VIENNA: Iran and six major powers on Tuesday gave themselves until July 7 to clinch a historic nuclear deal as a midnight deadline approached in marathon talks with no breakthrough in sight.Russian......
PESHAWAR: The district administration of Peshawar on Tuesday imposed a ban on the export of poultry and cattle to Afghanistan to check skyrocketing meat prices in the holy month of Ramazan.According......
KARACHI: Documents suggesting a senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader had disclosed the party’s alleged links to India’s spy agency during an interview with British authorities are not......
ISLAMABAD: More than 2500 cleaners armed with 2542 cleaning tools and equipment are daily removing about 143 tons of garbage from the Grand Mosque.Maher Al-Zahrani, director of the Department of......
KARACHI: Shares ended higher on Tuesday, buoyed by cement companies on expectations of strong year-end results and a comeback by K-Electric Ltd, the country's biggest power company, which came under......
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti on Tuesday demanded that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) be banned in the wake of the recent allegations leveled by BBC against the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's counsel Abdul Hafeez Pirzada on Tuesday named the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the provincial Election Commission Punjab as responsible for alleged......
Shaista Lodhi, who hosted one of the most popular morning shows on Pakistani television, appears to have tied the knot.She announced her nuptials in a tweet that quoted a Quranic verse about......
ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has immunised more than 20 million Pakistani children against polio with nearly 87 million vaccines administered as part of the Emirates Polio Campaign till......
This Eid, the buzz is all about films, so news that a new music video's being released is a welcome change!Thanks to the charming Uzair Jaswal, we will have something to look forward to with respect......
KARACHI: The media adviser to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Ismail on Monday submitted an application in District Courts (South) requesting registration of a First Information Report......
KARACHI: Senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Rabita Committee member Amir Khan was released from Karachi Central Jail on Tuesday, a day after an anti-terrorism court (ATC) granted him bail.After......
KARACHI: Sindh Police Inspector General (IG) Ghulam Hyder Jamali said on Tuesday that the Safoora Goth carnage suspects are well-educated and avoided the use of mobile networks opting to communicate......
If you went around in Karachi asking various students which education institutes they studied in, most would reply in acronyms like NED, DJ, DCTO and so on. Recently, just before summer break, my......
QUETTA: At least 13 suspected militants were killed during an exchange of fire with Frontier Corps (FC) personnel in Balochistan's Awaran district on Tuesday morning.FC Spokesman Khan Wasey said......
JUBA: South Sudan's army raped then torched girls alive inside their homes during a recent campaign notable for its “new brutality and intensity”, a UN rights report said Tuesday.Rights investigators......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday indicted Mustafa Kanju and six others accused in the murder case of a Lahore youth Zain.The court also instructed the counsels of both parties to......
KANDAHAR: A suicide truck bomb in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday killed two civilians and wounded more than 40, officials said, in the latest attack since the Taliban began their annual......
KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday nominated a female judge to sit on the Afghanistan Supreme Court in an unprecedented move that has angered some Islamic conservatives.Anisa Rasouli,......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif in a meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday at PM House discussed Indian involvement in funding terrorism in Pakistan.The PM......
BEIRUT: The Islamic State (IS) group has beheaded two women in Syria on accusations of “sorcery,” the first such execution of women in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said......
BANGKOK: The changing response to natural disasters by civil society groups and the government has reduced the need for an on-the-ground presence of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of......
While nobody can deny the appeal of Iftar standards like dahi bara, chaat, samosas and pakoras, sometimes you want to change things up a bit or take a break from all the fried food.These recipes are......
DHAKA: Bangladesh has criticised the current scheduling system in international cricket as a new tri-series in Zimbabwe threatens their qualification for the 2017 Champions Trophy.Bangladesh stunned......
LONDON: Mitchell Johnson is relishing the prospect of a few heated exchanges with England firebrand Ben Stokes, but he hopes the home supporters will keep it clean off the pitch.The Australian fast......
