RIYADH: Iran is a destabilising force that must not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon, US Secretary of State John Kerry said in Saudi Arabia Thursday, aiming to calm Riyadh's worries.Saudi Arabia......
NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has played down fears over China's growing regional clout ahead of his landmark trip to Beijing, saying the rival Asian powerhouse has a “right” to......
RIYADH/TEHRAN/DUBAI: Saudi Arabia on Thursday proposed a five-day humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen to allow aid deliveries, calling on Houthi rebels to accept the offer.Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir......
As immigrant communities grow in cities around the world, Pakistani, Indian, Chinese, Arabian and other exotic cuisines have found their way into the hearts of a diverse range of people.In Austria,......
ISLAMABAD: Former Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam on Thursday introduced her successor Qazi Khalilullah at a media briefing in Islamabad, where he said that Pakistan has always asked India......
While reviewing Inside Out – the 2006 autobiography of former Pakistan cricket captain, Mushtaq Mohammad – EspnCricinfo’s Andrew Miller suggests that the chapter in which Mushtaq details how he was......
The stars of Dekh Magar Pyaar Say, Humaima Malick and Sikander Rizvi, channel old world romance in the 'making of' video of the film's new poster.Director Asad-ul-Haq, stylist Saima Rashid Bergfrede......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued a notification of annulment of Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique's membership from the National Assembly......
LONDON: Britons began voting on Thursday in a tight election that could yield a weak government, push the world's fifth-largest economy a step closer to leaving the European Union and stoke Scottish......
Atif Aslam is being a tease.Earlier this week, the popular singer announced that he won't release his sizable library of music because listeners don't buy albums anymore. Now he's hinting at the......
Like all self-professed armchair philosophers, I spend far too much time badgering people to debate with me on things that matter:‘Who will be the next leader of the free world?’‘Which nation will be......
DHAKA: Bangladesh concluded the second day of the second Test match against Pakistan after losing early wickets with a score of 107-5.Junaid Khan grabbed two wickets while Wahab Riaz and leg-spinner......
Bayern will need a Munich miracle to retain their dream of reaching the Champions League final on home soil after the five-time champions slumped to a 3-0 defeat at Barcelona in their semi-final......
Former president and PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday left for Kabul on a one-day visit to Afghanistan.During his visit the former president is expected to hold meeting with Afghan......
LAHORE: Senator Malik Rafique Rajwana was appointed as the Governor of Punjab on Thursday.His appointment was finalised by President Mamnoon Hussain, following which Rajwana said he would do his......
DHAKA: For years authorities in Bangladesh have battled to stop men urinating in public, with signs in the local Bengali language failing to halt the seemingly endless number of offenders.But the......
NEW DELHI: India took a step towards ratifying a 41-year-old border dispute with Bangladesh Wednesday that would see thousands of people living in “enclaves” being allowed to choose their......
PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami’s Izazul Mulk, who was also backed by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), won the by-election for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from Lower Dir constituency, PK-95, on......
Apropos the above Metro headline (May 4).When we visit the seaside and watch huge waves crashing against rocks, sending sprays more than ten feet high we are awed by nature’s abundant water......
INSTEAD of fulfilling the promise to end loadshedding, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has rather resorted to forceful closure of businesses and entertainment after 9pm.While our rivers run full, world......
THIS is apropos of Nargis Sethi’s article ‘A barren landscape’ (May 2). Non- curricular activities like cultural shows, drama, theatre and sports are imperative for the prosperity and betterment of a......
THE federal budget is expected in the first week of June. According to the BBC, Pakistan’s economy is now stabilised. It is heard the government intends to increase the pension by about 5pc.This will......
THE 7.7 magnitude deadly earthquake that hit Awaran district on Sept 24, 2013, wreaked havoc in Balochistan.The entire infrastructure was destroyed and 386 people were killed and 816 injured.......
