VIENNA: A dispute over UN sanctions on Iran's ballistic missile programme and a broader arms embargo were among issues holding up a nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers on Monday, the day......
PESHAWAR: After Punjab, Pakistan Peoples Party is likely to suffer a setback in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as some of its important provincial leaders are reportedly in contact with Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Monday said that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had no jurisdiction to conduct raids in......
QUETTA: Security forces on Monday foiled multiple terror bids and seized a large quantity of weapons and explosives from Balochistan's Sherani and Killa Abdullah districts.Security sources told......
ISLAMABAD: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has completed its disaster management preparations for the ongoing monsoon season, member NDMA, Ahmad Kamal said on Monday.A meeting was also......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control was told Monday that around seven million people in Pakistan are drug addicts, while 700 people die every day in the country......
ISLAMABAD: The federal capital's dream to have a cricket stadium facility of international standards falls in doldrums as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has abandoned the construction work on the......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's celebrated DJ Butt is threatening to take legal action against the party over non-payment of his services during its protracted sit-ins last year in the......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights on Monday deferred the approval of ‘The Hindu Marriage Bill, 2015’ and ‘The Hindu Marriage Bill, 2014’ till July......
SRINAGAR: A woman was allegedly stripped naked by a gang of five persons, including an Indian army soldier, in Udhampur district of India-held Kashmir, according to a report on Hindustan Times......
Name one industry in Pakistan that is thriving against all odds? Try music.We are blessed to have quite a rich culture of music even though the much reviled Zia era didn’t do it any favours. It could......
VILLUPURAM: The right arm and leg of a young Dalit man from Villupuram was allegedly hacked off earlier this year after his affair was discovered with a Caste Hindu girl, according to a report......
LAHORE: Federal Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique on Monday shared details of the recent train accident that claimed 19 lives and said that a report of the joint interrogation team (JIT) would......
SANAA: Saudi-led warplanes have bombed the Sanaa headquarters of the Yemeni party headed by former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is allied to Shiite Houthi insurgents, the party said on......
BAGHDAD: A bomb fell from an Iraqi Air Force Sukhoi warplane and exploded in eastern Baghdad on Monday because of a “technical problem”, killing at least seven people, security and medical officials......
AMMAN: Jordanian authorities have foiled a “terrorist” attack and arrested an Iraqi man in possession of explosives, a judicial source said on Monday.“Security services thwarted a terrorist plan at......
KARACHI: An eyewitness on Monday picked out Umair Siddiqui — said to be a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker — during an identification parade before a judicial magistrate in a case pertaining to......
Following 'Jogi' and 'Jhoolay Laal' on Coke Studio Season 7 last year, Fariha Pervez has returned with a poignant rendition of ‘Makkay Gayyan’, the legendary kalaam of sufi Bulle Shah.The famous......
When you are a young university student, every evening spent at the university has a charm, but my evenings at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, are unforgettable for a special reason.I can......
SYDNEY: Australian quick Pat Cummins has not played a first class match for two years but is confident his body will hold up to the rigours of Test cricket should he get the call during the Ashes......
RAWALPINDI: A Rawalpindi customs court on Monday adjourned the hearing of the money laundering case against supermodel Ayyan Ali until July 11.The model was expected to be indicted today on separate......
OSLO: As heads of state and education ministers gather this week for the Oslo Education Summit, student activist Malala Yousafzai is calling on world leaders to deliver on their commitments, and......
There's a time and place for everything, even selfies... right?At least, that's what people are saying after pop singer Komal Rizvi visited Abdul Sattar Edhi and took a selfie with the......
JOS: An emergency agency official says 44 people were killed by two bombs that exploded at a crowded mosque and an elite Muslim restaurant in Nigeria's central city of Jos.Abdussalam Mohammed of the......
ATHENS: Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Monday has resigned, saying he was told shortly after the Greek referendum result that the some eurozone finance ministers and Greece's other......
Shan Masood and Younis Khan compiled unbeaten centuries to keep Pakistan in the hunt for a landmark victory in the series-deciding third and final Test against Sri Lanka on Monday.Set a challenging......
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Indian counterpart Narendra Modi are set to meet on the sidelines of a security summit in Russia on July 10, NDTV reported.The meeting will take place in......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday left for Norway to participate in ‘Oslo Summit on Education for Development,’ said a report published on Radio Pakistan.The visit would be a milestone......
