PESHAWAR: According to reports released by security officials on Thursday, 10 suspected militants were killed in air strikes carried out by security forces on militant hideouts in Orakzai Agency.The......
SRINAGAR: The chief minister of Indian-held Kashmir (IHK), Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, termed the waving of Pakistani flag at a Hurriyat rally as 'unacceptable', saying "it was illegal and could not be......
As per the report from Ahmedabad (12th April 2015), the uniform at the Shahpur School – where most of the students are Hindus – is saffron and the color of uniform in Dani Limda school – where almost......
Former Australian captain Steve Waugh says India's new Test captain Virat Kohli is not ‘mature’ enough yet to fill in the shoes of recently retired skipper MS Dhoni.Kohli took over as the captain of......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi not only kept the 8,000-strong audience of mostly Indo-Canadians roaring with approval on their feet during his speech of one hour and ten minutes at Toronto’s Ricoh......
South Africa's high performance coach Mike Horn has revealed that the Proteas were forced to make changes to the team during the World Cup to meet quota requirements which left the side ‘flat’ in the......
We're not sure about his cricket prowess these days, but all-rounder Shoaib Malik's Twitter game sure is strong.After his wife, Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, reached World No. 1 ranking after......
NEW DELHI: India's excitable news channels went into overdrive on Thursday on news beleaguered opposition leader Rahul Gandhi who had returned from a two-month break from politics after a series of......
ISLAMABAD: A high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the PM House on Thursday to discuss the latest developments pertaining to the ongoing crisis in Yemen was briefed by Shahbaz......
NEW DELHI: Cricket's Asia Cup will switch from the one-day format to Twenty20 next year with the format of future tournaments matching that of the subsequent World Cup, a top official said......
ISLAMABAD: Chinese President Xi Jinping will launch energy and infrastructure projects worth $46 billion on a visit to Pakistan next week as China cements links with its old ally and generates......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication on Thursday approved the ‘The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2015’, a bill criticised for......
KARACHI: The vice-principal of the Jinnah Medical and Dental College's student affairs wing was shot and seriously injured on Shaheed-e-Millat Road, police said Thursday.Police identified the victim......
You might have asked this question lately: where in the world is Sami Shah?The answer is: he's planning to take over Britain with a new two-part BBC Radio 4 series called 'A Beginner's Guide To......
SONMIAMI: A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Mirage aircraft crashed near Balochistan's Sonmiani tehsil Thursday during a routine operational training mission, said a report published on Radio......
Where do you go to find an old book in Karachi?The question was thrown at me by a friend who had already scoured the shops of Urdu Bazaar, the web of book stalls near Hassan Square and all the......
‘A real genius,’ is how famous author and playwright, Ashfaq Ahmed, once described Pakistan’s TV and film actress, Roohi Bano.Bano was the most sought-after TV actress in Pakistan in the 1970s and......
KARACHI: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan spoke to Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul Ibad over the phone today and shared details regarding the Imran Farooq murder case with him.Sources at the......
ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission formed to investigate alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections ordered 21 participating parties, including the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Thursday to......
TIRUPATI: Kanagarani last saw her husband when he left their village on a mountainside in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to look for work.She only found out he was dead when his picture......
DHAKA: Saeed Ajmal returns to centre stage after almost eight months hoping to strike early form with a remodelled bowling action when Pakistan open their tour of Bangladesh on Friday.The prolific......
RAWALPINDI/FAISALABAD/GUJRANWALA: Five more death row prisoners were executed in various jails across the Punjab province on Thursday morning while the execution of two convicts was halted.With the......
LAHORE: Zulfiqar Babar, left-arm orthodox test spinner, has replaced injured leg-spinner Yasir Shah in the upcoming three One-day Internationals (ODI) series against Bangladesh kicking off tomorrow......
TV serial Zid is turning out to be a complicated maze what with its characters facing dilemmas in multiple dimensions of their lives.Each character’s issues are enmeshed with others in their orbit......
In a string of commercial, light-hearted movies releasing this year, Wrong Number joins the club as the trailer promises some fun, mainstream cinema.The trailer starts off with Danish Taimoor in......
QUETTA: Armed men killed three persons, including two women, near the Pak-Afghan border in Balochistan's Zhob district on Thursday morning.Levies sources told DawnNews that assailants opened......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a stay of execution of six militants convicted by military courts, after a petition seeking a halt to the implementation of death sentences awarded by......
