LONDON: As results came to surface after a historic British election, ten people of Pakistani origin are now members of the House of Commons.Former Pakistani TV actress Tasmeena Shaikh, representing......
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said Friday's helicopter crash in Gilgit-Baltistan's Naltar Valley happened due to engine failure, ruling out the possibility of any terrorist......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday ordered authorities to refrain from arresting former Sindh home minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza until May 9 after a fifth case was registered against him.On......
LONDON: English cricket is on the verge of another dawn with former Test captain Andrew Strauss in talks to take on a powerful, newly created role that potentially threatens the future of......
The Conservative Party swept to power Friday in Britain's parliamentary elections, winning an unexpected majority that returns Prime Minister David Cameron to 10 Downing Street in a stronger position......
LONDON: Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal believes that the absence of England midfielder Michael Carrick has been a significant factor in his side's recent Premier League slump.Carrick, 33,......
On Tuesday this past week, the execution of Shafqat Hussain was halted again. This was the second time it happened.According to reports, in March, Shafqat Hussain had once before been readied for......
We've seen Fahad Mustafa slip into the skin of many different characters, charge up a live audience with zeal and woo viewers by becoming the next big film star.Now the actor has convinced producers......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed deep grief and sorrow over the tragic helicopter crash in Naltar near Gilgit-Baltistan that claimed at least seven lives this morning.He extended......
Since assuming her role as the first lady of KPK, Reham Khan has been bent on changing the image of the province through the medium of film.Khan is said to have two films lined up in production, one......
It was not the first time that news about child sex rackets had surfaced in the media, but when I read about child prostitution in Jinnah Garden, Peshawar, it was dismaying beyond words.I grew up in......
March was abuzz with news about Mawra Hocane's tour de India but it appears that her sister Urwa Hocane is not too far behind: the Na Maloom Afraad actor has replaced Iman Ali in an upcoming film.The......
KARACHI: The Institute of Business Management (IoBM), in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), released a study on Thursday analysing the Media......
Bollywood star Salman Khan won't go to jail today as his five-year jail sentence has been suspended, pending appeal, by the Mumbai High Court. The five-year sentence was handed down to the actor......
GILGIT: Ambassador of Philippines Domingo D Lucenario Jr, Ambassador of Norway Leif Larsen and the wives of the Malaysian and Indonesian ambassadors were among seven people killed in a helicopter......
DHAKA: Pakistan set Bangladesh an improbable victory target of 550 runs and claimed the wicket of opener Imrul Kayes to inch closer to a series-clinching win in the second and final Test on......
WASHINGTON: The deaths of an Italian and an American in a covert CIA drone strike in Pakistan, and the rhetorical contortions required of the president when he informed the world, have breathed new......
WASHINGTON: A US operation has killed the senior Al Qaeda figure who issued the claim of responsibility for the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris, according to U.S. sources familiar with the matter and a......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday rejected for hearing a petition filed by Nikhat Mirza, wife of death-row convict Saulat Mirza, which sought deferment of her husband’s execution and re-opening......
NEW YORK: A New York cab driver was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for ordering a double murder in Pakistan after his daughter fled a loveless, arranged marriage.Mohammad Choudhry, 62, will......
PESHAWAR: A civil society organisation has urged the government to set up a commission under the National and provincial assemblies to raise voice for the minorities of the country.Speaking at a......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission on Wednesday night arrested an assistant of the social welfare department on the charge of receiving bribe from candidates for government jobs......
PESHAWAR: Differences have cropped up between the members of Insaf Lawyers Forum (ILF), a sister organisation of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, and the provincial government over the appointment of law......
SWABI: The panelists at an industrial exhibition on Thursday linked economic growth and prosperity with industrial development and contribution of both industry and academia to it.The two days event,......
MANSEHRA: Doctors and paramedics in Kohistan on Thursday conditionally ended their strike against the integrated health programme after holding talks with district health officials.The strike......
PESHAWAR: A local accountability court on Thursday ordered the formation of a medical board to examine a National Accountability Bureau Khyber Pakhtunkhwa employee, who suffered injuries after being......
