KABUL: US forces have carried out two drone strikes targeting militants in part of Afghanistan where the Taliban have clashed with purported supporters of the self-styled Islamic State group,......
ISLAMABAD: Senator Farhatullah Babar, spokesperson for former president and PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari, on Tuesday categorically denied rumours of Tanvir Zamani's marriage to Zardari, adding......
KARACHI: A large number of city localities plunged into darkness on Tuesday night as a major fault occurred in the transmission and distribution system of power distributor K-Electric (KE).According......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan directed National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) to prepare a national counter-terrorism database in addition to the one on......
KARACHI: MQM chief Altaf Hussain on Tuesday asked Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah and all members of the Sindh Assembly to pass a bill to “send back the oppressive Rangers.”Talking to party office......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Norway signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for construction of three solar power plants to generate a total of 150MW of electricity, said a statement issued on......
Pakistan created history by chasing down their highest total in Test cricket to win the third Test and the series against Sri Lanka on Tuesday with seven wickets to spare.Chasing the stiff target of......
ISLAMABAD: Flash floods caused by heavy monsoon rains killed at least 8 people in different areas of Rawalpindi Tuesday.The flash flood swept away five people, of whom four drowned. There were......
OSLO: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday urged world leaders to cut “eight days of military spending” to give all children access to 12 years of free education.About $39 billion......
ISLAMABAD: The first round of talks brokered by Pakistan between representatives of the Afghan government and the Afghan Taliban concluded Wednesday in Murree, with both parties agreeing to meet......
How is one to capture the essence of a samosa through the written word?Growing up my favourite samosa had to be the one sold at my school tuck shop owned by Mr. Wellows. Anyone who went to the......
KARACHI: The overwhelming number of deaths during the recent heatwave in the city has prompted concerned citizens into action. Residents of Karachi today pledged to plant 100,000 trees in the city to......
ISLAMABAD: ISLAMABAD: The Ministry for Climate Change on Tuesday warned that in the next five years there will be serious complications regarding water scarcity, food shortage and energy crisis, if......
ISLAMABAD: Independent Senator Mohsin Khan Leghari on Tuesday submitted ‘The Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2015’ to give constitutional cover to the local government system in Islamabad Capital......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and DJ Butt on Tuesday agreed on a formula for payment of liabilities for sound engineering services provided during the months-long protest sit-in at......
DHAKA: South Africa beat Bangladesh by 31 runs in the second Twenty20 International to complete a clean sweep of the two-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on......
SANAA: Saudi-led coalition air strikes and clashes killed at least 176 fighters and civilians in Yemen on Monday, residents and media run by the Houthi movement said, the highest daily toll since the......
NEW DELHI: A Turkish Airlines flight from Bangkok to Istanbul made an emergency landing in India Tuesday after the crew found a bomb threat written on a bathroom mirror, an airport official said.All......
KANO: At least 20 people were killed in a bomb blast in the city of Zaria, northern Nigeria, on Tuesday, a regional governor said.“I am sad that a terrorist bomb attack just killed 20 people in Sabon......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to meet his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Ufa, Russia."PM Nawaz Sharif's schedule for a bilateral meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation......
BEIRUT: Syrian Kurdish fighters have recaptured more than 10 villages seized by Islamic State north of its de facto capital of Raqqa city, aided by US-led coalition air strikes, the Syrian......
HUM TV’s latest drama Mol was the subject of intense speculation before even a single scene was shot.In the heady days after the phenomenal success of Humsafar, rumours surfaced that this might be......
ROME: Greeks have their own leaders to blame for the crisis in their country, and not “mean Germans”, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said Tuesday.The current crisis ”...is not the fault of......
KABUL: A Taliban suicide bomber targeted Nato forces in Kabul on Tuesday, officials said, as the group step up attacks as part of their annual summer offensive.Afghan troops and police are battling......
A woman in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh died after she alleged that two policemen set her on fire inside a police station following her refusal to pay a bribe, said a report published on BBC.The......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in a July 4 letter addressing retd Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed blamed the retired judge for "damaging the PTI"."All your pronouncements are......
DHAKA: A Buddhist monastery in Bangladesh is serving food to hundreds of poor Muslims during Ramazan, in a rare example of social harmony between the religions in the South Asian nation.Dharmarajika,......
