Bangladesh continued their giant-killing exploits with a nine-wicket victory over South Africa in Wednesday's rain-hit final one-day international to clinch the three-match series 2-1.Chasing a......
KANO: At least 30 people were killed in three attacks by militants in northeastern Nigeria, local officials and inhabitants said on Wednesday.The three assaults were carried out simultaneously on......
PALLEKELE: Dinesh Chandimal hit an unbeaten 48 to guide Sri Lanka to a series-levelling two-wicket victory over Pakistan in the second one-day international in Pallekele on Wednesday.Chasing......
PESHAWAR: Army Chief General Raheel Sharif said that the military operation will not stop until the last terrorist is eliminated from the soil of Pakistan. He added that most of the terrorists......
BRUSSELS: Nato and its allies will hold their biggest military exercise in more than a decade from October, deploying 36,000 personnel across the Mediterranean to counter the threat of Islamic State......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad is hopeful of reviving a stalled gas pipeline project connecting Iran to energy-starved Pakistan, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on......
ADEN: Yemeni fighters backed by the Saudi-led coalition mobilised troops, weapons and armoured vehicles on Wednesday to wrest back control of Aden from Houthi forces after taking part of the southern......
ISLAMABAD: An Indian spy drone has been shot down by Pakistani military forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in Bhimber, Azad Kasmir, according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)......
ISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Sun Weidong and Mohammad Saleem Sethi, Secretary of Economic Affairs Division on Wednesday signed an agreement on behalf of their respective governments for......
After a spectacular turnout at the Karachi premiere of Bin Roye, the cast heads to Dubai to hobnob with fans ahead of the film's public release on the first day of Eid.At the Karachi premiere, the......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Ministry of Water and Power on Wednesday suspended 7 XEN's and 15 SDO's of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) citing poor performance as Aggregate Technical and......
American psychologists are in dire need of therapy. A scathing report documents the collusion between past executives of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American defence......
DHAKA: Bangladesh police said on Wednesday they had arrested the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a 13-year-old boy that provoked public outrage after video footage of the killing went......
KARACHI: Pakistan's field hockey team has been on the slide for years but the side's failure earlier this month to qualify for the Olympics for the first time marks a calamitous new low.Former......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) spent Wednesday afternoon moving resolutions against one another in the Sindh Assembly, both inspired by what they say is......
BEIJING: Uighurs from China's far western region of Xinjiang who have travelled to Turkey via Southeast Asia are being trained in Syria and Iraq with the aim of bringing jihad back to China, the......
Broadcast journalist and wife of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday dismissed British daily, Daily Mail, for calling into question a journalism course she is said to have......
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's public prosecution has demanded the death penalty for 11 of 29 suspects charged over the suicide bombing of a Shia mosque last month, a newspaper reported Wednesday.Al-Qabas,......
NEW DELHI: India's cricketing fraternity Wednesday welcomed the shock decision to ban two teams from the IPL as a long overdue opportunity for the game to clean up its scandal-sullied image.While the......
SYDNEY: Populations of some of Australia's iconic birds ? including the laughing kookaburra, magpie and willie wagtail ? are in decline in parts of the country, according to a report released......
This Eid, cinema-goers have a choice to make: should they watch Bin Roye or Wrong Number first? It's a good idea to do a little research, and we bring you a few tidbits gleaned from a chat with the......
In the small suburban town of Rodala, located in Jaranwala, Faisalabad, there sits a cobbler in the main bazaar, Munawar Shakeel, who has been repairing the shoes of the villagers for three decades......
KABUL: Taliban leader Mullah Omar on Wednesday hailed as “legitimate” peace talks aimed at ending Afghanistan's 13-year war, in his first comments on the nascent dialogue, easing concerns that it......
NEW DELHI: Organisers of the Champions League Twenty20 have canceled the tournament with immediate effect due to a lack of public interest.The annual tournament, launched in 2009 and featuring the......
NEW DELHI: For the last two years Ram Janam Mauriya has made countless journeys to Azamgarh magistrate's office in northern India, laden with stacks of documents to prove he is not a ghost."It's......
Although Shahid Kapoor and his wife Mira Rajput decided to keep their wedding celebrations intimate and hush hush for the most part, a grand reception was a formality they couldn't escape!The......
NEW DELHI: India's defence ministry has cleared the purchase of military equipment worth $4.74 billion, including four long-range patrol aircraft from US aerospace giant Boeing, an official said......
ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday welcomed the deal between Iran and P5 +1 struck in Vienna over the former’s nuclear program, terming it “a far reaching development that......
Bajrangi Bhaijaan has been a problematic film release for Pakistan from the get-go. Earlier, speculation was rife that the Salman Khan-starrer wouldn't hit screens in Pakistan because of its......
SIALKOT: Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) personnel on Wednesday resorted to unprovoked firing and mortar shelling across the Working Boundary in Sialkot's Bajwat sector, according to a Punjab......
RAIPUR: India's Maoist rebels have killed four policemen they abducted from a bus in the restive central state of Chhattisgarh, a senior officer said Wednesday.The guerrillas stopped the bus......
LONDON/LAHORE: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain accused "civilian governments and undemocratic forces" of "joining hands to employ legal and illegal tactics to snatch Karachi away from......
LILLE: Three migrants trying to smuggle their way into the Channel Tunnel to reach Britain were burnt by an electric shock, one seriously, local French authorities said on Tuesday.The men from......
WASHINGTON: Filmmaker Laura Poitras, whose documentary about fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden won an Oscar, is suing the US government to find out why she was repeatedly detained at......
GODAVARI: A stampede on the banks of a river killed at least 27 pilgrims on Tuesday in southern India, signalling a tragic beginning to a religious festival season, officials said.The stampede broke......
QUETTA/GWADAR: Five pilgrims belonging to Zikri community died of heat and thirst while going on foot to Koh-i-Murad in Turbat area of Kech district. Two of the deceased were teenagers.They had left......
ADDIS ABABA: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday the world was headed for a “generation free of AIDS”, after UNAIDS reported a 35 per cent decline in new HIV infections from 15 years......
FRANKFURT: The number of people who died in natural catastrophes worldwide increased sharply in the first six months of this year, according to the world’s leading reinsurer Munich Re.“The review on......
VIENNA: Major powers clinched a historic deal on Tuesday aimed at ensuring Iran does not obtain the nuclear bomb, opening up Tehran’s stricken economy and potentially ending decades of bad blood with......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan welcomed on Tuesday the historic deal between Iran and world powers on Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme and called for expeditious implementation of the pact.“I think it......
ISLAMABAD: Cases have been registered in different parts of the country against MQM chief Altaf Hussain for remarks made by him against the chief of Rangers in Sindh and the paramilitary force in his......
ISLAMABAD: Intrigues, misuse of funds and factionalism within the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) have been reported by the party’s two-member election tribunal, headed by retired Justice Wajihuddin......
ISLAMABAD: Surprisingly the governments of Pakistan and India are confusing the planned Track-II dialogue with back-channel contacts.Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security......
THIS is apropos your editorial ‘Pensioners’ lot’ (July 13).My department has already taken note of the situation and has introduced a programme called “Direct Credit System”. This system provides an......
THERE are a number of people who are writing about the climate change and the importance of trees in environment, thinking that they would be heard. A decade ago Islamabad was very green, and its......
THERE are insanitary conditions in the Keamari area. Piles of garbage are present in our streets and footpaths. Sewerage lines are broken and gutters are choked and stinking water is standing.These......
“THE strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It is the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence......
WE have been without power for more than two days. On July 10 at 10am there was a flicker and electricity disappeared. We thought it was the ‘normal’ breakdown so common these days.After six hours I......
THIS is regarding the release of 88 fishermen from an Indian jail with the exception of an eight-year-old boy, Ghulam Hussain, son of fisherman Muhammad Juman (June 24). I was saddened on reading......
THE Rawalpindi Waste Management Corporation (RWMC) was launched a couple of months ago. However, it does not seem to be doing any cleaning in Block B, Satellite Town.Sweepers come irregularly to pick......
PESHAWAR: The Frontier Mines Owners Association (FMOA) has said that corruption in the mineral sector of the province has not only brought down revenue by 50 per cent but also rendered thousands of......
GILGIT: Two persons were killed and three injured when a car fell into the Indus River in Roundu area of Skardu on Monday evening. This was the second incident within a week on Gilgit-Skardu......
MANSEHRA: The people of Nawasher village have complained they lack basic amenities of life.The village, which is situated on the bank of the Siren River in Mansehra district, attracts migratory birds......
PESHAWAR: Despite enjoying a clear majority in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is unable to find a suitable candidate for the office of the deputy speaker, a......