PESHAWAR: The leaders of various religious parties have asked the government to play an effective role in resolution of Yemen crisis and send troops for the protection of two holy mosques in Saudi......
PESHAWAR: The Municipal Corporation Peshawar (MCP) has sealed two guest houses in the University Town for functioning in the residential colony.A statement issued here on Thursday said that the guest......
PESHAWAR: The members of treasury and opposition benches in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly will stage a sit-in outside the Parliament House in Islamabad to protest what they call depriving the province......
PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Thursday arrested branch postmaster Manglor, Swat district, Akhtar Hussain for his alleged involvement in embezzlement of Benazir......
LAKKI MARWAT: The candidates for general, peasant, women and youth seats in Naverkhel village council of Eesakkhel ward were elected unopposed after completion of the process of withdrawal of......
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has expressed concern over the rapidly increasing thalassaemia patients in the country as over 6,000 children are falling prey to the deadly ailment every......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administration department has provided official vehicles to 24 unauthorised people, including retired employees and private persons, in the province.Officials of the......
TIMERGARA: Jamaat-i-Islami retained its provincial assembly seat as its candidate Izazul Mulk Afkari defeated Awami National Party’s Haji Bahadur Khan with a margin of 3,856 votes in the by-election......
IN the mid-70s the song Dekha na tha, kabhi hum ne ye saman became an all-time hit on the Pakistan Television. The viewers saw a thin but energetic Alamgir singing this song with full vigour and......
THE eighth of May is dedicated to acknowledge the dreaded disease, thalassaemia, and the daily struggle of the patients who suffer from the malady, and their right to a better life.This year, the day......
ON May 4 a garment factory caught fire in Karachi’s SITE area near Valika Hospital. Five factory workers, including women, were injured.This has not happened for the first time. Even earlier also......
The system of distribution and the condition of government houses given to officials is extremely poor. Many houses are occupied by retired officers who are unwilling to vacate them despite being......
THE verdict of the judicial tribunal regarding NA-125 and PP-155 is enough to forecast the future.At the end of this month the decision of the judicial commission regarding 2013 election rigging is......
ALL kinds of garbage, including dead chickens, are seen by passengers on the Islamabad Highway while on the way to Islamabad from Lahore. A huge quantity of cow dung has now been added to the above.......
THE State Bank of Pakistan being the regulatory authority of commercial banks has a unit for every stakeholder ranging from importers, exporters, traders, businesses, senior citizens, pensioners even......
THE world has already witnessed the devastations and ravages of the two world wars wherein millions of people fell victim to thw whims of some chauvinist individuals. Even today the world is burning......
MY comment ‘LNG muddle’ (May 5) had erroneously stated that furnace oil is GST-exempt. The error is regretted. However, it does not detract from the argument that the tax system should be neutral so......
SWABI: Biland Iqbal, central general secretary of Awami Jamhoori Ittehad Pakistan (AJIP) and uncle of provincial senior minister Shahram Khan Tarakai, has been nominated by his party as its candidate......
KOHAT: Hundreds of students of the Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST) vacated hostels voluntarily on the call of agitating activists of Kohat Students Federation on Thursday.Over 80......
KARAK: The former provincial vice president of PTI, Advocate Akhtar Hussain, has criticised party chief Imran Khan in harsh words, alleging that he is an undemocratic politician.Talking to......
ISLAMABAD: “The civil and military bureaucracy has never allowed politicians and civil society to protect human rights in this country. The biggest achievement for the politicians and civil society......
ISLAMABAD: Forensic tests have revealed that former Reuters bureau chief in Pakistan, Maria Golovnina, died due to suffocation and found no indication of foul play.According to the Punjab Forensic......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) is resisting the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s efforts to give the Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) office space in......
ISLAMABAD: While the police and local administration continued forcibly closing shops at 9pm, the mainstream opposition political parties on Thursday decried the government decision, terming it a......
ISLAMABAD: Three suspected auto-thieves were arrested after an ‘encounter’ with the police on Thursday.The police said the suspects were Afghan nationals and had been on bail in connection with more......
