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$1bn Saudi assistance to reach SBP tomorrow, says Umar

Finance minister optimistic about reaching basic agreement with IMF by November 20

Updated Nov 18, 2018 07:40am

NAB law may be amended to allow court to grant bail: SC

In a judgement, Justice Khosa also recommends revising unrealistic time frame for conclusion of trial.

Updated Nov 18, 2018 07:43am

Govt completing first 100 days without legislative work

Salient features of the PTI agenda were expeditious merger of Fata with KP, bifurcation of Punjab province.

Updated Nov 18, 2018 08:30am

Regime forces seize last IS pocket in southern Syria

Air strikes by US-led coalition kill over 40 in another IS pocket.

Updated Nov 18, 2018 08:32am

Nawaz, other relatives meet Shahbaz at NAB office

Nawaz, Maryam, Shahbaz’s wife Nusrat and son Hamza, held a two-hour meeting with the leader of opposition in the NA.

Updated Nov 18, 2018 07:48am

SC orders Anwar Majeed, Hussain Lawai to be transferred out of Karachi

"These are very influential people; they cannot be investigated in Sindh," says CJP while hearing money laundering case.

Updated Nov 17, 2018 03:32pm

New London property belonging to Sharif family to be referred to NAB: Shahzad Akbar

Special assistant to PM on accountability says this property was not declared by Nawaz Sharif.

Updated Nov 18, 2018 09:00am

Police seek court's permission to exhume Maulana Samiul Haq's remains

Post-mortem is necessary to investigate the murder and to fulfil the requirements laid down by the law, police say.

Published Nov 18, 2018 01:09am

PM Khan to meet UAE royalty during day-long visit tomorrow

"Matters of bilateral, regional and global interest will be discussed" in the meeting between the PM and UAE prince: FO.

Updated Nov 17, 2018 07:52pm

CTD begins probe as CM Murad terms Quaidabad blast a 'conspiracy to sabotage peace'

Ten injured persons discharged after being administered first aid, two with serious injuries under treatment.

Published Nov 18, 2018 12:20am

Former police officer gunned down in Quetta

Muhammad Naeem Kakar was walking after offering prayers when unknown attackers opened fire on him.

Updated Nov 17, 2018 09:50pm

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PTI is struggling to bring the political volume down to a reasonable level

Both Pakistan and China have been caught in their own trap of CPEC sloganeering

Editorial: Were the prime minister’s controversial remarks simply carelessly framed?

Karachi's fallen Empress

Weekend grub: Is Steak by CFU in Karachi worth the wait?

Pakistan needs to learn from US media's unity in face of the CNN-Trump situation

Smokers' corner: How Zia set the rules

Don’t surrender to mob rule

Khashoggi murder: What we know about the Saudi suspects

'Are we invading Russia in winter?' — politicians, media react to PM's statement on U-turns

Tahir Dawar was no ordinary cop

Do we have what it takes to transform Pakistan into an industrial hub?

In Pakistan, the illegality of the rich is almost always glossed over while the poor bear the brunt

Ministry of IT and Telecom launches digiskills.pk to encourage e-learning

All courses are free-of-charge and powered by Ignite National Technology Fund.

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Taking U-turns is sign of leadership: PM

Imran says Hitler and Napoleon were defeated in Russia because they were not able to change their strategies.

Chief justice takes notice of GB tourism minister's 'misbehaviour' at Islamabad airport

Both Hussain and the arrival incharge have been asked to appear in the Supreme Court's Lahore Registry on November 17.

CIA concludes Saudi Crown Prince behind Khashoggi murder: reports

Saudi Arabia quickly dismisses the reported CIA findings.

Will wait for security protocol to disperse before I exit Lahore airport: President Alvi

Some time after this tweet, President Alvi leaves airport for Governor House with five-car protocol.

Indian poet Javed Akhtar, film star Shabana Azmi arrive in Pakistan to attend Faiz festival

The couple says they are overwhelmed by the warm welcome given to them by the people of Pakistan.

Opinion

Dreams and expectations

Muhammad Amir Rana

Both Pakistan and China have been caught in their own trap of CPEC sloganeering.

Ninety days

Cyril Almeida

PTI turned the political volume to maximum for several years and are struggling to turn it down to a reasonable level.

Rationalising water

Taimoor Akhtar

Structural reforms are needed to resolve provincial discord.

Child beggars

Madeeha Ansari

Children’s issues will not end simply with their removal from the streets.

Don’t surrender to mob rule

Pervez Hoodbhoy

A similar open call for murder and mutiny by other Pakistanis would meet extreme punishment.

Tahir Dawar was no ordinary cop

Abbas Nasir

Tahir Dawar was no ordinary man or policeman. He had immense personal and professional battles to fight.

