MIAMI: Astronomers hunting for another Earth have found the closest match yet, a potentially rocky planet circling its star at the same distance as the Earth orbits the Sun, NASA said Thursday.Named......
ISLAMABAD: At least nine people have been killed during five days of torrential rain and landslides in Azad Kashmir, emergency officials said on Thursday.The deaths came as water channels swelled and......
QUETTA: The Balochistan government has declared four districts of the province as highly vulnerable to flash floods.The districts declared as vulnerable include Naseerabad, Jaffarabad, Jhal Magsi and......
ANKARA: A Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded in clashes with the self-styled Islamic State (IS) across the Syrian border on Thursday, a senior Turkish official said, days after a suicide......
CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh posted their highest total against South Africa in the first Test on Thursday, after Litton Das scored a maiden half-century and put on 82 with Shakib Al Hasan for the sixth......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in his address on Thursday evening, took the nation into confidence over the recently published report by the judicial commission saying it has been proved......
LONDON: England's away series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates has been finalised.The England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed Thursday that the series will include three Tests, four......
KARACHI: Former captain Javed Miandad Thursday urged Pakistan to focus on consistency after their one-day series win away to Sri Lanka.Pakistan thumped the hosts by seven wickets in the fourth......
ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission constituted to probe the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) allegations of rigging in the 2013 general election has concluded in its report that polls were in large......
The day the trailer for Bin Roye was released, the nation was convinced that the movie was going to be a box office success. However, Pakistani cinema's revival is still ongoing so we also knew the......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in a visit to flood-hit Dera Ghazi Khan on Thursday directed authorities to step up rescue and relief efforts in affected areas, Radio Pakistan......
Between the late 1940s and late 1970s, some powerful ideologies that merged Marxism and Socialism with some innovative Islamic scholarship emerged in the Muslim world, prompted from the minds and......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan accepted the findings of the judicial commission report but expressed reservations over not being given a copy.Read: JC finds 2013 elections......
PESHAWAR: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Nasir Khan Durrani on Thursday announced compulsory swimming lessons for the provincial police force in order to prepare them for duty......
“Mujhe aap ki bahut parvah hai.”That phrase from iconic 80s TV drama Dhoop Kinarey had three generations of women swooning with the younger lot making mental notes on romance. Year's later, Dhoop......
Who would have thought that our charming Fawad Khan was now in a position to drop Bollywood movies because of date issues? But it turns out that he is! It appears that earlier speculations about him......
NEW DELHI: India's selectors took a cue from Pakistan on Thursday when they recalled leg-spinner Amit Mishra after four years for next month's three-Test series in Sri Lanka.Mishra, 32, who has taken......
ISLAMABAD: US Senator Dianne Feinstein has stressed the need for continued cooperation between Pakistan and the US to deal with the emerging threat of Daesh or the self-styled Islamic State (IS)......
Armeena Rana Khan is set to be Pakistani cinema's newest darling.A newcomer even in the TV industry, she has a fan following that tells us that she's clicked with the crowd. It helps that she has the......
CHITTAGONG: South Africa wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock has been fined 75 per cent of his match fee for nudging Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal during their opening Test at Chittagong, the......
Veteran singer Alamgir has successfully undergone kidney removal surgery yesterday, said his wife in a Facebook post from his account:The singer, who has been suffering from polycystic kidneys for......
CAPE TOWN: A new “Beast” could be in the making on a scruffy field in an impoverished South African township, where black children dream of sidestepping the race barrier into the Springbok rugby......
LOS ANGELES: Special Olympics competitors arriving in Southern California were greeted by a logistics mess that forced many to sleep on a gymnasium floor before they were finally shuttled to their......
MELBOURNE: Real Madrid manager Rafael Benitez on Thursday hailed his superstar striker Cristiano Ronaldo as the best in the world as he played down reports of tension between the pair.Real Madrid......
KARACHI: Hours after directing the closure of all party offices, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain withdrew his decision early Thursday morning, television reports said.On Wednesday......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday took pride in establishing a free ehtesab commission in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and said there was no political interference in the......
GHALANAI: Two girls drowned in a pond outside their house, while another was rescued in the Mohmand tribal region on Wednesday.Local people told Dawn that three daughters of Abubakar were playing......
NOWSHERA: The residents of Kheshgi and adjoining localities on Wednesday blocked the busy Nowshera-Mardan road to protest unannounced and excessive power outages.The protesters raised slogans against......
