NEW YORK: Seated next to Hollywood heavyweight Meryl Streep, America’s favorite comedian Jon Stewart and critically acclaimed director Ava DuVernay, Pakistan’s Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy drew great......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Thursday said he takes “full responsibility” for a counter-terrorism operation on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border that inadvertently killed an American and an......
April 23 was a highly awaited day because it is supposed to decide the future of NA-246 – a constituency reigned by the biggest political party in Karachi, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).The......
MADRID: Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti sent a warning to Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Juventus that his side will not relinquish their Champions League title lightly after finally seeing off......
KARACHI: Pakistan's cricket chief said he was “deeply disappointed” Thursday after the national team was whitewashed 3-0 by Bangladesh in the one-day series -- their worst-ever defeat against the......
A few days ago Indian jewelry brand Kalyan Jewellers published an advertisement featuring brand ambassador Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.In the ad Aishwarya, draped with opulent jewels and dressed like......
ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission on Thursday directed the leadership of ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement to submit a response by April 25 regarding......
Every day, at least two to three (and sometimes even more) cases of honour killing or karo-kari are reported in the Sindhi media. These cases now hardly acquire more than a column's space in Sindhi......
MONACO: Juventus and Italian football are back among the elite of the elite in Europe.The so-called 'Old Lady' of Turin, looking not old at all, ground out a 0-0 draw with Monaco on Wednesday to......
Former captain and legendary allrounder Imran Khan expressed shock over Pakistan's defeat to Bangladesh, terming the 3-0 whitewash 'unimaginable.'Bangladesh thrashed a woeful Pakistan by eight......
It's been more than three years since Jal released 'Uraan' but the band has finally returned with a creative video for its latest single ‘Tere Bajoon’.With vocalist Gohar Mumtaz and model Anam Ahmed......
KARACHI: Rangers personnel on Thursday arrested five individuals, including three presiding officers, on suspicion of casting bogus votes, in polling stations in NA-246 constituency.Presiding officer......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam during a weekly briefing on Thursday, said that a mechanism has been devised for early implementation of memorandums of understanding (MoUs)......
Soumya Sarkar's maiden century helped Bangladesh secure a 3-0 one-day series sweep against Pakistan on Wednesday and pushed the 'Asian giants' down to the eight position in the International Cricket......
SAHIWAL/SARGODHA: Two death row convicts were sent to the gallows in Sahiwal and Sargodha on Thursday morning.Convict Muhammad Hanif, belonging to Okara District, was hanged in Sahiwal Central Jail......
NEW DELHI: India's cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill that would allow some minors accused of “heinous” crimes to be tried as adults, the first step towards resolving a long-running debate......
Last night Lahore came alive as the red carpet at PFDC Fashion Week shimmered with celebrities and media darlings in their best.We saw Fawad Khan and Sadaf Fawad, Ayesha Omar, Meesha Shafi, Ali......
ISLAMABAD/RIYADH: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Saudi King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz held a luncheon meeting at the Royal Palace in Riyadh on Thursday, where Nawaz expressed “solidarity” with Saudi......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan on Wednesday afternoon walked through different roads of Peshawar Cantonment without official protocol and security which turned out to......
PESHAWAR: PTI workers have expressed dissatisfaction over the process of selection of candidates for the local government elections and alleged that some lawmakers are trying to field their relatives......
PESHAWAR: Provincial president and parliamentary leader of Qaumi Watan Party in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Sikandar Hayat Sherpao, said on Wednesday that they had submitted an adjournment......
PESHAWAR: A leader of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) from Charsadda on Wednesday moved the Peshawar High Court requesting it to order the construction of Kalabagh Dam as the project was vital for......
LANDI KOTAL: The Ali Masjid portion of the historic Khyber Pass has become the proverbial hard nut for Frontier Works Organisation as the company has delayed for the third time the completion of the......
MANSEHRA: As many as 640 women contenders have submitted nomination papers for the upcoming local government elections in the district.It is the highest number of nomination papers submitted by women......
SWABI: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has planned to meet all the requirements of the government primary schools here in the district and released Rs210 million under the improvement......
