BIRMINGHAM: Jos Buttler said AB de Villiers was his “role model” but insisted he'd a long way to go to match the standards of the South African star despite a dazzling hundred against New Zealand at......
FATULLAH: Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay flayed Bangladesh's bowlers with an unbeaten 239-run partnership on the rain-curtailed opening day of the one-off Test match in Fatullah on......
Putting the governments’ rhetoric and investments in gimmicks (laptops) aside, education standards continue to decline in Pakistan.The recently released Pakistan Economic Survey (2014-15) depicts a......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Cricket on Wednesday named their 16-man squad for the three-Test home series against Pakistan starting next week.Jehan Mubarak made a comeback to the Test squad after playing his......
BENGHAZI: Al Qaeda-linked militants in eastern Libya declared holy war on the local Islamic State affiliate after one of their senior leaders was killed Wednesday by masked gunmen, which set off......
Intensely hot temperatures have dug in as Karachi awaits the onset of cooling torrential summer rain. Soaring temperatures have gripped parts of the city, and with that comes the chance to catch......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said India should not mistake Pakistan for Myanmar, adding“our armed forces are fully capable of responding to any foreign aggression and......
KARACHI: Four men, including a local leader from the banned ASWJ, accused of being involved in a bank heist were arrested Wednesday during an operation conducted by personnel of the Special......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday beheaded a Pakistani convicted of heroin smuggling, despite arguments by rights experts that use of the death penalty in such cases violates international law.Nazir......
ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan struggles with the rising risks of floods and melting glaciers, it is crafting a plan to cut its planet-warming emissions under a new global climate deal due to be agreed in......
Barcelona’s duo of the world’s very best players, Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr., who were seen brutally destroying the opposition’s defenses together, represented the flare and magic of South American......
RAWALPINDI: A formation commanders’ conference chaired by Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif at the General Headquarters on Wednesday took serious notice of the recent hostile Indian......
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bangladesh for a mere 36 hours, but left an impact big enough to wipe away mistrust that had crept in the Indo-Bangladesh relationship over the decades.......
Former Pakistan captain and fast bowling great Wasim Akram once again took aim at the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), slamming it for treating national players like “schoolboys” with its disciplinary......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China signed a landmark agreement on Wednesday for construction of six patrol vessels for Maritime Security Agency (PMSA).The agreement was signed today during a ceremony at......
PESHAWAR: A partial shutdown is being observed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinceon Wednesday over a call for a strike, in protest of alleged rigging during the May 30 Local Government (LG) polls, given by......
ISLAMABAD: Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved a four-member sharia advisory board to oversee Islamic financial products in the country, as the regulator looks to......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution in favor of Rohingya Muslims and against the brutality of the government of Myanmar.The resolution was moved by Federal......
KABUL: Afghanistan's once thriving Sikh community is dwindling fast as many choose to leave the country of their birth to escape what they say is growing intolerance and discrimination. Once boasting......
UNITED NATIONS: Members of a UN peacekeeping mission engaged in “transactional sex” with more than 225 Haitian women who said they needed to do so to obtain things like food and medication, a sign......
All of us know what it feels like to be up late at night, overthinking things and eventually, going on a Twitter rant. Well you know what they say: Stars are just like us!Salman Khan is not happy......
KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers in an encounter Tuesday night in Ghagar Phatak killed two terrorists affiliated with banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), said a press release issued late on Tuesday.The......
ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties on Wednesday alleged that the government is not telecasting speeches of the members of the opposition on the budget and staged a token walkout from the Senate in......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the appeal of death row convict Shafqat Hussain to set up a judicial commission to determine his age.A three-member bench of the apex court, headed......
Following a rare cross-border attack conducted by the Indian Army in Myanmar, Junior Minister for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said that based on intelligence "we will......
If there is one thing that brings all of us together, it’s food— and this was proven at the 2015 Gourmand Awards when a Pakistani-Indian cookbook Zaiqay Frontier Kay— Dera Ismail Khan Kay Bulay......
ADEN: Three suspected Al Qaeda members were killed in an apparent United States drone strike in Yemen's southeastern port city of Mukalla, a local official told AFP on Wednesday.The drone “fired......
LAHORE: Aftab Bahadur Masih was executed on Wednesday morning in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail, prison officials said.According to rights groups, Masih was tortured into confessing to a murder committed......