IN the earlier days of the Pakistan Western and Pakistan Eastern Railways, there used to be a separate carriage or a section of it allocated for women passengers in every train. Men were not allowed......
IT is a matter of concern that private schools all over the country charge fees for summer vacations. This is a matter of concern for inflation-stricken parents. The schools have started collecting......
NOWSHERA: The PPP-ANP-JUI-F alliance has warned of organising a protest camp outside the office of the Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad on May 15 if it doesn’t stop Chief Minister Pervez......
SWABI: The ANP has warned the local party activists, who have filed nomination papers as independent candidates for local government elections, to withdraw papers or face expulsion from the......
PESHAWAR: The provincial government has approved three major housing projects and directed the authorities concerned to initiate work on the same at the earliest.The approval was given at a meeting......
LANDI KOTAL: The transporters ended their wheel-jam strike on Wednesday after the local administration agreed to turn over the impounded vehicle to its owner and reduce the fine imposed to curb......
PESHAWAR: The grant review and monitoring committee (GRMC) of the Multi-Donors Trust Fund (MDTF)-funded Economic Revitalisation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata (ERKF) has declined to review or approve......
PESHAWAR: Experts have urged the government to involve professional people in formulation of health policies to improve health indicators and benefit the patients to a desired level.“Policies are......
PESHAWAR: The annoyed activists of Pakistan Peoples Party have announced to support the party candidates in the local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and not to raise their demand for......
PESHAWAR: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq said on Wednesday that Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) was involved in acts of terrorism in the country and asked the military leadership to take notice......
KOHAT: The students of Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST) on Wednesday stopped the staff from entering the campus, pressing the administration to start summer semester and provide pick......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a workshop here on Wednesday urged media to create awareness among the women regarding their rights so that they could raise voice about the injustices and violence against......
ISLAMABAD: Nadeem Hussain, a resident of Islamabad, got the worst experience of his life when a private hospital admitted his father for a minor operation and charged him Rs1.6 million after the......
MANSEHRA: The Mansehra police have announced they have finalised a security plan for the upcoming local government elections in the district.“We have to maintain law and order during the ongoing......
PESHAWAR: Hundreds of Wapda employees on Wednesday held a rally against the government’s proposed plan to privatise Wapda and warned to launch a countrywide protest campaign if the plan wasn’t......
PESHAWAR: Owing to the large number of people contesting the party-less polls for the lower tier of the local bodies, the Election Commission of Pakistan has introduced symbols which candidates say......
ABBOTTABAD: The Karakorum Highway remained blocked for over three hours as PTI workers held a demonstration to show their resentment over ‘unfair’ award of tickets for the local government elections......
PESHAWAR: The government will enhance the capacity of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission (KPPSC) for expeditious recruitment in government departments.A decision to this effect was......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Wednesday that three former prime ministers and an ex-chief justice were among those using state-owned bulletproof vehicles.Parliamentary Affairs Minister of......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s new emblem will carry the words ‘House of Federation’, instead of ‘Senate of Pakistan’.The senators on Wednesday unanimously approved the change in the emblem of the upper......
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday sought details of the ministers and parliamentarians who availed accommodation in the Federal Lodges but did not pay rent and other service......
RAWALPINDI: Investigations into model Ayyan Ali’s alleged dirty deals and money smuggling have widened to include her mother and other associates.Sources close to the investigation said the Federal......
ISLAMABAD: The current government was given an overall performance score of 44 per cent for last year, in a scorecard recently released by the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and......
ISLAMABAD: A man arrested two days ago for trespassing on the Senate Hall, at the National Assembly, was sent to jail on a 14-day judicial remand on Wednesday.According to the FIR registered against......
MUZAFFARABAD: More than 25 women members of the National Assembly and the Senate of Pakistan arrived here on Wednesday to attend a two-day ‘Women Parliamentarians Conference on Peace in Kashmir’,......
ISLAMABAD: Developed nations are to be blamed for climate change and they must pay damages to the developing nations so they are able to combat the effects, the climate change minister said on......
