QUETTA: Balochistan government on Thursday decided to bring a no-confidence motion against the provincial legislature’s defiant assembly speaker— Jan Muhammad Jamali.The decision was made during a......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama described the loss of key Iraqi territory to Islamic State as a tactical setback, while insisting the war against the jihadist group is not being lost.“I don't......
KARACHI: United States Consul General Brian Heath and officials from the US Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) handed over four pick-up vehicles......
SAN JOSE: Naseeb Networks, parent company of Rozee.pk and Mihnati.com, raised $6.5 million in a Series C funding round from Vostok Nafta and Piton Capital, the company's spokesperson said on......
Recently, in an interview that he gave to the BBC, Salman Ahmed – former guitarist of (the now defunct) ‘Sufi-Rock’ group, Junoon – claimed that his band’s 1996 pop anthem, ‘Jazba Junoon’ became......
PARACHINAR: Air strikes carried out by security forces in northwestern Shawal Valley killed at least 15 suspected militants on Thursday, intelligence officials said.A local security commander and two......
QUETTA: The Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif said that only a secure Pakistan can be a prosperous Pakistan and our fight against terrorism and extremism is not for today but for our future......
ISLAMABAD: Star all-rounder and T20 captain Shahid Afridi on Thursday urged other international teams to follow Zimbabwe's lead and tour Pakistan.He said Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman......
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Since the election campaign for local governments is on the rise in KPK, this year around, the election campaigns have become a tad more interesting with the introduction of......
SITTWE: Malaysia ordered search and rescue missions Thursday for thousands of boat-people stranded at sea, as Myanmar held talks with US and Southeast Asian envoys on the migrant exodus from its......
LONDON: Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who won a Nobel peace prize for education campaigning, called on world leaders on Thursday to give 12 years of free schooling to every child following a......
CAIRO: Saudi shells hit an international humanitarian aid office in northern Yemen on Thursday, killing five Ethiopian refugees and wounding ten, a local official said.Artillery fire and air strikes......
KARACHI: Sindh Assembly is no stranger to goof-ups and gaffes. In the latest such instance, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) lawmarker Aamir Moin Pirzada's chair broke during Thursday's session of the......
QUETTA: A Quetta anti-polio campaign was suspended in 18 union councils on Thursday due to authorities' failure to provide timely security to polio teams in the city.A source in the Balochistan......
LONDON: Raheem Sterling's agent has fuelled the fire surrounding the player's contract standoff with Liverpool by saying the England winger would not sign a new deal at Anfield — even for 900,000......
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan hopes that Zimbabwe's tour of the country will be a proving ground for others and has called on their Asian rivals to lead the way.Zimbabwe are......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) on Thursday announced that it would stage countrywide protests from tomorrow over the decision of a joint investigation team (JIT) — constituted to......
ISLAMABAD: The last living lion at Lohi Bher Wildlife Park in Rawalpindi died on Thursday along with two antelopes.The animals reportedly died as a result of extreme heat and provision of low-quality......
KARACHI: The Sindh chief minister's thunderbolt revelation yesterday that three "well-educated" students have been arrested for plotting recent terrorist attacks in Karachi sent shockwaves across the......
Back in my screenwriting days at Burka Avenger (when it hadn’t yet gone public), we used to have these long-winded meetings where we would discuss the plot, individual scenes, gags, dialogues –......
LAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Thursday indicted 106 suspects in the Kot Radha Kishan Christian couple lynching that took place last year.The court has also issued summons for tomorrow for......
Most citizens facing an emergency in Karachi know they should call Madadgar-15, where ideally, an officer attends the call on the first ring, listens to the crisis at hand, and dispatches help to the......
PARIS: Novak Djokovic can become just the eighth man to complete the career Grand Slam with a maiden French Open victory, but the world number one steps into Roland Garros badly bruised by his Paris......
Who's your all-time favourite Game of Thrones character? Is it Tyrion Lannister?Lucky you, because he's one of the good ones who hasn't died... yet — a feat he boasts about in Game of Thrones - The......
