NEW DELHI: Mirwaiz Maulvi Umar Farooq, chairperson of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), along with other notable separatist Kashmiri leaders attended an Eid Milan hosted by Pakistani High......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief General Raheel Sharif has directed all field commanders of the Pakistan Army to extend all possible assistance to people in areas affected by floods.“All field commanders have......
QUETTA: Iranian border guards fired four mortar shells inside Pakistan near Balochistan's Panjgur district on Wednesday, security officials said.A Levies official who requested anonymity told......
LONDON: British prosecutors have charged two men with trying to join the self-styled Islamic State (IS) extremist group in Syria.The Crown Prosecution Service said Tuesday that 24-year-old Junead......
CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh left-arm quick Mustafizur Rahman took 4/37 on debut and just missed a hat trick as South Africa was bowled out for 248 on the first day of the first Test on Tuesday.Legspinner......
QUETTA: Khan of Kalat Mir Suleman Dawood told a Baloch delegation that only the 'Grand Baloch Jirga' which had sent him abroad has the mandate and power to make a decision regarding his return.The......
ISLAMABAD: Relief and rescue efforts are under way in various parts of Pakistan on Tuesday as flash floods triggered by torrential rain inundated large swathes in the country. Prime Minister Nawaz......
Indian army's Lieutenant General KH Singh on Monday warned "certain elements in Pakistan" of "unexpected damages" in the wake of repeated exchanges of fire between Indian and Pakistani border forces......
10 Downing Street, London, and 10 Victoria Road, Karachi, are two similarly sounding and important, if not equally important, addresses. One is the official residence of the British Prime Minister,......
ISLAMABAD: US Deputy Secretary of State, Toney Blinken, has appreciated Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's efforts to reach out to Pakistan's neighbours, India and Afghanistan, hoping that the initiatives......
Would you believe that the angry young man of Jalaibee isn’t angry anymore? In fact, he's now an aspiring actor willing to go to any lengths to fulfill his dream! Yes, we are talking about actor......
NEW DELHI: The iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata will host the World Twenty20 final in April next year, the Indian board said on Tuesday as it announced the venues for the tournament.The 16-nation men's......
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed on Tuesday for opposition support in pushing through key reforms, as parliament began a new session set to be dominated by corruption......
PORTLAND: US authorities are seeking to revoke the citizenship of an imam in Oregon who they say tried to conceal past associations with radical Islamic groups.Mohamed Sheikh Abdirahman Kariye raised......
Vital Signs singer turned evangelist turned fashion designer Junaid Jamshed made yet another blunder this past week as he appeared on a TV show and stated that "God dislikes that any woman should be......
CHICAGO: A driver for a ride-sharing service used his Facebook page to threaten Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and others, hinting that he hoped to commit an act of violence before traveling to Pakistan,......
GUWAHATI: A 63-year-old Indian woman has been dismembered and beheaded by machete-wielding villagers who accused her of practising witchcraft, police said Tuesday.Seven people have been arrested over......
SANAA: A car bombing claimed by the self-styled Islamic State (IS) militant group killed four people near a Shia mosque in the rebel-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa, the Shia rebels said......
Cricket and Germany – two words that just don’t go together. Except, of course, if there is a Pakistani present; in that case, his passion for the game will ensure the seeds of cricket are not left......
LONDON: South African batsmen Ashwell Prince and Alviro Petersen piled on a record 501 runs for the third wicket in Lancashire's county championship match against Glamorgan on Monday.It was the......
Dale Steyn will join a select group of bowlers to claim 400 wickets with the South African paceman requiring four scalps in the two-Test series against Bangladesh to reach the milestone.“To take 400......
LONDON: The Lord's Ashes Test was a nightmare for England but they should resist pressure to make wholesale changes, former batsman Kevin Pietersen said on Monday.England collapsed to 103 all out on......
Ever since it was revealed that Strings will be giving the music for Jami's Moor, fans have been waiting to hear the first strains from the soundtrack. While there are about three weeks to the film's......
