DHAKA: Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah struck half-centuries after Bangladesh dismissed South Africa cheaply, crushing the Proteas by seven wickets in the second one-day international to tie the......
LONDON: Novak Djokovic got the better of Roger Federer at Wimbledon again.The defending champion outplayed Federer in four sets Sunday to win his third Wimbledon title and ninth Grand Slam......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Sunday sacked London-based senior party member and close aide of supremo Altaf Hussain – Mohammad Anwar – from the party's central coordination committee,......
BRUSSELS: Greece must start to implement tough reforms as early as next week in exchange for a bailout to keep it in the euro, according to proposals drawn up by finance ministers for a eurozone......
BEIRUT: Education advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai marked her 18th birthday in Lebanon Sunday, inaugurating the Malala Fund’s “Malala Yousafzai All-Girls School” near the......
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks in 2008, has refused to provide voice samples to India in relation to an investigation to indict him for involvement in the terror......
KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon on Sunday said the provincial apex committee had agreed on continuing the operation against criminal elements in Karachi.Talking to media personnel......
KABUL: At least 12 Afghan civilians have been killed in two separate roadside bomb explosions in the country's east and north, according to Afghan security officials.Gen Abdul Karim Fayeq, provincial......
NEW DELHI: Officials say monsoon flooding that killed dozens of people in western India last month also hurt the world's last population of wild Asiatic lions.The floods killed at least 81 people......
Recently the volatile leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI), Imran Khan, told a renowned TV anchor (in an interview) that his persistent allegations against veteran journalist, Najam Sethi,......
The KP provincial government’s ambitious Green Growth Initiative plans to harness the environment for development and uplift.A few years ago, as we drove up to Besham on the Karakoram Highway, I was......
In times of dictatorship, it is customary to accuse an individual for damaging, harming and destabilising the society, while ignoring those who support, collaborate and cooperate with him to usurp......
The naturally radiant Aaminah Sheikh has entered a new phase in her life where she has become quite selective about her projects.She was last seen in Jackson Heights directed by Mehreen Jabbar and......
To expect Terminator: Genisys to hit the target with the precision of James Cameron’s classics would have been unreasonable, but this disappointment by Director Alan Taylor is barely capable of......
LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has decided to put the elevated expressway project on hold due to lack of funds and some other issues, mainly related to land acquisition.During the......
LAHORE: Construction and installation work on 188 out of total 215 water filtration plants in the city is almost complete and most of them will be made functional soon.It was informed by the......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s DJ Butt says he will be more than happy to pay taxes on his income for his “Sohna Pakistan” but wishes that there should be no arm-twisting.DJ Butt, who had been......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman’s political adviser Ejaz Chaudhry has said prime minister’s failed meeting with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, has disappointed the nation.He......
LAHORE: A minor boy was killed while five labourers were injured in two separate accidents in the city on Saturday.A three-year-old boy was killed in a road accident in Liaquatabad.Police said......
LAHORE: Pakistan Kisan Ittehad has threatened to “storm Lahore, hold a big protest rally and stage a sit-in in front of the Punjab Assembly,” if the government does not reign in cost of production or......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab Organiser Chaudhry Sarwar has constituted an ‘Ethics and Disciplinary Committee’ to check and curb financial irregularities and violation of party......
LAHORE: Three people were injured when a gas cylinder exploded in a godown in Shahdara here on Saturday.Police said around 50 cylinders were kept in the godown being used for filling gas illegally.At......
LAHORE: The traditional method to wake up people through drum and canister beating during Sehr timings in Ramazan has almost become a thing of the past.Sabir Ali, who has been visiting Lahore for the......
SAHIWAL: The mysterious blast that demolished local water management office building located at Jamal Chowk, Pakpattan, on Friday evening might be part of a botched up attempt to steal......
SHEIKHUPURA: Neither desilting nor strengthening work on the banks of two seasonal nullahs has been carried out by the irrigation department while the funds earmarked for the purpose have been......
