QUETTA: Over a hundred Baloch militants fighting against forces in insurgency-wracked Balochistan have now surrendered and pledged their allegiance to the country, officials said on Sunday.A group of......
ISLAMABAD: After announcing its intention to regularise international non-government organisations (INGOs) in November 2013, the federal government has been continuously “avoiding” signing......
The army's public relations wing marked the one year anniversary of the North Waziristan military operation with a patriotic video released Sunday.Read more: Conclusive phase of Zarb-i-Azb next......
NEW DELHI: Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday defended her decision to help corruption-hit former cricket boss Lalit Modi gain emergency travel papers in Britain, as the opposition......
KARACHI: Addressing a post-budget press conference at the Chief Minister House on Sunday, Sindh Finance Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah expressed oblivion over the reasons behind Muttahida Qaumi......
SANAA: Houthi forces and their army allies in Yemen seized the capital of a large desert province on the border with Saudi Arabia on Sunday, residents said, an important victory for the group ahead......
KABUL: An Afghan official says four people, including a district chief, have been killed by a roadside bomb in a region of northern Afghanistan that has been largely peaceful until now.Senatullah......
ISLAMABAD: In an attempt to tackle the age-old issue of conflicting dates of the start of Ramazan and celebration of Eid, the government is proactively striving to synchronise the start of fasting......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior has suspended its own orders to shut down international aid organisation Save the Children's operations in Pakistan.A confidential memo dated June 12 says, "The......
PESHAWAR: The higher education department has initiated the formation of academic search committee to recommend appointment of vice chancellors to the government universities in Khyber......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf central information secretary Naeemul Haq on Saturday said the upcoming local bodies would bring about a real revolution in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by spending billions......
MINGORA: Swat University on Saturday cancelled the paper of Islamic Studies of BA Part-II after mistakes were detected in the question paper.According to students of BA Part-II, they had to take the......
CHARSADDA: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq said on Saturday that the NGOs working on anti-Pakistan agenda could not be allowed to work in the country.Speaking at a function in Charsadda, he said......
MINGORA: A woman was electrocuted and seven others received injuries in different incidents in Swat district on Saturday.According to police, a woman identified as Sharafat was critically wounded......
LANDI KOTAL: Fata parliamentarians have complained about absence of new development schemes from the next annual development programme for the region besides increase in the governor’s discretionary......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is embarking on a plan for rehabilitation and patronage of special people.Initially, Rs50 million will be distributed among 10,123 handicapped people,......
KARAK: The residents of Kurd Sharif, Shownaki Deta Mine and other adjacent localities took to streets against the shortage of teachers in the lone middle school for boys in the area and blocked......
KOHAT: Federal Minister for Housing Akram Khan Durrani has failed in his mission, given to him by the party chief, to resolve internal differences in the JUI-F local chapter, sources said.During his......
KHAR: Scores of students here on Saturday staged a protest demonstration against the management of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Chakdara for cancellation of their results on......
PESHAWAR: Armed attack on a paediatrician in Dabgari Gardens has alarmed local medical practitioners.Senior paediatrician Professor Habibur Rehman was attacked on Friday night by some people, who......
MANSEHRA: Tourists visiting the scenic Kaghan valley are cutting their trips short owing to unavailability of petrol and diesel at filling stations in the upper parts of Hazara.“The companies have......
UPPER DIR: An independent winner has been named for the nazim slot of Kalkot tehsil as Jamaat-i-Islami announced nomination of its candidates for the slots of district and tehsil nazims and naib......
MANSEHRA: Pakistan Peoples Party which couldn’t field even a single candidate under its own party symbol of ‘arrow’ in the local government elections here has joined hands with Pakistan......
RAWALPINDI: Almost seven weeks have passed since local government elections were held in cantonment boards nationwide, but those elected have yet to take their oath of office. Normally, cantonment......
ISLAMABAD: Out of seven key development projects to be overseen by the Cabinet Division this year, the renovation of a mosque at Pak-Secretariat at the cost of Rs212 million is a top priority for the......
ISLAMABAD: The additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ), hearing the murder case of Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi, has been replaced.When the complainant’s lawyer turned up in the court......
