GHOTKI: Armed assailants targeted a police checkpost in Machhka area in Rahim Yar Khan, close to the border between Sindh and Punjab, and kidnapped seven policemen including an ASI early on......
AL KHOR/ISLAMABAD: Taliban representatives met with Afghan political figures for a second day on Sunday, but it was unclear if the dialogue hosted by Qatar moved any closer to long-awaited formal......
PESHAWAR: A security personnel was killed and four others injured on Sunday in terrorist attacks in South Waziristan and Bannu, respectively.A security personnel was killed when terrorists opened......
BADIN: Police registered a First Information Report (FIR) against former Sindh home minister and estranged Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Dr Zulfiqar Mirza and his aides under various sections......
RAWALPINDI: Nepal Army Chief, General Gaurav SJB Rana expressed his gratitude for the support extended by Pakistan through the Pakistan Army in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in Nepal that......
Ali Zafar does it again: our dashing singer-actor has won the ‘Most Stylish Import’ award at Hindustan Times Delhi’s Most Stylish 2015. Pakistan High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit presented him......
DUBAI: The Saudi-led coalition has been using US-supplied cluster bombs in its air campaign against Yemeni rebels, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday, warning of the long-term dangers to civilians.The......
KABUL: An Afghan official says at least 18 people died and another three were injured when a minibus plummeted into a ravine in a remote area of the northwestern Badghis province.Mirwais Mirzakwal,......
KATHMANDU: Police have found more than 50 bodies, including those of six foreigners, in Nepal's popular Langtang trekking region following last weekend's devastating earthquake, a senior local......
DADU: At least 11 people, including seven women and three children, were killed and 34 others wounded as a bus carrying a wedding party burst into flames at the Khairpur Nathan Shah bypass upon......
In contemporary times, religion and religious identity is being used as cover for political agenda. Be it terrorist violence or sectarian nationalism in various parts of the world, religion is used......
GILGIT: The Diamer district returning officer on Saturday served show-cause notice on five candidates of Deral constituency for agreeing to not allow women to cast vote in the upcoming elections to......
NEW DELHI: India has sought the United Nations’s (UN) intervention in the release of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the main suspect in Mumbai terror attack who is also believed to be the operational head of......
LAS VEGAS: Floyd Mayweather Jr. was money once again in the richest fight ever.Mayweather used his reach and his jab Saturday night to frustrate Manny Pacquiao, piling up enough points to win a......
KOHAT: An army aviation helicopter was damaged after it hit a security barrier while landing at the Kohat PAF base on Saturday.According to the Inter-Services Public Relations, the helicopter hit a......
Pemra has issued a notification forbidding TV channels from broadcasting content that is contradictory to the spirit of "national interest".Our reporter managed to bag an exclusive interview with a......
THE Pakistani art scene is vibrant, exciting and innovative. In essence it is one of the most arresting moments in art in the modern world and a portion of this contemporary art scene has been......
IN the last several years, literature buffs in Pakistan have been able to enjoy not just English prose, but also poetry by local writers. Understanding and appreciating poetry in any language......
PAKISTAN’S creation and Partition are critical parts of the identity of a nation that is still trying to configure a post-Partition national philosophy. The Partition generation of literary figures......
THE third ILF became a battleground for conflicting perspectives on gender issues with heated debate taking place in the sessions, sometimes even between panellists and audience members. The......
AT the inauguration ceremony of the Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF), Ameena Sayyid, co-founder of both the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) and the ILF, spoke about how “the festivals are open......
When I dropped out of the Karachi University (due to ‘political reasons’) in 1990 and joined journalism, I found myself hanging in an ideological limbo.Having styled myself as a ‘Marxist’ at college......
Each year Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22, marks the anniversary of what many people say is the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. Thanks to books like Rachel Carson’s......
Power over the present can easily translate into power over the past and even the future. This is because those who command power today can wield it to control and patronise historians to record......
En route to our accommodation, while looking around Jaipur city, I felt a serious dissonance between the imagined and actual reality of the place. Grandeur, splendour, royalty and architectural......
Pakistan had experienced press censorship many times before, but General Ziaul Haq’s tenure was a cut above. On Oct 15, 1979, Gen Zia began clamping down on the news media, after he began feeling......
A little distance from Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s Mazar in Clifton and in the midst of mayhem created by the construction of a flyover on 26th Street, a number of art galleries have sprung up in recent......
