MAIDUGURI: Suspected Boko Haram militants killed close to 100 people in attacks on homes and mosques in a northeastern Nigerian village, witnesses said Thursday.“The attackers have killed at least 97......
LAHORE: Police saved a Christian couple from a mob who were attempting to lynch them for allegedly committing blasphemy, and later arrested a cleric for inciting the violence, a senior officer said......
LAHORE: The two nephews of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, who were arrested on Wednesday from Lahore's Race Course area after they allegedly hurled abuses at a traffic warden who......
ISLAMABAD: As a number of disgruntled key leaders from Pakistan People’s Party's (PPP) Okara chapter switch their allegiance to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), some two dozen former......
PESHAWAR: Police on Thursday arrested three suspected militants said to be inspired by the self-styled Islamic State.Acting on an intelligence tip-off, security forces raided a shop in the Shamshadu......
Want to know why (or rather) how Pakistan actually managed to say ‘no’ to the request of the Saudi monarchy to join its war effort in Yemen?Here’s the transcript of the secret discussion that Punjab......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz has welcomed the announcement made by the governments of the United States and the Republic of Cuba to......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Thursday decided to call out the army to control the law and order and security situation during the re-polls of the local government which is......
Indian team director Ravi Shastri has quashed reports of any unrest in the team’s dressing room, saying “Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni have tremendous mutual respect”.“When MS was at his prime......
QUETTA: Another child fell prey to the crippling polio virus in the capital of Balochistan on Thursday. The latest case was found in a 4-year-old child, who is the resident of Quetta's Pashtoonabad......
Poverty, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. In fact, defining poverty is essentially a by-product of dispassionate calculus that economists cherish and policymakers abuse to tell the poor......
PALLEKELE: Pakistan and Sri Lanka will ring in several changes, most of them forced on them, in a bid to win the decisive third and final Test starting in Pallekele on Friday.Both sides are pulling......
A day after Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan termed the allegation of '35 punctures' as just political talk, confusion has arisen within party ranks.Senior leader Dr Arif Alvi says it is......
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Qazi Khalilullah on Thursday said a possible meeting could take place between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Indian premier Narendra Modi on the sidelines of......
MANILA: A ferry carrying 189 passengers and crew capsized off the central Philippines in heavy waves on Thursday, killing at least 36 people but the majority of those on board were rescued, the coast......
Construction and infrastructural development have been cited as the primary drivers behind Pakistan’s emergence as a frontier market by a Bloomberg report.The construction sector grew at 11.3 per......
DHAKA: Bangladesh police said Thursday they had arrested 12 suspected militants including the local head of Al Qaeda's branch in the region, foiling an attack planned for the end of the Islamic holy......
Seems like Bollywood stars have a thing for our handsome Pakistani exports: Fawad Khan might have been dubbed a Lahori kebab but it turns out that Imran Abbas has his fair share of fans too!Veteran......
GUJRANWALA: At least 19 people, including four army officers, were killed when three bogies of a special train carrying army officials fell into a canal and one other was derailed as a railway bridge......
BERLIN: A robot has killed a contractor at one of Volkswagen's (VW) production plants in Germany, the automaker said Wednesday.The man died Monday at the plant in Baunatal, about 100 kilometres north......
In today's world, it's hard not to leave a digital footprint behind — especially when Facebook's become everyone's Dear Diary and Twitter, their best friend. With the food industry in Pakistan......
Following a wrap-up in May, director Asadul Haq has finally released a teaser of upcoming film Dekh Magar Pyar Se featuring Humaima Malick and Sikander Rizvi.Although the teaser doesn't give away......
Time to bring out the pakoras!Sometimes, I think that should be the unofficial title for Ramazan in Pakistan. Pakoras, samosas, kebabs, chaat masala (on everything), jalebis, bottles of Rooh Afza –......
ADEN: Rebel fire on a residential district of Yemen's second city Aden killed more than 30 civilians Wednesday, as the United Nations (UN) declared its highest level humanitarian emergency in the......
CHARSADDA: A local leader of the Awami National Party (ANP), Dost Muhammad Khan, was gunned down by unknown assailants on Thursday in Utmanzai area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Charsadda......
