Is a long, black skirt a “conspicuous” sign of Islam? Or is that pushing France's strict secularity laws a little too far?The outrage over the case of a Muslim girl who was twice banned from class......
KARACHI: All-rounder Bilawal Bhatti will fill in for injured paceman Rahat Ali for the second Test on Pakistan's troubled tour of Bangladesh, an official said Wednesday.Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)......
KARACHI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif said the ongoing Karachi operation will remain across the board and indiscriminate, and will continue till its logical conclusion. “We will......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said he has accepted a poll-rigging commission’s findings of "irregularities" in PTI's intra-party election, and that there should be no......
KABUL: Starved and beaten by his stepmother, the little boy with big brown eyes was already withdrawn and unhappy by the time his father banished him from the family home and sent him to an orphanage......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to pay Rs60 million property tax on the Gaddafi Stadium, dismissing a petition by the board against levy of the tax by......
ISLAMABAD: India has failed to respond to Pakistan's desire for good relations, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said, in a rare rebuke of India.“Our desire for good neighbourly relations with India has......
At the best of times, he was a restless soul. At the worst of times, he was an irritatingly restless soul.Anyone who has shared professional space with Dr Wahidur Rahman will tell you the......
KARACHI: Death row convict Saulat Mirza filed a constitutional petition in the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday, claiming that his family has been receiving death threats.Mirza, who is presently......
ISLAMABAD: Political parties have submitted their responses to the questionnaire presented by the Judicial Commission for the purpose of investigating allegations of rigging during the 2013 general......
In its latest submission to the JC ? an 11-page document ? the PTI says it is the responsibility of the JC to "inquire into and determine" the answers to Section 3 of the [General Elections 2013......
Zoe Viccaji is perhaps one of the few female singers in the country who are actually working hard to pull the right chords and hit the right notes. However, the young singer recently announced on her......
KABUL: An Afghan official says insurgents are arriving in huge numbers from neighboring Pakistan in an effort to destabilise Afghanistan's northern provinces.Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi......
KABUL: With a hint of swagger, Afghanistan's first female pilot since the fall of the Taliban is defying death threats and archaic gender norms to infiltrate what is almost entirely a male......
“Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety” — this clichéd quote is ascribed to Benjamin Franklin; it presupposes a......
ADEN: Houthi rebels' tanks and sniper fire killed at least 12 civilians overnight in Yemen's Aden as they advanced toward the centre of the city, residents said, and a Saudi-led coalition airdropped......
LONDON: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the money being spent by China in Pakistan is not a loan or grant but an investment, according to the state-run Radio Pakistan website.Talking to......
Nepal slept uneasy on Saturday night, away from homes and buildings and under open skies.Throughout the night, the fitful sleep of those who survived Saturday’s catastrophic 7.8 earthquake was......
KHULNA: Opener Mohammad Hafeez hit an unbeaten century as Pakistan reached 227 for one in reply to Bangladesh's 332 at stumps on the second day of the first Test in Khulna on Wednesday.The tourists......
KARACHI: Assailants on Wednesday shot dead an assistant professor of the University of Karachi (KU) in Federal B area.Dr Syed Wahidur Rahman, also known as Yasir Rizvi, was an instructor at the......
KARACHI: As mayor of Bogota, Enrique Penalosa transformed Colombia's crime-ridden, traffic-clogged capital and now he is helping Pakistan's sprawling metropolis Karachi as it seeks to shed its......
India clearly can't get enough of our dashing Fawad Khan — the Pakistani export recently nagged third position in the country's prestigious Times of India's 50 Most Desirable Men of 2014. The star......
Almost 50 years after the Beatles delivered memorable performances at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan arena, former band member Paul McCartney returned to the venue on Tuesday with a special treat for his......
Two new musicals, An American in Paris, a romance based on the Oscar-winning film, and the lesbian coming-out story Fun Home led the Tony nominations, theater's highest honors, on Tuesday with 12......
One of the leading ladies of the fashion front Sania Maskatiya has once again been nominated the prestigious International Woolmark Prize [IWP] in the India and Middle East nominees for the year......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Wednesday named his powerful Interior Minister as heir to the throne and a son as second in line, under a shakeup that also saw the world's longest-serving......