Thomas Gainsborough painted ‘Mr and Mrs Andrews’, oil on canvas, (27.20 inches × 46.87 inches) in 1750. The painting was commissioned to celebrate the marriage of Robert Andrews and his bride,......
In recent times it appears that art ‘technology’ has become dominant on the art scene surrounding us. Artists search for ways to enhance the cultural and environmental observations they perceive the......
In art, the struggle between ethics and aesthetics is an ongoing one. With her new body of work, Tazeen Qayyum uses both forces in a complementary manner, both commenting on and questioning the......
Meet Alyy Khan. Tall, dark and handsome; in any other film industry (besides Pakistan and India), he would have been the perfect leading man material but the man prefers to stay close to home. This......
This week we’ll answer your questions on safety and security. Let’s consider the following situations and what you need to do:Situation: I am a female driver and experienced a flat tyre when out. I......
Much has been written about the finest actress of her time, from her outstanding PTV career to her present-day anguish. Perhaps the word that best describes Roohi Bano’s current predicament is......
Driving is a chore in today’s time-starved society, but in places where public transport doesn’t exist, drive we must.But what if we didn’t have to?What if our cars could drive themselves?Imagine......
After a long and celebrated career of award-winning acting performances, Russell Crowe moves into the director’s chair for the first time in The Water Diviner, and while it’s not a flawless start for......
Mikey McCleary is the musician behind revamped classic Indian songs and The Bartender is the name of his band. While those in their 50s will swear by Rafi’s Khoya khoya chand, Tum jo mil gaye ho or......
I could feel the difference as soon as I drove across the Kohala Bridge over the Jhelum River, and into Azad Kashmir. While the natural beauty of the terrain remained unchanged, the lack of......
The Indian subcontinent has a longstanding socio-political history of marginalisation, oppression, tyranny and subordination especially in the context of colonial rule. At the same time, the region......
From the choice of furniture to carpet and drapery, renovating your bedroom is not as easy a job as you may think, Leaving the rest alone, just the choice of furniture entails careful research and......
The most tender part of an animal does not necessarily have the most flavour. Thus, while fillet (or undercut in the subcontinent) is the most prized portion of beef, it is not the tastiest. Until I......
As the mercury soars rapidly upwards and the garden shimmers in a heat haze, this month is the ideal time to take a serious look, in fact a few serious looks at different times of the day, at how......
Oscar-winning Pakistani film maker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy is going from strength to strength. All power to her! Her latest achievement is the documentary titled Song of Lahore. On April 18, the......
No, it’s not the title of a rom-com. Naqsh is a Canadian-based Indo-Pak band. These days the band is preparing to launch its very first album, and for that it will soon be releasing the video for a......
Would you believe that? Seriously. Hema Malini — who after being in the Indian film industry for more than forty years, still looks as gorgeous as any of Bollywood’s present-day leading ladies — is......
Kudos to Guddu Khan for putting on display rare film posters and pictures from his personal archival collection depicting the evolution of the Pakistan film industry at the Alliance Francaise Karachi......
So she thinks she’s young, as in, in her 20s. Smell the coffee rosy-cheeked Katrina Kaif! You are no spring chicken either. The actress has recently given a statement suggesting she would like to......
And you thought that Bollywood actors were a bunch of fame-loving people who didn’t give a hoot about life’s intricacies. Well, guess what has recently inspired Ranbir Kapoor! None other than that......
First-time film director Wajahat Rauf’s Karachi Se Lahore technically marks the transition of the film industry from Lahore to Karachi. At the star-studded affair in Karachi last week, the trailer of......
IN the starry night, the moon was shining on the clear sky and a cool wind was blowing in the cold night — an awesome sight.I was sitting on the chair by my window sill. My mum came and asked me to......
A LONE rider is galloping through the woods towards his destination. Suddenly, his horse comes to a halt for no apparent reason. The rider pulls at the reins, coaxing the animal to go forward but the......
“WE shall be going out for dinner tonight!” announced Mrs Raheel. “And it’s because I and your daddy want to give a treat to you guys for the hard work you have put in for your annual examinations!”......
The house made of water!A HOUSE made of water that keeps cool in summer and warm in winter is certainly a dream house for those who live in our part of the world where it can be sizzling hot in......