KUWAIT: When a Saudi Arabian man flew to Kuwait in the early hours of Friday to carry out the country's worst militant attack, a bomb vest, Kuwaiti-style Arab robes, a place to prepare, and a car and......
While cinema buffs in Pakistan are excited about Salman Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan seeing the life of day here, overseas and across the border, people will get to see Humayun Saeed and Mahira Khan's......
What will you watch on August 14? Dekh Magar Pyaar Say, Moor or... Shah?While we wouldn’t want to discourage anyone from watching all three, we have to say that sports biopic Shah’s surprise entry in......
LONDON: Australia's selectors may be spared the headache of choosing who to leave out of the team's pace bowling unit for the first Ashes Test against England after Ryan Harris was withdrawn from a......
KASAB: A peach-fuzzed teenager clad in camouflage fatigues, Mohammad Jawad could be mistaken for a boy scout — but he commands one of hundreds of Afghanistan's local anti-Taliban police units,......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s former wicketkeeper Rashid Latif has called on India and Pakistan to consider playing their scheduled Test series in the United Arab Emirates in December under lights to revive......
KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Thursday claimed the arrest of 16 members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) for allegedly collecting donations by force from Karachi's Rizvia Society area. The......
EDMONTON: England left Commonwealth Stadium in a state of shock on Wednesday after an injury time own goal condemned them to a 2-1 Women's World Cup semi-final loss to Japan.Laura Bassett's attempted......
LONDON: Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal target places in the Wimbledon third round on Thursday following a dramatic third day which had seen record temperatures and the evacuation of......
DHAKA: A new-look South Africa vowed to put their World Cup heartache behind them Wednesday as they began their tour of Bangladesh, promising not to underestimate their in-form hosts.“It is our first......
``LONDON: Former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood kept his cool on the hottest day of the year in England so far by hitting a last-ball six to seal a dramatic four-wicket win for Surrey against......
PESHAWAR: The future of tripartite alliance of Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl and Pakistan Peoples Party seems to be bleak as PPP is likely to part ways with it due to immense......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Department has notified the upgradation of pay scales of the provincial government employees.A notification issued by the finance department said that two......
LANDI KOTAL: A passenger was critically wounded when an employee of the Frontier Works Organisation opened fire on a cab after it did not stop despite signal on Wednesday.Khasadar officials said that......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Wednesday asked Turkish investors to explore opportunities to put money in housing, infrastructure development and agriculture sectors of......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday set aside the conviction of three people by an anti-terrorism court in an arms smuggling case and ordered their fresh trial by a regular court.The......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police have decided to stop non-voters at a distance of 400 metres from the polling stations in the upcoming re-polling of local government elections.The decision was......
KOHAT: The scheduled re-polling on four seats on July 5 will decide which of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and the PML-N-backed Azeem Bagh group would form the local government in Kohat district.The......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government seems unable to implement the Health Reforms Act to do away with the “rotten” health delivery system in teaching hospitals because the old administrators......
LAKKI MARWAT: The Secondary School Teachers Association, Lakki Marwat district, has threatened to stage sit in outside the building of provincial assembly in Peshawar if the notification of timescale......
KARAK: The elders of Banda Duad Shah tehsil have said that oil and gas production bonus funds should be utilised only in those areas where exploration work is underway.Addressing a meeting here on......
MANSEHRA: The local wildlife department on Wednesday seized preserved markhor and ibex at a Naran hotel here and fined Rs400,000 owner of the hotel. The hunting of the two animals is banned for being......
MINGORA: Surrounded by peaceful yet mysterious blackish mountains, the lush green Arab Khan Cheena valley in Swat is known for possessing relics of Gandhara civilisation.The valley located at the end......
KHAR: Taking notice of increase in rates of daily use items in Ramazan, the political administration ofBajaur Agency finally formed the long-awaited price control committee to keep check on price......
MARDAN: The members of All Education Coordination Council have said that they will not perform duty in the re-polling for local governments, scheduled to be held on July 5.The decision was taken in......
LAHORE: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has summoned party’s central Punjab president Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo in Karachi to explain as to why the party stalwarts are quitting.Taking notice of former......
LAHORE: The first meeting of the board of governors of the Punjab Heritage Foundation was at last held on Wednesday ever since its creation in 2005.And the meeting was held only after Chief Secretary......