ISLAMABAD: For The Love of Art, a small gallery in Islamabad, run by Sakina Ahmed Shah, exhibited the work of talented amateur artist, Sabeheh Ambia Khan. The gallery which provides a space to new......
Swedish summer celebrationsAmbassador Tomas Rosander and Dr Christiana Nyström Rosander welcomed a large number of guests to celebrate the Swedish National Day last weekend. The feast was held in the......
RAWALPINDI: Dissident PPP workers on Saturday celebrated the birthday of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto at Liaquat Bagh.The slain PPP leader’s close aide Naheed Khan and her husband Dr Safdar......
On The Mall in Rawalpindi, St. Paul’s Church stands tall opposite the military headquarters commonly known as General Headquarters (GHQ).Being one of the oldest churches in the area, the first brick......
At the end of Hospital Road in Chakwal city, a narrow street branches out. This winding street is home to one of the oldest bazaars in the city, popularly known as ‘Mochi Bazaar’. The bazaar is so......
“Children’s plays are their most serious actions,” reads the inscription that greets visitors at the entrance of the Children’s Playland, commonly known as Japanese Park, in Islamabad.It is a quote......
The idea of a ‘home’— a place with a familiar sense of belonging — is one that is common to all humanity. What this idea means to each of us is undoubtedly varied, sometimes contradictory and always......
‘Bal du moulin de la Galette’ oil on canvas, (52 inches × 69 inches) is regarded as one of the happiest compositions of the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s oeuvre which was shown at the......
In a sea of traumatic, angst peppered art that continues to haunt the Pakistani artscape, a cheery burst of colour and a generous dollop of desi pop in “Of the Road — A Truck Art Exhibition” at the......
Gallery 39-K Lahore held a show of young artists who have been involved in an overwhelming creative process, at the Bin Qalandar (BQ) residency, organised by the Studio BQ. The young talent included......
There was a time when I liked Iranian food. Even though my experience of it was painfully limited, comprising almost entirely of the Chelo Kebab had in vintage Subhani Café at bustling Lucky Star......
Dear Auntie,Hi, I’m a 19-year-old university student, I have been in a relationship for the last 15 months with the girl of my dreams and we both love each other more than anything. My family knows......
Q. I plan to grow potatoes in Rawalpindi but do not know in which season to do this or how to care for them. Please explain.A. Experienced gardeners can cultivate potatoes almost all year round — the......
They are two of the most talented and beautiful actresses in the Indian film industry. Both have had great success with their films lately and have completely outshined the other female leads of......
Journalists have this uncanny knack of rubbing celebrities the wrong way. Check this out: last week, during a promotional gig for an upcoming film Wizir, a pen-pusher asked the legendary Amitabh......
It is mindboggling how certain things make A-list showbiz people act in an idiotic way. A case in point is Johnny Depp who is these days in Australia shooting for the next installment of the Pirates......
Indian filmmaker Karan Johar, aka K-Jo, is known for shooting from the hip, literally and figuratively. This means, he doesn’t mince words and has an opinion nearly on everything under the sun.During......
And you thought that it only happens in lower-middle class households. Bollywood hottie Priyanka Chopra may come across as someone who has had a smooth sailing in the fickle world of showbiz, but......
They say a pupil can only be as good as his teacher. To be honest, in this case it is difficult to define the teacher-student relationship.Young Indian actor Tiger Shroff, who featured in a video of......
It’s that time of the year in Pakistan when people undertake long road trips. So beyond packing personal necessities, the focus on vehicular safety as well as personal safety should be a......
We all know that the sun is out to get us these days and there is no respite from it. Not all of us have the privilege of air conditioning and then there are power cuts, too, so it is smart to know......
With an estimated 800 million users currently active on WhatsApp, this new application has virtually eclipsed SMS in sending and receiving messages. But not everybody knows about the treasures and......
There was a time when Tipu Sultan, the legendary Tiger of Mysore, was labelled an ‘intolerant bigot’ and ‘furious fanatic’ by the British. Now, with the passage of centuries, the tune has somewhat......