VIENNA: World powers and Iran are back in nuclear talks, and this round may be the deciding one.After nearly a decade of international diplomacy, negotiators are working past Tuesday's deadline,......
LONDON: Lleyton Hewitt admitted he just managed to hold back the tears as the former Wimbledon champion's swansong ended in a frustrating five-set defeat against Jarkko Nieminen on Monday.Hewitt is......
MEDAN: At least 116 people were killed Tuesday when an Indonesian air force transport plane crashed into a major city shortly after take-off and exploded in a fireball, officials said.Buildings were......
B-town has made a mark on Forbes’ highly awaited ‘Celebrity 100: The World's Top-Paid Entertainers 2015’ list as actors Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan tied for the 71st position with $33.5 million......
LONDON: Former champions Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray get their 2015 Wimbledon campaigns underway Tuesday, desperate to avoid marathon duels in temperatures expected to smash the......
ISLAMABAD: An earthquake shook large parts of Pakistan's northern region including several areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan provinces early on Tuesday.According to the Met......
KUWAIT: By sending a Saudi Arabian suicide bomber to Kuwait and recruiting local members of a stateless underclass to help him attack a Shia Muslim mosque, an Islamic State cell struck at the Gulf......
It took Pakistan leg spinner Yasir Shah just nine Test matches and a rich haul against Sri Lanka to grab the No. 9 spot in the International Cricket Council (ICC) ranking for top 10 Test bowlers.The......
SANAA: The Islamic State group claimed an attack on two Houthi rebel leaders in Sanaa on Monday night that medics said had killed at least 28 people, including eight women.The car bomb targeted......
Pakistan’s Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq has replaced Shoaib Malik in the Barbados Tridents squad for the team's remaining games at the 2015 Caribbean Premier League (CPL).The reason behind Malik’s......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during the second Test against Pakistan in Colombo, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday.ICC match referee Chris......
SYDNEY: The cricket World Cup co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand this year was the most popular ever and generated USD 844 million in economic benefits, an official analysis showed......
SANTIAGO: Chile took another step towards their dream of winning a first Copa America on home soil with a 2-1 win over Peru on Monday but Eduardo Vargas' match-winning double was overshadowed by an......
SINGAPORE: Singaporean billionaire Peter Lim, the owner of Spanish club Valencia, has expanded into sports marketing by acquiring the image rights for football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, it was......
SYDNEY: Australia and New Zealand will play the first day-night match in Test cricket's 138-year history, cricket chiefs announced Tuesday, in a bid to drive up dwindling spectator numbers for the......
PESHAWAR: Two Customs officials sat cross-legged on the dirt floor in a small compound making entries of goods being exported to Afghanistan. A tiny room in the compound is being used as office as......
PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has expressed deep concern over the excessive loadshedding and said despite producing electricity the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Monday promoted 49 judicial officers, including 17 additional district and sessions judges, 15 senior civil judges and 17 civil judges.The PHC’s Registrar......
PESHAWAR: Both PPP and PML-N claim to be the largest parties in the country as they have ruled the country several times. But in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, both the parties failed to prove their strength......
SWABI: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa additional inspector-general of police Tariq Javid on Monday said the police force had played its due role in countering the terrorist activities in the province and it was......
SWAT: Hundreds of families from different parts of the country have shifted to picturesque Bahrain valley of Swat to escape scorching heat in the holy month of Ramazan.Located on the confluence of......
PESHAWAR: The district administration has requested the Peshawar Central Jail authorities to spare a barrack for profiteers.A total of 712 local shopkeepers have been arrested for making unreasonable......
PESHAWAR: Experts have expressed deep concern over increasing drug abuse in the province and have urged measures to scale up awareness regarding harmful effects of narcotics.Drugs prevalence had been......
PESHAWAR: PTI MPA Zahid Durrani on Monday moved the Peshawar High Court to get the May 30 local body elections in the province nullified over massive rigging and mismanagement and order fresh......
