QUETTA: The Balochistan government has decided to table a vaccination bill in the provincial assembly to make it compulsory for parents to get their children, below the age five, vaccinated for polio......
Morning comes with the arrival of sea shells. The breeze brushes lightly against the sand. Migratory birds take a last dip in the water before venturing out for long journeys ahead. The sunshine......
Pakistan's only practice match before the first Test against Sri Lanka ended in a dull draw as the Sri Lanka Board President's XI, set a target of 264, ended day 3 on 129/3 on Saturday.Resuming the......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), while rejecting the Sindh budget 2015-16, called for a province-wide strike on Sunday.The party termed the budget "anti-Sindh" and requested the traders and......
Worcestershire captain Daryl Mitchell proclaimed the ‘wizard was back’ after Pakistan's spin ace Saeed Ajmal put in a match-winning performance against the T20 Blast North Group leaders Durham on......
The much-blighted Pakistan Super League (PSL) will finally take off in February 2016 in the UAE, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced after a meeting of its Governing Board on Saturday.The......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah constituted a three-member task force on Saturday to examine the report given by Rangers about the alleged generation of terror-funding in the......
KANDAHAR: At least 17 Afghan policemen were killed Saturday when dozens of Taliban militants stormed their outpost in the country's volatile south, the latest attack of an increasingly deadly summer......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday imposed a moratorium on executions during the upcoming holy month of Ramazan.A notification was issued by the Federal Interior Ministry and provincial governments......
RAWALPINDI: In a series of tweets, Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asim Bajwa on Saturday marked a year since the launch of Operation Zarb-i-Azb with an......
ISLAMABAD: After over six months of unemployment, Murad Gul breathed a sigh of relief when he landed a job at 'Save the Children'. But in a cruel twist of fate, the government ordered the......
LA SERENA: Carlos Tevez is wanted again by Argentina and Europe's top clubs after four lean years in which he nearly gave up the game.The 31-year-old, known as “Apache” after the Buenos Aires slum......
KARACHI:The convoy of SSP Rao Anwar came under attack by assailants outside his home in Malir Cantt on Saturday.All policemen, travelling in the convoy, remained unhurt whereas all attackers were......
PHOENIX: A man is lucky to be alive after having been stung between 500 and 1,000 times by tens of thousands of swarming bees near Kingman in northwestern Arizona on Friday, authorities said.The......
VINA DEL MAR: Mexico coach Miguel Herrera watched in frustration and anger as his side failed to break down minnows Bolivia in a Copa America encounter Friday that ended in a goalless draw.Herrera......
QUETTA: At least five men were killed in different incidents in several areas of Quetta on Saturday.Two men were killed when unidentified militants opened fire at a barber shop in Quetta's Mano Jan......
KARACHI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Raheel Sharif said on Saturday that the battle against terrorism cannot be won by the armed forces alone and he was encouraged to see the whole nation pursuing......
KINGSTON: Australia moved towards another massive victory over West Indies on the second day of the second Test in Jamaica on Friday after the hosts collapsed for the third time in as many......
KARACHI: The Sindh Cabinet members on Saturday approved proposals for the 2015-16 provincial budget of approximately Rs739 billion.The budget was presented in the Sindh Assembly by provincial Finance......
One of those movies that won’t be able to live down its title, Mohit Suri’s Hamari Adhuri Kahani is the saga of Vasudha (Vidya Balan), whose sorry life revolves around a husband who abandoned her......
As a kick-off to their comeback celebrations, Noori performed a gig at Farhad Humayun's Riot Studios in Lahore last night, where they unveiled the music video for their new song, 'Aik Tha......
NEW DELHI: A van packed with Hindu pilgrims early Saturday swerved off a bridge and plunged into a river in southern India, killing 21 people including six children, officials said.The accident......
LANDI KOTAL: A pedestrian was killed and two Khasadar personnel and three other people were injured in a bomb explosion at Torkham border on Friday.According to officials, explosives concealed in a......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain urged the international community on Friday to find a just solution to the Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India.Addressing a function at the Presidency......
ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to take action against those responsible for granting last-minute reprieve to death row prisoner Shafqat Hussain who was scheduled to be executed on Tuesday......
THE prospect of yet another political victory for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML-N) should not surprise the government’s critics looking at the outcome of elections......