KASUR: The Allahabad police on Wednesday registered a case against more than 100 people, who were caught stealing electricity.A Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) team raided Boongi Marlay......
GUJRANWALA: Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officials arrested on Wednesday three activists of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), and one each of the Tehreek-i-Jafria Pakistan (TJP) and......
OKARA: A fake milk producing factory was unearthed in Renala Khurd and six men were arrested for allegedly supplying 100kg milk to the market daily.On a tip-off, Renala Khurd City Station House......
GUJRAT: The Punjab government under reported pressure of a strong group of lawmakers within the ruling PML-N from Gujrat has transferred Gujrat District Police Officer Rai Ijaz Ahmed who has been......
SHEIKHUPURA: Hundreds of Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority employees working on contract for 14 years have demanded regularisation of their services.They raised the demand at a rally, led by......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed the election commissioner of Punjab to decide within two days applications of candidates in local election in Cantonment areas who complained about......
KASUR: The Habibabad flyover on Multan Road near Pattoki was opened to traffic on Wednesday.The flyover which replaced an old bridge built in 1986 is 867-metre long and 26.7-metre wide. It has cost......
LAHORE: Chief Secretary Khizar Hayyat Gondal on Wednesday ordered speeding up the consultation process on steel-making from iron ore deposits in Kalabagh and Chiniot areas.He was presiding over a......
BAHAWALPUR: An election tribunal headed by retired district and sessions judge Chaudhry Abdul Hafeez has dismissed the election petition of defeated candidate Rana Irfan and fined him Rs500,000 as a......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Punjab president Ejaz Chaudhry says the World Bank report has exposed hollow claims of Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar that Pakistan’s economy is performing......
LAHORE: A large number of power sector workers took to the streets across the country on Wednesday to protest against the government plan to privatise profitable companies of Wapda ‘at the behest of......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) core committee member Chaudhry Sarwar on Wednesday said policies of the rulers are a threat to their own authority and that they should divert their attention......
LAHORE: The Lahore Arts Council, after a gap of around two decades, has finally bought its own sound system, that was used for first time during the Talent Hunt Show at Alhamra, The Mall.All these......
LAHORE: PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Husain has said Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan should not have acted in haste in giving reaction to the statement of UAE minister.“The language......
LAHORE: Dutch Ambassador Marcel de Vink visited the first pedigree Dutch dairy cows in Pakistan during a visit to Nishat Dairies in Kot Sarwar near Sukheke.Mian Mohammad Mansha, the chairman of......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Punjab government on a petition challenging sale of steroids for boosting milk production of buffaloes.A citizen filed the petition......
LAHORE: The City District Government of Lahore (CDGL) sought on Wednesday a case against the administration of the Convent Jesus and Mary High School, Durand Road, for allegedly refusing to get their......
LAHORE: After 10 years of providing technical support in restructuring the protection mechanisms and services of 35 Darul Amans (DuAs) in Punjab, the international development organisation Médecins......
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly members are seeking upward revision in their salaries plus the ad hoc relief allowances as have been granted to civil servants since 2009, and the authorities are......
LAHORE: A teenage boy, who was set ablaze allegedly by two unidentified men in Gulshan Ravi a few days ago, died in hospital on Wednesday.Nauman Masih, 13, of Nawan Kot was admitted to Mayo Hospital......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf secretary-general Jehangir Khan Tareen on Wednesday evening held a marathon meeting with senior lawyer Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, who will be pleading the party’s case......
LAHORE: The PPP has decided to field a ‘consensus’ candidate for NA-108 by-poll, Mandi Bahauddin.A meeting to the effect was held here on Wednesday with Manzoor Wattoo in the chair. The seat fell......
LAHORE: The World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) released its report on climate change titled Climate Change Adaptation in the Indus Ecoregion: A Micro-Econometric Study of the......
LAHORE: The election tribunal on Wednesday dismissed three identical applications of Hamid Khan, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s runner-up candidate for NA-125, seeking inspection of 25 more polling......
LAHORE: Awareness about the prevailing laws was vital for getting quick and easy justice, said Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) Chairman Dr Umar Saif here on Wednesday.According to a......
LAHORE: In what appears to be a case of “conflict of interest and corporate misconduct,” one of the members of the Board of Directors of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC), Mohsin......