LANDI KOTAL: Local transporters blocked the Peshawar-Torkham highway here on Wednesday to protest against the alleged extortion by the khasadar personnel at various checkposts on the road.The......
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that the infrastructure devastated by recent flash floods in Chitral would be restored temporarily within one month while permanent rehabilitation......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Wednesday stopped the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission from acting against provincial mines and mineral development secretary Mian Waheeduddin for the......
PESHAWAR: The dead body of seven-year-old boy, who was kidnapped for ransom, was recovered from a house here on Tuesday night, police said.They said that the owner of the house identified as Haseeb......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will amend Medical Teaching Institution Reforms Act, 2015 to allow pensions and other benefits to civil servants of the four teaching hospitals and win......
KHAR: The local leaders of Jamaat-i-Islami have said that misuse of Frontier Crimes Regulation by officials has made life of tribal people miserable.Addressing an Eid Milan party here on Wednesday,......
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party MNA Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour on Wednesday criticised Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan for ‘supporting controversial Kalabagh dam’ and said talking about......
KARAK: The internally displace persons of Razmak, North Waziristan, living in Karak district have demanded ration and Rs12,000 monthly financial help, saying that they are unable even to pay the rent......
SWABI: Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC) has introduced a modern way of curing Virginia tobacco on an experimental basis in three districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.PTC officials on condition of anonymity......
PESHAWAR: Dissident PTI MNA and former senior member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Revenue Gulzar Khan on Wednesday denied involvement in the leasing out of 6,000 kanals of state land in Dera Ismail......
LAKKI MARWAT: Several doctors and paramedics were found absent from duty when deputy commissioner Ihsanullah Khan paid surprise inspection visits to different health facilities here on Wednesday.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed federal and provincial governments to furnish complete details about sources of funding for nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), mechanisms for......
ISLAMABAD: Once a model both in name and in reputation, the government-run schools of the federal capital are now known more as being worse-managed.Perhaps, the fall in grace is because some schools......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Wednesday carried out operation against illegal slums besides removing encroachments in different areas of the city.According to a spokesman for......
ISLAMABAD: Biological drugs are considered to be the future of medicine but Pakistan lags behind in this form of treatment with the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) failing to register......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab police have been directed to deploy two well-trained commandoes at rooftop and entry gate of police stations across the province to not only check escapes but keep an eye on......
TAXILA: Sweet homes will be established in Bhakkar, Shangla and Khyber Agency this fiscal year at an estimated cost of Rs10 million.This was said by Zamurd Khan, patron-in-chief of Sweet Homes and......
ISLAMABAD: Eleven school computer labs may not be functional after the summer break as employees, awaiting their salaries for the last seven months, have threatened to quit their jobs.A computer......
ISLAMABAD: To appoint vice chancellor of The University of Poonch, Rawalakot, a search committee conducted interviews of short-listed candidates at the Higher Education Commission (HEC) on......
ISLAMABAD: Burglars and thieves struck at three places and made off with cash and valuables, police said here on Wednesday.In the first incident, burglars broke into the house of Mohammad Zahid......
ISLAMABAD: The second World Brain Day was observed in Pakistan on the recommendation of World Federation of Neurology (WFN) on Wednesday but went largely unnoticed in the federal capital.World Brain......
Natasha Jozi is a Pakistani born artist, who works with video and performance art. She has performed at numerous galleries including Panoply Performance Laboratory in New York, Delaware Centre for......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan has urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to decide whether the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC)......
ISLAMABAD: Though the supermodel Ayyan Ali was released from Adiala jail last week, she cannot travel abroad.On July 14, the Lahore High Court (LHC) granted bail to Ayyan exactly four months after......
ISLAMABAD: The Karakorams remained in focus over the last week as one climber was killed, others injured and some managing to make history.“The 8,035 metres high Gasherbrum II was summated last week.......
RAWALPINDI: Unidentified persons threw a firecracker in the Jinnah Park located in the high security zone of the garrison at 10:45pm on Wednesday night. The sound was heard for miles and sparked......
ISLAMABAD: Real estate tycoon Malik Riaz Hussain lodged a complaint with police on Wednesday against two retired army officers and a developer, accusing them of blackmailing Bahria Town.Mr Hussain,......
RAWALPINDI: The Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) has built roads spread over 500 kilometres to link the Gwadar port with other parts of the country, according to a press release issued on......
