PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has prepared a twelve-point agreement seeking guarantees from the provincial government if his party is to rejoin the PTI-led......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Monday termed recent allegations against his party a nefarious plan, warning that attempts to remove him as MQM chief would result in......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government spent a sum of Rs130 million under the sub-head of honoraria— payment given for professional services that are rendered nominally without charge— during......
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party on Monday organised a mass prayer at the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in the city's Clifton area where special prayers were offered for rain in Karachi, which has......
QUETTA: Two people including a police inspector were killed on Monday in Quetta during separate attacks.Police officials said unknown assailants opened fire at a private vehicle on Quetta's Jan......
KARACHI: The city's primary electricity provider K-Electric has announced that power shortfall in Karachi has worsened after a technical fault led to the shut down of Karachi Nuclear Power Plant......
KARACHI: Nearly two-thirds of the victims of a killer heatwave that swept Sindh last week were homeless people, the provincial health minister said Monday, as the death toll in Karachi reached over......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) counsel Abdul Hafeez Pirzada on Monday alleged that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) remained non-cooperative and did not produce documents which......
When in 1997 my uncle pinned the 'diya' on my shirt, my joy knew no bounds. The diya was Imran Khan's party symbol at that time. In a very PML-N-leaning locality, I wore it around proudly all......
BEIJING: Around 30 per cent of China's Ming-era Great Wall has disappeared over time as adverse natural conditions and reckless human activities ? including stealing the bricks to build houses ?......
THE HAGUE: European police have arrested over 500 suspects, seized over 2.8 tonnes of cocaine and hundreds of vehicles in a series of raids against organised crime, Europol said on Monday.Police from......
NEW DELHI: India rested regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and a host of other senior cricketers on Monday and put Ajinkya Rahane in charge of a second-string squad for next month's tour of......
NEW DELHI: Two prisoners escaped from India's most secure jail in New Delhi by digging a tunnel under a wall and scaling another in a daring dash for freedom, an official and media reports said......
PATNA: Police are investigating the mob killing of a school director in northern India after two of the school's students were discovered dead, officials said Monday.The mob attacked the boarding......
ABU DHABI: A United Arab Emirates court sentenced an Emirati woman to death on Monday after convicting her of the jihadist-inspired murder of an American teacher, Abu Dhabi newspaper The National......
Did they take the expression 'break a leg' a little too literally?Actresses Mawra Hocane and Alia Bhatt are living the fast life and getting injured in the process. While self-proclaimed workaholic......
As last week’s heatwave death toll in Pakistan’s largest city crossed 1,200, and there was no sign of the monsoon rain promised by the weatherman, some experts warned of another heatwave in the......
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Monday that Islamic State (IS) militants based in Syria and Iraq were planning specific attacks against Britain and posed an existential threat......
ISLAMABAD: The Interior Ministry on Monday refuted news reports of a six to seven member team of the Scotland Yard (London Metropolitan Police) arriving in the capital last week in relation to the......
ISTANBUL: Riot police in Istanbul used tear gas and fired rubber pellets to disperse thousands of participants in the city's gay pride march after some began chanting slogans against the president,......
Ramazan is a month for reflection and peace; however, more often than not in the rush to get home to have Iftar with the family or to hasten to cook as many dishes as one can in a limited time,......
Pakistan will take on Great Britain in the Hockey World League quarter-final after Bobby Crutchley's side finished second in Pool B to complete the last eight lineup of the tournament in Antwerp,......
From Ron's adorable date, actress Afshan Azad has grown into a gorgeous woman. The British starlet of Bangladeshi descent who played Padma Patil in Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire just earned some......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday rejected supermodel Ayyan Ali’s bail plea in a case pertaining to charges of currency smuggling.A single-member bench of the LHC, headed by Justice Abdul......
LAHORE: An election tribunal in Lahore on Monday rejected the application of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) stalwart Imtiaz Safdar Warriach challenging the results of NA-98 constituency.In his......
HERAT: At least 11 Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban ambush in western Afghanistan, officials said Monday, as security forces face their first fighting season without Nato combat support.“The......
LAHORE: The Counter-terrorism Department, Lahore police and intelligence agencies killed four suspected militants in an early-morning raid on a house in Sheikhupura district on Monday, officials......