THE number of provinces in the country, or whatever remains of it after separation of East Pakistan, is practically the same as it was in 1947, except that the population is now nearly six times of......
THIS refers to the MQM’s landslide victory in the NA-246 by-elections. However, having won the election, the MQM only gets a constitutional mandate to represent this constituency in the National......
THE former US ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter, while recently speaking at an American university in Los Angeles on re-envisioning US-Pakistan relations, accused Pakistan of a tendency to be......
WHILE going through my Facebook feed, I came across a post stating that a brave lady I had admired was no longer among us. Sabeen Mahmud was gone. She was shot dead by unidentified men.Rest in peace,......
WE have always believed that the youth is a future asset of our country. They should enjoy the early years of their life and should not be forced to do jobs at an early age.However, in Pakistan the......
I APPLIED for GCE A level examinations by CIE in British Council, Karachi, on Feb 1 and submitted my fees and the required documents in the bank.I request the authorities concerned to take......
CERTAIN elements have started circulating abusive audio clips to incite ethnic hatred and demoralise the citizens of Karachi.The police and state agencies must thwart such designs, lest the......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf workers have demanded of the party chairman Imran Khan to cancel the tickets awarded by Azam Khan Swati and MPAs for the local government elections and award them......
PESHAWAR: With less than a month left to the local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the relevant authorities have yet to frame rules of business for the functions of the people elected in......
PESHAWAR: A local accountability court on Saturday remanded an employee of the National Accountability Bureau Khyber Pakhtunkhwa into the bureau’s custody for seven days in a corruption case.Judge......
KHAR: Former MNA from Bajaur Agency and PPP Central Executive Committee member Syed Akhunzada Chattan on Saturday survived a roadside bomb blast here.The administration officials said the blast took......
KARAK: The parents have demanded of the authorities to fill the vacant posts of teachers the girls’ degree college, Karak, including its principal, or they would stage protests.The parents, including......
PESHAWAR: Many doctors from the administrative cadre are likely to lose chance of promotion after the abolition of the posts of medical superintendents in all four government teaching hospitals of......
PESHAWAR: Transporters of Khyber Agency have warned of wheel-jam strike and closing the Landi Kotal-Torkham highway if the khasadar personnel didn’t stop the illegal practice of minting money from......
KOHAT: Provincial Law Minister Imtiaz Shahid Qureshi has said that 6,000 more teachers will be appointed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year in a transparent way.He was speaking as chief guest at a......
LAKKI MARWAT: Doctors and paramedics at the district headquarters hospital, Tajazai, have demanded deployment of policemen at the health facility to provide them security.They made the demand at a......
PESHAWAR: A colourful peace and cultural festival was held on Friday to bring smile on the faces of the violence-affected people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and adjoining Federally Administered Tribal......
PESHAWAR: Criticising Pesco over the excessive loadshedding, the people from different villages of Peshawar on Saturday warned they will agitate and besiege local Wapda installations if the Pesco......
SWABI: The schools affiliated with the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Islamabad, have been facing shortage of books of 9th and 10th classes, teachers and students......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has set aside the conviction of two people, including a juvenile person, in a drug trafficking case and acquitted them over flawed prosecution.Accepting the appeals......
NOWSHERA: Police recovered a kidnapped man and arrested his two abductors during a raid in Akbarpura area here on Saturday.Sources said that Awal Khan, resident of Akbarpura, was abducted on April 27......
MANSEHRA: The body of a man contesting election to the district council, Battagram, was found dumped in the jurisdiction of Buttal police station in Mansehra district.“We have recovered the body of......
TAXILA: The crumbling Mughal era monument in Hassanabdal, locally known as tomb of Princess Lalarukh, is in dire need of preservation and restoration.The tomb’s past grandeur is fast fading with......
Every day, Sheikh Iqbal Ali, 82, sits at the gate of his house which opens towards the Bhoun Railway Station, about 12 kilometres south of the Chakwal city. The spot where he puts his chair is......
ISLAMABAD: Following a blitz on both mainstream and social media, the government has asked the general public to send in written suggestions – within seven days – regarding the Prevention of......
RAWALPINDI: A four-year-old boy was kidnapped during a house robbery at the Asghar Mall Scheme on Saturday.Police said five armed men broke into the house of Jawad Naseem and made the seven-member......
