KARACHI: The stage is all set for the most-anticipated political contest in Pakistan's commercial hub, which some analysts say could give a new direction to the city's politics. By-election in NA-246......
QUETTA: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Quetta, hearing Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti’s murder case, exempted former president Pervez Musharraf from appearing in court for Wednesday’s......
Atif Aslam has cancelled a concert scheduled for April 25 in Pune, India after having received threats from extremist outfit Shiv Sena, reported NDTV.According to NDTV, Shiv Sena had threatened to......
NEW DELHI: A farmer hanged himself in front of hundreds of protesters gathered in the centre of the Indian capital New Delhi on Wednesday to rally against the government's contentious reform of land......
Pakistani education activist Malala Yousufzai and filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy made it to The New York Time's Women of Impact list this month, as the Times' celebrated 50 women who have made the......
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Karachi on Wednesday accepted charges pressed by police against 16 men said to be affiliated with Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) who were arrested during the......
CAIRO/SANAA: Houthi rebels in Yemen on Wednesday demanded a complete end to attacks by a Saudi-led coalition and sought United Nations-sponsored talks, a day after the coalition declared an end to......
PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended three Returning Officers in Khyber Pakthunkhwa for negligence of duties regarding municipal elections.According to information obtained......
Consider it Pakistan’s Marshall Plan. China’s $46 billion infrastructure spending is a once-in-a-lifetime development opportunity, which can put Pakistan on the path to development and......
KARACHI: A five-year-old girl was killed and a man was injured Wednesday when unknown persons hurled a hand-grenade at a residential compound near Karachi's Lyari Town office.Two women also sustained......
NEW DELHI: War-ravaged Afghanistan is seeking a home ground for its fledgling national cricket team in neighbouring India, powerhouse of the sport, a top official said Wednesday.President Ashraf......
KARACHI: Zulfiqar Mirza accused former president Asif Ali Zardari of laundering money through super model Ayyan Ali, and called for the formation of a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to investigate......
ISLAMABAD: PM Nawaz chaired a high-level consultative meeting on the latest situation in Yemen on Wednesday, during which it was decided that the premier will visit Saudi Arabia on a day-long visit......
ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties including Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) moved motions on Wednesday to vacatethe seats of 28 Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) members of......
Today marks the fourth death anniversary of the multifaceted actor and comedian Moin Akhtar, whose roles still resonate deeply with people.Born on December 24, 1950 Moin Akhtar entered the......
ISLAMABAD: Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) during Wednesday's session slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the cricket team for what they called an abysmal performance during the......
NEW DELHI: India's government took Al Jazeera news channel off the air on Wednesday for five days after officials insisted it had repeatedly shown wrong maps of disputed Kashmir.Al Jazeera in India......
LAHORE/SAHIWAL/BAHAWALPUR: Four condemned prisoners were sent to the gallows on Wednesday morning in various cities across Pakistan.Two convicts — Rizwan and Moazzam Khan — were hanged in Lahore's......
"I was young and stranded and had left my job as a mechanic. I did not know what to do, but a quiet voice was always whispering to me, 'Whatever you do, make sure it is grand.'" —Moin AkhtarSeptember......
PESHAWAR: Seven security personnel were injured during a clash in South Waziristan on Tuesday night.According to a security official, militants attacked a checkpost in Ladha Tehsil's area of Ziarat......
Ever since the charges levied against fashion model Ayaan Ali made it to news, it appears similar allegations have become quite a trend. The latest celebrity to fall prey to this is popular actor and......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Wednesday said Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad whose political career shares a long history with the party was no longer affiliated with......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday welcomed Saudi Arabia's announcement on the end of the kingdom-led military operation in Yemen.“This will pave the way for a political solution of the crisis in......
WASHINGTON: Facebook said Tuesday it was reconfiguring its News Feed, in a move aimed at giving people more information about what is happening to “the friends you care about.The world's biggest......
NEW DELHI: A village council in northern India allegedly ordered a woman, whose husband ran off with their neighbour's wife, to live with the abandoned man or pay him compensation, police said......
LAHORE: Paceman Imran Khan has been called up to replace the injured Sohail Khan for the two-match Test series against Bangladesh.“After consulting fellow selectors and having sought Chairman PCB,......