SATURDAY’S massive earthquake has left the Himalayan nation of Nepal in total disarray. While the quake has claimed a large number of lives, the situation is grim for those who survived.According to......
IT is a peculiar situation the judicial commission led by the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has found itself in.Faced with political parties who have alleged systematic fraud in the......
THE mayhem which occurred at the CAA-administered Karachi airport exposed security lapses because the area around the periphery of this sensitive zone is occupied by the land and criminal mafia......
APROPOS Dr Pervez Hoodboy’s article ‘Let Saudi Arabia fume’ (April 25), the Yemen conflict has created a sense of anger and fear in the Arab world and, naturally, in Saudi Arabia, being the nearest......
AND now Pakistan is going to help enforce the UN Security Council’s arms embargo on the Houthis in Yemen. Your news report (April 17) said: “UNSC resolution provides Islamabad ‘an opportunity’ to......
THE oversized security arrangements for the public meeting in Lyari addressed by PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari was baffling. It comprised a contingent of 10,000 police personnel and 300 commandos.......
THIS is apropos the news item “Lack of resources leaves drug control wing ‘dysfunctional’” (April 15). This news is an eye-opener and shows the seriousness of the government towards health issues,......
CHINESE President Xi Jinping comes and goes. Fifty-one MoUs are signed and the figure is $46bn. The time frame is three years. All is well done. The difference of the IMF and Chinese money is that it......
AS a citizen of Karachi I wonder why the city government (if there is one) and the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board keep their emails secret.There is water crisis in our area (Block 4-A,......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has said that a US-based Pakistani doctor has been working on a plan to improve performance of the Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, within three......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a workshop about the future governance system in Federally Administered Tribal Areas were of the view that whether tribal areas were given a status of a separate province or......
PESHAWAR: A local court on Tuesday dismissed the bail petition of a female model in a case in which she is accused of sharing the alleged fake objectionable pictures of a policewoman with friends and......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan has emphasised on completion of development projects without any further delay in order to provide quick services and facilities to the......
PESHAWAR: A single-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday dismissed the bail petition of a man in a case regarding forced marriage under the local custom of ghag.Justice Nisar Hussain......
UPPER DIR: The residents of seven union councils of Kohistan in Upper Dir district have asked the government to expedite work on construction of Chukyatan-Dir-Sheringal Road.They said that routine of......
CHITRAL: Thousands of people from almost all parts of the district attended the four-day Kagh Lusht festival that concluded here on Tuesday.The green plateau, the venue of the festival, was teeming......
PESHAWAR: A resident of Swat district has moved the Peshawar High Court seeking disqualification of PTI MNA Murad Saeed for making a false declaration while filing nomination papers for the 2013......
MANSEHRA: District returning officer, Mansehra, Aamer Khattak has allowed candidates whose nominations were proposed and seconded by government employees to take part in local government elections......
LANDI KOTAL: The Frontier Works Organisation, which is assigned with the repair and expansion of the 45-kilometer-long Peshawar-Torkham Highway, has said that the delay in completion of the project......
PESHAWAR: The sit-in staged by PTI in Islamabad against the federal government last year seems to be haunting its own government in the provincial capital where blockade of road near the provincial......
PESHAWAR: Two PPP groups scuffled during a meeting held here on Tuesday, which was also attended by former prime ministers Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Raja Pervez Ashraf.The scuffle broke out when a......
PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party has demanded probe into government’s inability to take timely measures to protect lives and properties of the people from the Sunday’s rainstorm despite getting......
MARDAN: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Tuesday inaugurated the police school of public disorder management here.The school would train police force in professional handling of public protests and......
ISLAMABAD: Business centres across the city remained deserted on Tuesday as traders observed a strike to protest the Islamabad administration’s orders to shops to close by 8pm, marriage halls by 10pm......
ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) members of the National Assembly on Tuesday sought to make reciting of ‘Naat’ mandatory in the house.Proposing amendment to rule numbers 48, 69 and 112......