Kashmir solution

A.G. Noorani

No settlement is possible without the consent of all three parties.

Editorial

PM’s defence of U-turns

The prime minister surely ought to have known better.

Media unity

A clear message of unity has been sent out by the journalist community in the US.

Sri Lanka’s lawmakers

OF late, some very ugly scenes have played out in the Sri Lankan legislature. According to details, the pandemonium...

Zardari’s oblique warning

THE tone has hardened, but the message is not yet clear. On Thursday, PPP supremo and former president of Pakistan...

Revisiting LNG price

THE Competition Commission is preparing to recommend to the government that it should renegotiate the long-term...

Lawyers’ hooliganism

IT seems that a section of the legal community in Pakistan is keen to exhibit how not to fight one’s case. The...

Sport

Boult leads New Zealand fightback against Pakistan

Business

$1bn Saudi assistance to reach SBP tomorrow, says Umar

Tech

Facebook says steep rise in data requests from Indian govt

Long-lost Disney film featuring Mickey Mouse's ancestor discovered in Japan

Yes, Mickey Mouse has ancestors.

Images Staff Published Nov 17, 2018 04:57pm

Aamir Khan reportedly working on Bollywood version of Forrest Gump

Khan is rumoured to be playing Tom Hanks' role in the film.

Images Staff Published Nov 17, 2018 03:41pm

Weekend grub: Is Steak by CFU in Karachi worth the wait?

It takes weeks to get a reservation at Karachi's newest steakhouse.

Anum Rehman Chagani Published Nov 17, 2018 02:02pm

World

Regime forces seize last IS pocket in southern Syria

Air strikes by US-led coalition kill over 40 in another IS pocket.

AFP Updated Nov 18, 2018 08:32am

CIA concludes Saudi Crown Prince behind Khashoggi murder: reports

Saudi Arabia quickly dismisses the reported CIA findings.

AFP Published Nov 17, 2018 10:57am

UN committee condemns rights violations against Rohingya

Approves a resolution with overwhelming majority; China, Cambodia, Laos and Russia among the minority that opposed.

AP Updated Nov 17, 2018 01:08pm

Photo Gallery

Chehlum of Imam Husain observed with due reverence across Pakistan

Data Ganj Bakhsh's 975th annual Urs begins in Lahore

Navy commissions indigenously built 17,000-tonne fleet tanker

In pictures: Pakistan votes in by-elections on 35 constituencies

Blogs

The 'clean-up' of Empress Market doesn't have to be this way

KMC would do well by constituting a rehabilitation committee to examine the scale of the loss and devise solutions.

Noman Ahmed Updated Nov 16, 2018 04:30pm

Women’s bodies and national honour in Afghanistan's cinema of borders

Women are wrought to personify notions of territory, nation and identity.

Ana Tomás Updated Nov 16, 2018 06:35pm

In Thar, who matters more? Coal companies or Tharis?

Tharis are subjected to acute precarity, all in the name of motherland.

Nausheen H. Anwar | Arsam Saleem | Vikram Das Meghwar Updated Nov 16, 2018 02:38pm

THE KISHANGANGA CONUNDRUM

Pakistan won a significant legal victory in its dispute with India over the Kishanganga Project five years ago.

Alice Peter-Bhagtaney Published Nov 18, 2018 07:53am

SOCIETY: THE DANCING SHEEDI GIRLS

Singing and dancing for money at festivities was the traditional vocation for some Sheedi women of Sindh. But it is

Alice Peter-Bhagtaney Published Nov 18, 2018 06:57am

CRICKET: PREDICTING GLORIOUS UNCERTAINTIES

Researchers at MIT and Columbia are using machine-learning algorithms to predict cricket scores. One of the lead

Muhammad Jehangir Amjad Published Nov 18, 2018 06:57am

THE ICON INTERVIEW: ASIM AZHAR’S LIFE LESSONS

He’s barely 22. But going from internet sensation to mainstream pop singer and budding drama artist, ‘Pakistan’s

Maliha Rehman Published Nov 18, 2018 08:56am

WIDE ANGLE: IDRIS IS EYE CANDY

Idris Elba named People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2018

Emily Yahr Published Nov 18, 2018 08:45am

THE GRAPEVINE

After a long, long time a music video has become the talk of the town. Yes, the reference is to the visual

PYT Published Nov 18, 2018 08:40am

Business & Finance

For CPEC, investors urge political unity

Broken promises cause businesses to fume

Chinese help in agriculture

Herald

Is the NAB law a discriminatory piece of legislation?

Why NGOs in Pakistan are at the brink of extinction

Can Imran Khan fix Pakistan's economy?

Aurora

Interview with Jehan Ara, President, P@SHA & The Nest I/O

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