PESHAWAR: Local residents on Tuesday blocked Kohat Road for over two and a half hours in protest against the death of a youngster in an alleged police encounter in the provincial capital.Qaisar Shah......
PESHAWAR: As thousands of people go shopping ahead of Eidul Fitr, the police have made strict security arrangements for bazaars in the provincial capital.However, they say there is no security threat......
PESHAWAR: The country manager of the United Nations- Habitat said on Tuesday that the UN body intended to set up an integrated resource recovery centre for solid waste management in......
PESHAWAR: Jamaat-i-Islami provincial chief Professor Mohammad Ibrahim Khan has said that his party will raise voice against atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.He was talking to a......
PESHAWAR: The civil society activists on Tuesday urged the government to own Malala Yousafzai’s global cause for education and invest more in ‘education than bullets’.They also called on the......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission director general and director investigation to respond to a habeas corpus petition challenging......
ABBOTTABAD: The Abbottabad district has been divided into four sectors each supervised by a DSP to ensure smooth flow of traffic on roads during Eid days, DPO Sher Akbar Khan said.He said extra......
SWABI: The Pakistan Tobacco Board (PTB) has demanded 25 per cent share in Rs103 billion, which the federal government gets each year through different direct and indirect taxes on the tobacco......
PESHAWAR: The government has approved names of the members of the Board of Governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Healthcare Commission in line with the medical teaching institution law, according to......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Tuesday suspended an accountability court’s order to put certain restrictions on the National Accountability Bureau in cases of plea bargain and voluntary......
PESHAWAR: Emotional scenes were seen on Tuesday evening at a pre-Eid gathering of the parents of the Army Public School Peshawar students, who were killed by militants on December 16, 2014.Mothers of......
MINGORA: An anti-terrorism court here on Tuesday sentenced three terrorists including two Afghan nationals to 58 years collective imprisonment in two different cases.According to a press release......
ISLAMABAD: The family of a wealthy old man, accused and later acquitted of blasphemy charges, has approached a civil court of Rawalpindi, seeking ownership of Rs127 million worth of saving and income......
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Inspector General of Police has directed the divisional police chiefs and counterterrorism departments across the province to ensure that banned organisations do not set up Zakat......
TAXILA: The departmental inquiry committee has found an employee of population welfare department guilty of selling USAID donated medicines in the market and initiated disciplinary action.The......
ISLAMABAD: Dismayed at police inertia, the Supreme Court has summoned the city police officer of Rawalpindi to explain the inaction on a complaint made in 2005 about encroachment on Loi Bher forest......
MURREE: While legally, there is a ban on all types of construction in Murree, influential people with political affiliations continue to construct multi-storey commercial buildings despite the ban.A......
ISLAMABAD: Participants of a literary reference organised by Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) on Tuesday paid rich tributes to the legendary fiction writer Abdullah Hussain who died in Lahore last......
RAWALPINDI: The vice presidents of the Rawalpindi and Chaklala cantonment boards on Tuesday took oath for their offices.Station Commander Zahid Ahmed Rana administered oath to the Rawalpindi......
RAWALPINDI: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on Tuesday grilled the official of the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) over ‘poor sanitation’ within the RCB territorial limits.The court......
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Tuesday decided to ask the prime minister to refer the matter of the substandard construction of the recently inaugurated......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has finally broken its silence on its decision not to renew the lease of 1,250 acres land to the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) saying......
ISLAMABAD: On the directions of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) on Tuesday transferred five assistant education advisers to the ministry of......
ISLAMABAD: Taking notice of the possible environmental degradation by the expansion of the Islamabad Expressway, the ministry of climate change on Tuesday directed the Pakistan Environment Protection......
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a conference here on Tuesday said the Christian community living in Pakistan lacked a visionary leadership.Speaking at the national church leadership conference, “Glory filled......
ISLAMABAD: Central Police Office has set up a complaint cell where citizens can lodge complaints against police officials, police said.According to details the complaint can be lodged through email......
LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority Act is being amended to simplify the inspection mechanism, as the government believes if the authority continues to inspect eateries under the existing laws and......
LAHORE: At least 50 clerics have issued a fatwa (religious decree) against Islamic State’s act of banning observance of Eidul Fitr in Iraq.The Tanzeem Ittehad-e-Ummat Pakistan claimed in a statement......
LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Amin Wains has warned of strict action against all banks that fail to implement the advisory for security arrangements.He was addressing at a meeting of......