LAKKI MARWAT: Police claimed to have arrested a man a few hours after he molested a girl and left her in a deserted place near Jhangkhel village here on Wednesday.A police official said that the......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police department has decided to replace those members of the dispute resolution councils (DRCs) who are contesting the upcoming local government elections in the......
KOHAT: The women of Jungle Khel town on Wednesday came onto roads against prolonged loadshedding. They kept the road between KDA town and the city blocked for over two hours.The women protesters also......
KHAR: The local leaders of political parties and trade unions in Bajaur Agency have shown dissatisfaction over the performance of non-governmental organisations working in the region.They urged the......
PESHAWAR: A delegation of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), a body that oversees the worldwide polio eradication efforts, has appreciated the government for protecting the vaccinators against......
RAWALPINDI: Candidates from various political parties are preparing for their last public meetings before the cantonment polls are held on April 25.Election campaign will come to an end at 12......
ISLAMABAD: The disciplinary committee of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has suspended the licence of 10 doctors after they were found guilty of negligence in discharge of their duties.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday summoned the Islamabad inspector general (IG) of police, Tahir Alam Khan, to appear before the court on Thursday to explain his position over giving......
RAWALPINDI: While the unathorised sale and purchase of police uniforms is criminalised under law, a gang of robbers dressed in police uniforms kidnapped a money changer and robbed him of millions at......
PESHAWAR: Indian High Commissioner Dr T.C.A. Raghavan has said New Delhi and Islamabad should behave like normal trading partners as peace and security in Pakistan was important for economic growth......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is considering a soft loan plan for convicts languishing in the province’s different jails despite serving sentences only because of their inability to pay......
ISLAMABAD: In a ceremony held at Police Lines Headquarters, on Wednesday, policemen were rewarded for good performance during the political sit-ins outside the parliament last year.However, Senior......
ISLAMABAD: National University of Modern Languages (Numl) on Friday signed an agreement with top Chinese university for establishing international centre in China.A spokesman for Numl on Wednesday......
ISLAMABAD: An inter-provincial forum on Wednesday approved a health insurance scheme conceived in 2012 for the people living below the poverty line in the country. It will be implemented initially in......
ISLAMABAD: A policeman was found murdered in a room in Bhara Kahu on Wednesday, police said.Shadab Hussain Shah was a wireless operator at Aabpara police station. The incident came to light when some......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan lags far behind the Education for All (EFA) goals, says EFA Global Monitoring report launched here on Wednesday.According to the report, Pakistan is among 18 most low income......
It may have originated in the jungles of Africa and South America, but the martial art of Capoeira is quickly catching on in the parks and lawns of the capital. Ammar Latif, a Capoeria enthusiast and......
ISLAMABAD: “There were no differences between Hindus and Muslims of the subcontinent in the 1930s, the differences emerged when the Pakistan movement began,” said Urdu writer Intizar Hussain on......
ISLAMABAD: Colourful posters highlighting effects of global warming and crafts made by schoolchildren, using junk material, were displayed in the lobby of Aiwan-e-Sir Syed, on Wednesday.The poster......
ISLAMABAD: An ‘influential’ additional secretary at the Prime Minister’s Secretariat found himself in hot waters on Wednesday when the Islamabad High Court (IHC) summoned the principal secretary to......
KARACHI: Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq on Wednesday urged fans to have patience with the struggling one-day team and returning off-spinner Saeed Ajmal, following below-par performances in......
MELBOURNE: Australian limited-overs opening batsman Aaron Finch faces a three-month recovery after undergoing surgery for a left hamstring injury, a Cricket Australia official said on Wednesday.The......
KARACHI: Neighbouring India has sent a list of 26 probables and four officials for securing visas for participation in the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) World 6-Red and Team......
AHEAD of the second leg of FC Porto’s Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich, there was optimism in the Portuguese city of Oporto that Julen Lopetegui’s side could cause a major upset......
LONDON: Doubles from Robert Lewandowski and Neymar inspired Bayern Munich and Barcelona respectively into the Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday at the expense of FC Porto and Paris St......
