Across Africa, assisted reproductive technology (ART) is expanding at an unprecedented pace. Fertility clinics are opening in countries where, until recently, c…
A two-day international conference, ‘Act For Nutrition: The Emergency We Can No Longer Ignore’, is being held at Islamabad’s Serena Hotel on Pakistan’s persiste…
The year 2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Women’s March against extending the dompas to the black women of South Africa. Every August, the commemorat…
Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said on Wednesday that Pakistan remained “hopeful” despite recent escalations between the US and Iran and would contin…
Lesotho is two years into a national state of disaster: US tariffs have gutted its garment factories, unemployment has passed 30%, and its main trade lifeline i…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that he and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov had held talks focused on economic cooperation and agreed that “our …
Iran pushed ahead with strikes targeting American interests around the Middle East on Wednesday after vowing “severe” consequences to a fresh wave of US attacks…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday launched the process for a US dollar-denominated benchmark dual-tranche Eurobond offering with five-year and 10-year tenors, as t…
Apple changed the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on the web version of its Apple Maps following US President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will phase out Export Processing Zones (EPZs) and Special Economic Zones (SEZs) nationwide by 2035, under the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility c…
BISHKEK: The city of Lahore has been named the Tourism and Cultural Capital for 2026-27 by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The decision was announ…
The government on Tuesday raised the price of petrol by Rs1.08 per litre and that of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs0.51 per litre. Following the revision, petrol…
LAHORE: The Suthra Punjab Authority (SPA) on Tuesday launched an e-challan system to penalise littering at public places in Lahore, whereas burning tyres and wa…
KARACHI: National selector Aaqib Javed on Tuesday defended the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) controversial mid-series shake-up, saying the team’s inability to …
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Egypt on Tuesday evening, making a rare trip to the Middle East as both countries face the threat of US sancti…
IT Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja meets Abdullah bin Sharaf Alghamdi, president of the Saudi Data and AI Authority.—APP • Shaza Fatima Khawaja stresses innovatio…
LAHORE: Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abdul Kareem has said that immediate action is being taken to curb sexual crimes against women and children on …
Five security personnel, including two officers, and a Customs official were martyred during a “coordinated attack in an attempt to breach the Customs House” on…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said water was the “lifeblood” of the region and must never be weaponised, as he addressed a summit of the Shanghai Coo…
KARACHI: A police task force on narcotics in Karachi, in collaboration with a federal civilian intelligence agency, carried out an intelligence-based raid on a …
Britain’s foreign secretary vowed a tough response to “appalling” violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, drawin…
KARACHI: The judicial commission formed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the murder of Mir Raza Ali and possible negligence in the case on Tuesday r…
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution seeking an effective legal ban on social media accounts for children under 16 years of age. The resol…
A knife-wielding woman stabbed and killed two people in New York’s tourist-filled Times Square on Monday, before she was shot and killed by police. Mayor Zohran…