REFERENCE Dawn photo report, “CDA chops 300 trees” (July 12).The colour of the dug-up soil is as red as the red-coloured excavator.It seems as if it is the blood of the trees that are slaughtered.......
THIS refers to your editorial ‘Iranian opportunities’ (July16), highlighting the enormous opportunities for Pakistan arising out of the historic nuclear deal between P5+1 nations and Iran.The close......
THIS was the fourth time in weeks that there was a massive outage of power in Karachi, causing untold hardship to the people, especially those who were fasting. It seems suspicious to me that the......
IT is indeed a pity that the Pakistani people can be so shabbily treated by our own leaders. The latest example is Zaid Hamid arrested in Saudi Arabia.It is obvious that Nawaz Sharif has no intention......
THE federal government has informed the Supreme Court that the prime minister has signed an executive order to make it mandatory for the president, prime minister, federal ministers and other......
THIS refers to your editorial ‘Lawyers violent tactics’ (June 21). You have very rightly disapproved the violent conduct quoting examples of lawyers’ violence in Lahore.I may add that those involved......
THE government has levied 0.6pc tax on all banking transactions for bank accounts in the name of non-filers of income tax. This means that husband-wife joint accounts are also taxed at this rate even......
IT was indeed refreshing to see the Sri Lankan security staff ( police force) marching properly in small squads of threes and fours to their stations of duty within the Paley cricket stadium and......
ISLAMABAD: One of the most anticipated summit attempts on K2 came to an end after Mirza Ali announced that his sister Samina Baig would not be able to continue the expedition after she fractured her......
RAWALPINDI: Proving the old adage - there are no permanent friends or foes in politics - major political players from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N), Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and......
RAWALPINDI: Seven people, including two women, were killed and over 450 others injured in separate incidents during the Eid holidays, police said.Three youths drowned in a small dam in the Jatli......
ISLAMABAD: Spillway of Simly Dam was opened on Monday as water not only reached the highest level but also continued to increase.Murree tehsil received between 22mm and 33mm rainfall resulting in......
RAWALPINDI: Though mocked by a Supreme Court judge as a ‘joke’, and a citizen renaming it as ‘No Action Plan’, the officialdom insists that the 20-point National Action Plan (NAP) is being......
Last Tuesday, a number of cases were registered against MQM chief Altaf Hussain at various police stations across the country, following his speech on July 11. Five cases were also registered in......
ISLAMABAD: Three people were murdered in separate incidents in the capital city during the Eid holidays.Police said a woman from Mardan eloped with a man of her native town and came to the house of......
PESHAWAR: The higher education department has decided to declare seven government colleges at divisional level as degree awarding institutions to bring improvement in quality of education, according......
ATHENS: Greek banks reopened on Monday after a three-week shutdown imposed to stop a run on ATMs from crashing the financial system, but citizens woke up to widespread price hikes as part of a......
RIYADH: The debate is on.What is to be the impact of the Iran nuclear deal on crude markets?It will weigh bearish on the markets — for that’s certain. Yet when and to what extent, is still to be......
KARACHI: The Sindh government’s stamp duty collection from Karachi surged by Rs1 billion to Rs6.3bn during 2014-15 as compared to Rs5.3bn in the preceding year .The Sindh Board of Revenue (BoR) has......
LONDON: Gold slumped on Monday to the lowest point in nearly five and a half years, weighed down by the strong dollar and reports of massive selling in China, dealers said.The precious metal tumbled......
KARACHI: Activity in the fast food sector was sluggish in Ramazan, with dine-in sales for restaurants in particular declined sharply.A source at a major fast food franchise said that sales dropped in......
TOKYO: Toshiba’s top executives were involved in “systematically” inflating profits by $1.2 billion over several years, an independent panel said on Monday, in a stinging indictment of one of......
A FEW things that many of us took for granted, and that some of us believed in, ended in a single weekend. By forcing Alexis Tsipras into a humiliating defeat, Greece’s creditors have done a lot more......
THE Federal Reserve is on course to raise US interest rates this year in a decision that would signal the extent of the country’s recovery from the ‘trauma’ of the financial crisis, Janet Yellen told......
