RIYADH: Mortar shells fired by rebels in Yemen struck the Saudi border town of Najran on Tuesday, prompting a Saudi-led military coalition to warn it would hit back.The Al-Ekhbariya state television......
ISLAMABAD: Nadir Soofi, a gunman shot dead after opening fire at a Texas exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), was a popular schoolboy in Pakistan but struggled to adjust to the......
KARACHI: Sindh Police has sought assistance from the general public in relation to human rights activist Sabeen Mahmud's murder case, requesting that those with any piece of information related to......
The uproar started on social media, then spun out of control after a news site published the story.It was claimed that the Hajj application form now featured a new question – ‘Are you Shia?’ –......
Standard and Poor's (S&P) Ratings Services on Monday revised projections for Pakistan's average real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for 2015 to 2017 to 4.6 per cent from 3.8 per cent and also......
Robin William's last role is as extraordinary as his real-life. The late acting legend is the voice of Dennis, a talking dog, in Terry Jones' Absolutely Anything.The comedy film stars Simon Pegg in......
Despite the presence of Lionel Messi and 14 World Cup winners, the attention will be on the touchline as much as the pitch when Pep Guardiola leads his Bayern Munich side into the stadium he called......
'Zarda' happens to be the simplest of desserts, defining the best of joys; a sweet delight served at shaadi (weddings), raksha bandhan (a Hindu festival celebrating the bond between brothers and......
ISLAMABAD: The Standing Committee on Defence decided Tuesday to take legal action against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain over his recent statements against the Pakistan......
Arsene Wenger has challenged his Arsenal side to finish the season unbeaten and secure second place in the Premier League.The Gunners cruised to a 3-1 win at Hull City on Monday, their 10th straight......
In a reply submitted to the Indian Parliament on Tuesday, the Home Ministry said the government had no clue about the whereabouts of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, Indian media reported.Indian......
CAIRO: The self-styled Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a weekend attack at a centre near Dallas, Texas, exhibiting cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).An audio......
KUNDUZ: Taliban militants killed at least 13 policemen after storming security outposts in Afghanistan's remote mountainous northeast, officials said Tuesday, despite peace talks between insurgent......
“We lost about 75 per cent of our livestock to starvation, due to three consecutive years of drought in Achro (White) Thar, and we are afraid we will lose whatever is left, if the rains stay away,”......
NEW DELHI: Indian cricket leaders are not convinced that a rival league could drive a wedge through the sport's global competition or threaten the power of the International Cricket Council.After......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday said the surge in operations against terrorists and criminals was apolitical, across the board and focused on achieving peace in......
MELBOURNE: Australia fast bowler Ryan Harris has dashed any suggestion the Ashes might be his international swansong and said he hopes to keep playing into the Australian summer.Harris will be 36......
KATHMANDU: Rescuers were digging through thousands of tons of earth Tuesday, the remains of a quake-triggered mudslide that wiped out an entire village along a popular trekking route in Nepal's......
BEIJING: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China next week, Beijing said Tuesday, as New Delhi tries to balance its trade deficit with its neighbour despite a simmering border......
LONDON: Jonathan Trott followed Graeme Swann, Kevin Pietersen and Matt Prior into the international wilderness on Monday to leave England desperately short of experience ahead of this year's Ashes......
NEW DELHI: Although cricket retains its hallowed status as the country's number one sport, India's footballing authorities Monday saluted the latest in a series of footballing breakthroughs after......
MUMBAI: India will head to Bangladesh for a one-off Test match and three One-Day Internationals next month, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced.Fatullah will host the Test, which will be......
You'd think Atif Aslam rests easy as his occasional hit Bollywood numbers dominate the airwaves, but the popular singer claims to be just as engrossed in making music in India as he was in......
AUCKLAND: International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach says there's no reason a small nation such as New Zealand shouldn't aspire to host the Olympics.Bach, who is on a tour through the......
ZHARI: It's the cash crop of the Taliban and the scourge of Afghanistan, the country's intractable opium cultivation. This year, many Afghan poppy farmers are expecting a windfall as they get ready......
DHAKA: Bangladesh hope to build on their new-found confidence by securing their first-ever Test victory over Pakistan when the second and final match starts in Dhaka on Wednesday.The Tigers are......
