An Indian court Thursday found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation for a 2019 campaign trail remark implying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a criminal. Modi's government has been widely accused of using the law to target and silence critics, and the case in the premier's ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board has banned international spinner Asif Afridi for a period of two years from all cricket after he pleaded guilty as charged for two violations under the PCB’s Anti-Corruption Code for Participants. For the breach of Article 2.4.10, Mr. Afridi was handed a two-year ...

JEDDAH – Pilgrims have been allowed to touch the Holy Kaaba again as barriers installed around the sacred place have been removed after the gap of over two years. The barricades were installed around the house of Allah in March 2020 to ensure social distancing between pilgrims and prevent ...

*ISLAMABAD:* The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Thursday, losing 627.95 points, a negative change of 1.55 percent, closing at 39,831.75 points against 40,459.70 points. A total of 157,992,886 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of ...

Pakistan’s Business Optimism Index (BOI) for Q3 2021 is the highest since 2019 and has continued to showcase substantial growth for the preceding three quarters, indicating a favorable outlook for the business community. According to Dun & Bradstreet’s ‘Business Optimism Index’ report, ...

Pakistan’s consumer inflation eased to 5.7 percent in January 2021, compared with December’s 8 percent. According to the data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, CPI inflation General, increased by 5.7% on a year-on-year basis in January 2021 as compared to an increase of 8.0% in ...

*The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has requested students not to take admissions in unauthorised two-year BA/BSc or MA/MSc programmes. * One or two universities have announced admissions for these programmes. While this will earn money for the varsity, it will not be in the interest of ...

Turkey has appointed its new envoy, Ufuk Ulutas to Israel. The move is seen as an attempt to improve ties with incoming President-elect Joe Biden’s administration, a news report by *Al-Monitor link *cited "well-placed sources". Earlier in May 2018, Ankara recalled its ambassador over violent ...

ISLAMABAD- National Highway Authority (NHA) striving for up-gradation of road infrastructure projects in the country has succeeded to complete several mega projects during the past two years.The major road infrastructure projects accomplished during the tenure of the present government included ...

ISLAMABAD- Prime Minister Imran Khan says his biggest achievement in last two years of government is setting Pakistan's direction towards becoming a welfare state. In an interview with a private news channel on completion of two years of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government, he said Riyasat-e-Madina ...