LAKKI MARWAT/NOWSHERA: Election candidates and activists of political parties on Monday demanded of the Election Commission of Pakistan to reschedule the re-polling date keeping in view the fasting......
ABBOTTABAD: A group consisting of the PTI old guards strongly feels the party leadership will name candidates for the offices of district and tehsil nazims and naib nazims in Abbottabad from among......
TIMERGARA: Facing criticism from human rights and civil society organisations for ‘denying women the right to vote’ the Jamaat-i-Islami has begun mobilising women in Lower Dir to participate in the......
UPPER DIR: Frequent power outages have forced the people of Upper Dir to rely on mountain ice for domestic use, particularly cooling water off, in the fasting month.As the mercury across the......
KHAR: Students and teachers have demanded summer vacations in the schools of Bajaur Agency to save them from scorching heat as most educational institutions lack proper shelters and other basic......
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri on Monday urged the armed forces to provide his party “justice” in the Model Town incident where over a dozen PAT activists were killed in a......
LAHORE: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has entered into a ‘code share agreement’ with Etihad Airways with questions being raised over what critics say is ‘little gain’ by the national flag......
LAHORE: Four women were killed while a man suffered injuries in dust storm-related incidents on Monday.In the first incident, two sisters were killed and driver of a three-wheeler injured when a tree......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan’s helicopter on Monday afternoon faced a turbulent flight and landing in Lahore due to gusty winds.Mr Khan tweeted about the troubled hours after......
LAHORE: Former federal minister Chaudhry Ghias Ahmed Mela died of cardiac arrest in the US. He was 53.He was elected as member of National Assembly thrice from Sargodha and remained senior vice......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan says his party will prove that PML-N is ruling with fake mandate.“More wickets will start falling in a fortnight with the announcement of Judicial......
LAHORE: There will be no increase in the tuition fee for students and Rs735 million will be utilised for applied research, decided the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences’ Syndicate while......
LAHORE: The Health Department has sent a summary to the Punjab chief minister proposing Fatima Jinnah Medical College (FJMC) principal Prof Dr Sardar Fakhar Imam as acting vice-chancellor of the......
LAHORE: A dust storm brought on Monday some relief to the Lahorites who had been braving unannounced power loadshedding and breakdowns for the last couple of days.The wind was quiet right from dawn......
LAHORE: Members of the civil society, former officers of the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) and office-bearers of the All Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Workers Union (CBA) and the......
KASUR: Four people, including two students, died while a man suffered critical injuries in two road accidents here on Monday in the limits of Phoolnagar city police station.According to the police,......
OKARA: The PPP held an emergency meeting of the party’s district chapter presided over by Senior Vice President Rana Gul Nasir, which was attended by party office-bearers from all three tehsils of......
RAWALPINDI: Shah Azizur Rahman (Kushtia — UPP) moving a cut motion in the National Assembly, criticised the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for “very subtly” using its resources for the......
MASSIVE tax evasion and the flight of capital from Pakistan continue to erode this nation, because state sovereignty cannot be maintained if the national economy continues to depend on foreign......
THESE days, the press is full of stories of deaths due to an extremely hot weather. I thought I may mention the precautions we used to take in Agra in May and June to avoid sunstroke deaths.Agra......
APROPOS ‘Banks achieved 88% agri credit target’ (June 23). The State Bank of Pakistan is the official apex body of the banking sector which regulates the working and the transparency of the......
THE King Edward Medical University (KEMU) is considered to be one of the best government medical institutions in Pakistan. However, students here are treated quite unfairly. A recent example would be......
Granted that the heat wave that gripped Karachi was a natural calamity, but why was the government caught napping?The people were seen running helter-skelter for medical help. Is it not the......
THIS is regarding the release of 88 fishermen from an Indian jail with the exception of an eight-year-old boy, Ghulam Hussain, son of fisherman Muhammad Juman (June 24). I was saddened on reading......
I AM a K-Electric consumer and my account No. is 0400008893789. I live in Garden West area of Karachi. I pay my utility bills before due date every month. Recently, one afternoon I was informed by my......
