RIYADH: Jets of Saudi Arabian-led coalition bombed the runway of Sanaa airport on Tuesday afternoon to prevent an Iranian plane from landing in the Yemeni capital, the coalition's spokesman......
DUBAI: Iranian forces boarded a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf on Tuesday after patrol boats fired warning shots across its bow and ordered it deeper into Iranian waters, the......
NEW DELHI: Afghan president Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday sought to reassure Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Kabul was committed to its close relationship with New Delhi despite warming ties with......
KABUL:At least 52 people, mostly women and children, are feared dead after a landslide swept through a village in Afghanistan's remote mountainous northeast Tuesday, the latest natural disaster in......
ISTANBUL: Switzerland's 17-times Grand Slam winner Roger Federer on Monday said he still believed Rafael Nadal was the favourite to win the French Open next month despite the Spanish star's troubled......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday carried out its 100th execution since lifting a moratorium on the death penalty last December, in what rights group Amnesty International described as a “shameful......
ISLAMABAD: Senate introduced a landmark 'public-petition system' on Tuesday, under which citizens can mail complaints pertaining to public sector departments directly to the Parliament's Upper......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday said that stability is returning to Pakistan as a result of army operations and that a peaceful environment in and around Pakistan is......
PESHAWAR: With the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) scrambling to reinvent itself in a desperate bid to stay politically relevant, former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf expressed hope that PPP would......
RIYADH: At least 10 construction workers from Pakistan and one from India were killed in the collapse of a convention centre being built in Saudi Arabia, an Asian diplomatic source said Tuesday.The......
I was a chubby kid, and the culprit for my excess weight was the delicious potato cutlet, partially.It was the early '80s. The sandwich-maker had just been introduced to Pakistan and I became a......
PESHAWAR: A person was killed and another injured Tuesday when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detonated at the Bagh-e-Naran Chowk in Peshawar’s Hayatabad area, police said.Initial reports......
DHADING: At a 12-bed hospital deep in Nepal's Himalayan mountains, Indian Air Force helicopters bring in the casualties of a devastating earthquake that has killed more than 4,000: injured men, women......
LAHORE: A guard stationed at the United States consulate on Empress Road died in hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Tuesday.Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operations Dr Haider Ashraf......
“There’s a belief that if you had a disability, you didn’t have a desire to live a life; you didn’t have the goals and dreams that somebody non-disabled has,”goes a dialogue in American epic......
DHAKA: Bangladesh's main opposition party on Tuesday boycotted three mayoral elections over accusations of massive rigging, fanning fears of further unrest in the South Asian nation.Political......
Over the span of the last one decade, Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan aka Xulfi remains to be one of the most vibrant and influential musicians of the current wave in Pakistan. Toward the end of last year, he......
PESHAWAR: The proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) claimed responsibility for an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast that killed at least one security official and injured three others in Dera......
KARACHI: Investigators have found no match for casings of bullets that killed prominent human rights activist Sabeen Mahmud, dashing hopes for quick answers to a murder is raising fears for the......
KHULNA: Mominul Haque scored 80 as Bangladesh made an impressive start in the first Test against Pakistan in Khulna on Tuesday, reaching 236 for four by stumps on the opening day.The talented......
KATHMANDU: Nepalese started fleeing their devastated capital on Monday after an earthquake killed more than 4,300 people and toppled entire streets, as the United Nations prepared a massive aid......
PESHAWAR: An earthquake jolted parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday, creating a sense of fear and panic among the residents.According to Meteorological Department, the intensity of the earthquake......
BALTIMORE: Rioters looted stores and pelted police with rocks in Baltimore on Monday after the funeral of an African American man whose death in custody has reignited outrage over US police conduct......
PESHAWAR: Activists of various civil society organisations have demanded of the government to ensure participation of maximum women voters in the forthcoming local government elections.Speaking at......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) on Monday constituted a task force headed by its chief engineer to restore power supply to storm-hit areas of Peshawar, Charsadda, Shabqadar and......
PESHAWAR: The cookie has crumbled sooner than expected. A little over seven months after Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Mahtab Ahmad Khan sent an upright officer packing, the Sardar from Bakote moved......
MANSEHRA: The returning officers have cleared nomination papers of all the 19 female contenders for local bodies’ polls in Torghar, a highly backward and conservative district in Khyber......
KHAR: People of Barang tehsil here on Monday complained that thousands of students had been attending schools without textbooks since start of the new academic session in April as the education......