I was born in Saudi Arabia but raised in Karachi, Pakistan most of my life. Growing up, my education comprised of multiple facets involving extracurricular activities. Being consistently active, and......
OSLO: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Tuesday that relations between Pakistan and Norway are based on commonality of views and shared values of democratic pluralism and economic liberalism.He said......
ISLAMABAD: Officials of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday submitted a report containing details of 150 mega corruption cases before the Supreme Court of Pakistan.A three-member......
Shaan Shahid has to be praised for his longevity in the film scene.Whether its a role as a villager holding a gandasa, a musician or defender of the nation, Shaan has played them all. So it's no......
MUMBAI: Indian financial investigators have ordered exiled former cricket chief Lalit Modi to return home to be interrogated over allegations of money-laundering linked to a mega TV deal, an officer......
RIYADH: The man visible on the block's control room monitor, pacing his small cell in uniform grey robe, is one of a rising number of security prisoners in Saudi Arabia, where the wars in Syria and......
LONDON: Britain will on Tuesday mark 10 years since the London bombings with a minute's silence for the 52 victims, less than a fortnight after an attack in Tunisia highlighted the ongoing Islamist......
SYDNEY: Australian cricket fans prepared themselves for one final decent night's sleep on Tuesday before seven weeks glued to television sets deep into the small hours watching the Ashes series......
LONDON: An attempt by England's governing Football Association to tweet its praise for their bronze medal-winning team at the Women's World Cup backfired on Monday after it said the Lionesses could......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar on Monday approved five holidays for Eidul Fitr for government organisations, semi-government organisations, banks and educational institutions.Speaking to......
PALLEKELE: Younis Khan's epic 171 steered Pakistan to a historic victory over Sri Lanka as the tourists chased down a mammoth 377 on the final day to clinch the three-match series on......
DUBAI: Three brothers have been arrested by Saudi and Kuwaiti authorities for involvement in a suicide bombing by a Saudi man on a Shia mosque in neighbouring Kuwait last month, Saudi state news......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka have dropped Test spinners Rangana Herath and Tharindu Kaushal from their one-day squad for the five-match series against Pakistan starting on Saturday.Herath managed just two......
SRINAGAR: A 11-year-old boy of Azad Jammu and Kashmir who had strayed into India-held Kashmir was repatriated by Indian army officials on Tuesday, said a report published on The Times of India.Sameer......
QUETTA: Security forces claimed to have killed three suspected militants, including the Balochistan chief of the banned Jaish-ul-Islam (JI) militant group, Mehmood Rind, during a targeted operation......
The big day has finally arrived as Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor is ready to take the hand of his 21-year-old to-be-wife Mira Rajput. But before they head to the venue for their final kundlis, the......
``When Mahendra Singh Dhoni was surprisingly named India's captain in 2007 as senior players backed out of the inaugural World Twenty20, he responded by leading his team to the title.Two years later,......
Pakistan's embattled all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez underwent rigorous testing on his bowling action at the International Cricket Council-accredited Sri Ramachandra Sports Medicine centre in Chennai......
CARDIFF: After what seems an even longer than usual ‘phoney war’, England and Australia will get down to the actual business of contesting the Ashes when the first Test in Cardiff starts on......
LONDON: White shoes, shorts and shirts? Check.Little black book? Check.When it comes to reaching his first Wimbledon quarter-final, unseeded and Vasek Pospisil is leaving no page unturned as he plots......
LONDON: Serena Williams declared herself ready to roll in her Wimbledon quarter-final showdown with Victoria Azarenka, while Maria Sharapova is wary of surprise package Coco Vandeweghe in Tuesday's......
RECENTLY former President Asif Ali Zardari threatened to expose some generals if the Rangers did not stop the ‘character assassination’ of his workers. I would not like to debate whether the press......
ALTAF Hussain has spoken on the need to construct Kalabagh dam to rid the country of the critical shortages of water and electricity. This is by far the strongest voice raised in favour of the dam.If......
THE people of Rawalpindi have a long-standing problem. Anyone wanting to travel by M2 to Lahore, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Sheikhupura etc has to first travel westwards toward the Toll Plaza.The journey......
Peshawar airport was originally a small airfield set up in 1927 in the suburbs. It attained the status of an international airport in 1965. It was still located outside the city till University Town......