Here comes ‘Crab’ the micro-car!AS our cities get busier, parking spaces become harder to come by and it can be difficult to squeeze into a tight spot during rush hour. But German engineers have come......
Even sound needs silence in order to be sound. — Honore de Balzac.IN the earlier parts of the series, “Astronomical parlance”, we acquainted ourselves with some of the very basic terminology involved......
AS the eye doctor prescribed Danny spectacles he advised, “Mind you, whenever you remove your spectacles, use both your hands, without twisting the frame. Keep them in the protective case and avoid......
HOLIDAYS are a great time to relax and wind down after all the hard work you do the rest of the year. Sleep, sleep and some more sleep, then TV and computer/cell phone screens and TV again, chatting,......
First roller coaster opens in AmericaJune 16, 1884ON this day, the first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York. Known as a switchback railway; it was the brainchild......
Words are very powerful — so become empowered by enhancing your vocabulary! Check out this week’s word ‘Bioprinting’, a new entrant to the Oxford DictionaryBIOPRINTINGDefinition: (Noun) The use of 3D......
DWAYNE Johnson goes against his biggest enemy ever in San Andreas — a giant earthquake — but fails to impress the audience who were waiting for something out of the ordinary. Everything in the film......
REGARDLESS of several fake pictures of Rohingya’s persecution often circulated/uploaded by religious zealots on the social media, the plight of these abandoned people is now catching the attention of......
THE Economic Survey has revealed terrible conditions in the health sector. With a total of 1,142 hospitals, 5,499 dispensaries, 5,438 Basic Health Units (BHUs) and 669 Rural Health Centres (RHCs),......
Apropos the news report (June12) about the Supreme Court hearing the petition filed in 1992 regarding marine pollution.About 500 million gallons of toxic waste water is dumped into our sea every day.......
I have been using a motorcycle in Karachi for 20 years. I would like to share some of my experiences with readers regarding the different types of helmets.The commonly available full-face helmets are......
ANA Hazaray used to threaten the Indian government by going on a hunger strike against corruption. However, he couldn’t succeed because it was a one-man show.We need an efficient team to fight......
THE Human Rights Commission of Pakistan thanks Shameem Ahmad for taking note of its statement on 135 executions (June 6). We submit the following:Executions are not against laws of the land but they......
THIS refers to the report ‘FDR sees no hope for recovery of money in Swiss accounts’ (June 11) by Khaleeq Kiani.Member Inland Revenue (Policy) Shahid Hussain Asad speaking on the topic, stated that......
PESHAWAR: A single-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Friday dismissed the bail petition of two juveniles charged with killing their class fellow and then disfiguring his body using......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday notified a high-level probe committee under the chairmanship of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Secretary Amjid Ali Khan to look into the causes of......
PESHAWAR: Unidentified gunmen killed two people at Pejagi Road here on Friday.According to an official of Michini Gate police station, the victims were identified as Gohar and Bashir Ahmed. Gohar was......
NOWSHERA: The tripartite alliance, Nowshera chapter, has demanded of the chief election commissioner to take notice of the announcement of success of Liaquat Khattak in the local government election......
PESHAWAR: The police department has extended the SOS alert service to various banks, jeweller shops and money changers. This service will facilitate immediate contact with police in case of robbery,......
MANSEHRA: The Shinkiari police have arrested three Hazara University students for violence on campus.The arrests were made during a search operation on the university’s premises.Mansehra assistant......
SWABI: Speakers at a dialogue on “allocation to agriculture sector in KP budget” said on Friday that in the last several years the allocated agriculture funds had not been fully utilised and there......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Friday granted bail to a fashion model and her husband in a case in which they face the charge of sharing objectionable pictures of a policewoman on social......
LAKKI MARWAT: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl has emerged as the largest party in the recently held local government elections as it secured 16 general seats of district council.Official results so far......
KOHAT: Deputy commissioner, Kohat, Kamran Afridi on Friday took a serious notice of the slow work on projects of fiscal years 2013-14 and 2014-15 and directed the executing agencies to complete the......
PESHAWAR: The Qaumi Watan Party on Friday claimed the May 30 local body elections showed its popularity had increased in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.“The performance of our party in local body elections is......
