DHAKA: Left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman tore through the Indian batting line up once again to help Bangladesh seal the three-match one-day international series with a six-wicket win in Dhaka on......
GALLE: Muhammad Hafeez, Pakistan's star all-rounder, has been reported for a suspect bowling action once again after Pakistan's dominating 10-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the first test,......
KARACHI: The scorching heatwave that has gripped Karachi since the start of Ramazan claimed the lives of more than 120 people till late Sunday night, according to health and rescue officials.“So far,......
KABUL: The Afghan Taliban have announced a 24-hour telephone “hotline” and email addresses for any government employees wishing to defect to them, as the tech-savvy militants try to bolster public......
Like father, like son is a famous adage and in our part of the world Father’s Day revolves around the father-son relationship, with commercials showing little boys being taught how to ride a cycle or......
SANAA: Saudi-led air strikes killed 15 people and wounded dozens across Yemen late on Saturday, the Houthi-run Saba news agency reported.The dead included five women and two children in attacks on......
GALLE: Leg-spinner Yasir Shah grabbed a career-best seven for 76 as Pakistan on Sunday won the first Test match against Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in Galle.Pakistan surpassed the 90-run target without......
KABUL: Taliban insurgents have taken control of the Chardara district in northern Kunduz province, according to Afghan officials.Mohammad Yusouf Ayubi, head of the provincial council in Kunduz, said......
PANAJI: Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar who has recently been in the limelight for his controversial statements has decided not to talk to the media for at least six months, according to a......
GUJRANWALA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's Nasir Cheema turned out victorious after unofficial results emerged from Gujranwala's constituency PP-97, de-seating PML-N's Ashraf Warraich, who had been the......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Saturday urged its citizens not to distribute “documents that might be faked” in an apparent response to WikiLeaks' publication on Friday of more than 60,000 documents it says......
PARIS: Tweets and YouTube videos by fighters from the Islamic State (IS) group have allowed analysts to pinpoint their movements in Iraq and Syria, highlighting the group's increasing push towards......
VIQA: Gonzalo Higuain fired the only goal as Argentina marked Lionel Messi's 100th international appearance with an unconvincing 1-0 win over Jamaica to reach the Copa America quarter-finals as group......
NEW DELHI: Millions of yoga enthusiasts bent and twisted their bodies in complex postures across India and much of the world on Sunday to mark the first International Yoga Day.Indian Prime Minister......
BERLIN: A prominent Al Jazeera Arabic journalist was detained on Saturday in Germany over an Egyptian arrest warrant, the Qatar-based broadcaster reported, the latest in a long series of legal......
BY Sameen AmerNO matter how much you wax poetic about its many joys and benefits, it is still virtually impossible to overstate the importance of food in our lives. Not only is food one of the basic......
STEPHEN King does not slow down. With an astoundingly successful career that started with Carrie in 1974, he now has over 50 books to his name (all of them bestsellers), and he’s still as prolific as......
KARACHI: Legacies of Empires serves as an alternate introduction to Karachi. It gives a glimpse of several historic monuments scattered across the old city area, some of which have been adapted to......
IN April 2015, Pakistani entrepreneur, arts patron and human rights campaigner Sabeen Mahmud was shot dead by unknown assailants. The 40-year-old was leaving an event titled ‘Unsilencing Balochistan’......
DRAWING a broad picture and bringing local narratives into context, Andrew Small has provided a lucid account of how the rather unequal friendship between Pakistan and China has developed over the......
The exhibit, dedicated to ‘Design and Innovation in Pakistan’s Dress Traditions’ spans the far reaches of the country; swooping deep into the valleys of Indus Kohistan, ascending to the lofty peaks......
As we reach the half-way mark in 2015, the remaining six months promise to be both diverse and entertaining with disaster flicks to spy thrillers; comic book reboot to the return of the Falcon. Here,......
Falak Shabbir is a versatile artist with Bollywood hits to his credit, has collaborated with Bohemia and other international acts and his Ijaazat video has so far received over one million hits on......