ISLAMABAD: A convict escaped from court after the magistrate ordered his arrest, police said on Saturday.The accused was arrested by Aabpara police in connection with a cheque dishonouring case......
GUJAR KHAN: Five people were killed and as many others injured when seven vehicles rammed into an out-of-order oil tanker standing in the middle of the Bakrala bridge near Sohawa on Friday......
ISLAMABAD: Rescue 15 of the capital police was given an additional 25 motorbikes on Saturday for improving patrolling in urban areas and curbing street crime.The motorbikes were added to the fleet......
ISLAMABAD: Can the words of a grief-stricken woman be used to accuse her of treachery against the state? From the sentiments of social media users, it would appear so.On the night of Sabeen Mahmud’s......
ISLAMABAD: Paper Miracles in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Islamabad Renaissance organised the ‘Colours of Hope’ — a fundraiser fashion show here on Saturday.Many talented individuals came......
ISLAMABAD: A recent decision by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), requiring every medical student to take an exam following the completion of a house job, has created confusion and......
DebateUnesco Islamabad has organised a debate on World Press Freedom Day on ‘Let Journalism Thrive! Towards Better Reporting, Gender Equality & Media Safety in the Digital Age’ on Monday, May 4 at......
ISLAMABAD: The protesting employees of the Khyber Pakhtunkhawa health and education department were arrested and sent to jail on Saturday, the police said.They have been protesting outside the house......
ISLAMABAD: Rejecting the government’s offer to extend the markets closure time by an hour, the traders have demanded they be allowed to keep their shops open until 10pm.Besides, they sought further......
ISLAMABAD: The lawyers of Islamabad on Saturday elected five members for the newly-established Islamabad Bar Council (IBC) for a five-year term.The five members will soon elect a vice-chairman for......
In India and across central Asia, wood carvings have always been intricate and luxurious. From Chitral to Chiniot and Tharparkar, nearly all regions of Pakistan have their own styles of wood carving.......
ISLAMABAD: A Ukrainian, a Nepalese and a Pakistani film were declared top three at the 60 Second International Film Festival 2015 (60SSIF) on Saturday.The festival was a celebration of creativity and......
LAHORE: The Land Records Management Information Systems (LRMIS) Project, a mega project related to property record and transactions, is to be completed by June 30.The project minimises the role of......
SHEIKHUPURA: A callous landlord on Saturday allegedly threw a 10-year-old boy into fire on suspicion of setting his wheat crop ablaze at Sikhan Wali village, causing the child serious burns.Police......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday summoned 50 suspects for their alleged involvement in killing protesters outside the Minhajul Quran Secretariat in Model Town.Former Sabzazar SHO Amir......
LAHORE: Having a rare history of directly taking on the MQM, the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid has come out in full support of the army to condemn the statement of Muttahida chief Altaf Husain, saying......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has directed the Punjab police to expedite arrest of proclaimed offenders (POs) in the province.Justice Mahmood Maqbool Bajwa issued this direction on Saturday presiding......
GUJRAT: The Punjab government has constituted the divisional and district transit teams being headed by the divisional commissioners and district coordination officers respectively across the......
LAHORE: The district and sessions court on Saturday sent 22 suspects allegedly involved in the lynching incident in Youhanabad on a three-day physical remand.Police produced the suspects before the......
LAHORE: A Polish academic has floated the idea of reconciliation through cultural exchange and people-to-people contact between Pakistan and India for lasting peace in the South Asia region.“There......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Pirmahal Assistant Commissioner (AC) Hafiz Muhammad Najeeb suspended from service three revenue patwaris on Saturday for negligence in the issue of gunny bags to growers.They......
GUJRANWALA: Two motorcyclists shot to death two employees of a kiln and injured the owner on Saturday in a drive-by shooting in Rahwali, police said.Kiln owner Mushtaq and labourers Afzal and Anayat......
MULTAN: Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said if MQM chief Altaf Husain has apologised to the army, the issue should be put to rest in national interest.Speaking to journalists here on......
GUJRAT: The Punjab government on Saturday interviewed at least a dozen senior police officers for their posting and transfer, while six of them -- three deputy inspector general (DIGs) and as many......
BAHAWALPUR: Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Khalid Arshad on Saturday handed down life imprisonment on two counts along with fine and confiscation of property to a man convicted of kidnap for ......
SIALKOT: At least 36 unapproved private housing schemes have been declared illegal by the Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA).The TMA has also imposed a ban on the sale and purchase of plots to......