LAHORE: Groupings in a political party are a world-wide phenomena and there is nothing serious about it, says Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Punjab organiser, Chaudhry Sarwar.Earlier, in Monday’s......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Police claimed to have arrested on Wednesday night three members of a banned outfit from a mosque in Railway Colony adjacent to the Circuit House.District Police Officer Ghulam......
LAHORE: Two nephews of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan were booked for torturing a traffic warden on The Mall on Wednesday.A chief traffic officer (CTO) spokesman said Azeem and Abdullah......
LAHORE: Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada claimed on Wednesday head of Al Qaeda in Pakistan was among the four militants killed in Monday’s Kala Shah Kaku raid.He said a successful operation of law......
LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Amin Wains claimed on Wednesday that 22 suspects were arrested, including killers of the husband of a former film actress and of traders who refused to pay......
LAHORE: Police claimed on Wednesday to have rescued two children of a family from their relative who is said to be mentally challenged.The man had held the children hostage at gunpoint for more than......
LAHORE: The hydel power stations operated by the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) delivered 3.896 billion units of low-cost electricity to the national grid in June 2015, as......
LAHORE: Sensing the declining trend in ghazal singing the consequent dearth of inspiring singers of the genre like Mehdi Hasan, Ghulam Ali, Farida Khanum, Iqbal Bano and others, the Lahore Arts......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday summoned Lahore Development Authority Director General Ahad Cheema for not complying with its order regarding allotment of plot to a citizen.Munir Ahmad,......
LAHORE: PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain should approach a British court against the BBC report as he himself did in 1991 and won the case......
The Walled City of Lahore Authority has informally opened the Shahi Hamam (royal bath) for tourists and public at large after restoring it.The restoration of Shahi Hamam, which was constructed about......
GUJRANWALA: Police have contacted Interpol in Dubai regarding the arrest of a suspect nominated in the murder of former PML-N MPA Rana Shamshad Ahmad and his son Shahbaz.Speaking at a briefing, City......
OKARA: Sadar police arrested a man on Wednesday who would blackmail people through false kidnap cases.Police said Hameed approached the DPO office on Monday with the reference of the IG office......
BAHAWALPUR: A man allegedly tortured his grandson to death at 103-DNB village in Cholistan’s Derawar police jurisdiction.Police said Muhammad Shan and his sister Aisha had been living with their......
TOBA TEK SINGH: The Punjab government accepted local people’s demand to shift the fruit and vegetable market – located on a narrow piece of land – to a wider place.The government approved shifting of......
MUZAFFARGARH: The PPP suffered a setback in the district as Dr Shabbir Ali Qureshi, the son of former PPP MNA Mian Mohsin Ali Qureshi and Senator Khalida Mohsin Qureshi, announced leaving the party......
SIALKOT: The Kotwali police have registered a case against a young resident of Sambrial for throwing acid on a student on her refusal to marry him a week ago.Awais Aslam wanted to marry Mahnoor......
KASUR: Kot Radha Kishan police registered a case against its six officials on Wednesday for manhandling and injuring a lawyer.On Sunday, lawyers, including Muhammad Naeem, clashed with constable......
SARGODHA: Former federal minister for human resources and development and seasoned politician Chaudhry Ghias Ahmad Mela was laid to rest on Wednesday at his native Mela village, some 45 kilometres......
RAWALPINDI: Three teenagers drowned in a nullah while having a picnic near Kahuta on Wednesday, police said.Abdul Mannan, 17, Ahmed Alam, 16, and Mohammad Rashid, 18, from Muslim Town were having a......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday dismissed the petition seeking separation of Rawalpindi/Islamabad Press Club (RIPC) from the National Press Club (NPC).IHC Justice Noorul Haq N.......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) has said that its dispute with Green Tree over Bhara Kahu housing scheme would be resolved with arbitration of NAB.The FGEHF......
ISLAMABAD: Alarmed by the dearth of information and statistics available about the source of funding and the office bearers of the non-government organizations (NGOs), the Supreme Court on Wednesday......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appointed Naeem Khan as his new press secretary, the media wing of the PM’s House confirmed on Wednesday. Mr Khan is an officer of the Information Services......
