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Renowned scientist and Chairman of Prime Minister’s Taskforce on Science and Technology, Dr Atta-ur-Rahman said on Sunday that the clinical trials of the proposed COVID-19 vaccine produced by a well-acclaimed international company will start in Pakistan from this week. He said this while...

Shaheen Shah Afridi, the talented Pakistan fast-bowler, scripted history on Sunday, when he became only the third bowler in the history of Twenty20 cricket (and first Pakistani bowler) to take four wickets in as many balls during a Vitality Blast fixture between Hampshire and Middlesex.

A package containing the poison ricin and addressed to President Donald Trump was intercepted by law enforcement earlier this week, according to two law enforcement officials. Two tests were done to confirm the presence of ricin. All mail for the White House is sorted and screened at an offsite...

ISLAMABAD: Terming the opposition’s APC a bid to sabotage the country, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the corrupt mafia has gathered once again to try and harm the development course. The Prime Minister said the only motive of the mafia (opposition) assembling together for All Parties...

Popular video-sharing app TikTok has asked a U.S. judge to block the Trump administration from enforcing a ban on the Chinese social media network, according to court documents filed late on Friday. TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance Ltd., filed a complaint in a Washington federal court...

Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday spoke to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on phone and invited him to join the All Parties Conference on September 20. In a tweet, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that he spoke to Nawaz Sharif and enquired about his health. He said...

Amid continual tensions between New Delhi and Beijing at the Ladakh border region, Chinese troops have started a new move which is seen as "loudspeaker" tactics for a possible distraction or bringing down the morale of Indian forces. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) was seen playing Punjabi...

Prime Minister Imran Khan says there is a lot of cricket talent in Pakistan which needs to be polished. He was addressing the signing ceremony of agreements between PTV, PCB and cable operators regarding Pakistan Cricket broadcast and cable distribution rights in Islamabad on Wednesday. The...

Cavit Çetin Güner, who essays the character of Dogan Alp in Turkish historical drama series Dirilis: Ertugrul has landed in Islamabad in the wee hours of Wednesday. Guner turned to Instagram and shared a short video clip of Pakistani folk music and wrote, “Gooood morning, Islamabad...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Monday reaffirmed commitment to further strengthen their strategic relationship. The commitment was renewed during a telephonic conversation between Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir. Matters of mutual...

Pakistan is showing signs of business activity picking up at a faster clip, as worries about new coronavirus infections fade in an economy that contracted for the first time in seven decades. Evidence of momentum returning can be seen from growing cement-to-fuel sales and demand for home...

LAHORE: The police on Monday arrested a man named Shafqat, an alleged accused in motorway gang-rape case in Lahore. Shafqat is a friend of Abid, the main accused in the case. Police sources have confirmed that Shafqat has confessed his involvement in the motorway gang-rape case. The accused...

Prime Minister Imran Khan is all ready to welcome students back to schools as educational institutions across the country gear up to reopen tomorrow, September 15. In a Twitter post on Monday, the premier said that it was the government’s “priority and collective responsibility to ensure that...

Russia has sent out the first batches of the world’s first registered coronavirus vaccine to all parts of its vast territory, according to Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko. “The first batches of the vaccine for testing the supply chain have already been shipped. We are now checking the...