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Foreign Office Spokesperson Qazi M. Khalilullah on Thursday said that the United States has conveyed no concern to Pakistan over local IT company Axact's alleged fake degrees......
SRINAGAR: Hundreds of government forces with automatic weapons patrolled the streets of India-held Kashmir's main city to stop a rally by separatists to mark the anniversaries of the assassinations......
RAWALPINDI: An accountability court here on Thursday granted permanent exemption to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari from appearing before it in an......
PARIS: The two biggest names and highest earners in women's sport will set off on another collision course when the French Open gets underway at Roland Garros on Sunday.Serena Williams is a 19-time......
In the erstwhile onscreen battle between good and evil, the heroes always win, managing to overpower the diabolical, powerful villain.We all know that and we’ve seen it in movies umpteen times.......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan signed two agreements on Thursday after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Bishkek following his two-day official visit to Turkmenistan, said a report published......
BEIRUT: Islamic State fighters in Syria have entered the ruins of Palmyra after taking complete control of the historic city, a group monitoring the war said on Thursday, putting the world heritage......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday refused to stop the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission (KPEC) from examining assets of former provincial minister and PPP leader Liaquat Shabab.It,......
PESHAWAR: The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) is organising a two-day summer festival for the fun lovers.In a statement issued here on Wednesday, Secretary Sports, Tourism, Culture,......
MARDAN: Experts at an international conference at Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan here on Wednesday called for the regional powers, particularly Pakistan and India, to help contribute towards......
PESHAWAR: The religious seminaries involved in terrorism have been closed down in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, claims Inspector General of Police Nasir Khan Durrani.Addressing the ‘guest hour’ programme of......
SWABI/LAKKI MARWAT: Just nine days before the local bodies’ elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police recovered a big cache of arms and ammunition and explosives in raids in Swabi and Lakki Marwat......
MUMBAI: India on Wednesday selected Harbhajan Singh for the one-off Test in Bangladesh next month, ending the veteran off-spinner’s two-year absence from the international game.The 34-year-old, whose......
LAHORE: For Pakistan, their two Twenty20 series against Zimbabwe is a must-win in order to maintain its fifth position in the ICC rankings.The series begins with the first match at the Gaddafi......
LONDON: Alastair Cook denied on Wednesday he gave an ultimatum to England management to relieve him of the captaincy if Kevin Pietersen was recalled, but agreed with Pietersen’s extended exile from......
DHAKA: A Bangladesh court threw out sexual assault charges filed by film actress Naznin Akhtar Happy against national cricket team player Rubel Hossain, and acquitted him on Wednesday.A police report......
KARACHI: Newly married Sarfraz Ahmed eyes victory for Pakistan in the series against Zimbabwe.“Though this is a short tour by Zimbabwe, it is a big breakthrough for Pakistan that international......
ISLAMABAD: In its detailed order over fine of Rs7 million and ban of five years on Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar by the Pakistan Cricket Board, the Lahore High Court set aside the punishment and......
Shahi Bagh was the venue. The lush gardens built by the Mughals, the sub-continent’s most glorious rulers, were destined to see Pakistan’s next generation of footballers hone their skills. The plan......
May 15 came and went. The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) remained unperturbed. The date is AFC’s Grassroots Day, a day when the member associations of Asia’s football governing body encourage......
“While Goal Projects 1 and 2 – the construction of the association’s headquarters in Lahore and the construction of a technical centre for the training of national and youth teams in Karachi,......
KARACHI: Kusal Perera was at the forefront of a rescue mission that propelled Sri Lanka ‘A’ to a fighting first-innings total of 273 on the opening day of the third and final unofficial Test against......
Osama stars for Zone-IV in U-15 cricketKARACHI: Osama Butt played fine knock of 90 to help Zone-IV beat Zone-V in the opening round of the KCCA Under-15 Inter-zonal Division-I Cricket Tournament here......