FAISALABAD: Local PML-N MPs have expressed their concern over involvement of some policemen in crime as was revealed after the arrest of some members of a gang.The parliamentarians spoke their heart......
SIALKOT: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) faces the shortage of 50 staffers in Gujranwala division.Dawn learned 193 posts were sanctioned for the Gujranwala ACE offices, of which 50 seats are......
GUJRAT: The arms licence holders have been giving a cold shoulder to the repeated deadlines set to apply for computerised licences in the last four months despite the government’s repeated extensions......
LAHORE: The City District Government of Lahore (CDGL) is set to launch a special round of a three-day polio drive from Monday (tomorrow) in 74 sensitive union councils.According to District......
LAHORE: In order to fill vacancies of judges in the Lahore High Court, the chief justice has forwarded names of two judicial officers and eight advocates to the Judicial Commission.Presently 49......
KARACHI: Five suspected militants were killed in an alleged encounter when they ‘attacked’ the convoy of the former Malir senior superintendent of police on Saturday evening in the same area where a......
KARACHI: A resolution will be tabled in the Sindh Assembly against the remarks of Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain for criticising Pakistan Army, said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)......
KARACHI: A raid on the Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Memon Goth, and a quick check of their attendance sheet by the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) super vigilance team on......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Saturday issued a fresh black warrant for the execution of condemned prisoner Saulat Mirza on May 12 in a triple murder case.Saulat Ali Khan, better known as Saulat......
DADU: Tension gripped the hilly Karo Koat area in the west of Dadu district on Saturday when several tribal chieftains, including former federal minister Sardar Yar Mohammed Rind, ratcheted up their......
KARACHI: Have you heard the story of the camel and the Bedouin’s tent? So this camel peeps from under the flap of his master’s tent with a request to let him bring his nose inside, because it is......
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) claimed on Saturday that Sindh had incurred a loss of Rs58.38 billion in four major crops in last Kharif and Rabi seasons because of bad governance and called......
HYDERABAD: Jafria Alliance Pakistan (JAP) chief Allama Abbas Kumaili has paid tribute to Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif and parliamentarians for the decision to play a role of ......
SUKKUR: A landmine blew up a tractor-driven trolley killing its driver and wounding his two companions near Saif Din Bugti village near Tangwani town of Kandhkot-Kashmore district, officials at the......
KHAIRPUR: The funeral of DSP Abdul Fatah Sangri, who was killed in a gun attack in the Steel Town area of Karachi, was held at Dargah Shareef Rashdiya in Pir Jo Goth on Saturday.The ceremony was......
KARACHI: The younger brother of a provincial minister, who was killed in a grenade attack in Lyari on Friday night, was laid to rest amid moving scenes on Saturday.The funeral prayer for Akbar......
KARACHI: A policeman was shot at and wounded critically in Ittehad Town on Saturday, according to police.They added that Assistant Sub-Inspector Nawab Ali, 45, was having tea at a teashop near his......
KARACHI: Various experts at a workshop organised by the Shehri-Citizens for a Better Environment with support of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation examined the issues relating to ‘Transport Dilemma of......
KARACHI: Speakers at a seminar on Saturday said the number of people using iodised salt had phenomenally increased in Karachi over the past few years, yet a large number of people were using salt......
KARACHI: A Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz senator on Saturday condemned the ‘anti-army remarks’ by Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain and said those speaking against the armed forces were the......
KARACHI: While the rest of the province sweltered under the scorching summer sun for a second day on Saturday, which pushed the mercury further up on the scale, the sea breeze brought in a pleasant......
LONDON: Best-selling British crime writer Ruth Rendell, who wrote over 60 books in a career spanning five decades, died on Saturday at the age of 85.Rendell — who also wrote under the pseudonym......
VILLA PURIFICACION: Mexican authorities searched on Saturday for three missing soldiers after gunmen brought down their helicopter in a field during a counternarcotics cartel operation that sparked......
ROME: Ships from Italy and France rescued more than 1,400 migrants on Saturday after smugglers’ boats ran into trouble in the Mediterranean Sea near Libya.Italian officials said 1,200 migrants......
CAIRO: Three migrants drowned on Saturday and 31 were rescued after a boat carrying illegal immigrants trying to reach Europe capsized off Egypt’s port of Baheira, security officials and state media......
