal government has contended that the judgment has made…
Rupee appreciates further to Rs293.88 vs dollar
KARACHI: Pakistani currency on Wednesday hit a new five-week high below Rs294 to a dollar in the inter-bank market, maintaining its winning streak for the 11th consecutive working day in…
Resumption of Thai Airways flights marks bilateral milestone
LAHORE: In a significant development, the Ambassador of Thailand, Chakkrid Kraichaiwong, has announced the revival of Thai Airways services from Pakistan, signalling a promising step towards strengthening bilateral ties. The…
Integrated planning to help resolve energy crisis
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Muhammad Sami Saeed on Wednesday said that integrated energy planning (IEP) would help to tackle the energy crisis being faced by…
سندھ میں جہاں جرم ہوگا اُس علاقے کے سردار کیخلاف کارروائی کریں گے، نگراں وزیر داخلہ
سکھر: نگراں وزیر داخلہ سندھ بریگیڈیئر حارث نواز نے کہا ہے کہ سندھ میں جہاں بھی جرم ہوگا اُس علاقے کا سردار ذمہ دار ہوگا اور اُس کے خلاف قانونی کارروائی…
ماحولیاتی تبدیلیوں کی وجہ سے پاکستان شدید مشکلات کا شکار ہے، وزیراعظم
نیویارک: نگراں وزیر اعظم انوار الحق کاکڑ نے کہا ہے کہ ماحولیاتی تبدیلیوں کی وجہ سے پاکستان شدید مشکلات کا شکار ہے۔ اقوام متحدہ کےصدردفترمیں ماحولیاتی تبدیلیوں کےحوالےسے اجلاس لیڈرزڈائیلاگ میں…
بلوچستان، فائرنگ اور ٹریفک حادثے میں 4 افراد جاں بحق
کوئٹہ: بلوچستان کے دارالحکومت کے علاقے دکانی بابا چوک کے قریب دو گروپوں کے درمیان فائرنگ کے نتیجے میں دو افراد جاں بحق ہوگئے جبکہ کوئٹہ چمن شاہراہ پر ٹریفک حادثے…
Sonia Gandhi backs bill to reserve 1/3 parliament seats for women
NEW DELHI: India’s opposition Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday offered unequivocal support to a bill reserving a third of seats in the lower house of the parliament and state…
Biden, Netanyahu to discuss Saudi normalization, Iran
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday will hold their first face-to-face talks since Netanyahu took power in December, with topics expected to include…
Sikh community protests against India over leader’s killing
LAHORE: The Sikh community staged a protest in Lahore on Wednesday against the Indian government in response to the killing of a prominent Sikh leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a vocal advocate…
US denies snubbing Canada over Sikh leader’s murder
In the midst of diplomatic tensions between Canada and India over the killing of a Sikh leader, the spokesperson for the US National Security Council, Adrienne Watson, firmly denied on…
Kashif reclimbs Manaslu, youngest to conquer 12 peaks over 8,000m
KARACHI: Shehroze Kashif on Tuesday reclimbed the 8,163-metre (26,781-foot) Manaslu peak in Nepal to officially become the world’s youngest mountaineer to climb 12 peaks above 8,000 metres, country’s official mountaineering…
NAB moves to revive graft cases
ISLAMABAD: To comply with the Supreme Court’s order of striking down some sections of the amendments made to the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) of 1999 by the previous government, the…
UN records torture, deaths of detainees in Taliban custody
The United Nations has recorded over 1,600 incidents of rights violations against people detained by the Taliban authorities, nearly half of them acts of torture and ill-treatment mostly by police…
Imran, others face sedition for May 9 riots
LAHORE: A provision of sedition has been added to the challans of all the suspects, including PTI chairman and deposed premier Imran Khan, believed to be involved in the May…
FSC to hear plea against decriminalising suicide
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Sharia Court (FSC) has admitted for hearing a petition challenging the repeal of the legal provision from the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) that criminalised suicide or the…