LAHORE: A sessions court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to 25 years rigorous punishment after he was found guilty of desecrating sacred scriptures.Police presented Zulfiqar during today's hearing of......
BAHAWALPUR: Pakistan’s first-ever solar generation project was formally inaugurated at the Quaid-i-Azam Solar Park (QASP) on Tuesday by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif along with Punjab Chief Minister......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court delayed the execution of Shafqat Hussain on Tuesday in response to a petition filed filed by the Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) which called for a judicial inquiry......
Bollywood star Salman Khan, known for his bulging biceps and off-camera temper tantrums, faces jail this week if convicted of drunkenly driving over sleeping homeless men 12 years ago, killing one of......
RAWALPINDI: An accountability court in Rawalpindi adjourned on Tuesday the hearing over the assets reference recently re-opened against PPP Co-Chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari to May 13......
SYDNEY: A large magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck on Tuesday around 150 km south of the town of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea, the US Geological Survey said, setting off a tsunami warning within 300 km of......
LONDON: Former England, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea striker Jimmy Greaves is in intensive care in hospital after suffering a stroke, Tottenham confirmed on Monday.The 75-year-old, who scored a club......
NASSAU (Bahamas): Jamaica won the showcase 4x200 metres relay without Usain Bolt as their American rivals dropped the baton on the second and final day of the IAAF World Relays meet on Sunday.Nickel......
ADELAIDE: Former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie turned down a chance to coach South Australia on Monday, opting to remain at English county side Yorkshire and in position to consider a......
DHAKA: India will undertake a short tour of Bangladesh next month to play one Test match and three one-day internationals, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Monday.The one-off Test will be played......
LONDON: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, fresh from a three-match ban, sparked Paris St Germain’s 2-0 win at Nantes, moving them a step closer to third straight Ligue 1title on Sunday while Valencia boosted their......
SHEFFIELD: Shaun Murphy held a slender 9-8 lead over Stuart Bingham at the end of Sunday’s play in the World Championship final at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre.Murphy, world champion in 2005 and......
KARACHI: The Group ‘C’ matches of Pepsi PCB Star Under-16 Cricket Tournament will be played in Karachi and Hyderabad from May 7 to 14.According to draws of the tournament released by the Pakistan......
LAHORE: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Administration Course for Men and Women, which will run until May 10, started at a local hotel here on Monday.More than 30 administrators recommended by......
ISLAMABAD: International Islamic University (IIU) recorded a thumping 59-run win over Comsats in a match played at the Comsats Ground, as part of the Red Bull Campus Cricket tournament.After winning......
KARACHI: Insisting that without adopting innovative and aggressive approach Pakistan cannot salvage their pride in the second Test against Bangladesh, former captain Mohammad Yousuf has urged his......
DHAKA: Bangladesh speedster Rubel Hossain has been ruled out of the second and final Test against Pakistan after suffering a Grade I side strain.Hossain, who felt discomfort during the fourth day of......
KARACHI: Third-ranked Pakistan must beat Bangladesh in the second and final Test starting in Dhaka on Wednesday to retain their Test ranking, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on......
TURIN: Juventus are starting to emerge as an international force once again but face a true test in their Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid that is likely to confirm, or dispel the......
KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan is due to leave for Dhaka in a couple of days to watch the second Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh which begins on Wednesday.During......
BRIDGETOWN: West Indies defied the odds and a wearing pitch to complete a series-levelling five-wicket victory over England on the third day of the third and final Test here on Sunday.Set a daunting......
MADRID: Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark set up a third-round meeting with Agnieszka Radwanska at the Madrid Open on Monday as her promising start to the clay court season continued with a 7-5, 6-0 win......
LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook has denied there is any need for a review of the team’s failure to win the Test series against West Indies but embattled coach Peter Moores may feel uneasy on......
LAHORE: Former Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik has decided to represent his native region Sialkot in the upcoming Super 8 National Twenty20 tournament, instead of playing as guest player for Lahore......
KARACHI: Makran Sports FC on Sunday overcame a spirited fightback from Young PIB in the final to clinch the All Karachi Muslim Khatri Association Golden Jublee football Tournament at the Noorani Eid......
