ISLAMABAD: Veteran journalists and members of civil society have expressed profound concern over the continued delay in deciding the applications filed by human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her spouse, Hadi Ali Chattha, seeking suspension of their sentences pendin...
WASHINGTON: A major change in the US immigration system is set to take effect on Tuesday, requiring international students to keep closer track of how long they are authorised to remain in the country. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ending the longstanding “duration...
The government on Monday increased the price of petrol by Rs4.42 per litre and that of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs6.10 per litre. Following the revision, petrol will retail at Rs380.24 per litre while HSD will cost Rs409.42 per litre. The government continues to levy Rs114 per ...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Monday claimed he was “abducted” by authorities in Lahore and later “thrown” by the roadside, a claim denied by Punjab Information Minister. “We were abducted, and then, when they received pressure from somewhere, they threw me b...
Pakistan Test captain Babar Azam is set to return to the country’s domestic red-ball circuit for the first time since 2019, with the batter featuring for Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) in the ongoing President’s Trophy Grade-I, the department’s sports head Farah ...
THE outrage against child abuse rages on. Sadly, state and society continue to bury their heads in the sand. All data points to the same bitter truths — most victims know their predators; incidents remain underreported; laws are rendered lifeless. Senator Sherry Rehman expressed ...
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that protecting women requires not only a shift in social attitudes but also the investigation and adjudication of domestic violence cases through a gender-sensitive lens. “To effectively combat violence against women, the provincial g...
Pakistan’s proposed tour to India for next month’s Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament is subject to government clearance, the president of the country’s hockey federation Mohyuddin Ahmed Wani said on Monday, after Indian Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann claimed that Paki...
US President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that there was a “sick conspiracy” against the leaders of artificial intelligence (AI) companies, amid calls from industry leaders and international organisations to slow AI development due to “unprecedented risks”. The development came...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis are more worried about the country’s ballooning debt and soaring electricity and gas bills than any other issue, according to the first-ever National Citizen Survey 2026 launched on Monday, which found a stark mismatch between public priorities and federal s...
LAHORE: Rejecting the Prime Minister’s recent petroleum relief package as insufficient, Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Monday yet again demanded the complete abolition of the petroleum levy. On Sunday, PM Shehbaz announced a “relief scheme” for users of motorcy...
Indonesian naval chief Dr Muhammad Ali on Monday called on Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, who reaffirmed Islamabad’s commitment to strengthening its ties with Jakarta, the military’s media wing said. According to a statement from Int...
KARACHI: Karachi Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed on Monday said she faced “threats” after disputing the findings of the first post-mortem in the murder case of young businessman Mir Raza Ali. She made the comments during her testimony before a judicial commission tasked with prob...
Haj and Umrah pilgrims, work visa holders and those planning to stay in Saudi Arabia for more than six months will be required to carry a National Database and Registration Authority-linked vaccination certificate from Sept 25 onwards when travelling from Karachi’s Jinnah Interna...
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Monday passed the Sindh Local Government (LG) Act 2026 (Amendment) Bill amid loud sloganeering and protests by members of all opposition parties. The bill aims to introduce key changes to the 2013 local government law, including allowing outgoing ma...
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday suspended Pakistan Medical and Dental Council’s (PMDC) directives ordering Afghan medical students to return to their country until the next hearing on Sept 29. A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon, heard the case...
Warnings from researchers at leading US artificial intelligence developer Anthropic that increasingly powerful models could escape human control and even lead to the extinction of the human race, have drawn attention in China, where policymakers have been preparing for some of ...
Leaders of the main Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh nationalist parties on Monday declared their right to choose whether to remain in the UK or not at a rare meeting in the Welsh capital Cardiff. All three parties — the Scottish National Party (SNP), Plaid Cymru in Wales and t...