PESHAWAR: A head constable was shot dead by unknown men in Jabba Suhail area of Yakatut here on Monday.According to Police Control Line, Head Constable Nigar Ali was on his way to duty when he was......
COLOMBO: Dimuth Karunaratne hit 50 off 56 balls as Sri Lanka trounced Pakistan by seven wickets in the second Test in Colombo on Monday to square the three-match series.Karunaratne and skipper Angelo......
KARACHI: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC-2) on Monday granted bail to senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) Rabita Committee member Amir Khan in a case pertaining to instigating terrorism and......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's army is preparing for a final push in the coming weeks in its fight against militants, but there are concerns that rights are being rolled back in the name of defeating terror.A......
Newly-elected International Cricket Council (ICC) President Zaheer Abbas vowed to play his part in reviving bilateral cricket series between India and Pakistan despite the ceremonial nature of his......
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday confirmed receiving a letter from ex-Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi which revealed the names of top international cricketers involved in......
KARACHI: Pakistan's spin maestro Saeed Ajmal is in England playing county cricket to regain his lost rhythm with a remodeled action, but along with it the 37-year-old spinner is putting in special......
LONDON: Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova take centre stage as Wimbledon gets underway on Monday while Lleyton Hewitt hopes for a long goodbye on his 17th and final appearance at......
SAO PAULO: Brazil's Copa America exit against Paraguay has plunged them into the doldrums again and sparked a well-worn debate about how to restore the national side to its former glory.A year after......
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri who reached Lahore on Monday morning was greeted by a throng of supporters and activists at Allama Iqbal International Airport.Heavy......
CONCEPCION: Brazil's penalty shoot-out jinx struck again Saturday as Paraguay sent them crashing out of the Copa America in a stunning repeat of their 2011 upset of the five-time world......
OWEN Bennett-Jones is a respected name in English journalism. His report may be correct factually, but to feed people’s curiosity something needs to be filtered out first.First, the timing of the......
IT is unfortunate to mention that the people of Dera Bugti are once again being forced to accept the institution of sardar. They have taken years to get rid of the dominion of sardars. Sardars have......
THIS refers to some diplomats of European countries who visited the Sindh chief minister on June 9 and got the hanging of death-row prisoner Shafqat Hussain stayed. The accused had kidnapped a......
ELECTRICITY theft, a major reason in the wake of the punishing heatwave, not only results in the rise of unbearable loadshedding but also hinders the entire process of sustainable economic growth.......
THIS is with reference to Nadeem F. Paracha’s ‘The map man’ (Smokers’ Corner, Images on Sunday, June 21). The article provides information about Chaudhry Rehmat Ali about whom very little has......
MUCH has already been said and written about Modi’s belligerent statement in Bangladesh as well as about the Indian defence ministry threatening reprisals against Pakistan for promoting “terrorism”......
In a modern state, social justice demands that the people are not discriminated against, nor their welfare and well-being constrained or prejudiced on the basis of gender, sex, religion, political......
IT was heartrending to hear from a distant relative about the ‘honour’ killing of a 12-year-old girl in the remote mountainous area of Googany, central Kurram Agency. I googled and browsed through......
THATTA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has claimed that the Sindh government is responsible for more than 1,000 deaths from heatstroke amid power crisis in Karachi and......
KARACHI: While another 30 people lost their lives because of heatstroke on Sunday, several provincial ministers visited various hospitals and blamed prolonged power outages in the city for over 1,200......
KARACHI: The historical lakes of Sindh, which have also been declared wildlife sanctuaries, are shrinking due to a host of reasons including reduced supply of water and encroachment, it emerged on......
KARACHI: “Baba developed high-grade fever on the first day of fasting. It was extremely hot and there was no electricity at home that day. Initially, we couldn’t understand what had gone wrong with......
KARACHI: Here we go again! It’s that time of year when the faithful try and keep away from culinary temptation from dawn till dusk. But a visit, even a fleeting one, to Karachi’s restaurants,......
KARACHI: A teenage boy was shot dead over suspicion of being a police informer in a Lyari area, police said on Sunday.They said that 19-year-old Adil was targeted on Brohi Road near Singhu Lane......
