MELBOURNE: Cristiano Ronaldo turned on a show as Real Madrid demolished Manchester City 4-1 before a record crowd in the International Champions Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.World......
CHITTAGONG: Rain washed out the fourth day's play in the first Test between Bangladesh and South Africa on Friday.Match officials at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong called off play at......
VALLAURIS: Preparations are underway for the arrival of the king of Saudi Arabia and an entourage of hundreds at the family's mansion on the French Riviera.Word that King Salman was expected got out......
QUETTA: Former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has termed the judicial commission's report, formed to probe alleged rigging during the 2013 general elections, as an important milestone in......
YAOUNDI: Cameroon has extended a ban on full Islamic veils in parts of the country as it seeks to curb Boko Haram violence after a string of suicide bombings by female attackers.The decision comes......
Pace bowling great and former captain Wasim Akram has slammed the Pakistan team management for its ‘mistreatment’ of fast bowler Junaid Khan, terming the decision of benching the left-armer as......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday issued a show-cause notice to K-Electric (KE), Karachi's chief power distributor, over repeated violations of its......
BEYLERBEYI: Turkish fighter jets early on Friday bombed positions of the self-styled Islamic State (IS) inside Syria for the first time, as police arrested hundreds of suspected extremists after a......
World number one Serena Williams, at age 33 and 10 months, became the oldest woman in the modern era to win a singles’ Grand Slam at this year’s Wimbledon.Roger Federer, also 33, would’ve become the......
MUZAFFARABAD: Hizbul Mujahideen, a local militant group, has disowned a splinter faction suspected of a string of killings in India-held Kashmir, with the rebuke followed swiftly on Friday by a......
MUMBAI: Children struggling under the weight of an oversized schoolbag is a common sight the world over, but now one Indian state has ordered parents to ensure kids lighten their load.The government......
The Judicial Commission (JC) tasked with probing allegations of rigging in the 2013 elections has concluded that the polls in question were indeed “organised and conducted fairly in and accordance......
PESHAWAR: Security forces on Thursday closed the regional office of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) situated in Peshawar's Hayatabad area after intercepting calls between......
AHMEDABAD: An Indian court has denied a 14-year-old girl a late-term abortion after she was allegedly raped by a doctor in the western state of Gujarat, the victim's lawyer said Friday.The Gujarat......
While the sun blazed merrily in Islamabad; I relentlessly combed the streets of Blue Area in search of a pharmacy.Secretions poured from my nose and my eyes itched incessantly. A sore throat also......
Prominent thinker Richard Dawkins stepped into yet another messy debate online when he tweeted "Islam needs a feminist revolution. It will be hard. What can we do to help?"Dawkins has long been......
KABUL: The next round of peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents is scheduled for the end of July, officials said Friday, with the venue for the meeting still......
LONDON: The world's first malaria vaccine got a green light on Friday from European drugs regulators who recommended it as safe and effective to use in babies in Africa at risk of the mosquito-borne......
BAGHDAD: A US air strike in Afghanistan killed a senior Al Qaeda commander in charge of suicide bombing and two other militants, the Pentagon said Friday.The attack, which occurred in Paktika......
Given the dearth of music videos in the industry, the promise of ‘Sajna’ by Uzair Jaswal was welcome news for fans. Groovy and upbeat, 'Sajna' features Bin Roye actress Armeena Khan, Osman Khalid......
Poor governance, incompetence, lack of transparency, distribution and transmission losses (a euphemism for theft), have made powering Pakistan a transMission Impossible.A recently released book by......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday arrived in Rahim Yar Khan to visit the flood-hit areas in the district.While addressing a gathering in Chachran, PM Nawaz expressed satisfaction over......
SEOUL: South Korea's police say they've arrested a 33-year-old jobless man for allegedly making an online threat to kill the US ambassador in Seoul.Police said Friday the man allegedly left a English......
ISTANBUL: Turkey on Friday detained 251 people in coordinated nationwide dawn raids against suspected Islamic State (IS) jihadists and Kurdish militants following a wave of deadly violence in the......