PESHAWAR: The rush of unauthorised people at the hospitals after natural calamities coupled with VIP visits and presence of media teams has been affecting adversely the proper treatment of the......
KOHAT: The police in a crackdown against outlaws wanted in heinous crimes on Monday arrested 19 alleged proclaimed offenders, including an outlaw carrying head money, and seized a big quantity of......
MANSEHRA: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed on Monday said his government would allot plots in Mansehra to Kashmiris settled in the district.“We’ve already acquired land for......
SWABI: A three-day design, build and fly competition concluded at the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology here on Monday.Students belonging to various engineering......
GHALANAI: Shaheed Banda area of Pandiali tehsil in Mohmand Agency is the most backward locality in the region as it lacks basic facilities of life like education, particularly of girls, health and......
PESHAWAR: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority on Monday put the administrations of districts in Malakand and Hazara divisions on high alert forecasting more thundershowers and gusty winds on......
LAHORE: The Accident and Emergency (A&E) department of Mayo Hospital denies treatment to patients with major heart attacks and other critical complications.The teaching hospital is not taking cardiac......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Monday referred to the chief justice a petition against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif carrying money laundering charges, with a request to constitute a......
LAHORE: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) Punjab approved four development schemes worth Rs174.172 billion of various sectors. The approved schemes include the over Rs162 billion Metro......
LAHORE: An election tribunal on Monday reserved a verdict in the NA-125 alleged rigging case after counsel for railways minister Saad Rafiq and PTI’s runner-up candidate Hamid Khan concluded their......
LAHORE: A Punjab Wildlife squad on Sunday night caught 559 exotic birds at Lahore International Airport which were being illegally imported to Pakistan from the Netherlands.District Wildlife Officer......
LAHORE: Roohi Bano, a versatile actress of yesteryear, was injured by the friend of her slain son, when she refused to sell him her Gulberg house on Monday.Gulberg police have arrested suspect......
OUR agriculture accounts for almost 40pc of employed labour force. Its contribution to the national economy is noticeable: 24pc of the country’s GDP come from agriculture, while it is also the......
YOUR paper (April 21, Metro section) carried the statement by the Rangers that asked people to carry original CNICs whenever out in the streets, otherwise they would be arrested.May I know which law......
EVER since the creation of Pakistan, women have played a big part in the development of society.Broadly categorised, women in Pakistan can be classified as housewives and working women. The role of......
DOCTORS are considered ‘messiahs’. Sadly enough, they have forgotten their sacred duty of serving humanity. It is regrettable that this profession has been transformed into a business of profit......
THIS is apropos the article ‘Two conversations’ (April 19). The writer says: “…outcomes mattered the most. How the outcomes were attained was not really a dominant concern”.And, it is true as well.......
ISLAMABAD: The government has moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC), seeking cancellation of bail to Zafar Iqbal Gondal, the main accused in multibillion Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI)......
ISLAMABAD: The medical report of former president Pervez Musharraf came under discussion during the hearing of the murder case of Abdul Rashid Ghazi, a former cleric of Lal Masjid, at a local court......
RAWALPINDI: After the elections, all eyes are now set on the selection (or election) of vice-presidents for the cantonment boards.Though the PML-N swept the elections in the cantonment areas, the......
ISLAMABAD: The police have arrested a man on charges of eve-teasing and manhandling a policeman, while another managed to escape, police said here on Monday.Earlier, a young woman approached a police......
ISLAMABAD: Personal accounts from the partition of India were brought to life by theatre group Theatre Wallay who performed the play Dagh Dagh Ujala on Sunday.The play takes its title from Faiz Ahmed......
While the law against lavish weddings has existed in Punjab for long, but now it is being implemented by authorities with new vigour. Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif issued orders that rules regarding......
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani delegation left for Abu Dhabi on Monday to participate in the meeting of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for Polio with hopes that the IMB will be convinced that......
RAWALPINDI: A desperate hunt has been launched for a fake police officer who went on patrolling in a police vehicle in the cantonment areas, inspected the police lines and the women police station......
MUZAFFARABAD: Chaudhry Mohammad Ashraf, the losing ruling People’s Party candidate who was defeated by Barrister Sultan Mahmood of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in a recent by-election in Azad Jammu and......
ISLAMABAD: On the order of the Supreme Court, the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) has started the process of appointments in the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) by advertising......
MUZAFFARABAD: A Srinagar-based human rights activist on Monday called upon Pakistan’s mainstream print and electronic media to highlight flagrant human rights violations in India-held Kashmir with......