Despite the headline, ‘fast’ is an understatement when it comes to describing the experience that this theme park has to offer.While most Pakistani tourists visiting UAE do not go further than Dubai,......
Walking through the narrow and crowded lanes of Empress Market, Karachi, my eyes spot a variety of bottles of different shapes and sizes; these contained oils ranging in colours from red to orange to......
The dictators’ survival manualKing James II might not have imagined that the municipal system he had exported to India in 1687 for handling civic issues such as cleanliness, water supply and......
In the months leading up to the 2015 national polls, political circles in Karachi were abuzz with rumours that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the......
“Are you Muslim?” ask two thickset men squatting at the entrance of the Muslim Quarters after I enter the Old City of Jerusalem through one of its seven gates. Seeing my ankle-high slacks, my tee......
Ustad Fatah, the seasoned painter of cinema billboards refers to Pakistan as ‘the garden of flowers’ spontaneously reciting verses dedicated to Karachi as his team of Lakshman, Babu Bhai and others......
Like many people these days my husband too is taking fitness, good health and weight loss very seriously. He follows a regime which revolves around working out daily at a gym with a personal trainer......
Being a mom, I have to spend endless hours in the kitchen, churning up one meal after another for hungry mouths and rumbling tummies in my household. Sometimes it seems to me that my kitchen has a......
Despite the advent of all-you-can-eat Iftar buffets, breaking the fast at home is the highlight of Ramazan. Mothers carefully put together a list of Sehri and Iftar menus, followed by special Ramazan......
Dear Auntie,I really don’t know from where to start. I am 15, but am not in a good school because of some reasons (not financial) though I live in a very posh area where everyone goes to a very good......
Laying out beds and borders in a new garden — or maintaining the existing, often ‘inherited’ ones — is rarely given the consideration it needs. It is not simply a matter of deciding that a square......
Seeing young children playing cricket on any available bare patch of land, in the streets or alleyways, is a common sight in the plains of Pakistan. There they are emulating their heroes who they......
And you thought that Pakistani actors didn’t work hard for their roles! Well think again because these days singer-cum-actor Ali Zafar is busy learning kick-boxing and martial arts.The reason for the......
Standard text books in Pakistani schools all describe Chaudhry Rehmat Ali as the man who coined the word Pakistan. He is also defined as being one of the main architects of the idea of a separate......
When Maria arrived on set to do her first-ever play Sarah aur Ammara, directed by Bakhtiar Ahmedin 1995 (or so), she had no clue that she would become a star overnight, emerge as one of the most......
GIVEN how politics ends up dominating all discourse in our country, it does not sound like a bad idea to have a charter of economy that encapsulates some key areas of consensus and separates economic......
SIZZLING temperatures, no electricity and the fact that people are fasting can combine to try the patience of most citizens. Hence, it is understandable why people took to the streets to vent their......
IN step with the rising temperatures, lawyers in the country have intensified their campaign to provide cheap justice on the spot.Consequently, ‘heat of the moment’ incidents involving them, which......
WHEN the Punjab government was building its metro bus, what was Sindh doing? Between 2010 and 2012, the Sindh government, with Japanese assistance drew up a transport master plan for Karachi which......
POLITICAL conservatives worry that NGOs spy, social conservatives fret that they convert and economic conservatives detest their anti-neoliberalism advocacy. International NGOs (INGOs) infuriate......
THE cool cat is flustered. A grimace has replaced the perma-grin. Trouble is a comin’. But we have seen this Asif before.Back during memogate; back when Haqqani’s conniving put himself and his boss......
IT is now almost a truism that Asia will be the focal point of geopolitics in the 21st century as Europe was in the last 200 years. The reasons are evident: two-thirds of the world’s people inhabit......
APROPOS the report ‘Haryana that promises to challenge our ancient history’ ((May 5), a group of Indian archaeologists are assuming that the Indus Valley people came from India.Using the DNA test to......
Our government is the only one in the world which actually encourages tax evasion. If you have millions hoarded which is black money and want to buy a house, no problem: just send the money abroad......