THE west’s nuclear deal with Iran is set to intensify a battle for customers between the big oil producers, with Saudi Arabia raising output to record levels ahead of the full return to the market of......
THE government’s policy of ‘taxing’ the organised export-oriented industry through various surcharges and fees on their energy supplies, as well as through the implementation of numerous levies, has......
PAKISTAN’S contingent liabilities have been on a steady decline since the PML-N government came to power in May 2013, dropping from 0.6pc of GDP a year to a negligible 0.2pc.This is significant when......
THE last minute dash by frantic shoppers boosted retail Eid sales to an all-time high, as market watchers projected a minimum 10pc expansion, with business estimated to have reached a staggering......
INVESTMENTS of all scheduled banks stood at Rs5,985.955bn in the week ending July 3, according to central bank data released recently.This shows an improvement of 37.72pc year-over-year, as the......
THE rupee dropped against the dollar in both the interbank and open markets last week, while some hectic trading was witnessed as demand for the reserve currency picked up ahead of the long Eid......
LAST week, Silk Bank Ltd presented a ‘tentative’ timeline about its much-awaited rights share issue in a notice sent to the stock exchange. The bank hopes to wrap up the entire process by September......
THE federal government has decided to reduce the withholding tax rate on bank transactions exceeding Rs50,000 a day for non-filers from 0.6pc to 0.3pc for three months following countrywide protests......
Despite significant advances in communications, agriculture and bio-technology over the past 15 years, the overwhelming majority of the world population continues to live in economic privation,......
THE third Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund project is designed to empower the poor with increased incomes and sustainable livelihoods.Under a World Bank assistance of $250m, micro-financing has......
WITH Rs560m in assets and a market capitalisation of Rs827m, Crescent Star Insurance Company Ltd has long been dismissed by investors as a mid-tier entity.But it has managed to forge its way into the......
PAKISTAN’S exports have been falling for three years, having stagnated at around $25bn. While policymakers and some analysts have attributed this to a slack in international demand and the persisting......
WHILE the taxation effort in Punjab has been meaningless, except for the rising revenues from the general sales tax, the ratio of direct taxes in tax revenue has been on a consistent decline.A paltry......
INLAND fisheries continue to suffer from multiple problems and there is no big initiative in sight to restore its previous galore.Production of inland fish has been on the decline chiefly because of......
The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan is worried over the future of the country’s rice exports after having lost some major markets to its competitors and having missed annual export targets for......
THE growers of kharif crops — cotton, rice and sugarcane — appear to be in great trouble. Though the rise in the cost of production and the fall in prices of output have persisted for the last four......
THE sharp slowdown of the Chinese economy is also having its impact on India. The synthetic yarn sector, for instance, has seen a sharp decline in supplies to China.The Indian synthetic yarn business......
AFGHANISTAN is rich in resources such as coal, chromite and marble. In 2010, the US discovered untapped mineral deposits that included huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial......
KARACHI: President Mohammad Ayub Khan, Shahinshah of Iran and President Cemal Gursel of Turkey have commended the success of the Regional Co-operation for Development among their three countries......
PESHAWAR: People, mostly youths and children, thronged public parks and recreation places in Peshawar during Eid days.Most of them, both locals and residents of villages on the outskirts of the......
SWABI: The local chapter of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf here on Monday threatened to stage a sit-in against Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) for observing massive power loadshedding.Addressing a......
KHAR: Five tourists died in separate traffic accidents in Bajaur Agency during Eid days.The local administration said reckless driving was to blame for the accidents, which took place in hilly......
MINGORA/MANSEHRA: Tourists flocked to hill stations of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Swat and Mansehra, during Eid days from across the country to enjoy cool weather and see scenic beauty.However,......
Khan Said, a regular visitor to the Peshawar High Court pursuing the case of his ‘missing’ son, is now running short of excuses while pacifying his seven-year-old grandson often posing questions......