LONDON: South Africa Test captain Hashim Amla will join Derbyshire next month for three T20 Blast fixtures and two County Championship matches, the English club announced on Tuesday.Amla, 31, will......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s cricket authorities said on Tuesday they are shocked by the governing body International Cricket Council (ICC)’s decision to withhold a financial grant because of a dispute over......
LONDON: Kevin Pietersen admitted to being ‘flattered’ at the interest shown in him by Steve Waugh after the Australia great told England to steer clear of giving the controversial batsman a Test......
LONDON: If beating Atletico Madrid wasn’t hard enough for Real Madrid, the defending champions must now find a way to better their cross-town rivals in the Champions League without four of their most......
LONDON: India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara opened his account for Yorkshire with a half-century that helped the county champions fight back on the second day of their First Division fixture away to......
BARCELONA: Marc Granollers of Spain eased past Marinko Matosevic of Bosnia 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of the Barcelona Open on Monday.Granollers will play sixth-seeded Jo-Wilfred Tsonga in the next......
LONDON: China’s Ding Junhui suffered a bizarre lapse of concentration which ended his chance of a rare maximum 147 break at the world snooker championship on Tuesday.Trailing 5-3 to Mark Davis, Ding......
SOCHI: Russia’s sports doping rate is no worse than in other European countries and it has made a ‘colossal’ effort to catch cheats, the country’s sports minister said on Tuesday.Vitaly Mutko said in......
SOCHI: The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) has suspended links with SportAccord following the organisation’s scathing criticism of the International Olympic Committee......
KARACHI: Debutant Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) survived a scare before inflicting a solitary goal victory over a fighting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa side and booked themselves a place in the semi-final of......
KARACHI: Punjab Football Association (PFA) president Sardar Naveed Haider says he’s ready to defend his seat at any forum, claiming that he was elected in a fair and democratic manner.Sardar Naveed......
LAHORE: Sport Board Punjab (SBP) on Tuesday offered the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) to invite foreign teams to Pakistan with SBP director general promising to bear all related expenditures......
Indus University, Pimsat triumph in Campus CricketKARACHI: Two more matches were decided on Tuesday in the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2015 edition.The first match took place at the IBA Ground where......
KARACHI: Pakistan cueists have vowed to do the nation proud by winning the title in the 31st Asian Snooker Championship which will be played at Kuala Lumpur from April 23 to 30.“We’ve gone through......
LAHORE: Fine batting by Indrajeet Yadav and later good bowling by Vipul Patel (3-25) helped India beat Sri Lanka by 18 runs in the first match of the first T20 Asia Deaf Cricket Cup match at the LCCA......
KARACHI: Holders K-Electric survived a big scare before sealing a narrow two-wicket win over Medicam Group on the opening day of the final-round fixtures in the 20th Hinopak Trophy KCCA......
KARACHI: A second-half hat-trick by Hassan Faiz saw Pakistan Navy to a 3-1 victory over Ashraf Sugar Mills (ASM) on Tuesday and into the quarter-finals of the NBP Challenge Cup underway in......
DHAKA: Wonder if Pakistan ever imagined themselves in this situation before their flight to Dhaka: staring at the possibility of being whitewashed by Bangladesh in an One-day International (ODI)......
LAHORE: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday confirmed that Mohammad Hafeez and Javeria Khan’s actions were cleared following remedial work and retests, stating that both Pakistan......
ST GEORGE’S (Grenada): England removed both West Indies’ opening batsmen before lunch after rain delayed the start of the second Test here on Tuesday.In the one hour of play, West Indies reached 36......
KARACHI: Disgraced former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt said on Tuesday he was due to appear before the anti-corruption unit of the game’s governing body next week to try to have his spot-fixing......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government is expected to allocate Rs575 billion for the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) and increase salary and pension of its employees by about 10 per cent in the......
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has floated an inquiry into the fare mechanism of the intercity transport companies and has sent ‘calling for information’ notices to three......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue witnessed Rs8 billion decline in sales tax collection from petroleum products during the first half of this fiscal year from a year ago because of lower oil......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has asked the Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) toThis was said by SECP Chairman Zafar Hijazi, during his visit to the ISE here on......
KARACHI: Muhammad Aliuddin Ansari, President and Chief Executive Officer of Engro Corporation Limited, announced on Tuesday his decision to step down from his post effective May 11, 2015.The......
