Born in 1952 to a wealthy Pashtun family in Lahore, Pakistan, Imran Khan had access to quality education and a nurturing environment for his cricket passion. A gifted athlete, Khan played his first Test match for Pakistan at 18, marking the beginning of an illustrious two-decade career. His charisma...
ISLAMABAD: Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Pakistan's top military brass Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Wednesday extended "diplomatic, moral and political support of the Pakistani nation" to Palestinians, reported The Express Tribune.
They further expressed deep concern about the latest developments in the Gaza-Israel conflict as human cost has been...
Islamabad , November 14: Ahead of the general elections, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari took a jibe at Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif over his recent visit to Balochistan, advising him to concentrate on addressing issues in Lahore.
Notably, differences have occurred between PPP...
The session 'Future of Democracy and Independent Media' in Pakistan was organised by Dissent Today in Islamabad.
Senior journalist and former Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Chairman Absar Alam has revealed that as the PEMRA head he was asked by powerful quarters to take action against anchor Najam Sethi...
Islamabad , April 21: The relationship between "all-weather" ally Pakistan and China is deteriorating over the non-payment of dues by Islamabad, reported The Nation.
Delayed payments have been a recurring problem and have impacted the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) significantly.
Chinese mine operating company recently announced that it will be forced to cut...
Karachi , July 14: Pakistan’s Karachi has been ranked among the top five ‘least livable’ urban centres in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
On the EIU’s Global Livability Index 2023, Karachi is ranked 169th out of a total of 173 cities. Only Lagos, Algiers, Tripoli and Damascus are ranked lower than Karachi.
The Economist Intelligence...
On June 23, 2021, an explosive laden vehicle exploded near the house of Lashkar-e-Taiba co-founder and 9/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed located in Johar Town area of Lahore. Pakistan’s then Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi alleged that this incident was orchestrated by India’s spy agency Research and...
Islamabad , November 18: An accountability court in Lahore on Saturday acquitted Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and others in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme case.
Accountability court judge Ali Zulqurnain announced the verdict and acquitted Shehbaz Sharif, senior bureaucrat Fawad Hasan Fawad, former director general of the Lahore Development...
ISLAMABAD -- Two decades of Chinese lending to Pakistan totaled about $21 billion more than previously thought, a study revealed this week, while also showing that the cash-strapped South Asian country has the biggest China-funded energy portfolio in the world.
AidData, a research institute at William and Mary University in...
Caretaker Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar stated the obvious when she stressed that Pakistan will remain dependent on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for some time. Still, it is better than empty promises of never going to the IMF again, though those sweet nothings are expected from those who wish...