SWABI: Police have expanded the sphere of investigation to trace the attackers, who shot dead Superintendent of Police Khairul Haseeb in his native Saleem Khan village on the day of Eidul......
PESHAWAR: Despite availability of building, qualified human resource and dire need for education in Parachinar area of Kurram Agency, the prestigious Islamia College has yet to open campus in tribal......
TIMERGARA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Muzafar Syed has said that Ehtesab Commission is fully independent and it files cases after having solid proofs of corruption and......
PESHAWAR: The politicians and members of civil society organisations visited Army Public School (APS) and laid floral wreaths on the monument there to pay homage to the killed students on the......
PESHAWAR: The identity of the two women, who were found murdered in the limits of Tehkal police station on Friday last, has been established, police say.They said that both the killed women were......
MANSEHRA: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company marred Eid festivity by subjecting the people of Mansehra, Karak and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the excessive loadshedding.All that happened......
ISLAMABAD: Government employees living in official houses in the capital city have made extensions to the buildings and in some cases even raised additional storeys in violation of the by-laws of the......
ISLAMABAD: The management of the Federal Medical and Dental College (FMDC) has finally called 100 students for admissions and decided to start double-shift classes from July 24 to compensate for the......
ISLAMABAD: Pleasant weather and the metro bus service drew hoards of people to the capital during Eid holidays, creating a huge traffic mess in many areas and making life difficult for staff at......
ISLAMABAD: It is indeed a miracle that the country’s ancient wonders are still standing, given the poor care they get.The 3rd century BC Buddhist Stupa (a mound like structure typically containing......
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) will be organising a ‘Virsa Summer Camp for Children in Regional Languages’ at Shakarparian with the aim of celebrating......
ISLAMABAD: A large number of young people spent their Eid holidays performing stunts on their motorcycles and as a result some 200 landed in the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims). Out of......
LAHORE: Local elections in Punjab will now be held on party basis but independent candidates will also contest it.This was allowed by amending the Local Government Act 2013 through an ordinance......
LAHORE: Sufi singer Abida Parveen escaped an accident on motorway from Lahore to Islamabad.Ms Parveen along with University of Health Sciences’ former vice-chancellor Prof Dr Husain Mubashir and PTV......
MUZAFFARGARH: Two trains derailed one after the other within two hours at the same point near Muzaffargarh railway station on Monday.Local railway station officials said an oil train carrying furnace......
LAHORE: Scores of people lodged a strong protest when a youth was electrocuted in Qila Gujjar Singh area on the second day of Eid.Fifteen-year-old Suleman Masih was going on his motorbike when an......
LAHORE: The Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) has got its special audit conducted by a ‘renowned third party professional auditor’ in defiance of instructions of the chief minister and the Chief......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday addressed a meeting at the Civil Secretariat here through video link from London and different divisions.According to a handout, the chief minister......
LAHORE: Over 46,000 acres of land in 10 villages was submerged when the floodwater in river Chenab washed away an embankment near Sirki in Alipur tehsil headquarters four days back.Four minors,......
LAHORE: A young maid allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her employer’s house on Monday, Shadbag police said.According to the initial police inquiries, 18-year-old......
LAHORE: The City District Government of Lahore (CDGL) says it will assess gravity of the situation in the Ravi after floodwater passes through it on Tuesday (today).“We are not worried about the......
LAHORE: The motorway police Central Zone made transport owners pay Rs900,000 to passengers for overcharging them during Eid days.Motorway police DIG Faran Baig issued this direction during his......
LAHORE: The Punjab Bar Council’s decision to hold its general house meeting in Murree instead of traditional place of Lahore has sparked a controversy as a number of its members are going to boycott......
LAHORE: The PIA Airlines Pilots Association (Palpa) has opposed the management’s reported move to hire pilots on a contract.In a letter to its members, the Palpa says there are some worrying rep orts......
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri has threatened to come on roads if the local bodies are not given their powers as enshrined in the Constitution.“The PAT will not hesitate to......
LAYYAH: Medium to high level flood has inundated a number of villages and damaged crops on thousands of acres in nine riverine union councils of Layyah.Around 450,000 cusecs of water is flowing......
