Rupee hits 151.50 in inter-bank market

Salman Siddiqui

Currency has weakened by over 7% or Rs10 in four days

Federal minister for narcotics passes away

Hafeez Tunio

Sardar Ali Mohammad Khan Mahar suffered a cardiac arrest

Market watch: KSE-100 gains on expectations about support fund

Our Correspondent

Benchmark index rises 191.56 points to settle at 33,442.1

RAW plot to sow anarchy in Gilgit-Baltistan busted

Our Correspondent

Indian spy agency bankrolled Balwaristan National Front (Hameed Group) for creating unrest in G-B

10-year-old girl killed after being molested in Islamabad

Interior Minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah orders authorities to take strict action against culprits

Polish army chief lauds Pakistan Army’s efforts for regional peace

News Desk

Lt-Gen Jaroslaw Mika meets COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa during GHQ visit

Authorities arrest 'facilitator' of Data Darbar suicide blast

Our Correspondent

CTD officials also identified the Afghan-national suicide bomber

Fake accounts case: Zardari, Talpur appear before accountability court

Former president Asif Ali Zardari with his sister, Faryal Talpur. PHOTO: EXPRESS

Saqib Bashir

Court adjourns case till May 30

Ministry of science prepares lunar calendar

The ministry of science and technology contacting Mufti Muneebur Rehman, Shahabuddin Popalzai and IIC for opinion. PHOTO: FILE

News Desk

Ministry of science to contact CII for opinion

Al-Azizia case: IHC sends notices to NAB, prison official

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif: PHOTO: FILE

Saqib Bashir

High court hears the case pertaining to former premier’s application seeking bail on medical grounds

Life & Style

Maulana Tariq Jameel calls for peace between Sham Idrees, Zaid Ali and Ducky Bhai

Entertainment Desk

Religious scholar says there's no bigger virtue than letting go of each other's mistakes

Mohsin Abbas Haider, wife Fatima welcome baby boy

Entertainment Desk

Actor-singer announced the news on Instagram

Pakistan

Sindh

Badin’s farmers approach SHC over acute water shortage

Petitioners claim crest level of Phuleli canal has been raised with mala fide intentions to divert their water share

Punjab

Authorities arrest 'facilitator' of Data Darbar suicide blast

CTD officials also identified the Afghan-national suicide bomber

Balochistan

Balochistan govt oblivious to people’s needs: opposition

Raisani, Lashkari thank people for supporting strike

K-P

Patients suffer as doctors continue OPD boycott across Peshawar

Partial strike seen at two hospitals; doctors due to meet CM today

Opinion

Bolton’s war

Hassan Niazi

The world cannot depend on the current US administration to make sensible choices

Editorial

Desperate for oil

Reviving the backchannel

Contributors

CPEC and industry relocation

Hasaan Khawar

Should we expect any Chinese industry to relocate to Pakistan under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor?

Exploring the solutions space

Muhammad Hamid Zaman

No one party has a monopoly on solutions.

The last Iftar

Hussain Nadim

Whatever the spin we may give it, some realities are more real than the others

Jab we meet

Fahd Husain

May 19, 2019 is the day when Bilawal Bhutto and Maryam Nawaz meet face to face for the first time

No endgame in Afghanistan?

Kamran Yousaf

Islamabad thinks that Afghanistan in all likelihood is heading towards a ‘civil war’

The death of decency

Kamal Siddiqi

We have to train our journalists better so that they can be more sensitive on what they report and who they report on

Art of muddling through!

Khalid Saleem

The transition from the aforementioned premise to the ‘art of muddling through’ is but one small step

Pakistan and Turkey: heading in the same direction?

Shahid Javed Burki

Direction in which the two countries travel will no doubt be watched in the politically-underdeveloped Muslim world

Can Naya Pakistan have a happy ending?

M Bilal Lakhani

Facts around Naya Pakistan are messier than the narrative being projected

Can’t afford another Bush blunder

Muhammad Ali Ehsan

Donald Trump may do well not to add his name to the list of US ‘war-making’ presidents

Protecting civilians in combat zones

Izumi Nakamitsu

Civilians continue to bear the brunt of conflict globally

You are changing

Farrukh Khan Pitafi

The strong undercurrent of technological advancement remains untraceable to your cognitive powers

Sports

Austrian motor racing great Niki Lauda, who survived fiery crash, dies

Reuters

Three-times Formula One champion suffered from influenza and had a lung transplant last August