TAXILA: The three day religious congregation of the Hindu and Sikh devotees concluded here at Gurdwara Punja Sahib Hassanabdal on Wednesday.A large number of Hindu devotees from interior Sindh and......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has issued high alert in the wake of expected widespread heavy rain and flood, particularly in Sindh and Balochistan, over the next five......
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq has called upon the government to immediately grant voting right to over two million Pakistanis working in Saudi Arabia.Talking to the media at the Lahore......
LAHORE: The Bahrain authorities have asked the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to pay its outstanding amount worth 71,000 riyals within 30 days otherwise they may not allow its overflying......
LAHORE: Dismissing a review petition regarding withdrawal of state land allotted to citizens in Sahiwal, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday warned the Punjab government of......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has extended for another year the powers of acting against smugglers to paramilitary forces given to them in 2010 and extended each year.The powers expired on......
WASHINGTON: A White House meeting between senior US and Pakistani officials also focused on the Afghan reconciliation process, particularly Pakistan’s role in bringing the Taliban to the table.During......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been invited by US President Barack Obama for a visit to the United States, a senior Pakistani diplomat said on Wednesday.The dates for the visit are still......
ISLAMABAD: Taking notice of putting names of two children on the Exit Control List and the resultant offloading of four members of the family of prominent lawyer Ahmad Raza Kasuri from a plane,......
THIS is apropos Pervez Hoodbhoy’s article ‘Math in our madressahs?’ (July 18). There is no doubt the subjects mentioned by the writer should be included in madressah curriculums. However, the......
APROPOS the feature ‘A pir’s curse’ (July 5). In Pakistan, marriages within close family circles are fairly common with devastating results for children born out of cousins’ marriages.They experience......
CHILDREN have dreams and parents have dreams. However, government schools did not help them realise their dreams.Initially, private schools played a marvellous role in educating children. But now......
THIS scheme started with the distribution of laptops among class VIII and then class X students. After the end of this phase, a line was posted by the HEC on its website saying: “Due to shortage of......
DURING Eid holidays local visitors, as well as those from other parts of Sindh, rushed in large numbers to the Gorakh Hills, situated in Dadu district.Despite huge funds at the disposal of the Gorakh......
AFTER crippling sanctions for a long time and intense negotiations of 13 years, Iran has finally been able to reach an agreement with its tormentors on the nuclear question.Sanctions have almost......
SHAHBAZ Sharif has grilled the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for including his name and his elder brother’s in the list of 150 politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen being investigated for......
BOTH Sherry Rehman and Qamar Zaman Kaira cut a sorry figure while trying to convince journalists that Asif Ali Zardari in his address of June 16 had referred to e generals and dictators of the past......
THIS refers to the great irritant on PTV Sports. While telecasting Wimbledon, the channel would break into an awful clip of various tennis players executing bits of their shots, and a piece of......
LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) retired Capt Muhammad Amin Wains has said police will have to treat people with respect if they want themselves to be respected and behave politely with......
LAHORE: Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman’s political adviser Abdul Aleem Khan have lambasted the PML-N government for its inability to......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Punjab Organiser Chaudhry Sarwar has said the flood of corruption, injustices and load-shedding has also become a serious threat to the country, while the rulers......
KASUR: The District Disaster Management Authority says it is ready to cope with flood as the river Sutlej is swelling gradually.A village is already inundated and many others are facing threat of......
LAHORE: A minor boy who had been missing since Monday was found dead in Shahdara Town on Wednesday.Police said five-year-old Afnan, son of Tahir of Gujranwala, went missing from Jahangir’s Tomb.......
FAISALABAD: Both the district bar and the Federal Board of Revenue local office employees have constituted separate committees to identify their rivals involved in a clash at the Regional Tax Office......
GUJRANWALA: A man was killed and 20 others fainted after an ammonia gas cylinder exploded in an ice factory here on Wednesday in Shehzada Shaheed Colony on Ferozewala Road.Reports said an ice factory......
MULTAN: A court on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to the Federal Investigation Agency deputy director for not initiating a probe into matter pertaining to the necklace of Turkish First Lady,......
LAYYAH: Flood inundated 382 villages and standing crops over an area of 29,551 acres in Layyah.As much as 490,000 cusecs of floodwater flowed through the river Indus across Layyah on Wednesday.......
SAHIWAL: A five-member Punjabi folk singers’ troupe of Chichawatni’s ‘Toti Sabri Group’ has left for Indian Punjab via Wagah Border.The delegation will perform along with Indian folk singers in......