THE current practice by the Federal Public Service Commission and provincial public service commission is discouraging. Examinations for appointments in Grade 17 are being conducted based solely on......
THIS is about an effective relay of flight arrival/departure information by Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The CAA has access to all activities within its airspace. Moreover, due to automated......
GLOBALISATION has established the supremacy of education over all spheres of life. Countries that have high literacy have higher living standards and a better quality of life.In Pakistan, the......
IT HAS become a status symbol to be escorted by private security guards in vehicles and being flanked by these guards when they disembark from their vehicles.As most of them are high and mighty, the......
NAB has taken a good decision to catch those who are plundering public funds with both hands.Frequent corruption has also been going on in the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) where BISP......
A PROGRAMME ‘Tadrees ul Quran’ was telecast every morning at 7.30am by PTV Home for a very long time. The programme was an excellent resource for those who wanted to learn Arabic for a better......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Police foiled an attempt to steal crude oil from the Pak Arab Refinery Limited (Parco) pipeline in the Gaddai police area on Monday and arrested three suspects besides confiscating......
LAHORE: Traders in Punjab failed to adopt a unified protest strategy for Tuesday (today) after their two major bodies remained divided on Monday over a country-wide shutter down against the......
MULTAN: Two nephews of PML-N MNA Abdul Ghaffar Dogar allegedly ransacked the office of a sub-divisional officer (SDO) of the Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) and manhandled its staff on......
LAHORE: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq says the salaries and perks paid to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MNAs for the period they had been staging sit-in would be recovered if the motion......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) 126-day sit-in’s ‘lifeline’ DJ Butt has eventually spoken out over non-payment of his sound system services by the party that amount to over Rs80 million. He......
LAHORE: A thundershower late on Monday night brought relief to the Lahorites who braved unannounced power loadshedding and breakdowns for the last one week.The meteorological department has forecast......
LAHORE: At least two-thirds of the Punjab Assembly members opted for keeping mum even during the budget debate as they did not contribute a single word in favour of or against the budget proposals in......
RAWALPINDI: A Bill to amend Section 153-B of the Pakistan Penal Code is to be introduced in the National Assembly tomorrow [July 7]. The amended section will allow political parties to enlist the......
LAHORE: A woman was killed and four children were injured in separate accidents here on Monday.According to Edhi Foundation, Khalida, 50, and her husband, Ghaffar, of Thoker Niaz Beg, were going on a......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Monday issued notices to the federal government and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on an intra court appeal (ICA) against dismissal of a......
LAHORE: In what appears to be an attempt reduce provincial tax collection deficit and widen revenue base, the Punjab Revenue Authority has identified nearly 24,850 new service sector businesses to......
LAHORE: A meeting of members of the civil society took place on Monday presided over by former Supreme Court Bar Association president and rights activist Asma Jehangir.According to a press release,......
LAHORE: Police claimed on Monday to have arrested three extortionists and seized from them several SIMs and a mobile phone.The suspects confessed that they were demanding Rs300,000 from the principal......
LAHORE: The city administration claims that Lahore tops all districts in action against price hike and overcharging by arresting 3,364 shopkeepers since June 19 (1st of Ramazan).“Throughout the......
Skilled and committed, Shumaila Khan is consistently practicing various genres of visual arts for almost a decade. She is among the few hardworking image-makers who dare to work with tough mediums......
LAHORE: A former constable associated with Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) after resigning from service has been missing since June 27.Ghulam Nabi of Chichawatni had resigned from police in 2010 but......
THE government is planning to privatise three electricity distribution companies (DISCOS) this year. This writer has been a vocal proponent for a deregulated, open market-based management of the......
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi is visiting five Central Asian countries plus Russia this week and the next. Indian opposition parties have already berated him for what they say are avoidably frequent......
RECENT slaughters of tourists in Tunisia and Shia worshippers in Kuwait represent only the latest killings by those claiming to be Muslims even as their actions prove they have no right to be in the......
PAKISTAN is experiencing a ‘soft coup’ where the military has partially hobbled the Balochistan, Sindh and central governments. Soft coup is a journalistic concept, since there is little academic......
RARELY, in recent times, has the voice of a people echoed so loudly around the world.The decisive ‘No’ vote served up by the Greek electorate in their historic referendum was unexpected and has......
