Saudi Arabia on Thursday beheaded a convicted Pakistani drug trafficker, adding to what a United Nations rapporteur called a “very disturbing” surge in the kingdom's use of the death penalty.Ihsan......
In an interesting breakthrough for mobile users in Pakistan, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the provision of free internet access for users in Pakistan through the social-media giant's new......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior urged the government of Afghanistan on Thursday to hand over Mullah Fazlullah — chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — to Pakistani......
LAHORE: Zimbabwe’s stand-in captain Hamilton Masakadza said the two-match suspension of regular skipper Elton Chigumbura is a big blow for Zimbabwe when it takes on Pakistan in the second one-day......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain Thursday said Pakistan desired to build a broad based, substantive and long-term relationship with Belarus in all fields including trade, economic, education,......
You can tell you live in a dysfunctional society when you see the guardians of the lives and property of people brazenly shooting them dead, and the guardians of the law unabashedly breaking the......
GUWAHATI: A remote Indian state has withdrawn a long-standing controversial law that handed security forces sweeping powers to fight insurgents, saying it was no longer needed, a top official said......
ISLAMABAD: The federal information ministry wrote a letter to Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Thursday, asking it not to broadcast BOL TV channel till completion of......
RAWALPINDI: A Rawalpindi accountability court on Thursday acquitted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif among others implicated in the Ittefaq Foundries......
MADRID: Real Madrid has denied a report in an Italian newspaper that claimed the La Liga club had made an offer to buy Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba.“Real Madrid have had no contact either with......
ATHENS: Iran on Thursday warned global powers against making “excessive demands” in talks aimed at sealing a ground-breaking nuclear deal, after France demanded access to its military......
ISLAMABAD: Following a series of statements by military and civilian leaders regarding Indian involvement in terrorist activities in Pakistan, Foreign Office spokesperson Qazi Khalilullah said......
The Kardashians are no strangers to controversy. It seems like Khloe Kardashian has once again come under the crossfire for cultural appropriation; The reality television star was spotted clad in a......
ISLAMABAD: During a meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al Jubeir in Kuwait yesterday, the premier's Adviser on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz reiterated Pakistan’s......
We have a lot of days related to women on the calendar, but May 28th is one that I hadn’t heard about before: Global Menstrual Hygiene Day.I was alerted to this by Irise International, an NGO that......
MUMBAI: Cinemas, Rolls-Royces and rooms so plush they could belong in a five-star hotel: private hospital operators in India are all but rolling out a red carpet to lure affluent locals and tourists......
LOS ANGELES: There is silence in Superior Court Judge Halim Dhanidina’s courtroom in Long Beach as he hands out judgement to a man found driving without a license.As the proceedings continue after......
DHAKA: Bangladesh is moving to set up seven special courts across the country to try people smugglers charged with trafficking desperate migrants to Southeast Asia on rickety boats, a minister said......
LEEDS: Ben Stokes will find himself the centre of attention when England face his native New Zealand in the second Test at Headingley on Friday.His 85-ball hundred, the fastest Test century ever......
MADRID: Police arrested 24 people in Spain and Britain in raids on a gang that made $4.25 million in six months from trafficking Afghan migrants to Europe, the Spanish government said......
ZURICH: FIFA's veteran president Sepp Blatter faced angry demands to resign after US indictments and arrests of top lieutenants engulfed the football supremo in crisis heading into an annual congress......
RIYADH: Two Saudi border guards have been killed and five others wounded by shellfire on the frontier with Yemen, official media reported.The deaths occurred when “military missiles from Yemen”......
WASHINGTON: Top football sponsors Coca-Cola, Adidas, McDonald's and Visa pressed FIFA to clean itself up as the newest corruption scandal threatens efforts to market their products through the......
ISLAMABAD: During an All Parties Conference (APC) in Islamabad on Thursday, participants from all parties reached a consensus on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project and pledged to......
London: Experienced British journalist, Robin P. Nash, recently launched his third book in London. Considered to be an expert on Pakistan, the best-selling author’s latest book, Pakistan: A State......
KARACHI: Three death-row prisoners convicted for the 1998 hijacking of a PIA Fokker were executed in Karachi and Hyderabad jails on Thursday.A Karachi-bound PIA Fokker was hijacked by three men......