MUZAFFARGARH: The monsoons may be romantic, but in fact, the season brings a bad news for the most parts of Muzaffargarh which is located between the River Chenab and the River Indus.With the advent......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: A police constable deployed outside an Ahmadis’ worship place at Taunsa Sharif was shot at and injured by two masked bikers who also took away his official weapon.According to......
BAHAWALPUR: Another heavy rain lashed the city and suburban areas early on Saturday submerging not only the main roads and streets in low-lying areas but also the well-planned residential......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Four members of a family died in a road accident here on Saturday.City police identified the deceased as Sajjad Husain, 36, of Chak 382-JB, Jalalpur, his wife Sajida Parveen, 35, and......
PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Saturday booked an already imprisoned ex-chief executive of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) Pervez Akhter Shah in a case......
PESHAWAR: A lawyer for provincial minister Ziaullah Afridi on Saturday claimed the ehtesab commission had no authority to arrest his client as it was functioning illegally.Moazzam Butt also claimed......
KARAK: Two persons were shot dead in separate incidents here on Saturday, police said.A man allegedly killed his nephew over a property dispute in Dera Banda area. The Latmabar police registered a......
LANDI KOTAL: Political administration in Jamrud has issued ultimatums to five wanted militants to surrender to the authorities in three days, or their houses would be demolished.Relevant officials......
PESHAWAR: Though children suffering from rickets are benefiting from a solution made by the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Peshawar, both local and multinational......
KOHAT: The Kohat police on Saturday seized 108 kilograms of hashish being smuggled from Orakzai Agency to Punjab.The hashish recovered valued at Rs12 million in the wholesale market in Fata, whose......
PESHAWAR: Gurmeet Singh ran a grocery store until he along with hundred other members of Sikh community had to leave his native Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency to escape the wrath of slaughtering......
MINGORA: Despite drowning of 10 persons in Swat River during the last two months, people continue to flock to the river to cool off amid the district administration’s failure to put in place safety......
MANSEHRA: The councillors-elect here have threatened to launch a protest campaign if the provincial government failed place the tehsil municipal administration (TMA) Mansehra in category......
SWABI: The district administration is in the process of putting offices, households and streets on solar power to get rid of prolonged electricity suspensions.Sources said the process of installing......
PESHAWAR: Due to pressure and threats from influential groups, the administration of Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, couldn’t undo the appointment of around 200 teachers and administrative staff......
KHAR: Two officials of the agency accounts office were set free after brief arrest over allegedly receiving bribe to release pension and salaries of government employees, sources told Dawn on......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MPAs have rebuffed the allegations of Provincial Minister for Mines and Minerals Ziaulllah Afridi that he was arrested by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission......
PESHAWAR: Pashto folk singers of the past have tried fusion music.A private Pashto TV channel has launched a programme ‘Stayena’ (tribute) in which Pashto folk singers experienced fusion of old and......
LAHORE: Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said on Saturday former military dictator Pervez Musharraf had harmed the Kashmir cause the most.Talking to the media here, he said everyone knew......
MUZAFFARGARH: The Ramazan bazaar management seized dead meat of chicken here on Saturday and handed over the supplier to police.Tehsil Officer Qaswar Abbas, who is in charge of the Fiaz Park Ramazan......
LAHORE: An election tribunal on Saturday adjourned hearing of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan’s petition alleging massive rigging in NA-122, the constituency won by National Assembly......
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of trees have fallen prey to the development projects in Islamabad during the last a few years.Over 700 fully-grown and decades-old trees and around 4,000 small trees and shrubs......
ISLAMABAD: A judge, in all circumstances, should not compromise his impartiality and lose his patience in the course of proceedings of a case.This was said by Fakhar Hayat, director general, Federal......
ISLAMABAD: Declaring the project design of metro bus service ‘faulty’ the traders of Islamabad have demanded compensation for the losses they faced after rainwater entered their shops.“Nullah passing......
