PESHAWAR: Two suicide attackers were killed, while three people sustained injuries when an exchange of fire was followed by a suicide blast outside a high-school football ground in Alizai area of......
PESHAWAR: Officials at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) National Accountability Bureau (NAB) fear embezzlement of upto Rs500 million in the reimbursement of funds allocated to compensate affectees of the......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid and Federal Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday said the PML-N would challenge an election tribunal's decision that......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan presented a pre-scan report that he said was issued by the National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA), saying that it contained......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday presented a resolution in the National Assembly condemning Altaf Hussain’s “anti-Pakistan” speech, and called upon the government to take action......
ISLAMABAD: President of the Republic of Maldives Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom — who is scheduled to hold talks with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Mamnoon Hussain — arrived in Islamabad......
Falling in love is no crime. But those who do, often pay the price in Pakistan; some with their lives.Yousuf, the protagonist in the TV soap Mera Naam Yousuf Hai, falls in love with Zulaikha and is......
Us Pakistanis have wowed the world with our technological skills and musical talent, but it appears that we are now turning heads, simply because we're that good looking!Destination dating website......
NEW DELHI: Outside Bollywood films, Sania Mirza might be the only Indian success welcomed as warmly in Pakistan and the 28-year-old expects her doubles feats to inspire girls on both sides of the......
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik has constituted a five-judge larger bench to hear a petition filed in 1991 that sought disqualification of the then premier Nawaz......
NEW DELHI: France's defence minister and his Indian counterpart pledged Wednesday to quickly wrap up negotiations over the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets, agreeing to set up teams to nail down......
LAHORE: Zimbabwe will be the first Test-playing nation to tour Pakistan since the 2009 terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore.Alistair Campbell — Zimbabwe Cricket's (ZC) managing......
Salman Khan's conviction in the September 2002 hit-and-run case is the talk of B-town this morning, and many in the Bollywood fraternity have sent out messages of support and sympathy to the Dabangg......
PHOENIX: About 20 minutes before the shooting at a Texas cartoon contest that featured caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), a final tweet posted on an account linked to one of the gunmen said:......
Grooveshark, a popular music streaming website that closed shop on Friday after losing a longstanding legal battle with record companies, has regrouped at a new site Grooveshark.io, thanks to the......
JAKARTA: FIFA has ordered the Indonesian government to revoke its decision to freeze all activities of the country's football association by the end of the month or face suspension from international......
SYDNEY: Sri Lankan batting great Kumar Sangakkara has given Australia's domestic Twenty20 league a major shot in the arm by signing up to play for the Hobart Hurricanes from next season.Sangakkara,......
KABUL: An Afghan judge sentenced four men to death on Wednesday for the mob killing of 27-year-old woman accused of burning a Quran in Kabul, a case that sparked outrage and street protests in the......
MUMBAI: An Indian court on Wednesday handed down a five-year jail sentence to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, for killing a homeless man in a September 2002 hit-and-run after a night out......
ISLAMABAD: Visiting Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Wednesday announced a $19 million aid package for Pakistan that includes help for border areas hit by conflict and natural......
TURIN: Juventus spent about 12 million euros ($13.42 million) to sign Carlos Tevez, a fraction of what Real Madrid paid for Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo, yet it was the Argentine who called the......
DHAKA: Younis Khan and Azhar Ali hit centuries as Pakistan capitalised on Bangladesh's misfortune to post a commanding 323 for three on the opening day of the second and final Test on......
LONDON: Britain’s political leaders on Tuesday began a final push for votes ahead of this week’s knife-edge general election while preparing for the likelihood of drawn-out negotiations once polls......
ROME: Around 40 migrants died when their inflatable boat sank off the coast of Italy, which on Tuesday renewed an appeal to the EU for help in managing a relentless wave of arrivals.Survivors of the......
HONG KONG: Chinese police nabbed five remaining suspects who fled from Hong Kong with millions in ransom money after a kidnap, reports said on Tuesday, a day after the arrest of another suspect in......
IN Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, where eager traders usually hawk their wares to passersby, an entirely different noise echoes through the old shopping street.An angry crowd of shopkeepers has gathered to......
