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Upholding sanctity of vote necessary for country’s security, prosperity: Nawaz

ISLAMABAD: Disqualified premier Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday stressed the need for respecting the ‘sanctity of vote’ as it was linked to security, prosperity and...

Reports of executions in Libya’s Benghazi alarm United Nations

TUNIS: The United Nations Libya mission said it was alarmed by reports of “brutal and outrageous summary executions” in the eastern city of Benghazi...

Tensions mount in Rohingya camps ahead of planned relocation

GUNGDUM: Tensions mounted on Sunday at refugee camps in Bangladesh holding hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims over an operation to send them back...

Somalia forces demolish thousands of schools: Amnesty International

MOGADISHU: New satellite imagery analysis by Amnesty International gives the first comprehensive view of how thousands of structures, including several schools, were demolished in suddenly forced...

Trump, ‘Davos Man’: best of enemies

WASHINGTON: A compelling clash of cultures will unfold in the vertiginous Swiss Alps this week as Donald Trump, just over 12 months into his...

Macron boosts Merkel ahead of crucial coalition vote

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that his ambitious European Union plans to reform the EU need German backing, as Chancellor Angela...

Hasan Ali: Emerging cricketer of the year

The Pakistan paceman has been rewarded for an impressive breakthrough year in which he finished as the leading wicket-taker at the 2017 ICC Champions...

Thailand: Military court drops royal insult case of over 17th century...

BANGKOK: Thailand’s military court on Wednesday dropped the prosecution of an 85-year-old academic who had been accused of royal insult for questioning the truth...

N Korea meeting to emphasise importance of sanctions, says Canada

VANCOUVER: A summit on curbing North Korea’s nuclear ambitions will focus in part on how to ensure countries fully implement all the sanctions imposed...

Daesh cells operate in capital of Afghanistan

KABUL: Middle-class Afghans turned extremists have assisted Daesh’s expansion from its stronghold in Afghanistan’s restive east to Kabul, analysts say, and helping to make...

Judea military court considers jailing of Ahed Tamimi until end of...

TEL AVIV: The IDF Prosecution and Ahed Tamimi, the 16-year-old Palestinian girl who was videotaped slapping Israelis soldiers, continued the on-going battle on Monday...

152 employees of Rawalpindi Health Dept deprived of salaries

152 sanitary petrol workers, inducted in the Rawalpindi Health Department on the directives of Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif for Dengue Program, have not...

$1.12bn worth of optimism

Pakistan’s main stock market closed northwards on Tuesday. The Pakistan Stocks closed higher amid institutional interest in oversold market. Investors took positions in stocks...

BOI woos North America

In a major development, Pakistan would sign investment treaties with United States and Canada this year which will go a long way to bolster...

Endgame in Afghanistan

The second in the series of Conferences titled ‘Heart of Asia’ was held in Kabul on 14th of June. The initial conference was held...

Dissolution of PA

The dissolution of Punjab Assembly is not on the cards. It is a false cry of disgruntled politicians. Dr Tahir Javed, member of Punjab...

Running on empty

New day. New demands for a bailout. This time around, it’s the Pakistan Railways. The sound of chugging you hear is not of a...