Pakistani flags were waved by supporters of Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani at a rally that he addressed today in Tral area of Pulwama district of India-held Kashmir, after Friday......
QUETTA: Awami National Party (ANP) has announced to convene a multi-party conference in Quetta on May 16 to discuss the issue of Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and its proposed route.ANP and other......
LONDON: Disinflation is not dead, just resting. The risk of uncontrolled falling prices, one of central bankers' greatest fears, is receding. But this is more cyclical improvement than secular......
I recently wrote about how there are more than one silver linings in our national affairs (no matter how badly we are used to ignoring them). One of the examples I quoted was the participation of a......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani convicted of drug smuggling on Friday, the 73rd execution in the kingdom so far this year.Shirin Khan was put to death in Riyadh province after being found......
‘Mehnat Kash’, the third song of the ‘Gao, Suno, Badlo’ musical campaign, was released today to celebrate International Labour Day.Sung by Rizwan Anwar, ‘Mehnat Kash’ honours the under-appreciated......
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Dr Malik Baloch assured all out support and protection to national and international investors in Balochistan during an international investment conference in the......
ISLAMABAD: Australian Foreign Minister Ms Julie Bishop’s will arrive in Pakistan on May 6 on a two-day official visit."During her visit, Minister Bishop will hold meetings with Advisor to the Prime......
NEW DELHI: India's faction-ridden Olympic Association faces a power struggle that could threaten its involvement in future Games, just days after IOC head Thomas Bach told the body to stay......
NEW DELHI: The ICC confirmed it was investigating the registration of company names which it regarded as of “concern to the sport of cricket” as reports of a rebel organisation which might split the......
ISLAMABAD: People in Pakistan who live under the threat of US drone strikes see a double standard at work in Washington.Last week, President Barack Obama took the unusual step of acknowledging and......
MIRALI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said that the government and the army had fulfilled their promise to the affectees of the military operation being carried out in the North Waziristan......
Popular music streaming website Grooveshark permanently shut down its operations on Friday. The "friends at Grooveshark" posted a letter addressing "music fans", explaining the reason behind the......
PESHAWAR: A peace committed member was killed on Friday in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in northwestern Pakistan's Bajaur tribal region, security sources said.Khalid Khan, son of......
SYDNEY: Cricket Australia rejected as “highly speculative” reports Friday that leading stars Michael Clarke and David Warner could be offered Aus$50 million ($39.5 million) contracts to play for an......
KHULNA: Openers Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes hit unbeaten centuries to lead a brilliant fightback by Bangladesh on the fourth day of the first Test against Pakistan in Khulna on Friday.The left-handed......
POKHARA: At Pokhara airport in the Himalayas, Indian soldiers race back and forth loading rice, blankets, tarpaulins and other aid onto waiting helicopters for delivery to Nepal's quake-devastated......
The night was cold in Chitwan National Park. Braving the chilly wind, my wife and I sat outside on the top floor of a restaurant, waiting patiently for our momos to be served.We didn’t have to wait......
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday kept China and India on its Priority Watch List of trading partners that fail to protect intellectual property rights (IPR), hurting the economy.In its......
KARACHI: At least three policemen, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), were killed on Friday when armed men opened fire on their vehicle in Karachi's Gulshan-i-Hadeed......
KATHMANDU: The death toll from Nepal's devastating earthquake rose steadily past 6,100 on Friday as fresh aftershocks and the stench of rotting bodies made it hard for nervous survivors to return to......
KARACHI: Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major-General Asim Bajwa on Friday condemned the statements made by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain regarding the......
HARARE: Dav Whatmore has signed a four-year contract to coach Zimbabwe, the country’s cricket board said on Thursday.“We signed a contract yesterday (Wednesday] which is going to be a four-year......
LAHORE: Pakistan is all set to host top-level international cricket for the first time in six years when Zimbabwe start their tour to the country on May 19 to play three One-day Internationals and......
KARACHI: Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Thursday announced he would retire from Twenty20 cricket next year, ending a colourful international career which earned him unmatched popularity in his......
