NEW DELHI: India's exports to Iran could jump by over a third to $6 billion this fiscal year as an easing of sanctions against Tehran would help boost sales of agricultural commodities though......
World leaders hailed the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, with Barack Obama envisioning a “new direction” and Vladimir Putin voicing a global “huge sigh of relief”, though Israel criticised it as a......
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait charged 29 people on Tuesday over the suicide bombing of a Shia mosque last month, claimed by the self-styled Islamic State group, that killed 26 people and wounded more than......
After an interplanetary voyage of nine years, and covering a distance of approximately 3 billion miles, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has buzzed past Pluto in a historic flyby.At this historic......
PESHAWAR: Inspector General of Police Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Nasir Khan Durrani said on Tuesday said presence of the self-styled Islamic State cannot be ignored in KP."It is wrong to say IS does not......
VIENNA: Getting the Iran nuclear deal unveiled Tuesday was hard enough. Now it must be approved, implemented and then stuck to for years. Get set for a bumpy ride, experts warn.“This agreement is as......
QUETTA: Five pilgrims belonging to the Zikri community, out on a foot journey to Turbat died of thirst and scorching heat in Balochistan's Kech district Tuesday, Gwadar Deputy Commissioner Abdul......
Our annual love affair with mango is fervent, albeit short. Mirza Ghalib best understood our relationship with the mango, and William Dalrymple in his book The Last Mughal quoted the following,......
NEW DELHI: Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in a surprise move has decided against attending an Eid Milan which is to be hosted by the Pakistan High Commission on July 21.According to ZeeNews......
ISLAMABAD: At least 14 militants were killed on Tuesday in air strikes carried out by Pakistan Air Force in North Waziristan's Alwara area, said a statement issued by the Inter Services Public......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday strongly condemned the suicide car bombing that took place in Afghanistan’s Khost province on July 12.Earlier on July 12, over 20 people were killed and six wounded in......
Bollywood has a reputation of churning out at least a 1000 films a year; yet, only a few manage to stand out. The trailer of Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Manjhi — The Mountain Man promises that the film......
BANGKOK: A Thai military court on Tuesday sentenced ten people to up to five years in prison over audio and video recordings deemed insulting to the monarchy, the latest convictions in a series of......
KARACHI/BADIN/DADU/JACOBABAD: First Information Reports (FIR) were registered against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) supremo Altaf Hussain at police stations in various regions of Sindh on the night......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday has ordered the release of supermodel Ayyan Ali on bail, exactly four months after she was arrested on charges of currency smuggling on March 14,......
Move over Salman Khan!Guess who was spotted with Kareena Kapoor? None other than our home-grown superstar Fawad Khan.Though Kareena's been busy lately, promoting Bajrangi Bhaijaan, she obviously had......
On a sweltering summer day in Karachi, designer Feeha Jamshed is trying hard to get stock ready for the opening of her store in Karachi tomorrow.Some of her craftsmen are falling ill because of the......
The US-led air campaign against Daesh or self-styled Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria is having a devastating effect on the insurgent forces. That is, if you believe the Pentagon's......
Former Indian Premier League champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) have been suspended from the tournament for two years after team officials were found guilty of illegally......
CEDAR RAPIDS: A prominent Iowa businessman was found guilty Monday of falsifying documents as part of a scheme to export beef to Malaysia and Indonesia that didn't meet those countries' strict......
SINGAPORE: Oil prices tumbled more than a dollar on Tuesday as Iran and six global powers reached a nuclear deal that could see an easing of sanctions against Tehran and a gradual increase in its oil......
HYDERABAD: At least 27 people were killed and dozens injured Tuesday in a stampede during a Hindu religious bathing festival on a river bank in southern India.The stampede occurred in Andhra Pradesh......
VIENNA: Iran and six major powers have reached a historic nuclear deal, which will grant Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme, an Iranian diplomat said on......
DHAKA: Outrage over the lynching of a 13-year-old boy mounted in Bangladesh Tuesday, with more protests planned over the murder which was captured on video, as one of the suspects confessed after......
ISLAMABAD: A Slovenian mountaineer, suffering from high altitude sickness, was rescued from the Karakoram mountain range by a Pakistan Army Aviation helicopter on Monday, according to a statement......