SHANGHAI: Chinese police shot dead a man at a railway station in the country’s north-eastern Heilongjiang province on Saturday, saying that he was threatening public security and assaulting police,......
BEIRUT: US-led strikes targeting the self-styled Islamic State group killed at least 52 civilians in northern Syria, a monitor said on Saturday, but the Pentagon said it could not confirm the......
BAGHDAD: A prominent Yazidi lawmaker in Iraq says the self-styled Islamic State group militants have killed at least 25 captive Yazidis at a prison camp.Legislator Mahma Khalil said late on Saturday......
LOS ANGELES: David Goldberg, the husband of Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, has died suddenly, his brother said on Saturday.“It’s with incredible shock and sadness that I’m......
JERUSALEM: Former US President Jimmy Carter said on Saturday that eight months after a bloody war in the Gaza Strip the situation there remains “intolerable”.Carter and his delegation were supposed......
WASHINGTON: US warships protecting American-flagged ships in the Strait of Hormuz may extend assistance to other countries’ vessels, officials said on Friday, after reports of Iranian forces......
PADANG BESAR: Thai police trekked into the mountains and dug up 26 bodies from dozens of shallow graves at an abandoned jungle camp that’s been linked to human trafficking networks, which activists......
LONDON: Prince William and his wife Kate emerged from a London hospital with their newborn daughter on Saturday to screams from hundreds of well-wishers. Kate gave birth to a baby girl on Saturday......
WASHINGTON: The United States said on Saturday that it had maintained “close contact” with Qatar over the Taliban as Qatari officials confirmed that Afghan and Taliban officials would hold two days......
COLOMBO: Shedding past differences over issues relating to war crimes and ethnic reconciliation, the United States and Sri Lanka struck a new deal on Saturday when they agreed to have an “annual......
BALTIMORE: Thousands of people protested in Baltimore in fresh demonstrations on Saturday, a day after six police officers were charged over the death of an African-American man in their custody.The......
UNITED NATIONS: The trial and conviction of former Maldives President Mohammed Nasheed was vastly unfair, arbitrary and disproportionate, a United Nations human rights official said on Friday.Mona......
MANILA: Fans of boxer Manny Pacquiao have a new way of showing how much they love the boxing superstar — by eating him or a life-size replica cake at least.Zach Yonzon, his wife Aila, and six of his......
AMMAN: Jordan’s authorisation of a breakaway wing of the Muslim Brotherhood has sent tensions soaring between the decades-old organisation and the government, accused of exploiting the rift to weaken......
Soul singer Ben E. King, who died on Friday, created a sensation with his 1961 hit ‘Stand by Me’. It became an enduring rhythm-and-blues classic and found a new generation of fans through the popular......
“For sound minds we should have sound bodies and that is why nations the world over attach so much importance to body building and physical culture. The first Pakistan Olympic Games should act as an......
LAHORE: In an unusual developmenta key player of Sialkot Region, former national skipper Shoaib Malik, has been ignored by his native region for the upcoming Super Eight National Twenty20, as the......
LAHORE: The Farewell Cup features the second last edition of the Lahore Winter Meeting when a card of seven races will be decided at the Racecourse here on Sunday.A term race for three- year-old......
PRAGUE: Top seed Karolina Pliskova rallied from a set down to claim her fourth WTA title by defeating qualifier Lucie Hradecka 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in an all-Czech final of the Prague Open here on......
KARACHI: The National Netball Level-I Umpiring Course 2015 began in Karachi on Friday at the PSB Coaching Centre with as many as 76 umpires participating from across the country.The course has been......
ISLAMABAD: Two more matches were played in the ongoing opening round of the Red Bull Campus Cricket T20 tournament on Saturday.Both games were played at Islamabad’s Comsats Ground, where the hosts......
KARACHI: A scintillating century partnership between Hamza Ghanchi and Babar Hussain Agha propelled Pakistan Navy to a comfortable seven-wicket victory against Hinopak Motors in the final-round......
LAHORE: Pakistan won their inaugural match at the fifth Asian Beach Handball Championship beating Iran 2-0 in Muscat.Pakistan won the first half 16-14 and second 15-12. They will play their second......
KARACHI: Newly-elected Balochistan Football Association (BFA) president Abdul Rauf Notezai has backed incumbent Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) president Faisal Saleh Hayat for the June 30......