LAHORE: The divide within All Pakistan Anjuman Tajiran over 0.3 per cent advance withholding tax on banking transactions further deepened on Tuesday with a faction calling its own `country-wide’......
LAHORE: As the Election Commission will notify the delimitation by the end of this month, the PPP has raised hundreds of objections in each district of Punjab against what it says “illegalities and......
MULTAN: Scores of traders of Rickshaw Market staged a protest demonstration here on Tuesday against Multan Development Authority officials for not financially compensating them for the disruption of......
LAHORE: Police claimed to have busted a 15-member gang of robbers on Tuesday involved in robberies and thefts and recovered an illegal weapon as well as Rs3.3 million.According to a news release,......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a high-level meeting here on Tuesday that decided to launch social protection programme for disabled people.Addressing the meeting, the chief......
LAHORE: Punjab Industrial Estates Development and Management Company Chairman S M Tanveer on Tuesday said the Rahim Yar Khan Industrial Estate would be operational by August 2015.He said 450 acres......
LAHORE: The nursing staff of the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital lodged a protest against their medical superintendent for withholding no objection certificates (NOCs) of their colleagues who want to join......
LAHORE: Security has been enhanced at railway stations, trains and other installations.Railway police commandos have been deployed on passenger trains running from Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi,......
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested on Tuesday a man allegedly involved in a fraud of Rs31million.According to the FIA, Basharat Aziz, owner of Ashraf Petroleum in connivance......
LAHORE: Another round of widespread thundershowers is expected in Kashmir, upper Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa during Eid days, says the Pakistan Meteorological Department.According to its Tuesday’s......
LAHORE: The city administration on Tuesday launched an anti-encroachment operation along Raiwind Road and demolished 47 shops for being unlawfully built at the state land.According to a spokesman,......
LAHORE: PPP leader from Sheikhupura Rana Abbas Ali Khan along with 30 office-bearers of the party’s local chapters announced joining the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in a meeting with Chaudhry......
LAHORE: The City District Government of Lahore (CDGL) on Tuesday got a man arrested for allegedly opening fire at its team on his residence in Johar Town.According to a spokesman of the CDGL,......
LAHORE: A man was stabbed to death allegedly by his friend in Lorry Adda on Tuesday.Police said the victim, identified as Shahbaz, 26 of Burewala, was sitting with an unidentified man on the green......
FAISALABAD: National Accountability Bureau after detecting more than 200 hoardings illegally installed in the city by various advertisers, causing millions of rupees loss to the national kitty, has......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Young Doctors Association (YDA) will not perform their duties from Eid and onward if their demands are not met.YDA’s Sheikh Zayed Medical College and Hospital chapter President Dr......
FAISALABAD: No case has been registered against any lawyer and official of the local Federal Board of Revenue office on charges of thrashing each other and ransacking the government property over the......
BAHAWALPUR: Tehsil Municipal Officer Zahid Javed Khan suffered serious injuries in an attempt on his life on Monday night.According to police, Zahid Javed was on his way home at Muslim Town after......
GUJRANWALA: Two landlords chopped off the toe of a 10-year-old boy of their tenants over a trivial matter in village Toor Sharif, Naushera Virkan, on Tuesday.According to reports, the parents of......
GUJRANWALA: Over 32 citizens in Model Town and Tatlay Aali localities submitted applications in their police stations for registration of cases against MQM chief Altaf Hussain for his ‘anti-army’......
MIRPURKHAS: Relatives of an educated youth shot dead recently by a team of Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) and Phuladyoon police station personnel have claimed that it was a “staged encounter” in......
HYDERABAD: A convicted prisoner of the Hyderabad central jail died of cardiac arrest on Monday night at Medical Unit-II of Liaquat University Hospital (LUH) Hyderabad.He was admitted to hospital on......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court remanded on Tuesday a suspected militant in police custody in illicit weapon, explosive material and police encounter cases.Muhammad Nasir alias Dhobi alias BBC alias......
HYDERABAD: The court of civil judge and judicial magistrate-X on Monday admitted for trial the final challan submitted by the Fort police against an accused on charges of damaging a boundary wall of......
KARACHI: An eyewitness rightly picked out two Bohra community mosque blast suspects during an identification parade held by a judicial magistrate on Tuesday.Saad Aziz alias Tin Tin alias John and......
KARACHI: The number of people killed in police encounters in the city has shown an increase of over 64 per cent in the first six months of the current year as compared to the same period during the......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration over what it called ‘highly inflammatory statements’ of two federal ministers belonging to the Pakistan Muslim......