RAWALPINDI: A class 10 student was killed and his friend injured in a road accident outside Jinnah Park on Wednesday.Mustansar Iqbal, 17, a resident of Misryal Road, who had appeared in his last......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has directed principals of model schools and colleges to be courteous with people visiting the institutions for admission purposes.A source at......
ISLAMABAD: A person, who had been missing for weeks, was found dead on a greenbelt at Gangal on Wednesday, police said.The incident came to light when some passersby spotted a decomposed body lying......
TAXILA: As the unexpected rainy weather with thunderstorm has played havoc with wheat crop, farmers in Taxila and the adjourning areas are trying to harvest and thresh the crop as soon as possible to......
ISLAMABAD: The Satrang Gallery held the opening of an unusual exhibition, ‘Making the Making’, showcasing the artworks of four young sculptors - Idrees Hanif, Nazir Hunzai, Safdar Ali and Umar......
ISLAMABAD: The Met Office has predicted rains and thunderstorms at scattered places in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, upper Sindh, Balochistan and Kashmir in coming two to three days.The Met office has,......
ISLAMABAD: Employees of Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) on Wednesday continued their protest against the privatisation plan and blocked Zero Point for almost three hours.Moreover, the......
ISLAMABAD: Nadeem Hussain, a resident of Islamabad, got the worst experience of his life when a private hospital admitted his father for a minor operation and charged him Rs1.6 million after the......
VEHARI: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the PML-N has reservations over the election tribunal’s judgment on NA-125 poll and the party will have legal recourse against the verdict.He said this......
LAHORE: The PPP submitted on Wednesday a bill to the Punjab Assembly proposing amendments to the Punjab Food Adulteration Ordinance, 1960, which deals with the terms of imprisonment and fine for......
LAHORE: Four international PIA flights were delayed up to four hours on Wednesday after its staff went on strike against the ‘attitude’ of a senior official at the Allama Iqbal International......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has named 12 district and sessions judges to head tribunals for disposal of election petitions regarding the recently held elections in cantonment boards in......
LAHORE: Dr Zulfiqar Ali, who taught himself and many others during his 17-year imprisonment, was executed at the Kot Lakhpat Jail here on Wednesday for committing double murder.He was hanged after......
LAHORE: The Indus River System Authority chairman along with members from Sindh and Punjab provinces visited the damaged site of Mirpur-Kotli Road and allied reservoir rim and overruled......
LAHORE: A research scholar from the Islamic Republic of Iran has become the first international student to complete her PhD from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore.A public defense......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has held Doctors Hospital, Lahore, responsible for the death of three-year-old Imanae Malik and fined Rs100,000 for negligence.The tragic......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leadership has lambasted the Sharif brothers for their failure to generate electricity and relieving masses from intermittent loadshedding.PTI Punjab......
GUJRAT: The ruling PML-N has started wooing its disgruntled leaders in Mandi Bahauddin district back into party fold to strengthen its position ahead of the by-election in NA-108.The seat got vacated......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A youth allegedly shot dead his 15-year-old sister, who was a rape victim, after failure in getting justice for her at Chak 702/44-GB.Villagers said the deceased was studying in a......
LAHORE: A man and a woman were murdered in different areas of the city on Wednesday.The Niaz Beg police said that 25-year-old Asma, wife of Muhammad Zahid, was present in her house in Gulshan Town......
LAHORE: Eminent chemist Prof Dr Muhammad Akhyar Farrukh will be the director of a nanochemistry laboratory established at the Government College University (GCU).An announcement to this effect was......
GUJRAT: A Lalamusa-based businessman, who was kidnapped around a week ago, was murdered by his own friend over a monetary dispute and the dead body was thrown into the Upper Jhelum canal near......
