ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) marked a major progress in its national air defence arsenal as it announced beginning the production of the state-of-the-art JF-17 Thunder Block 3 fighter jets, besides…
NEW DELHI: Talks between India and China have yet to make headway to end a standoff on a disputed section of their Himalayan border, India’s defence minister said on Wednesday, as thousands…
WELLINGTON: New Zealand beat Pakistan by 101 runs on Wednesday after a thrilling finish to the first Test in Mount Maunganui, where the visitors were just 27 balls from pulling off a…
LONDON: A new variant of the pandemic SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is spreading rapidly in Britain and prompting high levels of concern among its European neighbours, some of which have cut transport links. The…
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Tuesday hinted at an extended closure of schools across the province given the inflation in the number of fresh cases of coronavirus. Punjab School Education Minister Dr…
DUBAI: Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, 31, was convicted by a Saudi court on Monday on charges which include seeking to change the Saudi political system and harming national security.…
ISLAMABAD: Eight Pakistani nurses and midwives have been honoured in the global 100 Outstanding Women Nurse and Midwife Leaders 2020 list. The healthcare workers have been acknowledged by Women in Global Health (WGH),…
PARIS: France recorded its first case of the new variant of coronavirus, as the number of cases and deaths from Covid-19 mounted in the country, increasing concerns of a new wave of…
ANKARA: The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) of Turkey has shut down a website found to be a part of the Indian disinformation network against Pakistan exposed by the EU Disinfo Lab earlier…
NEW DELHI: In India’s most populous state, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is on a mission against “love jihad”, the conspiracy theory that Muslims are luring Hindu brides with the…
CHICAGO: From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab to hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information clung to Covid-19 as it circled the globe in 2020. Public health…
ISLAMABAD: A British broadcast regulator has fined an Indian channel, Republic Bharat, £20,000 for remarks made during a current affairs show that were “expressions of hatred” against Pakistan and its nationals. In a…
RAWALPINDI: 10 terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation in Awaran district of Balochistan, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Tuesday. The intelligence-based operation (IBO) was conducted by the security forces in…
LONDON: Countries across the globe shut their borders to Britain on Monday due to fears about a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, causing travel chaos and raising the prospect of food shortages…
ISLAMABAD: TikTok star Hareem Shah on Monday termed recently-appointed interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed as ‘brother’ and even advised him to tie the knot soon. Harim Shah has 4.9 million followers on the video-streaming…
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has tested positive for coronavirus and has gone into self-isolation. “Chief Minister Usman Bazdar will continue to deal with necessary government matters from home,” said a statement…
PESHAWAR: The leadership of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) is expected to hold a meeting later this week after a senior party leader held an explosive press conference calling party president Maulana Fazlur Rehman “selected”, a derisive…