WASHINGTON: The 12-nation Pacific trade pact would create nearly a quarter of a million US jobs due to increased foreign investment in the United States, a business group estimated on Monday, in the......
KARACHI: The four-day rally at the stock market that saw the KSE-100 index gain 3.7 per cent came to a halt on Tuesday as the index shed 268.87 points, or 0.81pc, to close at 33,035.77.Profit-taking......
MOSCOW: Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday estimated that the Russian economy shrank by 2 per cent in the first quarter due to sanctions pressure and low oil prices.If confirmed, that would be......
Credit Suisse profits jumpZURICH: Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse said Tuesday a strong performance by its investment banking unit helped first quarter net profit rise by 23 per cent to 1.05......
ISLAMABAD: The International Finance Corporation (IFC), an affiliate of the World Bank, has announced to make equity investment of up to $75 million in Habib Bank Ltd (HBL) through purchase of......
LONDON: Global regulators have jettisoned a string of national “waivers” from bank capital rules to help restore credibility in benchmark ratios published by lenders.Regulators have found wide......
KARACHI: Strong buying from spinners kept prices high on the cotton market on Tuesday. However, short supply and ginners’ reluctance to dispose of stocks at prevailing prices kept activity......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures extended their gains into a third session and rose to the highest in nearly two weeks on Tuesday as the ringgit retreated, while a promising technical outlook......
BERLIN: A Greek exit from the eurozone would carry significant risks for the global economy and no one should be under the impression that financial markets have fully priced in such an event, the......
BRUSSELS: Poland will commit $8.7bn as part of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s plan to boost economic growth, the EU said on Tuesday.The EU’s proposed 315bn euro investment plan......
NEW YORK: The European Union’s antitrust probe into Google sparked a big rally in Russian search engine Yandex NV last week, even though the “Russian Google” still faces significant challenges,......
KARACHI: Expressing concerns over not inviting any of the local or international organisations to observe the NA-246 by-election, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has demanded that the Election......
KARACHI: Accusing the Election Commission of Pakistan of ‘favouring’ its rival political party in the NA-246 by-election, the Jamaat-i-Islami said on Tuesday that the ECP did not take a single step......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court extended on Tuesday the physical remand of eight policemen in a kidnapping for ransom case and asked a senior police officer to provide security to the......
KARACHI: Some 2,477 voters — 1,435 male and 1,042 female — will elect their two representatives in the Cantonment Board Manora (CBM) during the local government elections to be held on April 25.In......
KARACHI: The Sindh emergency operation centre (EOC) claimed on Tuesday that there had been a significant improvement in polio environmental samples in Karachi and for the first time in three years......
KARACHI: Provincial Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon on Tuesday submitted in the Sindh High Court his response on a petition seeking his disqualification for allegedly giving contemptuous......
HYDERABAD: The Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit bench comprising Justices Mohammad Ali Mazhar and Shoukat Ali Memon on Tuesday directed the additional advocate-general (AAG) to ensure presence of......
SUKKUR: While protests by wheat growers continue in various parts of Sindh against non-supply of gunny bags (bardana), the court of first additional sessions judge of Ghotki has ordered Khanpur Mahar......
KARACHI: A woman and her sons were killed when a fast-moving dumper truck ran over them while they were walking on the footpath in the Mochko area on Tuesday, according to police.They added that Saba......
HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit bench comprising Justices Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Shoukat Ali Memon, after taking the consent of contesting parties on Tuesday,......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court handed down on Tuesday a collective sentence of 25 years to five men in an encounter and attempted murder cases.Mohammad Irfan, Shahabuddin, Shahzad, Faisal Naseer and......
HYDERABAD: Speakers at a seminar have emphasised the need for taking steps to mitigate impacts of climate change that is affecting developing countries, including Pakistan.Addressing a seminar titled......
KARACHI: With NA-246 electioneering by-poll coming to an end on Tuesday, the security responsibility of more than 213 polling stations in the constituency was handed over to Rangers.While a local......
KARACHI: The director of the defunct Karachi Development Authority (KDA) and the former chief of the Association of Builders and Developers (Abad) were released on Tuesday by Rangers as no proof was......
KARACHI: Three key candidates contesting the April 23 by-election on a National Assembly seat (NA-246) in Karachi’s Azizabad area are not resident in or even registered voters of the......
KARACHI: Parties contesting the NA-246 by-election continued on Tuesday to approach different political and religious parties as the Jamaat-i-Islami managed to win the support of both factions of the......