PESHAWAR: Schoolteacher Saima Tanveer betrays little emotion as she recounts her family’s terrifying dash through war-torn Aden, dodging bullets and shells to reach the port and flee Yemen on a......
ISLAMABAD: All religious sects in the federal capital will pray at the same time from May 1, 2015 and all mosques will call out the Azaan simultaneously.The formal decision to adopt unified prayer......
A RECENT survey found that 17pc of our population fell in the category of special people, having different inabilities. They need social protection to alleviate their sufferings. There are certain......
THIS refers to the ghastly murder of poor and innocent labourers in Turbat. The act has been condemned across the board and many analysts have dissected the issue of security in Balochistan from......
I AM a government retiree and have filed many cases before the federal ombudsman instead of going to court because of high cost of litigation. What is needed?a. Immediate enforcement of NCHR with......
I AM at loss to understand why news readers of FM radio channels are so fast that senior citizens like me are unable to catch them.Do they broadcast the news under gunpoint and are compelled to......
IT is a matter of great concern that polio-team lady workers are being shot dead while on duty in numerous parts of the country. A few days ago two lady workers, along with a police constable, were......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has said that Pakistan’s decision to lift moratorium on death penalty will act as a deterrent against terrorism.“Lifting the moratorium is a deterrent to......
MUZAFFARABAD: Senior Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has urged the chief minister of the India-held Jammu and Kashmir to publicly acknowledge that it is a disputed region.“If puppet chief......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) requested the Supreme Court on Wednesday to stay execution of the militants convicted by military courts, a day before a 17-judge full court is to......
SWABI: Leaders of various political parties admitted in separate public meetings here on Wednesday that numerous political activists having affiliations with one or the other party are expected to......
LAKKI MARWAT: Police claimed to have rounded up several hardened criminals during a search and strike operation in parts of the district on Wednesday.An official said that the operation was launched......
ISLAMABAD: Thieves and burglars struck at five different places and made off with vehicles and valuables, police said here on Wednesday.In the first incident, some burglars broke into the house of......
PESHAWAR: A delegation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government, led by Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, called on Afghan President Dr Ashraf Ghani at the presidential Palace in Kabul on Wednesday.The two......
UPPER DIR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf decided to end electoral alliance with its coalition partner in the provincial government, Jamaat-i-Islami, in the district after both the parties failed to devise......
MANSEHRA: In a bid to end discrimination against them and bring real change in society, the Sungi Development Foundation, a nongovernmental organisation, is facilitating women, transgender and people......
PESHAWAR: Mystery has shrouded the murder of a forest officer in the broad daylight in Peshawar city.Sub-divisional forest officer Razi Rehman, a resident of Siphon Colony and posted in Kohat, left......
CHARSADDA: The Charsadda police on Wednesday announced they had arrested five killers of 10 members of a family in Tangi.The attack was carried out before the rising of the sun.The announcement was......
KOHAT: The alliance of the opposition parties finalised here on Wednesday the names of candidates for 90 per cent seats in the district for the upcoming local government elections.The tripartite......
PESHAWAR: The paramedical employees of various government hospitals in Peshawar division on Wednesday observed a complete boycott of duties and held a rally outside the Peshawar Press Club to protest......
PESHAWAR: The police department has cancelled leaves of its staffers deputed at the Peshawar university campus and asked them to remain on duty in view of security threats to the campus, sources......
PESHAWAR: Police busted a five-member gang of robbers and recovered arms, ammunition and the looted valuables from their possession here on Wednesday.Speaking at a press conference at Daudzai police......
SWABI/MANSEHRA: Rain and hailstorm badly damaged the tobacco and wheat crops in Swabi district on Wednesday.The hailstorm started at 5:30pm and continued for half an hour. However, the downpour......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court was informed on Wednesday that 22 people had been kept at Lakki Marwat internment centre over involvement in terrorist activities and five over links with......
GHALANAI: A gathering will be held at Ghaziabad in Safi tehsil of Mohmand Agency on Saturday to commemorate the services rendered by Haji Sahib Turangzai, a prominent leader of Reshmi Roomal......
MARDAN: Senator Mohammad Azam Khan Hoti, a veteran politician and leader of Awami National Party (ANP), passed away here on Wednesday. He was 69.Azam Hoti, the father of former chief minister Ameer......