A UNIVERSITY is a place where people come to learn. I live in Quaid-i-Azam University hostel. Every morning when I get up I find a 14-year-old cleaning toilets. I feel very bad about it. He is young......
For the last many days TV channels have been broadcasting news of water being scarce in Karachi. Who is responsible for this state of affairs? I would say the people of Karachi because they are not......
Unemployment lies at the root of all social evils prevalent in society. It is a scourge that causes governance crises, and an unequal distribution of wealth and indifferent and inept political......
THE drive by the armed forces against extortionists, land-grabbers, blackmailers and, above all, terrorists, is pinching some high-profile ‘leaders’.When the nation is happy that the noose is......
LANDI KOTAL: A tussle over nonpayment of water bills and illegal sale of water permits has led to severe shortage of drinking water in Landi Kotal tehsil at the start of Ramazan.Sources in the office......
KHAR: The elders of Salarzai tribe have expressed concern over raids on the houses of pro-government elders and asked the concerned authorities to stop the action immediately.They also demanded......
KARAK: The association of retired professors has demanded establishment of girls’ high schools in the backward areas of the district.The demand was made at a meeting here on Saturday chaired by the......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) is rapidly moving to implement a modified mechanism of health care delivery system outlined in the Medical Institutions Law.About two months ago, the......
SWABI: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has started efforts to defuse tension after a violent protest against unscheduled loadshedding and low voltage problems in Chota Lahor tehsil on......
LAKKI MARWAT: A fire gutted over a dozen shops and scores of kiosks in Darra Pezu Bazaar on Saturday.Local police said the fire engulfed the bazaar in no time and destroyed 15 shops and around 100......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has posted Qudratullah Khan (BS-21), awaiting posting as Additional Inspector General of Police (investigation) against the vacant post with immediate......
KOHAT: A high school student allegedly committed suicide after failing in the recent secondary school examinations in Junglekhel here on Saturday.The victim, Rashid Khan, when came to home was......
PESHAWAR: PML-N senior vice president and adviser to the prime minister Engineer Amir Muqam on Saturday expressed concern about the ransacking of Wapda installations by power protesters in different......
PESHAWAR: Power protesters on Saturday marched on the Wapda House in the provincial capital against the excessive loadshedding.Holding banners and placards and shouting slogans against Prime Minister......
PESHAWAR: Blood donors and volunteers on Saturday renewed their pledge to continue extending relief to the patients suffering from blood ailments like thalassaemia and hemophilia.They were speaking......
PESHAWAR: The Institute of Management Sciences (IM Sciences), Peshawar, has won Rs21 million prize for its contribution to Financial Innovation Challenge Fund (FICF) on ‘Promoting Excellence in......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has stopped its lawyer from pursuing a case related to the alleged violation of building codes in the construction of a cinema house at the Safa......
PESHAWAR: The Fata Secretariat has approved an amount of Rs113 million for repair and renovation of the Cadet College, Razmak in North Waziristan Agency.According to a statement issued here on......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has decided not to open the city’s sole Ramazan bazaar in Sector G-7 due to security reasons, but the decision has left consumers at......
ISLAMABAD: A woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her brother over a domestic issue in the capital’s Taramari area, police said here on Saturday.The incident came to light when the injured woman......
TAXILA: Angry citizens took to the streets as prolonged and unannounced power outages continued on the second day of Ramazan in Taxila and Wah Cantonment on Saturday.The residents of Kohsar Colony......
ISLAMABAD: Although rumours have been circulating in the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has rejected the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) proposal......
MUZAFFARABAD: Two sisters drowned in the southern Mirpur city of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Saturday.Madiha, 17, and Misbah, 19, daughters of Qaim Hussain Shah, were taking bath along the......
About 10 kilometres from Taxila Museum on the left bank of Haro River, a unique historical place is located. It is known as ‘Jinnan Wali Dheri’, which literally means ‘The Mound of Demons’.This......
ISLAMABAD: Security checkposts in the capital city have started giving deserted looks early in the morning as policemen deputed there leave for Sehri in nearby hotels and restaurants.A senior police......