It couldn’t have come at a worse time for the ruling PML-N. It was busy celebrating the $46 billion Chinese investment and the good grades the IMF and international credit rating agencies gave it for......
ISLAMABAD: Despite a bi-partisan agreement on the importance of pursuing betterment in education, the on-ground realities indicate that the state of education in Pakistan has not improved, but......
RAWALPINDI: Three employees of a Karachi-based money changer were arrested and brought to Rawalpindi in connection with a robbery case in which their employer was robbed of Rs70 million outside the......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah Khan has asked the provincial governments to present a strong climate vulnerability case at the United Nations (UN) global climate......
ISLAMABAD: At the Historians Moot, on Thursday, organised by the National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), historians lamented that history is an......
ISLAMABAD: Preemptive measures, including legislation, should be taken to control ‘thalassemia’ which has been increasing in Pakistan. Moreover, steps should also be taken to increase public......
Quality education only for urbanitesFozia Bibi, a resident of Bharakahu has been trying to get her children enrolled at one of the 20 model colleges in Islamabad. However, each time she is told by......
CHAKWAL: The 105-year-old historic building of the Government High School No 1 Chakwal was demolished on Thursday.The building was built by five members of the Sikh community in 1910 but due to the......
RAWALPINDI: Robbers who kidnapped a four-year-old boy from a house at Asghar Mall Scheme on Saturday have demanded Rs100 million for his safe return, sources in the police said.Five armed men entered......
SHEIKHUPURA: Gunmen took away mobile phones, cash and valuables on Thursday from patients and their attendants in the Sheikhupura District Headquarters Hospital late on Wednesday.The gunmen broke......
FAISALABAD: The body of a seven-year-old girl missing since Dec 22 last was found on Thursday and her family members held a demonstration and blocked traffic at District Council Chowk and Canal......
MULTAN: The first death anniversary of human rights activist, lawyer and regional coordinator for the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Rashid Rehman, was observed here on Thursday.A seminar to......
LAHORE: Two minor boys were injured when a shooter of the public health department tried to shoot a stray dog in Nishter Town on Thursday.Salman and Muhammad Ali, both residents of Estate Life......
LAHORE: A group of 225 constables has been initially selected from the operations wing of Lahore police for training in shooting and other professional skills to improve their firearm proficiency......
LAHORE: Anti-Terrorism Court-II of Multan on Thursday handed down 117-year rigorous imprisonment, along with Rs1 million fine, to a man for throwing acid on his former wife and her husband. The woman......
LAHORE: The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) and the Punjab Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) inaugurated the fourth humanitarian response facility -- the first in Lahore -- on......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhry says the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (Pildat) report has exposed the performance and governance of......
MULTAN: Local PML-N workers welcomed the appointment of Malik Rafique Rajwana as the Punjab governor.A large number of party workers gathered at Chowk Kutchery where they danced to drum beat and......
LAHORE: Sachal Nadeem was the youngest demonstrator at the Liberty Roundabout where a large number of civil society activists had gathered on Thursday evening.“I am here to protest against bad......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday extended physical remand of Mustafa Kanju, son of former state minister for foreign affairs Siddique Kanju, for further three days for his involvement in......
LAHORE: The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) will help the Quetta municipality develop its waste management system, LWMC Managing Director Khalid Majeed told Dawn on Thursday.The prospects of......
MUZAFFARGARH: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated on Thursday the upgraded Tika Hospital through a video link at a ceremony presided over by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif here in......
LAHORE: DIG (Operations) Dr Haider Ashraf punished 29 police officials, including station house officers, during an orderly room here on Thursday.According to a news release, the DIG forfeited......
LAHORE: A 32-year-old woman, seeking divorce, was shot dead allegedly by her husband in Faisal Town here on Thursday.Garden Town ASP Shazia said the incident occurred when Tayyaba reached her house......
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency on Thursday arrested an Afghan national involved in illegal business of hundi/hawala in Shahalam Market.According to a spokesman, an FIA team raided a shop in......