ISLAMABAD: One of the reasons for the Karachi water crisis has been the illegal water hydrants installed in various parts of the city. However, on Wednesday members of the Senate Standing Committee......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday dismissed the petitions filed by local MNA of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Asad Umar and others seeking party-based elections and the schedule of......
ISLAMABAD: For its summer art show, the Nomad Art Gallery showcased the work of four painters, each bringing a new dimension to the mix.The show draws its strength from including the work of senior......
I WISH to draw attention to news items appearing quite often about the stand taken by traders against the ‘early’ closure of shops — as if the administration was encroaching upon their fundamental......
THE recent heatwave in Karachi and the rest of Sindh has claimed nearly 1,300 lives. Viewing this as headlines in BBC made me hang my head in shame. It seems we are still living in medieval......
PAKISTAN is amongst the most vulnerable nations that are facing the adverse effects of climate change.The country has suffered within a span of weeks a heat wave in Karachi and a tornado in Peshawar.......
If Kashmiris themselves had not liberated the portion now aligned with Pakistan, at least fifty thousand more Kashmiris would have been killed and more women raped.These brave Kashmiris by......
APROPOS the editorial ‘ECP’s challenge’ (June 30). No organisation ever accepts that it is at fault, and ECP is no exception.The Elections 2013 was not a rocket science, and the entire nation......
THE MQM was founded by Altaf Hussain with the declared aim of giving the migrants a sense of identity. What has been achieved by the MQM, and its successes and failures shall be judged by future......
I FULLY endorse the views about the perils that the fishermen of India and Pakistan face at the hands of our officials. However, the marine security agencies are only performing their duty.I appeal......
IN 2007, when a cyclone hit the coast of Balochistan, many people in Kech district lost their homes and livelihoods, owing to the back flow of Merani dam water. Many of the affected people were paid......
RAMAZAN is a holy month but, unfortunately, it has become difficult for the people of Pakistan to utilise the bounties of this month because of high prices, especially of fruits and vegetables. It is......
SOME politicians are demanding mid-term elections. Perhaps they are unaware that the very roots of the country are completely shaken when elections are held in Pakistan.M. Iqbal......
RAWALPINDI: Rawal and Potohar town municipal administrations on Wednesday unveiled their annual budget for 2015-16.On the contrary, the City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) and Rawalpindi......
RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has completed rehabilitation of Roomi Park at a cost of Rs12 million and it will be opened to public from July 5.The park was established on Peshawar......
ISLAMABAD: The Population Council has sought the help of religious scholars to help convince people that they should plan their families.A declaration endorsing the use of all methods of birth......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Sikander Hayat Khan Bosan will implore Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to reject the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) summary......
TAXILA: A large number of people from different rural areas of Hassanabdal staged a protest against alleged corrupt practices of an official of revenue department.Scores of angry protesters from......
ISLAMABAD: Two new police stations were inaugurated at Karachi Company and Shamas Colony on Wednesday.Inspector General of Police Islamabad Tahir Alam Khan formally inaugurated the police......
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) retired Justice Ali Nawaz Chowhan warned the federal and provincial government departments on Wednesday not to hinder the......
Everyone talks about the plight of out-of-school children in Pakistan, but very few seem to be doing something about it. One of those select few is Asma Tughral, a teacher with a vision. From modest......
TAXILA: As the juicy lychee from the Panj Khattha area of Khanpur has ripened, scores of makeshift kiosks have been set up along the Taxila-Khanpur Road for those wanting to buy the fruit fresh from......
TOBA TEK SINGH: The Punjab government accepted local people’s demand to shift the fruit and vegetable market -- located on a narrow piece of land -- to a wider place.The government approved shifting......
ISLAMABAD: The long awaited meeting of Departmental Selection Board of Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) was held on Wednesday, in which over 60 officers of grade 18 of attached......
GUJRAT: University of Gujrat Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Ziaul Qayyum has suspended Deputy Director (Administration and Coordination) Akhtar Warraich as head of maintenance department over alleged......
SHIKARPUR: Sindh Rangers on Wednesday lodged an FIR at the Garhi Yasin police station nominating 11 suspects in the ambush that left two paramilitary troopers dead and another one wounded a day......
MIRPURKHAS: A strong contingent of police led by a DSP came under attack by a gang of dacoits during an operation to arrest its ringleader and members in the Phuladiyoon area on Wednesday. One......
HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Wednesday granted interim pre-arrest bail till July 14 to Ali Hassan Zardari, a cousin of former president Asif Ali Zardari,......
BADIN: Not a single weapon declared ‘illegal’ after cancellation of 13,251 licences on May 19 has so far been deposited with the authority concerned in Badin district, it emerged on......
DADU: A dust storm followed by showers on Wednesday hit Dadu city, Khaipur Nathan Shah, Shaheed Makhdoom Bilawal and several other towns of the district paralysing life and blowing away hoardings and......
HYDERABAD: Office-bearers of the Sindh People Students Federation (SPSF) on Wednesday appealed to Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah......
KHAIRPUR: Office-bearers of the provincial chapter of the Sindhi Adabi Sangat (SAS) and many poets as well as writers affiliated with the Sangat have decided not to attend any of the official......
KARACHI: Though the brunt of the terrible heatwave, which took the lives of hundreds of people in Karachi, is over, there are still several relief camps set up across the city.On Sharea Faisal, near......
KARACHI: Health authorities on Wednesday declared 11 more deaths from heatstroke in the city, while many hospitals started pulling off the special facilities which had been put in place for......
KARACHI: Health authorities on Wednesday declared 11 more deaths from heatstroke in the city, while many hospitals started pulling off the special facilities which had been put in place for......
KARACHI: The number of people affected by the deadly heatwave in Sindh in general and Karachi in particular has crossed the 100,000 mark. It is a figure that is alarming in the sense that many of......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Wednesday sent seven Karachi Metropolitan Corporation officials and a banker to prison on judicial remand in a fraud case.The Federal Investigation Agency had......
KARACHI: Calligraphy is an art form in which letters or nonfigurative shapes turn into figures that are more readable and less watchable with, astoundingly, an enhanced visual appeal. It happens......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court handed down on Wednesday a collective sentence of 46 years in jail to a gangster in explosive substance, extortion, police encounter and illicit weapon cases.The court......
KARACHI: Commissioner of Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui presided over a meeting on Wednesday to review security arrangements for the procession to be taken out to mark Yaum-i-Ali on 21st of Ramazan.A......
KARACHI: The militants involved in the killing of 47 Shia Ismaili community members, including women, near Safoora Goth on May 13 were inspired by the self-styled Islamic State, said a top police......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the provincial, federal and K-Electric authorities in yet another petition against the unprecedented loss of life caused by the current......
KARACHI: A multi-storey building is fast coming up on a plot in Dawood Cooperative Housing Society along Stadium Road after the plot’s status of ‘land use’ was changed from ‘residential’ to......
KARACHI: A middle-aged man was arrested for killing his cousin under the Liaquatabad bridge on Wednesday afternoon, police said.The suspect, Shah Mohammed, 40, was arrested, Liaquatabad SHO Hasan......
KARACHI: A young man who blocked a road in DHA phase-VI on Tuesday evening, fired random shots into the air and held a passer-by family hostage at gunpoint before being arrested by the police is a......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate remanded a suspect in prison custody in two cases on Wednesday.Police arrested Kashif Chishti, said to be suffering from some mental illness, on June 30 over an hour......
VIENNA: The global nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday its boss would fly to Tehran to discuss one of the biggest sticking points that need to be resolved so that Iran and world powers can reach a......
BEIJING: China’s military must bring “modern civilization” to the restive southern areas of the Xinjiang region, where Muslim ethnic Uighurs are in majority, and help develop its economy, two senior......
BUJUMBURA: At least six people including a policeman were killed on Wednesday in the latest violence in Burundi, as it awaits results from elections boycotted by the opposition and condemned......
ISMAILIA: Fighters of the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group attacked several military checkpoints in Egypt’s North Sinai on Wednesday in a coordinated assault in which at least 70 combatants and......
COLOMBO: Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Wednesday that he would contest the coming parliamentary elections and appealed to all ‘patriots’ to support him.“I cannot refuse the request of......
PARIS: A blistering heatwave sweeping through Europe on Wednesday brought blackouts to France and fears of heat stroke for Wimbledon tennis fans, but meant a range of interesting ice creams for the......
NEW YORK: A replica of a majestic 18th century tall ship that brought French General Lafayette to America arrived in New York on Wednesday to take part in July 4 Independence Day festivities.The......
