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PM Imran Khan posts rarely seen photo from 1984 on Instagram Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again taken to Instagram to share an other throwback photo from his cricketing days. The prime minister, who has a sizable following on Instagram (4.6mn) once again took to the video and...

Pak Navy to be modernised with Chinese warships and submarines: Navy chief Pakistan will acquire four modern frigates and eight submarines from its close ally China as part of the efforts to modernise Pakistan Navy and add to its offensive capabilities, its chief has said Pakistan will acquire...

Over 40 international navies coming to Pakistan for Aman 2021 KARACHI: The Pakistan Navy is holding its eighth edition of the annual multinational exercise ‘Aman’ from mid-Feb, in which navies of 46 countries are participating. Naval participants from European, Eurasian, Asian, American...

Long march to get PM’s resignation: Saad Rafique LAHORE : Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has warned if political engineering is done in Azad Kashmir’s elections, the results will be dangerous. PML-N central leader Khawaja Saad Rafique said this while addressing a function held in...

Pakistan v South Africa: Hasan Ali takes 5-54 to put hosts in strong position Hasan Ali took 5-54 as Pakistan ended day three of the second Test against South Africa in Rawalpindi in a strong position. The seamer starred as South Africa were bowled out for 201, having lost their last five...

K2 winter expedition 2021: Pakistan's Ali Sadpara climbs 8,611-metre peak Pakistan's Ali Sadpara successfully tops the world's second highest mountain, the 8,611-metre K2 Sadpara and Icelandic mountaineer John Snorri announced the K2 Winter Expedition 2021, with their bid in January...

Pakistan takes steps to boost bamboo production Decides to become full member of global body to balance out India's role Pakistan has decided to become a full member of the International Network on Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) to balance out the role of India in the body, a move aimed at boosting...

China builds 'Digital Silk Road' to bypass India for Pakistani internet traffic PEACE cable will drastically reduce the time taken to transfer internet data As part of the broader Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China is set to lay the final stretch of a cross-border fiber optic cable...

Babar Azam, Fawad Alam lift Pakistan as rain cuts short day 2 of second Test Skipper Babar Azam hit an attractive half-century and in-form Fawad Alam batted solidly to help Pakistan fight back as the opening day of the second Test was cut short by rain in Rawalpindi on Thursday. Babar was...

Pakistan eye rare Test whitewash over Proteas RAWALPINDI: Pakistan are eyeing a rare opportunity to clean sweep a quality opposition following seven years of long wait as the second Test against South Africa begins here at the Pindi Stadium today (Thursday) amid hopes that playing strip...

SC blames administration for worst condition of Pakistan Steel Mills Supreme Court (SC) has blamed administration for the worst condition of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM). While hearing a case pertaining to the promotion of steel mills employees, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed...

The most exciting election is around the corner as political parties prepare for the most important election in AJK since this will be the first election post the 13th amendment and this is literally the last fortress of N left. A loss here means N will be out of all assemblies in Pakistan so...

Misbah 'prepared to drop spinners' if Rawalpindi pitch unsuitable The Rawalpindi surface is historically much friendlier to pacers than spinner Pakistan head coach Misbah ul Haq has said he is prepared to drop spinners, despite their stellar contributions to the team's win in the first Test...

Educating Pakistan IN the old days of print journalism, some of us were trained to keep the self out of what we wrote. But as all rules are meant to be broken here and there, here goes. I did my ‘O’ Levels from a private school in Lahore in the late 1980s. Back then, only Aitchison College — a...

'Pakistan on its way to becoming a great nation,' says PM Imran in telephone calls with public Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday assured citizens that Pakistan was "on its way to becoming a great nation", saying that every area in the country had a special quality that could be developed to...

Companies can now apply for manufacturing mobile phones in Pakistan PTA has notified its regulations for manufacturers Companies can now apply for manufacturing mobile devices in Pakistan as the country’s telecom regulator has notified its regulations in this regard. The Mobile Device...

A JAN 24, 1978, story from an Indian publication talks about a proposal, conveyed to Pakistan by India’s then external affairs minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, to “extend Pakistan transit facilities to establish direct trade with Bangladesh and Nepal”. Forty-two years later, the prospects of a...

Plane arrives from China today with 0.5m doses of vaccine • Registration of citizens over 65 years of age to begin in two weeks • Minister says vaccination likely to start in Islamabad • Pakistan to get another 1.1m pre-booked doses ISLAMABAD: A special Pakistan Air Force (PAF) plane was due to...

OBITUARY: Hafiz Salman Butt — Pakistan football’s influential firebrand HAFIZ Salman Butt had an icy stare. He could leave one frozen with his gaze. Yet those steely gray eyes had a sense of longing in them, a vision unfulfilled, a residing pain. Salman loved football and wanted to see Pakistan...

Pakistan to be made into industrial state, agro-based economy: PM Imran Premier says government collaborating with China in learning newn agricultural techniques under CPEC SAHIWAL: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that efforts were underway to turn Pakistan into an industrial state and...