THREE weeks from now, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will mark his first year in office. He swept into office with a clear centre-right message — “minimum government, maximum governance” — and......
LONDON: It was an unexpected moment on the campaign trail. Labour leader Ed Miliband had stopped his campaign bus in the northwest England city of Chester when he was mobbed by a bachelorette party......
THE Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) has read with great interest the news item (April 26) regarding the KTBA’s letter. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 65(A) of the Sindh Sales Tax on Services......
APROPOS the article ‘Dark water’ by Dr Rashida Qari in Images (April 26). Pollution has always posed a danger for human beings and the planet. Therefore, it is only fair that the people be aware......
WHILE driving through various areas of Karachi we see quite a number of high-rise residential and commercial buildings – some of them completed and occupied and some very near to completion.While,......
I would like to draw the authorities’ attention towards the destabilisation of Karachi’s coastline which is under serious stress. The fragile structure of the coastal area on which the builders and......
WATER use has been growing at more than twice the rate of the population increase in the last century, according to the World Resources Institute, a Washington thinktank.According to the UN’s......
FOR the last more than five years we have been requesting the KMC’s Horticulture Department to develop the parks located in Street 21 and Street 22, Block-15, Gulistan-i-Jauhar, Karachi. We also......
DOMESTIC production should be encouraged instead of imports, investment be given preference in consumer goods instead of luxuries, the agriculture sector should be given subsidies, foreign investment......
OUR policymakers should make the e-learning approach practical in the higher education system. It should make available to students mobile handsets with the desired features. A partnership approach......
THE Matric (SSC) examinations were held recently in Karachi. Unfortunately these exams will produce barely literate cheats instead of scholars.In many schools where examinations were conducted, the......
KOHAT: The district development advisory committee (DDAC) chairman Ziaullah Bangash on Tuesday approved Rs146 million worth development schemes in irrigation and communications sectors and ordered......
MANSEHRA: Former MPA Wajiuzaman Khan on Tuesday refused to support PML-N candidate for PK-57 and announced to contest the by-election on the seat that fell vacant after his disqualification by the......
PESHAWAR: A women welfare body has been formed to resolve problems facing them in different fields in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The organisation, ‘Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Working Women Union’ was inaugurated at......
MANSEHRA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday asked the people of Kohistan to help the provincial government curb the timber smuggling and take to justice those involved in the......
GHALANAI: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mahtab Ahmed Khan has said that peace has been restored in the tribal areas after successful military operations.Talking to a delegation of tribal elders,......
LANDI KOTAL: Two prisoners escaped from the heavily guarded Levies centre in Shahkas area here on Tuesday, official sources said.They said that the two under-trial prisoners identified as Shah Jee......
PESHAWAR: MPA Aneesa Zeb Tahirkheli, the chairperson of the sub-committee of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on law reforms, on Tuesday came hard on the provincial establishment department for ignoring......
PESHAWAR: The Dec 16 Army Public School incident has jolted the education authorities in the province – and for the better – as a huge sum of Rs6.2 billion has been allocated to ensuring that over......
ABBOTTABAD: Waqar Nabi of PTI, who is expected to be a candidate for the district nazim slot from Abbottabad in the local government polls, was on Tuesday elected unopposed from Namli Mera union......
NOWSHERA: A man and a woman, who had tied the knot of their own sweet will, were killed allegedly by relatives of the woman in her parents’ house in Jehangaira here on Tuesday.The victims, Faraz Khan......
UPPER DIR: Two arch rivals, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaf, have formed an electoral alliance for the upcoming local government polls in Wari tehsil of Upper Dir......
PESHAWAR: Almost every week or the other, discussions are organised at five-star hotels of Islamabad and Peshawar on the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.Perhaps Fata is discussed more at......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday admitted to full hearing a petition against the recent appointment of 10 revenue inspectors to the irrigation department mostly from the hometowns of the......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Tuesday questioned the maintainability of three petitions against certain sections of the KP Local Government Act 2013 and requested the Peshawar High......
PESHAWAR: Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested seven outlaws for their alleged involvement in robberies and kidnappings, and also recovered looted items from them.This was claimed by Peshawar......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province witnessed a sharp decline in the incidents of terrorism in the first four months of the current year compared to the same period in previous years.According......
