In 1997, Pakistan was the first country to be certified free of dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease) transmission. The elimination of trachoma as a public health problem adds to this legacy. This ...

RAWALPINDI: Pakistani passengers travelling abroad on a visit visa, particularly to Dubai, Bangkok and Malaysia, will now be required to have a two-way ticket with the same airline. In the case of ...

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday said that his government would welcome Chinese firms to invest directly in the projects of their choice or on a public-private partnership ...

TEL AVIV: Israel will launch a “significant retaliation” to Iran’s Tuesday missile attack within days that could target oil production facilities inside Iran and other strategic sites, US news website ...

The development took place in the first-ever Pakistan-Russia Trade and Investment Forum held in Moscow, becoming a landmark event in bilateral trade relations between Pakistan and Russia. Led by ...

ISLAMABAD: The government has extended until Oct 14 the deadline for filing income tax ret­urns for the tax year 2024. The move will provide an opportunity to people, who had not filed their tax ...

According to an announcement attributed to PTI founder Imran Khan, a protest will be held at D-Chowk in Islamabad on Oct 4. The plan was announced a day after Khyber Pakhtun­khwa Chief Minister Ali ...

LEBANON: Lebanon’s army is moving troops away from its southern border, a Lebanese military official said, after the US said Israel is conducting limited ground operations inside Lebanon. The Lebanese ...

PESHAWAR: Maulana Fazlur Rehman was re-elected unopposed for another five-year term as the emir of JUI-F, while Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri was elected as the party’s general secretary.

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday approved the bail application of Natasha Danish the driver booked in the Karsaz road accident — in a drug case against surety bonds worth Rs1 million.

NEW YORK: The Quadrilateral Group comprising Pakistan, China, Iran and Russia has called on Afghanistan’s Taliban government to take “visible and verifiable actions” to dismantle terrorist groups ...

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan on Saturday said it was well documented that India was not only committing state terrorism in held Kashmir but also abroad.