KHULNA: Mohammad Hafeez hit a career-best 224 as Pakistan took charge of the first Test against Bangladesh with an impressive batting marathon during the third day’s play here on Thursday.The......
MILAN: Carlos Tevez scored twice to give Serie A leaders Juventus a 3-2 win over Fiorentina on Wednesday but Lazio prevented them from celebrating the title by thumping bottom club Parma 4-0, which......
LAHORE: Pakistan are in danger of missing the ICC Champions Trophy in 2017 as they struggle to improve their One-day International rankings after being crushed 3-0 by Bangladesh in the recent......
MANAMA: Asian chief Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim al Khalifa was re-elected unopposed and became a FIFA vice president on Thursday as he strengthened his grip on football in the region.The Bahraini......
MADRID: James Rodriguez scored a stunning goal to lead Real Madrid to a 3-0 win over Almeria on Wednesday that kept his side two points behind leaders Barcelona in the final stretch of the La Liga......
KARACHI: Spinner Jibran Yousuf grabbed a five-wicket haul to help Dollar East secure a much-needed victory over Eaton in their final round fixture of the 20th Hinopak Trophy KCCA Inter-departmental......
LAHORE: Former Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) technical director Col Mujahidullah Tareen has criticised the overall process adopted by the federation in holding its presidential elections on June......
LEICESTER: Chelsea came from behind to beat Leicester City 3-1 on Wednesday and move to within one win of clinching the Premier League title for the first time in five years.Chelsea were labelled as......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman has been traditionally unanimously elected as Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) president.Spokesman for the Pakistan Air Force said that......
ISLAMABAD: The Serena Hotel-Subh-e-Nau National Ranking Tennis Championship will be staged here at the Islamabad Tennis Club from May 12.Top-ranking players of the country will participate in the......
LAHORE: FIFA Consultant Director Eric Harrison hailing from UK has announced that the first artificial turf in Pakistan will be installed in Khanewal as part of the Khanewal Goal Project.Harrison......
LAHORE: Twenty-one coaches from different countries are taking part in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) ‘A’ Coaching Certificate Course to be held at the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF)......
LAHORE: University of Central Punjab beat Superior University at the Ali Garh Cricket Ground, Lahore in a nail-biting match that witnessed both teams playing with passion to win a chance to represent......
SHEFFIELD: Five-time world snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan’s eventful world championships came to a disappointing end on Wednesday when he lost 13-9 in the quarter-finals to fellow-Englishman......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has ruled that offering extra age relaxation to female candidates for government jobs does not infringe fundamental rights of men.Dismissing a petition against......
KARACHI: Playing the best match of his career, Pakistan’s top cueist Hamza Akbar did his country proud when he stunned Indian celebrity of the baize game Pankaj Advani 7-6 in the fully stretched......
LAHORE: Excise and Taxation Department of Punjab officials accompanied by dozens of police officers sealed the Gaddafi Stadium here on Thursday morning, claiming to be acting in accordance with the......
KARACHI: A night of discussion changed everything.When Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) president Faisal Saleh Hayat left for the Bahrain capital of Manama on Monday night, he was confident he......
LAHORE: Around 40 countries from five continents have confirmed their number of athletes for participation in the upcoming Punjab International Sports Festival (PISF) scheduled to be held in May......
KARACHI: Punjab Football Association (PFA) president Sardar Naveed Haider Khan on Thursday said that he was very happy with the response given to him by FIFA and AFC chiefs during the AFC Congress in......
PRAGUE: Top seed Karolina Pliskova rallied from a set down to make the Prague Open quarter-finals, beating Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1) here on Wednesday.Pliskova will next a......
KARACHI: Young Haqqani FC beat Aga Khan Gymkhana by 4-3 on penalty kicks to move into the semi final of All Karachi Muslim Khatri Association Gulden Jubilee Football Tournament here on Thursday at......
QUETTA: Former provincial minister and member of the Balochistan Assembly Raheela Hameed Khan Durrani has announced that all expenses of the national canoe kayak team that will participate in the ICF......
LAHORE: Contrary to the views of its ally in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, the Jamaat-i-Islami does not see possibility of general election during current year.“I don’t see general election in......