Maria Toorpakai Wazir was born in South Waziristan, Fata, in a traditional tribal Pashtun family. Today she is Pakistan’s top squash player, currently ranked number 1 in Pakistan and 62nd in the......
RAWALPINDI: Ayyan Ali told investigators on Wednesday she never meant to fly out of the country with the foreign currency found in her luggage. She claimed her brother, who was coming from Dubai on......
ISLAMABAD: The National Book Foundation (NBF) has so far provided only 41 per cent textbooks to the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE).“I agree students should be given books on time, but NBF’s......
ISLAMABAD: Iesco employees, protesting against the proposed privatisation plan, on Wednesday threatened to discontinue electricity supply if their demand was not accepted.On Wednesday, they locked......
ISLAMABAD: As Carlo Ambrosio performed on Wednesday night, his joy was infectious. The audience in the capital was witness to the same love between the classical guitarist and his instrument, which......
ISLAMABAD: Regular rain showers, in the month of April, contained the surge of mercury in Northern Punjab and the federal capital. However, the Met Office has predicted that May is likely to remain......
ISLAMABAD: Uploading photos on Instagram and Facebook or sending emails or text messages to a recipient without their consent may be considered harmless online behaviour, but under the new Prevention......
ISLAMABAD: A man was murdered while two persons were killed in separate incidents, police said on Wednesday.In the first incident, Alam Shah was gunned down at Mohri Mira village in Rawat. According......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Wednesday passed the bill for upgrading Mohammad Ali Jinnah University (MAJU) to the Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST).The National Assembly......
RAWALPINDI: Police had to resort to firing teargas and baton charging angry citizens protesting against an army officer who had allegedly beaten up a motorcycle rider and a woman, who was his cousin,......
ISLAMABAD: Consisting of 19 short stories, social activist Zahid Abdullah’s book “The Wise Man” was launched at a local hotel on Wednesday.A large number of people from different walks of life......
RAWALPINDI: Lawmakers of the PML-N and PTI are busy campaigning for their party candidates in the cantonment polls in the garrison city, but in the eyes of their weak rivals they are......
ISLAMABAD: Following the orders of the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) has restored Shahnaz Riaz as director general of the Federal Directorate......
ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) conducted a raid at a hotel in the capital and seized Psychotropic drugs worth millions and arrested four men.According to the ANF, during the raid, 6,943......
ISLAMABAD: Last year, both Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah had agreed, in writing, to work together towards structural......
ISLAMABAD: The agreement between Iran and the world powers on a framework for a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear programme and the lifting of sanctions has posed a new challenge for Pakistani......
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the Sindh Rangers director-general in a recent meeting with him had brought proposal for the introduction of biometric system and......
HYDERABAD: Regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken action against eight stone crushing units on the Super Highway on Wednesday and got their work stopped for violation......
KARACHI: The provincial health department confirmed on Wednesday that it recorded a total of 182 dengue cases so far this year and all the cases were reported in Karachi.The figures shared by the......
KARACHI: Leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday demanded printing of ballot papers for NA-246 by-election in a printing press outside Karachi, claiming that the Printing......
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Wednesday set up a joint interrogation team (JIT) comprising officers from law enforcement and intelligence agencies to investigate the role, political association......
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has ordered the provincial home department to notify the famous Meetha Ram Hostel — once providing lodging facilities to students of the D.J. Science......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday threw out an application for urgent hearing of a petition of the wife of Moazzam Ali Khan, a prime suspect in murder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Dr......
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday sounded a little annoyed at the prime minister’s statement that all credit went to the federal government for restoration of peace in Karachi,......
KARACHI: An ode to Karachi and its environs best describes the book launch of Karachi: Legacies of Empires, held on Wednesday evening amidst the historical architecture of Governor House. The......
KARACHI: In the brightly lit conference room at Alliance Francaise, Shazaf Fatima Haider conversed not only about her book How It Happened but also on love, life and writing to a sparse turnout of......
KARACHI: Two eyewitnesses rightly picked out a suspect, allegedly involved in May 12, 2007 mayhem in Karachi, during an identification parade before a judicial magistrate here on Wednesday.Mohammad......
KARACHI: Turkish Navy frigate TCG Gediz arrived at the Karachi Port on Wednesday.The ship, on a goodwill visit (April 15 to 18) to Pakistan, was accorded a warm welcome and received by Turkish Consul......