ISLAMABAD: The post of executive director of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), which not only runs its financial matters but takes key decisions to bring about improvement in higher education,......
RAWALPINDI: Women from the ‘Dalda Sarya’ locality on Sunday evening staged a protest on Ghazni Road against the police for arresting their relatives for alleged drug peddling.The police claimed that......
ISLAMABAD: Archrivals in the business community have decided to shun their differences and jointly observe a shutter-down strike on Tuesday against the government’s decision to close markets by......
RAWALPINDI: Heavy rain and hail accompanied by gusty winds lashed the twin cities on Monday, inundating low lying areas and causing damage to property.Dark cloud began gathering overnight and......
ISLAMABAD: Apparently due to the negligence of the environment directorate of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), the most picturesque Trail-5 wears ugly look.It begins from Margalla Road in F-5......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday sought arguments on an application of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to become party in the petitions against formation and proceedings of judicial......
LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer retired Capt Amin Wains has said that misbehavior with citizens at model police stations will not be tolerated and strict action will be taken over complaints.The......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhry says the PML-N’s vote bank has reduced while the PTI’s has increased in the cantonment board elections.Speaking during a news......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that investment of billions of rupees is being made for the provision of modern health facilities.He said an effective monitoring system was of vital......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday granted bail to Zafar Iqbal Gondal, former chairman of the Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI), in six cases of fraud and misuse of powers.The......
LAHORE: The rehabilitation of the disabled is one of the biggest challenges for the developing countries like Pakistan and it can be tackled through a meaningful public-private partnership.This was......
LAHORE: The completion of the Pakistan-China Economic Corridor will make Pakistan the most important country in the region.This was stated by MNA Hamza Shahbaz while speaking at a function held for......
KASUR: Farmers blocked the Allahabad intersection on Monday for the cancellation of cases against 200 farmers booked for ransacking the Lesco office and manhandling the officials.The protesters threw......
SAHIWAL: Historian Dr Mubarak Ali says large metropolises are behind the brain drain of intellectual, literary and cultural resources of small cities, making them vulnerable as most of their talent......
BAHAWALPUR: The chief minister has constituted a south Punjab health task force committee in order to effectively check the sale of spurious drugs.The task force comprises four divisions of......
NAROWAL: The Narowal International Sports City project will be completed by the end of 2016 with a sum of Rs2.498 billion.This was stated by Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal......
MULTAN: The Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) registrar allegedly disrupted the examination of LLB on Monday after he was denied to take the paper due to the shortage of attendance in......
GUJRAT: The syndicate of the University of Gujrat has formally approved the establishment of the College of Veterinary Sciences and Livestock Management initially at one of its constituent college......
GUJRAT: Candidates of different political parties have started making political alignments for NA-108 (Mandi Bahauddin) by-poll.The seat fell vacant after an election tribunal of the Lahore High......
SIALKOT: The ‘artificial shortage’ of bricks has slowed construction activity in Sialkot region while owners of some kilns in Sialkot, Daska, Sambrial, Pasrur and surrounding areas are making......
MIRPURKHAS: The annual examination for intermediate classes under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Mirpurkhas, is starting today (April 28), according to the board chairman,......
KARACHI: Come on Sabeen, I was just pulling your leg. Just teasing you. Although I do have genuine reservations about the way he fakes an American accent as House. Still, he is a fantastic actor. I......
HYDERABAD: Activists of different NGOs and the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) held separate candlelit vigils outside the local press club on Monday to pay tribute to rights campaigner Sabeen......
KARACHI: Setting up a centralised authority is required that could give permission and issue no objection certificates to organise dramas and stage shows, said Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel......
PRE-BUDGET SEMINARSA policy dialogue on “Sindh education budget 2015-16: financing for better results” jointly organised by the Institute of Social and Policy Sciences and the Alif Ailaan in Pearl......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court directed the federal government law officer to file a written reply on behalf of the federation in a constitutional petition against the government decision of banning......
KARACHI: A book on the 1977-78 journalists movement written by veteran journalist Ahfaz-ur-Rahman has been published and will be launched soon, according to a statement issued on Monday.“Based on......
KARACHI: Representatives of civil society at a public hearing on Monday once again criticised the construction of twin nuclear power plants on the outskirts of Karachi and requested the Sindh......
KARACHI: Four suspected militants were shot dead in an alleged encounter in Sohrab Goth on Monday evening, police said.In mere four months, 21 suspected militants have been killed in five alleged......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly, which met on Monday after a break of nine days, carried out its entire business from the day’s agenda smoothly in a congenial atmosphere that was marred towards the end......
