GAZA: Save the Children’s Alexandra Saieh, head of humanitarian policy and advocacy, said that the situation for children in Gaza is now “absolutely catastrophic”.

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) as shares surged more than 1,100 points to a new high in intraday trade on Friday. The benchmark KSE-100 index climbed 1141.43, or 1.25 per cent to stand at ...

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday rejected observations made by the UN Human Rights chief regarding judicial independence, urging him to focus on his mandate instead of making uninformed ...

BAJAUR: A high-value target was among nine militants killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on ...

BEIRUT: Israel has said it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the heir apparent to late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah who was killed last month in an Israeli attack targeting the Lebanese group, ...

ISLAMABAD: Justice Yahya Afridi, who was nominated by a Special Parliamentary Committee (SPC) last night, is set to take oath as the next chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) on Saturday.

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan renewed its agreement with India on the Kartarpur Corridor for another five years, facilitating visa-free travel for Indian pilgrims to visit the Gurudwara Darbar ...

ISLAMABAD: Opposition members in both houses of parliament on Friday continued their protest over the alleged harassment of their lawmakers, categorically saying that they would never vote for the ...

LAHORE: The Punjab government has banned all public gatherings and closed educational institutions across the province. The PTI has called for nationwide protests on Friday (today) against the ...

ISLAMABAD: The 23rd meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government (CHG) of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) kicks off from today (Tuesday). The two-day summit, ...

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has validated the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Pakistan. Trachoma is a disease caused by infection by the Chlamydia trachomatis ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that he, President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir are on the same page for the political and economic stability of the ...