Opposition parties except Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have decided to field Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman for the post of the country’s president, sources told media on Monday. Maulana Fazl will shortly submit his nomination papers in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), sources added. Meanwhile, PPP presidential candidate Aitzaz Ahsan submitted nomination papers at […]

Last Week on the interbank market, the rupee continued to trade weaker against the dollar. Extending weekend losses on Monday, the rupee lost 23 paisa on the buying counter and another 22 paisa on the selling counter, despite dull activities ahead of Eidul Azha celebrations. The dollar climbed to Rs124.23 and Rs124.27 from the last […]

Two people were killed and 11 others wounded Sunday when a video game tournament competitor went on a shooting rampage before turning the gun on himself in the northern Florida city of Jacksonville, local police said. Sheriff Mike Williams named the suspect of the shooting at a Madden 19 American football eSports tournament as 24-year-old…

The accident occurred when two passenger coaches collided when one driver braked suddenly to avoid the donkey

Islamabad Chamber of Small Traders on Sunday said the country will need almost $9.25 in debt repayments during the current fiscal which would be a challenge. The amount needed to pay foreign debts and interest is almost equal to the forex reserves held by the central banks warranting foreign loan to keep the country afloat, […]

The PTI has nominated Dr Arif Alvi for the post

My mother keeps asking me why Maryam isn’t calling her, said Hussain Nawaz, the son of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. She is unaware that her husband and daughter are in jail. Speaking to the media outside the Harley Street Clinic in London where his mother Begum Kulsoom Nawaz is admitted, Hussain said his father…

Iranian lawyers will ask the International Court of Justice on Monday to order the United States to lift sanctions ordered by the Trump administration against Tehran. The lawsuit filed with the ICJ says the US sanctions, which are damaging its already weak economy, violate terms of a little-known 1955 friendship treaty between the two countries….