THE treatment of cultural and historical artefacts by the authorities in Pakistan leaves a lot to be desired. Either the state has been neglectful in preserving historical treasures, or it has looked......
OCCASIONALLY, two plus two can equal five. Or, in the world of the PTI, 35 minus 35 can equal 71. And that’s why it is possible, occasionally, in the PTI world again, for an apology to be apologised......
BAHAWALPUR: Lady health visitors (LHVs) of the health department on Monday protested over non-payment of two-month salaries.Several LHVs gathered at the busy DPO Chowk where they demonstrated and......
KHAR: Three children were killed and two others injured when the roof of a house collapsed in Gabari area of Mamond tehsil, bordering Afghanistan, on Monday evening, officials said.They said that the......
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party central general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is on the verge of liquidation due to ill-planned policy of the PTI-led coalition......
PESHAWAR: Civil society activists have urged the government to legislate to ban the trade of toy guns, saying playing with imitation firearms causes violent behaviour among young people.The Poha......
NOWSHERA: Hundreds of protestors from Taru Jabba area on Monday stormed the Pesco Pabbi sub-division offices in Nowshera against prolonged loadshedding and low voltage, torched records and smashed......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KPCCI) and other trade bodies of the province have rejected the federal government decision to impose 0.6 per cent levy on bank......
KOHAT: Petty disputes claimed lives of two persons in separate incidents here on Monday.Two brothers, Tahir ur Rehman and Mati ur Rehman, brawled over installation of fans in their house in Gula Khel......
MINGORA: Shamsul Iqbal Shams, a local calligrapher, is determined to keep alive the ancient art of carving on barks and stones even in this era of modern technology.Born in 1957 in Saidu Sharif, he......
ABBOTTABAD: The people of different t areas of Abbottabad have said that they been experiencing acute shortage of drinking water for the last few days.The residents of Upper and Lower Kehal, Kunj,......
PESHAWAR: Patients seeking healthcare facilities at Hayatabad Medical Complex have been facing hardships owing to the out-of-order diagnostic machines, according to doctors.“We have to send samples......
KHAR: Local people on Sunday showed concern over delay in completion of a road project under a multi-donor trust funded programme.Talking to reporters here, tribal elders, workers of political and......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Monday asked the administration of the historical Islamia College Peshawar to formally respond to a petition against denial of admission to a female student on......
LAKKI MARWAT: The district chapter of JUI-F failed to reach a consensus over the nomination of candidates for the top slots of tehsil and district governments, prompting the central party chief......
MANSEHRA: The residents of Oghi have complained that they are without basic health facilities as the tehsil civil hospital, which was destroyed in 2005 devastating earthquake, has not been......
PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau chairman on Monday approved the recommendations of the prevention committee to reform the provincial public health engineering, water and sanitation,......
KARAK: Three persons died of heatstroke here on Monday while a young boy drowned in Teri Toi, a small stream in Banda Daud Shah.The local people said that nine-year-old Mohammad Shoaib was taking......
UPPER DIR: Long power cuts and low voltage have badly hit business of tailors in Upper Dir, especially when the Eidul Fitr is fast approaching.Tailors complained electricity supply remained suspended......
SWABI: Ice shortage has hit markets in Swabi owing to surge in its demand amid scorching heat and excessive loadshedding.Local people said they ran from pillar to post to get a piece of ice no matter......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and water and power ministry on Monday agreed to form a joint high-level committee to resolve the issue of power outages and others related to Wapda and......
ISLAMABAD: Another key witness in Benazir murder case retracted his earlier statement during cross examination before the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC).Earlier, witnesses like former director general......
ISLAMABAD: All children from the orphanage, Pakistan Sweet Homes run by the Pakistan Baitul Mal (PBM), recovered from food poisoning and the last child was discharged from Pims on Monday.However,......
RAWALPINDI: A four-year-old boy who had been kidnapped for a ransom of Rs100 million was recovered by the police on Monday and reunited with his parents after a 65-day ordeal.The kidnappers had......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate standing committee on interior and narcotics on Monday advised the federal ministry of education to conduct medical test on admission seekers to colleges and universities to......
ISLAMABAD: Detained supermodel Ayyan Ali, on Monday, alleged that she is facing discriminatory treatment during her trial in the currency smuggling case she is facing. She claimed that while others......
ISLAMABAD: With the attention of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) turned towards mega projects, smaller projects such as tourist trains operating at picnic spots have fallen out of favour.The......