TAXILA: A 20-year-old man lost his life while trying to save his animals in the Mononagar area of Hassanabdal on Saturday.Police said Safdar Khan, a labourer at a local bricks kiln, left his three......
RAWALPINDI: Fearing spread of dengue virus in the district after heavy monsoon rains, Punjab Minister for Labour and Manpower Raja Ashfaq Sarwar on Saturday directed City District Government......
ISLAMABAD: Employees of five hospitals of the federal capital gathered in front of National Press Club (NPC) on Saturday, protesting against the freezing of the health risk allowance by the finance......
The monsoon season is here and depending where you reside you may experience varying degrees of discomfort and inconvenience. How well-prepared you are and how you react during the monsoon season......
Have you ever thought that if it cleans your teeth well enough, surely it can be put to other cleaning jobs around the house? Most of us know how a little smear of toothpaste takes the rage out of a......
For children Eid is about Eidi and new clothes; for men it’s about indulging in the sweet delicacies and savouries; for elders it is anticipation for guests coming to meet them. Yet, it’s the women......
Do not — repeat ‘NOT’ — venture anywhere near Kabul if you are a weight-watcher: the mouthwatering food is impossible to resist and if you even think, even for a split second, that you can refuse a......
Dear Auntie,I am a 17-year-old girl and started college this year. Everything in my life was merry until my best friend met a guy online and soon the entire flirtation thing started. I already knew......
Q. Mealy bugs and termites have destroyed much of my beautiful garden and I am at my wits end. My garden is large with many fruit trees such as chico, sharifa, fig, lemon, papaya and I had flower......
Renowned journalist, lifestyle photographer and one-half of the Islamabad-based fashion photography duo Mickey & Momey, Kaleem Ahsan (Mickey) passed away on July 3 in Islamabad. He was 56.Kaleem......
Shiraz Uppal is everywhere these days, but Bollywood is keeping a firm hold on the artist with music projects ready to be released and a handful still in pipeline. Another astounding success has been......
It is heartening to know that a film based on the life of Pakistan’s Olympic bronze medalist Hussain Shah titled Shah has been made and is set to release on Aug 14.In this (Pakistani) era of forced......
“I don’t know what I like, but I do know what I hate,” Nikhil Advani tells Images on Sunday between laughs over the phone. “I hate writing and I hate editing. And I hate seeing my work in the editing......
Wajahat Ali is the co-host and digital producer of Al Jazeera America’s news program The Stream. He is the author of The Domestic Crusaders, an off-Broadway play published by McSweeney’s that......
Pinch yourself in disbelief: if you were ever in need of prosthetic aids, but have been waiting for a messiah to build you one, there is no need to wait anymore. The innovative world of 3-D printing......
Twenty minutes had already gone by since the power cut recurred on a hot, muggy Karachi afternoon. Wiping the sweat trickling down his temple, 42-year-old Mirza Zakir Baig fought with what seemed to......
Were it not for the internet and Chinese products, Murtaza Abid of Fatmi Surgical could have carried on doing business the way his father and grandfather used to.“The dynamics have changed, we are......
In a quiet corner of Boston bordered by the Atlantic Ocean sits an elegant structure commemorating John F. Kennedy — the flamboyant, blue-eyed 35th president of the United States of America.......
On the morning of Sept 30, 1981, an alert was raised at Lahore airport: an aircraft was heading towards Pakistani territory without permission. Within minutes, an Indian passenger plane landed at the......
The curator of Venice Biennale, Okwui Enwezor, summoned a large number of artists from all over the world whose works raise the current urgent issues of our planet. Many artists have put up......
Grant De Volson Wood (1891-1942) was an American Regionalist artist who is distinguished for his artwork that depicts the rural American Midwest. The Regionalist Movement supported figurative......
“My East is your West” is the title given to an exhibition that signals the challenging of fixed perceptions and viewpoints. And this is quite in sync with what Pakistan’s contemporary art icon......
The prestigious Venice Biennale, which was first organised 120 years ago in 1895, is holding its 56th edition this year. Exhibitions are installed at the historic Central Pavilion as well as two main......