KARACHI: Team Marathon gathered 54.87 Victory Points (VPs) to win Karachi Bridge Association’s (KBA) team tournament here at the Aslam Hall on Sunday evening.According to a KBA announcement on......
KARACHI: Hasan Mohsin plundered a second successive century on Monday to put Zone-VI in full control of their Karachi region match against Zone-I in the PCB Regional Inter-district U-19 Cricket......
KARACHI: Two-day trials to select Sindh squad for the Inter-Association Golf Championship will be held from Saturday, May 9, the Sindh Golf Association (SGA) announced on Sunday.The 36-hole first......
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s superb rearguard action that led to an unlikely draw in the first Test against Pakistan last week could well be the “turning point” their coach believes will inspire the side to......
PESHAWAR/KOHAT: Four children and two women were among nine people killed and as many injured in road accidents in Peshawar and Kohat districts on Monday.In Peshawar, a recklessly driven passenger......
KALAYA: Two thieves were killed and four wounded as an IED allegedly planted under household items went off with a bang in a vacated house in Zub Darra area of central Orakzai Agency on......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday passed a bill on the closure of shops, business centres and commercial and industrial establishments by 9pm.The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shops and......
PESHAWAR: The Qaumi Watan Party has announced to strongly oppose any plan of the provincial government regarding privatisation of Bank of Khyber.“It is a conspiracy against the economy of the......
MARDAN: Residents, including traders, of Duran Abad, Kaskoruna and Muqam Chowk localities here have announced to observe complete shatter down strike and sit-ins from May 9 against the ongoing......
RAWALPINDI: Investigators in the Ayyan Ali case have decided to arrest a middleman and a buyer in the deal for the files of residential plots which the model claimed to have sold. The arrest warrants......
ISLAMABAD: Death-row convict Shafqat Hussain’s case took a new twist on Monday when a judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) observed that the inquiry conducted to determine the age of the convict......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that his government would hire foreign experts to invite fresh tenders for field blocks of copper and gold deposits in Reko Diq after......
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N reiterated before the poll inquiry commission on Monday that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf had no admissible or credible evidence to support the allegations levelled by it about......
ISLAMABAD: Fourteen people were injured during a gunbattle over land here on Monday, police said.The incident took place when employees of a housing society started construction work on land located......
ISLAMABAD: Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind in the Mumbai attack case, has requested the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) to exempt him from appearing in the court citing security reasons.The......
RAWALPINDI: Any traditionalist will tell you that on a summer afternoon, when the sun is beating down and there seems to be no respite from the heat, there is nothing like a chilled glass of Rabri......
Pervez Musharraf was faced with the question ‘are you with us?’ by the US government. He took a decision which saved the country from possible destruction by carpet bombing and loss of nuclear......
THIS is apropos of your editorial ‘Concrete evidence?’ (April 29). If we start involving ourselves in technicalities, we may lose sight of the major issue of rigging in elections in 2013.The fact......
I WANT to draw the attention of the government to an issue being faced by the employees of the Customs Department under the Federal Board of Revenue.The government announced two weekly holidays on......
OUR present system of examination is defective. The questions set for examination papers test the memory rather than the intelligence of students. If a dull fellow is able to cram a few answers to......
THIS is apropos the report about the falling of 11KV HT wires on a bus carrying metallic boxes on its roof top, which touched HT wires too close as 17 feet from the ground level instead of specified......
THIS is apropos of Sakina Vazir Akber’s letter ‘Indian visa policy’ (April 3). I agree with her views that relaxation in visa issuance formalities for senior Pakistani citizens should be considered......
PESHAWAR: As local government elections are around the corner in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, civil society organisations have urged the government to ensure that women are not stopped from exercising their......
PESHAWAR: Nowshera Medical College (NMC) will start admitting students from the next academic session as its affiliated teaching hospital will start operations in July.The government has declared......
LANDI KOTAL: A Kukikhel jirga on Monday imposed ban on sale and purchase of narcotics and interest-based businesses in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency.Almost all elders of the six sub-tribes of......
KARAK: A miner was killed and two others were injured in the salt mines of Bahaderkhel area here on Monday.The local people and police said that the miners were busy in routine work inside the mine......
KOHAT: The Kohat divisional headquarters hospital, which was made functional 16 years ago to cater to the needs of patients of adjoining districts and tribal areas, lacks the facilities of MRI, CT......