ISLAMABAD: Notwithstanding the government’s repeated claims, health indicators in the country are on a downhill side.A report released on Tuesday said Pakistan’s ranking in the ‘Mother Mortality......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued a stay order on the execution of Shafqat Hussain whose age has been a topic of controversy for many months.Hussain’s execution was scheduled......
ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Division has decided to compile details of stay orders that have hindered the Capital Development Authority (CDA)’s recovery from defaulters.Secretary Cabinet Division Raja......
ISLAMABAD: The syndicate of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) on Wednesday rejected the vice-chancellor’s proposal to bring down the curtains on linguistics department.The university, while placing the......
ISLAMABAD: As intended, the recent show which opened at the National Art Gallery (NAG) screamed rebellion. The young artists appeared to be breaking away from traditional boundaries in art and had......
ISLAMABAD: The employees of the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) on Tuesday did not allow a delegation of the Privatisation Commission to enter the premises of the distribution company.They......
ISLAMABAD: “There is a serious need to bring changes in law to protect the rights of journalists as many media houses do not even pay salaries to staff on time,” said veteran journalist M. Ziauddin......
ISLAMABAD: It is difficult to imagine that a single dancer on stage against a plain black backdrop can take an auditorium full of people on a journey. But on Tuesday, at the Pakistan National Council......
ISLAMABAD: Besides setting up vigilance committees at community level, the capital administration has divided the city into 92 beats to keep a check on street crime and suspicious elements, police......
ISLAMABAD: The administration of the military farms Okara has expressed concerns over toxic contamination in the animal feed made from genetically-modified cotton seed which it said was deteriorating......
RAWALPINDI: The City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) has consumed its entire Rs10.036 billion budget for the fiscal year in 10 months and has approached Lahore for Rs439 million to pay the......
MUZAFFARABAD: The two-day Kashmir International Conference on Linguistics concluded here on Tuesday after holding a total of five inspiring plenary and 29 academic sessions.The conference, held under......
RAWALPINDI: Auto workshops and other commercial activities are creating noise and air pollution in the residential areas of Satellite Town thanks to the apathy of the Rawal Town Municipal......
FAISALABAD: A ‘militant group’ has demanded ransom for the release of a 20-year-old German national who had been kidnapped on Feb 7 this year.Ali Mohammad Din, a Libyan-born German, had come to......
LAHORE: Rich tributes were paid to journalists who died while performing their duty, at a reference held at the Government College University on Tuesday.Speakers, including close associates and......
LAHORE: Garden Town police arrested a security guard of Jinnah Hospital for torturing and injuring three men of a non-government organisation (NGO) on Tuesday.Witnesses said the NGO sent its......
LAHORE: The PPP has said the tribunal’s decision of re-poll in NA-125 has proved that the party’s mandate was stolen in 2013 elections.At a press conference held at the Press Club here on Tuesday PPP......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhry has said the election tribunal’s decision on Hamid Khan’s petitions (NA-125) is self-explanatory.“The tribunal’s decision is a......
LAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday sent 22 accused allegedly involved in the Youhanabad lynching incident to jail on a 14-day judicial remand.Earlier, Nishtar Colony police produced the......
LAHORE: The official reports titled ‘third-party validation’ of the public hospitals of rural areas of the province continued to surface while strengthening the doubts that a major chunk of the......
SAHIWAL: The Lahore High Court’s Multan Bench has sought within three weeks a report and para-wise comments from respondents on the complaint of six people about potential hazards of a power plant......
GUJRAT: Hundreds of people have been frustrated by delay in issuance of computerised national identity cards at the National Database and Registration Authority’s fast-track centre.Officials working......
BAHAWALPUR: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced the establishment of an industrial estate in Bahawalpur.Speaking at the solar park opening ceremony on Tuesday, the chief minister apprised......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Owners of local CNG filling stations announced here on Tuesday staging a protest demonstration on May 7 in Faisalabad against the government for not restoring gas supply to their......