Depending upon the extent, severity and impact of an injury sustained, rehabilitation and recovery to reach peak ‘playing fitness’ can take up to weeks, months and sometimes even years. When the......
THE Haqqani group was represented in the Murree talks. But it is not clear if and how the group can influence the overall peace process and make commitments on behalf of the Afghan Taliban. While......
AFGHAN Taliban meet Afghan government. Everyone looks to Pakistan. Nawaz meets Modi. Everyone looks to Modi, and wonders what the boys here make of it.The good news is that we’re in the news for the......
A couple of years ago, I showed works of art by my friend Ramzan Ali Hazara, a graduate of the National College of Arts, to another friend from university. He looked at them and was quite amazed at......
AFTER Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the second province to have conducted local bodies polls. An effective district government requires a strong law-enforcement apparatus, even more so given......
AS the first monsoon showers get under way, it is time to remind ourselves that the past five monsoon seasons have all brought large-scale flooding with them. We can hope that this time things will......
THERE is a point at which legitimate national security concerns tip over into paranoia, xenophobia and insularity. The Pakistani state, including the civilian government, appears to be dangerously......
LADY Health Workers have been featuring in the news every now and then. Several months back, they were out on the streets of Lahore, getting beaten up by the police for demanding better pay and job......
THIS is apropos the report (July 9) that spoke of a 50-foot-wide breach in the Shah Canal dyke, Jacobabad, that flooded villages and destroyed several hundred acres of paddy crops.One wonders......
THE tragic Gujranwala railway incident shows the incompetence of the administration which has failed, time and again, to provide safe and secure railway service. The incident took so many precious......
IN the early years after partition, I used to walk two miles to and from school every day in order to save the bus fare for the lunch hour. The short-cut to save time and the caning of the principal......
MY sister and I were returning home late at night. The turning of the street to our house was blocked by a car that belonged to the Punjab police.The occupant of the vehicle, a superintendent of......
ACCIDENTS are a common occurrence in Pakistan. The situation becomes more critical when we try to help the victims of a mishap but we are ignorant about the course of action that should be......
IT is painful to know Pakistan hockey team failed to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics after losing the crucial match against Ireland in Hockey World League in Antwerp.It was indeed the darkest day......
IT is Ramazan and summer. The people will have to shop and have Iftar without electricity, rest and sleep without it and prepare and consume Sehri in the dark.And all this is because a useless......
INTERNATIONAL law has played a leading role in the development of diplomacy and international relations and also contributed to a great extent in maintaining peace on the planet.It guarantees states......
THIS is apropos Rafia Zakaria’s article “Pakistan’s ‘gone girls’” (July2). Undoubtedly, preference for sons in any male-dominated society is a known fact. How many abortions take place due to sex......
ISLAMABAD: Although almost every family buys bangles at the occasion of Eid but majority of them don’t know that how bangles are made.The National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok......
Farewell to old and welcome to new envoysRetired ambassador Ali Sarwar Naqvi and Meher Naqvi held an Iftar dinner at Islamabad Club. A number of ambassadors and other guests attended the event in......
RAWALPINDI: Speakers at a seminar here on Saturday asked women to play an active role in the development of the country.They also stressed joint efforts to ensure a safe and peaceful environment for......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police on Saturday nabbed 15 professional beggars and six other outlaws from different areas of the city, police said here on Saturday.Following the directions from IGP......
ISLAMABAD: With the arrival of Ramazan every year, youngsters in the twin cities start organising night cricket tournaments.Though this year a number of tournaments are also being held, the......
KARACHI: “Starting its journey from Karachi, the special Eid train will touch Hyderabad, Rohri, Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur and Khanewal to reach its final stop — Lahore,” it was announced over the......
KARACHI: Terming slums ‘sources of crime and terror’, the Sindh government has asked its ministry of katchi abadis to regularise all slums in the province, particularly in Karachi, as soon as......