SeminarSDPI is organising a special seminar on ‘Future Trends of Heat Waves: How to Cope’ on Tuesday, July 7 in the SDPI’s conference hall from 1-3pm.ExhibitionAn exhibition titled ‘Hurouf’ will open......
ISLAMABAD: Though over 800 teaching and non-teaching staff members have been waiting for their salaries for over a year, the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) failed to utilise an amount of......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday sought details from former president Pervez Musharraf about his treatment as advised by a medical board to ascertain his health condition.Justice......
ISLAMABAD: Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of Islamabad police has nabbed seven people involved in separate cases of triple murder, bank robberies and looting people returning from abroad by......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has started computerising the record of driving licenses issued from 1976 to 2000, police said.The formal inauguration of ‘Old Record Feeding System’ was......
ISLAMABAD: Two people lost their lives in separate incidents on Monday. A man was murdered in the capital’s rural areas on Monday and a teenager drowned in a nullah.In the first incident, a man named......
MUZAFFARABAD: The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) made an additional payment of Rs62.8 million to a contractor without the due process of law.Lately, AJK’s State......
ISLAMABAD: Marred by controversies and political opposition, the National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice once again deferred the approval of the proposed Hindu Marriage Act 2015 on......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday directed the defense secretary and director general Inter-Services Intelligence to nominate officers to appear before the court in missing lawyer’s......
MURREE: For the first time in the history of Pakistan, the local government elections are being held on party basis and credit for this goes to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the judiciary.This......
ISLAMABAD: Uncertainty surrounding the local government election in Islamabad, set by the Supreme Court for July 25, deepened on Monday with a Senate committee proposing that elections should be......
FAISALABAD: A three-member committee probing into alleged negligence and delay in the treatment of a boy shot by police in People’s Colony cleared the doctors of Social Security and District......
GUJRANWALA: An anti-terrorism court on Monday dismissed the plea of the accused in Daska lawyers’ murder case for deleting the terrorism clauses from the first information report (FIR) lodged against......
GUJRANWALA: As many as nine labourers suffered burn injuries on Monday when a dud exploded in scrap at a steel mill in Muafiwala here on Sialkot Road.Reports said labourers were working in Haroon......
SAHIWAL: A scuffle and a crossfire broke out between two rival groups when PML-N MPA Malik Arshad reached Purbana village for an Iftar party on Sunday evening.The MPA filed a first information report......
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency Special Judge Central, Faisalabad, has handed down sentence to seven human smugglers from four to nine years jail and a fine up to Rs100,000 each.According to......
KARACHI: It is the saddest sight watching senior citizens leaning heavily on their orthopaedic canes, bent over walkers or on wheelchairs wait in queue for their turn to collect a meagre pension......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Monday issued a warrant for the arrest of an assistant director of the Airport Security Force for failing to appear in court to record his testimony in the Karachi......
KARACHI: An eyewitness on Monday picked out a suspect during an identification parade before a judicial magistrate in a case pertaining to the killing of a paramilitary soldier.Umair Hassan Siddiqui,......
KARACHI: Security arrangements for Yaum-i-Ali were reviewed at a meeting, which was chaired by Rangers DG Maj Gen Bilal Akbar, held at the Rangers Headquarters on Monday.Attended by the......
KARACHI: A manager of the National Bank of Pakistan was shot dead in Sir Syed Town on Monday evening by robbers on resistance, police said.Central SSP Muqaddas Haider said Sheikh Nazeeruddin, 50, had......
KARACHI: The inspector general of police, Sindh, Ghulam Hyder Jamali, on Monday appointed DIG (Special Branch) Zulfikar Larik the ‘focal person’ to ensure and monitor the process of police action......
HYDERABAD: The family of an engineering student who died under controversial circumstances in the Hyderabad central prison believe that they are being denied justice.Tauqeer Mashoori, a final year......
KHAIRPUR: Five members of a family — four brothers and their sister-in-law — were killed and two children were injured when their car collided head-on with a trailer truck on the Kumb-Nawabshah road......
HYDERABAD: Lady health workers (LHWs) on Monday staged a massive protest sit-in here and in Jacobabad for outstanding salaries and other allowances and facilities promised to them.They also called......