CAIRO: After a year in power, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s aura of invincibility may be fading as he comes under closer scrutiny from a public growing impatient with the same social......
NEW DELHI: Auto-rickshaw driver Vinod Kumar enthusiastically backed Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi elections this year, won over by promises of lower utility bills and an end to corruption, but four months......
KABUL: Afghan police have detained an army general accused of smuggling nearly 20 kg of heroin, police and defence officials said on Wednesday.Afghanistan is the world’s biggest producer of opium,......
WASHINGTON: More than 135,000 refugees and migrants have arrived in Europe by sea in the first half of 2015, with most of the burden being borne by countries in southern Europe, according to a new......
PARIS: China and France’s plan to team up on projects in Africa and Asia is a win-win deal that will “serve the interests of all”, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang said on Wednesday.In recent......
BEIJING: Chinese people are growing taller as the country becomes richer but they are getting fatter even faster, the government said.Adult obesity rates reached 9.6 per cent in 2012, more than......
BANGKOK: Police in Thailand arrested two men on Wednesday morning after they were caught smuggling more than 300 kilograms of dog meat in the back of a pick-up truck.Officers discovered 16 dog......
NEW DELHI: At least 21 people were killed and 17 injured on Wednesday when a bus collided with a truck at high speed in central India, local media reported.The accident occurred when the bus carrying......
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Wednesday urged Libya’s parties to sign an agreement to form a national unity government and threatened sanctions against those who stand in the way of a......
ANTWERP: Pakistan’s hopes of qualifying for next year’s Olympics are hanging by a thread.A 2-1 loss to Great Britain in the quarter-final of the Hockey World League Semi-finals on Wednesday saw......
It seems the howls emanating from the bowlers and the fielding captains on the batsmen friendly laws imposed a couple of years ago by the ICC have reached the ears of the men who have the power to......
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Former Olympian and ex-national coach Khawaja Junaid while criticising Pakistan’s embarrassing 1-2 loss to Great Britain in the crucial quarter-final at the Hockey World League......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board is waiting for medical reports of fast bowler Wahab Riaz to decide whether or not to select him for Sri Lanka ODIs while Haris Sohail and Sohaib Maqsood have......
LONDON: Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova breezed through at a sweltering Wimbledon on Wednesday where temperatures soared to a record 35.7 degrees while injury-plagued Japanese star Kei Nishikori......
LONDON: Uncapped Yorkshire leg-spinner Adil Rashid and Middlesex fast bowler Steven Finn were both called into a 13-man England squad announced on Wednesday for next week’s first Ashes Test against......
CONCEPCION: Lionel Messi produced a scintillating individual performance as Argentina produced their best performance of the Copa America so far to crush Paraguay 6-1 on Tuesday and set up a classic......
MONTREAL: An inspired performance from Carli Lloyd lifted the United States into their second straight Women’s World Cup final with a 2-0 win over top-ranked Germany in a hugely enjoyable game on......
BERLIN: Sprint star Usain Bolt is in Munich on Wednesday, seeking treatment from famous doctor Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt in a bid to cure his problematic pelvis injury before August’s world......
LONDON: Australia fast bowler Ryan Harris’s hopes of being fit for next week’s first Ashes Test suffered a blow on Wednesday with a recurrence of the knee trouble that has blighted his career.The......
LOS ANGELES: US Olympic officials reaffirmed Boston as America’s 2024 Summer Olympics bid candidate despite more opposition than support from area citizens, hopeful a revamped plan from organisers......
KARACHI: Tariq Haroon excelled with both bat and the ball as Dollar East and Touchme CC qualified for the last-eight phase of the 28th Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Tournament for the State Life......
KARACHI: Pakistan limited-overs specialist Saad Nasim shared the limelight at the third Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cricket Tournament with a blistering innings, while Babar Hussain Agha took five wickets......
DHAKA: A new-look South Africa vowed to put their World Cup heartache behind them on Wednesday as they began their tour of Bangladesh, promising not to underestimate their in-form hosts.“It is our......
KARACHI: Upcoming all-rounder Saud Shakeel excelled with a good all-round performance to help K-Electric trounce Karachi Gymkhana Blues by 86 runs in the 30th Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramazan......