KARACHI: Two eyewitnesses on Saturday picked out a suspect during an identification parade held by a judicial magistrate as the alleged killer of a Muttahida Qaumi Movement activist.The suspect, Syed......
KARACHI: A provincial minister visiting Dubai signed a memoranda of understanding with three investors from the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates to turn Karachi into a ‘smart city’......
KARACHI: “In the West, all we hear about Pakistan is about terrorism, the Taliban and heatwave, but to me that’s not Pakistan. Pakistan is about the people I’ve met who invited me into their lives.”......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate sent on Saturday a police officer to prison for releasing a driver without intimating the court in a case pertaining to reckless driving that claimed the life of a......
KARACHI: Over 120 prisoners were released from the Karachi central prison and the Malir district jail on Saturday.Several undertrial prisoners had sent their applications to district and sessions......
SHIKARPUR: Nazroo Narejo — said to be the most dreaded dacoit in Sindh — finally fell to the bullets of police during an encounter in the kutcha area near Garhi Yasin on Saturday morning after......
DADU: A 22-year-old married woman who was daughter of a police officer was killed by her in-laws in the name of honour in Hussainabad Colony in Jamshoro town on Saturday.Police have arrested the......
HYDERABAD: Activists of the Sindh Peoples Students Federation (SPSF), the students wing of the Pakistan Peoples Party, staged a protest demonstration on Saturday and demanded a thorough probe into......
KARACHI: “You think these womenfolk who do their Eid shopping till way past midnight will then go home to prepare Sahri for their families? No, they also eat out,” says Dodal Sindhi while checking if......
TUNIS: Tunisian authorities have recovered 27 corpses of migrants off the Mediterranean Coast who apparently died trying to reach Italy from Libya.Migrant crossings over the Mediterranean towards......
BEIRUT: Syria’s regime killed at least 28 people, mostly civilians, on Saturday when its warplanes dropped massive makeshift bombs on a town held by the self-styled Islamic State, a monitor said.The......
SANAA: Saudi-led air strikes and heavy shelling between warring factions shook several cities in Yemen on Saturday, residents said, violating a United Nations humanitarian truce which took effect......
MOGADISHU: Somalia’s government said on Saturday that 12 Shebab militants were killed in Friday evening’s raids on two heavily-fortified Mogadishu hotels.Internal Security Minister Abdirasak Omar......
BEIJING: China’s security ministry said on Saturday that 109 Uighurs repatriated by Thailand had been on their way to Turkey, Syria or Iraq “to join jihad”, state media reported.Beijing also......
VATICAN CITY: A former Polish archbishop became ill and was placed in intensive care ahead of the opening of his unprecedented trial on paedophilia charges at the Vatican, officials said on......
CAIRO: A bomb exploded in front of the Italian consulate in Cairo on Saturday, killing one person, officials said, raising the possibility that Islamist militants will open a new front against......
COLOMBO: Anti Rajapaksa politicians will come together to form the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) led by the United National Party (UNP) to attempt prevention of former Sri Lankan......
CAIRO: The self-styled Islamic State said it exploded the deadly car bomb on Saturday outside the Italian consulate in Cairo, warning Muslims to stay away from such places, SITE Intelligence Group......
WASHINGTON: The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft has been grounded in Hawaii, its crew said on Saturday, after a grueling five-day, fuel-less flight across the Pacific Ocean overheated its......
NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday said her opposition would participate in historic polls set for November 8, vowing the party would amend the constitution that bars her from the......
CHICAGO: Experimental jazz collides with avant-garde visual pieces in a vibrant exhibit which opened on Saturday at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.The Freedom Principle, as the exhibit is......
SANTA CRUZ: Evo Morales says he feels like he’s got a good friend and ally in the highest of places in his battle for revolutionary social change and halting global warming: Pope Francis.Bolivia’s......
COLUMBIA: The Confederate battle flag no longer flies at South Carolina’s Statehouse, now relegated to a room filled with other relics of the state’s secession. Other vestiges of the Civil War-era......
