Riyadh to invest $21b over next five years

PM Imran Khan drives Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. PHOTO: PID

Zafar Bhutta

Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power is also keen on investing as much as $2 billion in renewable energy projects

FM Qureshi urges UN to 'step in to defuse tensions' between Pakistan, India

Our Correspondent

India must be asked to conduct an open and credible investigation on Pulwama incident, says FM Qureshi

NSC convened as Pakistan recalls HC from India

Kamran Yousaf

Highest security panel to discuss worsening ties with Delhi

New deals with UAE delayed as JMC meeting postponed

The UAE, China and Saudi Arabia have offered over $14.5-billion loan package to help Pakistan meet its external financing needs during the current fiscal year. PHOTO: FILE

Shahbaz Rana

$3b deferred oil payment facility was on the agenda

Crown prince lauds PM Imran's desire for peace with India

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday. PHOTO: PTI

Our Correspondent

Mohammad bin Salman lauds Pakistani efforts to resolve issues with India as he concludes two-day trip

SC to hear Zardari’s appeal in fake accounts case today

Our Correspondent

Three-member bench led by CJP Khosa will review the petitions

Shiv Sena ties up with BJP for India general election

Reuters

The tie-up is a boost to Narendra Modi as he seeks alliances ahead of the May polls

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia agree to form JWG for oil projects

APP

Group to carry out feasibility study for setting up $11b oil refinery, petrochemical complex at Gwadar Port

K-P civil servants decry ‘NAB, ACE harassment’

Our Correspondent

Seek justice against officers who destroy honour and dignity of people then fail to prove charges

LHC to hear five-year-old blasphemy case soon

Hasnaat Malik

Christian couple contends they were framed by their neighbour, complainant

Life & Style

I want to treat patients but also want to pursue music: Hadia Hashmi

Entertainment Desk

Eight-year-old opens up about her all-time role model, childhood dream and family

Queen to perform live at the Oscars with Adam Lambert

Reuters

The legendary band is all to perform following the blockbuster success of biopic on the late frontman, Freddie Mercury

Pakistan

Sindh

Forget consumer rights, Sindh has failed to even make consumer courts operational

Sindh government has also not formed the consumer protection councils at the provincial and district levels

Punjab

Saudi crown prince visit hailed far and wide

Politicians, business people say landmark visit will open new horizons

Balochistan

Four more FC troops martyred near Panjgur

Two soldiers were martyred in a terrorist attack in Loralai on Saturday

K-P

K-P civil servants decry ‘NAB, ACE harassment’

Seek justice against officers who destroy honour and dignity of people then fail to prove charges

Opinion

Kids belong to everyone

Unfortunately, over the last several years, there are plenty of these harrowing pictures coming from Yemen.

PHOTO: FILE

Muhammad Hamid Zaman

The UN unequivocally calls the war in Yemen the worst humanitarian disaster of our time

Editorial

Cancelled talks

A ban by any other name

Contributors

Beyond trade deficit

Hasaan Khawar

Pakistan’s widening trade deficit and declining exports are often attributed to high cost of doing business

After Pulwama

Ozer Khalid

To avoid any future Pulwamas, India must grant Kashmiris a referendum on self-determination

Made for crisis

Hussain Nadim

The key for PM Imran Khan, however, will be how he aligns these foreign policy gains to the internal policy

Save the children

Kamal Siddiqi

The question is – can we do anything about this or should we just wait for the inevitable

The 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Shahid Javed Burki

Western media coverage of the event pointed problems the country faced as the Islamic Revolution reached its 40 years

A look over the shoulder

Khalid Saleem

Violence in any part of the world can under no circumstances be condoned

Trump’s military doctrine and its implications

Khurram Minhas

Trump’s domestic compulsions and military doctrine have drastic ramifications for its allies

Delusion in Delhi

Fahd Husain

A country of more than a billion people has blinded itself to the reality that India’s problem is not Pakistan

Pulwama attack and finger-pointing at Pakistan

Muhammad Ali Ehsan

State oppression and terrorism has been the name of the game in occupied Kashmir

Mental health: new challenges, new allies

Dr S Haroon Ahmed

It's time that psychiatry should be veered into mainstream healthcare

Need for agrarian reforms

Murtaza Talpur / Iftikhar Ahmed

Modern agricultural technology is used to improve the wide types of production practices employed by farmers

‘In the long run we are all dead’

M Ziauddin

Pakistan seems to have realised there is no future in choosing to remain on the wrong side of US

Sports

ICC clears Sri Lanka's Dananjaya to resume bowling

AFP

Bowler was reported over a suspect bowling action during the first Test of the England series in Sri Lanka

Featured

Uruguay's Indian cricketers searching for a permanent home

Cricketers spotted at HBL branches across Pakistan

PSL4: Karachi Kings trio involved in unpleasant incident

Conflict took place during the match against Lahore Qalandars

Barca lack sparkle ahead of crucial Champions League mission in Lyon

Coach Ernesto Valverde has played down the significance of his side’s recent slack displays

Sanchez's Man United form will improve with a goal: Solskjaer

Chile international has only scored two goals in all competitions for Red Devils and is no longer a guaranteed starter

Zola likens Sarri's Chelsea struggle to Guardiola's at Man City

Former Napoli boss is now the bookmakers’ favourite to become the next Premier League manager to be sacked

Split with Bajin not over money: Osaka

The German guided the Japanese star to back-to-back Grand Slam titles as well as to the summit of the WTA rankings

Business