NOWSHERA: Five local leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, including three councilors-elect, were arrested by the police after their pre-arrest bail petition was dismissed by a local court on Tuesday......
PESHAWAR: In the absence of major opposition parties, the multi-party conference convened by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Tuesday decided to investigate the allegations of mismanagement and......
PESHAWAR: Students of the Khyber Girls Medical College (KGMC) on Tuesday boycotted classes in protest against the changes in the pattern of question papers in the examinations. They also warned of......
PESHAWAR: The opposition parties’ alliance on Tuesday rejected the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s proposal to form a judicial commission to probe the alleged rigging in the May 30 local body......
PESHAWAR: The business community of Peshawar announced on Tuesday that it would not take part in the shutter-down strike announced by the tripartite alliance of Awami National Party, Jamiat......
LANDI KOTAL: The Khyber Agency political administration on Tuesday suspended the recruitment process for Khyber Levies after the Peshawar High Court issued a stay order to this effect.The......
KOHAT: The oil- and gas-rich but remote Shakardarra town of Kohat is yet to get drinking water despite orders and commitments by a prime minister, chief ministers, members of parliament, OGDCL and......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday stayed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission (KPEC) proceedings against a former special assistant to former chief minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti in......
PESHAWAR: Vice-chancellor of the University of Peshawar (UoP), Prof Rasul Jan, has said that a display centre would be soon set up at the varsity to showcase the work of talented students of the......
MANSEHRA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has claimed to have achieved a simple majority to form the district government with the support of independently elected councillors in Mansehra.“We are going to......
MINGORA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the leading party in Swat district and tehsil councils after the Election Commission of Pakistan announced final results of local government......
UPPER DIR: Women of Nehag Darra union council in Wari tehsil of Upper Dir district have formally requested the Election Commission of Pakistan and district returning officer to declare the May 30......
MARDAN: Lady health workers (LHWs) on Tuesday announced to boycott the polio drive starting from June 16 over non-payment of dues and mistreatment they received at the hands of election officials......
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party-Wali on Tuesday expressed concern about the alleged rigging in local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and asked local government minister Inayatullah Khan to......
SWABI: Workers of Tarbela Dam’s fourth extension project on Tuesday held a protest here against low wages and lack of other facilities.The Awami Labour Union (ALU) had given call for the protest......
LAKKI MARWAT: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Lakki Marwat chapter, has asked the federal government to approve a comprehensive development package for the district to end its backwardness.The demand......
LAHORE: The Punjab University Academic Staff Association (PUASA) has decided to besiege the Chief Minister Secretariat on The Mall if the Lahore Development Authority was not barred from acquiring......
MULTAN: Three unidentified people burnt an 11-year old boy when he was asleep in his house here on Tuesday.According to police, Muhammad Farhan, a resident of Qureshiwala, was sleeping when the......
LAHORE: The Punjab government favours holding of local body elections in phases and will approach the Election Commission in this respect.“Keeping in view the situation witnessed during the LG polls......
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Tuesday held a seminar on ‘China Pakistan Economic Corridor -- a road to prosperity’ to muster support from the business community, energy experts, academia,......
LAHORE: A number of international and local franchisers held one-on-one active interactions on the first day of the 4th Dawn Franchise Expo 2015 on Tuesday.The franchisers shared their experiences,......
LAHORE: Visually impaired and the disabled government employees have warned the government of closure of the Metro Bus Service if their services were not regularised within a couple of......
LAHORE: A distinct exhibition of paintings entitled ‘Dedicated To You’ by Dr Sumera Jawad and Zarmena Aslam that opened at Ejaz Art Gallery, MM Alam Road, on Tuesday made a number of gallery visitors......
LAHORE: The Punjab education department on Tuesday told the Lahore High Court that show-cause notices had been issued to 77 private schools for collecting three-month summer vacation fee in advance......
LAHORE: Around 20 national, multinational industrial concerns and software houses set up stalls at the first Industrial Open House and Career Fair 2015 that began at the University of Engineering and......
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has praised the conduct of peaceful and largely orderly polls for the Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA) and says that other regions......
LAHORE: A joint team of City District Government of Lahore’s livestock and environment wings raided on Tuesday a locality near Bund Road (Karol Ghaati) and sealed six factories for allegedly......
LAHORE: Temperatures in the plains of the country on Tuesday shot up to above their normal value of the month, making weather extremely hot.The Met office, however, forecast some relief by Wednesday......