KASHGAR: The Silk Road trading centre of Kashgar has been Muslim for centuries, but despite hordes of people thronging the main bazaar, Gulnur's headscarf shop had barely any customers.As violence......
Every year, the month of Ramazan brings out hordes of young boys for night cricket tournaments on streets across the country. As the lights turn on, the makeshift wickets are arranged and the frenzy......
LONDON: A sore and defeated Australia turned down an invitation from England to share a post-match beer after the tourists' humbling loss in the first Ashes Test in Cardiff, paceman James Anderson......
The United States, over the period 1946-2012, has given India the largest amount of economic assistance, while providing Israel the greatest quantity of military assistance over the same interval,......
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s coastguard on Monday detained around 150 migrants as they attempted to sail from the country’s western coast to the Greek island of Lesbos, state media reported.Acting on a......
TENSIONS between the Sindh government and the army high command in the province had spiralled out of control, a fact that the two sides appear to have belatedly realised and are now attempting to......
THE link between development and the environment is a delicate one. In Pakistan’s context, even if there is no culture of respecting and conserving our natural surroundings, it is possible to simply......
LONG reviled as a state aiding terrorists, Pakistan has eventually started taking concrete steps to refurbish its image by delivering on its promise of supporting intra-Afghan talks on ending the......
FOLLOWING the Supreme Court’s recent query about measures taken for adopting Urdu as an official language, as mandated by Article 251 of the Constitution, the centre embarked on a flurry of frantic......
THE late Omar Sharif anchored a documentary about the filming of Dr Zhivago. The Russian winter with its thick carpet of snow was shot in the sweltering heat of Spain, using beeswax to create the......
PASSION uninformed by reason is ultimately dishonest. It never serves the national interest. But it always serves particular interests dressed up as the national interest.This has been on display......
THE general recruitment rules of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission need serious overhaul. The criteria for appointment through general recruitment are based on an ability test, followed by......
I WOULD like to know why no action has been taken against a burqa fame cleric, who has been openly promoting extremism and against those who are putting banners in the heart of the capital city......
THE federal government has levied revised withholding tax on all bank transactions. Its calculation rate is different for tax-returns filers and non-filers. After the passing of the Finance Bill......
I TOOK an NTS test for junior engineers in Fesco. To my astonishment, I found the same questions repeated in the same manner as were asked in Pesco, NTDC and Mepco tests, and perhaps all others.Those......
THIS refers to the problem the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) qualified people are facing these days in Pakistan. The Higher Education Commission (HEC) gives equivalence to an......
THIS refers to the article ‘Soap opera’ (June 21) by Dr Naveed Alvi. I fully endorse his views regarding the hazards of the frequent washing of hands with soap. All bacteria are not bad. The bacteria......
SOME rulers are remembered by history for grand structures but are cursed for ignoring the people’s welfare. Some are not known for grand structures but remembered for making life of a common man......
DESPITE the current heatwave in the country, the northern areas provide a pleasant asylum against the smouldering turmoil, with temperatures at 12 degrees and below.During my recent visit to the......
SWABI: Eid shopping has picked up in Swabi bazaars, especially of readymade garments, as Eidul Fitr is fast approaching.The shoppers told Dawn on Monday the time for getting clothes stitched by......
LAKKI MARWAT: Several employees of public health engineering department were found absent from duty on Monday when a special anti-corruption establishment team paid surprise inspection visits to the......
KOHAT: A crackdown is on the cards on toy weapons in the local markets, it is learnt.Deputy commissioner Kamran Afridi said he had imposed an immediate ban under section 144 on the sale of toy......
LANDI KOTAL: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Landi Kotal chapter activists on Monday demonstrated against the confi scation of non-custom paid vehicles by the Khyber Rifles.Scores of PTI workers marched......
PESHAWAR: Two major public sector universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have refused to allow the provincial government to conduct their financial and academic audit despite having a provision in the......
LANDI KOTAL: A local welfare organisation will build a modern hospital in Akkakhel area of Bara to provide better healthcare to the poor people.The announcement was made by Afridiyan Welfare......
PESHAWAR: Local contractor Ejaz Afridi has alleged Afghan trade commissioner in Peshawar Dr Mirwaiz Yousufzai is not only forcing him to collect double taxes from vehicles taking vegetables and......