PCSIR retirees have been suffering owing to late payment of pension. A number of letters have appeared in these columns, as well as in other papers, but no permanent solution has been sought to......
‘MAY Day’ or ‘Labour Day’ is being celebrated all over the world today except the US and Canada, where it is celebrated on the first Monday of September.Having different date of celebration in the US......
REPORTEDLY the government is considering increasing salaries and pensions in the next annual budget. This is good news and should be welcomed. Pensioners deserve a reasonable increase in their......
INDIAN publishing houses have taken keen interest in Pakistani fiction, with Mohammad Hanif, Mohsin Hamid, Moni Mohsin and Kamila Shamsie being only a few of the many Pakistani writers whose work has......
THIS is apropos of Asif Jah’s letter on the issue of smoking at public places (April 28). I had a similar experience at a famous fast food restaurant in Karachi the other day, where people were seen......
MARDAN: Awami National Party provincial president Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has said that they will oppose and resist the privatisation of Bank of Khyber (BoK).He expressed these views during a meeting......
LANDI KOTAL: The elders of Zakhakhel, Shinwari and Shalman tribes in a jirga here on Thursday took serious exception to the heavy penalty imposed by local administration of transporters for violating......
PESHAWAR: PTI MPA Gul Sahib Khan has moved the Peshawar High Court challenging the detention of his father by the newly-established Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission as well as the law under......
SWABI: Largely unaware of the May Day, the labour class of Gadoon Amazai Industrial Estate has complained that they are not being paid by the industrialists according to the minimum wage award......
PESHAWAR: Sarhad University vice-chancellor Dr Saleemur Rahman has said that the world is progressing rapidly due to the information technology education and by getting IT education people could......
PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has arrested its own employee Gul Khatab on the charges of corruption.According to a statement issued here on Thursday, Gul Khatab......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday issued notices to PTI MNA Murad Saeed, Election Commission of Pakistan and other respondents in a petition seeking disqualification of the lawmaker for......
LAKKI MARWAT: The provincial government will spend over Rs500 million on installation of solar tube wells under the public-private partnership to overcome the shortage of water for irrigation......
PESHAWAR: Keeping in view its poor performance in the cantonment boards elections the Pakistan Peoples Party is also likely to face a humiliating situation in the forthcoming Local Government......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a training workshop on Thursday asked the federal government to take practical steps for the implementation of a law against harassment at workplace, saying this will encourage......
PESHAWAR: Many youth leaders of Imran Khan’s PTI are contesting local government elections independently after finding that the chances of the award of the party’s tickets to them are grim in the......
KARAK: Serious differences have cropped up in the district chapter of PTI over allotment of tickets for the upcoming local government elections.The senior workers of the party have approached PTI......
CHARSADDA: Qaumi Watan Party chief Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Thursday said postponement of the National Finance Commission (NFC) award could increase anxiety of smaller provinces and therefore, the......
Five days have passed since a devastating earthquake shook Nepal and its neighbours on April 25. Pakistani families were among the evacuees that were airlifted from the ruined capital, Kathmandu, on......
RAWALPINDI: Five days after the cantonment elections, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) complained of rigging and decided to issue a white paper in this regard soon.After the defeat in the......
ISLAMABAD: In a show of solidarity with former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mohammad Ali Nekokara and former Islamabad Inspector General of Police (IGP) Aftab Ahmed Cheema, four retired......
But for the din that the Opposition benches kept throughout, the just concluded sitting of the National Assembly would have been unremarkable. Their ire was directed at what they called “unfair......
ISLAMABAD: The syndicate of the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) on Thursday rejected the proposal of selling the university’s land to the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE).“Today, we......
ISLAMABAD: The first monthly calendar for uniform Azan timings for sects in Islamabad has been finalised and will be released at the Faisal Mosque on Friday (today).Minister for Religious Affairs......
ISLAMABAD: A total of 972 accidents occurred on Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway (M-1) and Islamabad-Lahore Motorway (M- 2) during the six year period from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2013 out of......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab home department has stopped police officers from meeting foreign delegations and diplomats without prior permission from the Ministry of Interior.According to a letter written......