LAHORE: A PPP founding member and former MPA, Baji Nusrat Rashid, died here on Tuesday.Former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has expressed profound grief over her death.Paying a......
LAHORE: Former People’s Party MPA Chaudhry Zulfiqar Bhinder called on Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Punjab organiser Chaudhry Sarwar here on Tuesday and announced his joining of the PTI.Chaudhry Sarwar......
FAISALABAD: In a bid to avoid Rawalpindi-like incident, the police volunteers and constables have been restrained from setting up pickets at any point without the presence of their seniors.Two......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Rickshaw drivers observed a complete strike at Kamalia on Tuesday over alleged collection of Rs2,500 token fee per rickshaw by the Excise and Taxation department.They took out a......
BAHAWALPUR: Sewage has submerged parts of the Circular Road opposite Quaid-i-Azam Medical College and Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH), creating nuisance for the owners and visitors of medical......
SIALKOT: Two death row prisoners were hanged in Sialkot district jail while one convict was hanged at the Sahiwal Central Jail on Tuesday morning.Abid Maqsud and Sanaullah were hanged in Sialkot......
THE budget raises several questions which need to be addressed before its approval. It proposes to withdraw all powers of the FBR to grant or refuse exemption in custom duties, sales tax , federal......
I WAS disappointed to listen to the finance minister’s budget speech in the National Assembly. The majority of Pakistanis will remain poor, deprived of quality education and healthcare.When a country......
IN the budget for 2015-16 the salaries of civil government employees are Rs73bn, while their allowance amount to Rs120bn. Moustaches are larger than beards?Inayat Ollah SheikhKarachiPublished in......
CIVIL and military pensioners’ associations may like to coordinate to evaluate the impact of the 7.5pc increase in pay and the same for the pension of new and old pensioners.Office-holders may please......
THIS refers to the Lahore orange metro line to be launched by the government. This is an erroneous claim that the Lahore metro will facilitate 20,000 passengers an hour.Let us assume that trains will......
THE metro bus service was the need of the hour. People were yearning for such a service. Travelling between the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi had become a challenge. Taxi fares have gone......
I READ with great interest F.H. Mughal’s article ‘Foiling Naegleria fowleri’ (June 7). I find the article too technical and feel that it is difficult for a common person to understand and implement......
I WOULD like to bring to the attention of the State Bank of Pakistan the fate of shareholders of the now defunct KASB Bank.It is rather surprising that the shareholders are not being taken care of......
ISLAMABAD: The principal accused in the Tawana Pakistan Project (TPP) corruption case on Tuesday applied for the post-arrest bail in the Islamabad High Court (IHC).The National Accountability Bureau......
RAWALPINDI: Despite the government’s repeated claim to end the VIP culture, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has detailed five of its officials on the exclusive protocol duty of Defence Minister......
ISLAMABAD: Somali refugees, living in Pakistan for the last 21 years, have sought resettlement in some other country as they find themselves in deep humanitarian crisis here.On Tuesday, around 70......
ISLAMABAD: The controversy surrounding the internal organisation of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has deepened after party chief Imran Khan issued a three-line notification declaring that Jahangir......
ISLAMABAD: A brawl between two groups of students at Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST), on Tuesday, left almost a dozen students injured.As the brawl escalated,......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan on Tuesday described the Islamabad-Rawalpindi Metro Bus Service as an environmentally-friendly project.“The buses are fitted with energy......
ISLAMABAD: About 100 students denied admission by the Federal Medical and Dental College (FMDC) demonstrated outside the Parliament House on Tuesday.“We cleared the admission test of the college and......
MUZAFFARABAD: An ambulance carrying the victims of a road accident itself met an accident on Tuesday, leaving two of them dead.Police said that a Suzuki van was coming to Muzaffarabad from Hattian......
TAXILA: Three persons were killed as a car rammed into a pick up from the rear on Islamabad-Peshawar motorway (M-1) near Hassanabal on Monday.Motorway police said the car was heading towards Ghazi......
ISLAMABAD: “Although there are a number of writers in Pakistan, there is no one who writes like Habib Jalib because no one gets involved in politics. Even those journalists who frequently write on......
TAXILA: Suitor, his brothers and father shot dead a man after he turned down a marriage proposal for his niece in village Bhadian in Hassanabdal police area.After killing Mohammad Taj the accused......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday stressed the need for a comprehensive security plan for Islamabad following the launch of the metro bus service.Presiding over a......