OKARA: The Lahore High Court has ordered registration of a case against the TMA administrator and 50 sanitary workers who had dumped garbage in front of PPP district president Ashraf Khan Sohna’s......
GUJRAT: The 5th annual industrial exhibition organised by the Gujrat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GTCCI) kicked off on Thursday at the Zahoor Elahi Cricket Stadium with around half of the stalls......
BAHAWALPUR: The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Bahawalpur division topped all other divisions in Punjab by issuing most number of Benazir Debit Cards (BDCs) from Feb 1 to March 20.This was......
SUKKUR: Little success has been achieved in a big operation involving several hundred police personnel drawn from four districts of Sindh supported by helicopter gunships and armoured personnel......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday transferred the recent cases registered against former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza from the Hyderabad Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) to the Karachi ATC-1.The......
SUKKUR: Speakers at a seminar have held the state responsible for targeted killing of human rights activists, including Rashid Rehman, Sabeen Mahmud and Irshad Mastoi.They were speaking at the......
KARACHI: A factory guard was shot dead by robbers over putting up resistance in Shah Latif Town on Thursday, police said.They added that factory employees had drawn cash from somewhere in Bilal......
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad election tribunal has deferred its order in Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Syed Ghous Ali Shah’s petition against election of Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali......
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Thursday imposed a ban on sit-ins and public meetings at the Teen Talwar traffic intersection in a move to stop the protest campaign planned for a month by members of......
KARACHI: Claiming that they are not the ‘tanker mafia’ as they are dubbed, the All Karachi Water Tankers Ittehad came out to present “the real picture behind the water crisis and high rates of......
KARACHI: The third presentation of the Napa — I am Karachi Theatre Series, Slaver: Aaj Ki Taza Qabr/Khabar, held at the PACC on Thursday, had the makings of a superior dramatisation. With......
KARACHI: Hundreds of Muttahida Qaumi Movement workers and supporters, including women, attended a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club on Thursday against British politician George......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday directed the home secretary and the provincial chiefs of prisons of Sindh and Balochistan to submit their respective comments on a petition filed by the wife......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court sentenced on Thursday three men to life in prison in a case pertaining to the kidnapping of three senior bankers for ransom.Rasheed Ahmed Narejo, said to be a......
KARACHI: A discussion among consuls general of Russia, France and Germany to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, and to highlight the importance of a film festival......
KARACHI: The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation administrator has directed the relevant authority that top priority be given to pensioners while making payments as they had spent their best years of......
KARACHI: The provincial election commission in Sindh on Thursday extended the final date by 12 days for the completion of delimitation of constituencies across the province for the Sept 20 local......
KARACHI: The Sindh health department has sent a series of letters to its own officers deputed across the province and officials of the provincial local government department and the Karachi Water and......
BADIN: While a shutdown was observed in several towns of Badin district on Thursday over police failure to arrest former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza and his associates for allegedly harassing......
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: The Hindu community in Mehrabpur held a demonstration on Thursday against alleged harassment by a group of people belonging to the Halepota clan.Members of the Hindu community led......
PARIS: By pushing her maverick father out of the far-right party he founded four decades ago, French National Front leader Marine Le Pen is banking on an act of political patricide to ensure he does......
LONDON: Britons voted on Thursday in a knife-edge general election that could put their country’s membership of the European Union in question and raise the likelihood of independence for......
HARARE: Last year, Miss Zimbabwe quit after photographs of the beauty queen posing naked emerged on social media. This year’s Miss Zimbabwe faces a similar scandal. Organisers of the Miss Zimbabwe......
SAINTE MARIE: A team of American explorers on Thursday claimed to have discovered silver treasure from the infamous 17th-century Scottish pirate William Kidd in a shipwreck off the coast of......
KABUL: Commercial flights to Afghanistan’s besieged northern city of Kunduz have been suspended, an official said on Thursday, as hundreds of Taliban militants fought against government forces......
TOKYO: A Japanese zoo has apologised after receiving complaints over naming a baby monkey Charlotte for the newborn British princess.The Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden said on Thursday it was......