KARACHI: It is heartening to note that Urdu literary gatherings are now going beyond the domain of the Karachi Arts Council and Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu and being organised by academic institutions in......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Wednesday claimed to have detained four suspects belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, who were allegedly involved in criminal activities ranging from......
KARACHI: A private bank in Korangi was stormed on Wednesday by four robbers who took away Rs1 million after overpowering the two security guards posted there, according to the area police.It was......
KARACHI: All compressed natural gas (CNG) stations in Sindh will remain closed on Thursday.According to a Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) notification issued late on Wednesday, the SSGC is facing a......
HYDERABAD: Power utility workers across Sindh observed a strike and held rallies and demonstrations at and outside their workplaces in response to the All Pakistan Wapda Hydero Electric Workers Union......
BADIN: A mysterious disease has killed around 60 camels in Kario Ghanwar, Tarai and Khorwah and parts of Shaheed Fazil Rahu taluka over the past three weeks.People engaged in the livelihood of......
HYDERABAD: A $25 million Humanitarian Response Facility (HRF) funded by foreign donors was handed over to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) by the World Food Programme (WFP) in......
WASHINGTON: With the laying of a wreath and a lone trumpeter playing “Taps,” Americans on Wednesday marked the 150th anniversary of the death of Civil War president Abraham Lincoln from an......
KIRKUK: Jihadists from the self-styled Islamic State group broke into Iraq’s massive Baiji oil refinery, seized some of its facilities and are hiding among fuel storage tanks, officials said on......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama agreed on Wednesday to give the US Congress a say in the nuclear deal he is negotiating with Iran, but warned that he would veto the bill if more conditions were......
LISBON: Iran’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that US President Barack Obama was ‘responsible’ for making sure that Washington respects a final agreement over Iran’s nuclear programme even though......
LONDON: Roman emperor Julius Caesar may have suffered a series of mini-strokes, explaining his dark mood in later life, according to doctors at London’s Imperial College.Caesar, who lived from 100 to......
BEIRUT: Poverty, gender discrimination and violence are keeping more than 12 million children in the Middle East out of school, despite efforts to expand education, the UN children’s agency warned on......
OTTAWA: Canada’s prime minister announced a breakthrough deal on Wednesday to supply uranium to India, putting behind decades of discord over India’s surreptitious use of Canadian technologies to......
NABLUS: Israeli security forces arrested 29 Hamas activists overnight during a major sweep in the northern West Bank, the army said on Wednesday.A Palestinian security source confirmed that “around......
ADEN: Saudi-led coalition air strikes hit rebel targets in and around Yemen’s main southern city of Aden on Wednesday as clashes with forces allied with fugitive President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi......
BOGOTA: Ten soldiers were killed and 17 injured in western Colombia on Wednesday, in a dawn attack on an army garrison that officials blamed on leftist FARC guerrillas.The attack occurred in a small......
WASHINGTON: The US military is well equipped to defend the country against cyberattacks but is not yet ready to wage digital warfare, a senior defense official told lawmakers on Tuesday.The......
NEW DELHI: Four complete human skeletons thought to date back some 5,000 years have been discovered in an ancient village in northern India, archaeologists said on Wednesday.Archaeological teams from......
TOKYO: An Asiana Airlines plane smashed into a communications antenna as it came in to land at a Japanese airport, footage showed on Wednesday, injuring 27 people in an accident with echoes of the......
PHNOM PENH: When black-clad Khmer Rouge soldiers first charged into Phnom Penh they were welcomed with cheers, remembers Chhung Kong, a teacher in the Cambodian capital during the seventies.Few......
HELSINKI: Finns go to the polls on April 19 in legislative elections widely expected to oust the country’s left-right coalition amid growing discontent over a floundering economy undergoing a painful......
WE have a funny way of talking about illicitly gained materials when it comes to the web. For instance, the nude photos of celebrities that flooded the internet last year were described in terms......
FATULLAH (Bangladesh): A brilliant Sabbir Rahman century guided the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) XI to a thrilling one-wicket victory over the visiting Pakistan in the one-day practice match in......
The World Cup is finally behind us and the Pakistan team has now embarked upon its new assignment — the Bangladesh series.After what Bangladesh accomplished at the mega event in Australia and New......