BEING a part of my job, I was observing a nursery class the other day. The teacher was trying her best not only to speak English herself, she was encouraging students to do the same.While students......
THIS is apropos the news report, ‘IS or Taliban? Either way fear stalks war-weary Afghans. Behind this the most lethal bombing in the eastern city of Jalalabad, which killed at least 34 people and......
ON Feb 17, I was robbed of Rs40,000 by some well-trained pickpockets while on my way back to home after collecting the amount from ABL Manki (Swabi). I lodged a written complaint with the DSP, Chota......
THIS refers to Hassan Javid’s review of the book, ‘The Colonel who would not repent’ (April 19). Going through the review, one can notice with ease that writer Salil Tripathy has tried to maintain......
LAHORE: China is willing to invest $3.80bn in various projects of the Pakistan Railways (PR).“Beijing will play a pivotal role to modernise and upgrade the PR on a sustainable basis,” said Chinese......
LAHORE: Eleven convicts were executed in different prisons of Punjab on Tuesday.At Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail, two death-row prisoners were hanged, reports APP.According to jail sources, Allah Rakha......
LAHORE: Punjab IG Mushtaq Sukhera has said all the suspects involved in lynching two people in Youhanabad were identified with the cooperation of Christian community.Their challan of the case has......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has given nod to launch a scheme titled ‘Driving Licence Issuance Management System Phase-II’ introducing a feature under which the applicants will get all kinds of......
LAHORE: The alleged member of banned Hizbul Tehreer arrested in the Punjab University on Monday was a relative of PU Vice-Chancellor Mujahid Kamran, say police.Iqbal Town Division Operations SP......
LAHORE: The 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore was such a devastating incident it ended international cricket in Pakistan, but the trial of the case is stuck in a limbo because of, what......
FAISALABAD: Zahid knew he was racing against time. With the passage of every moment, two-year old Abu Bakar, his nephew, was losing gasps and vomiting blood in his arms. It was Friday (April 17,......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has described the address of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the joint session of parliament as the speech of an international leader and said it reflected his......
LAHORE: Pakistan National Council of Arts in collaboration with Lahore Arts Council is gearing up to celebrate International Dance Day at Alhamra Art Centre on April 29.Arrangements are being made to......
LAHORE: When it comes to defining what has been achieved after four days of back-to-back fashion, eight years of fashion weeks and 10 years since the establishment of Pakistan Fashion Design Council......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidates on Tuesday continued their election campaign in various wards of the Lahore cantonment by holding public gatherings and rallies besides fireworks......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhry has said after doctors and visually impaired the paramedics have taken to the streets due to dysfunctional government machinery.In a......
LAHORE: The PPP has demanded equal share for the south Punjab in the NFC Award.“The Punjab Public Service Commission should also be divided in three zones so that the people of the south could also......
LAHORE: Some 227 suspects have been arrested under the National Action Plan (NAP) since Jan 9 in the Civil Lines division of Lahore police.During a briefing to DIG Operations Dr Haider Ashraf in a......
LAHORE: Commissioner Abdullah Khan Sumbal said 376 centres have been set up across Punjab, including Lahore division, where the government will buy four million tonnes of wheat worth Rs130 billion......
LAHORE: Adviser to Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafiq says district selection committees (DSCs) have been constituted for the recruitment of medical officers and woman medical officers at......
LAHORE: The World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) is set to observe the Earth Day on Wednesday (today) with the aim to promote conservation among the public while symbolically tackling......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Tuesday sought arguments from lawyers of prosecution and defence on an appeal of the Punjab government seeking enhancement of punishment awarded to......
LAHORE: Gulshan-i-Iqbal police registered a case on Tuesday against three teachers of a private school for setting an 11-year-old student on fire.Asif was hospitalised for burn treatment on......
OKARA: The row between PPP district president Ashraf Khan Sohna and Tehsil Municipal Administration head intensified on Tuesday as TMA staff and sanitary workers went on a strike in support of their......
MUZAFFARGARH: Land erosion poses a threat to Muzaffargarh, Kot Addu and Alipur areas as the distance of the Indus from Maggasson branch has shrunk to 700 feet.According to Kot Addu-Muzaffargarh canal......
