Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz and crown prince Muhammad bin Salman on Sunday reached out to prime minister-in-waiting Imran Khan and shared their hope to see a prosperous Pakistan during the soon to be formed government’s reign. Both leaders congratulated him on his election win and conveyed well wishes …

ISLAMABAD: Putting to rest all uncertainties surrounding the exact date when the election for the new prime minister and the oath taking will be held, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday announced that Imran Khan will take the oath as prime minister on August 18. “The PTI wanted to invite …

WASHINGTON: United States (US) President Donald Trump’s administration has quietly started cutting scores of Pakistani officers from coveted training and educational programmes that have been a hallmark of bilateral military relations for more than a decade, officials say. The move, which has not been previously reported, is one of the …

Nature is rich with treasure trove of wonders to offer. However, not all of its treasures are laid bare and some are not entirely understood for their worth and importance to both the environment and humanity. The glacial melts are the lifeline of the ecosystems that rely on perennial sources …

Patients have been requesting their plastic surgeons to make them look like their filtered Instagram and Snapchat selfies, according to a research carried out by the Boston Medical centre. An article published in the JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery journal calls the trend “Snapchat dysmorphia”. Snapchat, Instagram and similar applications offer …

KARACHI: The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) sealed the building of a private school in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal vicinity, citing that the building was illegal, the authority evacuated the building by forcing students out in the street. According to the reports, the building was built in violation of rules and without …

The devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok was “exceptionally destructive” and wiped out entire villages in the worst-hit regions, relief agencies warned as the death toll jumped to more than 160 on Thursday. Relief efforts have yet to reach parts of the island four days after the quake …

Canada plans to seek help from the United Arab Emirates and Britain to defuse an escalating dispute with Saudi Arabia, sources said on Tuesday, but close ally the United States made clear it would not get involved. The Saudi government on Sunday recalled its ambassador to Ottawa, barred Canada’s envoy …

The United States said Wednesday it was imposing new sanctions on Russia over Moscow’s involvement in the use of a “lethal” nerve agent in the attempted killing of a former spy in Britain. The State Department said the sanctions were in response to “the use of a ‘Novichok’ nerve agent …

The British-Pakistani actor Armeena Khan reacted to the British foreign secretary Boris Johnson’s derogatory remarks about the women who wear the abaya. Previously on Sunday Johnson had said that women who wear burqas “look like letterboxes” and he also compared them to “bank robbers”. Khan took to Twitter and stated …