MINGORA: Scholar, author and poet Fazal Mehmood Rokhan on Friday launched his ninth book here.Titled ‘Da Intezar Akhiri Lamha,’ the book is a collection of the writer’s essays.It was published in......
KARAK: Tanzeem-i-Asataza Pakistan, Karak chapter, has demanded of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to fill all vacant posts in the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Kohat, to......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Affairs Division’s (EAD) decision to exert greater control over the funds that are available to international non-government organisations (INGOs) is at the heart of the......
ISLAMABAD: ‘Outsiders’ used to pry upon the federal cabinet meetings held in the safety of Prime Minister’s House in 2012, and may still be doing so, according to PPP Senator Rehman Malik.A former......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered that the accounts of the National Press Club be seized and has restrained its administration from functioning until further notice.IHC Justice......
ISLAMABAD: A man was arrested on charges of hoisting the flag of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and chanted slogans in its favour and against Pakistan, police said here on Friday.When a police......
ISLAMABAD: The ministry of housing and works made out-of-turn allotment of 30 government houses to judicial officers and staff of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to which they were not entitled.For......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) and the International Lions Club hosted a play on Friday to mark the World Day Against Child Labour.About 70 minutes long, the play titled......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has formally started collecting details of assets which would be transferred to the local bodies after July 27 elections.In the absence of an......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday directed the interior ministry to prepare a ‘road-map’ for the removal of illegal slums in the federal capital till June 26.The court passed the......
“I love the summers, mainly because my business really booms in the hot months. These colourful pools with cartoons on them are the most popular item nowadays.Every home with children needs a pool;......
MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) budget for the fiscal year 2015-16 is devoid of any tangible austerity measures in the cash-strapped region. However, it does include some other......
TAXILA: A man has shot his mother-in-law dead over a domestic dispute near Taxila Model town in the limits of city police station on Friday.Police sources said the daughter of the deceased Zarmeena......
TAXILA: Motorists and public transporters faced hardships as most of the fuel stations in Taxila and Wah Cantonment remained dry for the second consecutive day on Friday.Long queues of vehicles and......
ISLAMABAD: With maximum temperatures barely touching 40 degrees Celsius in the twin cities, during the ongoing summer season, the Met office predicts the weather will remain pleasant during......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has allocated Rs123.437 billion for courts and police under the head of “Public order and safety affairs” for the year 2015-16, which is nine per cent more than the......
LAHORE: The agriculture sector on Friday got an allocation of Rs10.72 billion in the annual provincial budget, up from Rs7.96 billion, with an aim to revamp extension services in the province,......
LAHORE: The Punjab government in the provincial budget 2015-16 announced on Friday 7.5pc increase in the salaries and pensions of its serving and retired employees.It also announced merger of ad hoc......
MUZAFFARGARH: The city police registered a case on Friday against three female teachers for getting educator jobs on fake documents, under sections 420, 468 and 471 of the Pakistan Penal......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday issued notices to federal and Punjab governments on a plea seeking stoppage of president and prime minister’s salaries till jobs provided to the visually......
LAHORE: A sum of Rs1,952.42 million has been allocated for the Information and Culture Department for 2015-16 -- Rs360 million for development and Rs1,592.42 million for non-development.The Rs360......
LAHORE: The Punjab Labour and Human Resource department on Friday got Rs1.38 billion allocations for the fiscal 2015-16 against Rs1.142bn earmarked in the corresponding fiscal year, showing an......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has earmarked Rs1.96 billion for its sports department in the fiscal year 2015-16, but it has also ignored various important projects, including rebuilding of the Iqbal......
LAHORE: The Airport Security Force (ASF) on Friday recovered 10kg heroin from a passenger leaving for Bangkok.According to a spokesman, the ASF detected 10kg heroin, worth Rs100m, in the luggage of......
GUJRAT: The people of Gujrat have been facing an acute shortage of petrol for three days causing a great deal of inconvenience to motorists.The authorities in the district government have failed to......
LAHORE: The PPP, PML-Q and Pakistan Awami-i-Tehreek have rejected the Punjab budget saying it offers ‘no relief’ to common man.“There is no relief for the poor, farmers, youth and common man in the......