BEIJING: Justin Gatlin may have flown home but at least the Bird’s Nest Stadium could thrill instead to another 33-year-old American speedster, David Oliver, running the fastest 110 metres hurdles......
LAHORE: Sports Board Punjab (SBP) has selected Punjab squad for the U-17 Inter-Provincial Hockey Championship being held in Mirpurkhas from May 23 to 27.Full-back Mohammad Waqas Ahmed has been named......
SYDNEY: Mohammad Amir admits he almost gave up cricket after being hit with a five-year ban for spot-fixing, but the Pakistan paceman is now fired up to take wickets and repair his reputation.The......
LAHORE: Ahsan Raza is looking forward to umpiring Pakistan’s match against Zimbabwe, putting behind him the morning when he was shot twice in an attack that slammed the door closed on international......
LAHORE: Zimbabwe and Pakistan squads simultaneously held long training sessions amid blanket security cover here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Wednesday as part of their preparations for the forthcoming......
THE drought in Kohistan and Kachho covering Thatta, Jamshoro, Dadu and Qamber-Shahdadkot districts of Sindh is getting severe. These areas have not received adequate rains and all water resources......
THIS refers to the letter ‘British visa refusals’ (May 4) by Imdad Ahmed Mian. I agree with the writer that the British laptop diplomats are ignorant about the social, cultural and religious......
THE Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet at its meeting held at Islamabad on Nov 12 last year under the chairmanship of the federal minister for finance had allowed the export of 500,000......
AFTER taking the oath of office on June 30,2005, the then chief justice of Pakistan delivered a brief speech in which he lamented that “the man in the street is dismayed and disillusioned with the......
MODERN society has become a throwaway one. Everything, from eatables to clothes, comes in covers and wrappers. We, a small family of two grown-ups and three children, indeed produce a great quantity......
I HAD to renew my driving licence and I went quite prepared to spend two to three hours going from one room to another and waiting in long queues.However, the entire process took me only 45 minutes......
KARACHI’s water crisis has been accentuated by the dismantling of hydrants and non-payment of K-Electric bills, resulting in loadshedding at pumping stations.It is time the administration woke up and......
HYDERABAD: Students danced on Sindhi folk songs, presented tableaux and dramas on the importance of education and gave other solo and duet performances at a programme held in the Dr N.A. Baloch......
KARACHI: Arrested in connection with the Safoora Goth carnage and killing of rights activist Sabeen Mahmud, the “well-educated” criminals also have confessed to grenade attacks on schools, bomb......
KARACHI: A middle-aged man was found afflicted with the deadly Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the brain-eating amoeba, at a private hospital in the city on Wednesday, taking the tally of......
KARACHI: The Deobandi school of thought is playing an important role in the political landscape of Iran. This was the final point of a presentation titled ‘Interaction between Iranian and Indian......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed into law three government bills, including the Jinnah Sindh Medical University (Amendment) Bill, 2015 that declared the Jinnah......
KARACHI: A consultative session on the future of local government in Karachi was informed on Wednesday that the federal government was funding Rs162 billion Orange Line Metro Train project in Lahore,......
EXHIBITIONAn exhibition of paintings by Salman Farooqi opens at the Artscene gallery at 6:00pm. The exhibition titled ‘A profusion of colour’ will remain open till May 28.WATER MOOT‘Water conference......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court handed down on Wednesday death sentence to a man and sentenced his accomplice to life imprisonment in a case pertaining to rape and murder of a minor girl.The court......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement announced on Wednesday that it would launch a peaceful protest campaign in all cities of Sindh on Friday against an artificial shortage of water in Sindh,......
KARACHI: A sessions court sentenced on Wednesday a young woman to life in prison in a murder case.Yasmin was found guilty of killing Manthar Channa, a friend of her fiancé, in Korangi Industrial Area......
KARACHI: Complaints of delayed results are becoming rampant at Karachi University (KU) where a teacher reportedly has failed to submit results of a subject even after more than a year, it emerged on......