ISLAMABAD: A shopping mall in F-7 Markaz on Tuesday challenged the government’s decision to close markets and shops by 8pm.On April 8, the government as part of energy conservation plan ordered......
ISLAMABAD: It was a protest which resembled a funeral. The mood was grim as civil society activists, politicians and journalists gathered outside the National Press Club (NPC) on Tuesday to protest......
On Tuesday, civil society activists and journalists gathered outside the National Press Club to protest the killing of Sabeen Mahmud, a social activist and director of The Second Floor (T2F) who was......
ISLAMABAD: A fraudster was arrested for disguising himself as an official of SNGPL and taking Rs3.7 million from the management of a multi-storey shopping mall on the pretext of providing a gas......
ISLAMABAD: Mirza Ali’s expedition to the Mount Everest has come to an end as the Chinese government had closed the mountain after the powerful earthquake wracked havoc in the region killing thousands......
MUZAFFARABAD: A larger bench of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) High Court here on Tuesday issued notices for comments and objections on a petition, seeking nullification of the recent appointment......
ISLAMABAD: Political, social and legal barriers instituted by various governments and education managers prevent development of teachers’ associations resulting in weakened capacity to act as......
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif will visit the garrison city in next two days to inspect the work on metro bus project and give a final date for the launch of the......
TAXILA: The statistics from the Cantonment Board elections in Wah, shared by the local election commission, have revealed that some interesting new records were set in the polls.The statistics,......
When the 100 invited guests were welcomed at the residence of Danish Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen, it was easy to notice that this would be much more than ‘just another diplomatic dinner......
“Iwas impressed to see the large turnout at a bazaar held by the International Foreign Women’s Association (IFWA),” said a foreign diplomat whose wife is an active member of the association.The......
ISLAMABAD: Following the recent visit of Saudi dignitaries, including Imam-i-Kaaba Shaikh Khalid Al-Ghamidi, the Grand Mufti of Oman is in the federal capital to attend an event organised by a......
TAXILA: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and National Harmony Sardar Mohammad Yousaf on Monday said the prime minister’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia would remove misconception about Pakistan’s......
RAWALPINDI: A serving sub-inspector has been arrested for allegedly masterminding the robbery at Benazir Bhutto International Airport in which robbers dressed as police officers robbed a passenger of......
LAHORE: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) on Tuesday awarded a contract to a joint venture of M/s China Guangxi Corporation and Ramzan & Sons (Pvt.) Limited for construction of main......
LAHORE: An exhibition of Sadequain’s artworks will open at a local hotel on Wednesday (today).The art show, A Tribute to Sadequain, will be held under the patronage of Sadruddin Hashwani in......
LAHORE: The principal of Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI) has withdrawn powers from administrative and teaching doctors to prescribe free CT Scan and MRI tests, causing a great deal of......
LAHORE: The working class on Tuesday observed International Workers Memorial Day to highlight the importance of prevention of accidents and deaths of labourers at workplace, particularly in mines and......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday cancelled the black warrant for a convict who was to be hanged in a couple of days, acquitting him of the murder charge.Zaman Ali was convicted by a......
LAHORE: Various portions of 15 public schools’ land have been occupied by the illegal occupants who have also got stay from the courts against the government.The issue was raised during a meeting......
LAHORE: A 13-year-old boy drowned while bathing in the canal near Lal Pul on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Javed, a resident of Harbanspura.According to Javed’s friends, he jumped into the......
LAHORE: The Institute of Performing Arts in collaboration with the Lahore Arts Council is organising a five-day dance festival in May.LAC Executive Director Atta Muhammad Khan and ace dancers Nighat......
VEHARI: Fifty makeshift shops and valuables worth millions of rupees were burnt when a fire broke out at the Dewan Sahib Market in Burewala, some 50km from here, on Tuesday morning.Valuables,......
FAISALABAD: Teachers say the money is being spent on the advertisement of ‘Paro Punjab, Baro Punjab’ that is not improving the standard of education.They said this at a demonstration at the District......
GUJRAT: Parts of some rural areas surrounding the city have been included in the Gujrat municipal corporation (MC) while the areas surrounding the six municipal committees of the district -- Jalalpur......