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration here on Saturday arrested 16 shopkeepers on charges of profiteering, Dawn has learnt from the capital administration.Earlier, 22 teams, comprising assistant......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has stopped its lawyer from pursuing a case related to the alleged violation of building codes in the construction of a cinema house at the Safa......
“All my three sons used to work as porters and guides for tourists coming to the area around 10 years ago but now, they go to down country in the winter season to earn livelihood for the 21-member......
CHARSADDA: The district administration has failed to fix prices of daily use commodities for the holy month of Ramazan with traders fleecing consumes at will.Majority of the people here who started......
OKARA/SIALKOT: A couple was run over and killed by a train near Akhtarabad on Saturday.Labourer Rehmat Ali along with his wife Ghulam Fatima was crossing the railway track when the Karachi-bound......
Faiz Ahmad Faiz had once said that before setting out to translate poetry one should make sure that one knows at least one of the languages the translator is dealing with. Afzal Ahmed Syed is lucky......
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri is arriving in the city from London on June 29.“The PAT chief will arrive in Lahore in the morning of June 29 from London via Dubai,” Dr......
LAHORE: The PML-Q and the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) have cirticised the government for increase in loadshedding during Ramazan.PML-Q leader Pervaiz Elahi said the government first announced no......
BAHAWALPUR: A protest demonstration was held at DIG Chowk against the Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) for prolonged loadshedding in the city.A large number of affected people reached the......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Following the death of a man whose body was found hanging from a tree at Chak 383-JB, Allahar Pind, on Saturday, police have registered a murder case against his third wife and her......
FAISALABAD: University of Agriculture administration claims holding examination during Ramazan was no anomaly and arrangements have been made to facilitate students in preparing for it.Dozens of......
BAHAWALPUR: The special education department may launch a programme to motivate children with special needs to get admission to schools.Speakers, including District Coordination Officer Imran Skindar......
GUJRANWALA: Police have arrested a man who allegedly killed his two minor daughters in Emanabad on Saturday.Shafqat’s wife raised an alarm when her husband tried to kill her after he strangled their......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways is planning to run a record number of special trains this Eid while no proposal is under consideration to increase rail fares without values addition, says Minister for......
LAHORE: The district and sessions judge on Saturday stayed implementation of black warrants of a murder convict and directed the legal heirs of the deceased to appear before court to record their......
LAHORE: Construction of signal-free junctions at Qainchi, Ghazi Road and Khaira and removal of bottlenecks from drains on Multan Road to Babu Sabu in Lahore besides making linear accelerator......
GUJRANWALA: The PML-N and the PTI will show their strength on Sunday (today) in re-election in 33 polling stations of PP-97 in Ghakkhar Town and Qila Dedar Singh.Sitting MPA Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf......
LAHORE: Starting from Lahore, the Punjab government intends to establish model graveyards, Shehr-i-Khamoshan, all over the province, providing all modern burial and related services under one......
KARACHI: Six people, including four children, died as a brutal heatwave swept Sindh on Saturday, health and Met officials said.According to the provincial health department, reports were received......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh informed an antiterrorism court on Saturday about the 90-day preventive detention of three officials of the Fishermen Cooperative Society (FCS) for......
KARACHI: Setting aside the rules of business of the Sindh Assembly during the Saturday session that had been fixed for a general discussion on the provincial budget 2015-16, senior ministers, the......
SUKKUR: The bodies of two labourers reportedly shot dead by the Iranian border security force as they allegedly sought to cross over into Iran illegally were sent back to their native village in......
BADIN: A number of growers and tillers whose CNICs and land documents were used by two managers of Khoski Sugar Mills in obtaining agricultural loans for them from the Sindh Bank have demanded arrest......
HYDERABAD: Harried by oppressive heat and enraged at power utilities utter failure to give them some respite in the form of smooth power supply, people took to the streets in many Sindh towns on......
HYDERABAD: Women were among the activists of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz who took out a rally on Saturday from Gul Centre Hyderabad to the local press club in protest against “enforced......
