National

 Despite several delays, the Punjab government has finally fulfilled its promise to open a transgender school in Lahore after the one started in Multan last year. Provincial Education Minister Punjab Murad Ras on Wednes­day inaugurated the school in the Garden Town area of Lahore. The first of its kind in …

Sohail Ahmad Azmie At the cumulative end of both Operation Trident and Python, Karachi had suffered enormous losses. The sinking of PNS Khaibar, and PNS Muhafiz, and crippling of PNS Shahjahan, and the later damaging of PNS Dacca had a significant impact on the operational events in the Arabian Sea. …

Justice Ayesha Malik, the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, has been named in the BBC’s list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2022. In January last, Justice Ayesha Malik took her oath and formally became the country s first woman judge …

The Supreme Court on Friday declared a new deal between a Canadian firm and the Pakistani government on the Reko Diq gold and copper mining project in Balochistan legal. A five-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Ijazul …

More than one in five people employed – almost 23 per cent – have experienced violence and harassment in the workplace, whether physical, psychological or sexual, according to the first-ever joint study carried out by the International Labour Organization (ILO), a Geneva-based UN agency, Lloyd’s Register Foundation (LRF), a global …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated on Monday the refurbishment project of Units 5 and 6 of Mangla Dam aimed at enhancing its electricity generation capacity. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister termed the project a wonderful example of cooperation between Pakistan and the United States. He said the total …

Punjab Chief Minister Pervez Elahi on Sunday revealed that it was former chief of army staff (COAS) General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa who asked Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) to side with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) when the no-confidence motion was moved against then-prime minister Imran Khan. Elahi’s statement comes after his …

Pakistan’s second largest city, Lahore, has once again topped the list of most polluted cities in the world. The air quality of the metropolis was over 350, according to IQAir, a global environmental think-tank. Residents choking in acrid smog pleaded with officials to take action. Air pollution has worsened in …

Ahsan Munir Qatar invested billions of dollars in infrastructure to host the FIFA World Cup 2022. Thousands of immigrant workforce were employed to build the infrastructure. There have always been concerns and questions about the rights and treatment of the immigrant workforce in Gulf countries in general. Therefore, since the …

Dr Shahid Hameed In the last few years, India’s senior political and military elite is increasingly presenting an aggressive nuclear policy narrative based upon false and illogical reasons and pin responsibility for the indigenously driven problems in Pakistan. The same false approach led to the adaptation of new counterforce strategies …