GUJRAT: As many as 1,000 widows will get free-of-cost cattle such as buffaloes, cows and sheep under a special scheme of the Punjab government.Punjab Minister for Housing Malik Tanveer Aslam gave......
LAHORE: A two-day international workshop that concluded here on Tuesday provided laboratory equipment and training to eight public laboratories for testing fortified foods.The workshop held under the......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A fire broke out on Tuesday in a house in Gojra’s New Plots locality. Naeem Ahmed said the fire caused by short circuit soon spread from one room to the house. He added the......
GUJRAT: The maiden two-day Hayatians Literary Festival started at the University of Gujrat’s Hafiz Hayat campus on Tuesday.A number of students and faculty members attended the opening ceremony at......
LAHORE: The government employees who retired from the Pakistan Council of Science and Industrial Research have not been receiving pension for the last two months.Dr Shahid, who retired in BPS-20 from......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attempted on Tuesday to allay the concerns of some quarters over the route of the Pakistan-China Economic Corridor (PCEC), saying the wide-ranging cooperation......
CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced on Tuesday ousted president Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in prison for abuses against protesters but acquitted the Islamist leader of charges carrying a possible death......
WASHINGTON: US warships were ready to help intercept a convoy of Iranian ships suspected of carrying weapons to Houthi rebel forces in Yemen, the US media reported on Tuesday.CBS News reported that......
It is no bed of roses for a woman working in the male-dominated public sector. Most women have to work twice as hard as their male counterparts to be appreciated.But for Mussarrat Nahid Imam,......
CHAKWAL: When on September 6, 2012, the then prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf laid the foundation of the Mandra-Chakwal Road (63.25km) and Chakwal-Sohawa Road (70km), the people of the area took a......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has launched an inquiry against officers of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) on the charges of corruption and having assets beyond......
RAWALPINDI: A private airliner with 174 passengers on board made an emergency landing at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Tuesday.Soon after Shaheen Air’s flight NL-122 took off from the......
RAWALPINDI: The building of Rawal Town Municipal Administration (RTMA) is still lying incomplete, though construction on it began some 17 years ago.The defunct Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC)......
ISLAMABAD: It was not just the Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan who has ‘gone green’ during her husband’s two-day visit to Pakistan. Pakistan’s parliament house is also expected to follow suit by the......
RAWALPINDI: When Shehzad Ali and his wife Sehrish found out they were expecting a baby, they began saving money for hospital expenses.“We saved for six months so our baby could be delivered at the......
ISLAMABAD: Around 1.8 million children, nearly a tenth of all enrolled students in Pakistan, study in religious seminaries, according to a report launched by the Ministry of Federal Education and......
ISLAMABAD: A judicial magistrate of Islamabad on Tuesday acquitted Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of Mumbai attack case, in six-year-old kidnapping case.In December last year, the Golra......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) Akhtar Buland Rana seeking the release of his salary and other service-related......
Report launchUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Culture Organisation (Unesco) in collaboration with Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) is organising the national launch of the Education For All......
ISLAMABAD: “A ministry of religious affairs was not part of the Quaid-e-Azam’s cabinet. It was created by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who put Maulana Kausar Niazi in charge of this ministry to deal with......
ISLAMABAD: The minister for climate change, on Tuesday, warned that Pakistan’s environment which includes forests, water and land resources as well as glaciers, is highly vulnerable to the effects of......
ISLAMABAD: A man accused in nine fraud cases escaped from a heavily guarded local court on Tuesday, after the judge rejected his interim bail plea.Police sources said that the accused and his brother......
ISLAMABAD: The Prevention Committee constituted by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on the Capital Development Authority (CDA) at its first meeting asked the civic body to show zero tolerance......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will travel to Saudi Arabia on Thursday for continuing deliberations on the Yemen conflict.The prime minister’s close aides have confirmed his day-long visit,......
QUETTA/GWADAR: Six suspected militants and two soldiers were killed in three clashes between security forces and militants in different areas of Balochistan on Tuesday.Three suspects were arrested......
ISLAMABAD: In a historic address to Pakistan’s parliament on Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the two neighbours must stick together to face threats to their existence.He lauded Pakistan’s......
ISLAMABAD: The army formally announced on Tuesday the creation of a 10,000-man strong special force for protecting the development projects to be carried out under the Pakistan-China Economic......