Bhai Ghulam Muhammad Chand, one of last masters of Rababi singing tradition of Bhai Mardana, the Muslim companion of Baba Guru Nanak, passed away here in Lahore on April 29. Bhai Mardana was the......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Residents and traders of Pirmahal on Wednesday blocked Faisalabad-Multan Road for three hours and all the shops on the road from Ghousia Chowk to Thana Chowk remained shut as a......
BAHAWALPUR: A newly-married couple was allegedly shot dead by their relative at Tibba Badar Shair here on Wednesday.According to police sources, Nadia had eloped with her relative Iqbal and they......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Police operations in the Katcha area (junction of three provinces -- Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan where borders of Rahim Yar Khan, Rajanpur, Ghotki and Kashmore meet) along the river......
SAHIWAL: Two labourers were killed and six others fainted when an ammonia gas cylinder exploded in an ice factory here on Wednesday afternoon at Adda Kamliya Road, Chichawatni.Rescue 1122 said the......
MULTAN: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday referred the reinstatement case of three former civil judges to the administrative committee of the LHC.As per details, three former civil judges Nadeem......
KASUR: Pattoki Saddar police arrested five people, including a groom, for resorting to jubilation firing at rasm-i-henna on Wednesday at Awan Chak No 4, Pattoki.Police arrested groom Amir Ali and......
KARACHI: Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani said on Wednesday that he would allow an opposition resolution against Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain over his controversial remarks......
KARACHI: The ongoing tug of war between the K-Electric and the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board is disturbing the life of the common citizen who is facing acute water shortage in addition to extended......
KARACHI: While countries across the world are taking steps to stop the exploitation of animals, especially those that live in the wild, it is unfortunate to see that animals in the heart of the city......
KARACHI: A sessions court on Wednesday re-issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of Rizwan Qureshi, the man who allegedly disclosed that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was behind the Baldia......
KARACHI: The National Institute of Child Health (NICH) on Wednesday observed International Wishbone Day, the international community awareness effort to raise awareness of osteogenesis imperfecta......
KARACHI: Two suspected robbers were shot dead in an ‘encounter’ on main Sharea Faisal on Wednesday evening, the police said.Jamshed town SP Akhtar Farooq added that the suspects were looting......
KARACHI: Police investigating the murder of a Karachi University teacher have formally conducted the forensic examination of the bullets used in the killing and found no past record of the weapon in......
KARACHI: A group art show with a common theme seldom disappoints, but when that common theme is not made obvious or mentioned obliquely in the curatorial statement, it becomes all the more exciting......
HYDERABAD: The All Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Workers Union (CBA) on Wednesday organised protest rallies and demonstrations at all offices, workshops and other installations of power utilities......
HYDERABAD: More than 40 students of the Cadet College Petaro suffered from food poisoning on Wednesday morning after taking dinner on Tuesday night at the college mess, college Principal Commodore......
BADIN: Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Dr Fehmida Mirza, who travelled from Karachi to her family’s besieged farmhouse late on Tuesday night, held a second press conference within 24 hours on Wednesday......
SUKKUR: Employees of the Sukkur Municipal Corporation (SMC), who had observed a a strike and held a sit-in outside the SMC office on Tuesday against non-payment of their outstanding salaries,......
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Abdul Ghafoor Memon on Wednesday expressed his inability to proceed with the cases registered against former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza on......
KARACHI: Dr Zulfikar Mirza, the disgruntled leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party and former home minister, was on Wednesday given a last chance by the Sindh High Court to appear before the trial......
KARACHI: Looking unusually alert in their khaki half-sleeved shirts and trouser uniforms, Rangers personnel wait in their white vehicle watching people streaming in through the Silver Jubilee gate of......
COLOMBO: The much awaited talks between Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to sort out problems between them ended inconclusively on Wednesday.“Today’s......
NEW DELHI: US Ambassador to India Richard Verma slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration on Wednesday for the “potentially chilling effects” of the regulatory steps taken against NGOs in......
ADEN: Yemen’s Houthi militia battled its way into Aden’s Tawahi district on Wednesday despite Saudi-led air strikes, strengthening its hold on the city whose fate is seen as crucial to determining......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama met the head of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region at the White House on Tuesday, courting a vital ally on the frontline of the fight against Islamic......