RAWALPINDI: The CNG dealers have called upon the government to start the supply of gas to the filling stations in Punjab which remained closed for the last six months.“Due to the closure of the......
RAWALPINDI: The garrison city will get Rs1.5 billion to replace the old and obsolete water and sewerage lines and install tubewells after the completion of the metro bus project.Hanif Abbasi, former......
Students still without booksNearly one month has passed since the academic session began on April 1, 2015 but hundreds of students at Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) run schools are still......
ISLAMABAD: A murder case has finally been registered against the former CIA station chief in Islamabad, in response to a court order. However, the FIR is expected to be quashed and a fresh case......
GUJRAT: At least 650 reported cases of forced marriages involving the British citizens of Pakistani origin have originated mainly in three districts -- Jhelum, Gujrat and Mirpur (Azad......
BAHAWALPUR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has wound up the Bahawalpur election tribunal while the tenure of other four tribunals in Punjab has been extended for another two months.The......
MULTAN: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman says the role of the National Assembly speaker has become controversial for not accepting resignations of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Information Secretary Shireen Mazari has expressed party’s reservations over government’s stance on the implementation of parliament’s unanimous resolution on......
LAHORE: As a goodwill gesture for the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Wapda has decided to reconstruct the stretch of Mirpur-Kotli dual carriageway at Khaliqabad which collapsed in November......
LAHORE: The Sabzazar police claimed on Thursday to have arrested two suspected robbers involved in snatching motorcycles, mobile phones and cash.A police team led by |SHO Atif Zulfiqar raided near......
LAHORE: The Lahore Biennale Foundation (LBF) is scheduled to make its first public release with the opening of Rashid Rana’s project, My East is Your West, at Liberty Market on May 5.“My East is Your......
KASUR: Pattoki police on Thursday registered a case against 14 people under the Anti-Terrorism Act for allegedly manhandling the THQ Hospital medical superintendent and doctors.According to......
OKARA: Police said on Thursday that a murder accused might have links with Indian intelligence agency RAW.DPO Muhammad Faisal Rana told reporters that Mushtaq alias Mushtaqi was wanted in a murder......
SIALKOT: Another spat of torrential rains followed by hailstorm damaged wheat crops and affected harvesting activities on Thursday in the Sialkot region.The wet crop would take at least three or four......
GUJRANWALA: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested nine human smugglers on Tuesday, FIA Deputy Director Malik Sikandar Hayat told reporters.Raja Tanveer was arrested in Rawalpindi, while......
SARGODHA: Tension prevailed in Kotla Jam, Bhakkar district, between two sectarian groups when nine convicts were awarded death penalty, four were sentenced to life imprisonment, one was awarded......
LAHORE: Punjab IGP Mushtaq Sukhera has said that foolproof security would be provided to foreign cricket teams and honest and outstanding officers would be rewarded.He was addressing a ceremony held......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: The Federal Investigation Agency arrested on Thursday a senior doctor and professor of Ghazi Medical College and two others.Doctors in civil hospitals of DG Khan and Muzaffargarh......
LAHORE: A strong windstorm accompanied by light rain lashed the city on Thursday morning, breaking the heat spell of the past around one week.The velocity of the storm which lashed the city at around......
LAHORE: The working class all over the world will commemorate the Labour Day on Friday (today) by staging rallies and holding meetings to pay a homage to Chicago martyrs while workers in Pakistan......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday observed that the Punjab government’s ban on setting up new sugar mills appeared to be an attempt to maintain monopoly of the existing units.The court was......
LAHORE: Iqbal Town’s Karim Market turned into a battlefield on Thursday when shopkeepers and rickshaw drivers clashed over parking, fee and other related problems.Dozens of rickshaw drivers blocked......
FAISALABAD: Police claim to have smashed a gang of target killers comprising policemen and a proclaimed offender who have confessed to killing 19 people including a close associate of former Punjab......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif will inaugurate Labour Welfare Complex and announce the first labour policy of the province on Labour Day at Sundar Industrial Estate here on Friday.Provincial......
