<p>PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday restrained authorities from deporting a petitioner named ‘Quaid-i-Azam’ and directed him to appear before the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra)’s verification board.</p> <p>A two-member PHC bench, comprising Justice Waqar Ahmed and Justice Inamullah Khan, was hearing a petition filed by resident Quaid-i-Azam against the blocking of his national identity card.</p> <p>Advocate Saifullah Mohib Kakakhel appeared on behalf

<p>Visiting US congressmen acknowledged Pakistan’s “critical role” in regional stability during a meeting with Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir in Rawalpindi, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Monday.</p> <p>According to a statement issued by the military’s media wing, the CDF met the two members of the US House of Representatives, Ryan Keith Zinke (Montana) and Michael James (Washington), at General Headquarters (GHQ).</

<p>The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Monday kept the interest rate unchanged at 11.5 per cent.</p> <p>The decision was announced by SBP Governor Jameel Ahmed during a press conference.</p> <p>At the outset of the press conference, the governor said, “MPC has decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 11.5pc”.</p> <p>“There were several reasons for this, but I would like to explain some background: every time we hold committee meetings in January and

<p>In today’s newsletter: Across ​the country, a ​younger generation is turning private disillusionment into public defiance​ against a government that once felt untouchable</p><p>Good morning. As flames engulfed parts of France and Spain this weekend, in India, the prime minister, Narendra Modi, was trying to put out a very different kind of fire. Thousands of people arrived in Delhi on Saturday to demand the resignation of his education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. When <a href="https

<p>ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has set up a dedicated dark web investigation unit to track and prosecute criminals operating in the shadowy realm, to effectively counter threats to the country’s interests emanating from encrypted online platforms, officials said on Saturday.</p> <p>Housed in the state-of-the-art National Command and Control Centre (NC3) at FIA headquarters, the unit will use modern technology to overcome obfuscation techniques employed by criminals to ide

<p>A viral video of a Thai woman confronting a group of noisy Italian teenagers who exchange vulgar words and gestures on a Bangkok train prompted online backlash and an apology from Italy’s embassy on Saturday.</p> <p>The TikTok video, posted on Friday, was shared more than 28,000 times with the caption: “What nationality are they?? Is it time for Thailand to stop free visas yet?” In the clip, a Thai woman off-camera is heard repeatedly telling the Italian group to be quiet.</p> <figu

<p>Leaders of India’s youth-led “cockroach” movement said on Friday that the government ​has sought time until Saturday afternoon to respond to their demand for the education minister’s resignation over <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2017491">exam paper leaks</a>, following talks between the two ‌sides.</p> <p>The talks came hours after activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2016614">26-day hunger strike</a>, raising hopes that the two sides could re

<p>When Indian television reporter Dev Kotak went to cover a <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2017316">massive youth protest</a> against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2018062/indian-government-seeks-time-on-youth-protesters-minister-resignation-demand">government</a> this week, he planned to deliver a live broadcast, mill around and leave.</p> <p>Instead, amid chants of “godi (lapdog) media”, he was beaten by dozens of protesters, because his channel i

<p>Lib Dems call on PM to push for suspension of ‘bungled, malfunctioning’ system as overseas holiday travel peaks</p><p>Andy Burnham has been urged to lobby EU leaders directly to suspend the new entry-exit system, EES, as the peak weekend for overseas holidays begins.</p><p>About 2.2 million British holidaymakers are expected to head abroad between Friday and Monday, the majority to Europe, with all schools in the UK now on their summer break.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/busin

<p>US agency is to pay Canadian media company US$125m for use of investigative database to detect ‘immigration fraud’</p><p>A Canadian federal opposition party leader has called on Mark Carney’s government to block the latest data-sharing deal between US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Canadian media company Thomson Reuters.</p><p>Avi Lewis, the federal leader of the New Democratic party (NDP), demanded on Tuesday that Ottawa address the contract and further restrict Cana