BEIJING: Pakistan and India will start the process of joining a security bloc led by China and Russia at a summit in Russia later this week, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Monday.It will be the......
LONDON: Nine Grand Slam champions line-up on Wimbledon's manic Monday with places in the quarter-finals at stake and most interest centred on the latest chapter in the three-decade long Williams......
QUETTA: Three people — including a policeman — were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire on them in Quetta's Joint road area on Monday morning, police sources said.Two others — including......
DHAKA: Skipper Faf du Plessis scored an unbeaten half century to set up a crushing 52-run win for South Africa over Bangladesh in the first Twenty20 international in Dhaka on Sunday.Du Plessis helped......
VANCOUVER: Carli Lloyd became the first woman to score a hattrick in a World Cup final as she inspired the United States to a 5-2 demolition of defending champions Japan on Sunday.The United States,......
PESHAWAR: Despite having the powers to intervene in the affairs of government departments and streamline them, 11 of the 36 standing committees of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly have failed to......
CHARSADDA: A man, his wife and daughter were gunned down by their rivals in Awal Din Korona area of Tangi on Sunday. The incident is stated to be result of an old enmity, police said.Sister of the......
MANSEHRA: Two sisters drowned in the Kunhar River while trying to rescue the son of one of them in Garhi Habibullah here on Sunday.According to police, Rukhsana Bibi, her sister Maria and cousin......
PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party has opposed the alleged move to privatise the Bank of Khyber, reacting to the reports that some shareholders associated with the ruling PTI were lobbying for the......
PESHAWAR: Police on Thursday claimed to have seized 720 kilograms of textbooks meant for the students of government schools from a dealer in the limits of Phandu police station.An official told Dawn......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has issued alert to the teaching and district level hospitals regarding management of the heatstroke patients as temperature has risen in the province,......
KHAR: Suspected militants blew up a government boys primary school in Nawagai tehsil bordering Afghanistan on Sunday, officials and local people told Dawn.They said the incident took place in Karai......
MINGORA/CHARSADDA: Prolonged loadshedding and scorching heat on Sunday forced the citizens to flock the Swat and Kabur Rivers to cool off in the fasting month.Residents of Mingora and suburbs who......
SWABI: National and multinational tobacco companies will start purchasing Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) from today (Monday).Over 65,000 tonnes of tobacco would be purchased this season from the local......
ABBOTTABAD/TIMERGARA: Six shops, including a cotton godown, were gutted in Abbottabad and Lower Dir on Sunday. Four shops, including a cotton godown, were reduced to ashes when fire broke out at a......
KOHAT: Renowned writer and intellectual Ahmed Paracha passed away here on Sunday, leaving behind a big chunk of literary work in the shape of 100 books which he wrote on various topics.He was laid to......
PESHAWAR: The level of disorganization in Pakistan Peoples Party can be judged from the fact that its provincial leadership could not organise even a single meeting on July 5 to continue its......
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission (KPEC), an important institution set up last year by the provincial government in accordance with the manifesto of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf to check......
PESHAWAR: The traditional Shalwar Qameez with mixed handiwork is in great demand and women visitors throng boutiques and stores in and around Peshawar city for buying new fabrics for Eid celebration.......
PESHAWAR: According to experts, around 50 heritage sites in and around Peshawar city have been lost owing to lack of public awareness and official negligence and philistinism over the last one and a......
ISLAMABAD: The upcoming local bodies elections have thrown all political parties in the capital into action. The workers of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) held a rally on Saturday night which......
ISLAMABAD: For Pakistani Hindus, living without a marriage law for the last 67 years, another year was wasted by lawmakers who, on Monday, will finally take up the Hindu marriage bills moved last......
ISLAMABAD: Over 200 children from the orphanage, Pakistan Sweet Homes run by the Pakistan Baitul Mal (PBM), were brought to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and Polyclinic because of......
TAXILA: Security forces arrested a suspected terrorist allegedly associated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from Taxila area on the early hours of Sunday.According to police sources,......
ISLAMABAD: Though scientists and employees of the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) have opposed Capital Development Authority (CDA)’s proposal to establish a housing society on the land......
ISLAMABAD: For the last a few days, the citizens have felt a pleasant surprise by looking at a billboard which declares Islamabad as the second most beautiful capital of the world.However, the first......