PESHAWAR: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Monday claimed to have arrested an alleged target killer.A statement issued here said the outlaw identified as Amanullah of Bara area of Khyber......
NOWSHERA: Unknown assailants shot dead a policeman in Dagai Chowk in the limits of Pabbi police station here on Monday.Police officials said constable Taj Mohammad of District Security Branch was on......
MANSEHRA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Monday said his party’s government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was set to introduce a new law to eliminate corruption from the province.“We have......
PESHAWAR: More than 80 specialist doctors have agreed to start institution-based practice (IBP) in line with Medical Teaching Institution Act, 2015 at Khyber Teaching Hospital, according to official......
PESHAWAR: As the arrest of provincial minister for mineral development, Ziaullah Afridi by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission (KPEC) on charges of misuse of authority was challenged before the......
PESHAWAR: A family from Kohat has alleged the Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar medical superintendent and staff of the nursery ward are involved in the kidnapping of a three-day-old newborn baby......
PESHAWAR: Scores of newly-elected district and town councillors of the ruling PTI have threatened to resign en bloc against the arrest of Minister for Mines and Mineral Development Ziaullah Afridi by......
ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry and National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Monday assured the National Assembly Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Reforms that......
RAWALPINDI: Security around Chaklala and Rawalpindi railway stations was beefed up in the light of an intelligence report which claimed that a terror group might attack the installations.According to......
ISLAMABAD: Model Ayyan Ali could not be indicted on Monday in the currency smuggling case as the judge of customs, excise and taxation was on leave.In his absence, the duty judge Sabir Sultan of......
ISLAMABAD, A teenager was arrested when he tried to enter Faisal Mosque with a pistol on Monday, police said.He was identified as Mohammad Saad, 17. The teenager, who is a member of a religious......
RAWALPINDI: The body of a four-year-old boy Haider Ali, who disappeared from his grandfather’s house Sunday morning, was found from Ratta Amral on Monday.According to his father Shahid Mehmood, the......
RAWALPINDI: Members of the first elected board of Chaklala Cantonment took oath and elected its vice-president on Monday.The Chaklala Cantonment Board (CCB) was established after the Rawalpindi......
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) on Monday established flood emergency response cell for rest of the monsoon season.The emergency response cell comprises complaint cell, rescue unit,......
ISLAMABAD: Significant administrative changes have been made to the limits of the Islamabad police zones and circles (subdivisions).Earlier, the capital police had nine circles but now two more have......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has abandoned the construction work on the federal capital’s first cricket stadium of international standard citing financial crunch.According to a PCB......
ISLAMABAD: A leading communication technology company offered 160 students across Pakistan a three-month internship.The students were selected from leading universities of the country by a team from......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has accelerated work to replace electric streetlight with solar ones.The new solar streetlight system would help save energy and reduce maintenance......
RAWALPINDI: While Khanpur Dam, which supplies water to the garrison city, is brimming with water, residents here continue to face water shortage.Afshan Colony, Dhoke Chaudhrian, People’s Colony,......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government will start work on the launch of a metro train service besides the construction of the Leh Expressway next year.“The train will be operated on the route of the metro......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Monday indicated chances of rain during Eidul Fitr.Talking to this news agency, Dr Ghulam Rasool, the director general of the PMD, said......
ISLAMABAD: The government may have settled the issue of new withholding tax on bank transactions of Rs50,000 and above with the big businessmen by halving the tax, but small traders are still haunted......
RAWALPINDI: The body of a woman, who is believed to have been axed to death by unidentified persons was found on Monday.The Rawat Police was called by villager who spotted the body lying on the banks......
ISLAMABAD: A security guard was killed in a robbery at a general store in rural area, police said here on Monday.According to details, seven armed men entered the Super Store located at Letherar Road......
LAHORE: The traders community was again divided on Monday over the fresh country-wide strike call given by one faction of the Anjuman Tajiran Pakistan on Aug 5 against imposition of 0.3 advance......
LAHORE: Some officials of the National Accountability Bureau believe the PML-N government may use the same tactics the PPP did to stop it from pursuing ‘high profile’ cases.However, a former employee......