WHERE are the upholders of the preservation of heritage sites because Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s mazar is getting a make-over.The blue-tiled structure was a part of Karachi which I have been seeing ever......
RAWALPINDI: It appears that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has not managed to restructure the party before the local government elections in Islamabad and Punjab and rifts within local leadership......
ISLAMABAD: Academic activities at Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology were suspended on Monday till Friday after a group of students closed the gates of the campus in protest......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Monday approved Rs37.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2015-16, which is 18 per cent less than the outgoing year’s budget.The civic mangers......
ISLAMABAD: Over a dozen people were injured in separate clashes on Monday.In the first incident, a group raided an under-construction house and allegedly manhandled the labourers and owners. The......
RAWALPINDI: Six doctors, including a woman, were booked by the police on Monday for the murder of a young doctor.The case was registered after the victim’s father knocked the doors of the additional......
ISLAMABAD: Though the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) has made more than 100 per cent recoveries from private consumers, the government departments still owe over Rs38 billion to the......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) called upon the government to pass on the full reduction in electricity tariff approved on account of fuel price adjustment.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed a petition filed against the expulsion of three Filipino missionary workers, including two principals of Islamabad convent schools.The......
TAXILA: Provincial Minister for Minerals Chaudhry Sher Ali Khan here on Monday said Ramazan bazaars have been transformed into ‘ideal Ramazan markets’.He was talking to newsmen after paying a snap......
ISLAMABAD: While the police struggle to locate the accused in the murder of a prosecutor last year, his alleged accomplice filed a petition for bail at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday.An......
ISLAMABAD: While a case related to the local government elections in Islamabad is still pending adjudication, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is determined to conduct the polls on July......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday issued notice to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on a petition seeking party-based local government elections in the federal capital.The......
ISLAMABAD: During the second year of the incumbent government, a number of developments affected the quality of democracy in Pakistan. One of the major achievements of the political process was that......
ISLAMABAD: Seraiki people, political workers, journalists and academicians gathered outside the National Press Club to protest the Punjab chief minister’s orders to delete the map of Seraiki province......
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar urged the government to initiate entrepreneurship programmes to create more economic opportunities for educated young people.At the seminar titled “Catalyzing......
LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has started transferring files of various plots of its LDA City housing scheme.According to a spokesman, the LDA has asked investors and public to apply......
MULTAN: Additional District and Sessions Court Judge Tariq Bajwa reserved on Monday decision on a petition seeking a case against former Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Civil Aviation......
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) emir Senator Sirajul Haq has held the PPP and the MQM responsible for the problems of Karachi and Sindh at present.Addressing a press conference here on Monday, he sought......
LAHORE: Within a year of its inauguration, the building of Daanish school in Attock district has started crumbling, with major cracks in walls and beams and leaking pipes and roofs – forcing......
SUKKUR: Ghotki Town Municipal Officer Tariq Bhugio took to his heels when Rangers personnel raided his office on Monday over reports of large-scale corruption in municipal funds.After the TMO’s......
KARACHI: The process of delimitation of constituencies of union committees, union councils and wards for holding the upcoming local government elections has been completed and currently the lists of......
HYDERABAD: The Military Estate Office (MEO), Hyderabad circle, responding to allegations of excesses against its rivals in a property dispute pending adjudication has repeated its claim that the......
NAWABSHAH: Personnel of federal law enforcement agencies raided the Nawabshah-Sehwan transport stand a day earlier and took into custody seven passenger vans which were originally ambulances donated......
KHAIRPUR: Poets, writers and radio, television and stage drama artists belonging to Khairpur have expressed concern that the Sachal Yadgar Committee does not consider their category for Sachal Awards......
KHAIRPUR: Two more kidney transplantations were carried out at the Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) on Sunday.Doctors transplanted a kidney of Umeed Ali, 34, donated by his mother Zainab,......
BADIN: The FIR registered against two managers of Khoski Sugar Mills and a cane broker in connection with an alleged scam involving Rs700-750 million is to be quashed, the police station concerned......