SUKKUR: A man allegedly shot dead his cousin during a clash between two groups over irrigation water in Dadpur Jagir village of Jacobabad late Sunday night.Both groups belonged to the Gulwani......
BADIN: Khoski police were on Monday given two days to produce two bank fraud suspects along with a third suspect in court amid reports that the higher police authorities of the district had decided......
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Monday declared that the Sindh government would challenge in court the actions being taken by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and the National......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has praised the “bold stance” taken by Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah against granting more powers to the Federal Investigation......
KARACHI: The All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA), Sindh zone, and Karachi Transport Ittehad staged a protest sit-in outside the Sui Southern Gas Association (SSGC) head office on Monday, the first......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday directed the Federal Investigation Agency to allow the family members of Khalid Shamim, a recently arrested key suspect in the murder of Muttahida Qaumi......
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has asked party leaders from Punjab to raise their voice for the protection of rights of peasants and growers as the PPP stands by the......
The innovators who brought you the iMac, iPhone and iPad don’t usually look backward. But with one of their signature services, iTunes, weakening against competition from streaming music providers,......
WASHINGTON: As nuclear talks with Iran enter the final phase, candidates for the 2016 presidential elections in the United States are also being forced to clarify their position on this key......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama made a rare visit to the Pentagon on Monday to get an update from military leaders on the campaign against the self-styled Islamic State.Obama’s meetings with top......
NEW YORK: She was a teenager during World War I and her life spans three centuries. On Monday, New Yorker Susannah Mushatt Jones celebrated her 116th birthday as the world’s oldest living......
MIAMI: Aging is typically studied in the elderly, but a study released Monday said different rates of ageing can be detected as early as the mid-20s.The findings in the Proceedings of the National......
BEIRUT: Fighters of the self-styled Islamic State stormed a Syrian town held by Kurdish-led forces near Raqqa city on Monday, part of a wider offensive by the militants two days after their de facto......
BERLIN: The German government signalled a tough line towards Greece on Monday, saying it saw no basis for fresh bailout negotiations and insisting it was up to Athens to move swiftly if it wanted to......
BEIJING: Chinese government researchers are using chickens, fish and toads to try to predict earthquakes, media reported.The seismological bureau in the eastern city of Nanjing has transformed seven......
At the voting booth in Kipseli Street in the heart of Athens, I met some of the finest Greeks on Sunday.The first has to be Angelika Dimitriades. She is 96 but with her carefully combed white hair......
UNITED NATIONS: The climate change scenarios predict that heatwaves will become more intense, more frequent and longer.It is notable that the time between major heatwaves (2003, 2010, and 2015) is......
BAGHDAD: An Iraqi fighter jet accidentally dropped a bomb over a Baghdad neighbourhood on Monday, killing at least 12 people on the ground, Iraqi officials said.The plane — one of several......
MOSCOW: Two pilots of a Russian military aircraft were killed on Monday when their jet crashed during a training mission in the far east of the country, the defence ministry said, the latest in a......
NEW DELHI: India’s top court ruled on Monday that an unwed mother could be the sole legal guardian of her child without naming the father or getting his consent, a verdict hailed by activists.The......
PARIS: Astronomers have come up with a novel explanation for a strange appearance of the comet carrying Europe’s robot probe Philae through outer space: alien microscopic life.Many of the frozen......
MIAMI: Nasa briefly lost touch this weekend with an unmanned spacecraft on its way to a historic encounter with Pluto, but the US space agency said on Monday the glitch has been fixed.The......
NEW YORK: An exquisite gold chalice, an emerald-encrusted cross and silver coins go on auction in New York next month, recovered from a Spanish ship that sank off the coast of Florida in 1622.The......
ATHENS: Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s finance minister who resigned on Monday despite the government having secured a resounding victory in a weekend referendum, rose to fame and infamy this year for......
CAIRO: Rattled by attacks on its soldiers and the assassination of the top prosecutor, Egypt is set to pass sweeping legislation critics say grants police impunity, censors media and further......
KARACHI: Fine performances by spinner Mohammad Ilyas and opener Riaz Meerani guided Ali Sports to a rousing eight-wicket win against Qasmi CC in the 28th Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Tournament......
KARACHI: Upcoming all-rounder Kamran Ghulam played a dazzling knock while powering K-Electric to a 90-run victory over Shaboo Star CC Quetta in the 30th Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramazan......