KARACHI: Don’t ponder too much over the screens and drapes, the aroma of delicious snacks should be enough an explanation about what’s cooking inside. The clusters of people camping near these hidden......
KARACHI: Five suspected gangsters were shot dead in two separate encounters in Lyari’s Chakiwara area in the early hours of Saturday, officials said.Personnel of the Pakistan Rangers, Sindh,......
KARACHI: Provincial health authorities on Saturday confirmed the year’s fourth death because of the dengue virus and identified a teenage girl from Baldia Town as the victim.Officials in the......
KARACHI: The 30th Bain-ul-Madaris Naat Competition-2015 is being organised in a hotel here on June 27.Students of primary and secondary classes wishing to participate in the event may contact......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Saturday released a suspect booked in a murder case after police submitted a report saying that no evidence was found against him. However, the remand of another......
KARACHI: A joint team of the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) and the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of police on Saturday arrested a suspected extortionist who demanded Rs2 million from an......
KARACHI: A four-year-old girl was found brutally murdered in Orangi Town on Saturday morning, according to the Mominabad police.The officials said the body was found in a garbage dump in Sector-10......
VIENNA: A man apparently distraught over personal issues drove his SUV into a crowd on Saturday in Graz, Austria’s second largest city, killing three people and injuring 34 others, officials said.The......
WASHINGTON: Less than two weeks before the June 30 deadline for finalising a nuclear deal with Iran, the US State Department has issued a report, which strengthens those who oppose the agreement.In......
YANGON: Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Saturday the country would need to be stable for an election due in November to be successful and urged her party’s candidates to be open......
COLOMBO: Despite its military defeat at the hands of the Sri Lankan government in 2009, the LTTE’s international network of sympathisers and financial support persists, according to the US State......
NEW DELHI: The death toll from drinking tainted liquor in a Mumbai slum climbed to 84 in the worst incident of its kind in more than a decade, police said on Saturday.Another 31 people, 13 of them in......
BERLIN: Some 1,800 people took to the streets of Berlin on Saturday to express their solidarity with migrants seeking refuge in Europe and against austerity measures in debt-ridden Greece, local......
CAIRO: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Saturday urged the resumption of Middle East peace talks, while warning that continued Israeli settlement building in the occupied West Bank damaged......
CHARLESTON: A website appearing to belong to accused Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof contains white supremacist writings and dozens of photographs in which he is seen holding firearms.It also......
SANAA: A car blast near a mosque in Yemen’s capital on Saturday killed at least two people and Saudi-led warplanes bombarded second city Aden, after peace talks in Geneva ended without agreement.The......
ISTANBUL: Turkish security forces detained four foreign journalists — three from Italy, one from France — as they tried to cross into Turkey from war-torn Syria, the official Anatolia news agency......
DAY after tomorrow France will be remembering one of the most eccentric figures in its intellectual history on his 56th death anniversary. But how does one describe Boris Vian? Was he a novelist and......
HISTORY clearly didn’t end with the triumph of market capitalism and democracy. Those who seek to disprove this old dogma often point to the eruption of radical Islam and the counteroffensive by the......
BIRMINGHAM : A half century ago in this deeply southern city, a racially motivated attack on a black church left four young girls dead and helped galvanise a civil rights movement that changed voting......
LONDON: Thousands of demonstrators staged an anti-austerity march in London on Saturday, in the first major public protest since Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron won a general......
GALLE: Pakistan turned the tables on Sri Lanka in the first Test with Asad Shafiq hitting a century and wicket-keeper batsman Sarfraz Ahmed scoring 96 to lead a remarkable comeback on the fourth day......
DHAKA: India have to play their best cricket if they are to come back in the three-match one-day series against Bangladesh, said batsman Rohit Sharma on Saturday ahead of the second match on......
CHESTER STREET: Ben Wheeler’s quickfire 39 not out took New Zealand to 283 for nine against England in the fifth and deciding one-day international at the Riverside on Saturday.With the series all......
CHESTER STREET: England’s Jos Buttler has been ruled out of Tuesday’s lone Twenty20 International against New Zealand at Old Trafford with the hand injury that sidelined him from Saturday’s one-day......