BAHAWALPUR: Government employees, under the banner of All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA), held a protest against the Punjab government on the Eid day for not releasing their salaries ahead of the......
MUZAFFARGARH: A criminal involved in dacoities, extortion and kidnap for ransom allegedly succumbed to the bullet injuries he suffered in a “crossfire” with police in Jahanpur Jatoi tehsil, some 125......
SIALKOT: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has sent Rs500,000 for treatment of ailing Muhammad Riaz Butt alias Raju Rocket Pehelwan – an internationally famed wrestler based in Sialkot.Chief Minister’s......
MUZAFFARGARH: The district administration issued a ‘red alert’ warning on Monday as a high flood of 500,000 cusec is reportedly passing through the Taunsa Barrage.Responding to the warning, 200......
FAISALABAD: The district government has sealed four restaurants in different areas on charges of functioning in unhygienic conditions and without having pure food licences.District Coordination......
KARACHI: A central leader of Pasban and his son were taken into custody by the Rangers in a pre-dawn raid in Federal B Area, family and party said on Monday.Pasban-i-Pakistan is a socio-political......
KARACHI: Corps Commander of Karachi Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar has said that all “major characters” of the Safoora Goth bus carnage have been arrested and now it is time to bring all facilitators,......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate handed over Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Qamar Mansoor to the Rangers on transit remand till July 22 and asked the paramilitary force to produce him before the......
KARACHI: The path leading to the Chowkandi graveyard is enough to deter would-be enthusiasts. The beaten down road that runs for miles, riddled with potholes, chock-a-block traffic and just general......
KARACHI: A policeman was arrested for attacking and critically injuring his ex-fiancée with acid in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Eid night, police said on Monday.Constable Zeeshan attacked Raheela inside her......
KARACHI: While the sea becomes rough and the fishing of shrimp and some freshwater species is officially banned in the month of July, many fishermen with no alternative source of earning a livelihood......
KARACHI: There is no immediate threat of high flood at the Guddu barrage where a deluge from Punjab is likely to increase the discharge to 345,000 cusec by Tuesday, Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah......
KARACHI: Two young men were gunned down in separate incidents in the city on Monday.One of the victims was shot dead in Kalakot, police said.They added that the bullet-riddled body of the man in his......
KARACHI: Over 80 picnickers have been released on personal bonds after violating a ban on swimming in the sea imposed by the city administration.The police made arrests during the first and second......
KARACHI: The provincial authorities have expedited their efforts to replicate the Punjab crisis management systems in Karachi following the death of hundreds of people in the recent heatwave, it......
HYDERABAD: Six members of a family were killed when their car was crushed under the wheels of the Green Line train at an unmanned railway crossing, 18 kilometres from Nasarpur town in Matiari......
SUKKUR: Seven villages came under floodwaters when a 150-foot-wide breach occurred in the fish farm situated along the Indus River on Monday at Inayatullah Lolai village near Ghouspur in......
LARKANA: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that Sindh is not under any pressure with regard to extension in Rangers’ stay in the province and the bill in this connection will be tabled and......
THATTA: Two picnickers identified as Suhail and Salman drowned while bathing in Keenjhar Lake here on Monday.The bodies of the youths who were said to be residents of Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Karachi, were......
KHAIRPUR: Rejecting the criticism of Rangers by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) over the ongoing operation in Karachi, Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) chief and spiritual leader of his......
HYDERABAD: Two persons received burns when a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder exploded in a shop in the Pathan Colony area on Monday, officials at the Market police station said.The victims......
ISTANBUL: An explosion rocked the Turkish city of Suruc near the Syrian border on Monday, killing 30 people and wounding nearly 100 others in what Turkish authorities said appeared to be an......
KANO: Six people were killed in a bomb blast as police searched vehicles at a checkpoint outside the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu on Monday, police and a witness said.“Eight people including......
NEW DELHI: Indian police said on Monday they are investigating whether a man arrested for the murder and sexual assault of a six-year-old girl may have been a serial child killer after he confessed......