HAVANA: The Obama administration approved the first ferry service in decades between the United States and Cuba on Tuesday, potentially opening a new path for the hundreds of thousands of people and......
NAIROBI: Some 75 people have been killed in four days of cattle raids and revenge attacks in northern Kenya, the Red Cross said on Wednesday.“Over the last four days close to 75 Kenyans have died. Is......
LONDON: Britain’s political leaders entered the final hours of campaigning on Wednesday in the most unpredictable election in living memory which could yield no clear winner and weeks of haggling......
MOSCOW: Cuban President Raul Castro kicked off a symbolic visit to Moscow on Wednesday that was set to include a WWII victory parade and meetings with Russia’s leadership at a time of thawing ties......
UNITED NATIONS: In order to put the political process back on track in Yemen, the United Nations special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed will travel to Saudi Arabia for meetings with President......
BERLIN: German police arrested four people on Wednesday accused of belonging to a far-right “terror” organisation that acquired explosives for attacks on Muslims and refugee homes.The early-morning......
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates’ planned 2020 mission to Mars will study the planet’s atmosphere and be appropriately named “Hope”, members of the project team revealed on Wednesday.Dubai ruler......
RIYADH: Changes in Saudi Arabia’s leadership have concentrated power in an inner circle of the Al Saud dynasty, removing constraints on the monarch and making the conservative kingdom’s strategic......
LONDON: Seven party leaders are headed into Britain’s most unpredictable election in decades on Thursday, which has brought several smaller parties to the fore because of a fragmentation of the......
WASHINGTON: The family of an American tank commander who won three historic paintings playing poker during World War II has returned the stolen art treasures to their rightful owners.Two more......
LAHORE: A six-member delegation of Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC), headed by its managing director Alistair Campbell, expressed satisfaction over the security arrangements made by the Pakistan Cricket Board......
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: New Zealand coach Mike Hesson says he believes his side are worthy of longer series ahead of their two-Test campaign in England.“We’ve started to earn the right now to play longer series than......
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,......
KARACHI: All-rounder Elton Chigumbura has been retained as Zimbabwe skipper in a 15-member squad named for the Pakistan tour that includes for three One-day Internationals and two T20 Internationals......
TURIN: Juventus striker Carlos Tevez smashed home a second-half penalty as the hosts stunned holders Real Madrid with a 2-1 win in an absorbing Champions League semi-final, first leg on Tuesday.The......
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s chief selection manager Bruce Edgar, who was one of the men behind the team’s recent strong performances, is stepping down because his role is being restructured.The former......
LOS ANGELES: Floyd Mayweather has said he is willing to grant Manny Pacquiao a rematch following the Filipino boxer’s disclosure that a shoulder injury hampered his performance in last weekend’s......
WITH one half of their UEFA Champions League semi-final tie left to play, Juventus have the lead.The 2-1 win in the first leg of their last-four clash against defending champions Real Madrid on......
KARACHI: Despite a century from Fouz-ul-Hasan, Omar Associates suffered a surprise three-wicket defeat against Hinopak Motors in their final-round match of the 20th Hinopak Trophy KCCA......
LAHORE: Thirty athletes have been named in the Pakistan squad to participate in the first South Asian Jiu-Jitsu Championship to be held together with the Central Asian Championship, in Bangalore from......
KARACHI: Umar Amin fell just one short of a century and Khurram Manzoor hit 82 as Pakistan ‘A’ reached 244-5 on the opening day of the first four-day unofficial Test against Sri Lanka ‘A’ in Colombo......
MADRID: Rafael Nadal lifted his clay-court record over Americans to a perfect 10-0 as he beat Steve Johnson 6-4, 6-3 to reach the Madrid Open third round on Wednesday while Serena Williams and Maria......