THIS refers to the report (May 19) about the inundation of some 40 villages by the river Jhelum at this most unexpected time is incomplete and does not probe its causes.It only mentions villages of......
TAKING a cue from politicians having a flare for cricket, the home minister has likened the war against terror to a Test match, saying that it is not a Twenty-20 or an ODI.Should we conclude that as......
A LEVEL examinations are going on under the Cambridge International Examinations. The British Council is responsible for arrangements. Both these follow each other while conducting these......
THIS is apropos Sidra Bari’s letter ‘Factory pollution’ (May 18). The writer has raised a genuine point that needs immediate attention of the authorities concerned.She has complained about the......
WEST Pakistan had a population of 40m in 1947, with Karachi alone having approximately 500,000. Now Pakistan and Karachi have respectively a population of 200m and 20m.To cope with the problem of......
THE China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is in the news these days. It is a hot topic. There are people who vehemently say they will not accept any change to the route. It is obvious they know what the......
THIS is apropos the news item ‘Gulf-specific’ aviation policy questioned” (May 19). This government should not make the same mistake as it did back in the 1990s in the name of ‘open sky’.The travel......
PESHAWAR: Dealing a blow to the campaign of civil society organisations for the women’s right to vote, the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition against the alleged disenfranchisement......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court was informed on Wednesday that the much awaited Fata Tribunal has been constituted by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor and a former bureaucrat Sange Marjan Khan was......
PESHAWAR: The contractual employees of Public Safety and Police Complaints Commission (PSPCC) have expressed concern over non-payment of salaries for two months and non-regularisation of their......
PESHAWAR: PTI chairman Imran on Wednesday said his party’s government was empowering the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by introducing the best form of local government system, which would turn the......
PESHAWAR: The association of the Provincial Civil Services (PCS) officers on Wednesday decided to strongly oppose any changes to their service rules by the officers of Pakistan Administrative......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday suspended the functioning of the much-publicised dispute resolution councils (DRCs) set up across the province by the provincial police officer and......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade (KP-BoIT) is making efforts for introduction of modern methods to improve yield of various crops and fruits in the province. In this......
PESHAWAR: Parents and teachers should put their heads together and shape up the lives of students for the country’s better future.This was stated by Professor Rasool Jan, Vice Chancellor of the......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday urged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to increase allocation for the education sector to five per cent.The seminar was arranged by Islami Jamiat Talba,......
PESHAWAR: In every election campaign, the contestants mostly attract voters through publicity material, but in the ongoing electioneering some of them have gone a step further by doling out household......
PESHAWAR: An Ehtesab court here on Wednesday dismissed bail petitions of four suspects arrested by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission in connection with grabbing government land worth Rs250......
LANDI KOTAL: The political administration of Khyber Agency suspended all perks and privileges of Sipah tribe after its elders refused to pay a fine of Rs120 million, imposed on it for inflicting......
MINGORA: A jirga is active in Odigram area of Swat valley to convince elders to stop women voters from participating in the May 30 local body elections in the name of conservative customs.This is not......
MANSEHRA: The administration of Hazara division has started acquisition of land from Havelian to Shinkiari for the second phase of motorway but landowners want it to exclude their agricultural lands......
Sumie Kaneko, a Japanese traditional music instrumentalist and Jazz singer, is visiting Pakistan for the first time as part of a tour which takes her to Islamabad, Karachi and Dhaka. Her first stop......
ISLAMABAD: Three months ago, 40-year-old Ansar Bibi got her gall bladder removed “successfully” in a government hospital in her native town of Talagang. But she got rid of her “post-operation......
ISLAMABAD: Smuggling of wildlife, particularly of turtles and tortoises, has escalated significantly in recent years and is “a matter of grave concern” for the government.“It might seem a soft crime......
ISLAMABAD: On one hand the ministry of national health services (NHS) has been trying to stop use of tobacco, but on the other it plans to offer cigarette packets for government advertisement against......
SAHIWAL: Parents have complained that private schools are collecting tuition fee for summer vacation months -- June to August -- from them in violation the Punjab education secretary school’s order......