SANGHAR: Despite being promised Rs10 million as urgent relief for the drought-affected residents of Achro Thar over a year ago, the district government has not yet received the funds promised by......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Monday granted bail to Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Aamir Khan in a case pertaining to instigating terrorism and harbouring criminals.The bail was granted in the......
KARACHI: While the weeklong spell of heatwave has ended, with the Sindh government putting the figure of those affected by heatstroke at 100,000 in Karachi only, at least 26 more victims died in the......
KARACHI: Ignoring all the fuss recently created by the Sindh chief minister, ministers, opposition parties and others over extended power outages and improving power supply, K-Electric on Monday......
KARACHI: Frequent power breakdowns at the pumping stations of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board continued causing an acute shortage of over 27 million gallons in the city on Monday.According to a......
KARACHI: The only expression that one can use for explaining the plight of the Fyzee Rahamin art gallery, which a few years back had an auditorium added to its premises, is of sadness. The foremost......
KARACHI: Senior Sindh Minister Nisar Ahmed Khuhro and former minister Nawabzada Mir Nadir Ali Khan Magsi separately called on Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari at Bilawal......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday directed the K-electric and other official respondents to file their respective comments on a constitutional petition against the unprecedented loss of life......
KARACHI: The Palestine Foundation Pakistan on Monday launched a countrywide awareness campaign — ‘Al Quds: the central cause of Islamic Ummah’ — to highlight the Palestine issue, condemn Palestine’s......
VIENNA: US Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Monday it was too soon to tell if a nuclear deal with Iran is possible as he awaited the return of Iran’s foreign minister from consultations in......
MOSCOW: Russia on Monday bade farewell to former prime minister, foreign minister and master spy Yevgeny Primakov, with a state funeral for one of the last Soviet-era political titans who died last......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has said it will cost $2.3 billion to send to school the 34 million children and adolescents of......
UNITED NATIONS: Without addressing the challenge of climate change, development cannot be sustainable, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told member states on Monday as he opened a......
CAIRO: Egypt’s state prosecutor was killed in a powerful bombing that hit his convoy in Cairo on Monday following jihadist calls for attacks on the judiciary to avenge a crackdown on Islamists.The......
BUJUMBURA: Burundians voted on Monday in controversial elections that were condemned internationally amid an opposition boycott and grenade attacks, with the election commission claiming an ......
WASHINGTON: US visa processing has returned to full strength after hardware problems, the State Department said on Monday, noting that 410,000 visas were issued in a week as officials scrambled to......
It’s “us” and “them” again. It started just after news of the three Islamist attacks broke. David Cameron initially talked about the French and Tunisian killings. He left out the Kuwait mosque......
GENEVA: Israel snubbed a United Nations Human Rights Council session on Monday debating a scathing report detailing likely war crimes committed during last year’s Gaza war, with Israel’s ambassador......
NEW DELHI: India on Monday arrested a rebel leader accused of involvement in the killing of 20 soldiers in the remote northeastern state of Manipur earlier this month, an official statement......
BEIRUT: Syrian regime forces took back several parts of a neighbourhood in the northeastern city of Hasakeh from the self-styled Islamic State group on Monday, but heavy clashes continued, a monitor......
TOKYO: A revolutionary solar-powered aircraft was past “the point of no return” and flying over the Pacific Ocean bound for Hawaii on Monday, on the most ambitious leg of its quest to circumnavigate......
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 on......
NEW YORK: A hijab-wearing Muslim of Palestinian descent has been named the best-dressed girl at a school in New Jersey state, according to a website.Abrar Shahin, a student of Clifton High School,......
PARIS: “I’m old but I’m not obsolete,” Arnold Schwarzenegger says of his return as the fearsome cyborg from the future in his new movie “Terminator Genisys”, opening worldwide this week.The line is......