LAHORE: The PML-Q has demanded of the government to fix Rs20,000 minimum wages.The PML-Q leaders adopted seven resolutions at the PML Labour Wing convention held at the Muslim League House here on......
KARACHI: Theatre has once again taken the plunge and sought to define concrete borders against the forces of extremism that the city is plagued with, and the first play of the Napa — I am Karachi......
KARACHI: A great number of people visit literature festivals in Pakistan. But no one, including the OUP, in the country is willing to publish fiction in English.This was one of the many candid......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf lawmakers Syed Hafeezuddin and Khurram Sher Zaman have said that despite the ongoing targeted operation against criminals, persistent lawlessness and targeted killings......
KARACHI: The aroma of mutton roast, yakhni pulao, dumpukht lamb and chapli kebabs sizzling on the tawa beckoned as the waiters in Chitrali caps or pakol and black and silver waistcoats or koti over......
SEMINARThe 35th annual function, award ceremony, book launch and a seminar on homoeopathic treatment for smartness and fitness under the auspices of the Health & Hygiene Society and the Karachi......
KARACHI: The National Trade Union Federation Pakistan (NTUF) and its partner organisations would hold conventions, rallies and demonstrations to mark the 129th International Labour Day in 20 cities......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday restrained the Hyderabad election tribunal from pronouncing its judgement on an election petition filed against victory of PPP’s Syed Qaim Ali Shah on the......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah distributed cheques for Rs97.730 million as compensation among 220 people, affected by the Timber Market fire, at a simple ceremony held in Chief......
BADIN: Supporters of disowned Pakistan Peoples Party leader and former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza on Thursday held a big demonstration in Badin city in yet another show of strength to condemn......
KARACHI: A special investigation team of police on Thursday visited Karachi University to interview staff to get clues to the killers of Dr Waheed-ur-Rehman and their motive for the murder.The team,......
KARACHI: Experts at a press briefing on Thursday said thalassaemia was spreading in Pakistan at an alarmingly rate, which could be gauged from the fact that at least 6,000 children were born......
HYDERABAD: A district action committee for home-based workers Hyderabad has demanded of the provincial government to announce the policy for home-based women workers.According to the committee, a......
DADU: The Pakistan Medical Association’s Dadu district chapter has threatened to enforce a strike over sacking of a lady doctor after she alleged being harassed by her superior.The lady doctor,......
KARACHI: Saulat Mirza, a death row prisoner, on Thursday moved another application seeking deferment of execution, as the joint investigation team (JIT) arrived at the conclusion that his......
KARACHI: University teachers have warned the government of a countrywide agitation and boycott of classes for an indefinite period if the killers of Karachi University teacher Dr Syed......
KARACHI: Many challenges and injustices faced by the service sector in Pakistan were highlighted at the media launch of the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (Piler) report ......
KARACHI: Fishermen’s representatives at a programme held on Thursday rejected the proposed draft of the Sindh Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill, 2015 arguing that it would bring the controversial......
Old Walid Sadik was Abu Dhabi’s first “minister” of housing in 1968 and he remembers Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan – whose son Khalifa now rules the emirate – living in a palace made of......
ADEN: Air strikes and artillery fire rocked the Yemeni city of Aden overnight as combatants battled for control of the main airport in fighting residents said was the worst in over a month of......
WASHINGTON: The US State Department has said that changes in the Saudi court will not affect the kingdom’s close strategic relationship with the United States.On Wednesday, King Salman issued a......
SYDNEY: A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck New Britain island off Papua New Guinea on Thursday, 131 kilometres southwest of the town of Kokopo, US seismologists said.The quake hit the island at 1045......
NEW YORK: Thousands of people marched on the streets from Baltimore, Boston, New York to Indianapolis and Washington DC on Wednesday to protest against the death of Freddie Gray and to demand reforms......
DUBAI: Jihadists of the self-styled Islamic State group claimed they beheaded four Yemeni soldiers and shot dead another 11 execution-style in a video posted online on Thursday, a monitoring group......