KARACHI: Two lop-sided matches were witnessed on Wednesday in the 2015 edition of Red Bull Campus Cricket.In the opening encounter played at the IBA ground, Pimsat routed the hapless Hamdard......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) on Wednesday announced the key dates for this year’s presidency elections.The elections will be held for the post of president, three vice-presidents,......
LONDON: Kevin Pietersen produced just the innings Surrey wanted on Wednesday with a brisk unbeaten half-century against Glamorgan in the County Championship.South Africa-born batsman Pietersen has......
KARACHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday received the Innovation award in the inaugural SportBusiness Ultimate Sports Federation and Association Awards.The award was given in......
KARACHI: The final of the 6th Parco Cup cricket tournament 2015 will be played at DHA Moin Khan Academy on Saturday, April 25 between defending champions Parco and Byco Oil Refinery. Managing......
LAHORE: Provincial sports minister Rana Mashood Ahmed Khan said the accountability of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) is going on quietly because the government does not want to disrupt......
KARACHI: Khurram Taj and Aashir Ahmed lit up the opening day action of the Karachi region matches in the PCB Regional Inter-district Under-19 Cricket Championships with excellent centuries here......
BARCELONA: Japanese top seed Kei Nishikori began the defence of his Barcelona Open title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia on Tuesday.Nicolas Almagro also advanced to the......
KARACHI: Pakistani trio comprising former world amateur snooker champion Mohammad Asif, reigning national champion and country’s top cueist Hamza Akbar and Pakistan No 2 Shahram Changezi open their......
ISLAMABAD: Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman on Wednesday appreciated Mahin Aftab Qureshi for winning the Asian Under-14 Tennis Championship in Vietnam and awarded a cash prize to the promising young......
KARACHI: A last-gasp penalty by Masood Ahmed helped Pakistan Army to a 2-1 win over Karachi Port Trust (KPT) on Wednesday, earning them a quarter-final spot in the NBP Challenge Cup underway in......
KARACHI: A-1 Star FC (Malir) shocked strong and experienced Babul Sports FC by 1-0 after a thrilling contest in the All Karachi Muslim Khatri Association Golden Jubilee Football Tounament being......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWF) has nominated Mohammad Rashed Malik as chief coordinator for the successful conduct of international weightlifting competitions to be held here......
LAHORE: Left-arm spinner Mohammad Shakeel shone with four wickets and Naveed Qamar hit a half-century as Pakistan outclassed Sri Lanka by 102 runs in their opening match of the 1st Asia Cup Deaf T20......
LAHORE: Taimur Ali Malik scored seven times as Dawood Group crushed Barry’s 11-3½ in the Copper Polo Cup here on Wednesday.The winners made a stormed into a 4- 2½ lead in the first chukker courtesy......
KARACHI: A sparkling knock of 97 from Jaahid Ali inspired Omar Associates to a comprehensive six-wicket victory over Eaton in their final-round 20th Hinopak Trophy KCCA Inter-departmental Cricket......
DHAKA: Bangladesh, inspired by Soumya Sarkar’s maiden century, whitewashed Pakistan in a One-day International series for the first time after winning the third match by an emphatic eight wickets in......
ST GEORGE’S (Grenada): Rain showers disrupted the first session of the second test between West Indies and England at the National Cricket Stadium in St George’s (Grenada) on Wednesday with the hosts......
KABUL: 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 on Wednesday.President Ashraf Ghani......
THIS is apropos a news report wherein the government is considering proposals to deploy Pakistan naval ships for inspection of Yemen-bound vessels (April 18).This is being done to comply with the UN......
UPHOLDING the Constitution at all costs is the panacea that provides a society qualities such as security, honour, integrity, tolerance, forbearance, resoluteness and eagerness to surpass all other......
TORRENTIAL rains, accompanied by hailstorm, hit several parts of Mardan district in the evening of April 15 and heavily damaged various standing crops, especially wheat, which is an important staple......
BIOGAS contains methane and carbon dioxide in 60pc to 40pc (average) ratios. Methane is a combustible fuel produced from animal dung. The recent livestock census shows that there are 51 million......
IT was recently announced by the Islamabad Capital Territory administration that the13th pollen allergy relief camp would be functional on April 15 for 10 days whereas the pollen count already came......