THIRUVANANDHAPURAM: Worsening heat, fodder shortages and the threat of drought are forcing many hard-hit dairy farmers in the Anantapur area of India’s southern Kerala state to reduce their herds,......
People in Western democracies are unsure about a lot of things but not about whether one person, one vote is a good way of choosing governments. That’s an article of faith. Any suggestion to the......
KUALA LUMPUR: Zainal Abidin’s tiny food stall serves just one item and opens for only a few hours but is besieged each day by nearly a thousand customers clamouring for Malaysia’s undisputed national......
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 1-1.Chasing 153 to win, the......
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......
MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Anurag Thakur said on Monday that the three players accused of taking a bribe have been given a clean chit since nothing came out of......
LAHORE: Justice Furrukh Irfan Khan of the Lahore High Court on Monday ordered both factions of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), claiming genuine custodians of the country’s football, not to......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will take on Great Britain in the quarter-finals on Wednesday as race for Hockey World League Final and Rio 2016 Olympic Games tickets continues.Following the completion of the......
LONDON: Defending champion Novak Djokovic and five-time women’s winner Serena Williams reached the Wimbledon second round on Monday as organisers boosted security and weathermen ramped up warnings of......
MONTREAL: Germany and the United States clash in Montreal on Tuesday for the first final berth of the Women’s World Cup with champions Japan and England playing their semi-final in Edmonton on......
CANTERBURY: Australia coach Darren Lehmann made it clear he could not care less what England get up to during their four-day trip to Spain after his side launched their Ashes tour with a convincing......
NEW DELHI: India discard Gautam Gambhir is training in Perth under former Australia test batsman Justin Langer to revive his international career, finetuning skills that made him the world’s number......
BERLIN: Brazil international Douglas Costa on Monday confirmed an interest by the German champions Bayer Munich to sign him but said there was no deal yet.The 24-year-old attacking midfielder, who......
KARACHI: Two more matches were decided on Monday in the Dollar East Dr M.A.Shah Night Trophy being played at Asghar Ali Shah Stadium. In first match, hosts A.O.Clinic beat Al Hamd Academy by 90 runs......
KARACHI: The prize money of Naya Nazimabad Cup Ramazan Cricket Tournament has been raised to Rs.1009000, organizers announced on Monday.“On the advice and suggestions of the friends, media and......
KARACHI: Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) champions K-Electric were on Monday drawn against Bhutan’s Druk United and Mongolians Khoromkhon in Group ‘A’ of the playoff qualifiers for the 2016......
TOKYO: Japan expects the cost of the 2020 Olympic stadium to rise to 252 billion yen ($2 billion), the country’s sports minister said on Monday.Hakubun Shimomura confirmed that the price tag......
KARACHI: Displaying astute tactical awareness, Anwer Kizilbash and Zafar Zaki emerged on top with a score of 59.47 per cent to win the weekly pair’s title at the Karachi Bridge Associates (KBA) at......
LAHORE: Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) on Monday said it will be getting a total of rupees 15 million annual budget for the year 2015-16 from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).PBCC Chairman......
KARACHI: A whirlwind century from Ahsan Ali inspired Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) to a clinical 72-run win against Candyland in the third Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cricket Tournament at the Lawai Cricket......
LONDON: Australia captain Michael Clarke believes his side are building up to their defence of the Ashes in just the right style after opening their tour with a convincing victory over Kent.Clarke’s......
KARACHI: Zahid Mansoor showed his all-round prowess to steer Rivo Mobile to a crucial 32-run success against Omar Colts in the 28th Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Tournament for the State Life......
KARACHI: Spinners reaped rich harvest as Eaton CC cantered to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over Omar Colts in the 30th Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramazan Cricket Festival at the KG......
LAHORE: Taking notice on a complaint filed by the Lahore Region Cricket Association (LRCA), the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has issued show-cause notices to five of its coaches, working with......
LAHORE: The new Lahore racing season 2015-16 will begin with the first race meeting to be held at the Racecourse here on July 5.According to a notification, the handicaps of horses will be issued on......