SWABI: About 5,000 candidates have filed nomination papers from 169 village councils of the district for the upcoming local bodies polls, the largest ever number in the history of Swabi to have ever......
PESHAWAR: The government has agreed to introduce reforms to pave way for industrial development through exemption of all taxes, ensuring round-the-clock provision of electricity in Federally......
KOHAT: Provincial law minister Imtiaz Shahid Qureshi on Tuesday inaugurated work on construction of a causeway in Shahpur area here, which would be completed at a cost of Rs15 million.He also......
UPPER DIR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Tuesday announced to have solo flight in the upcoming local government elections in Upper Dir district after ending its poll alliance with Jamaat-i-Islami a few......
CHARSADDA: People of ‘disputed’ villages in Shabqadar decided here on Tuesday to boycott the forthcoming local government election scheduled to be held on May 30 if their demands were not met.The......
GHALANAI: A security official was injured when an improvised explosive device went off in Gongat Jowar area of Safi tehsil in Mohmand Agency on Tuesday.Officials said that security personnel were......
MANSEHRA: The participants of a workshop on sports development on Tuesday pointed out that most schools in Mansehra had no playgrounds and other related facilities, as a result students were deprived......
MARDAN: Police and other law enforcement agencies have failed to establish the identity of a suspect involved in a tragic road accident, which left an official of health department killed and another......
PESHAWAR: The participants of a newly established forum have stressed the need for protecting minorities and other vulnerable groups including journalists and polio workers.The Citizen-Government......
PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has arrested a former district officer revenue, Mensehra, for allegedly making illegal assets worth millions of rupees. A NAB......
PESHAWAR: Police used tear gas and batons and fired into the air to disperse the protesting employees of various government departments and universities who blocked Peshawar’s main Khyber Road for......
LAKKI MARWAT: Two brothers were killed and five others, including a passerby, were seriously injured when two groups clashed in Adamzai area of Tajori town here, said police on Tuesday.An official......
PESHAWAR: Police on Tuesday arrested a woman for allegedly kidnapping a young man and receiving Rs0.3 million as ransom for his release in Tehkal area of Peshawar on Sunday.Peshawar SSP (operations)......
PESHAWAR: A University of Peshawar committee probing the alleged malpractices in the holding of BS semester make-up examination for PTI MNA Murad Saeed has declared the whole process controversial......
PESHAWAR: In an unprecedented manner and what appears to be a desperate attempt to help PTI MNA Murad Saeed, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has constituted a three-member committee to look into......
PESHAWAR: After getting a clean chit from the party leadership in the probe into selling of votes in the recent Senate elections, Qaumi Watan Party MPAs Bakht Baidar Khan and Sultan Mehmood advocate......
ISLAMABAD: The PPP has asked the PML-N government to come clean on the issue of the route of Pak-China Economic Corridor and the development projects, including power plants, and the location of......
QUETTA: Twelve police officers among them six senior officials of Balochistan police have been suspended for negligence and misconduct.Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Quetta, Abdul Razzaq Cheema......
QUETTA: Both treasury and opposition members of the Balochistan Assembly have denounced proposed modifications in the Gwadar-Kashgar route and threatened to hold an indefinite sit-in in Islamabad in......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif put Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan in an awkward situation when the latter was shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the......
QUETTA: Security of air-traffic control radar station and defence installations in Pasni and other areas of coastal district of Gwadar was beefed up by deploying more security personnel after last......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) formally closed on Tuesday its inquiry against Auditor General Pakistan (AGP) Mohammad Akhtar Buland Rana on the charges of financial impropriety and......
QUETTA: An important meeting relating to polio eradication was held at the Quetta Commissioner office here on Tuesday.The meeting was attended by Quetta Division Commissioner Qamber Dashti,......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain conferred on Tuesday the country’s top civil award — Nishan-i-Pakistan — on Chinese President Xi Jinping.The award was given at a ceremony at the Presidency which......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the Supreme Court Bar Association’s (SCBA) petition that led to the suspension of death sentence handed down to six......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has banned voters from carrying mobile phones inside the polling stations for by-election in NA-246, Karachi –VIII. The ECP also directed all......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan set up on Tuesday four committees to fine-tune policies on exit control list (ECL), grant of arms licenses and permission for bullet-proofing of......
Since its drubbing in national elections nearly one year ago, India’s opposition Congress Party has seemed almost lifeless. That finally appeared to change over the weekend, when presumptive Congress......