No doubt the launching of Movement of Restoration of Democracy (MRD) in 1981 was silenced by General Ziaul Haq through the use of brute force, but the MRD had made a wise decision to defer their......
Mehtab Fatima blames herself for the everyday struggles of her 24-year-old son, Hasnain Rizvi, who developed cerebral palsy soon after his birth. “Let me be straightforward: it is my punishment for......
I was in Istanbul, Turkey, during that country’s 2011 election. I closely followed the campaigns of its two leading parties: the ‘moderate Islamic’ AKP (or AK PART being led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan);......
Last week, just a day after the UN’s World Environment Day was celebrated, a unique planetary debate involving ordinary citizens discussing climate change and energy took place, under the United......
Conversation is an art which is linked with creative literature, art and politics in the society, and develops and refines with the process of civilisation. It indicates the richness of the language......
The Lahore-born Amjad Islam Amjad is rated as one of the finest dramatists and poets in Pakistan. He has penned several successful drama series besides writing columns, translations, criticisms and......
There are many out there who are highly nostalgic about the ghazal scene in Pakistan during the ’70s and ’80s, and are crazy about Munni Begum and her style of singing. The fact was evident from the......
San Andreas isn’t as much a disaster film as it is a disaster fetish film. There is a story of course, but it is amusingly amateur, and written to serve as a throwaway precursor to the hardcore......
‘Third time lucky’ doesn’t seem to apply to Hindi films and filmmakers all too well. After the superbly crafted Piku and Tanu Weds Manu Returns, critics and viewers expected something just as......
Outside her cramped tin-roofed shanty, 15 kilometres from the Indian national capital, Noor Fathima, 30, prepares lunch for her children who wait expectantly. She stirs the khichdi with one hand,......
Pakistan has on numerous occasions raised reservations on the NPT’s provisions and its violations by other states, which have rendering the NPT a tool of selective preferenceand not a comprehensive......
By Raza NaeemKRISHAN Chander wrote perhaps more prolifically than any of his contemporaries, and his creative evolution can be seen in varied themes he incorporated in his work, such as the Partition......
VISUAL artist and art critic Mohsen Keiany, in his book Balochistan: Architecture, Craft, and Religious Symbolism, looks into how symbols originate, get associated with contextual connotations, and......
JOURNALIST Anita Anand’s account of the hitherto unknown life of Princess Sophia, (1876-1948), the fifth child of deposed Maharajah Duleep Singh, is a commendable debut. Although she has primarily......
WHAT do I do with Sirajuddin Zafar? Here is a poet standing alone in the vast landscape of Urdu verse, unique in his diction, his imagery, his rhythms, his metaphors. We see him in a blizzard of......
“My experience is that when one aspect of a place is emphasised, for example the violence in Karachi, there is usually a very potent but sometimes hidden ‘other’ side.” — Kim EchlinCANADIAN novelist......
RENOWNED and critically acclaimed Canadian author Kim Echlin’s new novel, Under the Visible Life, has a pleasant and rather lyrical surprise right at the beginning. Her last book, the award-winning......
PESTICIDES are indiscriminately used on various crops like cotton, rice, sugar cane and corn. Besides this, they are also being used on vegetables without knowing how much harm is being inflicted on......
THIS is apropos the news item ‘Minister sees no decline in joblessness’ (June 9). At least there is one leader in the PML-N who is willing to speak the truth and come out with facts. Federal Minister......
APROPOS letters in these columns (May 9), Finance Minister Ishaq Dar insists that the budget he has announced is the best possible under the current economic scenario and IMF conditionalities. The......
AS it happened in 2013, most of the key PPP leaders, including the former chief minister, have lost their seats in the elections held recently in Gilgit-Baltistan.Again, the same happened in......
BRAVO Pakistani politicians, you have made elections a joke. Whether it is LB elections or national elections, strange things happen. One is is the display of rowdyism outside booths. Sloganeering......
I Have been living in DHA Karachi for the last many years and had the opportunity of living in Phase-VII and Phase-VIIIl.I also frequently visit DHA Lahore. During my recent visit to DHA Lahore I had......