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Chief Secretary Khizar Hayyat Gondal on Sunday reviewed the arrangements to deal with flooding in Leh Nullah, following monsoon rains.He directed officials to make all necessary......
ISLAMABAD: The Awami Workers Party (AWP) unveiled its manifesto for the forthcoming local government elections in Islamabad on Sunday.The manifesto called for public participation in all important......
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RAWALPINDI: Two women were robbed of cash and gold jewellery by unidentified robbers in separate incidents on Sunday, police said.Syed Qamar Abbas, a resident of Morgah, lodged a complaint with the......
ISLAMABAD: The representatives of all the political parties in the Senate will discuss possibilities of changing the mode of election of the senators at a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee......
TAXILA: The price of sugar has started shooting up in Taxila and is at present selling at Rs70 per kilogramme.Consumers complained that as a limited quantity of sugar was available in the sasta......
RAWALPINDI: A few hours before Iftar, passing by one of the many stalls selling Ramazan favourites, it is hard to resist the smell of frying Kachori wafting from the huge vats of bubbling oil.This......
Iftar dinnersPalestinian Ambassador Walid Abu Ali and his wife hosted an Iftar dinner at their residence where a dozen envoys along with local friends enjoyed pleasant conversation and delicious......
ISLAMABAD: Cotton growers’ current woes with the genetically modified (GM) Bt seeds have been traced to an agreement that a national research institute signed with a multinational biotech seed......
RAWALPINDI: Two traders, one of them an activist of Shabab-i-Milli Pakistan, were shot dead by their rivals in Sadiqabad on Saturday night.Police said the motive behind the double murder was a......
THE controversial remarks attributed to a Supreme Court bench against the government’s lacklustre implementation of the National Action Plan are unfortunate. The specific issue before the court in......
POWER consumers in the city of Karachi recently woke up to news that read a little like an electric shock. For a while it appeared that not only were their power tariffs about to be hiked......
WITH the national team’s ignominious failure to qualify for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics 2016 at the World Hockey League semi-finals in Antwerp, Belgium, Pakistan hockey has reached a dead end. The......
APROPOS Ms Zakaria’s article “Pakistan’s ‘gone girls” (July 1). I absolutely agree with the writer about the issues of gender discrimination and son preference in Pakistan. As a practicing......
Apropos “Creative Solutions” (July 3). The focus of our policy planners should not only be on universal access to education for our youth, but provision of an education tailored to the......
MR Yousuf Raza Gilani has returned the necklace donated to Pakistan for the flood-stricken in 2010 by the wife of then Prime Minister Recep Tayyep Erdogan, currently Turkey’s President.Although the......
NATURAL calamities and disasters occur in every country but responsible governments take precautionary measures to minimise the losses. It is sad to see the loss of over 1300 lives in a week due to a......
BELOW are two statements for the information of readers. Both relate to Narendra Modi’s reference to the 1971 war during his recent visit to Bangladesh.One is from the Pakistan Foreign Office......
ON June 30, a young man held citizens hostage in DHA Karachi with automatic weapons for almost half an hour before he was overpowered by a journalist and police.My question is if the guns that he was......
THERE was an alarming news item (June 24) about the disclosure in the Punjab Assembly by home minister that RAW had sent a warning to the Zimbabwe cricket team not to visit Pakistan and that RAW was......
IN the remote rural regions of Sindh, women perform the same tasks as men. They work in the fields till 1pm and return home to make lunch for their family and go back to work in the fields/lands till......
IT is clear that the PML-N government wants to take the country on the road to progress through it mega-projects like the Islamabad-Lahore Motorway, the Lahore Metro Bus Service and the Metro Service......
THE Ayyan Ali and Uzair Baloch cases have been pending for a long time. These cases should be expedited and the names of all those persons should also be publicised who financed and facilitated Ayyan......
ON the recent occasion of Benazir Bhutto’s 62nd birth anniversary, her husband and PPP’s co-chairman spoke about her murder and said: “We cannot withdraw the FIR, no matter how much pressure you......
CONSIDERING that Pakistan is experiencing some of the hottest weather in years it is inevitable that everyone is talking about the energy crisis. However, referring to chronic load-shedding as the......
IN the midst of the recent deadly heatwave in Sindh, our minister for climate change, Mushahidullah Khan, announced that coal-fired power plants in the Indian state of Rajasthan were partly to blame.......