HYDERABAD: The Sindh organiser of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Dr Arif Alvi, has blamed over a thousand deaths from heatwave on bad governance in Sindh “where corruption rules the roost and the......
SUKKUR: The rail traffic on the Sukkur-Jacobabad sector was disrupted for more than two hours on Sunday when people spotted a bomb that was planted on the Jacobabad-Quetta track near Qalati Khan......
SUKKUR: A three-year-old boy was thrown into a canal during a gun battle between two rival groups in which his father along with three other persons was wounded.The embattled groups belonged to the......
HYDERABAD: Sindh United Party (SUP) president Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah has said that if the present rulers lack the capacity to run affairs of the government, they should better quit. Talking to......
KARACHI: Majlis-i-Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) has urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo moto action against K-Electric, and federal ministers Khawaja Asif and Abid Sher Ali over the deaths of......
BADIN: A man was arrested after he allegedly beat his 25-year-old wife to death in Allahdino Pathan village near Tando Bago town of Badin district on Sunday.Tando Bago police quoting heirs of the......
KARACHI: The president of the Sindh chapter of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid, Haleem Adil Sheikh, has held the provincial and federal governments responsible for over a thousand deaths from heatstroke......
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: An infant had a miraculous escape when fell off a moving bus near Moro town on the National Highway on Sunday.The around 18-month-old baby was in the lap of his mother who along......
SHANGHAI: One of China’s biggest foreign policy successes will take concrete shape on Monday when delegates from 57 countries sign an agreement on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in......
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait identified on Sunday the suicide bomber behind its worst terrorist attack as a young Saudi Arabian man, and said it had detained the driver of the vehicle that took him to a Shia......
MIAMI: An unmanned SpaceX rocket exploded less than three minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday, in the first major disaster for the fast-charging company headed by Internet......
WASHINGTON: Nuclear talks with Iran would go beyond Tuesday’s formal deadline for a deal, a senior US official told reporters in Washington.And Secretary of State John Kerry, who is leading the US......
When will the Israeli government stop misusing the RAF’s wartime raid on the Gestapo’s Danish headquarters to justify their killing of children? Their shameful and dishonest version of the 1945 air......
PORT KANTAOUI: Tunisia said on Sunday it would arm tourism police and deploy hundreds of reinforcements as authorities moved to boost security after a jihadist gunned down 38 people at a seaside......
NEW YORK: Brazil, China, India and South Africa voiced disappointment on Sunday over the failure of rich countries to come up with billions of dollars needed to help them sign on to a landmark......
ROME: Italian coast guard ships and vessels from a multi-nation naval mission and humanitarian organisations rescued at least 2,900 migrants on Sunday from 21 boats launched by smugglers from Libyan......
NEW DELHI: Faced with embarrassing reports about its officials posted in diplomatics missions abroad, the Indian government is taking action with regard to a slew of complaints, reports said on......
BRUSSELS: A bus carrying British schoolchildren went off a highway and overturned near the Belgian coast on Sunday, killing one adult chaperone and injuring the driver and some of the children,......
WASHINGTON: The United States will maintain around 10,000 troops in Afghanistan through this year but by the end of 2016 it would get down to a Kabul-centred, embassy-focused presence, says a senior......
TOKYO: The revolutionary Solar Impulse 2 aircraft took off early on Monday for a flight over the Pacific Ocean, a spokeswoman said, the most ambitious leg of its quest to circumnavigate the globe......
NEW DELHI: Six members of a suspected international smuggling racket were arrested with an estimated $15 million of snake venom hidden in school bags close to Bhutan border in eastern India,......
BATUMI: A US warship arrived on Sunday in Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi on a training mission, the US embassy said, sending a message of support to the Nato aspirant amid the conflict in......
UNITED NATIONS: On the eve of highly-charged elections, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday urged the government of Burundi to ensure that voting takes place in a secure......
PARIS: It may have slipped from its golden age into its golden years, but two decades into the internet era the fax machine is still, perhaps surprisingly, holding its place in many offices.While it......
JAFFNA: Shunned, destitute and pushed into prostitution in some cases, Sri Lanka’s Tamil widows have returned to northern Jaffna since the end of the separatist war only to discover they are not......
WHEN the three Dawood sisters abandoned their husbands in Britain and made their way to join the self-styled Islamic State in Syria, the story made headlines across the UK. Sociologists, politicians......