KASUR: Phoolnagar police on Tuesday registered a case against a brick kiln owner and his five accomplices over charges of detention and forced labour.Earlier, a Lahore High Court bailiff had rescued......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhry has expressed his concern over the worsening law and order situation in Punjab, particularly in Lahore.In a statement issued on......
LAHORE: The City District Government of Lahore has deputed nine enforcement inspectors at town level to assist the Lahore Parking Company in the on-going operation against illegal parking......
LAHORE: A security guard manning the US Consulate, Lahore, died of gunshot during duty hours on Tuesday.Amjad Shah, 35, of Khushab, had been serving at the consulate for two years. He died of a......
LAHORE: By defeating “the forces of evil” seventy years ago, the Russian forces not only saved themselves but also humanity, said Ambassador of the Russian Federation of Pakistan Alexey Yurievich......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Employees of the water management project from four districts of Dera Ghazi Khan division on Tuesday set up a hunger strike camp under the banner of the Water Management Employees......
LAHORE: Political workers and rights activists came together on Tuesday to pay a tribute to Sabeen Mahmud, who was gunned down on Friday soon after she had organised a talk on Balochistan at her T2F......
LAHORE: A seven-year-old girl was tortured allegedly by her adoptive parents in Sabzazar Colony on Tuesday.A Child Welfare and Protection Bureau (CWPB) and police team after receiving information......
LAHORE: Kohat, Bannu, Bhakkar, Mianwali and Chakwal may receive severe windstorm-hailstorm on Wednesday (today) night because of a fresh western low pressure weather system that is likely to affect......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has approved a scheme declaring five steps including a four-hour period in its driving school and 40-hour road training mandatory for every applicant to get a......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday presided over a meeting which reviewed the law and order situation, security arrangements, implementation of National Action Plan, reorganisation of......
LAHORE: Deciding a 17-year-old dispute over allotment of alternate land against acquisition of a mosque and shops for widening of Lytton Road, the Lahore High Court has directed the chief minster to......
LAHORE: A central judge (FIA courts) on Tuesday acquitted former Lesco chief Arshad Rafiq and ex-director (operations) Mehboob Ali of misappropriation and misuse of authority.The Federal......
LAHORE: A consultation, attended by civil society activists, lawmakers and gypsy community, discussed the issues of gypsies and the way forward.The participants learned there were seven million......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has directed the local government department to take necessary measures to implement a recently announced Rs1 billion Lyari development package under......
HYDERABAD: The Intermediate (Class XI & XII) examinations in all four boards of the interior of Sindh — Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas and Larkana — got under way on Tuesday.The Hyderabad Board of......
HYDERABAD: For the first time in the history of the Cantonment Board Hyderabad (CBH), the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has staked its claim to the important but mostly ceremonial office of vice president......
MIRPURKHAS: Several people were injured when a strong contingent of police used force to dislodge a large number of cattle traders from the Hameedpura Colony animal market along Ring Road on......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday reserved its order on a contempt application of Dr Zulfikar Mirza, the disowned leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party, against the provincial government......
KARACHI: A report on children’s rights in the country released on Tuesday presented some dismal facts about their condition in every aspect ranging from education and health to labour, abduction,......
KARACHI: Paying tribute to a living legend of Pakistan, the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday unanimously demanded that the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) be named after Dr Adibul Hasan Rizvi in recognition of......
KARACHI: Investigators have found no match for casings of bullets that killed a prominent human rights activist, dashing hopes for quick answers to a murder that has raised fears for the safety of......
KARACHI: Urdu might not have been a problem, but English certainly was as the HSC part I and II examinations organised by the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) kicked off on Tuesday.It......
KARACHI: Between 20 to 30 per cent of guava and tomato crops are destroyed owing to a lack of cold storage facilities available in the province, said Sindh agriculture minister Ali Nawaz Mahar on......
KARACHI: A man was shot dead in a Nazimabad locality on Tuesday, police said.They said that Attaullah, 40, was shot dead over some family dispute allegedly by his nephew, a police constable posted in......