GUJRAT: As many as 16 candidates belonging to different political parties as well as independents filed their nomination papers for NA-108, Mandi Bahauddin, by-election.The seat was vacated due to......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: The CCTV footage has solved the mystery of death of a guard at the gate of Sarwar Aali High School on Dera-Multan Road.The camera footage showed that Abbas Bhatti left his gun on his......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) says the decision of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) for doctors to appear in an exam after one-year house job will create problems.PMA......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A feasibility report by the National Engineering Services of Pakistan and two private consultant companies on the proposed brick-lining of Trimmu-Sidhnai (TS) link canal has estimated......
SHEIKHUPURA: A youngster has allegedly raped a 10-year-old girl at Jandiala Sher Khan about 14 kilometres from here.‘A’ was going home from her school when ‘S’ bundled her into a car and raped her at......
LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority launched crackdown on illegal private housing schemes and demolished several houses and structures in various areas on Tuesday.Town Planning and Metropolitan......
LAHORE: The election tribunal which ordered re-election for NA-125, Lahore, on Monday primarily held the failure of the election staff in complying with the election laws and missing polling record......
LAHORE: PPP leader Manzoor Wattoo has put the PML-N government should be embarrassed instead of taking pride in adding only 100MW to the national grid, that too after two years in power.“The PML-N......
LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Shazib Saeed on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to a man on charges of blasphemy.The judge awarded life imprisonment to Zulfiqar Ali over his......
LAHORE: Chuhng police on Tuesday arrested an alleged robber while his accomplice plunged into the canal and fled.Two motorcyclists looted valuables from a man near Nawab Town and fled. Mohafiz squad......
KARACHI: The 72-inch diameter pipeline at the Dhabeji supplying water to Karachi burst on Tuesday evening.According to a Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) notification, Dhebeji, Gharo, Pipri,......
KARACHI: An angry mob set fire to a passenger bus after it apparently hit five vehicles that left two people dead and 10 others injured in Liaquatabad on Tuesday, according to police and hospital......
KARACHI: Regional and global factors beyond Pakistan’s control will impact us in the future but we are principally responsible for our future regardless of external factors. We are going to build our......
KARACHI: Students appearing for their O level and A level papers this week faced both nervousness and excitement on Tuesday, the first day of exams.Hazeela Tahir, an O level student who appeared for......
KARACHI: Health authorities deferred the polio campaign in seven of the 49 union councils on Tuesday after volunteers in these UCs protested against the non-payment of honoraria.Officials said the......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday called for a report on two criminal cases pending disposal against Saulat Mirza, a death row prisoner belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.The order came......
KARACHI: A young man was found shot dead in Surjani Town on Tuesday, police said.The trussed-up body was found in a desolated area in Sector 14-C. The man was shot in an eye and the chest.“From his......
BADIN: A large police force supported by commandos faced a small but battle-ready armed guards backed by several hundred protesters on Tuesday when the uniformed personnel besieged the farms of......
SUKKUR: A man was killed and three others were injured in an armed clash between the communities of Bakhrani and Marhato on Tuesday in the village of Khalid Brohi within the Dera Sarki police limits,......
HYDERABAD: Police authorities are trying to prevail upon their hierarchy that former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza should be allowed a safe passage to approach the Anti-Terrorism Court in Hyderabad......
SUKKUR: Relatives of a minor girl who died in the Civil Hospital of Sukkur held a demonstration on Tuesday against the administration of the health facility.They alleged that eight-year-old Bushra......
KARACHI: To overcome the worsening financial problems faced by the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), the provincial government on Tuesday approved a Rs1.1 billion grant to enable......
KARACHI: Former speaker of the National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza on Tuesday broke her public silence in a press conference and took the Pakistan Peoples Party government to task for poor governance......
KARACHI: The organisers and panellists of the seminar titled ‘Baloch missing persons and the role of state and society’ have told Dawn they are going ahead with the talk at the arts auditorium of......
KARACHI: The issue of water scarcity in Karachi attracted the attention of the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday when an adjournment motion of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Mohammad Hussain was admitted and......
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China next week amid hopes it would leave a powerful impact on Asia, by pooling in strengths of the world’s two largest developing countries,......