KARACHI: Girls once again kept the upper hand as the Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKU-EB) announced the results for Secondary (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificates (HSSC) for their......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday directed the federal, provincial and K-Electric authorities to file their respective comments in yet another petition against the unprecedented loss of life......
KARACHI: A sessions court on Tuesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his wife.The court found Abid Ali guilty of strangling his wife, Rukhsana, to death over some domestic dispute......
KARACHI: Vibrant, colourful, glittering and clinking glass bangles ... women in our part of the world wear these not just to match with their clothes, they also associate them with marriage. Though......
KARACHI: Let’s hand it to K-Electric for not toying with history. Nowadays the company may be in the news for all the dark (read: wrong) reasons, but when it comes to the historicity of where one of......
HYDERABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists, including women, held a protest rally outside the local press club on Tuesday against Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali’s statement......
MIRPURKHAS: As an extensive investigation into the alleged sale of government jobs and extortion of millions of rupees using fake offer letters picked up momentum, a special team of the Mirpurkhas......
DADU: A police officer and his three subordinates were suspended for their alleged assistance in the escape of a suspect from the lockup of the Nau Goth police station on Tuesday.Suspect Qasim......
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel was not bound by the Iran nuclear deal and signalled he remained ready to order military action.Netanyahu’’ harsh......
LAUREL: An unmanned NASA spacecraft whizzed by Pluto on Tuesday, making its closest approach in the climax of a decade-long journey to explore the dwarf planet for the first time, the US space agency......
SANAA: Yemeni forces battling the Houthi rebels in the country’s south said they took control on Tuesday of the airport in the strategic port city of Aden, driving the rebels there into a part of the......
NEW YORK: The family of a black father of six who died after being held in an illegal police chokehold urged the federal government to take up the case on Tuesday, after reaching a $5.9 million......
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday said his party was set to lose upcoming parliamentary elections and blamed former strongman Mahinda Rajapakss.Rajapaksa — who lost the......
BERLIN: A new kind of subatomic particle called the pentaquark has been detected for the first time, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said on Tuesday.The lab, known by its French......
BANGKOK: Two journalists, including an Australian editor, went on trial in Thailand on Tuesday over a report they published implicating the navy in human trafficking, as the United Nations urged the......
IRAN will cut the number of uranium centrifuges -- which can enrich uranium for nuclear fuel but also for a nuclear weapon -- from 19,000 to 5,060, and maintain this level for 10 years.All enrichment......
RAIPUR: India’s Maoist rebels abducted four policemen in the restive Indian state of Chhattisgarh late on Monday after intercepting a passenger bus, a top security official said.The guerrillas......
WASHINGTON: Top US Republicans expressed scepticism about the nuclear deal reached with Iran, saying it gave Tehran too much room to manoeuvre and does not safeguard American security interests.Some......
PARIS: Two explosions which sparked huge fires at a petrochemical plant in southern France early on Tuesday are believed to have been the result of a “malicious act”, sources said.Police said no-one......
DUBAI: Iranians honked car horns and flashed victory signs in celebration on Tuesday after the announcement of the nuclear agreement they hope would end years of economic sanctions and decades of......
PARIS: Mexican soldiers marched down Paris’s famed Champs-Elysees avenue on Tuesday for France’s traditional national day military parade under the watchful eye of their president Enrique Pena......
ISLAM QALA: At Zero Point, the main border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran, hundreds of Afghan labourers return to their homeland each day.Some are exhausted by gruelling working conditions,......
For just over half a century, Nelle Harper Lee has been the great mystery of the literary world — not so much a “what if” as a “why?” Why would a woman who had written such an extraordinary debut......
LAHORE: The three-member facts and finding committee of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), which was formed to determine factors which led to national hockey team’s failure in Belgium, held its......
ISLAMABAD: A three-member Pakistan squad will proceed to Australia on July 22 to feature in Victorian Open and Australian Open, Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) secretary Group Captain Aamir Nawaz......
LAHORE: Aqeel Khan and Samir Iftikhar earned victories in their respective singles matches as Pakistan took a 2-0 lead on the first day of their Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group II tie against Indonesia......
KARACHI: Rawalpindi’s Zahid Mansoor continued his excellent run in the ongoing Ramazan competitions in the city with a fine all-round show as Rivo Mobile upstaged Omar CC by seven wickets to reach......