MANSEHRA: The police and security forces on Monday seized explosives, bomb-making material, army uniforms and suicide vests at the house of a slain candidate for the district council Batagram.The......
KOHAT: Riot police were called to control the students of Kohat University of Science and Technology who demonstrated here on Monday to demand start of summer semester to make up for their failed......
PESHAWAR: The Ahmedzai Wazir elders of South Waziristan Agency on Monday alleged the political agent of their region had misappropriated development funds.They warned local tribesmen would agitate if......
RAWALPINDI: Though the Rs44.2 billion metro bus project is nearing completion, the City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) is yet to find a space for the establishment of parking plazas on Murree......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui on Monday directed the acting deputy commissioner to submit the notification regarding early closure of markets and shops in......
RAWALPINDI: The ‘Jeeway Pakistan cycle rally’, which started from Muzaffargarh on April 22 to create awareness against drugs, reached the ANF headquarters here on Monday.The rally was sponsored by......
MUZAFFARABAD: Around 50 experts, including a few foreigners, presented their papers on the first day of the second ‘Kashmir international conference on linguistics’ here on Monday.The two-day......
ISLAMABAD: The walls of the Nomad gallery were brought to life as the vibrant collection of paintings by Bangladeshi artist Kazi Salahuddin and Pakistani artist Mohammad Ali Bhatti went on......
High Commissioner of South Africa Kumalo Mpendulo hosted the 21st Freedom Day reception at Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, sharing the momentous anniversary with members of the diplomatic corps, many......
When the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Ambassador Rodolfo Martin Saravia held a lunch reception this week, it was particularly well attended, and the reason was that it was to bid farewell to......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) on Monday awarded the contract of installing close circuit television (CCTV) cameras in educational institutions to a lone bidder.A total of four......
ISLAMABAD: Senior journalists should give their input to juniors on media ethics.This was stated by veteran journalist Mohammed Ziauddin while addressing a workshop on: “Let Journalism Thrive!......
LAHORE: The International Firefighters’ Day was commemorated at Governor’s House on Monday to remember the firefighters who lost their lives while protecting people.The ceremony was presided over by......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has directed the University of Health Sciences to stop admissions for 2015-16 session at the Sahiwal Medical College, giving its final decision......
LAHORE: The Jinnah Hospital administration has imposed Rs500 bed charges per day for heart patients in the cardiology department in sheer violation of Punjab government’s policy of providing free......
LAHORE: Embarrassed over the release of nearly half of the detained alleged hardcore elements across the province for lack of evidence, almost all DCOs have reportedly asked police and other......
SHEIKHUPURA: A woman allegedly tortured her stepdaughter to death over a minor mistake in Mustafabad locality here on Monday.According to locals, Safia, the second wife of Nadeem Masih, would often......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Awami Tehreek said on Monday that election tribunal’s decision of re-poll in NA-125 had finally proved the PML-N had got a fake mandate in 2013 elections.“The verdict shows the......
LAHORE: ‘Sharp cops’ were assigned a task of arresting top 100 notorious gangsters involved in murder, robbery, extortion and kidnapping for ransom cases in different areas of the city, said Capital......
LAHORE: The city administration on Monday sought submission of a working paper amid cost estimation for reconstruction (carpeting, etc.) of The Mall.The road comes under the controlled area of the......
LAHORE: The Punjab government’s bid to change the medium of instruction at all its public sector schools has got the students into hot water.Some five years ago, the Punjab School Education......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Agricultural Services and Storage Corporation (Passco) has procured 22 per cent of its wheat target for the current year after in the first week of purchase, which started on May......
FAISALABAD: A large number of visitors from different walks of life thronged the Iqbal Stadium to have a glimpse of culture of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), its gems and jewellery and wildlife species that......
What do you think our forefathers – the Harappans — looked like? A group of Indian archaeologists who are looking to answer this intriguing question are increasingly assuming that the people of the......
BAHAWALPUR: The first unit of 100MW, the country’s first-ever solar generation project, will be formally inaugurated at the Quaid-i-Azam Solar Park (QASP) here on Tuesday (today).Prime Minister Nawaz......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: The guard of the Government Sarwar Ali Boys High School was found shot dead on Monday in the school on Dera-Multan Road, nine kilometres from here, in the jurisdiction of Darahma......