TAXILA: Anti-corruption officials on Wednesday caught a policeman taking bribe from a complainant at Wah Saddar Police station.Sources said the constable posted at Wah Saddar Police station demanded......
ISLAMABAD: Laws can be good or bad but the government should ensure their implementation.This was said by the law and justice commission secretary, Mohammad Sarwar Khan during a special lecture......
ISLAMABAD: After weeks of controversy, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday appointed an interim set up for the party leadership.The new setup has been announced,......
ISLAMABAD: Justice Athar Minallah of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday referred three identical petitions – implicating three ‘big-shots’ as former president retired General Pervez......
RAWALPINDI: Traders blocked Peshawar Road on Wednesday for traffic to protest the killing of a shopkeeper in a robbery.Rizwan Ahmed, who owned a cell phone shop in Misryal area, was gunned down by......
ISLAMABAD: Allowing Chaudhry Rashid Ahmed to resume working as the head of the electronic media watchdog, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday dismissed a federal government plea seeking to......
RAWALPINDI: Federal Minister for Haj and Religious Affairs Sardar Mohammad Yousuf on Wednesday preferred to use general public departure lounge with his personal secretary (PS) after the officials of......
ISLAMABAD: It will take many more months before the Higher Education Commission (HEC) gets an executive director (ED) as the three names shorlisted by a committee have all been rejected.Besides, the......
RAWALPINDI: Clerks on Wednesday staged a rally to press the government to give them a 100 per cent raise in their basic salaries in the next fiscal budget (2015-16).More than 150 clerks, led by All......
ISLAMABAD: Thieves and burglars struck at six different places in the capital and made off with cash and valuables, police said here on Wednesday.In the first incident, some burglars broke into the......
RAWALPINDI: Arid Agriculture University on Wednesday organised ‘Stevia Kissan Mela’ with an aim to promote stevia (sugar plant) cultivation.The varsity’s department of horticulture took the......
RAWALPINDI: It was journey down memory lane at the Sham-i-Ghazal held at Rawalpindi Arts Council auditorium where renowned semi-classical and ghazal singer Munni Begum performed.A recipient of Pride......
GUJRAT: Paramedics of the health department have announced going on strike from Thursday (today) by closing all the public health facilities across the district in protest against the district......
SAHIWAL: Parents have complained that private schools are collecting tuition fee for summer vacation months -- June to August -- from them in violation the Punjab education secretary school’s order......
SAHIWAL: Yousufwala police on Tuesday registered a case (307/15) against four employees of a cigarette company 13 days after a mechanic lost his life in a boiler blast at the factory situated at......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Scores of villagers, including women and children, blocked Toba-Gojra Road and shut railway level-crossing gates on Bypass Road in protest against razing of about a dozen houses by a......
LAHORE: Relatives of a love-marriage couple had a scuffle on the premises of Lahore High Court here on Wednesday. As the relatives of the couple reached the court, men and women of the both families......
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri said on Wednesday he would return to the country next month to take part in his party’s struggle for getting justice in the Model Town......
SIALKOT: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday granted 12-day physical remand of Inspector Shahzad Warraich who had shot dead two Daska lawyers this past May 25.A Joint Investigation Team led......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday ordered transfer of Sialkot District Police Officer Shahzad Asif and the deputy superintendent of police in connection with the killing of two......
LAHORE: A health department committee that had floated several proposals to fill primary healthcare facilities in Punjab finally agreed on Wednesday to a scheme under which postgraduate trainees will......
LAHORE: Speakers on the opening day of a national peace conference on Wednesday urged the government to make the National Action Plan (NAP) more effective and practical to root out terrorism......
LAHORE: A woman was shot dead allegedly by her nephew over a monetary dispute in Kahna on Wednesday.Police said Seema Bibi, 35, who was recently divorced by her husband, was living with her brother......
LAHORE: Six death row prisoners were executed in different jails of Punjab early on Wednesday while the execution of two others was postponed for an indefinite period.Two death row prisoners were......
LAHORE: Spatial dimensions seem to amuse Rashid Rana so much that his latest art project ‘Transpositions’ revolves around time and space and while concepts of physics are infused in it.Rana crosses......