APRIL 23 is celebrated as World Book and Copyright Day. Public libraries can play an important role in bringing closer various communities.All civil societies in the world consider public libraries......
THE misuse of the loudspeaker has been forbidden by the government. In various cities of Punjab such as Lahore, Gujranwala, Jhang, Faisalabad and Sahiwal the use of loudspeaker in specific areas is......
KARACHI: With the constituents of NA-246 in Karachi central district set to cast their ballots in a fiercely contested by-election on Thursday, the chief of the paramilitary Rangers on Wednesday......
KARACHI: A girl was killed in a hand grenade attack in Lyari on Wednesday afternoon, the Napier police said.They added that attackers threw a hand grenade that landed on the main gate of a......
KARACHI: Provincial health authorities on Wednesday confirmed the first case of Naegleria fowleri, also known as ‘brain-eating amoeba’, of the current year and the subsequent death caused by it in......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday threw out an application of the wife of Moazzam Ali Khan, a prime suspect in the murder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Dr Imran Farooq, for urgent......
KARACHI: Devolution of power, its impact on development projects and distribution of funds were mainly discussed at a seminar held at the Area Study Centre for Europe, Karachi University, on......
KARACHI: Some 378 students were awarded degrees at the 12th convocation of Ziauddin University (ZU) at the Expo Centre here on Wednesday as Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, the chief guest,......
KARACHI: Two key prosecution witnesses in the Arshad Pappu murder case turned hostile before an antiterrorism court on Wednesday by deviating from their earlier evidence.Shahjehan Baloch, a Pakistan......
KARACHI: A 50-year-old man was shot dead in Pak Colony on Wednesday morning, police said.They claimed that Ghalib Shah was killed by a suspect, Badar Khan, over some personal enmity in Central......
KARACHI: Karachiites have started surrendering illegal arms on an appeal made by the Pakistan Rangers, according to a paramilitary force statement issued on Wednesday.“On Wednesday, 16 rifles, five......
KARACHI: Highlighting major gaps in the provincial health delivery system, speakers at a programme held on Wednesday urged the government to make health facilities functional by ensuring the presence......
KARACHI: In the hours before Karachi’s much anticipated NA-246 by-election, competing parties continue to battle it out on social media even while street campaigning has come to an end.Azizabad may......
SHIKARPUR: Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani has predicted ‘great victory’ for the Pakistan Peoples Party in upcoming local government election and said the party’s leadership has broken with......
KARACHI: The first-ever deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) laboratory in Sindh is set to be inaugurated on Thursday by Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and the lab will help the provincial police and......
BADIN: Police personnel drawn from five districts were deployed at sensitive spots across the rumour-hit Badin district on Wednesday hours after the dissolution of Pakistan Peoples Party’s......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran have agreed on a five-year trade facilitation plan to enhance bilateral trade to $5 billion.The understanding was reached during the seventh Pakistan-Iran Joint Trade......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has awarded $1.5 billion contract for its largest solar power project of 900MW in Bahawalpur to a Chinese company which has the biggest solar power plant of only 170MW back......
KARACHI: The government has further slashed the cut-off yield on Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) on Wednesday, but their risk-free charm continued to lure banks as they offered Rs152.2 billion to......
ISLAMABAD: Finish investors expressed concerns over the lukewarm response of Pakistan over establishment of foreign funded non-traditional power plants in the country.Speaking at the Second......
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided in principle to allow cost build-up of about eight different heads in the final price of regasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) that would almost equal the LNG......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Wednesday approved Rs128 million project and recommended three other projects of Rs48 billion to the Executive Committee of the National......
ISLAMABAD: The business community of the federal capital has criticised the official machinery for holding back their money and demanded to penalise those responsible for the delay.“If a taxpayer......
KARACHI: Stocks resumed the rally on Wednesday as the KSE-100 index rose by 454.88 points, or 1.38 per cent, to 33,490.65.Profit-taking on certain sectors had pulled the stocks down to attractive......
MUMBAI: Maharahstra, India’s wealthiest and most urbanised state, needs more than $200 billion in fresh investment by 2022 if it is to solve a chronic shortage of affordable housing in its......