AS an immigrant to Karachi from the landlocked north, my romance with the seaside is fairly recent, a continuing process of discovery. The idea of the swell having moods is as old as mankind’s......
SARGODHA: Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) officials on Sunday suspended power supply to the tehsil municipal administration (TMA) over default on payment of electricity bills.......
MUZAFFARGARH: As the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is attracting politicians from other parties, MNA Jamshed Dasti is once again fancying his chances of joining the party.Recalling his participation......
BAHAWALNAGAR: A 70-foot breach in Hakra Canal near Gurusar on Sunday inundated crops on several hundred acres of land.Reports said the breach occurred in Hakra Canal near Chak Gurusar at 2:45am. It......
MULTAN: A resolution to provide jobs to seminary students who have passed Dars-i-Nizami courses, has been submitted to Punjab Assembly.According to a press release issued here on Sunday,......
BAHAWALNAGAR: A man on Sunday threw acid on a minor boy over a family feud in A-Division police precincts.Reports said 10-year-old Abdul Moeez of Wokla Colony was on his way to mosque when suspect......
BAHAWALPUR: The Pakistan Seraiki Party (PSP) on Sunday protested against the provincial government for banning the Punjab Textbook Board geography book containing map of non-existing Seraikistan and......
LAHORE: The City District Government of Lahore (CDGL) is likely to issue eviction notices soon after July 15 to those residing along the bank or on the bed of the River Ravi as a preemptive measure......
LAHORE: Cases decided by the Lahore High Court during the last three months are higher in proportion to the cases instituted during the period for the first time in the court’s history, official......
LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has been “partially” authorised by his father Asif Ali Zardari to handle matters of the party and the Sindh government.Sources close to the Zardari family......
LAHORE: Three boys were killed and another injured after their motorcycles hit each other while one-wheeling on Ring Road early on Sunday.Ring Road police checkpost in-charge Shakoor Baig said three......
LAHORE: A mix of high temperatures and humidity on Sunday created mugginess beyond the tolerance level of people in Lahore and other cities in Punjab.The only hope of relief was rain which never came......
LAHORE: Dr Tahirul Qadri, Chairman of Pakistan Awami Tehreek, and Pervez Musharraf, President of All-Pakistan Muslim League, on Sunday discussed political situation over phone.A PAT official said......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday directed the authorities concerned to make planning for recruitment of specialist doctors and nurses for the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Transplant......
LAHORE: The scouts participating in various capacity-building programmes and trainings across the country are being trained in emotional development, a new component added recently in scouts training......
LAHORE: The Waris Mir Foundation has published a book titled ‘Waris Mir Kahani’ on the death anniversary of the country’s noted journalist and writer. His death anniversary falls on July 9.The......
LAHORE: Five proclaimed offenders (POs) carrying head money of Rs5 million were among the 244 arrested during the last three months in a crackdown under the National Action Plan (NAP), claims Crimes......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Punjab Organiser Chaudhry Sarwar on Sunday announced the party’s ‘Punjab Executive Council’ comprising 15 members.MNA Ghulam Sarwar Khan, MPAs Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed,......
LAHORE: A Ravi Town team under the supervision of Director (Operations) Ayesha Mumtaz on Sunday sealed two grinding units of chillies and spices at Akbari Mandi and arrested seven people, including......
LAHORE: The combined entrance test for admission to engineering institutions of Punjab for BSc Engineering and BS Technology will be held on Aug 16 (Sunday) at 13 centres across the......
LAHORE: A suspected robber was killed in crossfire with Johar Town police while his two “accomplices” escaped in early hours on Sunday.Police signaled three men riding on two motorcycles to halt at a......
FAISALABAD: Unscheduled power suspension has irked several powerloom workers, including Abdul Hameed, 55, who left his weaving unit in Faizabad on Sunday night cursing Faisalabad Electric Supply......
SAHIWAL: Heads of around three dozen urban and rural public schools in the district have been fooled by a fraudster who extorted money from them through online transactions, posing as an education......
MULTAN: Amid growing demand, bankers are being pushed and pulled by customers, relatives, friends, neighbours and acquaintances for provision of fresh currency notes ahead of Eidul Fitr.In almost......
KASUR: Police claimed on Sunday to have arrested 25 suspects during a search operation in Kot Radha Kishan.A police team headed by Saddar circle DSP Mirza Arif Baig, on the direction of DPO Rai Babar......
