16+ hour, 24+ min ago   (461+ words) • KP CM to visit deceased PTI worker today• Gatherings of five or more banned across Punjab• 23,500 cops sought for Islamabad security ahead of Sept 27 sit-in• Sanaullah warns against violence, terror threat The PTI had earlier announced a 13-city Punjab tour…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (638+ words) Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday announced a “relief scheme” for users of motorcycles, autos and vehicles of up to 800cc to “alleviate the burden” of rising global oil prices. Renewed hostilities in the Middle East, which have resulted in disruption…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (626+ words) KARACHI: All opposition parties in the Sindh Assembly have jointly rejected the proposed amendments to the Sindh Local Government (LG) Act, calling the draft law “unconstitutional” and an attempt to weaken elected local bodies. The parliamentary committee formed to review…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (432+ words) • Manama refuses any talks with Tehran until diplomatic ties restored• Senior Iranian official signals no deal will be signed at tomorrow’s meeting• Pezeshkian says region doesn’t need US as ‘policeman’ MANAMA: Bahrain will not attend Monday’s meeting between Iran and…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (875+ words) Sport is the new battleground in the streaming wars. But it’s not action on the field they’re tempting us with. Disney+ has signed a deal with Gary Neville’s football media brand The Overlap. It’ll host his Stick to Football talk…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (314+ words) Shafqat Ali Khan, Pakistan’s first ambassador to Armenia, presented his letters of credence to President Vahagn Khachaturyan at a formal ceremony at the presidential palace, it emerged on Saturday. President Khachaturyan warmly welcomed Ambassador Khan, congratulated him on his appointment,…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (431+ words) Saudi authorities said on Friday drones launched from Iraq led to the temporary closure of a crucial oil export route used to bypass the lockdown of the Strait of Hormuz. Riyadh has increased its use of the East-West pipeline, which…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (944+ words) United States President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would pay every American adult a $5,000 “Trump dividend” if Republicans retain control of Congress in November’s midterm election, an extraordinary attempt to persuade voters to back his party. Trump made the…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (387+ words) ISLAMABAD: Unesco Representative in Pakistan Fuad Pashayev along with Federal Minister for National Heritage and Culture Aurangzeb Khan Khichi visited the historic Pharwala Fort, Mai Qamro Mosque and the Tomb of Sultan Muqarrab Khan on Tuesday. Secretary National Heritage and…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (485+ words) LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has urged small shopkeepers and retailers to benefit from the recently introduced fixed tax scheme, saying that it has been designed to facilitate small businesses through simplified compliance, a one-page return and a…...