This Eid had us all asking: which movies shall we watch?We were spoiled for choice as two local films, Mahira Khan-Humayun Saeed starrer Bin Roye and Yasir Nawaz’s directorial debut, Wrong Number......
BANGKOK: Thailand on Friday indicted 72 people suspected of involvement in human trafficking, just days before the United States issues its latest assessment of the country's anti-trafficking efforts......
LONDON: Nigeria marked its first year without a single case of polio on Friday, reaching a milestone many experts had thought would elude it as internal conflict hampered the battle against the......
WASHINGTON: A gunman opened fire at a movie theatre in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Thursday evening, killing at least two person and injuring nine others before taking his own life, according to the......
PESHAWAR: One person was killed in rain-related incident in Peshawar as heavy downpour lashed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal areas on Thursday, officials said.The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has put......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company has set up a task force under the supervision of its general manager Niaz Mohammad to expedite restoration of infrastructure damaged by flash floods in......
PESHAWAR: As part of its crackdown on the food outlets selling expired and substandard items the district administration, Peshawar, continued taking action and sealed KFC outlet located on the......
PESHAWAR: A local election tribunal on Thursday disqualified Jamaat-i-Islami MPA Malik Behram Khan over impersonation in his graduation examination and ordered by-elections in his constituency,......
PESHAWAR: As a local ehtesab court on Thursday extended the remand of mines minister Ziaullah Afridi in the custody of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission for 13 days, the suspect once again......
KARAK: The residents of Nashpa block, where oil and gas exploration activities are underway, blocked the road leading to the oilfield on Thursday to protest against delay in construction of link......
KOHAT: Peshawar Electric Supply Company’s board of directors chairman Engr Malik Asad has said that work on the new high transmission line is underway at a cost of Rs42 billion in the province which......
PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has claimed it has filed 371 corruption references with accountability courts in the province, arrested 607 people over corruption......
MINGORA: Every year scores of tourists from different parts of the country throng picturesque Swat valley, especially in summer season, to enjoy its natural beauty and take refuge from scorching......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday ordered transfer and posting of 91 judicial officers, including 18 district and sessions judge, 23 additional district and sessions judges, 16 senior......
MANSEHRA: Federal religious affairs minister Sardar Mohammad Yousaf on Thursday said the federal government was aware of the problems of the people of Mansehra and therefore, the prime minister would......
SWABI: The anti-corruption establishment has arrested two persons for their involvement in false transfer of the ownership of a piece of land.Officials said here on Thursday that naib tehsildar Abdul......
CHARSADDA: The Qaumi Watan Party, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Jamaat-i-Islami on Thursday announced to form the district government in Charsadda and claimed that they had a clear majority in the......
KOHAT: Arms licences in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa issued to the applicants carry glaring factual mistakes which nobody has ever bothered to rectify to make it an authentic document. Besides, no inquiry or......
APROPOS Rafia Zakaria’s article ‘Ramazan of 1947and now”(July 15). The Ramazan of 1947 was also hot and humid. However, in the Ramazan of 2015 more than 1,300 people died because of sizzling......
THIS is apropos the letter ‘Missing FM’ (July 22). The writer is right that with the Nawaz Sharif style of governance, there is no room for a foreign minister. The bigger question is: do we at all......
WE are facing the worst law and order problems in our mega cities, Karachi being the worst. Sometimes we feel that the problems are unmanageable but in most of the cases big problems have simple and......
THE rising level of the Chitral river has eroded access to other parts of the country. Many villages have been badly affected.The government should take steps to facilitate the people’s movement as......
I WANT to draw the attention of the authorities concerned towards the drainage and sanitation system at Lahore College for Women University, particularly at one of its hostels on Jail Road.Every year......
SHAAN Dahar, who worked for a private TV channel, was killed a year back at Badah, Larkana district, after getting threats for reporting social evils in the area.After one year, on the Eid day,......