KARACHI: The provincial health authorities on Sunday confirmed the ninth death of the current year in the province caused by Naegleria fowleri, also known as ‘brain-eating amoeba’.Officials said that......
KARACHI: A 15-year-old boy was shot dead over a trivial dispute in the Sukhan area on Sunday night, police said.Neighbours fought with each other in Bakhtawar Goth over possession of a pigeon and the......
KARACHI: The scent of rose petals was wafting out of the Napa auditorium past midnight where the stage was set for a night of qawwali performance by Fariduddin Ayaz, Abu Muhammad and group on......
KARACHI: Some people belonging to what was described as rival religious groups fought with each other on Sunday in a dispute over a mosque in Clifton’s Block-8, officials said.The groups belonging to......
DADU: Six people died from heatstroke on Sunday that also sent another 36 children to the Dadu Civil Hospital as the temperatures rose to 50 degrees Celsius and played havoc with the district’s......
LARKANA: Activists of Pakistan Peoples Party and PPP-SB took out rallies and held demonstrations across the province on Sunday to observe July 5 as a ‘Black Day’, the day when Gen Ziaul Haq overthrew......
KARACHI: The Frere Hall gardens were perfect place to host a discussion on the poetics of Shaikh Ayaz, one of the greatest voices to have originated from Sindh.A gathering of an intimate group of......
BADIN: A multi party conference (MPC) held on Sunday expressed annoyance over unnecessary delay by the Sindh government in handing over management of the Badin Civil Hospital to the Indus Hospital,......
SUKKUR: Activists of the Qaumi Awami Tehreek staged a demonstration on Sunday in protest against rampant corruption in the province and loadshedding and called for imposition of ban on Muttahida......
KARACHI: A Rangers claim that the paramilitary force was arresting the “sector in charges and unit in charges of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement because its Tanzeemi committee was organising a militant......
NEW YORK: US pop legend Billy Joel married longtime girlfriend Alexis Roderick in a surprise wedding on Saturday, popping their nuptials on unsuspecting guests at a July 4 holiday party, the singer’s......
BEIRUT: Syrian government forces backed by fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement entered the town of Zabadani on Sunday in a bid to take the last rebel-held bastion along the Lebanese......
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John F. Kerry said on Sunday that nuclear negotiations with Iran “can go either way,” although both sides had never been closer to concluding a deal.After yet......
NEW DELHI: India’s coast guard seized an Iranian fishing boat off the country’s southern coast early on Sunday and arrested 12 crew members, officials said.Top Kerala state police officer T.P.......
BAUCHI: A suicide bomber killed six people at a church in northeast Nigeria on Sunday at the end of a week in which suspected Boko Haram militants killed more than 200 people.The spate of......
MANILA: Floods inundated towns in the northern Philippines as Tropical Storm Linfa struck the northern edge of the archipelago, where relief agencies were braced for disaster on Sunday.The region’s......
SYDNEY: The United States and Australia kicked off a massive joint biennial military exercise on Sunday, with Japan taking part for the first time as tensions with China over territorial rows loom......
It isn’t every day that you drive into a village called Hercules and ask the locals if they want to go on living in the European Union. And it’s not every day that you are asked in a coffee shop how......
NEW YORK: Americans marched in star-spangled parades, ran relay races, gathered for fireworks shows and crowned a new world hot dog eating champion as they celebrated Independence Day in traditional......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is facing the risk of criminal charges over allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars were funnelled from an indebted state fund to his......
BEIJING: Twelve people died after a shoe factory collapsed in eastern China, state media reported on Sunday, with more than 40 escaping on their own or being rescued.More than 50 people were in the......
SANAA: Air strikes by Saudi-led forces killed 30 civilians in an attack on a market in northern Yemen on Sunday, the Houthi-run news agency Saba said, as UN mediators pushed for a humanitarian pause......
GLEN: Hillary Clinton accused China on Saturday of “trying to hack into everything that doesn’t move in America” and stealing government information, in strongly worded comments likely to irk......
LONDON: Prince William and his wife, Kate, marked a milestone for their newborn baby Princess Charlotte on Sunday — a christening ceremony on Queen Elizabeth II’s country estate that was steeped in......
ULAN BATOR: Mongolia’s biggest political party has called on the prime minister to expel its key partner from a governing coalition forged last year, potentially throwing the resource-rich country’s......
OVER the last few months, news from America has been dominated by a string of incidents where unarmed young blacks have been killed by white policemen in different cities. For many outsiders, these......