LAHORE: Three guards of Wapda Hospital were injured when relatives of a patient attacked them in Ichhra here on Sunday.Guards Nawaz, Khadim and Afzal were on duty when patient Sughara’s relatives......
LAHORE: Gustavo Miranda Valenzuela, Paraguay ambassador to Pakistan, says there are lots of opportunities for trade and cultural exchange between Pakistan and Paraguay.Mr Valenzuela along with his......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said officials utilising development funds within the stipulated period will be encouraged while those showing poor performance will be held......
BAHAWALPUR: Under the new local government set-up the city may get corporation status while there could be a district council and five municipal committees in the district.According to sources in......
KARACHI: The health authorities on Wednesday confirmed the death of a teenage boy caused by Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as ‘brain-eating’ amoeba, at a private hospital.With the latest addition,......
KARACHI: Experts said on Wednesday cases of multiple sclerosis (MS), an inflammatory disease that damages the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, had started surfacing......
BADIN: Many people including women and a policeman were injured when police carried out raids on Allah Rakhyo Bhurgari near Nindo Shahar town on Wednesday apparently to recover a woman allegedly......
HYDERABAD: Election Tribunal Presiding Officer Mohammad Ashfaq Baloch on Wednesday rejected the election petition of Syed Ghous Ali Shah on the ground that he failed to prove his claims, according to......
HYDERABAD: Intellectuals, writers and poets have declared noted scholar and translator, Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo a great critic and a man of letters of the 20th and 21st century and demanded his......
MIRPURKHAS: A suspect in a Rs3.4 million Umra scam was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Hyderabad crime circle team after his plea for the confirmation of protective bail was......
SUKKUR: A thunderstorm followed by rain hit Sukkur and its adjoining areas late on Wednesday evening bringing down the temperature and turning the weather pleasant.However, strong winds brought down......
KARACHI: A death row prisoner, who was scheduled to be hanged on Thursday (today), got a new lease of life at least for two days as the Sindh High Court stayed his execution on his petition.Shahid......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday cancelled more than half a million arms licences after the expiry of the May 19 deadline set for their verification.Mr Shah said 595,146......
HYDERABAD: Two explosions caused disruption in rail traffic on the Hyderabad and Nawabshah sectors on Wednesday. Negligible damage to tracks was reported from the two blast sites. A suspect was......
KARACHI: The Sindh police are being equipped with modern technology in collaboration with the National Database Registration Authority, which will allow every police station access to the record of......
KARACHI: At least two-thirds of the water samples collected during the last four days from parts of the city and tested in government laboratories were found not satisfactorily chlorinated, painting......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Wednesday sentenced three men to life imprisonment in a murder case.Riaz Ahmed, Abdul Shakoor and Abdul Sattar, said to be associated with one of the several......
ANTANANARIVO: Madagascan President Hery Rajaonarimampianina is an accomplished technocrat, ex-accountant and occasional poet who came to office bringing high hopes of economic improvement for the......
ESCONDIDO: The heat is stifling, the soil dry as a bone, and a new law in drought-stricken California restricts the use of sprinklers.But far from saying farewell to their beloved lawns, some......
TIRANA: The prime ministers of Serbia and Albania, Aleksandar Vucic and Edi Rama, in an historic visit vowed to strengthen their fragile ties in the interests of the future stability of the......
WASHINGTON: The US military accidentally shipped at least one live Anthrax sample to a commercial lab in Maryland but there was no public threat from the mishap, a defence official said on......
BRUSSELS: The European Union asked on Wednesday its member states to admit 40,000 asylum seekers from Syria and Eritrea landing in Italy and Greece, which have been overstretched by an influx of......
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces took up positions around Ramadi on Wednesday, seizing two districts after clashes with jihadists.The Islamic State group also came under pressure in neighbouring Syria, where......
OTTAWA: Evacuation orders for thousands in Alberta were lifted on Wednesday while a third oil company joined others in shuttering its facilities threatened by wildfires in the Canadian oil patch.The......
Tony Blair’s time as Middle East envoy representing the US, Russia, the UN and the EU finally came to an end yesterday. Eight years after he took up the role, Blair reportedly tendered his......
KOLKATA: India has for the first time appointed a transgender as the principal of a college, a top education official said Wednesday.Manabi Banerjee, a transgender woman, will head the Krishnagar......