LAHORE: The Lahore racing season 2014-15, which ended on June 18, had seen a massive shift by the horse owners to induct qualitative unknown breed horses in racing which had made it a more popular......
Pacra’s ratings for Bank AL Habib, BoPKARACHI: The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency (Pacra) has maintained long-term and short-term entity ratings of Bank AL Habib Limited (BAHL) at “AA+” (Double A......
BEIJING: Countries from five continents formally signed up on Monday to the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank — a potential rival to the Washington-based World Bank — as Beijing steps up......
BOSTON: The alternative investment industry, which includes hedge funds, private equity and real assets, is expected to grow fivefold to at least $13.6 trillion in the next half decade, professional......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama signed into law on Monday legislation that gives him “fast-track” power to negotiate trade deals and speed them through Congress, but he said he still has a battle......
KARACHI: The Philippines has offered to import 50,000 tonnes of rice from Pakistan to help it meet its goal of importing an aggregate volume of 805,200 tonnes of rice under its minimum access volume......
SEOUL: South Korea plans to offer up to 10 years of tax exemptions for overseas stock investment funds as part of measures to boost its capital outflow to tackle a record current account surplus, the......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has extended timing for the collection of duty and taxes at ports for the next two days.An official announcement stated that all Model Customs Collectorates......
LAHORE: The Xining International Carpet Exhibition has provided Pakistani exhibitors an excellent opportunity to showcase their unique handmade carpets and enhance their competitiveness to tap the......
LAHORE: Swiss businessmen are willing to make further investment in different sectors in Pakistan.This was stated by Swiss Ambassador Marc P George during his meeting with Lahore Chamber of Commerce......
MULTAN: The cotton market remained stable on Monday amid slight increase in prices. The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA), however, revised down its spot rate by Rs100.Floor brokers said that the......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will issue income tax notices bearing verifiable bar codes from July 1 which can be verified online.In case the bar code is not confirmed from FBR......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures eased on Monday, tracking other vegetable oils lower as cautious traders eyed the negative impacts of a possible default by Greece on its debt repayment.The......
LONDON: Gold steadied on Monday, giving up early gains as the prospect of a Greek debt default, was offset by a strengthening dollar and wariness among investors over the metal’s longer-term......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s state oil giant Petrobras on Monday slashed its five-year investment plan by 37 per cent as part of efforts to recover from a massive corruption scandal.The cuts to the......
NEW DELHI: At a time when almost a third of India’s 1.3 billion citizens have no access to electricity, power plants worth about $19bn are struggling to find customers.High interest rates and weak......
BRUSSELS: China promised the European Union on Monday it would hold on to its eurozone debt, Chinese state media reported, saying the Greek debt crisis was Beijing’s problem too.The comments by......
WASHINGTON: Puerto Rico’s governor said that the island is unable to pay its approximately $72 billion in debt, a statement likely to send waves through the US economy, The New York Times reported on......
ATHENS: It has been dubbed “Black Monday” — jittery housewives, shoppers and business owners queued in vain at cash machines in Athens, as the country grappled with capital controls and shuttered......
KARACHI: Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL) has started its isomerisation plant which is set to double the refinery’s monthly petrol output from 12,000 to 24,000 tonnes, which means an additional......
KARACHI: Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has planned to approach the federal government for a Rs4.5 billion bailout package, including Rs2bn for four months salaries (May-August) and the remaining amount......
KARACHI: The telecom sector attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) of $81.9 million against a disinvestment of $184.9m in the corresponding period last year, said a State Bank’s recently issued......
KARACHI: The stock market staged strong rally on the first trading day of the week (Monday) as the KSE-100 index gained 208.42 points (0.62 per cent) to close at 34,093.55.With the market having lost......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved the 2015 Book-Building Regulations which are expected to help promote the primary market and to extend maximum......
LONDON: Britain’s hopes of expanding its shale gas industry suffered a blow Monday when local authorities rejected plans for an exploratory fracking site in northwest England following protests.The......