CHESTER-LE-STREET: Former England off-spinner Graeme Swann has told Eoin Morgan’s men to maintain their ‘courageous’ approach to one-day cricket and rid themselves of a fear of failure once and for......
SANTIAGO: Brazil superstar Neymar was dramatically thrown out of the Copa America on Friday as Chile shrugged off the drunk-driving controversy surrounding Arturo Vidal to power into the......
KARACHI: The rival group of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) took control of its headquarters in Lahore on Saturday although confusion reigned whether it was by use of force or not.The group......
MEXICO CITY: Former FIFA world player of the year Ronaldinho has terminated his contract with Mexico’s Queretaro and said goodbye in a letter on his Facebook page.Ronaldinho, a member of Brazil’s......
AUCKLAND: Nemanja Maksimovic scored late in extra time as Serbia pulled off a historic 2-1 win to beat heavily-favoured Brazil in the final of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup at North Harbour Stadium on......
SANTA CLARA: Michael Phelps continued his tough road back to the Olympics as he finished third in the 200-metre freestyle final at the Pro Swim Series meet here on Friday.Phelps swam a time of......
LONDON: Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro has pulled out of Wimbledon after having a third operation on his left wrist, the organisers said on Friday.The former US Open champion, who has only played......
UNIVERSITY PLACE (Washington): Masters champion Jordan Spieth stayed on track for a rare double at the year’s first two majors as he grabbed a share of the lead after a dramatic US Open second round......
KARACHI: People in Pakistan support and wish China success in bidding to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, photographer Mohammad Jahangir Khan said.Jahangir represented Pakistan along with 20 prominent......
KARACHI: The duo of Saeed Mutabir and Salman Khan put up excellent show for Heroes Cricket Club Quetta who hammered Karachi Gymkhana Whites by nine wickets in the second match of Omar Associates 30th......
SPIELBERG: Defending world champion and series leader Lewis Hamilton secured the 45th pole position of his career Saturday when he outpaced Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in a dramatic rain-affected......
HALLE (Germany): Roger Federer reached the Halle grass-court final for the 10th time after beating giant Croatian Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-4) in the semi-finals here on Saturday.The Swiss, who......
KARACHI: A small four-race card has been drawn for the Gymkhana race meeting which takes place at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.All together, there are 25 acceptors who will vie for honours in the......
KARACHI: Pakistan player Khalid Latif hit a sparkling half-century as defending champions Touchme Cricket Club recorded an easy 42-run victory over Soni Associates in Dollar East Dr M.A.Shah Night......
LONDON: Liverpool have signed Charlton Athletic and England under-19 international defender Joe Gomez on a long-term contract, the Premier League club said on Saturday.The 18-year-old, who made 24......
KARACHI: Barring JP-I (commercial aviation fuel), Punjab consumes 50-70 per cent of petroleum products including petrol, high speed diesel (HSD) and furnace oil (FO) as compared to other......
KARACHI: The strike price of Rs95 for the share of Rs10 worked out under the book-building of Al Shaheer Corporation Limited, a meat company in the process of listing at the Karachi Stock Exchange is......
RIYADH: Crude producers’ are faced with a daunting prospect. Despite shrinking revenues, they need to make considerable investments in the sector — to ensure meeting the demands of tomorrow. That’s......
LONDON: Commodities experienced a volatile week, as traders eyed the oil supply glut, the dollar and intensifying concerns that Greece could default and crash out from the eurozone.The EU has called......
MULTAN: The absence of buying interest kept cotton prices under pressure on Saturday. The Karachi Cotton Association also cut its spot rate by Rs50 to Rs5,500.Floor brokers said shortage of quality......
LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Saturday rejected the proposed increase in gas tariff saying that it would add to the woes of industrial sector and render Pakistan......
ATHENS: Greece on Saturday said it would present new proposals to its EU-IMF creditors to reach a debt deal as the country’s outspoken finance minister called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to......