WASHINGTON: The United States and Japan sought to reinvigorate their 70-year-old alliance in the face of China’s ever-increasing clout on Tuesday, as President Barack Obama welcomed Prime Minister......
KIEV: A forest fire broke out on Tuesday near the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine, site of the world’s worst civil nuclear disaster in 1986, but the blaze was not threatening the plant, officials......
DUBAI: Coalition warplanes destroyed the runway at Sanaa’s rebel-held airport on Tuesday after an Iranian plane “defied” a blockade on Yemeni airspace, the spokesman for the Saudi-led alliance......
JHARIBAR: People stranded in remote villages and towns across Nepal were still waiting for aid and relief to arrive on Tuesday, four days after a devastating earthquake destroyed buildings and roads......
KUNDUZ: Intense fighting flared in northern Afghanistan as security forces battled Taliban insurgents advancing on Tuesday on a major provincial capital, officials said, with terrified residents......
UNITED NATIONS: Yemen’s warring political factions were on the verge of a power-sharing deal when Saudi-led air strikes began a month ago, derailing the negotiations Mr Jamal Benomar, United Nations......
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s main opposition party pulled out of mayoral elections on Tuesday saying the polls were rigged, deepening a political crisis plaguing the impoverished country.The Bangladesh......
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 on Tuesday, the latest natural disaster......
NEW YORK: Marooned on a naval base in northwest Germany, pinned down by advancing Allied forces and Adolf Hitler dead, the last leader of the Third Reich hammered out the surrender order.Seventy......
HO CHI MINH CITY: Forty years after it won the war, the Communist Party still rules Vietnam with an iron fist. But with crony capitalism, corruption and inequality now rife, many claim its victory......
BEIJING: Wedged between the two rising Asian powers of China and India, landlocked Nepal watched rescuers and offers of help pour in from both sides within hours of an earthquake that killed more......
THERE are some people out there — a lot, actually — who genuinely, unironically, truly love the Kardashians.Hard to imagine, right? Mostly, it seems people alternate between indifference and rage......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama urged his nation on Tuesday to do some “soul searching” over racial violence as authorities imposed a weeklong night curfew in Baltimore after a night of riots,......
CILACAP: Indonesia on Wednesday executed seven foreign drug convicts including two Australians by firing squad despite a storm of international anger, reports said, but a Filipina was spared at the......
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan parliament passed a constitutional amendment bill on Tuesday to restrict the draconian powers of the executive presidency and set up independent commissions to de-politicise......
PARIS: Scientists said on Tuesday they have for the first time looked inside an overheating lithium-ion battery, using sophisticated X-ray imaging to identify ways to make the ubiquitous technology......
VALENCIA (Spain): Valencia recaptured fourth place in La Liga from Sevilla and moved into Champions League contention when Sofiane Feghouli scored the pick of the goals in a 4-0 stroll at home to......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s top two cueists — Hamza Akbar and Shahram Changezi — cruised into the quarter-finals as former world amateur champion Mohammad Asif made exit in the 31st Asian Snooker......
MANAMA: Qatar Football Association (QFA) vice-president Saud Al Mohannadi has pulled out of elections for a place on the FIFA executive committee, saying West Asia should support one......
WBC invites Pakistan pugilists, coach for trainingLAHORE: The World Boxing Council (WBC) has invited three Pakistan pugilists and a coach for their advanced training in Mexico City.The invitation......
PRAGUE: Two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia was eliminated in the first round of the Prague on Monday on a day of upsets.The fourth-seeded Kuznetsova lost 6-4, 6-3 to Shuai......
ISLAMABAD: Top-ranked players Aqeel Khan, Nofil Kaleem and Huzaifa Abdul Rehman on Tuesday won Subh-e Nau Earth Day Clay Court National Championship in their respective categories here at the......
ISLAMABAD: Four Pakistan players will participate in this year’s Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) slated to be held in India in July-August, an official said here on Tuesday.The participating players......
KARACHI: Goalkeeper Mohammad Shabbir played a vital role in his team’s victory as Young Azizabad FC reached in the semifinal of All Karachi Muslim Khatri Association Golden Jubbilee Football......