SIALKOT: Local exporters should divert their business activities to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for getting trade and export-related advantages available there under the investment-friendly......
FAISALABAD: A number of PPP activists, led by Punjab former senior minister Raja Riaz, staged a protest demonstration against the administration of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad on......
SAHIWAL: Around 44 percent of special education teachers’ posts are lying vacant at the Government Higher Secondary School for Special Education (impaired hearing), Farid Town, for the last five......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Monday sent eight policemen to prison in a kidnapping for ransom case.The policemen — assistant sub-inspectors Faisal Jafferi and Muhammad Arif and constables Jalal......
KARACHI: Being the chairman of the Sindh High Density Development Board, Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has approved the proposed construction plan of a 46-floor building.The plan was approved......
KARACHI: A builder was shot dead in the Paposh Nagar area on Monday, according to police.They said that Abdul Waheed, 38, was busy in changing a flat tyre of his car outside his home in North......
KARACHI: Prof Abdul Hameed Kamali, one of Pakistan’s well-known philosophers who specialised on Iqbal, died here on Saturday, family members said. He was 80.A former director of Iqbal Academy, Prof......
KARACHI: As many as 209 children died of measles in the province in 2012, according to one of the written replies tabled in the Sindh Assembly on Monday.The answers relating to the question hour......
DADU: One more person who had suffered serious injuries in the Khairpur Nathan Shah coach incident died at a Karachi hospital on Monday, taking the death toll to 14.Koro Khan, son of Shamus, was......
BADIN: A partial strike was observed in many towns of the district on Monday in protest over registration of three FIRs against former Sindh home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza and at least 60 of his......
HYDERABAD: Laptops were distributed among 11 students of the University of Sindh at a simple ceremony at the SU Area Study Centre on Monday.PML-N Senator Dr Rahila Gul Magsi who gave away the laptops......
DADU: The protest by villagers of the Kachho mountainous region who had been demonstrating against the Polish Oil & Gas Company at Karo Koat for the past eight days came to an end on Monday after the......
KARACHI: All you had to do to reach the factory in flames in the SITE area on Monday was let the jet black smoke clouds guide you. They could be seen from afar.“The fire started early, around 9am. I......
KARACHI: Two children and two young men were killed in two road accidents in the city on Monday.A fast-moving water tanker killed two children and injured three others in the Manghopir area, police......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday granted protective bail to Dr Zulfikar Mirza, a disgruntled leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party, in four different criminal cases registered by the Badin......
KARACHI: There were scenes of protest and rumpus in the Sindh Assembly on Monday until lawmakers belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Pakistan Muslim League-Functional and PML-Nawaz boycotted......
KARACHI: Despite being the largest (area-wise) town of Karachi, Gadap is the least developed and most backward part of the city; poverty is rampant and life’s basic facilities are......
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency has found enough evidence to pursue cases against certain officials of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) who were allegedly involved......
BERLIN: German train drivers found themselves under fire from industry and the government on Monday after announcing their longest walkout in the history of rail operator Deutsche Bahn.“From outside,......
BEIJING: Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping warned on Monday against Taiwan being seen as a country as he met the head of the island’s ruling party, the first such encounter in seven years.Xi,......
BUJUMBURA: Police in Burundi shot dead at least four demonstrators and wounded dozens of others on Monday, in running battles with protesters angry at a bid by President Pierre Nkurunziza to extend......
NEW DELHI: At least 21 people were burned to death when a bus fell into a ditch and caught fire in central India on Monday, police said.Constable Vikram Singh at the police control room in Panna......
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia this week to attend World War II anniversary commemorations, Beijing’s foreign ministry announced on Monday as it stressed their joint......
BERLIN: Berlin police on Monday found more than 386 kilograms of cocaine inside banana boxes at a discount grocery chain in what authorities say is the largest-ever seizure of the drug in the German......
JERUSALEM: Images of Israeli police firing stun grenades are usually set in the West Bank and involve Palestinian protesters. But on Sunday the situation was quite different — riot police battling......
LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron is Britain’s most popular major party leader and his Conservative Party the most trusted on the economy after helping revive it. But win or lose a knife-edge......