NEW YORK: A US spying programme that collects data about millions of Americans’ phone calls is illegal, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday, adding pressure on lawmakers to decide quickly......
ROME: Scores of flights were cancelled and thousands of passengers had their travel plans wrecked on Thursday after a fierce fire devastated part of a terminal at Rome’s Fiumicino airport.The city’s......
BANGKOK: More than 50 Thai police officers have been punished over suspected links to human trafficking networks, the country’s police chief said on Thursday, after the prime minister ordered a probe......
WASHINGTON: US courts have convicted several soldiers in Afghanistan for their part in selling $15 million worth of military fuel to Afghans, according to a report prepared by the Center for......
KUALA LUMPUR: The wife of jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim won her husband’s parliamentary seat on Thursday in a by-election seen as a test of support for the three-party alliance he......
KOLKATA: An explosion at an illegal fireworks factory in eastern India has killed 11 people and injured six others, a senior police officer said on Thursday.Police arrested the factory owner over the......
JERUSALEM: Israel has approved construction of 900 settler homes in annexed east Jerusalem, a watchdog said on Thursday shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formed a new rightwing......
BUJUMBURA: Violence hit Burundi’s capital again on Thursday and one man in particular narrowly escaped being killed by a mob, and he had to dive into a sewer to survive. Protesters were angry at......
NEW YORK: Taya Dunn Johnson has been living large online for years, embracing Facebook, Twitter and other social streams to frequently share her most mundane and intimate moments. Her husband — her......
BRUSSELS: The EU’s top trade official on Thursday said fraught talks over the most controversial aspect of a massive free trade treaty with the United States would resume later this year.There has......
FRANKFURT: With a deal to resurrect its aid-for-reform programme elusive, Greece risks running out of money in the coming weeks, raising the prospect of default and capital controls to contain a run......
BRUSSELS: The EU said on Thursday it would not bow to Russian demands to delay further the planned January 2016 implementation of a free trade deal with Ukraine which is bitterly opposed by......
LONDON: Reinventing Siemens is getting to be like restoring Cologne Cathedral: a project that never seems to be finished. For the sixth quarter in a row, operating profit at the German engineering......
KARACHI: The federal government has approved the merger of KASB Bank Ltd with BankIslami Pakistan Ltd (BIPL), the State Bank said on Thursday.The amalgamation also lifted a six-month moratorium......
WASHINGTON: Asia-Pacific will continue to outperform the rest of the world but a slower growth in China and Japan poses new risks to the region, says the International Monetary Fund.The Fund’s......
KARACHI: The prices of live chicken bird and its meat hit new peak of Rs210-220 per kg and Rs340 per kg on Thursday as compared to Rs160 and Rs 260-280 two days back.Surprisingly, the Commissioner......
ISLAMABAD: The Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) on Thursday allowed nine new solar/wind power projects to overcome the energy shortfall.The 33rd AEDB meeting, chaired by Water and Power......
ROME: Global food prices fell in April to their lowest since June 2010, as dairy led most commodities down, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s......
KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at $17.690 billion during the week ending May 1 compared to $17.717bn the previous week, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on......
HONG KONG: The European Union is seeking Asian capital for a multi-billion euro investment plan it hopes will create more than a million jobs and revive growth.Through the creation of the European......
KARACHI: Stocks retreated on Thursday, trimming some of the heavy gains made a day earlier. The KSE-100 index closed down by 96.40 points, or 0.28 per cent, to 33,742.88.Volumes declined to 160......
HAVANA: US experts were briefed by Cuban authorities for the first time Wednesday on technical details of a possible partnership to tap Cuba’s deep-sea oil wealth, in another sign of warming ties......
PSM to disburse Jan-Feb salariesKARACHI: Finance ministry on Thursday released Rs960 million to Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) for the disbursement of January-February salaries. Economic Coordination......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will convene a meeting next week to finalise the outline of budget 2015-16.Dar, who is currently attending International Monetary Fund (IMF) talks in Dubai,......