LAHORE: Commuters opting to travel by special Eid trains from Lahore to Karachi from July 14 to 16 will pay 50pc less fare.All the special trains between Punjab and Sindh capitals would also be......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a meeting here on Monday in which it was decided to set up four task forces to take action against the elements involved in manufacturing and......
LAHORE: A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed bail petition of a man involved in the murder of his daughter and her husband for contracting marriage without the family’s......
LAHORE: A man was killed and another injured while resisting a robbery in Raiwind on Monday.A textile mill cashier, Sajid, and driver Aslam after drawing Rs800,000 from Manga Road branch of a bank......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman’s political adviser Ejaz Chaudhry has asked how the Sharif brothers contested general elections 2013 when they were loan defaulters.He said that Shahbaz......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif approved on Monday the implementation of proposed reforms in the provincial finance department.Under the reforms, a tax policy unit will be set up and full......
LAHORE: Scores of ex-servicemen blocked The Mall on Monday in front of the Punjab Assembly to press for continuation of their jobs as policemen on contract.This is the third time in a year when......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has adjourned hearing of three identical petitions filed by civil judges of Punjab, asking their counsel to come up with more arguments on the point whether the court......
Punjabi short story writer and poet Zubair Ahmad belongs to the generation of the Lahorites who have a deep-rooted affiliation and an emotional bond with the city which means a world to them.Zubair......
LAHORE: Police claimed on Monday they had arrested 158 people for robbery, robbery-cum-murder and theft and seized illegal weapons and valuables worth Rs40 million from them.According to a news......
GUJRANWALA: Two minor siblings suffered serious injuries when their father pushed them in front of moving vehicles on GT Road, allegedly for demanding new clothes on Eid at Kotli Pir Ahmad......
FAISALABAD: Employees of the regional tax office and lawyers thrashed each other on Monday at the local Federal Board of Revenue office over the dispute of entrance to the tax bar office.The RTO......
SAHIWAL: The case of Pakpattan Water Management District Officer Rana Waqar was referred to the Anti-Terrorism Court, Multan, that sent him and three others on judicial remand on Monday, said Farid......
MULTAN: Khanewal police killed two brothers, who were alleged dacoits, in an encounter with their accomplices late on Sunday night.They were in police custody on physical remand for the last couple......
BAHAWALPUR: Regional police Officer (RPO) Ehsan Sadiq suspended from service 13 assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs) of three districts for corruption and ordered them to report to their respective......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Police and health authorities have been wrangling over the ownership of 10 marlas located near the railway underpass in the Gobindpura locality.The Health Department set up a......
SHEIKHUPURA: Two drug smugglers were arrested and 1.176 kilo heroin worth millions was seized from them by the Factory Area police on Monday.Police said accused Ghulam Rasul alias Haris and Nasrullah......
MULTAN: Urbanisation, prolonged winter, fog, intense dust-storms and rains are the main causes of the low yield of mangoes this year, says former president of Mangoes Growers Association Muzaffar......
LAHORE: Position holders from various educational institutions of the country who were on a visit to European varsities under the Punjab chief minister’s programme, returned to Pakistan here on......
KARACHI: A night after the extended widespread blackout that took several hours to fix, a major part of the metropolis again plunged into darkness half an hour before sahri on Monday.Yet it was the......
KARACHI: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested a suspect allegedly involved in the targeted killing of a Shia cleric and son of known scholar Allama Abbas Kumaili last year.“The held suspect,......
KARACHI: Amid an unending electricity crisis, common users put themselves at risk by opting for solar energy solutions as the government is yet to play an active role in formulating policies required......
KARACHI: The long queues inside the passport office in Saddar are a common sight, but on Monday a horde of impatient men flocked around the data entry booth as early as 8am; nudging, falling,......
KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon has warned the K-Electric management to ensure uninterrupted supply of electricity to the city or else its top bosses will be put behind......
KARACHI: Rangers on Monday informed an antiterrorism court that Moazzam Ali Khan, a prime suspect in the Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Dr Imran Farooq murder case, was handed over to the Federal......
KARACHI: A large number of workers who have been sacked from a meat factory in Gadap staged a demonstration at the factory gate on Monday and demanded their immediate reinstatement.Demonstration......