I COMMEND the authorities concerned on their decision to allow north-bound traffic on Lyari Expressway (south-bound) from 2pm till 8pm during Ramazan.This helped commuters who used to suffer severe......
A CLEAN and green Peshawar drive was launched by the PTI government in its early days. But the conditions at the main bazar speak volumes of the fact that people still live in filth and dirt. The......
IT will almost be a month now since the drains along Shaheed-i-Millat road were cleaned and the rubbish in them placed beside the drains.Any day Karachi is expected to receive the monsoon rain, which......
IN the smaller cities, the infrastructure for building new houses does not exist. Growing congestion in the older parts of such cities has forced people to create residential plots on a self-help......
THE Khyber Paktunkhwa government has planned to promote tourism and hence has started widening roads in Nathiagali. While it is good to have wide roads, this construction is creating problems for......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police have decided to appoint the deputy inspector general of security division as the commanding officer for the security of VVIPs to plug possible loopholes due to more than......
RAWALPINDI: Ten years after the Punjab forest department lodged a complaint against Bahria Town, a case was registered on Thursday on charges of kidnapping, illegal detention and occupation of......
TAXILA: The Khanpur dam authorities on Thursday again opened the reservoir’s spillway to flush out surplus water and create space for fresh inflow as water level reached the dangerous level.It was......
ISLAMABAD: On the second day of the anti-encroachment operation, Capital Development Authority (CDA) razed 250 illegal structures and homes constructed on the green belt between Sector I-10 and......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training will select the secretary Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) on Friday.A search committee, headed by......
ISLAMABAD: Burglars and thieves struck at two places in the city while the police arrested six suspected auto-thieves.In the first incident, burglars broke into the chamber of Advocate Chaudhry......
GUJRAT: The district government has sought the registration of a case against two sub-engineers and three contractors of the buildings department for substandard construction of two school buildings......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday suspended the non-bailable arrest warrant issued against former president retired General Pervez Musharraf, in the murder case of Lal Masjid cleric......
ISLAMABAD: Among the group of slum dwellers, protesting the demolition of their homes outside the National Press Club on Thursday, were a group of children in uniforms who had lost their school......
ISLAMABAD: Is the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), a real estate entity of the army, working without any oversight or is it answerable to the federal government?The Supreme Court (SC) posed this......
RAWALPINDI: A robbery suspect, caught and beaten up by a mob, was allegedly shot dead along with a citizen by one of his accomplices in the Saddar Barooni police area on Thursday.The police said......
ISLAMABAD: With the unveiling of the judicial commission report, on Thursday, one question dominated discussions: how were its findings going to impact Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI)?Now that the......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Thursday appealed to Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to play his role in the shifting of the district courts and district......
RAWALPNDI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) launched an investigation into the Wednesday night cracker attack outside Jinnah Public Park after registering a case under the anti-terrorism and......
RAWALPINDI: The annual budget for the City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) was approved by the District Development Committee (DDC) on Thursday. With local government elections around the......
RAWALPINDI: A prize bond dealer was robbed of bonds valuing Rs2.76 million in a broad daylight on Thursday, police said.The robbery took place near the railway reservation office and close to the......
LAHORE: The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission in its report on planetary health has called for immediate global action to protect the health of human civilisation and the natural systems on......
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday arrested two PIA officials on charges of boarding a passenger on a Toronto flight without a visa.An FIA official told Dawn Asif Arzani and......
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami Emir Senator Sirajul Haq has expressed reservations over Punjab government’s decision of holding the local body polls in phases and has termed it a tactic to achieve the......
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority teams on Thursday sealed famous food outlets and penalised several milkmen/sellers for lack of cleanliness and hygiene.According to officials, a PFA team headed by......
LAHORE: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a decision of the Lahore High Court and directed Hamza Sugar Mills of Rahim Yar Khan to vacate 800 kanal state land encroached upon by the unit for......