RIYADH: Mortar rounds fired by Iran-backed rebels in Yemen hit the Saudi border town of Najran on Tuesday, prompting a Saudi-led military coalition to warn it would strike back.Al-Ekhbariya state......
UNITED NATIONS: As appeals for a humanitarian pause in airstrikes go unheeded, the United Nations said on Tuesday the conflict in Yemen has now taken at least 646 civilian lives and injured more than......
COLOMBO: Sri Lankans are waiting with bated breath for the outcome of crucial talks between President Maithripala Sirisena and his predecessor, Mahinda Rajapaksa, scheduled for Wednesday.The two......
WASHINGTON: Muslims across the United States on Tuesday condemned the gun attack on a Texas exhibition centre, which was displaying anti-Islam cartoons.As the US media highlighted Muslim roots of......
Amr Darrag’s message is both gloomy and optimistic, a little cynical for a former Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian minister of planning perhaps, but perfectly understandable when you remember that his old......
KUNDUZ: Taliban militants killed at least 13 policemen after storming security outposts in Afghanistan’s remote mountainous northeast, officials said on Tuesday, despite peace talks between insurgent......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated Marine General Joseph Dunford as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, praising him as a leader who helped shape the changing role......
BERLIN: A railway strike set to last an unprecedented seven days caused major disruption across Germany on its first full day on Tuesday and pressure rose on the government to intervene by pushing......
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s coastguard has rescued more than 600 people trying to cross the Aegean sea over the last five days, including women and children fleeing war-torn Syria in rubber boats, a......
VIENNA: An Austrian men’s magazine has printed its latest edition using blood from people who are HIV-positive in order to counter the “stigma” often attached to the virus that causes AIDS, its......
KARACHI: Zone-VI chalked up their second straight success in the Karachi region event of the PCB Regional Inter-district U-19 Cricket Championships when they decimated Zone-I by an innings and 19......
KARACHI: First-class cricketer Babar Hussain Agha struck a dazzling century as Pakistan Navy trounced Eaton by 158 runs in their final-round Group ‘B’ fixture of the 20th Hinopak Trophy KCCA......
BARCELONA: Pep Guardiola will return to the Camp Nou with the away side for the first time on Wednesday as Barcelona’s most successful coach takes Bayern Munich to the Catalan stronghold in the......
LAHORE: Two-goal Mohammad Dilber enabled Pakistan to outclass South Korea 4-1 as the green-shirts recorded their first win in the four-nation Hockey Super Series in Australia on Tuesday.According to......
DHAKA: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has predicted a close contest with Bangladesh in the second and final Test starting here on Wednesday (today) with both teams desperate to prove......
KARACHI: Another controversy erupted on Tuesday in the lead-up to Pakistan Football Federation’s (PFF) most divisive elections in June when it terminated the services of Director Member Associations......
LAHORE: While local media has been claiming that the out-of-favour trio of Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal and Shoaib Malik would stage a comeback in the national team against the upcoming home series......
LONDON: England batsman Jonathan Trott has retired from international cricket with immediate effect after a disappointing tour of the West Indies, the 34-year-old said on Monday.Trott only returned......
HULL: Alexis Sanchez scored twice as Arsenal all but secured a top-four finish in the Premier League for the 18th consecutive season with a 3-1 victory at struggling Hull on Monday.Arsene Wenger’s......
LAHORE: Wazir Ali won the trip of Dubai after winning the first Book It 247 Golf Tournament held at the historic Lahore Gymkhana Course on Tuesday.Wazir and his spouse are eligible for a three-day......
AUCKLAND: International Olympic Committee (IOC) 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......
ISLAMABAD: A three-member squad from Pakistan will participate in the World Taekwondo Championship scheduled to be held from May 10 to 18 in Chelyabinsk, Russia.Besides Pakistan Taekwondo Federation......
LONDON: Serena Williams can break Margaret Court’s record of 24 Grand Slam singles despite being five short at an age when most players have retired, says Martina Navratilova.American world number......
LAHORE: Pakistan won their third consecutive match of the fifth Asian Beach Handball Championship in Muscat, beating Bahrain by two sets to one.According to the information released by the Pakistan......