GUJRAT: The provincial government has been asked to allocate funds for the reconstruction of 27 buildings of schools declared dangerous across the district.An official of the district government said......
GUJRAT: A three-day training of returning and assistant returning officers, including district coordination officers (DCOs) and other key administrative officers of six districts of Gujranwala......
BAHAWALPUR: The chief minister has taken notice of the death of 12 newborns during the past five days in the paediatric ward no1 of the Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH) and sought a report from the......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has cut short his London visit for personally monitoring relief activities in flood-hit south Punjab districts.Mr Sharif is in London for his medical......
LAHORE: As low-level flood spreads across river beds, especially the Indus, pulses production this year may take a hit – earlier and pre-mature estimates put the figure at two to four per cent,......
LAHORE: Expressing dismay over failure of the Lahore police to arrest those who raped a minor girl of Mughalpura two years ago, the Supreme Court on Wednesday suggested the police officials to......
LAHORE: In the “first administrative order”, newly-appointed chief executive of Punjab Institute of Cardiology Prof Dr Nadeem Hayat Malick has appointed a junior doctor as head of the cardiology......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Three people were killed and as many sustained injuries in an accident on Toba-Gojra Road near Chak 323-JB in Trandi on Wednesday.Police said a bus heading towards Faisalabad from......
LAHORE: The Punjab Muttahida Mahaz Asatiza has demanded that stern action should be taken against the elements responsible for ‘deliberate’ mistakes in geography book of class VIII.The demand was......
SHEIKHUPURA: A man allegedly slew his two sons over ‘loose morals’ at Ladheyke Gharbi in Narang police precincts on Wednesday.Reports said farmer Naseer Ahmed had time and again admonished his sons......
KARACHI: Two suspected house robbers were shot dead and a policeman was wounded in an encounter in Ferozabad on Wednesday, police said.They added that three suspects were busy looting a bungalow in......
KARACHI: A young man was shot dead in Shah Latif Town on Wednesday evening, police said.They added that Essa Rahim was gunned down allegedly by Ali Hasan and Altaf Hussain in Abdullah Goth off the......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Sindh chapter chief organiser and Member National Assembly Dr Arif Alvi has claimed that after getting upset from increasing popularity of the PTI, the Pakistan......
KARACHI: The provincial government has flashed a rain alert across Sindh putting the relief commissioner, all the deputy commissioners and health-related facilities and agencies on alert to meet......
HYDERABAD: Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party (STP) chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has warned that the Rangers-led operation in Karachi against terrorists and criminals is falling prey to political......
SUKKUR: The Sukkur antiterrorism court has issued a death warrant for the execution of murder convict Rustam Shaikh on July 30.The accused was awarded capital punishment and sent to the Sukkur......
SUKKUR: There is no threat of high flood in the Indus at Guddu or Sukkur barrages until July 26 as the discharge at both the installations will not exceed their respective projected capacities.This......
SUKKUR: A raid commissioner conducted raid on the Ghouspur police station on Wednesday and got a man freed from illegal confinement.The district and sessions court of Kashmore-Kandhkot appointed......
HYDERABAD: Sindh Minister for Revenue Makhdoom Jamiluzzaman has said that he has cancelled leaves of his staff and asked them to remain alert for any emergency likely to be caused by impending flood......
MIRPURKHAS: The Mirpurkhas district treasury office suspended the accounts of over 100 employees of the various departments following detection of serious irregularities, including undue or over......
KARACHI: Two leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement — a former Sindh home minister and a former federal minister — were granted protective bail by the Sindh High Court in cases registered against......
KARACHI: Rangers informed an antiterrorism court on Wednesday about the 90-day preventive detention of Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Qamar Mansoor for questioning.On July 17, the paramilitary force......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court remanded on Wednesday a constable in police custody in an acid attack case.Constable Zeeshan has been booked for allegedly attacking and injuring his ex-fiancée......
KARACHI: Two young men were killed in a road accident in a Gulbahar locality on Wednesday, police said.They added that a route 2-D bus knocked down the men riding a motorcycle in Golimar-1. The men......
KARACHI: Wires broke, feeders tripped and pole-mounted transformers blew up. As soon as the first welcome drops of rain fell in the hot and dry city, power became an issue almost everywhere.While in......
