By Staff Reporter
LAHORE: Pakistan welcomed home its golden boy, Arshad Nadeem, with a hero’s welcome early Sunday, as thousands gathered to hail the Olympic javelin champion with rose petals, cheers, and tears of pride after his historic victory at the Paris Games ended a 40-year wait for an individual gold medal.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Arshad Nadeem etched his name in the stars on Thursday night, winning the men’s javelin throw final at the Olympic Games with a record-breaking throw of 92.97 meters, becoming the first track and field athlete from Pakistan to win a gold medal.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The military chief General Asim Munir warned that social media platforms are being used to spread “anarchy” in the country, as tensions escalate between the armed forces and online critics.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, said on Wednesday that he would apologize for the May 9 riots if supporters were found to have been involved, but only if authorities released CCTV footage of the events.
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ISLAMABAD: The parliament approved a bill aimed at preventing independent lawmakers from joining political parties after a stipulated period, potentially undermining a recent Supreme Court ruling that boosted the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
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ISLAMABAD: The military on Monday accused the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), a rights movement in the southwestern province of Balochistan, of being a “proxy” for “terrorist organizations and criminal mafias”.
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ISLAMABAD: Two judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan issued a 29-page detailed dissenting note on Saturday, questioning the majority verdict in the reserved seats case, which granted relief to former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has asked China to reprofile its debt, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday, as the country strives to secure a $7 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by the end of the month.
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ISLAMABAD: The headline inflation rate eased to 11.1 percent in July from 12.6 percent in June, the lowest level since November 2021, data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Wednesday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved a surprise cut in fuel prices, trimming petrol by 2.3 percent and high-speed diesel by 3.8 percent for the next fortnight, as global market costs decline.