TAXILA: Parking fee charged at the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Taxila has put an additional financial burden on patients and their families.This fee has been imposed in contradiction with the......
MULTAN: US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson inaugurated a US-funded information technology lab at the Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) regional training centre.According to a press release......
ISLAMABAD: A young man with a hearing and speech impairment was sexually abused by colleagues at a workshop but the police refused to entertain his complaint.The victim’s brother, Irfan Haris, told......
ISLAMABAD: With 45 days left for the first ever local government elections in Islamabad, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has notified the district returning officers (DRO) and the returning......
MULTAN: Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani met US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olsan on Tuesday and said aid to Pakistan under the Kerry-Lugar Bill should continue as Pakistan had made......
KARACHI: The story of this novel is a kind of feminist protest against the horrors of war. The characters put forth the argument that it is the women who get affected most by wars. This was said by......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has lodged strong protest against the federal budget proposed by Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar for the year 2015-16 and appealed to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to......
KARACHI: A seven-year-old boy, who was critically injured and admitted to the National Institute of Child Health after he and his brother were beaten up allegedly by their stepfather a couple of days......
KARACHI: Though the tropical cyclone Ashobaa currently lies some 540 kilometres south of Karachi in the Arabian Sea and is heading towards the Persian Gulf, its effects have turned the weather......
KARACHI: The Public Accounts Committee of the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday could not meet for want of quorum to discuss paras from the audit report of the local government department for the......
KARACHI: Results of water samples collected and tested from various parts of the city indicate that not a trace of chlorine was found from water being supplied to more than 40 per cent......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Tuesday sentenced five men, including two proclaimed offenders, to life imprisonment for kidnapping a property dealer for ransom and killing him.The body of Sajid......
HYDERABAD: Expressing his resentment over implication of Hyderabad power utility officers in a strange case and alleged tactics to harass its personnel, visiting Federal Minister of State for Water......
MIRPURKHAS: A shutdown was observed in Girhor Sharif town of Sindhri taluka on Tuesday in protest against an alleged targeted attack on the custodian of the Shaheed Abdul Raheem Girhori shrine late......
HYDERABAD: A convicted prisoner of the Hyderabad central jail died of cardiac arrest at the Liaquat University Hospital (LUH) Hyderabad in the early hours of Tuesday, an official said.Jail......
MIRPURKHAS: The special branch of police has initiated an inquiry into the illegal occupation of a school allegedly by opponents of girls education in deh 381 of Shuja Abad taluka.Sub-Inspector Dost......
KHAIRPUR: Electricity supply to the Khairpur central jail was discontinued on Tuesday by the Sepco officials concerned.According to the Sepco officials, there is Rs22.5 million outstanding ......
BADIN: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) provincial chief Ismail Rahu and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MNA Dr Fehmida Mirza on Tuesday expressed their concern over increasing trend of suicide by......
KHAIRPUR: India, Pakistan, China and Iran are the world’s most polluted countries while Karachi is the most environmentally degraded city of Pakistan.This was stated by Prof Mohammad Sharif Shaikh,......
KARACHI: Another deputy superintendent of police was gunned down in a Landhi locality on Tuesday, officials said.DSP Majeed Abbas, 53, was the third DSP targeted in a short span of four weeks in the......
KARACHI: At a time when a formal Karachi delimitation notification by the provincial election commission is eagerly awaited, the Sindh government on Tuesday issued a notification making fundamental......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court granted on Tuesday pre-arrest bail to a deputy director of the minority affairs department against his possible arrest in an investigation into alleged illegal......
BANDA: The capital of Indonesia’s devout Aceh province has imposed a partial curfew for women that it says will reduce sexual violence but which critics say is discriminatory.Banda Aceh Mayor Illiza......
BERLIN: Germany plans to acquire a new air defence system and four new battleships over the coming years for a total of nearly 8 billion euros ($8.9 billion).Military chief Gen. Volker Wieker said on......
HAMBURG: A 102 year-old woman received her doctorate from a German university on Tuesday -- nearly 80 years after the Nazis prevented her sitting the final exam to officially obtain it.Paediatric......
LOS ANGELES: Poet Richard Blanco is launching a writing project to lift what he calls Cuba’s “emotional embargo”. Blanco and writer Ruth Behar, both Cuban-Americans, told The Associated Press they......