LAHORE: Leg-spinner Yasir Shah has been ruled out of the upcoming three One-day Internationals series against Bangladesh after getting injured in a practice match against Bangladesh Cricket Board-XI,......
NORTH SOUND: Jermaine Blackwood led some dogged West Indies resistance on the third day of the first Test against England as the hosts reached lunch on 234 for six, still 165 runs behind England’s......
Ex-players attend Benaud’s funeralSYDNEY: A private funeral and commemoration service attended by ex-players Shane Warne and Ian Chappell was held on Wednesday for former Australia cricket captain......
LAHORE: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has yet not replied to the Pakistan Cricket Board whether it is appointing neutral umpires for the latter’s home series against Zimbabwe.The PCB and......
LONDON: A controversial Arturo Vidal penalty handed Juventus a narrow 1-0 win over Monaco while goalkeeper Jan Oblak made a series of outstanding saves to help Atletico Madrid hold Real Madrid to a......
KARACHI: K-Electric began their quest for a maiden National Challenge Cup title after four years of heartbreak with a 3-1 victory over Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) on Wednesday.Having lost the......
HYDERABAD: Pakistan’s lanky pace spearhead Mohammad Irfan insists he is working intensively on his physical fitness and will soon return to international cricket.According to the left-armer, he has......
MONTE CARLO: Rafael Nadal is back on the clay he loves so much, and he looks like his old self again.Nadal, having a mediocre 16-5 record this year, got the flawless start he was hoping for on......
MUMBAI: International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach is baffled by India’s lack of sporting success and will meet the country’s prime minister later this month seeking more fund for......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) secretary Rana Mujahid has reiterated the stance that the PHF is ready for the audit of its five-year accounts – 2009 to 2014 – by the government.“The......
SARDAR Naveed Haider Khan says his phone lines are being tapped and his life is under threat.The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) marketing consultant is a candidate for the presidency elections of......
KARACHI: Karachi Port Trust (KPT) reclaimed their first-class status after 10 seasons by virtue of sealing the Patron’s Trophy (Grade-II) title after the final against Omar Associates petered out in......
HCP Stadium to have new astro turfKARACHI: A new astro turf will replace the worn out synthetic pitch here at the Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium in the near future, Sindh Sports Secretary Laiq Ahmed......
HYDERABAD (India): Ankita Raina and Prarthana Thombare trounced their rivals in the singles matches as India blanked Pakistan 2-0 in their opening tie in the Asia/Oceania Group II of the Fed Cup here......
KARACHI: Formidable National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) will start the defence of their crown when they take on Railways on the opening day of the 34th National Junior (under-20) Hockey Championship......
KARACHI: The recently-organised Green Karachi Sports Festival for the deaf children concluded here on Wednesday with Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui distributing the prizes among the......
KARACHI: The Red Bull Campus Cricket, a platform for up-and-coming cricketers, began in Pakistan and the rest of the subcontinent from Wednesday.The fourth edition of the tournament will see it......
ISLAMABAD: In a surprise development, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources on Wednesday ordered the oil and gas companies involved in liquefied natural gas (LNG) to treat domestic natural......
BEIJING: A total of 57 countries have been approved as founding members of a Chinese-led infrastructure bank, Beijing said on Wednesday, and Norway is included despite frosty relations over a Chinese......
ISLAMABAD: Commerce Minister Khurram Dastagir Khan said on Wednesday that Pakistan would construct dry ports at the Torkham and Chaman borders in order to facilitate bilateral trade with......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has constituted a 15-member ‘Consultative Group’ to help the regulator for development of capital markets.“The group will......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) posted a consolidated profit-after-tax of Rs716.4 million during the first quarter (Jan-March) of this calendar year, with earnings per......
ISLAMABAD: Export of services grew by 53.47 per cent year-on-year in February 2015 to $1.022 billion from $665.94 million, the highest monthly growth recorded in this fiscal year so far, suggested......
KARACHI: Stocks rebounded on Wednesday from a two-day sell-off as shares in oil and gas exploration companies and refineries rallied.Foreign investors bought stocks worth $4.13 million, placing......
KARACHI: The government nets up to Rs95 on a 50kg cement bag on account of 5 per cent Federal Excise Duty (FED) and 17pc General Sales Tax (GST) at maximum retail price.The high incidence of taxation......
SLIC, NIB sign agreementKARACHI: State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan (SLIC) and National Investment Bank (NIB) on Wednesday signed an agreement, under which the bank would offer SLIC......
FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank dismissed speculation of an early end to its ultra-easy money policy at a protest-marred press conference on Wednesday, saying its medicine is already fuelling......
LAHORE: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) has urged the government to introduce in the upcoming budget an export credit guarantee insurance scheme to boost SMEs share in......
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Pir Sadaruddin Rashidi has directed Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) to fully recover its......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is among the six countries of Asia selected by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to scale up investments in urban climate change resilience, especially for the urban poor, it was......
PARIS: The International Energy Agency (IEA) on Wednesday cut its supply forecast for non-Opec countries, citing downturns in North America and the “worsening conflict” in Yemen.The Paris-based......
Since it took power in 2013, the coalition government led by Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch mentioned in its budgets that it will negotiate hard for a substantial increase in Balochistan’s......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) approved on Wednesday an average tariff, for 30 years, of Rs11.3 per unit for the 425MW Nandipur Power Project, expected to become......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif constituted on Wednesday a four-member committee to finalise PML-N’s candidates for the next month’s local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The......
QUETTA: A 10-member joint investigation team (JIT) interrogated death row prisoner Saulat Mirza in Central Jail, Mach, on Wednesday.He is under death sentence in the 1997 murder case of Karachi......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a federal government’s petition seeking review of its Aug 22, 2014, judgment declaring the gas infrastructure development cess (GIDC) a fee, and not......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has decided to present its point of view before the judicial commission constituted to investigate allegations of rigging in the 2013 general elections.In......
LOS ANGELES: Former US ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter said on Tuesday that “Pakistan probably didn’t know about Osama bin Laden as there is no evidence to suggest there was a link”.Giving a......
ISLAMABAD: The Army Strategic Forces Command successfully tested on Wednesday the parameters of the nuclear-capable Ghauri missile.“Pakistan today successfully conducted training launch of Ghauri......
GWADAR: A driver of the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) died and seven other employees were injured when their vehicle overturned after being fired at near Panjgur late Wednesday night.Official......
QUETTA: The coordinator of provincial health department, Dr Amir Bakhsh, was kidnapped by armed men from Sariab Road area on Wednesday.Police said that Dr Bakhsh was going to the health directorate......
SIALKOT: The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) resorted to heavy shelling on border villages in Shakargarh sector on Wednesday which damaged several houses.According to a senior official of the......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif warned “foreign governments and intelligence agencies” on Wednesday against their involvement in the insurgency in Balochistan and announced continuation of......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan categorically told the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Wednesday to “come clean” in the Dr Imran Farooq murder case.Talking to reporters outside the......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office welcomed on Wednesday a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution imposing sanctions on Yemen’s Houthi militia and former ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh and called for......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) appeared before the judicial commission on Wednesday, the last day set for submission of evidence of malpractice in the 2013 general elections. However,......
Traffic in the Afghan capital is chaotic. With traffic lights either non-existent or out of order, meandering through traffic jams can be nerve-wrecking.Everyone at the wheels seems to be in a rush,......
On the surface, all seems well: there is no doubt that laws referring to cybercrime require being formulated. The issue has been with us for several years, the 2007 Pakistan Electronic Crime......
To say that Pakistan is a gun-friendly country would be stating the obvious. The number of firearms owned by civilians here, both legal and otherwise, is estimated to be at least 18,000,000, which......
MUCH has been written about the ban on the LUMS event (to which the writer was invited as a speaker) about the Balochistan situation and more needs to be said about this extraordinary affair as it......
Why should Pakistan commit itself to the defence of the territorial integrity of Saudi Arabia? Is there a treaty framework that obliges us to do so? Or is it simply out of a sense of obligation......
The snail-paced poll reform committee is focusing only on the election-holding process. Admittedly, this is the most contentious part of poll reforms since election-holding problems can precipitate......
The aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo Paris attack reignited the debate around freedom of expression. Numerous conversations ensued on the horror of the attack, the condemnations it elicited, the debate......
PARIS: Luis Suarez hit a brilliant second-half double as Barcelona appeared to end Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League dream for another year with a 3-1 quarter-final, first leg win at the Parc......
OTTAWA: Canada's prime minister announced a breakthrough deal Wednesday to supply uranium to India for electricity generation, putting behind decades of discord over India's surreptitious use of......
