Seven cities of Punjab will undergo a 15-day smart lockdown that will commence from today (Friday) and last till July 15

The United States transport authority has revoked the permission granted to the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to operate a number of special direct flights to the US, a spokesperson for the airline said on Thursday, as the fallout from the revelation of Pakistani pilots' alleged dubious licenses continues

Officials on Thursday warned that the next few weeks could be crucial in the fight against desert locust infestation with major swarms expected to be reaching Pakistan later this month from the Horn of Africa

The bill for Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2020 has been introduced in the National Assembly with the aim to 'establish an effective system of protection, relief and rehabilitation of women, children, elders and any vulnerable persons against domestic violence'

The World Bank is all set to approve $200 million of loan to help Pakistan fight off locust outbreak that poses a potentially adverse threat to the country’s food security, a top official said on Thursday

Sri Lanka's Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal to sign an agreement between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan to facilitate the exchange of sentenced persons except for those convicted of terrorism and drug trafficking

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has blamed the country's past military dictators for "spoiling" the character of the people

The economic zone of Bangladesh dedicated to Indian investors is set to avail $115 million under the third credit line from India. Md. Moniruzzaman, Joint Secretary and General Manager, Investment Promotion of the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) has confirmed to IANS

With 3,360 more coronavirus cases recorded in the last 24 hours until yesterday, the country reached another sad milestone of 1,75,000 positive cases since the outbreak began

An Uzbek militant group, Khatiba Imam al-Bukhari (KIB), with the release of two pictures has claimed that in a joint operation with the Taliban they captured several members of a public uprising force somewhere in Afghanistan

As the world goes through a recession amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India will play a leading role in the global economic revival

Graphics giant Nvidia unveiled a technology centre at the Indian Institute of Technology that will accelerate research in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its commercial adoption

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday compared Uttar Pradesh with Brazil and asserted that even though the Indian state has the same population as the latter, it has witnessed less deaths due to coronavirus

India's health ministry on Thursday said that there is no community transmission of COVID-19 in India but a "localised outbreak" in some geographical areas

In a quaint little village with tall poplars swinging gently in the summer bloom against the bare lofty mountains, 1962 war veteran Tsering Tashi giggles with exuberance over the thought that Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited his village just a week ago