Meezan Bank profits rise by 19pc in Jan-MarchKARACHI: Meezan Bank Ltd posted profit-after-tax at Rs1.313 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 as compared to Rs1.106bn in the same period last......
KARACHI: Three companies on Wednesday announced their financial results representing mixed performance.KAPCO: The Kot Addu Power Company profit-after-tax (PAT) amounted to Rs2.29 billion in the third......
ASTANA: Kazakhstan will not accept a single currency in a trade bloc championed by Moscow, a top official said on Wednesday, rejecting a proposal from Russian President Vladimir Putin.The Russian......
BEIJING: China’s crude imports from Iran rose 15 per cent in March from a year ago to a 10-month high, although still below the purchases expected from the Islamic republic’s largest oil......
BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) on Wednesday charged Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom energy giant of abusing its dominant position in central and eastern EU nations in an antitrust case that will......
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s president on Wednesday called for a new global financial order to replace “obsolete” institutions at a summit of Asian and African leaders, as support grows for a new......
LONDON: A collapse in oil prices that gave a windfall to the world’s energy consumers and a flurry of policy easing from central banks might have been expected to brighten the outlook for global......
KARACHI: With all eyes set on the NA-246 by-election, over 350,000 voters are ready to exercise their right to franchise on Thursday amid unprecedented security.Fourteen candidates are in the run,......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif will accompany Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Riyadh on Thursday on a daylong trip aimed at limiting the damage caused by Islamabad’s wavering over the issue......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has asked the federal government to build the Pakistan-China Economic Corridor in accordance with the original plan of the project and has......
LADHA: At least 34 suspected militants were killed in clashes in South Waziristan and air strikes in North Waziristan on Tuesday night.The Inter-Services Public Relations said in a statement on......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan rejected on Wednesday Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s claim that the 2013 general elections were systematically manipulated or influenced by design.In a......
CAIRO: Saudi-led coalition warplanes bombed Yemen on Wednesday, a day after announcing that it was ending its campaign of air strikes, as renewed fighting erupted on the ground between rebels and......
ISLAMABAD: More than two weeks after they ended a seven-month boycott of parliament, the eligibility of 28 National Assembly members of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) was formally......
RAWALPINDI: An accountability court in Rawalpindi annulled on Wednesday the sentence of former interior minister Senator Rehman Malik in two corruption references.The former interior minister faced......
ISLAMABAD: A day after the departure of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered completion of all procedural formalities and removal of irritants in the way of $28 billion......
OKARA: PPP district president Ashraf Khan Sohna and his supporters staged a sit-in at Gole Chowk to protest against the TMA administrator and the sanitary workers who dumped garbage on road.Former......
LAHORE: A Punjab Wildlife Department raiding team has confiscated 504 freshwater turtles at the Lahore airport before being smuggled to Bangkok.Assistant Wildlife Officer Javed Awan said the raid......
LAHORE: In a rare precedent, the Pakistan International Airlines has given more than 200 ‘free’ round trip tickets for London and Dubai to an entertainment television and some fashion designers as......
LAHORE: Scores of people demonstrated on Nisbet Road to protest the death of a young shopkeeper allegedly in custody of the Gowalmandi police here on Wednesday.The traders and family members placed......
LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition seeking ‘correct’ distribution of Sharif family’s assets.Shahnaz Latif had filed a petition, saying......
LAHORE: A day after conclusion of the Chinese president’s visit, the chief minister stills seems in a celebratory mood as he urgently convened a press conference here on Wednesday evening to......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhry says the Pakistan Education Statistics Report of 2013-14 has exposed Punjab government’s education policy as Punjab has 2.9......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed the Punjab inspector general of police (IGP) to appoint an officer of rank of deputy inspector general (DIG) for holding an inquiry into a dispute......
LAHORE: PPP Central Punjab President Manzoor Wattoo says they will approach Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over the reported plan of sacking of Evacuee Trust Property Board’s (ETPB’s) lower grade......
LAHORE: Eighteen candidates have applied for a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) ticket to contest the by-election in NA-108.PTI Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhry consulted the district body and......