KARACHI: The family of a sub-inspector, who police said committed suicide while on duty on Wednesday, called it a murder and demanded an investigation into the shooting death.The dead SI was a......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to Dr Zulfikar Mirza, a disgruntled leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party, on an application of MNA Faryal Talpur, a PPP leader and sister of......
KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Information and Local Government Sharjeel Inam Memon has appealed to the chief justices of the Supreme Court and the Sindh High Court to take notice of Dr Zulfikar......
HYDERABAD: Tribute was paid to Comrade Hyder Bux Jatoi on Wednesday for his struggle for the peasant class. A programme to mark his death anniversary was organised by a non-governmental organisation......
BADIN: Hyderabad Anti-corruption Court Judge Fahim Ahmed Mirza on Wednesday sentenced a revenue official to one-year rigorous imprisonment for taking Rs10,000 bribe for making the entry of a land......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate converted itself into a committee for the first time in the country’s parliamentary history on Wednesday and discussed various proposals floated by members to improve the......
PESHAWAR: Military planes pounded hideouts in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday and killed at least 13 militants, said Inter Services Public Relations.It said five......
SANAA: The United Nations announced on Wednesday a date for its conference on Yemen, where Saudi-led warplanes have intensified raids against rebels in a conflict that has displaced half a million......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau has found defects in the $2.6 billion deal for sale of 26 per cent shares of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited with management control to......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Bajwa said Wednesday that Pakistan lacked a culture of tax compliance.He was speaking at a tax fair, organised by the FBR at the National......
KARACHI: Trading in new crop cotton started on the cotton market on Wednesday as buyers entered into future deliveries with ginners. The small deals in next crop cotton were mostly made in Punjab......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures slipped to the lowest in almost three weeks on Wednesday, stretching their losses into a fourth session as weakness in comparative markets overseas dragged,......
LONDON: Those with an aversion to global capital reforms named after a certain Swiss city: look away now. Lenders are still grumbling their way through the implementation of post-crisis capital rules......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Wednesday approved criteria for audit firms for the listing on the SECP’s panel of auditors.This has been done to enforce......
LONDON: Gold edged higher on Wednesday, recovering some lost ground after the previous session’s slide, but gains were muted as the dollar strengthened ahead of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s......
QUETTA: Denmark’s ambassador to Pakistan Jesper Moller Sorenson has said that the Danish investors are interested in different sectors, including fisheries, dates-processing and packaging and dairy......
NEW YORK: US and British regulators fined six major global banks a total of nearly $6 billion between them Wednesday for rigging the foreign exchange market and Libor interest rates.They said forex......
ISLAMABAD: The government unveiled on Wednesday outline of next year’s federal budget, envisaging tax target of Rs3.1 trillion, development programme of Rs580 billion and fiscal deficit of about......
ISLAMABAD: The General Electric (GE) entered into an agreement with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) here on Wednesday to overhaul and carry out maintenance of the engines of PIA Boeing......
KARACHI: Banks disbursed agriculture loans worth Rs368.7 billion during the first 10 months of current fiscal year (July 2014-April 2015).This amount is 73.7 per cent of the overall annual target......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports of textile and clothing fell by 1.21 per cent in 10 months of the current fiscal year from a year ago.Export proceeds of textile and clothing fell to $11.281 billion in......
QUETTA: The Balochistan government on Wednesday launched a number of projects in horticulture, livestock and tourism sectors, aimed at improving their production and quality to the international......
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for sharing classified......
KARACHI: Stocks fell for the fourth straight day on Wednesday with the KSE-100 index down 130.55 points or 0.40 per cent to close at 32,599.Thin volume at 135.6 million shares, about the same as the......
ISLAMABAD: The mastermind and some of the operatives who took part in the Safoora Goth carnage in Karachi have been arrested, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced on Wednesday.Over 40......
ASHKABAD: Pakistan and Turkmenistan have resolved to make earnest efforts for early implementation of the Tapi (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline plan, terming it a game changer......
ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court judge pointed out the dangers of upholding sectarianism if the court were to interpret legal issues in light of the Constitution as it exists today, as opposed to its......
LAHORE: A joint investigation team (JIT) formed by the government of Punjab to investigate the Model Town incident of police firing on activists of Pakistan Awami Tehreek in June last year has......
PESHAWAR: A senior police official was gunned down here on Wednesday.Deputy Superintendent of Police Bahadur Khan, posted at the Counter-Terrorism Department, was taking his daughter in his car to......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate passed the controversial Rs145 billion gas tax bill on Wednesday amid fiery speeches and walkouts by the opposition, minus People’s Party.Opposition members rejected the Gas......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Indonesia said on Wednesday they would offer shelter to 7,000 “boat people” adrift at sea in rickety boats but made clear their assistance was temporary and they would......
MULLAGHMORE: Britain’s Prince Charles on Wednesday spoke of his “anguish” at the murder of his godfather by IRA paramilitaries in 1979 as he became the first royal to visit the assassination site in......
TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday ruled out allowing nuclear inspectors to visit military sites or to question scientists if Tehran strikes a long-sought deal with......
NEW YORK: Henry Siegman, a former head of the American Jewish Congress, has urged US President Barack Obama to push the United Nations Security Council to seek an end to the Israeli occupation......
LUCKNOW: A train rammed into a tractor pulling a wagon loaded with people at an unmanned railroad crossing in northern India, killing 10 people and injuring more than 30 others, a police official......
BUJUMBURA: Burundian security forces fired shots and tear gas in battles with protesters on Wednesday, the latest violence in weeks of anti-government demonstrations, as the presidency delayed......
UNITED NATIIONS: A United Nations envoy for Middle East has warned that the region is threatened by “a vicious tide of terror and extremism” amid stalled peace negotiations and growing regional......
BEIRUT: Islamic State group militants took control of areas of the historic Syrian city of Palmyra from government forces in fierce fighting on Wednesday, and the Syrian antiquities chief called on......
WASHINGTON: The United States is taking an “extremely hard look” at its strategy in Iraq after militants captured the town of Ramadi, a top US official said on Wednesday.And he revealed that the US......
SHANGHAI: Disney opened its first Chinese store on Wednesday, before the launch of its first mainland theme park, as it seeks to sell Mickey Mouse and friends to the Asian giant’s middle classes.The......
WHEN thousands of Rohingya people from Myanmar were discovered floating in boats on the south-east Asian seas much of the world was understandably gripped by this unfolding human tragedy.Voices of......
DUBAI: Malek Jandali may only have been alive for four decades but the award-winning composer insists he feels ancient, having revived some of the oldest melodies from his war-torn Syrian......
BANGKOK: When Natnicha’s husband was jailed for insulting Thailand’s monarchy under the country’s lese-majesty laws, she didn’t just lose a partner. She lost her friends and place in Thai society —......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has criticised the Gas Infrastructure Develop-ment Cess (GIDC) Bill 2014, saying it is an “anti-federation” piece of legislation which will put burden on poor......
KARACHI: The Rangers claimed to have killed five gangsters for their alleged involvement in multiple murders and other heinous crimes in three shootouts in Lyari on Wednesday.The paramilitary force......
QUETTA: The Quetta Electricity Supply Company (Qesco) has severed hundreds of power connections during a campaign launched against the defaulters across the province on Wednesday.“The action against......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain met veterans of Pakistan movement on Wednesday and urged political parties to avoid point scoring on mega development projects like China-Pakistan Economic......
QUETTA: The National Party, the main partner in the coalition government of Balochistan, has expressed concern over an operation allegedly conducted by federal institutions in Kalat and other areas......
ISLAMABAD: Indicating that an inquiry against Axact over its alleged involvement in the business of bogus degrees may take weeks, if not months, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has asked......