THE Charsadda bazaar is now flooded with surgeons performing circumcision. They are ignorant of the surgical aspects of performing circumcision. They have set up their counters inside medical stores......
THE life of the people of Karachi has become miserable owing to street crimes. Almost everywhere people are targeted, especially for snatching mobile phones and cash.These robbers come well-armed and......
LAHORE: A convention of lawyers’ representatives expressed on Saturday reservations over the process of judges’ appointment in higher and superior judiciary, saying transparency and merit had been......
LAHORE: As many as 43 Punjab civil judges have moved the Lahore High Court through a writ petition praying their judicial service may be considered as equal to the legal practice tenure of the......
MULTAN: Three women and two minor children died when the roof of a room in their house in Khwaja Ghareebabad locality on Vehari Road collapsed on Saturday.According to Abdul Majeed, seven members of......
LAHORE: The central executive committee of the Muttahida Mahaz Asatiza Punjab has reviewed arrangements for the province-wide protest on Monday (tomorrow) against the proposed autonomy or......
LAHORE: A delegation of toppers from all over Pakistan left for a study tour of Europe, under the flagship programme of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, on Saturday.Comprising 34 position holders from......
LAHORE: An election tribunal on Saturday reserved verdict on an application asking it to make a supplementary report submitted by the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) part of......
LAHORE: A special committee of the Lahore High Court judges held its second meeting with representatives of the Sargodha Bar Association to evaluate whether proposed new benches of court could be......
LAHORE: Farmers on Saturday rejected the Punjab budget, terming it ‘irrelevant to the farming sector and ignorant of the issues that bedevil the farming in the province’.Khalid Khokhar of the......
LAHORE: Over 600 Sikh pilgrims arrived here on Saturday to observe the 409th death anniversary of Guru Arjun Dev Jee.Officials of the Evacuee Trust Property Board and Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Saturday the Punjab government had fixed a target of making two million youths skilled according to market needs during the next three years.“We will......
BAHAWALPUR: The Saddar Yazman police claimed on Saturday to have retrieved a Mepco employee’s body tied with his motorcycle from Desert Branch canal, about 30-km from here.Reports said some people......
SHEIKHUPURA: Two children and their uncle drowned in the Ravi near Syedwala village in Nankana district while their mother and 10-year-old sibling were rescued by the locals on Saturday.Kiran Bibi, a......
MUZAFFARGARH: The city deputy superintendent of police said on Saturday they had arrested a computer operator of the monitoring office of the education department for his alleged role in forging......
GUJRAT: Local chapters of various opposition parties have rejected delimitations for upcoming local government elections.Among them, the PML-Q and the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) have announced they will......
Julien Columeau is a Frenchman, but he writes fiction in Urdu, despite knowing at least six languages including French, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi and English. He says his own language, Provencal......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Awami Tahreek (PAT) on Saturday paid a tribute to the martyrs of the operation Zarb-i-Azb in North Waziristan.The PAT held a meeting here in connection with the completion of a......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has formed a three-member task force to ‘examine’ a report submitted by Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, that claims Rs230 billion is extorted annually from......
KARACHI: Police claimed on Saturday that a suspect had committed suicide inside the lock-up at the Sharea Faisal police station.The SSP of Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC), Irfan Bahadur, said that......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Saturday called a ‘shutter-down strike’ across Sindh for Sunday against ‘anti-Sindh budget’ presented by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government for......
HYDERABAD: Police claimed to have killed four “dacoits” in two encounters that took place in Hyderabad on Saturday and Mirpurkhas late on Friday evening.Hyderabad SSP Irfan Ali Baloch told the media......
SUKKUR: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah has raised questions about security forces’ efficiency when asked to comment on the Sindh Rangers findings put up......
KARACHI: The debate over the Sanskritisation of Hindustani and Hindi languages is not new said Vibhuti Narain Rai, a former policeman turned novelist, speaking at the Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu on......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Thursday remanded in police custody three suspects in the Safoora Goth bus carnage case.Police produced Tahir Hussain Minhas alias Sain, Saad Aziz alias Tin Tin......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court granted on Saturday interim pre-arrest bail to former home minister Dr Zulfikar Ali Mirza in a new case lodged against him a few days ago.The disgruntled leader of the......