KABUL: An all-night gunbattle with Taliban insurgents who stormed a guesthouse in Kabul’s diplomatic quarter ended at daybreak on Wednesday, with four attackers killed in the second assault in two......
UNITED NATIOINS: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon asked his Special Envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, on Wednesday to postpone the planned consultations aimed at seeking a peaceful and......
NEW YORK: Yemeni national Saddiq Al Abbadi, charged with fighting against American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan as a member of Al Qaeda, pleaded guilty to federal terror charges on Tuesday,......
SANAA: Saudi-led air strikes struck a headquarters for police commandos in Yemen’s capital on Wednesday, killing at least 45 people gathered there to prepare to fight against forces loyal to the......
MADRID: Police arrested 24 people in Spain and Britain in raids on a gang that made $4.25 million in six months from trafficking Afghan migrants to Europe, the Spanish government said on......
BRUSSELS: Belgian airports were at a standstill on Wednesday after an electrical failure at air traffic control in Brussels caused Belgium-bound flights to be diverted, with departures delayed and......
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania: Natasha Ali was devastated when she realised the man accused of snatching her 14-year-old daughter off a street in Zanzibar and raping her had been freed for lack of evidence.Her......
WHY would voters in an economically successful country, where per capita economic output has been rapidly catching up to wealthier neighbours, want to oust their government? In Poland, where a......
SYDNEY: The appointment of Trevor Bayliss as the new England coach will make Australia’s job of winning the Ashes series much harder, his Australian counterpart Darren Lehmann said on Wednesday.The......
NORTH SOUND (Antigua): Caribbean pitches may no longer have the zing to excite express pacemen but Australia will still look to soften up West Indies with a barrage of bouncers in the upcoming Test......
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan cricketers are to get fielding tips from the man who pretty much revolutionised the art after former South African player Jonty Rhodes agreed to a short stint with them.The......
PESHAWAR: Junior athletes hogged the limelight with their breathtaking display at the Pakistan Sports Board Inter-Provincial Athletics Championship contested here at the Qayyum Sports Complex on ......
KARACHI: A total of 32 youngsters, including seven who were part of victorious Karachi team, will participate in the NCA Under-16 Youth Development Advance Coaching Training Programme here at the PCB......
KARACHI: Zone-VII sealed a six-wicket victory after dismissing Zone-IV for a measly total of 77 in their Division-I fixture of the KCCA Under-15 Inter-zonal Cricket Tournament at the Pak Star Ground......
KARACHI: Mian Mohammad Rafiq, Director Coordination of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) and national course director, has said that capability and quality are the main ingredients that gives......
LAHORE: Wapda and Punjab Colour registered huge wins in the third All-Pakistan Fatima Jinnah Women’s Gold Cup Hockey Tournament at the District Sports Ground in Multan on Wednesday.Wapda outclassed......
COLOMBO: Three male officials have been identified in the sex bribe scandal that rocked Sri Lankan women’s cricket but there are no grounds or evidence to justify criminal proceedings against them,......
JOHANNESBURG: A.B. de Villiers has been granted paternity leave and will miss the two-Test series in Bangladesh, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Wednesday.The Proteas named four uncapped players......
ISLAMABAD: Top players Nofil Kaleem and Mohammad Muzamil won their matches convincingly in the third Pakistan Tennis Federation Development Series that started here at the PTF Complex on Wednesday.In......
LAHORE: Pakistan Ju-Jitsu Federation secretary Waqar Ilyas Khan has said nine female players of Pakistan have received Indian visa.“We applied for the visa to take part in the first South Asian and......
GEORGETOWN: Shivnarine Chanderpaul is disappointed with the manner in which his career as a West Indies cricketer has come to an end but insists that he has not yet retired from the game.Chairman of......
ZURICH: Leading figures from across European football voiced dismay on Wednesday over the latest scandal to engulf FIFA, the game’s powerful governing body, with many of them calling for its......
ZURICH: Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, the man challenging Sepp Blatter for the most powerful job in world soccer, said the latest corruption scandal involving the sport’s governing body FIFA was proof......