NEW DELHI: India moved on Thursday to mollify foreign investors who were hit by bills for several years of taxes on previously untaxed gains, triggering a sell-off in financial markets.Overseas funds......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Thursday as comparative soy markets weakened and investors fretted about a build-up in stocks in the world’s No.2 producer, cutting short a rally that......
LONDON: Gold extended losses into a second day on Thursday as a steadier dollar and higher bond yields dented its investment appeal, while uncertainty over the timing of a US rate rise also......
MALAHIDE: James Taylor leads a much-changed side into what he says is a “new era” for England cricket when they face Ireland in a One-day International at Malahide, near Dublin, on Friday.After their......
ATHENS: The Greek parliament on Thursday voted into law a controversial bill to curb violence in domestic sports after bowing to pressure for changes from football governing bodies UEFA and......
DHAKA: Azhar Ali smashed a career-best 226 and Asad Shafiq made 107 before the bowlers rattled Bangladesh’s top order to leave Pakistan on top in the second and final Test in Dhaka on Thursday.The......
MADRID: Spain’s soccer federation is suspending all league and cup matches from May 16 in protest at a proposed law on the sale of television rights and the division of the income earned.The......
KARACHI: “Our batsmen and bowlers have put Pakistan in the driving seat in Dhaka and this is a golden opportunity for our team to win the Test by an innings and clinch the series.”This was stated on......
ISLAMABAD: Officials of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) must be heaving a sigh of relief in that the Ministry of Inter-provincial Coordination (IPC) and Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) on Thursday......
Bridgetown: West Indies coach Phil Simmons believes their third Test win over England can be the foundation for better things for Caribbean cricket, but warns next month’s Tests against Australia......
LONDON: Manchester United have reached an agreement to sign Dutch international forward Memphis Depay from PSV Eindhoven, the Premier League giants announced on Thursday.“#mufc has reached an......
BARCELONA: Two late moments of Lionel Messi magic and a goal from Neymar helped Barcelona break the resistance of Bayern Munich in a pulsating 3-0 victory in their Champions League semi-final first......
It took Lionel Messi two years and 77 minutes before he finally found a way past Manuel Neuer. And it was some strike.Neuer has been Messi’s tormentor for quite some time and it seemed it would stay......
KARACHI: Despite being dismissed for a modest first-innings total of 174, leaders Zone-VI had Zone-IV on the run in their penultimate-round fixture Karachi region segment of the PCB Regional......
KARACHI: The 14th National Men’s Netball Championship 2015 will be held at the Hamidi Hall, PSB Sports Complex in Islamabad from May 21-24 in collaboration with the Pakistan Sports Board, PNF......
KARACHI: Left-arm pace duo of Mir Hamza and Zia-ul-Haq made early inroads as Sri Lanka struggled to 95-3 on the second day of opening four-day unofficial Test against Pakistan ‘A’ in Colombo on......
MADRID: Rafael Nadal showed no signs of his recent slump in form as he eased past Italy’s Simone Bolleli 6-2, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open on Thursday.Women’s top seed Serena......
KARACHI: In a bid to qualify for the 2016 Olympics, Pakistan will feature in this year’s World Cup Shooting in Azerbaijan, an official of the National Rifle Association of Pakistan (NRAP) said on......
KARACHI: President of the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) Prof. Ejaz Ahmed Faruqi says that revival of international cricket in Pakistan is a great achievement of the Pakistan Cricket Board......
ISLAMABAD: The prestigious NBP-ICA Cricket League 2015 will take off from Friday (today) with more than Rs1,00,000 at stake in the event.All the ICA-affiliated clubs through their respective zones......
LAHORE: Sports Board Punjab (SBP) on Thursday promised to help Hamza Akbar, Pakistan’s newly emerged Asian snooker champion, become a successful professional player.Usman Anwar, SBP director general,......
LAHORE: The gigantic presence and consequent proliferation of the game of cricket is seemingly stifling the promotion of other sports which get either very little or in some cases no coverage in the......
Loyalty pays in politics. But that is not the only quality that has helped Senator Rafique Rajwana get his job as governor of Punjab. His party colleagues from south Punjab say his low profile in......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate criticised on Thursday a decision made by a jirga in Diamer district to bar women from casting vote in elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly to be held next......