LIVERPOOL: In Liverpool’s Granby neighbourhood, proud residents and a group of architects have brought back to life the area’s four remaining Victorian streets, earning them a nomination for......
LAHORE: Three-year-old bay colt Show Card enthralled race-goers with a magnificent display of speed to register an emphatic win in the feature event on the opening day of the 2015-16 Lahore racing......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Cricket’s Anti-Corruption Unit cracked down on an Indo-Pakistan betting operations at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo last week during the second Test.But the culprits were later......
ISLAMABAD: Former Olympian Tahir Zaman said on Sunday that Pakistan team’s poor performance in the World Hockey League Semi-finals was not surprising since the team did not prepare well for the......
PALLEKELE: Skipper Angelo Mathews battled his way to an unbeaten 77 as Sri Lanka seized the advantage in the series-deciding third and final Test against Pakistan in Pallekele on Sunday.The hosts......
DHAKA: Faf du Plessis led from the front as South Africa flexed their bowling muscles to thrash Bangladesh by 52 runs in the first Twenty20 International on Sunday to go 1-0 up in the two-match......
KARACHI: Two days after their seeing their Olympic dreams go up in smoke, Pakistan failed to restore some pride when they went down 2-1 to France on Sunday to finish a lowly eighth at the Hockey......
KARACHI: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) chief selector Islahuddin Siddiqui and his co-selectors have tendered their resignation in the aftermath of greenshirts failure to qualify for the 2016 Rio......
SANTIAGO: The wait is finally over for Chile. The title drought continues for Argentina.Chile won the Copa America for the first time on Saturday when a cheeky penalty from Alexis Sanchez clinched a......
LONDON: About an hour after flopping on her back and kicking her feet overhead to celebrate a stunning comeback against defending Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, Jelena Jankovic still was giddy.“I......
EDMONTON: Days after a gut-wrenching loss, England finished their deepest run in the Women’s World Cup with an uplifting victory. No last-minute heartbreak this time around.A 108th-minute penalty......
PARIS: Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made up for the absence of injured Usain Bolt by storming to double 100m glory in the Diamond League meet in Paris on Saturday.But......
KARACHI: Holders Omar CC suffered a stunning five-wicket defeat against Kaaf Engineering in the third Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cricket Tournament at the Lawai Cricket Stadium here on Saturday night.By......
LONDON: Test captain Michael Clarke labelled Ryan Harris “as good as anyone who has played for Australia” after the fast bowler announced his retirement on Saturday because of injury.The 35-year-old......
SILVERSTONE: Lewis Hamilton jumped for joy on Sunday after steering his way through the capricious extremes of an English summer’s afternoon, with the aid of two well-timed pit-stops, to secure a......
KARACHI: Pakistan heaved a sigh of relief when tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq confirmed his availability to compete in the upcoming Davis Cup Asia Oceania zone group two second round tie against Indonesia......
KARACHI: City Sports put up a dazzling display here on Saturday to beat Ghazi Club 2-0 and win the Abdul Razzak Arain Ramzan Night Rocball Tournament 2015 which was played at the Mini Sports Complex,......
KARACHI: Tapal CC sealed their berth in the quarter-finals of the 30th Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramazan Cricket Festival with a tense three-wicket victory over Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) at the......
ZEELAND (Netherlands): German rider Andre Greipel won a rain-drenched second stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish on Sunday, while defending champion Vincenzo Nibali and Tour contender......
KARACHI: Rivo Mobile’s Zahid Mansoor starred with a fine knock to condemn hosts Aga Khan Gymkhana to defeat in the in the 28th Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Tournament for the State Life Trophy......
By the end of this year, USAID and private companies Abraaj Group, JS Bank, and Indus Basin Holdings will launch three funds worth nearly $150 million in total to kickstart private investment in......
ISLAMABAD: The government of Sindh has rejected ‘a low upfront tariff’ for wind power projects announced recently by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) and asked the centre why......
QUETTA: The Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) has accused the government and the Gwadar district administration of depriving the people of coastal areas of the land of their forefathers in......
KARACHI: Raja Riaz, the vice president of the PPP’s Punjab chapter, has said that predicting the party’s annihilation on the basis of a couple of defections is injustice to hundreds of its......
LAHORE: Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said on Sunday that the government was working to give a role to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) in the country’s mainstream......