LAHORE: Floods have once again underscored the need to build Kalabagh dam, says Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Ijaz A. Mumtaz.In a statement issued here on Thursday, he said as a......
LAHORE: The City District Government of Lahore (CDGL) has evacuated 50 gypsy families from the Ravi riverbed during the last two days to avert any untoward event in case of flood.It has also issued a......
KASUR: A constable was killed while another suffered injuries in firing by a wanted man and his accomplice here on Thursday.A party of Raja Jang police headed by Inspector Qurban Ali raided the......
GUJRAT: The sanitation wing of Gujrat Tehsil Municipal Administration has been equipped with modern machinery and vehicles to lift and dump the solid waste produced by the city as well as Kunjah and......
BAHAWALPUR: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mushtaq Sukhera says the department is considering recruiting officers directly to the post of deputy superintendent of police (DSP) but a final decision......
GUJRANWALA: The process to recruit at least 240 police constables for the protection of Chinese engineers working at the Nandipur power plant will be completed by August.Talking to reporters here on......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Two persons were injured when two groups of cable operators exchanged fire at marketplace here on Thursday.Two groups of cable network had been in litigation over the rights of main......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Farmers whose lands will be acquired for the construction of Lahore-Karachi motorway, will soon be paid compensation under one-window operation.This was stated by National Highway......
LAHORE: With rejection of the rigging allegations by the Judicial Commission, opposition parties which have so far been supporting the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s call for audit of the 2013 general......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif took notice of a breach in a dyke near Jakhar Imam Shah and warned officials of action for dereliction of duty on Thursday.“Those responsible for......
LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party leaders have called PTI chairman Imran Khan politically immature, saying despite the judicial commission’s report the general perception of rigging in 2013 election......
LAHORE: The district and sessions judge on Thursday issued fresh death warrants for a ‘mentally-ill’ condemned prisoner Khizar Hayat for July 28 as temporary moratorium on executions also ended with......
MULTAN: Veteran politician Javed Hashmi has alleged that some generals, including former army chief Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani and Inter Services Intelligence ex-head Gen Shuja Pasha used Pakistan......
KARACHI: Provincial health authorities on Thursday confirmed the 10th death of the current year caused by the lethal Naegleria fowleri, also called ‘brain-eating amoeba’, in the province.The......
KARACHI: At least six persons, including two children, died from electrocution after a rain spell lashed the metropolis on Thursday, disrupting power supply in many localities and damaging civic......
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Thursday administered the oath to another minister, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, at a ceremony held at Governor House.With the induction of Syed Nasir......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed reservations over the appointment of the 40-year-old director general of the Malir Development Authority and deputy commissioner of Malir district,......
KARACHI: Sabeen Mahmud epitomised the creative forces within Karachi, and with her death earlier this year in April, the city found itself in trying times with the fate of its creative forces left......
KARACHI: There is no threat of flood in Sindh at the moment as water discharge at Guddu and Sukkur barrages is only 400,000 cusecs which is likely to rise to 500,000 to 600,000 cusecs in the days to......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers informed an antiterrorism court on Thursday about 90-day preventive detention of a suspect for questioning.Paramilitary soldiers with their legal team produced Dr Gul......
KARACHI: A suspect who was an absconder in several cases was shot dead in an alleged encounter in Korangi on Thursday, policesaid.They added that a police party was busy checking vehicles near the......
KARACHI is a mega city with numerous challenges. As per this writer’s view the transit system should be highest on the authorities’ priority list. One can easily witness epic traffic jams on a daily......
MIRPURKHAS: A man and a woman were killed by lightning as a thunderstorm followed by widespread rains hit several districts and coastal areas of Sindh for the second day on Thursday. The rainfall......
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has urged the federal government to bear 100 per cent cost of Rs3.591 billion schemes for supply of gas to 437 villages falling within five-kilometre radius......
HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC), Hyderabad circuit, comprising Justice Sadiq Hussain Bhatti and Justice Salahuddin Panhwar on Thursday directed the military estate officer......