ANKARA: Whether it teams up with the nationalist or secularist opposition, Turkey’s ruling AK Party must navigate the same obstacle in its search for a junior coalition partner: the ambition of......
BERLIN: Watercolour paintings and drawings by Adolf Hitler from about 100 years ago are to go up for auction in southern Germany this month, an auction house said on Tuesday.Some of the works, which......
NEW DELHI: Police in Indian capital arrested New Delhi’s law minister on Tuesday for falsely saying he had a law degree while representing a political party with an anti-corruption platform.The......
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said on Tuesday that it sent live anthrax to a lab in Britain, one of a growing number of places where the US military mistakenly shipped the potentially lethal bacteria.The......
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is drawing up plans to expand the training of Iraqi forces and Sunni tribal fighters in a step that could mean deploying more US troops, officials said on Tuesday.The review......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has summoned Iran’s ambassador over a mass poisoning which killed four children and left 28 other Saudi pilgrims sick, official media said on Tuesday.Riyadh called in the envoy ......
WASHINGTON: The White House briefing room was briefly evacuated on Tuesday after a bomb threat was called into police, the Secret Service said.Secret Service officers responsible for presidential......
ATHENS: More than 100,000 migrants — many fleeing the war in Syria — have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe so far this year, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday — and the arrivals in Greece......
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s rival political parties have struck a historic agreement to end years of deadlock on a new constitution that will divide the country into eight provinces, spurred by a devastating......
DIYARBAKIR: Four people were killed on Tuesday, including the leader of an Islamist charity, in clashes between rival Kurdish groups in Diyarbakir, adding to tensions in Turkey’s largest......
ISTANBUL: Turkey said it has recalled its ambassador to Brazil for consultations after the country’s senate passed legislation recognising the massacres of Armenians by Ottoman forces during World......
KRYACHKI: Hundreds of Ukrainian firefighters battled on Tuesday to keep a blaze sparked by a deadly string of fuel depot blasts from engulfing a strategic military unit outside Kiev that has Mig-29......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) on Tuesday ensured its full sponsorship for the national hockey team to participate in the all-important Olympics Games qualifying round, to be held in Belgium......
LONDON: American track coach Alberto Salazar declared on Tuesday that people accusing him of contravening doping rules are “knowingly making false statements”, adding that he denies “all......
VANCOUVER: Holders Japan and former winners the United States got their Women’s World Cup campaigns off to strong starts on Monday, while Cameroon and Nigeria warned Africa would field......
ISLAMABAD: The seventh Commonwealth Taekwondo Championship will be held here at the Pakistan Sports Complex in January and February 2016 for the first time in country’s sports history.“We are very......
ROME: Juventus moved to strengthen their midfield by signing Germany international and World Cup winner Sami Khedira from Real Madrid on a free transfer, the Italian champions said.Khedira, 28, has......
BARCELONA: Barcelona defender Dani Alves put an end to speculation about his future when he agreed a two-year contract extension to the end of the 2016-17 season with an option for a further year,......
LONDON: Hailing the IPL as a top-class tournament, hard-hitting West Indian batsman Chris Gayle has credited the cash-rich Twenty20 annual event for Indian cricket’s rise in different formats of the......
BARCELONA: Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has ended uncertainty over his future by agreeing a one-year contract extension with the Spanish and European champions until the end of the 2016-17......
LAHORE: A good number of quarter-finals in different categories were held in the inaugural SNGPL All-Pakistan Men and Women Tennis Championships at the Cosmopolitan Club, Bagh-i-Jinnah here on......
KARACHI: A fine unbeaten 72 by opener Ammar Hassan and deadly bowling by leg-spinner Shahzaib Khan who captured three wickets for just 20 runs helped Pakistan Cricket Club beat Paposh Nagar Cricket......
LAHORE: The Olympic Solidarity Fund Training and Education Course will be starting here on Wednesday under the aegis of the Pakistan Rugby Union (PRU).Senior educator coach Ismail Kadir from the......
LAHORE: Dar Hockey Academy, Lahore beat MOP Club, Vught Holland 4-0 in the first match of their tour, according to a report received from Holland.Usman Senior scored two while Asad and Usman Junior......