KARACHI: A sessions court on Saturday sentenced a man to death after he was found guilty of killing his fellow labourer in Cattle Colony in September 2009.The convict, Sona Khan, was also directed to......
KARACHI: Friends and colleagues of rights activist Sabeen Mahmud, who was shot dead on April 24, gathered at the Arts Council Karachi to pay tribute to her at an event titled ‘Unsilence Pakistan’......
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Saturday announced a 10 per cent increase in the budget for security in the provincial budget of 2015-16 with a plan to recruit 10,000 more policemen in the next......
It is easy to forget that until he started criticising the Americans for bombing too many Afghan civilians and comparing them to “occupiers”, Hamid Karzai was Washington’s grateful servant. After......
LONDON: Gazing over the road at the crowds streaming into London’s fashion week for men, construction worker Carl, dressed in a fluorescent safety bib, wondered: “What’s going on? They all look......
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday met Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks expected to touch on energy issues and the Syria crisis.The two leaders met a day after......
NEW YORK: A white woman who represents a black civil rights group — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) — in the US has been masquerading as an African American,......
STOCKHOLM: A car explosion outside the southwestern Swedish city of Gothenburg on Friday evening left four dead, police said on Saturday.The explosion took place as the car with four passengers......
UNITED NATIONS: Nearly half a million people, mostly Muslims, continue to require humanitarian assistance three years after inter-communal violence raked Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, the United......
WASHINGTON: Washington has transferred six inmates from its Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman, the Pentagon said on Saturday, as part of a drive by President Barack Obama to close the controversial......
MADRID: Spain’s biggest cities — Madrid and Barcelona — completed one of the nation’s biggest political upheavals in years on Saturday by swearing in far-left mayors.The radical leaders have promised......
EASTBOURNE: A 103-year-old man and a 91-year-old woman held their wedding in Britain on Saturday, becoming the oldest couple to get married in the world.George Kirby and Doreen Luckie — together for......
BEIRUT: Kurdish fighters pressed an offensive on Saturday to capture a key Syrian border town from the self-styled Islamic State group, as Turkish forces sought to prevent thousands fleeing the......
JOHANNESBURG: An African Union summit meeting meant to discuss development issues was being overshadowed by the possible participation of Sudan’s president, who risks arrest on international criminal......
BERLIN: A German man taking his regular morning stroll was killed by an elephant who had escaped from a nearby circus, police said on Saturday.The 65-year-old man was walking in the woods near......
LONDON: Ross Taylor’s unbeaten century and a timely rain interruption helped New Zealand secure a 13-run win over England in a high-scoring One-day International on Friday, levelling the five-match......
BARCELONA: Spanish rider Aleix Espargaro broke the lap record to take pole position at the Catalunya Grand Prix with Maverick Vinales behind him on Saturday in a surprise Suzuki pairing at the front......
LONDON: Australian teenager Thanasi Kokkinakis was given a wild card into the Wimbledon warm-up event at Queen’s Club on Saturday.Rising star Kokkinakis was granted the late entry into the west......
KARACHI: All-rounder Rizwan Khan slammed a splendid century as Zone-VI amassed 320-8 declared against Zone-IV on day one of the final last-round matches in the PCB Senior Inter-district (Karachi......
KARACHI: Ghayour Khan, who was a pioneer of basketball in the city, died after a protracted illness in the US on Saturday, close friends of the deceased said. He was 80.Sources said wife of Ghayour......
LAHORE: The CDGL Qilla Laxchman Singh High School, Meiji Beaconhouse, Sun Lions GHS Gulberg and Harvest Group Aitchison qualified for the LRCA Commissioner Cup semi-finals here on Saturday.CDGL......
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has been named to lead Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) squad in the inaugural Inter-departmental Ramazan Cricket Tournament being played at the Iqbal......
LAHORE: A card of seven races will be decided during the third edition of day/night Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse here on Sunday.The handicapper has tried his best to equalise the chances......
LONDON: Wales and Iceland both moved closer to qualifying for the 2016 European Championship on Friday, while the game between Croatia and Italy was overshadowed by a swastika symbol that had been......