WASHINGTON: The White House called for tolerance on Monday as police shot and killed two gunmen outside an exhibition centre in Garland, Texas.The centre was holding an exhibition of cartoons that......
SANAA: Heavy Saudi-led air strikes targeted several airports on Monday across Yemen even as the kingdom’s foreign minister said officials were considering a ceasefire to allow aid into the Arab......
TEHRAN: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday it was not up to the country’s police to deliver Islamic guidance, distancing himself from efforts to involve law enforcement in......
NEW YORK: The powerful leader of New York’s state Senate was arrested on Monday, along with his son, in a widening federal corruption probe. Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, 67, and his son Adam,......
DUBAI: Dubai attracted more than 13 million visitors last year, official figures released on Monday showed, as the cash-flush emirate looks to reap the rewards of its growing tourism sector.A total......
NEW YORK: A plainclothes police officer died on Monday two days after being shot in the head in New York, officials said.Brian Moore, 25, was shot in Queens on Saturday while inside his unmarked car......
SYDNEY: An Australian man was jailed on Monday for 18 months on animal cruelty charges after bludgeoning to death nine puppies with a brick while high on methamphetamine, commonly known as ice.Nathan......
PADANG BESAR: Police arrested three Thai officials and a Myanmar citizen in a crackdown on a long-existing criminal network that smuggles persecuted ethnic Muslims from Myanmar into Thailand and......
GAUHATI: Heavily armed separatist rebels have ambushed a paramilitary convoy in India’s remote northeast, killing eight soldiers and injuring six, officials said on Monday.The militants opened fire......
BAKU: Putting the infrastructure financing needs of developing Asia at $8 trillion until 2020, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday announced scaling up its annual operations by 50 per cent to......
ISLAMABAD: Inflation further slowed to 2.1 per cent in April 2015 from 2.5pc in the preceding month thanks to lower fuel and foods prices. It was the lowest level since 2003.The inflation measured......
WASHINGTON: In Pakistan and other oil-importing countries of the region, growth is expected to strengthen from 3 per cent in 2014 to 4pc this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted on......
KARACHI: The State Bank injected Rs716 billion into the banking system on Monday to cover the widening liquidity gap, but banks’ thirst for investing in government papers remained high.Despite a......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) has called for restoration of zero-rating to poultry processing as Pakistan is the 11th largest broiler producer in the world with production of 1.02......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s cotton output has risen by 11 per cent to 14.871 million bales this season compared to 13.391m bales a year earlier.According to Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association’s (PCGA) final......
LONDON: The calm on global financial markets masks a growing threat to their smooth functioning should shrinking liquidity morph into an outright crunch in response to a US interest rate rise or some......
HBL sings agreement with FincaKARACHI: Habib Bank Ltd has come into an arrangement with FINCA Microfinance Bank Ltd for the collection of loan instalments through HBL Express network.The HBL launched......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Steel Melters Association (PSMA) and Large Scale Re-Rollers (LSR) have demanded further levy of 40 per cent regulatory duty (RD) on import of steel billets, bars and......
MUMBAI: After losing top engineering talent for years to America’s tech heartland of Silicon Valley, India is luring them back as an e-commerce boom sparks a thriving start-up culture, unprecedented......
KARACHI: Exporters have urged the government to immediately start accepting and processing claims for incremental rebate incentive scheme announced in the federal budget 2014-15.After a long delay,......
RIYADH: Small-time players need not apply when the Saudi Arabian stock market opens to foreign investment on June 15, according to regulations released on Monday.The Capital Market Authority (CMA)......
KARACHI: Listless conditions prevailed on the cotton market on Monday as buyers and sellers took to the sidelines. The underlying sentiment, however, remained firm and steady.Floor brokers said that......
KARACHI: The Engineering Development Board (EDB), an arm of the ministry of industries, has made a revenue generation plan to earn Rs30 million annually.The plan was presented in 32nd meeting of the......
KARACHI: The stock market closed flat on Monday with the KSE-100 index marginally down by 6.43 points at 33,724.After trading in a range of 394 points during the day (291 up, 103 down), the index......
WASHINGTON: The World Bank indirectly invests part of its $18.8 billion staff pension fund in companies in industries such as coal and tobacco, holdings that clash with the development institution’s......