Featured

Irfan Ahmed to become Bashir Ahmed’s first disciple to fight professionally

Top five underrated players to watch out for at World Cup

Qualifiers begin long road to French Open glory

Hundreds of players, including grizzled veterans and teenage hopefuls, have descended on Roland Garros for qualifying

Four Ligue 1 teams to play US exhibition tournament

Marseille, Saint-Etienne, Bordeaux and Montpellier will play in the tournament at Washington's Audi Stadium

Andy Murray optimistic about return to tennis

Scotsman whose ranking has plummeted to 218 due to his time away from the court, says he is pain-free

Galatasaray clinch 22nd Turkish league title

Galatasaray hold an unassailable three-point lead over Basaksehir ahead of the final round of matches

Semenya to race 3,000m at Diamond League's Prefontaine

New rules require women with higher than normal testosterone to artificially lower the amount in their bodies

Business

Market watch: KSE-100 gains on expectations about support fund

Our Correspondent

Benchmark index rises 191.56 points to settle at 33,442.1

Rupee hits 151.50 in inter-bank market

Currency has weakened by over 7% or Rs10 in four days

Total debt getting close to size of economy

Pakistan’s debt, liabilities have risen to Rs35.1 trillion or 91.2% of GDP

Over 35% development funds to be allocated for southern Punjab

Bakht says govt will form an authority to divert private sector investments to PPP mode projects

Vacant positions at ZTBL hinder loan disbursements

Loans to farmers drop by 28% during first nine months of current fiscal year

NEWS & ANALYSIS

Honda Atlas’ profit dives 41% during Jan-Mar 2019

Pakistan, Bulgaria to discuss agriculture ties

SBP jacks up interest rate by 150bps to 12.5%

Govt committed to boost private sector

World

Man accused of murder in NZ mosque shootings also charged with terrorist act

Reuters

An additional charge of murder and two more charges of attempted murder have also been filed against Tarrant

US to respond with 'great force' if Iran attacks interests: Trump

Reuters

Washington suspects Shia militias with ties to Tehran are behind a rocket attack in Baghdad’s Green Zone

Prayers mark one month since Sri Lanka bombings

Sri Lanka has tightened security ahead of the reopening on May 21, of some Catholic schools for the first time since the Easter bombings. PHOTO: AFP

AFP

Troops and police maintained tight security across the country

India's marathon vote ends, Modi on tenterhooks over second term

Most attention has focused on the BJP campaign to project Modi's strongman image

Le Pen seeks Macron's downfall in French European polls

The election will see voters across the European Union cast ballots for party lists

Saudi media accuses Yemen rebels of missile fire at Makkah

Houthi rebels deny attack

Eiffel Tower climber grabbed after sparking evacuation

Emergency procedures triggered by the man’s unauthorised climb forced an evacuation

Women bring light to remote villages on islands of Zanzibar

Life is challenging for women in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania

Pakistani expat becomes labourer after losing millions to Indian con artist in UAE

Asghar his wife and four kids have had to live with dire consequences following the incident

If Tehran attacks, it will be 'official end of Iran': Trump

We are certain that there will not be a war, says Javad Zarif

Magazine

TEdit: Khas

Tashfeen Arshad and Meerab Sikander play dress up with Khas's latest collection

After Hours: Ushna Shah

Ushna Shah gets candid

Toss Up: Shamoon Ismail

Shamoon Ismail answers our quirkiest questions

Style Anatomy: Zainab Raza

Zainab Raza decodes her style

One on One: NGents

We chat with the team behind NGents

Style 101: Pelago

Sona Rafiq plays dress up with Pelago’s latest collection

Roshanay Loves

Roshanay Afridi plays a round of rapid fire

Technology

5 reasons why Huawei users shouldn't hit the panic button yet

Tech Desk

No immediate changes for existing users

DHS warns of data threat from Chinese-made drones

US Department of Homeland Security emblem is pictured at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia September 24, 2010. PHOTO: REUTERS

Reuters

The US Commerce Department added Huawei and 68 affiliates to an export blacklist

Academic ecology’s contributions to the AI industry in China: report

The report goes on to affirm that 94 AI schools and research institutes have been set up by Chinese universities

China provides satisfying legal services via Internet

About 700,000 cases being handled online

Real-time flood prediction system announced in Japan

Soon to be available online on a trial basis

Retailer Amazon nears victory in rainforest battle over domain name

The company has been seeking rights to the domain name since 2012

Google is tracking a list of your purchases

You can delete history of purchases, but it's not easy

The last Iftar

5 reasons why Huawei users shouldn't hit the panic button yet

The man who would be king

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's restaurant chain collapses

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