DAKAR: Chadian dictator Hissene Habre went on trial Monday in Senegal, a quarter of a century after his bloodsoaked reign came to an end, in a prosecution seen as a test case for African justice.Once......
FOLLOWING a government decision made public last week, French policemen are henceforth allowed to grow beards and openly display tattoos on their arms and necks, if so they wish.These are the changes......
RIYADH: Saudi King Salman’s meeting on Friday with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal was part of an effort by Riyadh to shore up Arab unity in the face of a perceived threat from Iran that it believes has......
BUJUMBURA: Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza appears set to win a controversial third consecutive term in elections on Tuesday (today), a hollow victory that will leave him ruling over a......
COLOMBO: To garner support among the majority Sinhalese-Buddhist community for the August 17 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has alleged that there has been a......
MIAMI: The planet just set another monthly climate record with the hottest June in 135 years, US government scientists said on Monday.The first six months of the year also set a record for warmth,......
CHITTAGONG: Emboldened by their first-ever ODI series victory over South Africa, Bangladesh now want to impress in the longer version of cricket when the two-match Test series starts in Chittagong on......
NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket board has brought in former national team captain Saurav Ganguly to help put the Indian Premier League back on track after two of its teams were suspended by a Supreme......
HARARE: Zimbabwe’s cricket board said on Monday it was investigating allegations of racism made by senior player Prosper Utseya against the board’s managing director and former national team captain......
GAP: Britain’s Geraint Thomas survived a terrifying crash on a hair-raising descent as Ruben Plaza won Monday’s 16th stage of the Tour de France.Chris Froome finished in an elite group of favourites......
NEW DELHI: India’s preparations for next year’s Olympic field hockey were thrown into turmoil on Monday after chief coach Paul van Ass said he had been sacked just five months after taking......
ZURICH: Sepp Blatter will stay in control of world football for seven more months after resisting calls to step down immediately ahead of a presidential election, which FIFA decided on Monday will be......
PARIS: Andy Murray set up a potentially epic Davis Cup semi-final against Lleyton Hewitt’s Australia on Sunday when he spearheaded Great Britain’s 3-1 quarter-final win over France.World number three......
ST ANDREWS: Unheralded Australian Marc Leishman took the British Open by the scruff of the neck when he grabbed a one-stroke lead midway through the final round on Monday.The 31-year-old, who is......
HARARE: A measured half century from opener Chamu Chibhabha propelled Zimbabwe to their first ever Twenty20 victory over former world champions India by 10 runs at Harare Sports Club on Sunday.After......
LONDON: The England selectors have much to ponder after the hosts slumped to a crushing 405-run defeat by Australia in the second Test at Lord’s on Sunday with calls for change in the top order......
TORONTO: The heat and the United States charge up the Pan American Games medal table on Sunday, as officials celebrated a victory by surpassing the one million tickets sold mark.The United States,......
EAST RUTHERFORD: Panama and Mexico advanced to the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup after their matches were forced into extra time and ultimately decided from the penalty spot on Sunday.Mexico,......
LONDON: Australia, inspired by hostile pace bowling, dealt England a humiliating 405-run defeat at Lord’s in less than four days on Sunday to level the five-match Ashes series and deliver a wounding......
LAHORE: Fancied bay colt Show Card showed a remarkable improvement in speed while galloping an easy winner in the Eid Cup during the Lahore Summer Meeting at the Racecourse here on Monday.The 30 to......
LONDON: England had their ‘backsides smacked’ in the humbling 405-loss to Australia in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s on Sunday, according to their coach Trevor Bayliss.The hosts crumbled to 103 all......
COLOMBO: Rioting crowds forced cricketers to retreat to their dressing rooms as projectiles reached the outer field of the R. Premadasa Stadium during the third One-day International between Pakistan......
COLOMBO: Sarfraz Ahmed celebrated his promotion with a breezy 77 and leg-spinner Yasir Shah claimed a career-best 4-29 to help a rampant Pakistan side crush Sri Lanka by 135 runs in the......