LARKANA: “When cots were turned upside down in the house (traditionally the highest degree of grief and helplessness) and all family members sat crossed-armed in utter helplessness, I could not hold......
HYDERABAD: Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) president Abdul Majeed Nizamani sent a communication to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday, opposing allotment of land of the Pakistan Agriculture Research......
BADIN: The farmers whose protest against acute shortage of water in the Malkani Sharif area and torching of their protest camp entered the fourth day on Monday refused to end the agitation without......
THATTA: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Sassui Palijo has said that the presence of Rangers in Sindh is the need of the hour and the paramilitary forces should be allowed to stay on until......
KOLKATA: It was home to the army of colonial bureaucrats who ran India, so it was perhaps inevitable that the original 18th-century plans for Kolkata’s Writers’ Building would be found buried under......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama granted clemency on Monday to 46 convicted drug traffickers, saying their original sentences were unduly harsh under outdated laws.Obama has issued commutations......
ABUJA: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari sacked his army, navy, air force and defence chiefs on Monday, a widely anticipated move as the former general has made crushing Islamist militant group......
BEIJING: A warehouse containing fireworks exploded in northern China, killing 15 people, a local authority said Monday.The explosion on Sunday morning happened in Ningjin county in Hebei province,......
WASHINGTON: Negotiators at the Iran nuclear talks have once again extended the deadline for concluding a deal, giving themselves another day to finalise the agreement.The latest deadline expired on......
ADEN: Saudi-led warplanes bombed Yemeni rebels who clashed with pro-government fighters in the south on Monday despite a UN-declared truce aimed at delivering desperately needed aid, military sources......
PARIS: Scientists presented rare evidence on Monday linking climate change to a specific weather disaster: flooding that killed more than 170 people in Russia in 2012.Increasingly, global warming is......
BEIRUT: At least 23 people, among them a child, were killed in government raids on the Islamic State group (IS) held town of Al-Bab in northern Syria on Monday, a monitor said.The Syrian Observatory......
UNITED NATIONS: The UN says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is disappointed that the humanitarian pause he called for in Yemen did not take hold but has not lost hope that a suspension in the fighting......
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi government began a long-awaited, large-scale military operation on Monday to dislodge Islamic State group (IS) militants from the country’s western Anbar province, a military......
DUBAI: Firefighters rushed to contain a blaze that broke out on Monday aboard cargo vessels docked alongside the main waterway that runs through the heart of Dubai.The fire began in the afternoon......
ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates carried out a rare execution on Monday, putting to death by firing squad an Emirati woman convicted of the jihadist-inspired murder of a US school teacher, media......
MOSCOW: Twenty-three Russian soldiers were crushed to death after their military barracks collapsed in Siberia, the latest disaster to hit a country known for shoddy construction work and lax safety......
LONDON: Britain’s defence forces should spend more of their budget on spy planes, drones and covert forces to fight extremist militants, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday.The government......
MUMBAI: An Indian court Monday adjourned the start of Bollywood star Salman Khan’s appeal over a five-year sentence for a deadly hit-and-run at the request of the actor’s lawyers, reports said.The......
LONDON: Survivors of modern-day slavery in Britain are at high risk of falling back into the hands of traffickers because of gaps in the government support system, a report published on Monday......
BUCHAREST: Romanian prosecutors on Monday charged Prime Minister Victor Ponta with several counts of corruption, piling pressure on the embattled politician to resign.Ponta became the highest-ranking......
A stone's throw from the presidential palace in Kabul, you can see the lines of dignitaries awaiting their appointments from early in the morning: tribal leaders and elders from across the country......
MUMBAI: The Indian cricket board suspended Mumbai batsman Hiken Shah with immediate effect on Monday for offering money to a player to influence a game in this year’s Indian Premier League......
CARDIFF: Australia coach Darren Lehmann believes the fact there are only four days between the first and second Ashes Tests will help his side recover from their heavy defeat by England in the series......
KARACHI: Pakistan face Indonesia in the semifinals of the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group two tie at Jakarta hard courts on Tuesday (today).Ace tennis player Aqeel Khan will be Pakistan’s main hope......
MADRID: Several hundred Real Madrid fans chanted for president Florentino Perez to resign at an official send-off for goalkeeper and captain Iker Casillas at the Bernabeu stadium on Monday.Real held......