ISLAMABAD: A man and two of his grandchildren were killed and another two grandsons seriously injured as they crossed the Faisal Avenue on Sunday morning.The driver abandoned the car and fled from......
ISLAMABAD: One of the busiest roads of the twin cities, I.J Principal Road is in urgent need of repair to ensure smooth traffic flow.While some maintenance work was begun last week, it was not......
ISLAMABAD: Nine key posts of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), including that of the executive director and member operations, have remained vacant for several months and ad hoc methods are......
ISLAMABAD: Before the metro buses and the urban development projects, in the days that Islamabad was still a homely little town located along the foothills of the Margallas, growing one’s own food......
RAWALPINDI: The annual budget of the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) for fiscal year 2015-16 worth Rs2.7 billion was sent to the regional director of military lands and cantonment for final......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) has started taking action against organisations that import hazardous substances and have been suspected of misusing them.In 2010,......
ISLAMABAD: Fatherhood was celebrated on Friday with hundreds stopping by a stall set up in the main foyer at Centaurus Mall to write messages for their fathers and get pictures taken in the photo......
ISLAMABAD: No one really remembers how or when pakoras joined the ranks of Rooh Afza and dates as a staple Iftar item in Pakistan. But each Ramazan, countless stalls pop up at every nook and corner......
ISLAMABAD: The Awami Workers Party (AWP) and the All Pakistan Alliance for Katchi Abadis (APAKA) have joined hands to resist any operation against the slums in Islamabad.Representatives of the two......
ISLAMABAD: Tahir Mehmood, a resident of Sector I-10 is among thousands of residents of the federal capital, facing water shortages since the summer hit its peak.“Sometimes water is supplied after......
TAXILA: To find some respite from the sizzling summer heat and unending power cuts, a large number of people from Taxila, Wah Cantonment and Hassanabdal headed to spots with streams and springs on......
PESHAWAR: Has Khyber Pakhtunkhwa run its course of financial sustainability? Is the bubble about to burst? On the face of it, this may seem unlikely but dig deeper into the budget for 2015-2016 and......
PESHAWAR: Political temperature remained high in the first half of the current month because of the local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where 117 protests and rallies were taken out......
TIMERGARA: A woman gave birth to quintuplets at a private hospital here on Sunday, hospital sources said, adding the mother and the children were in good health.The couple had been childless for the......
KOHAT: Four people were gunned down in separate incidents here on Sunday.Police said that some Afghan refugees and residents of Jungle Khel area were bathing in the Buna Baba spring when they started......
LANDI KOTAL: Senator Taj Mohammad Afridi has asked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor to take steps for establishing an elected Fata Council and delegation of all powers to the said council.Talking to......
PESHAWAR/CHARSADDA: The candidates intending to take part in the re-polling for local governments have demanded of Election Commission of Pakistan to change its date from July 5 as they will not be......
PESHAWAR: Frequent strikes by employees at the public sector hospitals apparently for resolution of their demands, has been troubling poor patients, who are dependent on free treatment.Strikes often......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawari traditional double-soled chapal scaled new heights of popularity when it was launched with its new title ‘Kaptaan special Peshawari chapal’ on January 8 this year.“The special......
KHAR: The political administration has imposed fresh ban on motorcycle riding in Bajaur Agency for an unspecified period owing to security concerns.Sources said that the decision was taken at a high......
SWABI: The focus of the contesting candidates has shifted to the women voters after the announcement of Election Commission of Pakistan to hold re-election at 15 polling stations for women and two......
PESHAWAR: Two people were killed and four injured when rival groups clashed in Shaikhabad locality of the provincial capital here on Sunday.An official of Gulbahar police said the clash occurred over......
MANSEHRA: The secretaries of different union councils in Mansehra continued their strike on fourth consecutive day on Sunday.The secretaries of 59 union councils in the district had gone on strike on......
KARAK: Power supply to about 50 villages of Karak district could not be restored on Sunday, more than 24 hours after a rain and hailstorm knocked down electricity polls on Saturday, causing water......
The United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture was observed on June 26. The day commemorates the signing of the United Nations Charter on June 24, 1946 and the entry into force......