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......
LAHORE: The PCB has announced schedule for trials of the Lahore Region in connection with the Senior Inter-district cricket event starting from May 20.The trials of North Zone will be held on May 8,......
RIO DE JANEIRO: A training-ground injury has ruled Chelsea midfielder Oscar out of Brazil’s squad for next month’s Copa America in Chile, coach Dunga said on Tuesday.“Oscar got an injury in his last......
ISLAMABAD: What must have been an easy task for auditors conducting audit of the amount spent on the controversial 2013 National Games has now become a cumbersome job with the stakeholders involved......
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......
MADRID: Maria Sharapova advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by beating Mariana Duque-Marino of Colombia 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday but Petra Kvitova’s stuttering form continued with a 6-4, 2-6,......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the schedule of the PCB-Pepsi Cricket Stars U-16 two-day Tournament starting from May 7 in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Faisalabad.Sixteen......
KARACHI: A month-long annual 34th summer athletics coaching camp will commence at the Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium on May 13 under the aegis of Athletic Fitness School (AFS). The camp which is......
HONG KONG: HSBC’s revival is overshadowed by its existential angst. Higher investment banking revenue and fewer bad loans helped boost first-quarter results at the global bank, offering a welcome......
BRUSSELS: The EU upgraded its growth outlook for the eurozone on Tuesday on the back of cheaper oil and a weak currency, but a sudden worsening of Greece’s economic woes cast a pall over the......
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Standard and Poor’s, one of the world’s big three credit-rating agencies, on Tuesday revised Pakistan’s average real GDP growth projection for 2015-17 to 4.6 per cent from 3.8pc.......
BAKU: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has advised Pakistan to reduce subsidies on fuel and power to take full advantage of lower international oil prices and take steps to make the economy more......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Tuesday cleared the Lahore Orange Line Metro Train project costing Rs165.20 billion, and referred it to Ecnec for final approval.The project......
DOHA: Qatar is to build seven “cities” to house more than a quarter of a million migrant labourers building major infrastructure and projects for the 2022 World Cup, officials said Tuesday.Government......
KARACHI: The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in its pre-budget proposals has stated that the country cannot afford to continue with the current narrow tax base due to outdated tax......
Shell launches road safety video for kidsKARACHI: Shell Pakistan, in collaboration with Traffic Police Karachi, has launched a road safety animated learning video for school children to raise......
DUBAI: Gulf oil exporters must reduce spending, including subsidies, and diversify their economies to cope with lower revenues caused by the sharp drop in crude prices, the International Monetary......
JAKARTA: Indonesian growth slipped to its slowest pace since 2009 in the first quarter, official data showed Tuesday, signalling a tough road ahead for President Joko Widodo to revive Southeast......
NEW DELHI: India will push ahead this week with plans to build a port in southeast Iran, two sources said, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi keen to develop trade ties with Central Asia and prepared......
RIYADH: France and Saudi Arabia are discussing economic projects worth tens of billions of euros, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday.“If concluded, these 20 projects would be......
KARACHI: Revival of buying interest at the lower level helped cotton market to record some activity on Tuesday. However, buyers were mostly reluctant anticipating fall in prices in the coming......
WASHINGTON: The US trade deficit swelled in March to a six-year high on a surge in imports from the end of the West Coast port strike backed by the strong dollar.The trade gap was $51.4 billion in......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures jumped more than 3 per cent on Tuesday to their highest in nearly two weeks as the ringgit slid and overseas soyoil markets tracked by palm underpinned......
LONDON: Gold rose one per cent on Tuesday as the dollar paused and global shares fell ahead of US non-farm payroll data later in the week that could give clues as to when the Federal Reserve will......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL) announced on Tuesday that as per information received from MOL, the operator of Tal block, “hydrocarbons had been encountered at the development well......
ISLAMABAD: PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari did not appear on Tuesday before an accountability court in Rawalpindi on a reference in which he and the late prime minister Benazir Bhutto have been......
ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry said on Tuesday that the government needed to ensure good governance for eradication of white collar crimes in the......