LAHORE: While time is running out for the cash-strapped Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) to complete arrangements for fielding national squad in the Rio Olympics qualifying round, Thursday’s......
KARACHI: Zahir Ali Shah remains in contention to challenge incumbent Faisal Saleh Hayat for the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) presidency.The PFF issued the results of the scrutiny of candidates......
KARACHI: Jubilee Insurance Company, main sponsor of Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Federation (PBSF), on Wednesday presented a cheque of Rs200,000 to the country’s top cueist Hamza Akbar on his......
PESHAWAR: Mardan clinched the trophy after securing 81 points with five gold, four silver and one bronze medal in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inter-Division Women Judo Championship played at the Lala......
PARIS: Rafael Benitez is expecting no favours from Ukraine underdogs Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk for his swashbuckling Napoli side, while holders Sevilla await Fiorentina in Thursday’s Europa League......
LONDON: Global oil prices hit 2015 peaks on Wednesday as fresh tensions in oil producer Libya raised concerns about a supply disruption in the Middle East, analysts said.The market was meanwhile......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures rose for a third day on Wednesday to touch their highest level in a month, following a jump in soy markets, and as investors covered short positions after......
BRUSSELS: The EU opened a new front on Wednesday in its battle with Internet firms like Amazon and Google as part of a wide-ranging digital strategy aimed at making Europe more competitive with......
LONDON: Global business growth eased in April as companies raised prices at their fastest rate since September, but they still hired more people than in any month for nearly a year, a survey showed......
KARACHI: The falling interest rates for the last six months have failed to mobilise the private sector to seek bank credit, but the country’s economic managers are happy over reduced cost of......
ISLAMABAD: Price of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be imported from Qatar will be finalised within two days, Petroleum Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbassi said on Wednesday, assailing the oil importing......
ISLAMABAD: Leading defence manufacturing companies from the country are participating in a four-day International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF) in Istanbul, Turkey.The Pakistani delegation, led by......
KARACHI: A majority of US businesses have a positive outlook on the investment climate in Pakistan, though half of them consider Islamabad’s negative perception as a serious challenge, according to a......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started a probe into Rs236 million fraud allegedly committed by a stockbroker of Karachi.The ACE Securities was allegedly handling securities......
KARACHI: Leaders of the five export sectors, including textile, leather, sports, surgical and carpet, on Wednesday threatened to shut down their units and go on a countrywide strike if the government......
ISLAMABAD: The State Life Insurance Corporation (SLIC) invested Rs452 million in ‘bad’ schemes, and the amount could not be recovered even after two decades.Audit officials alleged that the SLIC......
KARACHI: Stocks staged a comeback on Wednesday as the bulls tossed the KSE-100 index up by 305.64 points, or 0.91 per cent, to 33,839.28.The rally was fuelled by the rise in international oil prices,......
GlaxoSmithKline profits soarLONDON: British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday said its net profit rocketed in the first quarter on a vast exceptional gain following a deal with Swiss peer......
KARACHI: Strong demand for quality lint pushed prices higher on the cotton market on Wednesday. However, activity remained restricted as ginners were reluctant to sell their limited stocks.Floor......
TEHRAN: Iran is expected to outline big oil and gas projects at a major industry event on Wednesday ahead of a possible nuclear deal that could allow global energy giants to return.The plans, which......
WASHINGTON: The United States has handed over 14 combat aircraft, 59 military trainer jets and 374 armoured personnel carriers to Pakistan from the weapons it is leaving behind in the region, reports......
QUETTA: A strike was observed in Quetta on Wednesday in response to a call given by the Awami National Party (ANP) to protest against the reported modification in the Gwadar-Kashgar route of the......
QUETTA: Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti has been nominated as acting president of the Jamhoori Watan Party-Talal (JWP-T).The party’s organising committee also decided at a recent meeting that the national......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) sought on Wednesday more time to produce before the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) evidence to show sources of the party’s funds on the plea that......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has submitted a resolution in the National Assembly secretariat against some recent remarks by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain,......