HYDERABAD: Qaumi Awami Tehrik (QAT) president Ayaz Latif Palijo has threatened to stage sit-ins by his party outside the offices of FIA, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as well as the......
BADIN: Hada Chhar canal developed a 15-foot breach, inundating standing crop of cotton on 65 acres and two villages in Badin on Thursday.The villagers affected by the breach in the canal complained......
THATTA: The only dialysis centre catering to the specialised treatment needs of hundreds of patients coming to the Makli Civil Hospital from Thatta, Sujawal, Badin, Tando Mohammed Khan and some other......
NEW YORK: Senator Lindsay Graham, one of the 16 contenders for the Republican Party’s presidential ticket, has described his rival Donald Trump as a “political car wreck”.In an interview with CNN’s......
PARIS: Roosters crow in order of seniority — the top cock announcing daybreak while juniors patiently wait their turn, said a study on Thursday which revealed a long-guarded secret of chickendom.We......
BAGHDAD: Iraq has for the first time deployed troops trained by the US-led coalition in their campaign to retake the city of Ramadi from militants, sending 3,000 of them in recent days, a Pentagon......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will land in Kenya on Friday with a mission to strengthen US security and economic ties, but his personal connection to his father’s birthplace will dominate a trip......
PARIS: Almost 350 years ago, Dutch inventor and scientist Christiaan Huygens observed that two pendulum clocks hanging from a wall would synchronise their swing over time.What causes the phenomenon......
MIAMI: Astronomers hunting for another Earth have found what may be the closest match yet, a potentially rocky planet circling its star at the same distance as the Earth orbits the Sun, NASA said on......
CAIRO: Egypt’s health ministry said on Thursday that the death toll from a collision of two boats on the Nile the night before has risen to 18, after two more bodies were retrieved from the......
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry told American lawmakers on Thursday that the deal he and other world leaders signed with Iran in Vienna last week, was the “only viable option” to......
NEW DELHI: Former UN climate panel chief Rajendra Pachauri was ousted from his post as head of an Indian think-tank on Thursday after a backlash over his return to work while facing allegations of......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has assured his Afghan counterpart of Washington’s continued support for the Afghan-led peace process.On Wednesday evening, Mr Obama held a video conference with......
MANILA: In a profanity-laced video, Grammy award-winning singer Chris Brown vented his frustration on Thursday at being stuck in the Philippines for a second day after running afoul of a politically......
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bold promise of a squeaky clean government is under threat just over 12 months after his landslide election victory, with a string of scandals......
JOAQUIN Phoenix has grown an unsettlingly prodigious potbelly for his role in Irrational Man, in which Woody Allen revisits the terrain of his 2005 murder mystery Match Point, with more conclusive,......
KARACHI: Three of Pakistan’s top players Younis Khan,Wahab Riaz and Shan Masood are set to play for United Bank Ltd (UBL) in the coming domestic season, it was reliably learnt here on......
ATLANTA: Darren Mattocks and Giles Barnes scored first-half goals to propel Jamaica to an upset 2-1 victory over the United States in the CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finals here on Wednesday.The victory......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Nasir Iqbal and Farhan Zaman departed for Australia on Thursday to represent the country in Victorian Open and Australian Open PSA International events, starting on July 26 and......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Thursday named five uncapped players in their 15-man squad for the two-match Twenty20 International series against Pakistan.Left-arm seamer Binura Fernando, all-rounder Dasun......
CHITTAGONG: South Africa reached 61 without loss on the third day of the first Test after the spirited Bangladesh racked up their highest total against them on Thursday.Bangladesh took a first......
CHITTAGONG: South African wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock has been fined for shoulder barging Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal during the ongoing first Test in Chittagong, the International Cricket......
KARACHI: Former captain Javed Miandad on Thursday urged Pakistan to focus on consistency after their one-day series win away to Sri Lanka.The win boosts Pakistan’s chances of qualifying for the 2017......