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Friday withdrew tax on internet services apparently on ‘pressure of social media’.Hundreds of websites in the country had been displaying a message “Don’t tax the......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has proposed to levy an infrastructure development cess on the ‘goods manufactured, produced or consumed in the province, goods imported into or exported out of the......
LAHORE: A man allegedly slit the throats of his three minor nephews and injured their mother in Shahdara on Friday.The suspect, Faryad, killed the children of his elder brother with a dagger in the......
LAHORE: Relief, roads and bridges besides public health demands remained atop the 2014-15 supplementary budget statement of Rs42.95 billion presented before the Punjab Assembly here on Friday.The......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has allocated a sum of Rs166.13 billion in budget 2015-16 for the health sector, making it 14 per cent of the total outlay of the provincial budget presented on......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has proposed a record increase in allocations for the education sector to the tune of Rs310.20 billion which is around 27 per cent of the total financial outlay for the......
LAHORE: Opposition chose Punjab Finance Minister Dr Ayesha Ghaus Pasha’s budget 2015-16 speech in the presence of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in the Punjab Assembly on Friday a perfect occasion to......
LAHORE: An allocation of Rs 2.05 billion as a special package for Balochistan has been reserved in the Punjab budget.According to the budget papers, the Punjab government has allocated an amount of......
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Friday allocated Rs31 billion for energy projects -- Rs16 billion for regular projects and Rs15 billion for re-gasified liquefied natural gas based plant in the......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by 12 former judges of sub-ordinate judiciary against their compulsory retirement.The matter was fixed as an objection case before......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Friday remanded Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Amir Khan in judicial custody in a case of instigating terrorism and harbouring criminals.After the end of his......
KARACHI: This city is no stranger to excellent photographers and many of its famous buildings have attracted professional lensmen. However, the exhibition ‘I am Karachi Museum’ held at the Alliance......
KARACHI: The Sindh budget for 2015-16 scheduled to be presented in the provincial assembly by Finance Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Saturday is likely to have an outlay of Rs722 billion against......
KARACHI: Two young men were found shot dead in separate areas of PIB Colony on Friday.Police said the bodies were found near Jamia Rasheedia and Faizan-i-Madina in Goharabad.Gulshan SP Abid Qaimkhani......
HYDERABAD: Activists of almost all religious parties and a number of political parties took out rallies and staged demonstrations across Sindh on Friday to voice anger over what they described as......
SUKKUR: A head-on collision between a passenger coach and a Datsun pick-up in Khair Mohammed Naseerani village near Ghouspur town of Kandhkot-Kashmore district on Friday left four people dead and two......
KARACHI: Karachiites suffered extremely bad traffic jams on Friday following the blockade of Sharea Faisal by protesting Bol TV employees over the recent action by the government, forcing the traffic......
KARACHI: On the eve of the day when the provincial government is set to announce its budget for the next financial year with hefty allocations in its development programme, last year’s allocations......
KARACHI: In an unusual face-off between Rangers and police officials on Friday, paramilitary force personnel barged into the Mominabad police station of Orangi Town to arrest a suspect who turned out......
HYDERABAD: Former Hyderabad Development Authority (HDA) director-general Ghulam Mohammed Kaimkhani was arrested in Karachi on Friday evening in connection with ongoing investigations into around......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) senior leader Dr Farooq Sattar on Friday categorically rejected and condemned the statement issued by Rangers regarding billions of black money being generated......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday reserved its verdict on a petition of former home minister Dr Zulfikar Ali Mirza seeking contempt proceedings against the provincial police for besieging the......
KARACHI: “The reason why Pakistan suffers from rampant child labour is because the definition of a child varies to suit the needs of a few. Once it is universalised, then only will we be able to......
UNITED NATIONS: An investigation into the death of United Nations secretary general Dag Hammarskjold in a mysterious plane crash in southern Africa more than 50 years ago has come up with new......
WASHINGTON: Some 400 million people worldwide lack access to essential health services, and the cost of healthcare is forcing many into poverty, the World Bank and World Health Organisation reported......
UNITED NATIONS: Tackling climate change is a unique opportunity for job creation and economic growth, up to 60 million jobs can be created in a greener, low carbon economy if the right policies are......
WASHINGTON: The US military shipped live anthrax to an American base in Japan a decade ago, bringing to five the number of countries that were inadvertently sent the lethal bacteria, officials said......