LAHORE: The LRCA Commissioner Cup cricket tournament continues in full swing as the tournament entered seventh day which saw four matches decided at different venues.In first match, CDGL Qilla......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Only 35 per cent of the tickets initially available for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics have been allocated to Brazilian fans after the first phase of sales ended.Rio organisers say......
LAUSANNE: Seeking to cut into Beijing’s status as favourite, leaders of the Kazakh bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics told the IOC on Tuesday that Almaty presents the ideal choice that offers a “real”......
BIRMINGHAM: Jos Buttler’s One-day International best 129 powered England to a record total of 408 for nine against New Zealand at Edgbaston on Tuesday.England’s score was their highest in all ODIs,......
KARACHI: Former Test captain Zaheer Abbas who is Pakistan’s nominee for ICC President’s post believes that the main reason for the country’s downslide in international cricket is the refusal of teams......
FATULLAH: Bangladesh believe they can beat India for the first time in their one-off Test starting here from Wednesday after encouraging results from the tour by Pakistan a month ago.Bangladesh swept......
LONDON: Former England all-rounder Chris Lewis has said he wants to help prevent young cricketers making the “wrong choices” that caused him to be jailed for cocaine smuggling as he was released......
SYDNEY: Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy admitted Tuesday the country “never stood a chance” in bidding for the 2022 World Cup and denied it paid any bribes.Australia secured only......
ROME: Italian police said Tuesday that Argentinian businessman Alejandro Burzaco, who has been indicted by US authorities in the FIFA corruption scandal, has turned himself in.Burzaco, 50, was being......
ISLAMABAD: In the Finance Bill 2015-16, the government has proposed to extend powers of tax officials for searching business premises of a taxpayer selected for audit.A new clause (1A) is proposed to......
KARACHI: The post-budget rally continued for the second day on Tuesday with the KSE-100 index adding 119.17 points (0.35 per cent) to close at 34,270.28.Bulls took the market to intra-day high of 346......
KARACHI: Only 9 million income tax returns are filed annually due to poor performance of the field formation offices of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).Member Inland Revenue (Policy), FBR , Shahid......
KARACHI: The government hopes to generate Rs425 billion from oil and gas sector under different heads in the fiscal year 2015-16, the budget documents show.Last year’s break-up of revenue receipts......
KARACHI: Various departments of the Sindh government are major defaulters of motor vehicle tax as they owe around Rs41 million.The Governor House owes Rs0.446m, Chief Minister House Rs0.475m, Sindh......
ISLAMABAD: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced an investment of $50 million in 102MW Gulpur Hydropower Project and mobilising a further $72m for the project to address......
KARACHI: The commerce ministry on Tuesday decided to lease the Vapour Heat Treatment (VHT) plant, imported by Trade Development Authority of Pakistan, to a subsidiary operating under Pakistan......
MUMBAI: India’s crony capitalists are feeling the heat. Under new rules laid out by the central bank, lenders will be able to more easily take controlling equity stakes in failing companies.It is the......
Mobilink launches MobiCareKARACHI: Mobilink and Waseela Microfinance Bank have announced the launch of a corporate health insurance product, MobiCare, after signing an agreement with AsiaCare Health......
LONDON: HSBC will cut its global workforce by up to 50,000 as it exits Brazil and Turkey and mulls relocating headquarters back to Asia from London, the banking giant said Tuesday.Europe’s biggest......
ROME: The Greek Prime Minister said failure to reach a deal to rescue Greece from a looming default would be the “beginning of the end” for the eurozone, an Italian daily reported Tuesday.Asked by......
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia on Tuesday proposed a 223.3 billion birr ($11bn) budget for the fiscal year starting on July 8, up nearly 20pc from the previous year to fund spending on development.The......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures inched down on Tuesday as investors booked profits ahead of key industry data on monthly inventories and output in the No.2 producer, with prices facing......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures inched down on Tuesday as investors booked profits ahead of key industry data on monthly inventories and output in the No.2 producer, with prices facing......
LONDON: Gold rose on Tuesday as stock markets weakened and commodities picked up across the board, but prices remained range-bound as investors awaited clearer signals on the timing of a US interest......
BEIJING: China will ultimately have “veto power” over major decisions of the new Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.The AIIB, which will be......
KUWAIT CITY: Foreigners working in the energy-rich Arab states of the Gulf sent more than $100 billion in remittances to their home countries last year, an economic report showed on Tuesday.The......