NEW YORK: The Whitney Art Museum of New York was relocated to its new home: a 220,000-square-foot building in the Meatpacking district on Thursday.The first lady Michelle Obama was at hand for the......
SANTIAGO: The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupted again on Thursday, releasing a large column of smoke just over a week after it spectacularly roared to life following half a century of......
MUNICH: Munich opened a museum on Thursday on the former site of the Nazi party headquarters, in a long-delayed reckoning with the German city’s status as the “home of the movement”.The inauguration......
The latest film adaptation of Far From the Madding Crowd will delight fans of period dramas. It checks off the required boxes with solid acting, gorgeous cinematography and all the frustrating,......
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s president invoked a national drugs crisis to justify this week’s execution of seven foreign traffickers, but analysts say it was more about a weakened leader acting under intense......
KATHMANDU: Rescuers pulled a teenage boy and a woman in her thirties alive from the rubble of Nepal’s earthquake on Thursday, in rare moments of joy five days after a disaster which killed nearly......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that he was nominating Gayle E. Smith as Administrator of the US Agency for International Development.If confirmed by the Senate, Ms Smith,......
BEIJING: A french fry supplier to the McDonald’s restaurant chain in China has been issued Beijing’s biggest-ever pollution fine for releasing dirty wastewater, state media reported. The official......
ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities on Thursday issued arrest warrants for two judges in a legal standoff over an order to release 75 suspects detained on suspicion of plotting to overthrow Turkey’s......
NEW DELHI: A 16-year-old Indian girl who was allegedly molested on a bus by the conductor and then pushed off while it was moving has died of her injuries, reports said Thursday.Police said the girl......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collection grew 14.28 per cent to Rs200 billion in April 2015 from Rs175bn in the corresponding month last year.The overall revenue collection during the......
KARACHI: Despite huge carry-over wheat stocks from last year and the arrival of new Sindh crop, the commodity’s export is not picking up pace because of falling world prices.Millers said the Sindh......
KARACHI: A Chinese company’s request to acquire KASB Bank was turned down mainly because of its low investment capacity and refusal to provide sufficient information, said the State Bank on......
KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at $17.717 billion during the week ending April 24 compared to $17.491bn the previous week, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said......
KARACHI: Stocks staged rally on Thursday, the final day of the week (today being a holiday), with the KSE-100 index bouncing back by 269.95 points, or 0.81 per cent, to settle at 33,729.96.Turnover......
DUBAI: The make-up of Islamic banks’ loan books is changing in Pakistan and Indonesia with the growing use of profit-sharing contracts that could help Islamic finance win more customers in the two......
Indus Motor posts Rs6.4bn profitKARACHI: Indus Motor Company posted profit-after-tax at Rs6.4 billion during the first nine months (July-March) of 2014-15 compared to Rs2.3bn in the same period last......
KARACHI: The board of directors of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) on Thursday directed the bourse management to take all steps to protect investors’ interest.In the specific case of ACE......
HONG KONG: China’s yuan climbed to become the fifth most used global payment currency in March, with a market share of 2.03 per cent, said global payment services organisation SWIFT on Thursday.Yuan......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures rose for the first time in a week on Thursday as investors squared positions ahead of a long holiday weekend, but the gains were not enough to prevent the......
LONDON: Gold fell two per cent on Thursday after better-than-forecast US jobs data boosted the dollar, reviving expectations the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates soon.Data on Thursday......
MOSCOW: Russia’s central bank on Thursday cut its key interest rate by 1.5 percentage points to 12.5 per cent, in a bid to lift the economy out of recession.The economy had contracted by 2.2pc in the......
LONDON: Opec oil supply in April has jumped to its highest in more than two years, boosted by record or near-record supplies from Iraq and Saudi Arabia, a Reuters survey showed, as key members stand......
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) cut its growth and inflation forecasts on Thursday, as a slate of tepid data highlight weakness in the world’s number three economy, while analysts expect more stimulus......
ISLAMABAD: Petroleum Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday blamed the power sector, including the Water and Power Ministry, for troubles being faced in streamlining the import of liquefied......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA) on Thursday set the fresh production targets for sugarcane and rice crops.The target for sugarcane was fixed at 68 million tonnes from an area of......