KARACHI: A 35-year-old man and a teenager were shot dead by robbers when they resisted them in the city’s Korangi area on Monday night, according to police.Shahid Hashmat and Ali Anis, 18, were......
ISLAMABAD: Negotiations between the government and the World Bank for launching an `early recovery package’ for temporary displaced persons (TDPs) of Fata have been concluded.Under the package, a......
ISLAMABAD: With the government busy formulating a policy to monitor activities of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), scrutinise their sources of funding and seek audit reports from them, a......
PESHAWAR: Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif has said that alongside Fata, proactive counter-terrorism operations in urban areas by law-enforcement agencies are producing desired results. He said equal......
QUETTA: Nine suspected militants, two of them leaders of a banned militant organisation, were killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Mashkay tehsil of Awaran district.Home department’s......
GWADAR: A prominent poet of Balochi language, Rehmatullah Shohaz, was shot dead in Buleda area of Kech district on Monday.According to Levies officials, Mr Shohaz was sitting at a shop in the main......
GWADAR: Two brothers and a child died after inhaling poisonous gas in a well in Nalent area of Gwadar district.According to Levies officials, 10-year-old Qadir Bakhsh fell into the well and his......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has started construction work on the 700km pipeline to import Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from China.Talking to Voice of America on Monday, Minister for Petroleum and Natural......
QUETTA: A security guard laid down his life while foiling a suicide attack near Hazara Town on Friday night as the bomber blew himself up.Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif and Balochistan Chief......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has announced that he will go on a hunger strike unto death in London in protest against what he called “injustices to Mohajirs”.The announcement......
GUJRAT: PML-Q leader and former prime minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has called upon Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain to disown what he termed the ‘militant wing and mafia of his......
KARACHI: A high-level delegation of Balochistan government ministers and notables, which met the Khan of Kalat, Mir Ahmed Suleman Daud Khan, in London has failed to persuade him to end his......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has termed his recent meeting with Khan of Kalat Mir Ahmed Suleman Daud Khan along with a delegation of tribal leaders in London ‘positive and......
IT isn’t abuzz with the whir of coffee grinders, the clink of cutlery, or the hum of discordant music and voices; neither do varied aromas launch an assault on the senses. Set deep in the lush......
CHITRAL: As flash floods triggered by torrential rain inundated large swathes in the country — particularly in Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where roads, bridges and water schemes were......
ISLAMABAD: Fear of arrest has restricted the movement of at least five MNAs of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement to Karachi. These lawmakers will not be able to attend the coming session of the......
ISLAMABAD: United Nations military observers visited on Monday villages near the Working Boundary that had been hit by Indian shelling last week.“A team of United Nations Military Observers Group in......
ISLAMABAD: The lawyer of former president retired General Pervez Musharraf thinks the general is inching closer to his acquittal in the Benazir Bhutto murder case as the prosecution is struggling to......
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Monday that endorsed the historic deal on Iran’s nuclear programme.All 15 members of the council voted for the resolution......
OUR external account is our Achilles’ heel. Its importance cannot be overemphasised because of the need to finance our imports and service our debt-related obligations. A sustainable improvement in......
A COUNTRY that was shouting ‘death to America’ in its daily prayers for decades is shaking hands with its former foes. A hemisphere removed from Iran, the tiny Cuban state, which suffered untold......
NEWS of Iran reaching a landmark agreement with the big powers has once again invigorated talk of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline. The adviser to the prime minister on foreign affairs, Sartaj Aziz,......
AFGHAN President Ashraf Ghani’s efforts to woo the Taliban to the negotiating table have received a fresh lease of life — courtesy Pakistan. Prior to the much-publicised Murree meeting between......
The most striking revelation emerging from Nepra’s investigation into the affairs of K-Electric is that the transmission and distribution system of the utility is not capable of handling much more......
Cuba's blue, red and white-starred flag was hoisted Monday at the country's embassy in Washington, signaling the start of a new post-Cold War era in U.S.-Cuba relations.In sweltering heat and......