KARACHI: Few among the thousands of unidentified victims of the recent heatwave were able to be identified and given gravestones in place of identity codes, according to volunteers at the Edhi......
KARACHI: At least four residential plots along Stadium Road have been converted into commercial ones by then administrator of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Syed Hashim Raza Zaidi, making......
KARACHI: Though Sindh is in danger of being inundated due to heavy monsoon rains and flooding, the provincial government, despite a warning by the Met Office 15 days ago, appears unconcerned as no......
ADEN: Yemeni pro-government forces recaptured the presidential palace in Aden on Wednesday and a Saudi military plane landed in the war-scarred southern city following recent territorial losses by......
BENGHAZI: At least 40 people have been killed in a week of ethnic clashes in southern Libya between rival gunmen from the Toubou and Tuareg minorities, a local official said.The latest fighting......
COLOMBO: The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a Marxist party, appears to be emerging as the third force in Sri Lankan politics, vehemently opposing both former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and Prime......
PARIS: An eye drop tested on dogs suggests that cataracts, the most common cause of blindness in humans, could one day be cured without surgery, a study said on Wednesday.A naturally-occurring......
MOGADISHU: Somali government troops backed by African Union forces on Wednesday captured the Shebab stronghold of Bardhere, one of the last key bases of the Al Qaeda-affiliated Islamists, officials......
TUNIS: Tunisian MPs on Wednesday began a three-day debate on a new anti-terrorism bill aimed at beefing up powers to confront a jihadist threat following a spate of deadly attacks.President Beji Caid......
LONDON: Tony Blair rarely gets involved with Britain’s Labour these days but the risk his party could pick an old-fashioned left-winger as leader prompted him to do so on Wednesday, as his legacy......
ATHENS: The jury is still out on whether Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is the man who capitulated to “blackmail” from Greece’s international creditors, or pulled his country back from the abyss.The......
NEW DELHI: Sitting on a cold concrete slab, Sunita Devi reapplies her red lipstick as she prepares for customers at a dingy brothel along the Indian capital’s infamous GB road.“We don’t go to men,......
SYDNEY: French actress Brigitte Bardot has condemned an Australian plan to cull two million feral cats, blamed for wreaking havoc on native animals, to stop them further harming vanishing......
LONDON: A British university disclosed on Wednesday that scientific tests prove a manuscript of the holy Quran in its collection is one of the oldest known and may have been written close to the time......
NABLUS: Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian near the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank on Wednesday in clashes following an arrest raid, medical and security sources said.The shooting came......
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s leaders sought assurances on Wednesday that the United States stands firmly against Iranian “interference” in the Middle East, during a visit by Defence Secretary Ashton......
DHAKA: Myanmar sent 155 migrants back to Bangladesh on Wednesday, more than a month after rescuing them from a boat stranded at sea.Bangladesh said it had agreed to take back the 155 — all judged to......
DENPASAR: Ash spewing from a volcano closed the airport on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Wednesday for the third time this month, forcing the cancellation of flights and stranding tourists......
LONDON: A British bravery medal awarded to a female spy who parachuted into France during World War II and was executed by the Nazis was sold with her other awards on Wednesday for 260,000 pound......
LONDON: Ludogorets Razgrad’s Champions League dreams came to an early end on Tuesday as they bounced out of the competition in the second qualifying round, one year after they put a scare into......
GENEVA: UN chief Ban Ki-moon’s sports adviser said on Wednesday he felt the person charged with chairing the reform of FIFA should come from outside Europe, while it would be “fantastic” if the......
BERN: Jamaican sprint star Asafa Powell ran 9.87sec in his last 100m outing before the Beijing world championships at a meet in the Swiss town of Bellinzona on Tuesday.Former world record holder......
ASUNCION: Argentinian giants River Plate came back from a goal down to draw 1-1 with Guarani on Tuesday and secure a 3-1 aggregate win that takes them into their first Copa Libertadores final since......
SINGAPORE: The absence of a handful of the world’s best swimmers, including Michael Phelps, has added an air of uncertainty to the 16th world aquatic championships, starting in Russia on......
COLOMBO: Ahmed Shehzad smashed 95 off 90 balls as Pakistan thrashed below-par Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the fourth One-day International in Colombo on Wednesday to clinch the five-match......
LAHORE: In a highly surprising and unjustifiable move, the national selectors recalled out of form middle-order batsman Umar Akmal to the 15-member T20 squad while retaining all-rounders Sohail......