TWO hundred twenty-six years after the fall of the Bastille, the French Revolution stirs passions mostly among historians like myself. But many of the myths surrounding the revolution have proved......
LONDON: Game. Set. Serena Slam.Serena Williams won a sixth Wimbledon title on Saturday and fourth successive Grand Slam crown as the world number one became the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam crown......
DAMBULLA: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to go 1-0 up in the five-match series after Mohammad Hafeez claimed his best bowling figures in One-day Internationals before returning to register......
CARDIFF: England beat the odds and Australia by 169 runs to surprisingly win the first Ashes Test at Sophia Gardens on Saturday, inside four days.The Australians began the day needing an Ashes-record......
FOXBOROUGH: Clint Dempsey bagged his third goal of the tournament as the United States booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Gold Cup here Friday with a 1-0 win over Haiti.Dempsey, who......
LONDON: Roger Federer can win a record eighth Wimbledon title and become the oldest champion of the modern era Sunday if he can find a way past world number one Novak Djokovic.The 33-year-old Swiss......
HARARE: Though the India won the first One-day International against Zimbabwe, it was far from a comprehensive victory.The Indian selectors took a step forward when they gave Ajinkya Rahane the......
MANCHESTER: Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger is leaving Bayern Munich to join Manchester United, ending his 17-year association with the Bundesliga giants.United announced on Saturday that the......
MUR DE BRETAGNE: Frenchmen Alexis Vuillermoz won the eighth stage of the Tour de France on Saturday with a late attack on the final climb to become the first home victor this year, while British......
The city of Karachi which boasts a population of over 20 million will soon get a new blue astro turf — only the second in the metropolis after Dr M. A. Shah and Islahuddin academy — at the Hockey......
KARACHI: Former Pakistan U-19 player Mohammad Nawaz produced a superb all-round performance while guiding Touchme CC to the semi-finals of the 28th Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Tournament for......
DHAKA: South Africa will look to continue their match-winning performance when Hashim Amla-led team face Mashrafe Mortaza’s Bangladesh in the second One-day International here at the Shere-e-Bangla......
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to take a decision on the report about Pakistan hockey team’s declining performance before he leaves for Saudi Arabia to spend last few days of Ramazan......
LAHORE: The Ramazan Rose Bowl Golf Championship for 2015 concluded at the Royal Palm Golf Course here on Saturday after three contesting segments of nine holes each mere held.As per rules the two......
KARACHI: Teenaged Pakistan T20 batsman Nauman Anwar bludgeoned a whirlwind half-century as defending champions Omar CC chalked up an almost effortless victory over Qasmi Gymkhana to reach the final......
KARACHI: There will be no races at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday and the Gymkhana race meeting will resume following a layoff after Eid, an official of the Karachi Race Club (KRC) told Dawn.It has......
LAHORE: A card of six races has been dished out for the connoisseurs of equine sports to be decided during the Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse here on Sunday.A vast majority of the 67 horses......
WASHINGTON: The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are launching a new initiative to help developing countries strengthen their tax systems, says an official announcement.Analysis......
KARACHI: Truck sales outperformed bus segment in the outgoing fiscal year.All the four assemblers achieved impressive sales with Hinopak trucks leading with 1,510 units in 2014-15 as compared to......
KARACHI: Although the Greece economic crisis did not make a direct impact on Pakistan, dollar’s deep attachment with the issue was reflected in the currency market and exchange rates.Market experts......
KARACHI: The Sindh Excise and Taxation Department has raised infrastructure cess charged on imports by 10 basis points (bps) and hopes to generate an additional Rs2.5 billion from the measure.The......
CLEVELAND: Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has said that she expects the Fed to raise interest rates at some point this year, but pointed strongly to her concerns that US labour markets remain......
RIYADH: Gloom is back.As the ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers dragged, beyond the Thursday’s midnight deadline, giving the US Congress an extra month to review the deal, oil......
LONDON: Commodity prices faced some heavy selling this week as the spotlight fell on the impact of China’s stock market crash, while uncertainty over Greece added to the downward pressure.OIL: With......