QUETTA: The Model Customs Collectorate Quetta has collected net revenue of Rs2,953.5 million during the last quarter of the financial year 2014-2015. The amount is 106 per cent higher than the......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement said on Sunday the whole nation knew as to who was providing funds to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan.Commenting on Mr Khan’s remarks earlier in......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan, in collaboration with the Pakistan Banks’ Association, has introduced an SMS service for the issuance of fresh currency notes to public.The move is aimed at......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau has filed a corruption reference against former officials of Pakistan Railways and others allegedly involved in a Rs48.2 million scam commonly known as......
It will take more than ten years to spend what the US thought it could do in five.Of a $7.5 billion aid package, only $4.7 billion was spent in Pakistan during its five-year lifetime.When the aid......
The most pressing question about KLB is about what the money has achieved.“KLB has become synonymous with all that is problematic about large-scale development assistance,” says Michael Kugelman of......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan suggested on Sunday that in the last general elections rigging was carried out in 71 constituencies, and not just in 35 as claimed earlier by......
PESHAWAR: Twelve terrorists were killed in a clash with security forces near Dattakhel in North Waziristan on Sunday. Four soldiers also lost their lives in the exchange of fire, the Inter-Services......
SIALKOT: Several houses were damaged when Indian Border Security Force (BSF) started unprovoked heavy shelling on Pakistani villages in the Charwah sector along the Sialkot Working Boundary on......
QUETTA: A man was killed and 19 other people, two children and three women among them, were injured in a bomb explosion near the busy Meezan Chowk in the heart of the city on Sunday.Police suspected......
GWADAR: Three labourers repairing a power transmission line were shot dead near the coastal town of Pasni in Gwadar district on Sunday.According to police, the three were working near the Zero Point......
Five years ago, the Kerry-Lugar-Berman act was passed by the US Congress. Aiming to provide $7.5 billion to Pakistan over five years, the act was a bid to demonstrate American commitment to Pakistan......
WHAT is the probability of Greece exiting the eurozone? The fluctuating survival chances of the eurozone’s weakest economy are hugely important for global financial markets. Its continuing membership......
THE credible charitable outfits are expected to get a major boost this Ramazan as the social welfare wings of political and religious parties have been sidelined because of a closer monitoring of......
THE rupee stayed firm against the dollar in interbank dealings but dropped past the 103-mark in the open market last week. Meanwhile, the dollar appreciated by around 3.2pc against the rupee in......
WITH the aim of promoting tax culture in the country, the government has resurrected a law drafted in 2012 to encourage citizens to expose tax evaders and induce people who have stashed away their......
THE year 2014-15 depicts an uneven picture of the external sector, where positive effects like lower international oil prices and higher remittances have been offset by some negative developments,......
THE central bank continued to pump in massive liquidity into the banking system last week, injecting Rs667.8bn on June 26 and then another Rs821.75bn last Friday, taking its total injections to......
CEO pay at 15 of the world’s major banks shot up by 17pc last year, according to a survey conducted by Equilar and published by the Financial Times Friday.The typical chief executive at the banks......
UNDER the fold of Sir Mohammed Anwar Pervez, the Bestway group is a global conglomerate that is considered among the top 20 privately owned companies in the UK and the 12 largest family-owned......
THE Planning Commission is engaged in appraising a Rs1.7bn project for promoting value-added agricultural growth.According to official sources, a committee set up to further evaluate the proposed......
THE construction sector has undergone a dynamic transformation over the past few years. Gone are the days when it took years to complete a project because the modes of construction were outdated and......
THE Indus Basin is currently the second-most overstressed aquifer and is among 21 of the world’s 37 largest aquifers which have passed their sustainability tipping points, meaning more water has been......
ISSUES ranging from geographical identification of basmati to lack of standardised processing of seafood to low value-adddition keep taking a toll on Pakistan’s food exports. Limited foreign markets......
United Arab EmiratesThe United Arab Emirates, the world’s sixth-largest producer of crude oil, is a federation of seven states. It has grown as one of the Middle East’s most important economic......
THOUGH the housing finance industry in India took off about 20 years ago, the country’s mortgage penetration is still abysmally low. Mortgages as a percentage of GDP add up to a mere 9pc in India,......
THE shuttered banks of Greece represent a profound failure for the EU. The current crisis is not just a reflection of the failings of the modern Greek state, it is also about the failure of a......