KARACHI: Sindh legislators and senior leaders of the Pakistan Peoples Party on Monday accused former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza of massive corruption and warned that they would “besiege” his......
SUKKUR: Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party (STP) chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has accused Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari of conspiring against Sindh by pursuing an agenda of dividing the......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has categorically stated that his government will oppose any proposal calling for a one-year extension in the validity of the current National Finance......
HYDERABAD: Describing Ustad Bukhari as a great poet of the 19th century, Sindhi poets and writers paid him tribute at a programme held at Mumtaz Mirza Auditorium, Sindh Museum Hyderabad, organised by......
KARACHI: Authorities of the Machh jail on Monday approached an antiterrorism court requesting it to issue a fresh black warrant for the execution of condemned prisoner Sault Mirza since a stay order......
BAGHDAD: The self-styled Islamic State jihadist group said it has stoned two men to death for adultery in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh, according to a series of photos posted online.One man......
WASHINGTON: The online dating app Tinder was this year’s “breakout” Internet service while bad-boy news website Vice Media got multiple honors in the “Webby” awards announced on Monday.The awards,......
AMMAN: A coalition of Islamist rebels seized an army base in northwestern Syria at dawn on Monday after a suicide bomber from Al Qaeda’s Nusra Front drove a truck packed with explosives into the......
UNITED NATIONS: A United Nations inquiry on Monday blamed the Israeli military for seven attacks on UN schools in Gaza that were used as shelters during the 2014 war.“I deplore the fact that at least......
OVER the next year, the United Nations will make a critical choice. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s term ends Dec 31, 2016, and a new leader will replace him. In the past, the election of a successor......
SINGAPORE: Lee Kuan Yew International Airport? A banknote with the founding Singaporean leader’s face on it? A new national holiday?The death of the widely revered leader known as “LKY” last month......
SEOUL: After the earthquake hit Nepal, Prem Raja Mahat spent a sleepless night at his Baltimore home, trying again and again to reach his son, who was visiting friends and family back in Mahat’s home......
NEW YORK: The United States and Japan unveiled new rules for defence cooperation on Monday in a historic move that will give Japanese armed forces a more ambitious global role amid concerns over......
CAMBRIDGE: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday his administration is trying to improve the status of women in his country as it also seeks to protect women’s rights on the international......
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: A key US senator has demanded shifting the drone programme from the CIA to the American military even as media reports revealed that a presidential exemption allowed the agency......
KANO: Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead 21 people in northeast Nigeria who were trying to return home to recover abandoned food supplies, a local official and a victim’s relative said on......
GENEVA: More than half the population of rural areas worldwide do not have access to basic health care, with four in five rural Africans lacking services, the United Nations said on Monday.In the......
BREST: Ten pro-Kremlin bikers on a controversial ride to Berlin to celebrate Soviet victory in World War II were on Monday denied entry into Poland at the Belarusian border, Polish border guards......
KABUL: Heavy fighting between Afghan security forces and Taliban insurgents that killed more than 30 combatants threatened a major northern city on Monday, officials said.The battle on the outskirts......
ADEN: The humanitarian situation in Yemen has become catastrophic, the Red Cross said on Monday, as Saudi-led aircraft pounded Houthi militiamen and rebel army units for a second day, dashing hopes......
RIYADH: Four construction workers were killed on Monday when the roof of a building they were working on collapsed on site at a university campus in Saudi Arabia, civil defence authorities said.A......
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir was elected to another five years in office, results showed on Monday, despite international war crimes charges and a vote marred by low turnout and an......
LAHORE: A brilliant all-round performance by Zaka Ahmed helped Pakistan win the inaugural Asia Deaf T20 Cricket Cup, as they recorded an impressive 50-run win over arch-rivals India in the final at......
It has been quite an embarrassing last few months for Pakistan cricket. First their performance in the last World Cup and now the humiliating whitewash against Bangladesh in the ODI games and the T20......
ISLAMABAD: Owing to negligence of the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF), majority of its affiliated departments have been violating its constitution.All affiliated units are constitutionally supposed......
LAHORE/KARACHI: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday issued an order asking the Sports Board Punjab (SBP) director-general Usman Anwar to submit a report on the recent controversial April 17......
LAHORE: Top seed Nasir Iqbal was declared champion of the International Squash Championship when his rival and second seed Aamir Atlas Khan conceded the final in the third game on fitness grounds at......