BEIJING: China’s manufacturing activity recorded its worst contraction in a year in April, a survey by HSBC showed on Monday, as subdued domestic demand weighed on growth in the world’s......
ATHENS: Wide differences over pension and labour reforms continued to dog intensive negotiations between Greece’s leftist government and its international creditors despite progress in other areas as......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has opposed the holding of by-election in the NA-125 Lahore constituency before a thorough investigation into the conduct of returning and......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered on Monday fast-track work on important projects being completed under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) and emphasised that funds lying......
PAKISTAN has asked the developed economies to adopt accommodative monetary policies to revive global economic growth.Representing the country at the 48th annual meeting of the Asian Development......
ISLAMABAD: The commercial production of 660MW of electricity from Thar coal-fired power generation plant will start by December 2017, Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali said on......
ISLAMABAD: The government decided on Monday that manual arms licences would stand ‘invalid’ if they were not computerised by Dec 31.A meeting presided over by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali......
QUETTA: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court directed government departments on Monday to follow the Land Acquisition Act while acquiring private lands. The court allowed the time sought by......
QUETTA: Although no formal announcement has been made about the acceptance of the resignation of Speaker Balochistan Assembly Mir Jan Muhammad Khan Jamali, the PML-N leadership has offered the post......
GWADAR: A clash between two groups allegedly involved in drug trade left three people dead on Monday, police said.Gunmen intercepted a vehicle of their opponents and opened fire, killing two people.......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly demanded on Monday the federal government lodge a case under Article 6 of the Constitution against Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain for......
Minutes after an election tribunal on Monday ordered re-election on a Lahore national assembly seat (NA-125, Cantonment) won by Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique in the 2013 election, Dr Awab......
MUZAFFARABAD: A four-member team of the European Union Delegation to Pakistan arrived in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) capital on Monday on a two-day visit.The team is led by acting Ambassador......
THE wheat stems glistened like gold in the warm afternoon sun. The crop was finally ready to harvest in Mirza Virkaan, a village near Sheikhupura. The unforeseen rain and hailstorm which hit most......
ISLAMABAD: PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari will appear before the Accountability Court Rawalpindi on Tuesday in the assets reference recently reopened by the government.According to PPP spokesman......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Tajikistan agreed on Monday to expand ties to achieve the bilateral trade target set at $500 million.The agreement was reached during meetings held at the Foreign Office......
LAHORE: In what is being termed a vindication of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s stance on rigging in the 2013 general elections, an election tribunal annulled on Monday results of the NA-125 constituency......
RAHIMYAR KHAN: Seven policemen kidnapped on Sunday morning from Machka area have been freed by police which launched an operation in which helicopter gunships were used.Some outlaws were killed or......
ISLAMABAD: Can parliament make fundamental changes in the basic characteristics of the Constitution like replacing Islam being a state religion as stated in Article 2 with secularism. This was the......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate unanimously adopted on Monday a resolution asking the government to take “further effective steps” for implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) to counter terrorism.The......
AL KHOR (Qatar): Representatives at preliminary talks aiming to end Afghanistan’s long war have agreed that Taliban insurgents should open a political office for negotiations, but disagreement over......
THIS is an emotional topic but let’s try to keep the debate dignified and inclusive. That’s how Sabeen Mahmud introduced the panel discussion on Balochistan on April 24 at T2F in Karachi. Right after......
THE muddle that has been created with the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project reflects both a lack of clear thinking as also clumsy planning and implementation. While much fuss has been made in the......
INDIA’S televised plunge into Nepal’s earthquake calamity to play the Good Samaritan was a commendable initiative even if it was perhaps brought about by the fear of China getting in first. Indian......
ENOUGH is enough. With more than 40 years of experience in law enforcement, I refuse to believe that determined and professional state agencies and departments cannot solve the mystery murders......
IT is not the end of the legal road for the PML-N and Railways Minister Saad Rafique now that an election tribunal has ordered re-polling on the seat won by Mr Rafique in the May 2013 election. But......
IN hindsight it is readily acknowledged that Fata, notwithstanding political developments regionally and within, was perfectly positioned to become an incubator of extremism in large part because of......
IN Pakistan, it has been observed that some politicians, instead of setting a good example, can display bizarre, deplorable behaviour.Former Sindh home minister and estranged PPP leader Dr Zulfiqar......