KARACHI: Pakistan cricket authorities on Saturday said they would include the national team’s shambolic whitewash against Bangladesh this year as part of a review to improve its performance.Pakistan......
VINA DEL MAR: Mexico and Bolivia were booed off the pitch after playing out a drab goalless draw in their opening match of the Copa America on Friday, leaving hosts Chile top of Group ‘A’ after the......
WINNIPEG: Switzerland earned a record-tying 10-1 triumph over Ecuador on Friday for their first ever Women’s World Cup victory as defending champions Japan staved off a spirited figthback from......
KARACHI: Muneer Dar XI continued their winning spree by getting the better of Anwar Ahmed Khan XI 2-0 in the camp trainees under-16 hockey tournament at Olympian Iftikhar Syed Sports Academy on......
LONDON: England have called up uncapped Somerset all-rounder Craig Overton as cover for injured fast bowler Chris Jordan for the last three matches of the one-day series against New Zealand, the......
KINGSTON: West Indies slumped to 143 for eight in reply to Australia’s first innings total of 399 following an eventful second day of the second and final Test, highlighted by Steve Smith missing out......
LAHORE: The Punjab Excise and Taxation Department has pasted a notice at the Gaddafi Stadium, asking the Pakistan Cricket Board to pay the remaining amount of tax [Rs31,560,582] by June 15, otherwise......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), while pressing ahead with its planned agenda of how to organise the Pakistan Super League in a meeting of the Board of Governors (BoG) held here on Saturday,......
COLOMBO: Pakistan drew their three-day warm-up against the Sri Lanka Board President’s XI on Saturday after some of the touring side’s top order batsmen had got some useful practice ahead of the......
FATULLAH: Tamim Iqbal became Bangladesh’s leading run-scorer in Tests as the rain-ruined one-off match against India lurched towards a draw on Saturday after bad weather disrupted the fourth day’s......
KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan has rubbished allegations that they bribed the Zimbabwean players to tour Pakistan for a short limited-overs series last month.Shaharyar......
KARACHI: Sindh Finance Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Saturday unveiled a total development spending of Rs213.6 billion for 2015-16, with a major thrust on energy, infrastructure besides expenditure......
LAHORE: The Punjab government’s economic managers claimed on Saturday that the provincial budget had been prepared carefully to assure there was no chance of lapse in revenue targets and the growth......
KARACHI: Sindh has set aside Rs16.5 billion for energy projects in the upcoming fiscal year, including Rs13.833bn for 10 ongoing schemes and Rs2.666bn for eight new schemes.Presenting the budget......
KARACHI: Reviewing the insufficient budgetary allocations in the outgoing fiscal year for the megacity of Karachi, the provincial government has given it, what it termed, an “impressive 49 per cent......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has allocated Rs8.5 billion for road infrastructure development, which is 6.59 per cent less compared to Rs9.1bn earmarked for the outgoing fiscal year.There are a total......
KARACHI: Retailers have said that so far sales of Maggi noodles have been stable as consumers have not reacted to reports of lead contamination in Indian manufactured noodles being sold across the......
RIYADH: Saudi crude output is touching new heights. Touching a record level, it hit 10.33 million barrels per day in May as compared to 10.31m bpd in April. The upsurge is under intense scrutiny –......
ISLAMABAD: Given the dynamic economic growth of Asia and the Pacific region over the past decade, a new pattern is emerging – about one out of every three migrants is finding working opportunities......
ISLAMABAD: Several amendments have been proposed to the tax laws in the Finance Bill 2015-16 to empower the federal government to enter into agreements for exchange of tax-related information with......
For many people, the most fascinating part of the annual Fortune 500 list is spotting the losers. While some companies rise up the rankings, others slip or disappear altogether. In the newest......
LONDON: World oil prices rallied this week, supported by a drop in US stockpiles, while traders on the metals markets took their lead from movements in the dollar and Chinese data.OIL: Crude futures......
OWINGS MILLS: The old factory was dark, lit only by a few lightbulbs; desks were strewn with papers as if its erstwhile occupants had left in a hurry. It felt like a mortuary, but as Suzy Ganz walked......