LAHORE: Eight players from Kasur district, who have been selected for forthcoming the Wushu Kang-Fu Championships in China, were honoured by DSO Kasur on Monday.The Pakistan team is going to Beijing......
PALLEKELE: Five wickets by young paceman Imran Khan, and unbeaten centuries by Younis Khan and Shan Masood keep Pakistan in the hunt for a landmark victory in the series-deciding third and final Test......
LONDON: Serena Williams sank her sister Venus in a battle of the all-conquering Wimbledon titans on Monday as Maria Sharapova dug deep to join the world number one in reaching the quarter-finals.The......
DHAKA: Bangladesh will face South Africa in the second Twenty20 International at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium here on Tuesday.South Africa beat Bangladesh by 52 runs in the first T20 at the same venue on......
KARACHI: Monday’s penultimate day of the absorbing three-match series turned out to be a memorable one for seasoned Pakistan batsman Younis Khan as the veteran right-hander became the first man to......
ZURICH: FIFA’s ethics committee has banned Harold Mayne-Nicholls, who led the teams which inspected the bids to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, for seven years, it said in a statement on......
LONDON: Rival skippers England’s Alastair Cook and Australia’s Michael Clarke, who go in the first Ashes Test beginning in Cardiff on Wednesday, sport contrasting personalities.Clarke has a......
HUY: Joaquim Rodriguez won the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday as Chris Froome took the leader’s yellow jersey and struck another blow to his overall rivals.Froome, the 2013 champion,......
LAHORE: A two-member delegation of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) is leaving for New Delhi in the wee hours of Tuesday to attend the emergent meeting of the South Asian Games Organising......
LONDON: James Anderson has insisted he no longer feels the need to ‘sledge’ opponents as he prepared to lead England’s attack in another Ashes series against Australia.Lancashire paceman Anderson —......
LONDON: Mitchell Starc has told England there will be no let-up when they face Australia’s pace attack in the first Ashes Test in Cardiff on Wednesday.The left-arm fast bowler took nine wickets in......
BRISBANE: Young paceman Pat Cummins said on Monday he was ready for the rigours of Test cricket as he prepares to join Australia’s Ashes battle in England as a replacement for Ryan Harris, who was......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s tennis team squad left for Indonesia on Monday night to take part in the semi-finals of Asia-Oceania Group-II tie against Indonesia, which will start from July 14 at Gelora Bung......
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,......
NEW DELHI: India’s leg-spin bowler Karn Sharma has been ruled out of an upcoming limited overs tour of Zimbabwe due to a finger injury.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made the......
LAHORE: Justice Furrukh Irfan of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday issued contempt of court notice to Faisal Saleh Hayat for violating orders of the honourable court and holding the elections of......
KARACHI: Four days after issuing what seemed to be a congratulatory message to Faisal Saleh Hayat for being re-elected as the president of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), the Asian Football......
LAHORE: Despite Pakistan hockey’s Olympic debacle, a number of former Olympians continued to back the federation as they expressed their lack of trust in the five-member probe committee formed by the......
LONDON: Gold fell on Monday as a robust dollar outweighed the impact of lower equity markets and some retail demand after Greek voters rejected the terms of a bailout package, potentially setting......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil lost ground on Monday, falling 1.5 per cent as stocks and commodities slid after Greece rejected terms of a bailout package, raising risk of a global financial......
KARACHI: The pressure on common people struggling to balance their family finances has mounted as prices of key kitchen items like flour, chicken and sugar moved up in the middle of the holy......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan needs to go beyond “crisis management” and look for a durable solution to its energy crisis, argues a new book on the subject.The book — Pakistan’s Interminable Energy Crisis: Is......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Commerce has approved amendments to trade remedy laws, empowering the National Tariff Commission (NTC) to conduct investigations into unfair trade......
LAHORE: Despite a crash in the global prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), local producers have kept their prices unchanged for the last one month.The Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDCL),......
KARACHI: The relentless rise on stock market witnessed last week slowed down on Monday as the KSE-100 index traded range-bound and closed with a modest gain of 45.93 points (0.13 per cent) to settle......
KARACHI: Lending rates for housing loans remained high during the quarter ending March 31, 2015, but the share of Islamic banks increased to 30pc.According to State Bank’s Quarterly Housing Finance......