KHULNA: Mominul Haque struck a patient 80 before falling to the final delivery of the day as Bangladesh capitalised on poor Pakistan fielding to reach 236 for four on the opening day of the first......
KARACHI: As many as eight observers from the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) will attend Thursday’s AFC Congress in the Bahrain capital of Manama where Asia’s football chief Sheikh Salman bin......
LONDON: England will send out an inexperienced one-day side to take on Ireland next month with five uncapped players named on Tuesday in a squad led by new captain James Taylor.The bold move is down......
KARACHI: Former Test cricketer and chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed Sallu has said that despite the resolute batting of Bangladesh batsmen on the first day of the first Test at Khulna, Pakistan need......
MUMBAI: The Essel Group, headed by the indefatigable Subhash Chandra, is planning to rekindle its romance with cricket.The company bigwigs were travelling the day Sydney Morning Herald reported that......
KARACHI: Khan Research Laboratories’ (KRL) resurgence is complete — and that too in an emphatic style.Coming into the NBP Challenge Cup in Lahore after a dreadful Pakistan Premier Football League......
KARACHI: Centuries from openers Rabaish Ahmed and Imran Shah enabled Zone-III to amass a commanding total of 406-7 declared against Zone-VII in their third-round fixture of the Karachi region in the......
LAHORE: The Lahore Division won both men’s and women’s titles in the Punjab Gymnastics Championships held in Gujranwala the other day.According to results released by the Punjab Gymnastics......
KARACHI: Karachi Port Trust (KPT) and Omar Associates both recorded impressive wins in their final-round matches of the 20th Hinopak Trophy KCCA Inter-departmental Cricket League here on Monday.KPT,......
LAHORE: The three-day trials to select young golfers from the age categories of 11 to 14, 15 to 17, and 18 to 21 held by the Pakistan Golf Federation here at the Defence Raya Golf Course concluded on......
LAHORE: A Sialkot-based kit manufacturing company on Tuesday signed a four-year contract with the cash-starved Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) which despite being beset by all financial problems......
DOHA: Qatar officially unveiled on Tuesday what it said is the world’s biggest environmental project, a $1 billion plant to capture wasted gas.The Jetty Boil-Off Gas Recovery Project (JBOG) would......
ISLAMABAD: The paradigm shift in international socio-economic scene in the wake of events, like the global economic crisis, has put agriculture in the spotlight, and with current declining commodity......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan has acknowledged significant contribution of small and medium enterprises to the country’s GDP and stressed more steps to meet financing needs of the SME sector.In......
KARACHI: The government should bring down sales tax rate to single digits and end the culture of SROs (statutory regulatory orders), said speakers at a pre-budget seminar organised by the Karachi Tax......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Tuesday approved 12 projects worth Rs30 billion in energy; education; health; and communication sectors and recommended four projects worth......
ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) was informed on Tuesday that inflation came down to 2.5 per cent in March this year, which was the lowest in the last 12 years.The committee,......
KARACHI: Shares tumbled on Tuesday as investors opted to book profit after announcement of major corporate results. The KSE-100 index plunged by 268.36 points, or 0.79 per cent, to close at......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama warned on Tuesday that the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) needs strong rules for governance and transparency to ensure projects benefit......
TEHRAN: President Hassan Rouhani warned Tuesday that middlemen who have circumvented sanctions will need to “think of another job” as a potential final nuclear deal brings changes to Iran’s......
MCB profit rises 29pc in 1QKARACHI: MCB Bank reported earnings growth of 29 per cent in the first quarter of this year led by 35pc increase in non-interest income to Rs5.2 billion.Net interest income......
ZURICH: Switzerland’s money laundering office received a record number of suspicious activity reports last year, in part due to increased vigilance from Swiss banks.The Alpine nation has faced......
BERLIN: Around half of investors expect Greece to leave the eurozone within the next 12 months, a survey by German research group Sentix showed on Tuesday.Sentix’s eurozone breakup index for Greece......