LILLE: Dominique Strauss-Kahn was acquitted of sex crime accusations by a French court on Friday, the final chapter in a transatlantic scandal that destroyed the political ambitions of a man once......
IT’S a dangerous equation in the Syrian war that the further you are from Damascus, the more Bashar al Assad’s regime seems doomed. And the more you drive around the vast area still held by......
BENGHAZI: Seven people were shot dead on Friday at a protest against the self-styled Islamic State in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, residents said.Demonstrators, angered at the amount of foreign......
PRISTINA: Dresses and skirts donated by Cherie Blair and Rita Ora were among 5,000 pegged to washing lines in a Kosovo stadium on Friday in an art installation drawing attention to the stigma......
SANAA: Saudi-led air strikes targeting Shia rebels and their allies in Yemen destroyed historic houses on Friday in the centre of the capital, Sanaa, a Unesco world heritage site.Rescue teams digging......
JOHANNESBURG: Appearing at an African Union summit in South Africa on Friday, actress Angelina Jolie, who is also a United Nations special envoy on refugee issues, spoke about rape as a weapon of......
NEW DELHI: At least 16 passengers were electrocuted on Friday and 27 others injured after their bus hit a high-voltage power line in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, police said.The private bus......
RIYADH: The Saudi-led coalition bombing Yemen denied claims that it carried out a strike on Friday on the historic old quarter of the country’s capital, suggesting a rebel ammunition cache may have......
LONDON: Sharp suits vied with streetwear and top brands at men’s fashion week in London, which opened on Friday with an eye on boosting ties with the lucrative luxury Chinese market.Burberry,......
YES, let’s make fun of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sexist praise of his Bangladeshi counterpart, Sheikh Hasina, for being tough on terror “despite being a woman”. Social media in India and......
WASHINGTON: Four, five, even six times per week, Hillary Clinton meets deep-pocketed supporters eager to shake hands with the celebrity Democrat — all-but-obligatory encounters helping her amass the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan hockey selectors on Thursday named an 18-member national squad for Olympic Games 2016 qualifying round, to be held in Antwerp, Belgium from June 20.However, surprisingly,......
COLOMBO: Pakistan left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar’s six-wicket haul triggered a batting collapse as the tourists dominated the second day of the three-day warm-up against Sri Lanka Board President’s......
LAHORE: Poor fielding, low fitness, inconsistent selection, lack of positive approach and dearth of strategic thinking led to Pakistan’s downfall at this year’s World Cup.These are the findings of......
FATULLAH: Murali Vijay hit 150 and Shakib Al Hasan grabbed four wickets as bad weather once again played havoc with the one-off Test between India and Bangladesh here on Friday.Ajinkya Rahane......
KINGSTON: Steve Smith held firm even as wickets fell with Australia reaching 350 for eight at lunch on the second day of the second and final Test against the West Indies here at the Sabina Park on......
PARIS: Interpol suspended a 20-million-euro sports “integrity” agreement with FIFA on Friday, at the end of testing week for football’s scandal-hit ruling body that saw its chief spokesman quit,......
SANTIAGO: Arturo Vidal buried his Champions League heartache to set up a 2-0 opening victory for Chile over Ecuador as the Copa America kicked off here on Thursday.Juventus star Vidal bounced back......
OTTAWA: Norway’s Maren Mjelde scored from a free-kick in the second half to secure a fortunate 1-1 draw against Germany in Thursday’s clash of former champions at the Women’s World Cup.In other......
NEW YORK: Usain Bolt says he is not yet ready for a duel with Justin Gatlin but is looking forward to silencing the confident American in a Beijing sprint “explosion” at the world championships in......
OSLO: Asian Games silver medallist Zhang Guowei upstaged the favourites to win the men’s high jump at the Bislett Games Diamond League meeting on Thursday.Zhang cleared 2.36 metres on a cool evening......
BARCELONA: Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo aim to hammer home Yamaha’s superiority at the Grand Prix of Catalunya on Sunday with the Italian seeking a seventh top-class win at the circuit.Rossi has......
LONDON: UK Athletics will conduct a formal review into the relationship between coach Alberto Salazar and British double Olympic champion Mohamed Farah, the ruling body said on Friday.The review,......