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s teenage fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman has been rewarded for his strong limited overs performances with a call-up to the squad for next week’s first Test against South Africa.The......
GLENDALE (Arizona): Mexico squandered numerous opportunities to advance to the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-finals when they drew 0-0 with Guatemala on Sunday, while Trinidad and Tobago did make the......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) has taken the initiative to award central contracts to players on the basis of their performance, PSF secretary Group Captain Aamir Nawaz said on......
KARACHI: The presence of experienced campaigner Babar Rehman played a major role in steering Tapal CC to the semi-finals of the 30th Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Festival here on Monday with a......
DHAKA: South African batsman Rilee Rossouw has been fined 50 percent of his match fee for a code of conduct breach during a One-day International against Bangladesh, the International Cricket Council......
LONDON: Armed with what Goran Ivanisevic calls a “Balkan mentality” and “positive arrogance”, Novak Djokovic replaced the heartbreak of losing the French Open with the joy of hoisting the Wimbledon......
NEW DELHI: Uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson has been named as a replacement for Ambati Rayudu after the in-form batsman was ruled out of the remaining matches of an ongoing tour of Zimbabwe......
VIENNA: Austria’s former world skiing champion Kathrin Zettel on Monday became the third Austrian this summer to announce her retirement from alpine racing.The 28-year-old has earned no less than......
MANCHESTER: Manchester United accelerated their recruitment drive this offseason by signing Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger and France international Morgan Schneiderlin on Monday, as the team......
LAHORE: President of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) retired Lt Gen Arif Hasan has warned the government that Pakistan will not be able to retain its second position at the South Asian Games......
LAHORE: It seems finally common sense has prevailed, prompting the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to reschedule the qualifiers for this year’s Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, the premier first-class tournament of......
KARACHI: Prominent sports promoter and owner of Omar Associates cricket team Nadeem Omar has expressed his reservations over Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) decision to cut down Karachi’s......
LAHORE: The participation of the national volleyball team in the upcoming Asian championship is in doldrums as the Pakistan Volleyball Federation (PVF) has no financial resources to meet the expenses......
KARACHI: A fine half-century from Shafaat Hussain guided BankIslami to the semi-finals of the 28th Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramzan Cricket Tournament for the State Life Trophy at the AKG Ground here on......
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has begun its probe into the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) over financial embezzlement during its 12 years under president Faisal Saleh Hayat.The......
KARACHI: For the second year running, the final of the Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cricket Tournament produced a thriller as Dollar East pipped holders Omar CC by just two runs to become new champions at......
BRUSSELS: After months of acrimony, Greece clinched a preliminary bailout agreement with its European creditors on Monday that will, if implemented, secure the country’s place in the euro and help it......
KARACHI: Remittances from overseas Pakistanis hit a record $18.5 billion during the previous fiscal year, almost equal to the current foreign exchange reserves of the country.Overseas workers kept......
KARACHI: DG Khan Cement Company (DGKC) has signed a contract with a Danish firm to buy engineering and equipment for a green field cement plant having production capacity of 8,500 tonnes per day (or......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) said on Monday that corporate compliance at state-owned entities has improved by more than 100 per cent due to facilitation and......
KARACHI: Buyers rush at major markets of the city has intensified prior to Eidul Fitr, but the trading community insists that they may miss the expected sales targets.A majority of the traders said......
ISLAMABAD: The government has proposed several amendments to trade remedy laws for the establishment of appellate tribunals for early resolution of disputes over unfair trade practices.The tribunal......
KARACHI: Bulls staged a remarkable comeback on Monday with the KSE-100 index recovering entire losses of last week with a huge gain of 384.33 points to close just a stone’s throw away from 35,500......
SINGAPORE: Any nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers loosening sanctions against Tehran could flood an oversupplied oil market with more fuel, yet sectors like cement and steel would see a......
SHANGHAI: China will launch a campaign to track down the international origins of smuggled frozen meat as the country intensifies its campaign against the illegal trade after reports last month of......
MUMBAI: India’s inflation rose faster than analysts’ expectations in June, official data showed Monday, dampening hopes of further interest rate cuts by the country’s central bank later this......