WASHINGTON: The question of whether economic growth is stagnating probably hinges on the answer to another question: How much hidden value is being created by the Internet.The stagnationists, most......
HONG KONG: Recent years have seen reams of research on the role of central banks in inflating asset-price bubbles. The latest developments in Asia suggest that more may be coming.With interest-rate......
KARACHI: Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif expressed his resolve on Saturday that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with Gwadar port as its catalyst would be built and developed as one of......
TAXILA / ISLAMABAD: A high-level meeting will be held on Tuesday to hammer out a comprehensive deal with international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) who were operating outside their......
MUZAFFARABAD: A constable of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) police who had strayed into India-held Kashmir about a month ago was repatriated by Indian officials on Saturday.Kashif Baig, a resident......
QUETTA: Two leaders of the banned militant groups surrendered along with their 47 companions here on Saturday.Shikari Marri and Madina Marri laid down their weapons and announced at a press......
QUETTA: Five people were killed and four others injured in three incidents here on Saturday. Police said two incidents fell in the category of targeted killing. Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti claimed......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that writers, poets and intellectuals have always played a vital role in eliminating extremism from society.He said that as the......
QUETTA: Deputy Mayor of Quetta Mir Younus Baloch has said that the constitutional role of members of assemblies is confined to lawmaking and they have no right to monopolise utilisation of local......
KARACHI: In a late-night development, the MQM’s Coordination Committee reviewed its call for strike for Sunday, urging people to observe the strike for half a day only.The MQM had given the strike......
KARACHI: Rangers claimed to have killed two gangsters in a ‘shootout’ in Lyari on Saturday night.According to Rangers spokesperson, personnel of the paramilitary force and police conducted an......
QUETTA: Balochistan High Court (BHC) Chief Justice Mohammad Noor Meskanzai said on Saturday that peace could not be restored without establishing a system of justice in society. He was speaking at......
Unaware of the latest German proposal for the relocation of refugees in Europe, asylum-seekers sit idly outside Brühl’s Flüchtlingsheim (refugee home). Women wearing headscarves and long skirts look......
LAHORE: A Delhi-bound Qatar Airways cargo flight from Doha landed at Lahore airport for refuelling on Saturday after its pilot was told by Indian authorities to stay in the air till clearance of the......
ISLAMABAD: The army is finalising plans to launch the final phase of Operation Zarb-i-Azb in mid-July to flush out Taliban terrorists from their remaining strongholds along the border with......
KARACHI: The Sindh government unveiled on Saturday a Rs739.3 billion budget for 2015-16, having a deficit of Rs12.72bn and a development outlay of Rs214bn.The budget focuses on improving delivery of......
KARACHI: Four suspected militants were killed in an ‘encounter’ with police while they were ‘chasing’ former Malir SSP Rao Anwar Ahmed soon after he came out of his residence here on......
ISLAMABAD: The government announced on Saturday a moratorium on executions during Ramazan.A notification issued by the federal interior ministry asked provincial governments to comply with the......
ISLAMABAD: Just as the inquiry commission seems to be on the verge of winding up the process of recording witnesses’ evidence, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has identified more areas that need......
One year of Zarb-i-Azb has positively changed Pakistan’s security landscape. Statistically speaking, the frequency of terrorist attacks has gradually declined since the launch of the military......
FORGET the loons and the kooks, the puff-chested braggarts and the incorrigible denialists, and ask yourself this: what is the Pak-India relationship really about?At its core, as defined in the......
IN early April, Lord Nueberger, president of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, addressed the Criminal Justice Alliance in London on the benign and somewhat clichéd issue of ‘Fairness in the......
THE availability of water suitable for human consumption in Lahore and its adjoining areas is rapidly shrinking. This is due to the drainage of untreated sewage and industrial effluent into the Ravi......
Once again, Pakistan has spectacularly failed a basic test of humanity. This one, not on account of frenzied mobs playing judge, jury and executioner but simply because a callous state chose —......
CLASHES between institutions are nothing new in Pakistan. But what transpired in Karachi on Friday can only be termed bizarre. As reported in this paper, Rangers’ personnel entered a police station......