ISLAMABAD: The probe committee formed by the prime minister to know reasons behind the shameful performance of Pakistan hockey team in Belgium will again hold discussions with PHF president Akhtar......
PARIS: French President Francois Hollande is holding a special ceremony to promote the Paris bid for the 2024 Olympics.The ceremony on Tuesday is timed for Bastille Day, the country’s biggest......
KARACHI: National Boxing Club fetched three gold medals to win the DC South Ramazan-ul-Mubarik juniors boxing tournament which concluded at the Ustad Mohammad Sattoo boxing stadium, Lyari Labour......
MOSCOW: Russian’s Football Union (RFU) on Tuesday dismissed Fabio Capello as national team head coach, ending the Italian’s three years in charge after a string of disappointing results.“The Russian......
LAHORE: International Cycling Level-III qualified coaches Laiq Ahmed and Waqar Ali were elected unanimously as president and secretary of the Pakistan Cycling Coaches Association here on Tuesday.The......
KARACHI: Experienced first-class campaigner Khurram Shehzad struck a dazzling unbeaten century to power Dollar East into the final of the 28th Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Tournament for the......
KARACHI: Islahuddin XI beat Dr M A Shah XI 2-1 in the final to clinch the under-16 hockey tournament played on Tuesday.Hammad and Abdul Wahab netted a goal each for the winners while Shahzeb Shah......
NEW DELHI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) was thrown into turmoil on Tuesday when a Supreme Court-appointed panel suspended two of the eight teams after officials were found guilty of illegally......
LONDON: Mystery surrounded veteran Australia wicket-keeper Brad Haddin two days before the start of the second Test against England at Lord’s.The Sydney Daily Telegraph reported that Haddin did not......
PALLEKELE: Sri Lanka face Pakistan in the second One-day International here on Wednesday.The Azhar Ali-led visitors pulled off a convincing win in the first match of the five-match series thanks to a......
HARARE: Kedar Jadhav made Zimbabwe pay for a woeful dropped catch as his unbeaten century powered India to an 83-run victory in the third One-day International at Harare Sports Club on Tuesday and a......
LONDON: Stuart Broad believes England’s recent history will help the side guard against complacency when they head into Thursday’s second Ashes Test at Lord’s 1-0 up in the five-match series.England......
LONDON: England opener Adam Lyth will not change his style of play despite struggling for runs against Australia’s bowling attack in the first Ashes Test.“I’ve just got to try and play my way and if......
MOSCOW: A new limit on the number of foreign players allowed in the Russian Premier League is to be introduced, the Russian Football Union (RFU) said on Tuesday.From the new season which starts on......
KANSAS CITY: Michael Bradley scored the equaliser early in the second half to give the United States a 1-1 draw against Panama on Monday, wrapping up a sluggish but unbeaten trip through group play......
LONDON: Even if Justin Gatlin manages to beat Usain Bolt at next month’s world championships, he won’t be eligible for the sport’s athlete of the year award.A rule passed by the IAAF Council in......
BUENOS AIRES: Carlos Tevez was officially unveiled on Monday as a Boca Juniors player in a 6.5 million euros ($7.15 million) transfer from Juventus.Thousands of fans of the popular club from the port......
CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh and South Africa head into the third and final One-day International here on Wednesday, with the series all square.Bangladesh’s veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan says the......
LONDON: Britain’s annual inflation rate turned flat in June from the previous month on the back of falling clothing and food prices, official data showed on Tuesday.“The Consumer Prices Index (CPI)......
KARACHI: The official data points to normal petrol sales trend since the start of Ramazan, a month when sales normally remain higher.From June 19 to July 13, around 340,000 to 350,000 tonnes of......
LONDON: Oil prices were steady on Tuesday as markets weighed up the effects of Iran’s deal with world powers on curbing the Islamic republic’s suspected ambitions for a nuclear bomb.After falling by......
ADDIS ABABA: As the world grapples to find the cash to end poverty and battle climate change, African leaders at a global development summit being held in Ethiopia are pushing for rich multinational......
ISLAMABAD: The Asia-Pacific region could face costs of between $2.1 trillion to $2.5tr per year to close infrastructure gaps, expand basic social protection and address climate mitigation and......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) asked banks on Tuesday to refund the excess amount deducted in terms of withholding tax (WHT) on transactions.It has been reported to the FBR that some......