MULTAN: Brisk activity was witnessed on the cotton market on Monday as buyers rushed to cover up their positions ahead of Eidul Fitr holidays. The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) kept its spot rate......
LONDON: The oil market should be more balanced next year as China and the developing world use more oil while supply of fuel from North American shale grows more slowly, Opec said on Monday.In its......
WASHINGTON: A faction of Republican conservatives who successfully slid the knife into the US Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank are eyeing a new target for their drive against what they call “crony......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (Prgmea) on Monday urged the government to take measures to lower business costs in the textile sector to the level......
LONDON: Gold slipped 1 per cent on Monday as the dollar rose against the euro after leaders struck a deal to negotiate a Greek bailout, while signals the Federal Reserve was still on track to raise......
FAISALABAD: Fearing ‘exact evaluation’ of containers, businessmen shied away from getting their shipments checked at the Faisalabad dry port where clearance activities have remained sluggish for......
ISLAMABAD: Against the backdrop of a severe petrol crisis which almost crippled the transport sector in January this year, the authorities appear to be planning to take extraordinary measures to......
LAHORE: Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif visited the Headquarters 4 Corps here on Monday, said an Inter-Services Public Relations release.The army chief was given a briefing on professional......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s standing committee on finance has decided to review the contract of privatisation of Karachi Electric (K-Electric) previously known as the Karachi Electric Supply Company......
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Senate’s standing committee on interior, Rehman Malik, has said that self-styled Islamic State (IS) group, which is also known as Daesh, is involved in terrorist activities......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has criticised a statement issued by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan accusing MQM chief Altaf Hussain of passing provocative remarks against security......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, reviewed on Monday overall security arrangements during Ramazan and the Karachi operation and discussed MQM chief Altaf Hussain’s speech on Sunday in which he......
LAHORE: Water has started receding and there is no likelihood of heavy rains in the catchment areas of any river over the next 48 hours, according to the flood forecasting centre.River Chenab was in......
AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP (Jordan): Rich countries should spend less on weapons in the Syrian civil war and more on education, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said on Monday, calling world......
WASHINGTON: “Every minute a child dies of a water-related disease” somewhere in the world, warns a report published by the International Monetary Fund.The report by three senior IMF staffers, and......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s standing committee on law, justice and human rights deferred on Monday review of the government bill seeking to establish an independent commission for the rights......
He ran faster than the ball, continued flying over the turf year after year, was always heavy on the opponents’ goalpost, but Raja Abdul Qadeer could never catch the eye of the selectors. Yet, he......
KHOST: The death toll from a suicide attack at a military base in eastern Afghanistan rose to 33 on Monday, as casualties from the Taliban’s insurgency continue to mount despite nascent peace......
NEW DELHI: The Pakistan High Commission in India has invited the Hurriyat leaders and other Kashmiri politicians to the Eid Milan party it will be holding on July 21.“There is nothing unusual about......
QUETTA: At least eight suspected militants were arrested in Kharan on Monday.According to a Frontier Corps spokesman, troops and intelligence personnel made the arrests during a search operation......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India are set to revive their Track-II dialogue for discussions on Kashmir and other outstanding issues.“The two sides have agreed to revive Track-II dialogue to explore ways......
QUETTA: Two officers of Balochistan Constabulary were gunned down in Satellite Town area on Monday, police said.The officers were going home on a motorcycle when unidentified armed men opened......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has lashed out at Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain and said that the remarks made by him against Rangers in his Sunday’s speech......
ISLAMABAD: An amended list of 150 major financial scandals being pursued by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) shows that a number of inquiries against important political leaders like Prime......
Fresh out of a bruising round of the blame game following the heatwave deaths, the management of K-Electric finds itself in the middle of another searing series of accusations of negligence and......
QIETTA: At least two officers of Balochistan Constabulary (BC) were killed when armed militants opened fire at them in Quetta's Satellite Town area on Monday night.Police sources said unidentified......
QUETTA: Unidentified armed militants killed two officers of Balochistan Constabulary in Quetta's Satellite Town area Monday evening.Police sources said armed militants opened fire at the security......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Monday warned that if provincial autonomy was rolled back, it would spell disaster for the federation.The chairman Senate said the federation of Pakistan......