PARIS: France announced on Tuesday a set of measures to encourage small firms to hire by making labour rules more flexible and cutting costs, a move welcomed by business groups but condemned by some......
QUETTA: The mayors of municipal corporations and chairmen of 32 district councils and municipal committees of Balochistan have demanded administrative, financial and legal powers for local bodies......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) decided on Tuesday to grill the ex-chief minister of Balochistan and two former provincial ministers of Sindh for their alleged corruption and......
ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee backed on Tuesday the imposition of 0.6 per cent tax on all banking instruments of over Rs50,000 for non-filers of returns, while Finance Minister Ishaq Dar agreed to......
QUETTA: Two suspected militants were killed in clash with security forces in Uch area of Dera Bugti district on Tuesday.According to official sources, the troops of Frontier Corps conducted a search......
QUETTA: A female official of the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP) died and two others injured when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned near Killi Janbaig area in Chagai district......
GWADAR: Three people died and three suffered injuries when a truck carrying some cows overturned near the coastal town of Ormara in Gwadar district late on Tuesday night.Levies officials said that......
KARACHI: President Mamnoon Hussain said on Tuesday that imparting quality education and training to the younger generation was the need of the hour.He was talking to a delegation of Kiran and Akhuwat......
THE process to elect members of the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Legislative Assembly has been completed. A total number of 6,18,364 voters (3,29,475 male and 2,88,879 female) were to elect their......
QUETTA: After a gap of about five years the freight train service between Pakistan and Iran has been relaunched.Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch inaugurated the Quetta-Zahedan goods......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will write to the United Nations secretary general and the president of the UN Security Council, inviting their attention to the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar......
RAWALPINDI: Twelve terrorists were killed in air strikes in area close to Pak-Afghan border in the Khyber agency on Tuesday morning, says an ISPR press release issued here on Tuesday.The ISPR......
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in Senate Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan on Tuesday strongly criticised the federal budget for 2015-16 and termed it anti-poor and pro-rich.Opening debate on the budget in......
ISLAMABAD: The halting of Shafqat Hussain’s execution, hours before he was supposed to be hanged at the Karachi Central Jail on Tuesday morning, has stunned all concerned, including the convict’s own......
LONDON: Legislation paving the way for Britain’s referendum on leaving the EU crossed its first hurdle in parliament on Tuesday as splits on the issue within Prime Minister David Cameron’s party were......
BEIRUT: An alliance of Syrian rebel forces seized a key army base in the south of the country on Tuesday in a new setback for the regime’s embattled troops.The Southern Front alliance took full......
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N emerged as the single largest party after winning 14 of the 24 seats in elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly held on Monday.According to unofficial results,......
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office has deplored Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement in Bangladesh in which he took pride in India’s role in the break-up of Pakistan.Mr Modi also accused......
ISLAMABAD: Aided by a live telecast of their speeches, opposition parties made both big and modest demands while attacking the new federal budget at the start of a general debate on it in the......
DUSHANBE: Pakistan and Tajikistan have vowed to work for early completion of a power project, CASA 1000, which will enable the former to import 1,000MW of electricity to meet its growing energy......
ISLAMABAD: The PML-Q counsel finally managed to get a favourable order from the poll inquiry commission on Tuesday when it summoned seven returning officers (ROs) who conducted the 2013 general......
RECEP Tayyip Erdogan should have seen it coming. Perhaps he did, given that opinion polls were reasonably accurate in predicting the result of Sunday’s parliamentary election in Turkey. In which......
THE problem with a dictatorial mindset is that it makes one believe that your version of a phenomenon is the only true version. Moreover, the proclivity of advisers to blindly support any idea as......
AS the month of May wound to an end, representatives of 37 countries got together for a meeting in Oslo to sign on to a document known as the Safe Schools Declaration. Developed by the Global......
AFGHAN president Ashraf Ghani is a worried man and the reasons for his woes are plentiful. He has put his political future at stake by charting a friendly course with Pakistan in a desperate hope to......
AS results from Monday’s elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly show, the PML-N — with a comfortable majority of the legislature’s 24 directly elected seats — appears set to form the......
THE confusion over employment data presented in the Economic Survey persists and needs to be cleared up by the government.The latest Economic Survey released last week indicates that unemployment has......
SENIOR citizens are our future — literally. In so many countries around the world, they stand out for the respectful treatment they are given by both state and society.Some proof of how Pakistan......