RIYADH: The Saudi ministry of Haj has rejected as false reports claiming that the kingdom now requires all pilgrims to declare their ‘sect’ before arriving in the country, Arab News reported here.The......
QUETTA: A seminar was held here on Tuesday to mark the International Midwives’ Day.It was jointly organised MNCH Programme, Quetta, provincial health department, Save the Children and Mercy......
ISLAMABAD: Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is arriving here on Wednesday on a two-day visit.During her stay in Pakistan, Ms Bishop will meet the Prime Minister’s Adviser on National Security......
ISLAMABAD: Nadir Soofi, a gunman shot dead after opening fire at a Texas exhibition of sketches of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him), was a popular schoolboy in Pakistan but struggled to adjust to......
QUETTA: An alleged target killer and four suspected militants of a banned group were arrested in Quetta and Gwadar on Tuesday.A spokesman for the Frontier Corps said that troops arrested four......
QUETTA: Workers and supporters of some political parties held a demonstration here on Tuesday against the reported change in the route of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).The parties which......
GWADAR: A senior officer of a private bank was kidnapped on Tuesday from Shahi Bazaar here.According to sources, six armed men barged into a branch of the Muslim Commercial Bank and kidnapped Samad......
QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived here on Tuesday to offer condolences on the death of Jamhoori Watan Party leader Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti.Soon after reaching Quetta, he went to the......
RAWALPINDI: Maj Gen Muhammad Imran Majeed has been promoted to the rank of Lt Gen and appointed Surgeon General.A competent and highly professional doctor, he is regarded as pioneer in cardiac......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani took on Tuesday serious notice of ministers’ absence during the question hour and warned that in future he would use his powers to take action against them.In......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel will start reviewing poll-related clauses of the constitution next week as part of its work to put in place an improved framework for elections.This was decided at a......
ISLAMABAD: An inter-provincial meeting agreed here on Tuesday to launch food fortification for fighting malnutrition.The meeting was chaired by Minister for National Health Services (NHS) Saira Afzal......
NEW DELHI: India will push ahead this week with plans to build a port in southeast Iran, two sources said, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi keen to develop trade ties with Central Asia and prepared......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain called on Tuesday for discouraging Jirga system in rural areas and said it could not serve the people of remote areas.Talking to a delegation of Federal......
ISLAMABAD: Military’s top brass accused the Indian intelligence agency RAW on Tuesday of supporting terrorism in Pakistan.An ISPR statement on a meeting of the Corps Commanders held at the General......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf finally presented before the poll inquiry commission on Tuesday the evidence it has been banking on to establish that the 2013 general elections were stolen......
ISLAMABAD: Recovering from Monday’s ‘shocking decision’ of an election tribunal which de-seated Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique, the ruling PML-N is mulling over possible options to deal with......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court said on Tuesday it had always relied on the basic structure theory only to protect the core values of the constitutional fabric and democracy in the larger interest of......
BAHAWALPUR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the first unit of the Quaid-i-Azam Solar Power Park (QASP) here on Tuesday and said that the electricity crisis would be ended by 2017-18.The......
TWO days of talks — not peace talks, but akin to exploratory talks — between representatives of the Afghan government and the Afghan Taliban facilitated by Qatar and the Pugwash Conferences have......
NUMBERS, devoid of context, tell only half the story. So it seems to be with the figures presented by the interior minister in a briefing to the Senate on Monday, during a debate on a resolution......
GIVEN how serious the power crisis in Pakistan is, and how deep it runs, it is astonishing to see the casual claims that are continuously being made by those at the top in the Ministry of Water and......
IT may not be the first but it is certainly the most significant face-to face contact between the Afghan Taliban and representatives of the Kabul government. Although both sides have tried to......
MORE than a week has passed since Nepal was hit by a devastating earthquake. As the rubble is cleared and the extent of the devastation revealed, there has been only bad news. The death toll as of......
WHAT do we learn about women and girls when we turn on the television or go to the movies? Around the world, female characters in films and television take far less space than male characters. They......
TOMORROW’S British election has been billed as the most unpredictable contest in 70 years, notwithstanding the overwhelming expectation that it will yield yet another hung parliament. Back in 1945,......