KARACHI: Upcoming spinner Mohammad Hassaan Khan bagged 10 wickets in the match and opener Hasan Mohsin struck an undefeated double century as Zone-VI crushed Zone-VII by innings in their Karachi......
LONDON: Burnley and Queens Park Rangers’ Premier League survival hopes were left hanging by a thread after defeats and unfavourable results elsewhere on Saturday left them rooted to the foot of the......
KHULNA: Tamim Iqbal smashed Bangladesh’s highest Test score of 206 and his opening partner Imrul Kayes 150 as the first Test against Pakistan petered out into a draw after another run feast in Khulna......
KARACHI: Opener Mukhtar Ahmed struck a stroke-filled 96 as Pakistan ‘A’ scored a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the third and final one-day match in Colombo on Saturday.But despite the tourists......
BRIDGETOWN: Seamer James Anderson continued his wicket-taking form with three quick strikes as England hit back to leave West Indies wobbling at 37-3 at lunch on day two of the third and final Test......
LAHORE: The visit of the Zimbabwe security delegation to assess security in Pakistan has been reduced to one day from three days.The team will arrive on May 6 and return the same day after monitoring......
JEREZ (Spain): Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo claimed his first pole position of the season with a new track record time of 1min 37.910sec for the Spanish MotoGP on Saturday.The two-time world champion had......
BERLIN: Schalke 04 needed two goals from striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and a late own goal from VfB Stuttgart to win 3-2 on Saturday and stay in the hunt for a Europa League spot with their first......
KARACHI: Hosts Neighbourhood Club and Bounce Club conjured up magnificent victories over their respective opponents on the opening day of Nasir Jamali memorial basketball tournament at the former......
CORDOBA (Spain): Luis Suarez netted a hat trick while Lionel Messi scored his 50th and 51st goals of the season in all competitions as Barcelona crushed Cordoba 8-0 on Saturday to provisionally......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio Olympics organisers said they are extending the current round of ticket sales beyond Friday’s original deadline to next Thursday as Brazil residents flock to make purchases.The......
KARACHI: Labour Day boxing tournament was held at the Ali Mohammad Qambrani Stadium, Kakri ground on Saturday under the aegis of Karachi South Boxing Association.As many as 96 under-14 pugilists took......
SUZHOU (China): Two-time defending champion Zhang Jike from China withstood a late challenge from Japanese rival Jun Mizutani to reach the men’s singles last four at the World Table Tennis......
ATHENS: Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis insisted on Saturday that Greece would not require a new bailout from its international creditors if they would simply restructure its debt.Athens last......
KARACHI: Board of Revenue Sindh (BoR) hopes to recover Rs360 million from importers who failed to pay stamp duty on Goods Declarations (GDs) filed at the Karachi Port during June 2011 to March 2014,......
KARACHI: The government is likely to impose one per cent customs duty on raw materials that are being imported at zero duty in the budget 2015-16.Sources in the industrial sector said that the......
NEW YORK: Would you buy stock in a company that doesn’t regularly record its debits and credits? Or one that admits it lacks accounting skills? How about one that couldn’t account for some of its......
ISLAMABAD: The mobile phone imports increased by 13.06 per cent to $539.583 million during first nine months of 2014-15 compared to $477.255m in the corresponding period last year.In March 2015, the......
RIYADH: The oil kingdom is in transition and in a hurry. With major changes announced over the last few days, restructuring the Saudi energy sector too, the world remained glued to Riyadh,......
LONDON: Commodities mostly rose this week in holiday-shortened trade, with oil and base metal prices rebounding as the dollar sank on weak US economic growth and the uncertain interest rate......
SYDNEY: Foreigners who break rules on buying Australian real estate will face up to three years in jail or fines of Aus$127,500 (US$100,050) for individuals and Aus$637,500 for companies under......
HONG KONG: What does a ketchup maker, a precious metal distributor and a medical device company have in common? They are the new poster kids of a boom in China’s equity market — and a potential......
NEW YORK: Warren Buffett has carved out a core stock-picking strategy of investing in companies with strong economic “moats”, businesses that have built, fortified and generated success from......
WASHINGTON: Apple has always denied there was anything illegal about the corporate structure it set up in Ireland to radically cut the tax it pays on non-US operations. Now it has warned investors......