THE Election Commission in Punjab has completed the initial task of delimiting constituencies for the local government elections, planned to be held in September. The ECP will receive objections and......
KARACHI: History buffs on Monday felt a pang of disappointment to read a news item regarding the looting of historic items from the Khan of Kalat Palace in Kalat town.According to it, unconfirmed......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has held K-Electric (KE) responsible for frequent outages in Karachi and cited the utility’s lack of investment in its......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s planned visit to Karachi on Monday has been rescheduled for coming July 1, says a PM Office spokesperson.No precise explanation was given for the......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Airlines Pilots Association (Palpa) has criticised the PIA for getting two ‘unfamiliar’ aircraft on wet lease for the Haj operation, saying it would put unnecessary financial......
ISLAMABAD: The ruling PML-N has agreed to offer the chairmanship of a Senate functional committee to the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), according to sources.The lone senator of the BNP-M,......
QUETTA: Balochistan Health Minister Rehmat Saleh Baloch has severely criticised the federal government for suspending projects run by the international non-governmental organisation Save the Children......
QUETTA: An anti-terrorism court has indicted Baloch nationalist leader Harbiyar Marri and 32 others in the Ziarat Residency bombing case.Quetta ATC Judge Nuroz Khan Hoot issued orders on Saturday for......
ON the main Margalla Road, opposite the scenic Saidpur village in the lap of the green Margalla hills, where traditional and continental restaurants remain packed with foreign and local customers,......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Climate Change constituted a committee on Monday to delve into the causes of the deadly heatwave in the country, particularly Karachi, and suggest measures to cope with the......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain said on Monday that law was taking its course against plunderers of national resources and time had come to ensure effective accountability.Addressing a seminar......
ISLAMABAD: A two-member Scotland Yard team arrived here on Monday to interrogate a key suspect in the Dr Imran Farooq murder case.An Interior Ministry spokesman said that earlier reports about the......
LAHORE: Four suspected terrorists were killed on Monday in an early morning raid by a joint team of law-enforcement agencies in Kala Shah Kaku.According to a preliminary report submitted to the......
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) asked the government on Monday to make adjustments in sales tax and petroleum levy to maintain price stability during Ramazan.In a summary sent......
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador to the United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi is in Islamabad for consultations on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s planned visit to the UN in September to attend a series of summits,......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has brushed aside a notion that K-Electric is a victim of gross non-payment and instead alleged that the Karachi-based power utility itself is guilty of consistent......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain categorically rejected on Monday allegations about his party’s links with the Indian intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing, and said......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) claimed before the poll inquiry commission on Monday that it had discharged its burden by providing documents and evidence to prove that the 2013 general......
ANY move that appears to break the stultifying impasse in Balochistan is cause for at least some cautious optimism. A report in this paper yesterday revealed that the Baloch leader, the Khan of Kalat......
THERE is no denying that this is a country familiar with incompetence, mismanagement and corruption scandals. Even so, the revelations recently made about the Punjab Thalassaemia Prevention Programme......
PAKISTAN’S population is probably 200 million today. It will be 350-400 million by 2050. Given climate change and the trend lines of our vital national indices the country’s future is in serious......
AS I knew him, several mutually aloof elements blended in Praful Bidwai. The first, quite likely by design, was reflected in the music that wafted over the electric crematorium at his studiously......
WHILE women’s general social status in Pakistan is clearly reflected in the country’s social indicators such as education, health and employment, it is the rural women who in particular perform......
FOR the past 13 years, I have never had a problem rationalising Pakistan’s Afghan policy. I had disagreements with its warped logic, but there was a method to the madness nonetheless. This is no......
WASHINGTON: A year after Islamic State declared a caliphate on territory seized in Iraq and Syria, the Al Qaeda splinter group faces military pressure from a US-led coalition but remains a potent......
QUETTA: An armed clash between two separatist groups left at least 20 militants dead in Balochistan's Kohlu and Dera Bugti districts late Monday night.The local administration, however, could not......