LAHORE: The Punjab Thalassaemia Prevention Programme (PTPP) has been found lacking in various vital areas concerning children suffering from the condition as well as their parents, since it was......
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri left London on Sunday to reach Punjab’s capital here on Monday morning via Dubai.Dr Qadri will be received by the party’s Lahore chapter and......
LAHORE: The PPP has started making efforts to bring opposition parties, especially Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), on one platform against the PML-N ahead of local body polls in Punjab.“The PTI for......
LAHORE: PPP stalwart Ashraf Sohna is quitting the party over rifts with the party’s provincial leadership and he is likely to join Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI).“I have decided to quit the PPP in......
SAHIWAL: A 10-year-old seminary student was allegedly tortured by his teacher on Sunday at Noorpur village in Pakpattan.The boy was shifted to Malikan Rural Health Centre for treatment.Reports said......
LAHORE: Printing of wrong map in a textbook has irritated Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif so much that he has decided to get the issue probed by a judicial commission to fix those responsible for......
LAHORE: Field teams of the Punjab Food Authority on Sunday sealed various factories, restaurants and eateries over different violations of relevant law.A team sealed a jam manufacturing factory......
LAHORE: Police claimed on Sunday to have arrested a four-member gang involved in robbery and theft cases in separate areas of the city.According to a press release, a police team, led by Chuhng SHO......
LAHORE: Attari Saroba residents staged a demonstration on Sunday near the chief minister house in Model Town and later blocked the Ferozepur Road for traffic in protest against laying out of sewerage......
LAHORE: A three-year-old boy found wandering on a highway on Saturday night was reunited with his family on Sunday after a public appeal by the National Highways & Motorway Police.According to a......
LAHORE: The Punjab Board of Investment & Trade (PBIT) and Pan China Construction Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Sunday to enhance cooperation in construction projects in......
SIALKOT: PML-N MNA Zahid Hamid’s wife Shehnaz Zahid died after a protracted illness at a hospital in Lahore on Sunday night. She was 65.Shehnaz was the daughter of former Punjab chief minister Nawab......
GUJRAT: The local industry has protested the restriction of not running manufacturing units between Iftar and Sehr and called the federal government’s claims of providing uninterrupted power supply......
MUZAFFARGARH: Two dacoits were killed while three police officials suffered injuries in an encounter at Khangarh on Sunday.DPO Rai Zameerul Haq (who has now been transferred to Gujrat as DPO) said he......
SAHIWAL: Coordination officers will be appointed at union council (UC) level to facilitate people’s complaints against public officials and departments.The provincial ombudsman’s office had already......
FAISALABAD: The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF), administration earmarked a piece of land for construction of a church on the campus and laid its foundation stone on Sunday.Talking to......
KASUR: An alleged robber was killed while four of his accomplices managed their escape during a police encounter here on Sunday on Multan Road in Saddar Pattoki police precincts.On a tip-off, Saddar......
BAHAWALPUR: The city Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) has sought registration of a case against 150 traders for “interfering in official work and inconveniencing motorists by blocking road.”In......
SAHIWAL: A non-government organisation, in collaboration with the Punjab Aids Control Program, is launching an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in various communities in the districts of Sahiwal,......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders on Sunday expressed optimism that the power in Punjab would soon be with the PTI and agreed that the party leadership must follow the......
OKARA: Thieves took away the valuables from the residence of a civil judge at Judicial Colony, District Complex, on Saturday night.According to the FIR, lodged by Dipalpur Civil Judge Ahmad Mujtaba......
LAHORE: Sunday attracted a huge rush of people in various Ramazan bazaars amid a mixed response to arrangements, price and quality from the buyers.In Johar Town Ramzaan bazaars, buyers continued to......
QUETTA: The self-exiled Baloch leader, Khan of Kalat Mir Suleman Dawood Jan, has agreed to meet a delegation of Balochistan government despite having reservations about its mandate and prevailing......
LAHORE: The Chairman of the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association, Mr S.M. Tanveer, said on Sunday that the association had decided to ‘voluntarily’ close down the textile industry because of the......
PESHAWAR/LANDI KOTAL: At least 27 suspected militants were killed in air strikes in North Waziristan and Khyber tribal regions on Sunday.According to official sources, military planes pounded......