ZURICH: FIFA portrayed itself as the victim after authorities in Switzerland and the United States acted swiftly Wednesday on a pair of separate football corruption cases.Two FIFA vice presidents —......
RIO DE JANEIRO: The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said it backed a corruption probe into world body FIFA following the arrest of seven top officials Wednesday, including the man who led the......
NEW YORK: The US Justice Department announced charges against nine present or former FIFA officials on Wednesday as part of a major investigation into corruption at the core of football’s world......
LAHORE: Zimbabwe suffered a big blow on Wednesday when the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended their in-form captain Elton Chigumbura for slow over-rate, ruling him out of the remaining two......
PARIS: Roger Federer avoided any more security scares to move safely into the third round of the French Open on Wednesday but danger lurks ahead for the Swiss, namely in the shape of Japanese......
LAHORE: Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik is of the opinion that Azhar Ali is a good captain and he should be given enough time by the PCB to establish himself.He was talking with the media after......
BRUSSELS: The European Union and Switzerland signed a major accord on Wednesday to end banking secrecy for EU residents and prevent them from stashing undeclared income in Swiss banks.The agreement......
BERLIN: Rich and poor countries could see “enormous” economic benefits from reducing youth unemployment by ensuring all youngsters have basic reading, maths and science skills, the OECD said on......
SANTIAGO: Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean fell 16 per cent in 2014, reversing a decade-long growth trend as the region’s economies slowed, a UN panel said on......
ISLAMABAD: In late April, after 28 hours of heavy rain, Noor Hussain and his two brothers surveyed his three-hectare wheat plot to see what they could save.An earlier hailstorm had already devastated......
NEW YORK: Apple Inc has found a bug which can cause iPhones to crash when a message containing a specific string of text is received.The bug, which includes symbols and Arabic characters, was first......
LAHORE: The Export-Import (Exim) Bank of the United States pledged on Wednesday to partner with the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) to develop trade between the US and Pakistan.A......
KARACHI: Cotton prices remained steady on Wednesday amid slow trading as buyers kept to the sidelines.Floor brokers said that trading activity remained slow and restricted as spinners are facing......
LONDON: Gold steadied on Wednesday off the previous day’s two-week low as the dollar retreated after its biggest daily rise in two years, but remained under pressure from expectations that a US rate......
JAKARTA: Indonesia is prepared to contribute at least $300 million to a new Islamic infrastructure bank that the Southeast Asian nation will co-found with Turkey and a Saudi-based multilateral......
KARACHI: Stocks staged a robust rally on Wednesday with the KSE-100 index closing with gain of 332.24 points (1.02 per cent) at 32,842.59.As investors raced to pick up stocks at lucrative values, the......
ISLAMABAD: A high-powered committee has decided to withdraw tax exemptions worth Rs180 billion, or 0.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), to bring down the budget deficit in 2015-16.The......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Biscuit and Confectionery Manufacturers Association (PBCMA) has urged the government to look into the soaring sugar prices hurting common and industrial consumers.The......
ISLAMABAD: The government is banking on smooth imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and completion of some ‘early harvest projects’ of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to trigger industrial......
ISLAMABAD: The value of the carbon pricing mechanisms globally has been estimated to be just under $50 billion in 2015, according to a recent report by the World Bank Group and Ecofys.Emissions......
KARACHI: After lifting of ban on two seafood exporters, the names of five more traders have been forwarded to the European Union (EU), Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Kamran Michael said on......
DRESDEN: Top finance officials from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are gathering in Germany this week to discuss ways to strengthen the global economy.US officials are pressing countries such......
ISLAMABAD: The government is considering to set up one-window counters at major airports in the country to readdress complaints of overseas Pakistanis.The Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) is......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Canada shared on Wednesday their perspectives on various regional and international issues of mutual interest and reaffirmed their commitment to work together to promote peace......
QUETTA: The Frontier Corps picked up five suspected terrorists from Bela area of Lasbela district and 69 suspects from Quetta during search operations and seized weapons.An FC spokesman said on......
KHUZDAR: A convicted proclaimed offender was killed and three others were injured in an ‘encounter’ with security forces in Khuzdar area late on Wednesday evening.Official sources said that personnel......