KARACHI: Friends Club, City Sports and Drigh Road Club won their respective matches on the second day of the Abdul Razzak Arain Ramazan Night Rocball Tournament at the Mini Sports Complex,......
DHAKA: Bangladesh on Wednesday recalled off-spinner Sohag Gazi to their 14-member squad for the two Twenty20 Internationals against visiting South Africa next week.Gazi has not played since he was......
LONDON: Australia wicket-keeper Brad Haddin insists there will be no changes in his on-field approach despite calls for an end to ‘sledging’ during the upcoming Ashes.Ahead of next week’s first......
WELLINGTON: All-rounder Mitchell Santner is the only newcomer included on New Zealand Cricket list of 20 contracted players for 2015-16.Santner, a left-hand batsman and left-arm spin bowler, was......
ISLAMABAD: The final phase of the coaching camps for special athletes commenced on Wednesday at various centers across the country in preparation for the forthcoming Special Olympics World Games, ......
KARACHI: Omar Associates registered their second win in Dollar East Dr M.A. Shah Night Trophy to enhance their chances for a place in the quarter-finals when they beat Rivo Mobile by 31 runs here at......
ISLAMABAD: The net losses of the Pakistan Railways (PR) went up by seven per cent to Rs32.52 billion in 2013-14 from Rs30.5bn in the previous financial year, despite what has been claimed by......
KARACHI: The automotive industry has expressed conflicting opinions over the quantum of improvement in car sales through banks’ financing schemes.Some dealers said that the dip in interest rate from......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s average annual inflation was 4.53 per cent in the just-ended fiscal year, the lowest in over a decade, due mainly to falling oil prices, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said......
ATHENS: A defiant Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged Greeks on Wednesday to reject an international bailout deal, wrecking any prospect of repairing broken relations with EU partners before a......
KARACHI: The initial public offering (IPO) of Al Shaheer Corporation Ltd is under way at the Karachi Stock Exchange, the SECP said in a press release issued on Wednesday.It observed that the phase of......
KARACHI: Stocks continued to storm ahead on Wednesday with the KSE-100 index gaining 444.75 points (1.29 per cent) to close at 34,843.61.Index heavyweights MCB Bank, Engro Corp, Hub Power and OGDCL......
LONDON: Global banking regulators have proposed a more comprehensive set of rules for banks to set aside capital to cover losses from their exposures to other lenders and limit fallout in a......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has projected that prices of major agricultural products will continue their gradual decline over the coming decade due to......
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world’s richest people, announced Wednesday that he will donate all of his wealth of $32 billion to charity over the coming......
SBP opens Twitter accountKARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has launched its official Twitter account — @StateBank_Pak — to post all relevant updated information.SBP’s Governor Ashraf Mahmood......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil finished in positive territory on Wednesday, tracking other vegetable oils higher after a bullish overnight US agriculture department report but with traders......
LONDON: Gold fell to near its lowest in almost four weeks on Wednesday, on a stronger dollar and hopes for progress in the Greek crisis after the country told international creditors Athens could......
MULTAN: Steady conditions prevailed on the cotton market on Wednesday as spinners kept covering up their positions. Floor brokers said that trading has been increased with the improvement in cotton......
BEIJING: The World Bank on Wednesday urged China to accelerate reform of its state-dominated financial sector, warning that failure to address the issue could end “three decades of stellar......
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait parliament on Wednesday passed the 2015-16 state budget which projects a 7.0-billion dinar ($23.2bn) deficit due to the sharp drop in oil prices.Forty-seven MPs voted for the......
SYDNEY: The world’s top pharmaceutical companies on Wednesday told an Australian parliamentary hearing they were compliant with local and international laws, despite claims they are charging higher......
QUETTA: A suspected militant was killed in a gunbattle between the Frontier Corps and militants of a banned organisation in Mashkey area of Awaran district on Wednesday.In a separate action, three......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is expanding the scope of its investigation against alleged corruption and irregularities in different departments of Sindh, particularly in......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that Iran and Afghanistan should jointly fight terrorism in order to ensure durable peace in the region, adding that good ties......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court reprimanded National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Chaudhry Qamar Zaman on Wednesday for not investigating major scandals and using the bureau’s resources and......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif assured the Sindh government on Wednesday that the federal government would help it solve problems being faced by people and federal ministers concerned would......