QUETTA: Both treasury and opposition members of the Balochistan Assembly cautioned the federal government on Thursday against making any changes in the Gwadar-Kashgar (China-Pakistan) economic......
ISLAMABAD: The government increased on Thursday regulatory duty on import of crude oil and its major products with immediate effect to minimise shortfall in revenue collection faced by the Federal......
ISLAMABAD: Following media reports that Pakistan had offended the Nepalese by sending beef in food packets, the Foreign Office clarified on Thursday that the population of Nepal was “mostly Hindu,......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement rubbished on Thursday the ‘serious but ridiculous’ allegations levelled against the party by a senior police officer, questioned how a superintendent of police......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf’s (PTI) inner-party squabbles are refusing to die down. On Thursday, Chairman Imran Khan had to yet again ask a senior member and the head of the party’s election......
GWADAR: Six suspects were arrested in the port city of Gwadar during a search on Thursday.Official sources said that FC personnel and other law-enforcement agencies conducted raids in Niyaabad and......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office rejected on Thursday fresh allegations levelled by Kabul about the influx of terrorists in Afghanistan from Pakistan and called for closer cooperation to deal with the......
CHRSADDA: Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) chief Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao survived a suicide attack near his motorcade on Thursday. However, a policeman lost his life in the bombing.DPO Shafiullah Khan told......
ISLAMABAD: The government approved on Thursday Rs1.5 billion Ramazan Relief Package to provide essential commodities to consumers at reasonable rates in the holy month through the Utility Stores......
ON a sunny morning in The Hague, the administrative capital of the Netherlands, a group of journalists from 22 countries were given the opportunity to attend the hearing of an international dispute......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani and Indian prime ministers discussed on Thursday a proposal for annual disaster relief and rescue exercises at the regional level.The proposal was made by Prime Minister Narendra......
NEW DELHI: Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has cautioned Pakistan that if it does not open up the Wagah land transit for Afghan imports from India, his country could take counter measures, The......
KARACHI: In an unusual development, a senior police officer termed the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday an ‘anti-state’ organisation and urged the federal government to ban it like......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has invited leaders of parliamentary political parties to a briefing on the Pakistan-China Economic Corridor (PCEC) project to be held at the PM House on May......
KARACHI: Sindh Inspector General of Police Ghulam Hyder Jamali transferred on Thursday night Malir-SSP Rao Anwar, according to a police spokesperson, hours after the officer described the Muttahida......
LANDI KOTAL: Five soldiers, a captain among them, and 27 militants were killed in clashes in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency on Thursday. According to security sources, soldiers were entering......
MINGORA: An anti-terrorism court sentenced on Thursday 10 militants to life imprisonment for having been involved in the 2012 attack on Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai.Sources said the judge,......
THE formal launch of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) during the recent visit of President Xi Jinping has understandably generated a lot of euphoria in Pakistan. With a planned portfolio......
MANY of you might want to intervene with your own darker, prolonged versions of it spread over all these years but back in our corner of the world, protest was once by and large a daylight affair.......
A WEEK before Sabeen Mahmud, the ever-smiling ‘active’ human rights activist was gunned down in Karachi, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan launched its annual State of Human Rights report for......
DURING President Ashraf Ghani’s maiden state visit to New Delhi, the traditional bonhomie — tempered by realism though — was in evidence. India offered the visiting leader military and economic help......
AFTER lying in limbo for almost seven years, it looks like the census exercise is finally moving again.The government’s announcement that the census will be held by March 2016 is a welcome......
IT is ironic that on the day the army chief was in Karachi to review progress on the law-enforcement operation, an assistant professor was killed on the violence-prone streets of the unfortunate......
EVEN the most casual of observers would conclude that Pakistan is hard on its young. This is borne out by the report released on Tuesday by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the......
KARACHI: Sindh Police Inspector General (IG) Ghulam Hyder Jamali on Thursday night transferred Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rao Anwar from Malir, according to a police spokesperson.The......