ISLAMABAD: With 7th National Finance Commission award expiring on June 30, the government has formally moved a summary for its extension to the next financial year to provide a legal cover to......
KARACHI: The harsh heatwave which killed more than 1,300 people in Karachi and other parts of Sindh over the past few days has ended, says a Met official.He said on Sunday that there was no threat of......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said that opposition parties, including the PTI, have failed to provide any evidence regarding “systematic and planned rigging” in the 2013......
COLOMBO: Seamer Dhammika Prasad claimed four wickets to put Sri Lanka on top in the second Test in Colombo on Sunday despite a defiant century from Azhar Ali.Pakistan, who trailed by 177 on the first......
CANTERBURY: Daniel Bell-Drummond’s sparkling hundred for Kent could not prevent Australia winning the opening match of their Ashes tour by 255 runs at Canterbury on Sunday.Almost 40 years to the day......
LONDON: Australia great Shane Warne has told England new-ball duo James Anderson and Stuart Broad to expect plenty of ‘sledging’, or verbal abuse, to come their way during the upcoming Ashes......
ANTWERP: Pakistan finished third in Pool ‘A’ after they were held to a 2-2 draw by France at the World Hockey League Semi-Finals at the KHC Dragons Stadium on Sunday.Pakistan had only themselves to......
LONDON: After losing in the French Open final, Novak Djokovic wanted nothing to do with tennis — for about a week, anyway.Now, with his opening match at Wimbledon coming Monday on Centre Court, the......
CONCEPCION: Derlis Gonzalez slotted two penalties, one in regular time and again in the shootout, to help Paraguay upset five-time world champions Brazil 4-3 after a 1-1 draw on Saturday that......
VANCOUVER: England scored twice in three first-half minutes then held on to beat hosts Canada 2-1 on Saturday and book a spot in the Women’s World Cup semi-finals against defending champions Japan,......
GENEVA: Stop flirting with the FIFA presidency and say for sure you are going.Sepp Blatter got a clear message on Sunday from FIFA election monitor Domenico Scala to end speculation he wants to stay......
LONDON: Brazilian Nelson Piquet junior became the first Formula E champion on Sunday as the new electric series wrapped up its debut season with a race that had the crowd making more noise than the......
CANTERBURY: Grabbing a couple of wickets in Australia’s first Ashes warm-up against Kent was a relief for veteran paceman Ryan Harris, who has been battling to remind selectors of his quality after......
EUGENE: Allyson Felix’s dalliance with the 400 metres has led to a dilemma of whether she will run the event at worlds or hand off the spot to a team-mate. That decision could take days, maybe even......
KARACHI: Nauman Anwar underlined his immense potential with a brilliant century to help Omar CC whip Mohammad Hussain by 93 runs in the 30th Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramazan Cricket Festival......
KARACHI: Fakhar Zaman produced splendid all-round show as Dollar East clinched an exciting eight-run win against Ali Sports in the 28th Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Tournament for the State Life......
MILAN: Embattled Tour de France champion Vincenzo Nibali has revealed an Achilles tendon injury curtailed his winter schedule but said he is ready to face his yellow jersey rivals when the race......
KARACHI: Alamgir Gymkhana, inspired by a fine half-century from Danish Aziz, sealed a consolation 11-run victory over Azad Innovators in the third Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cricket Tournament at the......
QUETTA: The Balochistan government will provide free stents for 500 deserving patients in two hospitals of Quetta.Provincial Health Minister Mir Rehmat Saleh Baloch said at a ceremony held to......
GWADAR: Bodies of four fishermen who drowned in the Arabian Sea two days ago have not been found yet.The fishermen belonging to the same family drowned when their boat was damaged by the rough sea......
KARACHI: A young man was gunned down in Napier area on Sunday allegedly by gangsters who had killed his elder brother a few years ago.According to police, Nawaz Ali, 25, was shot dead on Siddiq Wahab......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari seems to have ignored the advice of opposition politicians to continue his policy of reconciliation following his outburst against......
ISLAMABAD: Afghan Interior Minister Noorulhaq Olomi has postponed his planned visit to Pakistan due to security situation in his country.Sources in the Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs told......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: A journalist was shot dead in Usta Mohammad town of Jaffarabad district early on Sunday.Police said Zafarullah Jatak was asleep in his room when armed men broke into the house and......