STUTTGART: Rafael Nadal made hard work of winning through to the semi-finals of the Stuttgart Open, with the Spaniard struggling to put away Bernard Tomic 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3 on Friday.After scraping......
LEON (Spain): Cesc Fabregas struck the winner as an experimental Spain side came from behind to beat Costa Rica 2-1 in a friendly on Thursday ahead of their Euro 2016 qualifier with Belarus.Johan......
LONDON: Ross Taylor’s century helped New Zealand turn the tables on England as the World Cup finalists piled up 398 for five in the second One-day International at The Oval here on Friday.Taylor’s......
KARACHI: The third edition of Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cup 2015 explodes into action here at the picturesque Lawai Cricket Stadium from June 18 with top 16 clubs in the fray, organising secretary......
KARACHI: The coaching camps for the preparation of Pakistan’s contingent of special athletes, which will take part in the Special Olympics World Games 2015 at Los Angeles, are being held these days......
KARACHI: Hyderi Sports and Sun CC recorded contrasting victories in the latest round of matches in the KCCA Zone-VI Daud Khan Memorial Cricket Tournament here on Thursday.Hyderi Sports had to sweat......
LONDON: New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson has been ruled out of the remainder of the tour of England with a back injury, team management announced on Friday.The 24-year-old suffered a......
KARACHI: Having already qualified for the Division-I final of the KCCA U-15 Inter-zonal Tournament, Zone-VI finished on top of the standings after sealing a nine-wicket win over Zone-II at the KCCA......
KARACHI: Spearhead Mohsin scored a hat-trick as Munawwar-uz-Zaman XI whipped Habib-ur-Rehman XI 8-0 in the camp trainees under-16 hockey tournament at Olympian Iftikhar Syed Sports Academy (OISSA) on......
LAHORE: National champion Aqeel Khan outclassed Shahzad Khan in the final to win the first SNGPL All-Pakistan Tennis Championship at Cosmopolitan Club courts here on Friday.Aqeel completed the......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has allocated Rs400bn for the Annual Development Programme (ADP) for 2015-16, an increase of 15 per cent over the outgoing fiscal year, with a focus on social sector and......
KARACHI: Germany asked Pakistan on Friday to rethink its stand on death penalty as it would affect both investment opportunities and Islamabad’s image in Europe.Addressing the representatives of......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue on Friday finalised recommendations for amendments in the federal budget 2015-16 and expressed concern over renewed petrol shortage in......
ISLAMABAD: Tax collection by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) witnessed a year-on-year growth of 13 per cent in the first 11 months (July-May) of 2014-15, according to official figures released on......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Ashraf Mahmood Wathra on Friday said that the ‘SAARCFINANCE’ network can play an important role in promoting cooperation among the member countries......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA) has alleged harassment, arbitrary exercise of powers, misuse of laws and authority by field offices of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).In a recent......
ISLAMABAD: Weekly inflation for combined income group, measured through the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), increased by 0.82 per cent for the week ended June 11 as compared to the previous week,......
KARACHI: Stocks continued the winning streak for the fifth successive session on Friday with the KSE-100 adding 56.59 points to close at 34,651.29.Volume increased by 13 per cent to 431 million......
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives dealt a setback to President Barack Obama’s ambitious trade agenda Friday, voting to block a measure giving him fast-track authority to conclude a......
Twitter CEO out as growth pressure mountsSAN FRANCISCO: Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo is surrendering his post, handing the reins back to co-founder Jack Dorsey as the popular service......
KARACHI: Listless conditions prevailed on the cotton market on Friday as spinners took to the sidelines.Floor brokers said that the budgetary measures putting more tax burden on exports of the......
LONDON: Standard & Poor’s said Friday it switched to negative the outlook on Britain’s top AAA credit rating due to the government’s decision to hold a referendum on whether to stay in the European......
LONDON: Emerging market equity funds suffered the biggest outflow since the 2008 financial crisis in the week to Thursday, as investors braced for a possible increase in U.S. interest rates later in......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that the economy is on the path of stabilisation and the foreign exchange reserves will reach $19 billion by the end of this calendar year.Addressing a......
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s energy ministry said on Friday the country will rejoin the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries this year to forge a closer relationship with oil suppliers.I Gusti......