KARACHI: A special team of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) visited the head office of software company, Axact, in the DHA for the second consecutive day on Wednesday and decided that some of its......
WASHINGTON: In a letter to Hakimullah Mehsud, Osama bin Laden advised the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader not to take measures that would further divide an already unwieldy jihadist......
ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission extended on Wednesday for another year the tenure of Justice Athar Minallah of the Islamabad High Court and recommended elevation of 10 individuals as......
LAHORE: Chief minister’s adviser on health Khwaja Salman Rafique has said the Punjab government has provided a special grant of Rs200 million for a bone marrow transplant project in Children’s......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s first animated movie, 3 Bahadur, was premiered here on Wednesday.The premiere event included a red carpet presentation before the screening and director of the film, Sharmeen......
LAHORE: A large number of power sector workers took to the streets across the country on Wednesday to protest against the government plan to privatise profitable companies of Wapda ‘at the behest of......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on a petition challenging a restriction on participation of president, prime minister,......
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Shair Ali Gorchani on Wednesday had to defer the assembly business and adjourn the session while expressing his displeasure over the absence of all ministers in......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: The Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) has allegedly charged lifeline consumers of the district more than 150 million additional units in the bills of April.According to Water and......
GUJRANWALA: Three people were killed while as many others were injured seriously during an exchange of fire between two rival groups on Wednesday.According to reports, an enmity between Metho Cheema......
OKARA: Hundreds of farmers under the banner of Pakistan Kissan Board (PKB) took out a procession on Wednesday from Hujra Shah Muqeem that culminated in front of the office of the district......
GUJRAT: A three-member inquiry committee probing the allegations leveled against the EDO (Health) by health department workers has sought the official record of the recently-conducted recruitment and......
FAISALABAD: The Young Doctors Association, Pakistan, has criticised what it called ignoring senior medics by the authorities while making appointment of Punjab Medical College principal.Prof Muhammad......
GUJRAT: The maiden meeting of the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) was held at the district government complex on Wednesday.District Coordination Officer (DCO) Liaqat Ali Chattha said at......
SIALKOT: Centuries-old Shawala Teja Singh temple is crumbling and needs preservation.The temple, located in city’s congested Dhaarowal locality, is more than 1,000 years old, according to the book......
LAHORE: The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to the bill for protecting women victims of violence, e-stamp paper plan besides deciding to introduce laws for banning even one dish at marriage......
LAHORE: The Punjab government plans to terminate its wheat procurement drive much earlier than its stipulated target of four million ton, as it has already put a squeeze on distribution of gunny bags......
LAHORE: Drug Court Chairman Chaudhry Muhammad Jahangir has asked police authorities to provide him security at court and the residence following a threatening letter allegedly sent by the defunct......
MULTAN: Polling for by-election in PP-196 will be held on Thursday (today).The district government has announced a local holiday in connection with the polls.The election is being held after......
LAHORE: Releasing detailed judgment on ‘7-km long signal-free corridor’ project that was to be executed from Qartaba Chowk, Jail Road, to Liberty Chowk, Main Boulevard, Gulberg, a Lahore High Court......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) has granted one last hearing to the critics of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB), 2015, to come and share......
ISLAMABAD: Government’s mission that mosques of all Muslim sects offer the five daily prayers at the same time across the country seems to have failed at the very start.Although Imam of Kaaba Dr......
ISLAMABAD: Special committee constituted by the prime minister to determine the role of Higher Education Commission (HEC) and provincial HECs could not make headway on Wednesday as Punjab and Sindh......
ISLAMABAD: A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday dismissed an intra court appeal filed by death row prisoner Shafqat Hussain against the judgment of IHC single bench.IHC......
ISLAMABAD: Cultural diversity is our shared heritage and a symbol of freedom but in Pakistan, it is under the attack of extremists.This was said by Secretary, Federal Education and Professional......
ISLAMABAD: People with disabilities form almost 15 per cent of Pakistan’s population but their rights find no mention in the Constitution.Even the ordinance promulgated in 1981 to provide them......