ABC helps enhance 12m lives in PakistanKARACHI: The American Business Council (ABC) members had spent more than Rs124 million on CSR activities in 2014 in Pakistan, and cumulative efforts had......
SHANGHAI: Shanghai stocks closed up 2.41 per cent on Monday in a day of rollercoaster trading after authorities unveiled an unprecedented package of measures designed to shore up a plunging......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s ringgit hit a 16-year low Monday on growing political uncertainty following allegations that a probe into a state investment fund found hundreds of millions of dollars were......
DHAKA: The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has upgraded its rating for Bangladesh, in a move that should make it easier for local entrepreneurs and banks to secure......
MULTAN: Brisk activity was witnessed on the cotton market on Monday amid buying from exporters.Floor brokers said that trading was improved as exporters made deals of 2,000 bales in Mirpur Khas,......
ISLAMABAD: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, which begins in the Russian city of Ufa from Thursday, is likely to set the ball rolling for entry of Pakistan and India into its folds,......
QUETTA: Balochistan’s Senior Minister, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri, who is also provincial chief of the PML-N, has said he will go to London soon to meet the Khan of Kalat to persuade him to return to......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was assured on Monday that the principal accused in the mysterious murder of Orangi Pilot Project director Perween Rehman would be arrested soon.DIG Sindh Sultan Ali......
ISLAMABAD: A controversy over holding of local bodies elections in Islamabad in the absence of the relevant law took a new turn on Monday when Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani ruled that the entire......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party has urged the government to take notice of Indian shelling along the Working Boundary near Sialkot.In a statement issued here on Monday, PPP Vice President......
QUETTA: Police have registered an FIR against unidentified accused for Sunday’s bomb blast at Meezan Chowk which left one person dead and over 15 others injured.Officials at the City Police Station......
RAWALPINDI: Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif arrived in South Africa on Monday on a three-day official visit.He visited the South African army headquarters where he was presented a 21-gun salute and a......
QUETTA: An official of a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) was found dead at his apartment in Jinnah Town area here on Monday.The deceased was identified as Abdul Rauf Jamaldini. He worked for the......
MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistani authorities handed over on Monday two Kashmiri youths to Indian officials, a week after the teenagers strayed into Azad Jammu and Kashmir from across the Line of......
GWADAR: Over 150 kilograms of drugs were recovered by the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) from a house in Hoshab area of district Turbat on Monday.The ANF sources said that they received intelligence......
RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Narcotics Force recovered 168 kilograms of narcotics and arrested eight suspects, including two women, in nine crackdowns across the country.A press release issued by the ANF......
KARACHI: A police officer was shot dead in North Nazimabad on Monday.Sub-Inspector Ali Imran, 50, was travelling in a car when two gunmen attacked him near Abdullah College. He suffered critical......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan approved on Monday five holidays for Eidul Fitr for government organisations, semi-government organisations, banks and educational......
Bibi Nekbakht, 50, still remembers the fear that engulfed her family when they realised they had run out of money.Nekbakht and her son Feroz, 20, knew that with their funds quickly dwindling, their......
LAHORE: A joint team is likely to complete by Thursday (July 9) its investigation into the recent accident of a special train near Gujranwala.Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique said at a press......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar rejected on Monday proposals for privatisation of the Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project to meet a financing gap caused by an escalation of its cost by 52 per......
SIALKOT: The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shelled Pakistani border villages in Merajkey, Harpal and Charwah sectors of the Working Boundary near Sialkot on Sunday night and early......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that thousands of names will be removed from the exit control list (ECL) if the departments concerned fail to provide within a month......
QUETTA: Two brothers belonging to the Shia Hazara community and a policeman were gunned down here on Monday.Three other people, a woman among them, were injured when a group of men fired......
KARACHI: Traders decided on Monday to gradually withdraw their savings from banks as a mark of protest against the recently imposed 0.6 per cent adjustable advance income tax on bank transactions,......
ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister Office is considering taking up the recent controversial statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the creation of Bangladesh and the ongoing Indian interference......
QUETTA: At least three suspected militants were killed in a targeted operation carried out by security forces in Quetta's adjoining Eastern Bypass area early Tuesday.A security official, who......
JERUSALEM/PARIS: Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday ruled out his country's exit from the EU and called for calm after Greek voters rejected bailout terms of international......