LAHORE: Police personnel on Wednesday foiled an escape attempt of a suspect after the Lahore High Court dismissed his bail petition in a woman torture case.The suspect through his counsel pleaded......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) says it is concerned at the ‘very slow’ pace of implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP), adding the elimination of banned outfits seems a hard task......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif says the Punjab government, with the help of the institutions concerned, has taken timely steps under the National Action Plan (NAP) for eradication of terrorism......
LAHORE: Pakistan Paediatric Association (PPA) President Prof Dr Tahir Masood has said that children in Pakistan are facing a variety of serious health issues which is evident from the fact that one......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Five students and their teacher were injured in a roof collapse here on Wednesday in Mujahidabad Colony.Reports said five students of Class-I and their teacher Rehana Tabassum were......
KASUR: The non-availability of anti-rabies vaccine at the Rural Health Centre in Allahabad claimed the life of a retired schoolteacher while his son is struggling for survival.Haji Muhammad Baloch of......
SHEIKHUPURA: Three people of a family died in a road crash on Nankana-Bucheki Road on Wednesday.Police said Ahmed Ali with his wife Shehnaz Bibi and son Khurram Shehzad was riding a motorcycle when......
MULTAN: Five committees have been constituted to acquire land and make payments to those affected by the Metro Bus Project.District Coordination Officer Zahid Saleem Gondal made the committees on......
CHINIOT: It is just like bone-jarring and off-road experience to travel or walk on rundown and potholes-infested roads in the Chiniot city.The Chiniot Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) got......
SAHIWAL: Punjab Food Minister Bilal Yasin has said the distribution of gunny bags to wheat farmers has been delayed for another week.Earlier, gunny bags were scheduled to be distributed among farmers......
SHEIKHUPURA: As many as 22 passengers travelling by a bus sustained injuries in an accident here on Wednesday evening on Sheikhupura-Muridke Road.A Gujranwala-bound bus overturned near a filling......
GUJRAT: The body of a man has been recovered from the compound of his house eight months after he disappeared while his wife and her lover have been arrested on charges of murder.A case of kidnapping......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday sought a reply from National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) on a petition challenging award of a hardware material supply contract to a Turkish......
NEW DELHI: A powerful storm swept through India’s eastern Bihar state overnight leaving at least 33 people dead and destroying crops and properties, officials and a report said on Wednesday.The storm......
NANJING: The pilot set to attempt an ambitious crossing of the Pacific Ocean in a solar-powered plane said on Wednesday that the flight will not only test the aircraft but his own endurance as......
JAKARTA: The leaders of China and Japan met on Wednesday for only the second time since taking office, but the effort to repair badly damaged ties was marred after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe earlier......
NEW YORK: New York City, in a far-reaching effort to limit its impact on the environment, marked Earth Day on Wednesday by announcing a plan to reduce its waste output by 90 per cent by 2030.Mayor......
MANILA: The Philippine Justice Department on Wednesday recommended murder charges against 90 Muslim rebels, even though such a move could jeopardise a peace process championed by President Benigno......
JUBA: Heavy fighting broke out on Wednesday in South Sudan’s war-ravaged northeastern town of Malakal, pitting rival factions of government troops against each other, the army and aid workers......
YANGON: Myanmar’s military has arrested five people after a rare clash with insurgents in Rakhine state, state media said on Wednesday, potentially complicating efforts to reach a nationwide......
UNITED NATIONS: Saying that the Arab spring had turned into a “cold and forbidding winter”, Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi made an impassioned plea to the world community to address the......
NEW YORK: An eye-popping, 100-carat diamond, the highlight of a magnificent jewels sale in New York on Tuesday, sold for $22.1 million, Sotheby’s auction house said.The perfect classic emerald-cut D......
PARIS: Calls have mounted for a military response to the Mediterranean migrant crisis, but experts say such plans are totally unworkable and mark an attempt to militarise what should be a purely......
KABUL: The savage lynching of an Afghan woman who railed openly against superstitious practices has stoked public anger over the treatment of women but also ignited revulsion against Kabul’s......