LAHORE: Punjab University securing 314 and 283 points won both men and women Inter-varsity Athletics Championships here at the Wapda Sports Complex on Monday.Around 600 male and female athletes of 48......
KARACHI: Team Masood mustered 63.36 victory points (VPs) to win Karachi Bridge Association’s weekend Bridge Tournament at Aslam Hall housed here on Sunday night.Team Masood comprising Ziaullah Baig,......
KARACHI: Shahram Changezi became the third Pakistani cueist to qualify for the last-32 round in the ongoing 31st Asian Snooker Championship in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.According to results made......
LANDI KOTAL: Sawabullah won the Mr Khyber Agency bodybuilding title while Hameedullah and Jaidullah Khan were adjudged second and third in the All-Khyber Agency bodybuilding competition held here on......
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board and Zimbabwe Cricket have agreed in principle for the latter’s tour to Pakistan but final clearance in this regard will be given by a Zimbabwean security delegation,......
KHULNA: Pakistan hope the return of skipper Misbah-ul-Haq and experienced batsman Younis Khan will help them bounce back from their lowest point in international cricket on the miserable tour of......
LONDON: Kevin Pietersen became the fastest batsman to reach 1,000 first-class runs for Surrey before falling relatively cheaply to Essex’s New Zealand all-rounder Jesse Ryder in the Second Division......
MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Anurag Thakur has written a letter to ICC President N. Srinivasan, asking him to share the list of ‘unverified suspected bookies’......
NEW DELHI: IOC supremo Thomas Bach met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday with both leaders unanimous in their belief that it was too early for the country to bid for the Olympics.The......
LAHORE: Eighteen probabales were on Monday called up by the PCB selection committee headed by Haroon Rashid in order to pick a few of them and add to the already short-listed bunch for the NCA’s......
ISTANBUL: Mark Cavendish won the second stage of the Tour of Turkey at Antalya on Monday, retaining the overall lead he took after Sunday’s opening run.The British speedster covered the 180......
LONDON: Javier Hernandez scored twice as Real Madrid fought back for a thrilling 4-2 win at Celta Vigo to keep the pressure on La Liga leaders Barcelona while Olympique Lyon reclaimed top spot in......
ABBOTTABAD: Hosts Abbottabad, Mardan, Lower Dir and Bannu made the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inter-Region U-19 Boys Hockey Championship semi-finals at the Abbottabad Hockey Stadium on Monday.Lower Dir in......
SHEFFIELD: Judd Trump will play China’s Ding Junhui in the quarter-finals of the World Championship after defeating Hong Kong’s Marco Fu, the other remaining hope of a first Asian world champion at......
ISLAMABAD: Top-ranked Aqeel Khan will face Shahzad Khan in the men’s singles final at the Earth Day Subh-e-Nau Clay Court Championship after both cruised through their semi-finals on Monday.Aqeel......
KARACHI: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Sports Administration course for men and women will be held here at a local hotel from May 23 to 30, Sindh Olympic Association (SOA) secretary Ahmed Ali......
KARACHI: Sakhi Hasan Gymkhana clinched the KCCA Zone VI ‘B’ Division League cricket title after pulling off a 44-run victory over Paposh Nagar CC in the final played at the Sakhi Hasan Gymkhana......
KARACHI: While there is the investors’ run on stock brokerage ACE Securities, the nest is empty.According to the market sources, ACE Securities Chief Executive Officer Haroon Iqbal appears to have......
KARACHI: The Indian tyre industry is gearing up to capture world markets, while Pakistani counterparts are finding it hard to operate even in domestic market, which is 80 per cent dominated by ......
KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Jam Khan Shoro has said the federal government collects all the taxes on various exportable products, including aquatic products being exported......
KARACHI: Stocks moved forward on Monday with the KSE-100 index adding 69.18 points, or 0.20 per cent, to settle at 33,844.30.Volumes fell to 263 million shares of Rs16.1 billion value, against......
TOKYO: Fitch cut its credit rating on heavily indebted Japan by one notch on Monday, saying it has not done enough to plug a budget gap left by its decision to delay a sales tax rise.The move saw......
Engro Foods, NBP sign MoUKARACHI: Engro Foods on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) to provide entrepreneurship opportunities in dairy and......
KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has sought withdrawal of the Sindh Development and Maintenance Infrastructure Cess.In its budget proposal specifically for......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell to their lowest in nearly two weeks on Monday, stretching losses into a fourth day as a modest pick-up in export demand was offset by strength in the......