RAWALPINDI: All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) on Wednesday said the Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC) Bill 2014 adopted by the National Assembly was discriminatory and would ruin the......
ISLAMABAD: Employees of Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) on Wednesday staged a protest against the proposed privatisation of the company.Besides, all Iesco offices in the region remained......
RAWALPINDI: University students were applauded for their portrayal of the Punjabi folk tale ‘Heer Ranjha’ at the Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) on Wednesday.Wearing traditional dresses, the performers......
The Missing Slate (TMS) is an arts and literary journal based in Islamabad but created with the intent of breaking past the litany of geographically-rooted magazines. Since 2011, TMS was a web-based......
ISLAMABAD: In the face of intense public pressure, the Higher Education Commission on Wednesday reaffirmed that its processes for attesting international degrees were “satisfactory”.In the wake of......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) will ensure coordination with the authorities concerned in implementing tobacco control laws by educating road users and effectively conducting checking in......
ISLAMABAD: The mortuary of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) will be extended to accommodate 22 bodies.Leader of the house in Senate Raja Zafarul Haq on Wednesday said a summery in this......
RAWALPINDI: The Rawal Town Municipal Administration (RTMA) on Wednesday asked the owners of old and dilapidated buildings to vacate or repair them before the monsoon.In the garrison city, many......
ISLAMABAD: A teenager committed suicide by shooting himself in his house here on Wednesday, police said.The incident came to light when Jawad Ali Shan’s friend approached his family and inquired......
ABBOTTABAD: The PML-N has fielded 49 candidates for union council seats in the district out of the total 52 seats while PTI is contesting for 45 seats.A close fight is expected between the two......
ABBOTTABAD: Army was called out to control the situation after a clash between traders and residents of Sheikhul Bandi on Wednesday over parking of a car in Bara market killed one person and injured......
KOHAT: The political agent of frontier region of Kohat distributed Rs50 million cheques among the elders of Akhorwal tribe of Darra Adamkhel as their share in the income of coalmines after delay of......
MANSEHRA: The candidates for local body elections in Oghi have announced they will move the Peshawar High Court against the ‘changing’ of a polling station under the influence of a local MPA.“Though......
LANDI KOTAL: A group of proadministration Kukikhel elders of Jamrud tehsil announced on Wednesday support to the proposed recommendations about reforms in the tribal system put forward by the Fata......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Wednesday allowed an industrialist to use a bulletproof vehicle without securing a no objection certificate from the government for the time being.The interim......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has so far made no arrangements for the establishment of thousands of offices for the elected local government representatives, who will resume their......
PESHAWAR: Principals of government colleges have demanded that curricula and course content should be approved in consultation with them.They were speaking at a daylong workshop on assessment of BS......
THE passage of the GIDC bill by the National Assembly may have been a display of skilful politics but it was bad economics.After raising a furore in the Assembly, the ruling party managed to get the......
AT least some purveyors of hate are discovering that there are consequences. On Tuesday, an anti-terrorism court sentenced a prayer leader from Kasur to five years’ imprisonment for delivering a hate......
ACROSS Pakistan, police officers — especially those involved in sensitive counterterrorism work — are at particular risk of falling to the assassin’s bullet.This is especially true in Karachi,......
WHO exactly targets and shoots Ahmadis dead we don’t know. Who targets and kills Shias, we kind of know, or their organisational association in any case. Who targets and kills women suspected of......
MARY Queen of Scots has been avenged. Her Scots have stormed the Parliament at Westminster.A first cousin of the Protestant English Queen Elizabeth, Mary although a Catholic would have succeeded her,......
HERE’S a suggestion for the petroleum minister: maybe his ministry should offer guided tours of the LNG import terminal that he claims his government built in “record time”. First the claim itself:......
THE casualness with which the transformation of Karachi’s Mitharam Hostel into a prison has been dismissed by the rulers and the country’s emaciated intelligentsia alike has exposed a fault line that......