GILGIT: The newly-elected Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman, presented a Rs31.92 billion budget for the year 2015-16 in the Legislative Assembly on Sunday.In his budget......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways (PR) will run 23 special trains for the benefit of about 30,000 people wishing to spend Eidul Fitr in their hometowns.A meeting of senior officials held at the PR......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit Karachi on Monday (today), according to a spokesperson for the PM Office.The city is again in news, this time over tragic death of hundreds of people......
RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has seized a large cache of narcotics in six recent operations and arrested four suspects.According to an ANF spokesman, the seized drugs include 1.53 tons......
AS the broader banking industry has only recently started recovering from the loan losses ‘that arose following the global economic meltdown in 2008,’ the state-run National Bank of Pakistan has yet......
EVERY silver lining has a cloud. The technologies that offer human beings comforts and opportunities that would have been unimaginable two centuries ago ultimately depend on an abundance of energy.......
WHEN Lorna Morris, a freelance graphic designer, has a lull in her work, her first concern is paying the bills. But there is another form of anxiety that can emerge from time to time. It is an......
THE amended FY16 budget passed by the National Assembly at the end of a 19-day session on June 23 accommodated many recommendations of the opposition-led Senate Standing Committee on Finance.But the......
THE local equity market reawakened to new listings last year, raising Rs72.2bn through 10 initial public offerings. This compared favourably with just three new issues worth a tiny Rs4bn in 2013.With......
THE government raised Rs89.569bn from the auction of Treasury bills of various tenors on June 24. A slight rise in the cut-off yields was witnessed.Of the total, three month T-bills fetched......
AMPLE dollar supply in the local currency market was said to have stabilised the rupee last week. The country’s forex reserves position also improved after receiving $706m from the World Bank on......
SOME businessmen have an insatiable hunger for growth. S.M. Tanveer is one of them.“If you do not grow your business, it will ultimately die,” he stresses in an interview with Dawn. “You don’t have......
THE tax-to-GDP ratio has gone up in FY15, according to revised estimates. The Federal Board of Revenue contributes over 90pc of overall tax revenues, while other sources make up the remaining......
THE National Assembly passed the federal budget 2015-16 last Tuesday. But it does not reflect the changes secretly made by the Federal Board of Revenue while the budget was still being debated.The......
IN a rare move, the heads of European Union missions stationed in the country have impressed upon the Pakistan government to take urgent action on climate change because the cost of taking no action......
AT last some better sense has prevailed on the official agricultural front. In the revised budget package, the government agreed to reduce the general sales tax (GST) on pesticides from 17pc to 7pc......
THE pace of the implementation of Sindh’s agriculture growth project has remained exceptionally slow since its initiation last year. The multi-billion-rupee project is designed to increase farm......
BALOCHISTAN’S agricultural budget has increased by 7pc to Rs6.802bn for FY16. Of this, Rs1.5bn has been allocated for phase II of the ‘Green Balochistan’ project, Rs3.5bn for farm mechanisation and......
THE Supreme Court on Saturday rightly ruled that a petition seeking to slash the allegedly extravagant sums of public money spent on the President House, Prime Minister House and the various governor......
THE perils of an inefficient judicial system are all too well known in Pakistan. Any individual or group that has to approach the courts knows that justice, if it is ever served, will be a long time......
BACK in 2011, the American actor George Clooney recalled asking Barack Obama to identify the one thing that kept him up at night.“Pakistan,” replied the US president.Obama did not elaborate. We can......
LAST week’s coordinated attack on the Afghan parliament, meticulously timed to coincide with defence minister-designate Masoom Stanikzai’s appearance before lawmakers for a vote of confidence, was......
PAKISTAN’S energy crisis may upstage terrorism as a major security threat faced by the country. Long duration of load-shedding in the blistering heat has triggered a spate of protests in KP, Sindh......
AVOIDING calling the Charleston church massacre an act of terrorism, FBI director James Comey said: “Terrorism is an act of violence … to try to influence a public body or citizenry, so it’s more of......
ATHENS: Greek banks and the Athens stock market will be closed on Monday and capital controls will be imposed, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced, pleading for calm after anxious citizens......