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines’ director of flight operations (DFO), Salman Azhar, who is on leave preparatory to retirement (LPR), is still working on the post in violation of PIA......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) termed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Karachi on Wednesday ‘disappointing’ and said it was regrettable that he showed a 'lack of interest' in......
ISLAMABAD: Former military spokesman retired Maj Gen Athar Abbas has been named ambassador to Ukraine.Maj Gen Abbas will replace retired Maj Gen Wajahat Ali Muftee, who is completing his tenure next......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court shelved on Wednesday the Civil Aviation Authority’s order that suspended operations of the private Air Indus airline.A two-judge bench issued the order on an application......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Ombudsman’s office has decided complaints filed by 152,000 Pakistanis living abroad over the past two years and at present there is no complaint pending a decision. Moreover,......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: A villager shot and killed his sister and injured a man in the name of honour in Goth Magsi of Jhal Magsi district on Wednesday.The Levies Force said that Khuda Bakhsh allegedly......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights rejected on Wednesday a constitutional amendment bill seeking an end to constitutional indemnity available to the president......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has stopped 17 public and private sector medical colleges from admitting students for the 2015-16 session for being critically deficient in......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India swapped on Wednesday lists of prisoners in each other’s custody under an agreement on consular access.“Consistent with the provisions of this agreement, the Ministry of......
WASHINGTON: So far Pakistan has not shared with the United States any evidence of India’s involvement in terrorist activities inside its territory, says the US State Department.During a recent visit......
ISLAMABAD: The Sindh government has allotted thousands of acres of government land to Bahria Town owner Malik Riaz, according to a report placed by the Pakistan Rangers during a meeting of the apex......
NEW DELHI: He may have unilaterally suspended peace talks with Islamabad. And, he may be planning to stage a week-long ultra nationalist “carnival” next month to mark a 1965 war with Pakistan. Yet......
WASHINGTON: The United States and Cuba established diplomatic relations on Wednesday and will reopen diplomatic missions in each other’s capital on July 20, the White House said.Earlier in Havana, a......
NEW YORK: India has not taken any member of its security forces deployed in India-held Kashmir to court for human rights violations, a major watchdog has said in a scathing report.The report released......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed on Wednesday profound grief over the loss of 1,256 lives in Karachi and other parts of Sindh because of sunstroke and directed the national and......
ISLAMABAD: Following months of speculation and rumours about possible defections from the Pakistan Peoples Party, the first batch of PPP leaders formally announced their decision to join the Pakistan......
WANA/ISLAMABAD: Two soldiers were wounded when Afghan National Army fired at Pakistan Army’s position in Angoor Adda area of South Waziristan Agency on Wednesday.An Afghan border guard was killed in......
QUETTA: Three labourers were shot dead in a welding shop on Sirki Road on Wednesday.According to police, men on a motorcycle opened fire on the three working in the shop, leaving them critically......
ISLAMABAD: The PPP asked the poll inquiry commission on Wednesday to order the opening of election bags in certain constituencies nationwide.“You will find a Punjab-like pattern (of influencing......
LAW-ENFORCERS are routinely criticised for failing to crack down on crime, especially in a violent city like Karachi. But at times incidents take place that truly expose the state of unpreparedness......
THE decade-old insurgency in Balochistan is no longer the monolith that it had so far appeared to be.Twenty people were killed and several injured in the early hours of Tuesday during a clash between......
IT is a picture and an accompanying press release meant to send a message of stability and a healthy working relationship: before Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif embarks on any visit with internal......
RECENTLY, the American scholar and South Asian expert Christine Fair wrote an article for the online journal War on the Rocks called ‘How Pakistan beguiles the Americans: a guide for foreign......
THERE is a stench of formaldehyde permeating through the streets and the slums, through the hospitals and the morgues of Karachi. It is the smell of over 1,200 victims of heatstroke who could not......
FOR decades now, we have been hearing voices in our midst arguing that Pakistan is on the brink of collapse and that the misdeeds of the politicians are responsible for all our problems. I recall......
WHILE millions of Pakistanis continue to indulge in their love of the sensational by following juicy stories of corruption in their country, as narrated by well-known representatives of the......