CARACAS: President Nicolas Maduro raised Venezuela’s minimum wage on Friday for the second time this year to help workers being battered by the world’s highest inflation.Speaking at a May Day rally,......
SYDNEY: China has for the first time overtaken the United States as Australia’s largest source of foreign investment, according to official data, laying out Aus$27.7 billion ($21.8bn) in 2013-14 as......
MOSCOW: Russian oil and gas condensate production, among the world’s largest, remained at a post-Soviet record level of 10.71 million barrels per day in April, underpinned by a recent recovery in oil......
KARACHI: Rising political temperature and the worsening law and order situation in the city are deeply worrying to the businesses, and some of them are looking to the army to step forward and clear......
KARACHI: Rapidly growing foreign exchange reserves have failed to check appreciation of the US currency which has risen by 3.19 per cent against the rupee since July 2014.Currency experts said that......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly adopted a unanimous resolution on Saturday calling upon the federal government to ban what it called a fascist organisation in the wake of remarks “against the army”......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has declared that from now on he will not talk about quitting the party leadership and will continue to lead the MQM come what......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch praised on Saturday the role of nationalist parties for the promotion of democracy in the country.Speaking at a luncheon he had hosted in......
ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has submitted proposals to the Planning Commission for operationalisation and upgradation of Muzaffarabad and Rawalakot airports.The CAA had downscaled......
DERA MUARD JAMALI: A woman was murdered allegedly by her husband.Police claimed on Saturday that Abdul Nabi Bhatti shot and killed his wife Hasina at Goth Bashir Khan Chalgari in the name of honour......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has called for early adoption of the Right to Information (RTI) Bill that has been lying in limbo since long despite its unanimous adoption by a Senate......
Despite strong political support for reforms, Pakistan still faced a host of challenges hampering its potential growth, forecast at 4.5 per cent of GDP this year, said Asian Development Bank (ADB)......
The 9th National Finance Commission (NFC) that will decide the 8th award has started its work with its first meeting convened in Islamabad earlier this week.With negotiations for the next award......
A few days after the killing of 20 labourers on April 11, the Sorap stream in Turbat looks a completely barren place. The tents that the construction workers lived in are inhabited by the tools that......
KABUL: Forty-nine people including policemen went on trial on Saturday over the mob killing of a 27-year-old woman accused of burning a copy of the Holy Quran, a lynching that triggered unprecedented......
ISLAMABAD: Welcoming MQM chief Altaf Hussain’s apology over his controversial remarks about the armed forces, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has advised him and others to be “careful” in future while......
KARACHI: Five suspects were shot dead in an alleged encounter after an ‘attack’ on the convoy of former senior superintendent of police, Malir, Rao Anwar Ahmed on Saturday in Gulshan-i-Hadeed where a......
PESHAWAR: Military aircraft pounded hideouts in North Waziristan and Khyber agencies on Saturday, killing 44 suspected militants, among them many foreigners, said the Inter-Services Public Relations......
KARACHI: An angry mob lynched two men who shot a police officer after allegedly trying to rob him in Korangi area of the city on Saturday night, sources said.According to the sources, three men......
ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission looking into allegations of systematic rigging in the 2013 general election will begin recording testimony of witnesses on May 6 and as a first step, has summoned......
There were no winners in the verbal spat between the MQM chief Altaf Hussain and the army leadership via the ISPR.But Pemra’s belated intervention has ensured that the losses have multiplied.By......
In a sharply worded piece of writing, as well as at a news conference, the petroleum and natural resources minister has sought to clarify his position on the chaotic opening of Pakistan’s first LNG......
Women's rights are always negotiable, at the altar of expediency, and on the pretext of tradition.In Gilgit-Baltistan, attempts are being made to exclude them from the democratic exercise of electing......
A sense of optimism has been prevailing in the country over the past few weeks. An improved security situation in terms of a reduction in the number of terrorist attacks, the incoming $46 billion......
It’s been a while and stuff’s been going on, so time to check in on the state of civ-mil. It’s not going very well for the civilians.But well into this new era of cohabitation — the boys won’t take......
Education should impart both technical skills and general rational outlooks. Unfortunately, students of even leading fields like law, engineering, business etc usually gain technical skills only,......
There have been incidents in the recent past where hardened criminals and high-profile terrorists were freed in prison breaks.Our prisons are still built and operated on the lines of the obsolete......