KARACHI: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) posted profit-after-tax at Rs3.2 billion during the third quarter of this fiscal year.The company also announced a cash dividend of Rs6 per share during the period......
BERLIN: Germany attracted a record 3.2 billion euros in foreign investment last year, as the number of new investors reached an all-time high thanks largely to growing interest from China, the trade......
KARACHI: Repatriation of dividends and profits on overall foreign investment (including portfolio investment) rose by 22 per cent to cross $1 billion during the first nine months (July-March) of this......
ISLAMABAD: With changing political landscape in the Middle East, Pakistan’s refining industry is expecting discounted crude oil imports from Iran once its successful talks with the United States on......
KARACHI: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Monday that the government had decided to form a task force for facilitating foreign investors to set up an industry or start a business besides ensuring......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has called for strict observation of a ban on interaction between foreigners and officials of the ministry and subordinate departments,......
ISLAMABAD: The Met office has said that tornadoes do not occur in Pakistan and they cannot be predicted anywhere in the world.Addressing a press conference on Monday, Deputy Director of the Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: A Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team raided a warehouse at the National Institute of Health (NIH) on Monday and sealed a room containing spoiled vaccine worth million of rupees. The......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) de-notified on Monday two lawmakers, one belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the other to the PML-N, and announced the schedule......
KARACHI: The election tribunal of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf recorded statements and examined evidence on Monday, ignoring party chairman Imran Khan’s order of dissolving it.According to a source......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain told diplomats that while acquainting themselves with challenges of the day, they should be ready to face the breaking news culture.He was speaking at the......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly adopted on Monday the Balochistan Urban Immovable Property Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2015, amid reservations voiced by opposition members.The bill was tabled by......
ISLAMABAD: The sub-committee of the parliamentary panel on electoral reforms will be meeting here on Wednesday (tomorrow) to discuss proposals about change in the mechanism for Senate elections.The......
ISLAMABAD: The second consignment of relief goods for earthquake-affected people of Nepal will be despatched to Kathmandu on Tuesday.The relief goods were scheduled to be taken by C-130 planes on......
HOW do you report on a funeral where you were one of the hundreds of people who bore the body?How do you separate yourself from the grief, the anger, and the dozens of whispered conversations you......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court hearing on challenges to the 18th Amendment on Monday provided an opportunity to peep into judges’ minds when one member of the full court acknowledged that there was a......
ISLAMABAD: Not impressed by the material submitted to it by political parties to scrutinise and determine whether or not the 2013 general elections were systematically rigged, the poll inquiry......
PESHAWAR: Amid slow and uncoordinated relief and recovery work, the death toll from mini-cyclone that hit Peshawar Valley on Sunday reached 45 on Monday.Electricity could not be fully restored in the......
QUETTA: Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti, the chief of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), died here on Monday after a heart attack.He was 63.Talal Bugti was a son of former governor and chief minister of......
QUETTA: Two Hazara men were killed and another was injured in a gun attack on the booking office of a bus-coach service in Satellite Town area here on Monday.Four other people from the same community......
ISLAMABAD: Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan informed the National Assembly on Monday of what he called major steps taken by the government to facilitate the oft-troubled Afghan transit trade,......
AT least for some time to come, the media will, out of habit if nothing else, continue to look for the PPP angle in every political activity in the country.Such has been the presence of the party......
IT was nature’s fury compounded by long-standing human apathy. The trail of destruction wreaked by a mini-cyclone, described by the Met office as the third worst in Pakistan’s history, killed over 40......
MUCH to the relief of pensioners, the government has announced an increase of 46pc in their monthly payments through the Employees Old-Age Benefit Institute. The increase will take effect......
BASHING politics is our national pastime. There is always something wrong. Almost inevitably, that something boils down to individuals: it is about corrupt, self-serving, insincere leaders.......
IT’S not easy to make nuclear weapons, build missiles to carry them long distances, and to produce highly enriched uranium or plutonium. But the hardest part of making nuclear weapons is keeping them......
JOSH Malihabadi was houseguest for a few days at S.M. Mehdi’s modest second-floor flat in Karol Bagh in Delhi. A few comrades assembled there one evening to hear Josh Sahib’s new verses. Theatre guru......
THE sale of 609.3 million shares of HBL has been billed as the biggest capital market transaction and second biggest privatisation deal after the PTCL and yet more evidence of the government’s......