ISLAMABAD: The second meeting of the probe committee constituted by the prime minister to explore the reasons behind national team’s pathetic show at the recently held Hockey World League (HWL)......
CHITTAGONG: Tamim Iqbal and Mohammad Mahmudullah scored half-centuries to give Bangladesh hope of taking a first-innings lead over South Africa on the second day of their first Test at Chittagong on......
BIRMINGHAM: Geoffrey Boycott believes it could be the end of senior batsman Ian Bell’s career if the right-hander does not deliver in the third Ashes Test.The 112-Test Bell has had a tough time off......
NEW YORK: Goals from Luis Suarez and Sergi Roberto lifted Barcelona to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Tuesday and Manchester United got another win in the International Champions......
LONDON: Jonny Bairstow believes he is in the best form of his career after being handed an England recall ahead of the third Test against Australia at Edgbaston on July 29.Bairstow has been picked in......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan contingent on Wednesday reached Los Angles to participate in the Special Olympics World Games to be staged there from July 25 to Aug 2.A strong Pakistan contingent comprising......
LAHORE: The Lahore Region Cricket Association (LRCA) has issued the list of probables who will appear in trials for the selection of regional U-19 team, which will participate in the national......
KARACHI: Ping pong activities will resume in the city after a layoff when the second Young Stars ranking table tennis tournament spring into action at the Sindh Sports Board Sports Complex from July......
LAHORE: Tariq Sohail and Khalid Mehmood were elected president and secretary respectively of the Multan Regional Cricket Association, according to a press release issued by the Pakistan Cricket Board......
PRA LOUP: Chris Froome emerged unscathed from a treacherous 17th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday, retaining his lead while Alberto Contador lost a lot of ground and Tejay van Garderen......
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan has waived the financial guarantee of 110 per cent customs duty and $100 per 25 tonnes charges on Pakistani goods transiting through the country to Central Asian States.In a......
HAMBURG: Iran has imposed import duties on wheat and barley, an Iranian government regulation document seen by Reuters on Wednesday showed, hurting hope for more trade after the country’s nuclear......
LAHORE: The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association of Pakistan (LPGAP) on Wednesday urged the government to bring down producer’s price through a policy framework in line with the LPG policy.It also......
LONDON: Investors seeking alternative assets are moving on from gold, whose failure to perform when its price was expected to rise and recent volatility as demonstrated by Monday’s price plunge are......
KARACHI: Stocks resumed the rally on the first trading session after the Eid holidays with the KSE-100 index adding 169.02 points (0.47 per cent) on Wednesday to close at 36,056.68.Traded volume......
ATHENS: Greece’s liquidity-starved banks got a new cash injection from the European Central Bank on Wednesday, hours before a key vote in parliament on further economic reforms demanded by......
BPPL approves mergerKARACHI: Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited (BPPL) approved in principle the potential merger of the company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Byco Terminals Pakistan Limited, with......
BEIJING: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told China about its concern over investors’ ability to enter or leave Chinese financial markets as they wish, said sources with direct knowledge of......
SINGAPORE: Oil prices resumed their decline in Asia on Wednesday following a US report showing that stockpiles surged last week, with analysts warning of further weakness ahead.Ahead of an official......
DUBAI: Leading oil producer the United Arab Emirates will scrap subsidies on petrol and diesel from August to cut spending as low crude prices hit revenues, the energy ministry said on Wednesday.Pump......
KARACHI: Easy conditions prevailed on the cotton market on Wednesday. However, there was some buying interest at the lower level from some spinners and exporters.Floor brokers said that falling lint......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil pulled back from a one-week high on Wednesday, with traders saying they expected an increase in production in the third quarter that could eliminate any shortage of......
LONDON: Gold fell more than 1 per cent to a five-year low on Wednesday as a bounce in the dollar fuelled downside momentum, with investors continuing to pull away from the metal after its dramatic......
NEW DELHI: India’s top financial official will visit Iran this weekend to discuss how to pay its oil import dues, sources said on Wednesday after the deal Tehran struck with world powers to curb its......
PARIS: The French government on Wednesday unveiled a package worth more than 600 million euros ($655m) for farmers, after days of protests that have blocked cities, roads and tourist sites.Prime......
LONDON: Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed external advisers to launch a fresh investigation into its treatment of small business customers, sources familiar with the matter said.The bank, 78 per......