BRUSSELS: Sceptical European finance ministers gathered on Saturday to decide whether to negotiate a third bailout for Greece after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won lawmakers’ backing for painful......
NEW YORK: Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will argue in a speech on Monday that US businesses are too fixated on short-term profits, especially on Wall Street, and she will pledge to help......
PARIS: Western planemakers look set to reap billions of dollars in deals with Iran, if a deal is done on its nuclear programme to allow one of the world’s most promising aviation markets to come out......
MULTAN: Cotton prices rose on Saturday as millers returned to the markets. The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) also revised its spot rate by Rs50.Floor brokers said that spinners are making deals to......
WASHINGTON: When the US sneezes, an old saying goes, the world catches a cold. That’s been nowhere more true than in Asia. But as China’s coughing fit grows louder, countries in the region are......
WASHINGTON: Step aside, Doctors Without Borders. A new class of professionals is ignoring national frontiers to come to the aid of economically struggling nations.A team called Tax Inspectors Without......
NEW YORK: Vasileios Bouras decided he would take on $50,000 in loans from his family to come to study in America rather than bet his future on his home country of Greece ever being able to pay back......
MUZAFFARABAD: Veteran Kashmiri leader Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan was laid to rest in his ancestral Ghaziabad village on Saturday with full honours.Thousands of people, including heads of......
ISLAMABAD: Education sector in Pakistan is in crisis and financing remains a critical issue, according to a report submitted to the just-concluded Oslo Summit on Education for Development where Prime......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s standing committee on law, justice and human rights will take up on Monday a number of bills, including a constitution amendment bill seeking to provide right of......
GILGIT: The government and opposition parties of Gilgit-Baltistan have criticised the president and prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir for opposing the grant of provincial status to GB.They......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: Two people lost their lives in Dera Murad Jamali town as heavy rain coupled with a thunderstorm battered parts of Nasirabad, Jaffarabad, Bolan and Jhal Magsi areas suspending power......
KHUZDAR: A tribal elder was killed and a policeman injured in a gun attack at the Quetta-Karachi highway near Kalat area on Saturday evening.According to Levies officials, Takri Ghulam Hussain......
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council has welcomed direct talks held in Pakistan between representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban.In a statement released here on Friday, members of......
GWADAR: Three bullet-riddled bodies found in Hoshab area of Kech district on Friday have been identified.According to the Levies officials, they were Noor Jan alias Lala, a resident of Nag Zamran,......
QUETTA: A time-bomb weighing 4kg placed near Liaquat Park was defused on Saturday, police said.Police spotted a suspected bag and called in the bomb disposal squad personnel who found a bomb in the......
ALL eyes are on Mahmood Safarian, a writer and poet in his late 60s. He recites his recently penned Persian poem Sarzameen-i-Gomshuda (The Lost Homeland). Mahmood reads from a slightly crumpled paper......
LAHORE: Heavy rain was reported from some cities in Punjab, including Rawalpindi, on Saturday and the Pakistan Meteorological Department forecast that the monsoon activity would continue in the......
SHANGHAI: One of the most powerful typhoons to strike eastern China in decades disrupted air, rail and sea transport on Saturday after forcing the evacuation of more than a million people from the......
SREBRENICA: An angry crowd hurling stones and plastic bottles forced Serbia’s premier to flee a ceremony on Saturday marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre of some 8,000 Muslims in......
ASHGABAT: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched on Saturday for early implementation of the $10 billion Tapi gas pipeline project during his talks with Turkmen President Gurbanguly......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has declared illegal the federal government’s interference in the affairs of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC).The IHC’s Justice Athar......
LAHORE: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has criticised the National Accountability Bureau and cautioned that a reference might be filed against it too.Speaking at a reception on Saturday, he......
KARACHI: A major part of the metropolis plunged into darkness again late on Saturday night — third such instance in a week’s time — as there were reports of a technical breakdown at Bin Qasim......