QUETTA: Spare parts of drilling rigs worth Rs50 million were handed over to the government of Balochistan by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) to accelerate work on finding locations......
SOCIAL Media is abuzz with criticism of a column in the Haj application form that seeks the identity of Shia Muslims. Many people insist that asking an applicant to reveal his or her sect in the Haj......
ISLAMABAD: Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced on Wednesday an assistance package of about $16 million for reconstruction projects in Pakistan’s areas affected by militancy and......
NEW DELHI: India’s admission that it was not aware of Mumbai fugitive Dawood Ibrahim’s whereabouts is a vindication of Pakistan’s stand that the wanted underworld don was not hiding in its territory,......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Dubai on Wednesday to lead the Pakistani team in talks with the IMF mission for the seventh quarterly review of the Extended Fund Facility......
ISLAMABAD: The electricity demand touched a new high of 16,500MW on Wednesday.“We have noticed an increase of 1,700MW in the peak demand on May 5 over the same period last year,” said an official of......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate unanimously passed on Wednesday two resolutions, one condemning the recent targeted killing of a human rights activist in Karachi and the other criticising the exhibition of......
MUMBAI: Popular Indian movie star Salman Khan, known for his macho good looks and steamy action scenes on screen, has been pronounced guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder on all counts......
QUETTA: An Iranian national kidnapped three years ago was recovered from Dalbandin area of Chagai district on Wednesday evening.“Muhammad Ameer had been missing for the past three years from his......
ISLAMABAD: The top hierarchy of Pakistan Peoples Party sent on Wednesday a show-cause notice to its leader and former Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza for ‘violation of party rules’.A......
ISLAMABAD: Visibly perturbed by the verdict of an election tribunal which de-seated Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique, the ruling PML-N decided on Wednesday to approach the Supreme Court for......
ISLAMABAD: The President of the Maldives, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, arrived here on Wednesday on a two-day visit during which he would seek to expand bilateral ties.Mr Gayoom was given a warm......
PESHAWAR: Four people were killed in an exchange of fire which followed an attack on spectators watching a football match between two local teams in the playground of a school in the Alizai town of......
ISLAMBAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif invited on Wednesday Pakistan People’s Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari to an all parties conference on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project......
ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission investigating allegations of large-scale malpractices in the 2013 general elections formally started on Wednesday recording testimony of witnesses produced by the......
ISLAMABAD: A judge of the Supreme Court said on Wednesday that the procedure for appointment of superior court judges before the 18th Amendment when the chief justice used to recommend judges might......
A ROUTINE army corps commanders’ conference has resulted in a rather extraordinary allegation: “The Conference also took serious notice of RAW’s involvement in whipping up terrorism in Pakistan,”......
FOR a country that has spent several years in the grip of debilitating power crises, and for a government that took up the reins of management on the back of the promise to remedy the situation as......
THE 18th Amendment which has been held responsible for much of the confusion and lack of meaningful, coherent action in the country’s health sector has been invoked yet again to justify lack of......
RECENTLY, civil society activists gathered in several towns to shed their tears for their brutally cut down heroes — Perween Rahman, Rashid Rehman and Sabeen Mahmud prominent among them. Was their......
SOMETHING odd is happening in Sindh this year, and I’m not talking about the two quarrelling gentlemen. Although it’s possible that there is an indirect link. Let me explain.Start with this year’s......
IF there is a name Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has heard once too often, it is that of Bruce Riedel. Riedel retired from the CIA in 2006. His wife still works there. (The CIA like subcontinental......
THE cold-blooded targeted killing of Sabeen Mahmud in Karachi should prompt sane minds in Pakistan to look back and reflect. The pattern of several hundred gruesome targeted killings across the......
RIYADH: Bombs fired from territory held by Yemen's Houthi militia into a Saudi Arabian border town killed five people on Wednesday, Saudi officials said, as the rebel group stepped up an apparent......