SYDNEY: Further interest rates cuts remain “on the table”, Australia’s central bank chief said Wednesday, as new official data showed that Australian consumer prices rose 0.7 per cent in the three......
KARACHI: The country’s current account deficit remained $2.2 billion despite higher dollar inflows and low oil prices during 2014-15, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Wednesday.The......
KARACHI: Lifting of economic sanctions on Iran may encourage importers, distributors and marketing companies to buy quality LPG from Iran’s reputed refineries through official banking channels.The......
ISLAMABAD: A National Assembly committee will receive briefing from officials of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday on preparations for local bodies’ polls in Punjab and Sindh,......
QUETTA: At least 14 people, among them 12 pilgrims, were swept away by flash flood that hit Shah Noorani and Sakran areas of Lasbela and Khuzdar districts after heavy rains on Wednesday.The district......
QUETTA: Iranian border authorities handed over bodies of two Pakistani nationals at Taftan border on Wednesday.Official sources identified the two as Subhanallah and Waqar Younis and said they......
ISLAMABAD: British Minister of State for International Development Desmond Swayne has said that Pakistan is on one of the UK’s priorities for development investment.Mr Swayne, who arrived here on......
KHUZDAR: A man and his wife were gunned down in Kohak area of Kalat district on Wednesday.Police said that armed men barged into the house of one Habibullah in Kohak area, 29km off Kalat town, and......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: Two people were killed in Chattar and Mangoli areas of Nasirabad district on Wednesday.Police said unidentified men opened fire on one Abdul Razzak in Chatter area of Nasirabad......
NEW DELHI: Japan is set to take part in joint naval exercises with India and the United States in the Indian Ocean in October, military and diplomatic sources said, a drill that so riled China eight......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has sent a gift of mangoes to Indian leaders for promoting goodwill.The mangoes were sent last week to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Pranab......
DIFFA (Niger): A wave of attacks by Islamist insurgents Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria and the islands of Lake Chad has forced tens of thousands across the border to Niger’s arid southeastern region......
WASHINGTON: A new kind of drug to fight Alzheimer’s has shown promise when given to people in the early stages of the disease, a drug maker said on Wednesday.Known as solanezumab, the drug is a......
LAHORE: A fresh monsoon system will centre over lower Sindh from Thursday and is expected to generate widespread rain with heavy to very heavy falls in lower parts of the province, including Karachi,......
CHITRAL: The havoc wreaked by flash floods in Chitral took another serious turn when the water supply system collapsed on Wednesday.There was no drinking water on the day Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif......
LAHORE: A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court has suspended till further orders the carrying out of death penalty awarded to Aasia Bibi in a blasphemy case that had drawn a lot of criticism at the......
KARACHI: A day after PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari presided over a party meeting in Dubai, the Sindh government reallocated on Wednesday portfolios of five cabinet members and announced a major......
KARACHI: All offices of the MQM, including its Nine Zero headquarters, were shut down on Wednesday night on the directive of the party’s chief, Altaf Hussain.Sources in the MQM said Mr Hussain was......
ISLAMABAD: The inquiry commission constituted to probe the allegations of rigging in the 2013 general elections has submitted its report to the government through the Ministry of Law and Justice,......
WHILE the agreement between P5+1 and Iran over the latter’s nuclear programme has rightly been hailed as the beginning of a new phase in international relations, its implications for Middle Eastern......
HERE we go again. Another monsoon season starts and in its very opening rains, Chitral district is devastated, an embankment near Alipur in southern Punjab is breached and large parts of Layyah are......
RECENTLY, the World Justice Project (WJP) assessed the rule of law in 102 countries. According to its global index, Pakistan ranked 98, India came in at 59, China 71 and Afghanistan 101, while the......
THERE can be no doubt the situation in Balochistan is dire and after decades of ruinous policies by the state, any attempt at conflict resolution needs a fresh approach.That is why the Balochistan......
FOR every political misstep or transgression by the military in Sindh, the PPP led by former president Asif Ali Zardari appears willing and able to outdo its uniformed counterparts.The capital of......
IN a society filled with brutality, not enough is done to shield the younger generation from violence. And one key way in which youngsters are exposed to violence is through the use of toy......
BAGHDAD: A car bomb exploded in a crowded marketplace in a mainly Shiite district of the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people, police and medical sources said.A further 48 people......
JEDDAH: U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said after talks in Saudi Arabia that Iran's “potential for aggression” was a shared concern as he moved to bolster defence ties with Riyadh following a......