KARACHI: The bull run came to a screeching halt on Tuesday as investors decided to stay on the sidelines. With institutional profit-booking mainly in the heavyweight oil and gas sector, the KSE-100......
ISLAMABAD: The corporate supervision department of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has initiated proceedings against various companies for their failure to hold annual......
ATHENS: Greece will need far bigger debt relief than eurozone partners have been prepared to envisage so far due to the devastation of its economy and banks in the last two weeks, a confidential......
Apple Pay launches in Britain, with hiccupsLONDON: Apple introduced mobile payments in Britain on Tuesday, hoping to make a splash with consumers familiar with using cards for tap-and-go purchases,......
MULTAN: The cotton market was steady on Tuesday as prices remained firm amid selective trading for quality lint.Floor brokers said that trading activities slowed as majority of the spinners are......
NEW DELHI: Malaysian palm oil futures rose for the fourth consecutive session on short-covering ahead of holidays and strength in Chicago soybean futures. Chicago soybeans futures climbed 0.55 per......
ISLAMABAD: The State Bank will remain closed from July 17 to 21 for Eidul Fitr holidays as notified by the government, said a statement issued by the SBP on Tuesday.Published in Dawn, July 15th,......
DUBAI: Iran is preparing for a trade and investment boom that could reshape the region after agreeing with world powers to curb its nuclear programme, paving the way for sanctions that have stifled......
NEW DELHI: The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has slapped fines on 530 listed companies for failing to meet a deadline to appoint a women director and boost gender diversity in their boardrooms, a BSE......
WASHINGTON: Lower oil prices are expected to modestly boost growth in the global economy, by about a half percentage point in 2015-16, according to an IMF report released on Tuesday.“Lower oil prices......
KARACHI: There has been much talk of late that a Balochistan government delegation will be soon visiting the self-exiled Khan of Kalat, Mir Suleman Dawood Jan, in London to persuade him to return to......
ISLAMABAD: Shortcomings in flood management and infrastructure weaknesses which caused large-scale devastations during the floods of 2010 and 2014 are still to be addressed and most of the people......
ISLAMABAD: A collective prayer for the stability, integrity, economic prosperity, elimination of terrorism from the country and peace in Islamic world was held at the Presidency on Tuesday.President......
ISLAMABAD: Top management of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has claimed plugging loopholes for improving its performance in accordance with recent Supreme Court directives.NAB Chairman......
KHUZDAR: Farmers and tribal elders have demanded a judicial inquiry into killing of two men and injuring of two others allegedly by police near Kalat on Tuesday night.Leaders of the Zamindar Action......
PESHAWAR: At least 14 suspected militants were killed when military planes bombed suspected positions in North Waziristan on Tuesday, the Inter-Services Public Relations said.In a brief statement,......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court granted bail on Tuesday to fashion model Ayyan Ali in a money laundering case with an observation that the customs authorities had failed to establish the charges.The......
QUETTA: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court directed the provincial government on Tuesday to shift stone crushing plants from the municipal limits of Quetta city to safer areas in two......
QUETTA: The body of a woman with stab wounds was found in a gunny bag in Kharotabad area on Tuesday.Police shifted it to the Civil Hospital.“The body was found packed in a bag that was dumped in a......
AS the Afghan Taliban sat face to face with the officials of the Kabul government in Murree last week, its fighters were locked in a bloody turf war with the self-styled Islamic State or Daesh back......
RAMAZAN of 1947 also fell in the long and thirsty days of the subcontinental summer. Some 68 years ago, the same sun beat down on fasting, parched throats, refusing to promise any respite from its......
OVER the last two years, there have been numerous seminars, workshops and happenings around Karachi issues. The dominant theme has been one of nostalgia. Senior citizens have spoken about a once......
WHAT are the chances a couple of grey-haired men could spearhead political change on both sides of the Atlantic? It would be unwisely optimistic to exaggerate the prospects in either instance. Yet......
OVER the past few days, as marathon talks continued in Vienna between the P5+1 and Iran to resolve the latter’s nuclear question, there were moments where it seemed both sides were refusing to budge,......
THERE may be some confusion over the nomenclature used — back-channel talks have been dubbed Track II dialogue by the Sharif government — but the intention is relatively clear: the Pakistani and......
THE show is over, at least for now, and none too soon.After four months behind bars and many court appearances, Ayyan Ali has finally been granted bail by the Lahore High Court after two previous......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervez Rashid on Tuesday said Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain should avoid delivering extempore......