GREENBELT: Hubble, the first telescope to revolutionise modern astronomy and change our view of the universe by offering glimpses of distant galaxies, marks its 25th year in space this week.“Hubble......
PARIS: French secret agent Robert “Bob” Maloubier, a sabotage specialist for Winston Churchill’s Special Operations Executive during World War II, has died at the age of 92, his wife said on......
UNITED NATION: The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a dire warning on Tuesday saying “the prospects of a two-state solution in the Middle East were getting dimmer with potentially......
JOHANNESBURG: South African soldiers will be deployed to tackle gangs hunting down and killing foreigners, officials said on Tuesday, after at least seven people died in a wave of anti-immigrant......
MIAMI: US investigators are targeting 700 businesses in the Miami area for enhanced scrutiny to detect trade-based money laundering schemes involving Latin American criminal organisations,......
BEIJING: The Philippines is nothing more than the “cute little submissive” of the United States, a Chinese tabloid with close ties to the ruling Communist Party said on Tuesday, criticising Manila......
CAIRO: Egyptian poet Abdel Rahman El Abnoudy, who channelled folklore and rural life into verses that touched the Arab world, died on Tuesday after a long illness. He was 77.Abnoudy was known for......
UNITED NATIONS: The international community needs to commit to “swift, collective and courageous action” and address the surge in illegal migration across the Mediterranean Sea which has resulted in......
SYDNEY: Three people died as the Australian state of New South Wales was lashed by a “once-in-a-decade” storm on Tuesday with homes washed away, thousands hit by power cuts and sand drifts sweeping......
KANDAHAR: A bomb blast near a police station in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday killed three people and wounded 17, while a separate bomb killed one person and wounded five in the north, officials......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s main opposition demanded on Tuesday the country’s anti-graft chief be sacked for summoning former president Ma hinda Rajapaksa to answer bribery allegations amid re newed......
BAGHDAD: Iraq security forces have recaptured areas lost earlier to the Islamic State group in and around the battleground city of Ramadi, security officials said on Tuesday.According to police Maj......
NEW DELHI: Farmers in central India continued on Tuesday to stand in murky, chest-deep water for the 11th straight day in an unconventional protest over a land dispute.Around 30 farmers have vowed to......
BEIJING: Solar Impulse 2 landed late on Tuesday in the Chinese city of Nanjing, finishing the sixth stage of its landmark 12-leg quest to circumnavigate the globe powered only by the sun.With pilot......
BAGHDAD: The Islamic State jihadist group claimed to have executed 11 pro-government fighters in Iraq, in a series of photographs shared online on Tuesday.The first picture shows masked men armed......
TOKYO: Japan’s state-of-the-art maglev train clocked a new world speed record on Tuesday in a test run near Mount Fuji, smashing through the 600 kilometre per hour mark, as Tokyo races to sell the......
RIYADH: He wields enormous power and led an air campaign against rebels in neighbouring Yemen for his father King Salman, but Saudi Arabia’s defence minister is still in his early 30s.Just weeks......
SHOPKEEPERS, restaurant owners and other business operators expect the new attraction to help reinvigorate the district Godzilla is playing a leading role again — this time as a tourist attraction......
BARCELONA/MUNICH: Barcelona cruised into their seventh Champions League semi-final in eight years as a double from Neymar handed them to a 2-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain to seal a 5-1 aggregate......
Now that President Xi Jinping has concluded his visit to Pakistan, leaving behind him much optimism, it is time to reflect on the meaning of the event.For a country that has been the favourite......
After a heated debate in the Balochistan provincial assembly on Saturday over the cause of death in Quetta of five children from Killa Saifullah, an inquiry committee has been constituted.It can only......
Few by-elections have drawn greater interest than the one scheduled for Karachi’s NA-246. After a long time the Muttahida Qaumi Movement faces a formidable challenge in its bastion. It is a critical......
Perhaps it was not expected that any Somali would have a response. In February 2015, the Somaliland Journal of African Studies was launched as a means to further academic inquiry and knowledge about......
Ity was supposed to be like any other day. Another panel discussion, another debate, another question-and-answer session, and another salutary conclusion thanking the guest speakers for their time.......
On a lazy afternoon a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity, after several decades, to reacquaint myself with University Challenge, a longstanding BBC television presentation that tests the general......