QUETTA: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested another senior official of the Balochistan Development Authority (BDA) for his alleged involvement in embezzlement of public funds......
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology Anusha Rahman has said that telecommunication infrastructure of Pakistan provides supportive environment for sustainable growth.While......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate remanded on Wednesday the chief executive officer and four other officials of a software company in the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency till June 4 in a......
ISLAMABAD: The investigators probing the Axact scandal have shared with the US embassy details of fake degrees allegedly awarded to American citizens.Sources in the Federal Investigation Agency......
WASHINGTON: The United States and Pakistan will hold key talks on nuclear non-proliferation and strategic stability in the US capital next week.Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, who arrives in......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar approved on Wednesday immediate release of 85,000 tons of wheat for the displaced people of Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to cater......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate defence committee condemned on Wednesday Indian defence minister’s controversial comments about using terrorism to deal with terrorist threats to India and asked the government......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), a top body representing lawyers, gave on Wednesday a 30-day deadline to Punjab government for trial and conviction of police officers involved in the killing......
KARACHI: “Relations between neighbouring countries are always difficult. And ties between India and Pakistan are no exception. But things can improve, depending on the kind of policies we craft in......
QUETTA: The Balochistan health department has decided to take action against district health officers and union council medical officers for poor performance during polio eradication campaigns in......
ISLAMABAD: A Senate standing committee asked the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) on Wednesday to take action on complaints about alleged discrepancies in the LNG import project and......
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s emir, speaking days after an attack claimed by the self-styled Islamic State (IS) killed 21 people in Saudi Arabia, said on Wednesday sectarian strife was the most serious threat......
UNITED NATIONS: Mariane Pearl, wife of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl killed in Pakistan in 2002, has said that the UN plan of action on safety of journalists and the issue of impunity......
ISLAMABAD: A polio case has been reported from North Waziristan, the first during the past six months.With the confirmation of the latest case by the Polio Virology Laboratory at the National......
GHALANAI: Eleven security personnel were injured in two roadside bomb blasts in Gongat Jowar area of Alingar tehsil in Mohmand tribal region near Afghan border on Wednesday.An administration official......
ISLAMABAD: The government reluctantly conceded on Wednesday that the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) was faltering.Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif presided over a meeting held to look......
ISLAMABAD: Against the backdrop of the Axact degree awarding fiasco, the Supreme Court came up on Wednesday with a suggestion calling upon private television channels to follow the practice of......
ISLAMABAD: Accepting the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) request, the inquiry commission investigating allegations of rigging in the 2013 general elections finally allowed the opening of sealed......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has taken notice of reports about a plan to bar women from voting in the local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa scheduled to be held on......
QUETTA: Balochistan government has decided to launch a grand operation against target killers and terrorists in the aftermath of rise in acts of targeted killings in the provincial capital.Nine......
With a week to go before budget day, some outline of what to expect has already come into view. But many crucial details are still missing.The last cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, for instance,......
MOST of Pakistan’s mainstream religious parties have either tended to remain silent on the issue of extremism, or at best offered lukewarm criticism of fanatical tendencies.Perhaps this is why today,......
DESPITE a much-touted operation against criminal elements, lawlessness in Karachi continues.On Sunday night, in the third such incident in the metropolis since 2013, a locker facility of a private......
TOMORROW’S regional meeting in Thailand must find some humane answers to the plight of thousands of homeless people floating on the sea, if the international community does not wish to be arraigned......
FINANCE minister Ishaq Dar is preparing to give his budget speech next week at exactly the midway point in his government’s tenure. This will be his third budget speech, and after this there are only......
EARLIER this week, Daska, a small, somewhat lesser known town, 100 kilometres north of Lahore, was catapulted into national prominence. The reasons for this, however, were not only tragic but also......
TERRORISTS cannot demoralise the nation. The war will continue till the elimination of the last terrorist. Thus spoke the interior minister recently — after some weeks in hibernation. Reassuring? Or......
LAHORE: Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura will miss the rest of the one-day international series against Pakistan after being suspended for two matches for maintaining a slow over rate in Tuesday's......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that ‘Youm-i-Takbeer’ is indeed a day of pride for Pakistani nation and the Muslims all over the globe.Nawaz said this while giving a message to the......