LOS ANGELES: As the sole female Avenger, Scarlett Johansson had a bone to pick with Hollywood: not only were there few female superheroes, but they tended to be dumbed down.So when Marvel Studios......
VIENNA: Negotiators are meeting in Vienna in attempts to reach a deal that curbs Iran’s nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief.Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and EU......
COLOMBO: Basil Rajapaksa, a brother of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa and a former minister, was arrested on Wednesday on a charge of siphoning off money from a state-run housing......
WASHINGTON: The White House on Wednesday called for a rapid and unconditional resumption of all-party negotiations in Yemen.“The United States welcomes the decision by the government of Saudi Arabia......
JOHANNESBURG: President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday pledged to tackle xenophobia in South Africa as troops were sent in to support police in a crackdown against attacks on immigrants that have left at......
KABUL: The Afghan Taliban said their annual “spring offensive” will begin on Friday, vowing nationwide attacks in what is expected to be the bloodiest fighting season in a decade as Nato forces pull......
TOKYO: A small drone bearing traces of radioactivity was found on the roof of the Japanese prime minister’s office on Wednesday, apparently having been flown there, according to police and the......
WASHINGTON: David Headley, a key plotter of the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, has claimed that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) persuaded him to change his name to make it easy for him to visit India.In his......
It was in May 1994 when Maulana Sufi Mohammad, chief of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Mohammadi (TNSM), rose to prominence by leading a week-long sit-in of hundreds of people on the......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ordered the Central Selection Board (CSB), which recommends promotion of civil servants in Grade 21, to reconsider for promotion 28 senior officers whose cases were......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said that Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad is a representative of the federation and ‘establishment’ and not the MQM.“Governor Ishratul Ibad......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are negotiating an agreement for the exchange of preachers and clerics.“We are working on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which Saudi ulema would visit......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain will discuss the Yemen conflict during his four-day visit to Turkey that begun on Wednesday.“The president will reiterate Pakistan’s stance that there should be a......
ISLAMABAD: On a second day of stark ministerial absenteeism and bureaucratic disregard of the National Assembly, a stern warning by the house speaker put the government in a tight spot before it was......
KHAR: Security forces repulsed a militant attack carried out from across the Afghan border on a checkpost in Bajaur Agency late on Tuesday night.Local administration officials told journalists that......
QUETTA: Hundreds of doctors working in government-run and private hospitals continued their protest on Wednesday, boycotted OPD in all government and private-run hospitals for two hours and staged......
PESHAWAR: A delegation of the Afghan National Army, led by Corps Commander Maj Gen Mohammad Zaman Waziri, visited Miramshah in North Waziristan Agency and the corps headquarters in Peshawar on......
KARACHI: Imtiaz Aalam Hanfi, a former governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), has died at the age of 86.He headed the central bank for about four years during his two stints — Aug 17, 1988 to......
DHAKA: Opening batsman Soumya Sarkar hit a maiden one-day century as Bangladesh thrashed woeful Pakistan by eight wickets in Dhaka on Wednesday to sweep the one-day series 3-0.The 22-year-old......
In view of the widespread denunciation of the new Prevention of Electronic Crimes (PEC) Bill, by both national and international human rights organisations as well as experts among the stakeholders,......
Let's clear up some misconceptions that have been doing the rounds since President Xi Jinping visited Islamabad and dangled a $46 billion carrot before us.The money being offered is project......
Whichever candidate does finally emerge as the victor in the by-elections for NA-246 (Karachi), it is clear that the moral victory is already that of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. Even if......
The Karachi constituency of NA-246, where by-elections will be held today, is as sacred to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement as NA-204 (Larkana) is to the PPP.This is where Altaf Hussain and his politics......
In the aftermath of the visit by the Chinese president and the optimism generated by the announcement of multiple transport and energy projects getting under way soon, comes a reality check that......
There appeared to be a window of opportunity opening up for peaceful resolution of the Yemeni crisis when the Saudi-led coalition announced on Tuesday that it was suspending air strikes on Houthi......
The hassle of getting the government bureaucracy, in whichever province of the country, to process paperwork has for decades been so great that jokes have grown up around it.Years ago, citizens......