BRUSSELS: Eurozone officials have discussed the possibility of a dreaded Greek default if it fails to reach a debt deal, sources said on Friday, piling further pressure on Athens to seal an agreement......
BRUSSELS: Talks on phasing out a form of coal subsidies ended in stalemate as Japan, the biggest user of the aid, led calls for more time in defiance of this week’s G7 pledge on fossil fuel......
BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) and Mexico agreed on Friday to launch negotiations towards a new free-trade agreement, as Mexico seeks to avoid being sidelined by Europe’s bigger trade deals with......
BEIJING: China’s top anti-graft watchdog said on Friday it had carried out inspections at six major state-owned enterprises in industries ranging from energy to construction, as the ruling Communist......
ISLAMABAD: The International Fund for Agricultural Development (Ifad) has approved a $120.15 million loan for a project aimed at improving income and reducing poverty and malnutrition in the rural......
GWADAR: Three suspects were picked up during a search operation conducted by the Frontier Corps personnel in Nasirabad on Friday.Those arrested during the operation, carried out on a tip-off, were......
ISLAMABAD: A team of counternarcotics canine experts from the Bolivian Police has completed a technical needs assessment mission in Pakistan aimed at evaluating the canine capacity of the......
QUETTA: The process for local bodies polls in Balochistan completed on Thursday with the elections of chairmen and vice chairmen of four district councils and seven municipal committees.Provincial......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Home Department announced on Friday a prize of Rs1 million for providing information about those involved in two attacks in Quetta last week that left eight policemen......
WASHINGTON: The United States urged Pakistan on Friday to allow Save the Children and other international charities to work under a legal framework.“We are concerned about Pakistan’s crackdown on......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office rejected on Friday the European Union’s criticism of death penalty and emphasised that Pakistan was fully adhering to its international commitments.“Pakistan is not......
ISLAMABAD: Maulana Fazlur Rehman, a government ally, took a neutral stance in the National Assembly’s budget debate on Thursday, but claimed victory for his party’s apparent about-turn on a key law......
ISLAMABAD: The poll inquiry commission has asked seven witnesses from Balochistan to record their testimonies before it on Monday (June 15).The witnesses have been summoned at the request of the......
SYDNEY: Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday Australia would do “whatever we need to do” to combat people smuggling as he repeatedly refused to deny claims an official paid thousands of dollars......
MAIDUGURI: Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed 37 people in raids on five villages around Maiduguri, the capital of northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, a military source and a local village defence group......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) reacted strongly on Friday to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s remarks that referred to ‘culture of strike and protest’ in Karachi and the party’s chief Altaf......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that the frequent strikes in Karachi badly hurt national economy and urged the Sindh governor to put an end to the protests.Addressing a function......
LAHORE: Punjab’s Rs1.194 trillion budget for the fiscal year 2015-16 has sought to boost public investments on large infrastructure projects to escalate economic growth and create jobs as private......
ISLAMABAD: The mystery of the ‘missing’ necklace, donated by the wife of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the flood-hit people of Pakistan in 2010, appeared to be resolving on Friday as......
ISLAMABAD: After a brief lull, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) picked up their rivalry right where they left off as leaders from both sides......
ISLAMABAD: Rejecting criticism of capital punishment in the country, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Friday that executions were in accordance with the law and the Constitution and......
WASHINGTON: Hackers linked to China appear to have gained access to the sensitive background information submitted by intelligence and military personnel for security clearances, several US officials......
FINALLY, the axe has fallen on Save The Children. The international non-governmental organisation had been under a cloud of suspicion ever since the alleged involvement of its employee Shakil Afridi......
THE figure given by the DG Rangers on the amount of money being generated in Karachi through activities like extortion, smuggling, water and land mafias is staggering.According to an official......
THE agony of the family of a 12-year-old boy who died in a shooting incident on Thursday is simply unimaginable.The child, a student of Grade V at a private school, happened to be passing by the......
TAKING our beloved Jack Russell terrier, Puffin, for a walk in a nearby park recently, I saw him chase a squirrel up a tree.There was a time when he would jump nearly four feet high against the trunk......
BALOCHISTAN has become a quagmire. All parties to the bloody fight for the province seem locked into intractable positions. It is not surprising then that many playing key roles find convenient......