ISLAMABAD: The former election commissioner of Punjab conceded before the poll inquiry commission on Thursday that certain returning officers (ROs) had requested printing of ballot papers in excess......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Maldives signed four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) on Thursday for promoting bilateral ties besides agreeing to cooperate at the multilateral fora.The signing of the MoUs......
MULTAN: The local police have failed to complete investigations and submit the challan (charge-sheet) of the murder case of lawyer and human rights activist Rashid Rehman, even though one year has......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has offered technical help to Myanmar in different fields, including education, trade and defence.The offer was extended by President Mamnoon Hussain when Senior General Min Aung......
ISLAMABAD: As military courts set up under the 21st Amendment try militants behind closed doors, Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk emphasised the obligations of a judge – as the......
MUZAFFARABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said on Thursday he was exercising restraint in keeping with his position and cautioned that his silence should not be misconstrued as......
ISLAMABAD: The International Health Regulations Emergency Committee, which has been advising director general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on efforts to stop the spread of poliovirus across......
GWADAR: Police raided a house here on Thursday and recovered six Yemeni nationals held hostage by human traffickers.District Police Officer of Gwadar Pervez Umrani told reporters that the raid was......
QUETTA: The Balochistan government and Oracle Corporation, a US multinational computer technology firm, have signed an MoU (memorandum of understanding) under which the latter will impart advanced......
ISLAMABAD: Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Thursday met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Raheel Sharif.During the meetings, the Australian foreign minister......
THE coastal district of Badin is prone to both natural and man-made disasters, having experienced havoc wrought by heavy rains, a cyclone and the failure of the Left Bank Outfall Drain. At the......
RIYADH: Saudi-led forces said on Thursday they would respond harshly against Yemen’s Houthi rebels following attacks on Saudi citizens in border areas, hours after the kingdom offered a five-day......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office appeared ignorant on Thursday about any fresh evidence of the Indian intelligence agency RAW’s growing involvement with terrorism in the country – something that......
LAHORE: Senator Malik Rafique Rajwana was appointed governor of Punjab on Thursday, according to an announcement made by the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N.The announcement came shortly after Mr......
ISLAMABAD: Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique knocked the doors of the Supreme Court on Thursday for reversal of the May 4 ruling of an election tribunal de-seating him.Earlier in the day, the......
TIMERGARA: Jamaat-i-Islami retained its Lower Dir seat in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly in a by-election on Thursday. The PK-95 seat had fallen vacant in March after the party’s Emir, Sirajul Haq,......
KARACHI: In what appeared to be an attempt to ensure that former provincial home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza goes to jail, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said on Thursday that his government......
LONDON: Results in Britain's general election began trickling in within an hour of the polls closing.The first three seats of the night all went to the opposition Labour Party but that was expected......
A NOTICE on the door of a travel agency office in Doha, Qatar said: “Women are not allowed entry.” Seeing this, I was reminded of the bygone times when, in the subcontinent, boards asking ‘dogs and......
IT has been barely six weeks since two churches in the Youhanabad locality of Lahore were bombed, resulting in the death of almost two dozen people. For most of us who consume ‘breaking news’ like a......
Sabeen Mahmud is murdered. A faculty member of Karachi University is also assassinated. A draconian, unyielding cybercrime bill is moved. The Lahore University of Management Sciences cannot have a......
ON the scales they have been working on since May 2013 and even before, both the PTI and PML-N have made considerable progress.The PML-N back then was the established party looking to thwart the......
FOR at least a year now, a pattern has been coming into increasingly sharper relief. As key indicators in the economy — reserves, growth, inflation — show an improvement, the government has been......
FOR any other place, it would seem insufficient: a 10-day tour by a not-too-strong international side limited to one venue and comprising only limited-over games.But this is Pakistan, which has not......
GIVEN the topic — enforced disappearances in Balochistan — the seminar planned at the Karachi University on Wednesday was unlikely to be a tame affair.But as it turned out, tired old tactics of......