WASHINGTON: Wal-Mart Stores Inc owns more than $76 billion of assets through a web of units in offshore tax havens around the world, though you wouldn’t know it from reading the giant retailer’s......
LAGOS: Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (NLNG), a joint venture between the government and foreign oil majors, has generated some 85 billion dollars from exports since its inception 15......
SAN FRANCISCO: The Federal Reserve should raise interest rates twice this year, said San Francisco Fed President John Williams, provided the economy develops as he expects.“We are getting closer and......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s import bill of oil fell by over 20 per cent year-on-year during the first 11 months (July-May) of this fiscal year on the back of fall in international oil prices.The country......
KARACHI: Demand for dollars fell flat with the beginning of Ramazan, and the bullish open currency market was found cool in the hot days of Umrah, foreign tours and school vacations.The demand for......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States have decided to hold the meetings of Pak-US Working Group on Economic and Finance in Islamabad and Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) in......
QUETTA: Leader of Opposition in the Balochistan Assembly Maulana Abdul Wasay criticised on Saturday the performance of the provincial government and said the provincial budget for 2015-16 did not......
QUETTA: The PML-N is finding it difficult to pick a suitable candidate for the post of speaker of the Balochistan Assembly lying vacant after resignation of Mir Jan Mohammad Jamali.Mr Jamali quit......
RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) seized a huge cache of narcotics from different parts of the country on Saturday.An official spokesman said the ANF conducted seven operations in different......
ISLAMABAD: The executive board of International Monetary Fund (IMF) is scheduled to meet in Washington on June 26 to approve $506 million for Pakistan in its seventh review of its Extended Fund......
ISLAMABAD: PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari said on Saturday that all national institutions must work within their assigned parameters in order to ensure victory in the ongoing fight against......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) alleged on Saturday that the victory of PML-N in recent elections in Gilgit-Baltistan was a result of massive rigging and announced that it would......
NEW YORK: The National Bank of Pakistan’s (NBP) New York branch was compelled to pay a penalty of $28,800 to the US treasury for apparent violations of US sanctions regime, the Wall Street Journal......
PORTLAND: A former Portland city worker has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for providing support to people linked to a suicide bomb attack on the offices of Inter-Services Intelligence......
MIAMI: Earth is embarking on its sixth mass extinction phase with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to, scientists have warned, and humans could be among the first......
WASHINGTON: The US Department of Defence has informed Congress that the military-to-military cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan is having a positive impact on the fight against......
IT’S Saturday evening, usually a dull time in the city of bureaucrats. Offices are closed, shops have few customers. I arrive at the Stock Exchange station of the recently inaugurated Metro Bus,......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been told that a let-up in electricity loadshedding was possible only if the demand decreases while Water and Power Minister Khawaja Asif claimed on......
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank approved on Friday a $188 million loan for consolidation of Guddu Barrage, the most strategic component of the Indus Basin irrigation system.International Development......
ISLAMABAD: Twenty-six petitions filed after the 2013 general elections are still pending with election tribunals which were supposed to come up with decisions in four months.The tribunals comprising......
KANDAHAR: A roadside bomb killed at least 14 members of an Afghan family, including women and children, in the country’s volatile south on Saturday, officials said, in the first major attack in......
ISLAMABAD: Pre-scan reports from 40 different constituencies of the national and provincial assemblies — prepared by the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) — have revealed some......
When Nasreen was caught in a crossfire and taken to the hospital, her relatives were asked to find blood donors. The hospital was unable to provide her blood without having someone donate blood in......
Mohammad Irfan and Mohammad Waqas were the heroes as Pakistan defeated a plucky Poland side 2-1 in their opening Hockey World League 2015 match on Saturday.Pakistan, who need to finish in the top......
ISLAMABAD: In an attempt to promote tourism in country's scenic northern region, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has included an A320 plane on its route to Skardu, the central valley of......
LONDON: Jonny Bairstow bludgeoned a brilliant 83 not out in Durham to lead England to a three-wicket win over New Zealand on the Duckworth-Lewis method on Saturday, earning a 3-2 victory in the......
