EACH year, our universities produce thousands of graduates, but the promise of higher education remains unfulfilled. Degrees, once viewed as a gateway to secure futures, now often fail to translate ...

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has signed an agreement with Pakistan to facilitate free cancer medicines for at least 8,000 children annually diagnosed with the disease. The WHO and ...

THE introduction of afrak-themed number plates for vehicles in Sindh may seem like a cultural tribute, but the cost being imposed on the people raises serious concerns. The Sindh government has fixed ...

SURIN: An uneasy ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia appeared to hold on Tuesday, as military commanders met despite Bangkok`s allegations the truce had been breached with sporadic skirmishes.

LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday hailed US President Donald Trump`s involvement in stopping the war between Pakistan and India, calling it a `big diplomatic achievement` ...

KEYLONG: Just a few hundred kilometres southeast of India-held Kashmir, a new front over water sharing between Pakistan and India is emerging as New Delhi plans a raft of hydropower plants that ...

IN most middle-income countries, particularly across the Global South, it`s rare for households to receive piped natural gas directly into their homes. Pakistan is one of the few exceptions. In cities ...

ISLAMABAD: After four consecutive hikes, petrol and diesel prices are expected to fall by about Rs9 and Rs3.50 per litre, respectively, for the upcoming fortnight ending Aug 15, owing to lower ...

THE recent visit of Pakistan`s foreign minister to Washington and his meeting with the US secretary of state is being seen as yet another sign of fast-improving relations between the two countries ...

ORE than three months after the deadly Pahalgam episode in held Kashmir, the BJP-led Indian government is still struggling to construct a believable narrative in the midst of rising domestic criticism ...

BAJAUR/LAKKI MARWAT: Police repulsed an attack by terrorists on Thangi checkpost in Bajaur tribal district on Sunday night, officials said on Monday. They told Dawn that terrorists attacked the joint ...

LAHORE: The Punjab government said on Monday that a successful experiment for making biogas from biodegradable animal waste was conducted at Lakhodair in the city for the first time in history. Chief ...