QUETTA: The Balochistan chapter of Awami National Party has opposed any change in the original design of the Kashgar-Gwadar route of the Pak-China Economic Corridor (PCEC) and warned that the......
KARACHI: Former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday congratulated Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain for his party’s victory in NA-246 by-election.Mr Zardari......
KHUZDAR: A bullet-riddled body was found in Sarawan area of Kharan district on Tuesday.According to official sources, police took the body to a hospital for identification after they were informed......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif said in the National Assembly on Tuesday that the government and private consumers in Sindh owed large amounts in unpaid electricity bills and......
WHEN Imran Khan announced the intra-party elections of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in March 2013, months before the national elections, many eyebrows were raised. The step took away focus from......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Information Secretary Dr Shireen Mazari has asked the media not to delve into the issue related to its two-member election tribunal headed by Justice retired......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate has opened itself to the general public by creating a drop box on its official website where people can file petitions on public issues which can be taken up by the upper house......
ISLAMABAD: In an otherwise dull and dreary sitting of the National Assembly on Tuesday, opposition members staged a walkout in protest against what they termed “sheer discrimination in the......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Raheel Sharif said on Tuesday that a peaceful environment in and around the country was the top priority.Addressing officers at the Bahawalpur Cantonment,......
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday ordered blacklisting of a Karachi-based firm for its poor performance in up-gradation of the Multan International Airport (MIA).The......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz said on Tuesday that the country was steering clear of problems in the turbulent Northeast Asian strategic triangle by......
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry has called for aligning the ‘Heart of Asia’ process with the priorities of the Afghan government.He was speaking at a reception he had hosted on Tuesday......
QUETTA: Balochistan Governor Mohammad Khan Achakzai has called for introducing syllabus in local languages for improving the standard of education in the country.Speaking at the 5th Inter-Provincial......
QUETTA: Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti, the chief of Jamhoori Watan Party, was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard in Dera Bugti on Tuesday night.He died of heart attack on Monday morning in the......
ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court judge wondered on Tuesday why there was so much distrust in politicians when they were the ones who had created the country, framed the sacred document called the......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau exonerated on Tuesday PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim and about a dozen former bureaucrats from corruption charges and decided to proceed against Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has reiterated that any aggression against Saudi Arabia will be dealt with strongly and effectively by Pakistan.“..... I’m saying once again that any aggression......
WASHINGTON: A top CIA manager who had been removed from his job last year for abusive management has been named to a senior role in the agency department that conducts US drone strikes.Jonathan Bank,......
ISLAMABAD: Amid tough divergent positions and demands for increased share out of common resources by the provinces, the federal government said on Tuesday the president could extend the 7th National......
ISLAMABAD: In order to check flight of capital, the country’s tax machinery is planning to reach out to authorities in the Gulf states to seek details of real estate investments by around 660......
LANDI KOTAL: Security forces took control on Tuesday of the entire Sipah and Akkakhel areas in Tirah valley after flushing out Lashkar-i-Islam activists from these areas.Official sources said that......
QUETTA: Minister of State for Education and Professional Training Mohammad Baligh-ur-Rehman has said that a standardised national curriculum of Islamic studies, Pakistan studies and other important......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan extended on Tuesday the deadline for biometric verification of cellphone SIMs till May 15.He took the decision at a meeting with chief executive......
WHO was afraid of Sabeen Mahmud? Was it the state or a non-state actor that silenced a brave voice of reason? Was it a mere coincidence that she was gunned down after a seminar on Balochistan that......
“EDUCATION Revolution in Punjab is just round the corner.” These words were spoken by the chief minister of Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif, at an event held at Aiwan-i-Sadr on March 23, 2015, to inaugurate......
AS the internet becomes an integral part of life, the risk of potential cyberthreats has escalated around the world. We as a nation should recognise the evolving risks new technologies create and be......
AT least one brokerage house is at the centre of a growing storm of controversy because its owners have reportedly decamped with their investors’ funds after making a few bad bets.ACE Securities......
ISLAMABAD: Commander Royal Jordanian Air Force Major General Mansour Salim Al-Jobour visited Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Academy Risalpur on Tuesday.On his......
