ISLAMABAD - Adviser to the Prime Minister for Commerce and Investment Abdul Razaq Dawood Friday said the country’s exports had increased by 14 percent to US$ 22.563 billion during July to May 2020-21, as compared to the same period in FY 2019-20. On a monthly comparison with last year, in May ...

The 1967 Arab-Israel war, to all appearances, tilted the geopolitical environment of the Middle East in favor of Tel Aviv, following a humiliating defeat of a three-state Arab alliance. The six-day war ended with a UN-brokered cease-fire, but only after Israel occupied the Golan Heights, Gaza ...

Pakistan Cricket Team’s captain Babar Azam maintains top spot in International Cricket Council (ICC)’s new One-Day International (ODI) player ranking. n the batting category, Babar Azam still on top with 865 rating points while New Zealand’s Trent Bolt is at the number one spot in ...

Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday that the progress witnessed on the construction of dams during the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government was heartening. Addressing a function held in in Islamabad in connection with WAPDA’s green euro bonds, he paid tributes to all those who were ...

ISLAMABAD: Bangladesh Skipper Tamim Iqbal has been fined 15 percent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third ODI of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League series against Sri Lanka in Dhaka. Tamim was found to have breached Article 2.3 of the ICC ...

UNITED NATIONS - India’s abstention on a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council Thursday that called for the establishment of an international independent commission to investigate Israel’s aggression in Gaza marked a decisive shift in its Middle East policy — away ...

Thousands of people were homeless Thursday after a cyclone battered Covid-ravaged India and neighbouring Bangladesh, killing nine people including four children. Cyclones are a regular menace in the northern Indian Ocean but many scientists say they are becoming more frequent and severe as ...

A ship carrying a dangerous liquid has arrived at the Gadani shipbreaking yard despite an explicit warning by Interpol. According to the details, the ship containing 1,500 tonnes of mercury mixed with oil reached the Gadani shipbreaking yard even though Interpol had issued a warning about it and ...

President of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA), Volkan Bozkir link, landed in Islamabad on Wednesday for a three-day — May 26-28 — official visit. PGA Bozkir has reached Pakistan at the invitation of Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, a statement from the ...

In eastern India, a powerful Cyclone ‘Yaas’ destroyed thousands of houses and forced the closure of Kolkata’s busiest airport. According to the reports, the Cyclone caused severe damage in the coastal areas and this is the second Cyclone to come in a week. Cyclone ‘Yaas’ caused dust ...