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan and Executive Committee chairman Najam Sethi congratulated ODI skipper Azhar Ali, head coach Waqar Younis, manager Naveed Akram Cheema and......
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......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the itinerary of the forthcoming ‘home’ series against England in the United Arab Emirates.The series will comprise three Tests, four One-day......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association (PBSA) announced on Thursday squad for the Jubilee Insurance World 6-Red and Team Snooker Championship, starting here on Aug 6.“Overall, 18......
TORONTO: Canada’s Andre De Grasse and Jamaica’s Sherone Simpson won their respective 100 metres finals at the Pan American Games on Wednesday while St Lucia enjoyed a landmark moment at the......
KARACHI: FIFA has seemingly decided on taking definitive action towards solving Pakistan’s football crisis.The controversy brewing in the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) over the last few months......
ISLAMABAD: Various sports federations have been asked to organise training camps from August 1 ahead of the 12th South Asian Games which are slated to be held in India in January next year, following......
DERBY: Australia, after winning the toss, were 413 for nine against Derbyshire at stumps on the first day of their three-day tour match at Derby on Thursday.Pat Cummins was 21 not out and Fawad Ahmed......
ST PETERSBURG: Russian soccer authorities need to do more to combat racism and have so far failed to fully grasp what it means, a United Nations official said on Thursday.Racism in the 2018 World......
ISLAMABAD: Former captain Ramiz Raja has lauded the performance of Mohammad Hafeez against Sri Lanka, saying that the one-down batsman played like a champion throughout the ongoing ODI series.“Hafeez......
LONDON: Usain Bolt returns to action after a six-week injury-enforced break in the 100 metres on the opening night of the London Diamond League meeting on Friday with question marks hanging over both......
LONDON: Celtic cruised into the third qualifying round of the Champions League but had to come from behind to beat Icelandic part-timers Stjarnan 4-1 on Wednesday.The Hoops travelled to the tiny......
KUALA LUMPUR: Badminton’s governing body announced on Thursday it had suspended the Sri Lankan Badminton Association (SLBA) for not adhering to governance standards and questions over its......
LONDON: Australia remain ‘hopeful’ that opener Chris Rogers will feature in next week’s third Test at Edgbaston despite requiring further specialist treatment after succumbing to a sudden bout of......
SAINT MAURIENNE: Romain Bardet took his first victory at the Tour de France with a solo breakaway on Thursday’s 18th stage from Gap to Saint Jean de Maurienne.It was only the second home victory at......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday declared the elections of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) held in Changla Gali, Abbottabad on June 30 as null and void while also issuing......
KARACHI: Hasnain Cricket Club beat Pak Minority Naraish Suriya CC by 28 runs in the final to win Danish Trophy T20 League here at the KGA Gymkhana recently.Batting first after winning the toss,......
ISLAMABAD: A landmark deal on Iran’s nuclear programme has breathed new life into plans for a gas pipeline through Pakistan — and sparked a geopolitical tussle, with Russia looking to expand its......
ISLAMABAD: Facing legal and regulatory challenges in the petroleum sector, the government on Thursday inducted member finance in the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) to complete its three......
KARACHI: The government borrowed Rs1.4 trillion from scheduled banks in 2014-15, while the private sector credit off-take fell by 44pc over the preceding year, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) data......
ISLAMABAD: Cellular companies were overcharging their subscribers and possibly evading taxes, the Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication observed on......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has called a meeting of businessmen on Monday to review implementation status of the agreement regarding withholding tax on banking transactions.The agreement......
KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at $18.677 billion during the week ending July 17 compared to $18.589bn the previous week, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on......
KARACHI: The stock market snapped a five-day winning streak on Thursday, with the KSE-100 index conceding 121.69 points (0.34 per cent) to close below the 36,000 level at 35,934.99.Several brokers......
KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has expressed its dismay over unexpected low foreign direct investment (FDI) during the previous fiscal year.The 58 per cent......
WASHINGTON: Investors pumped some $32.5 billion into more than 1,800 venture-backed companies around the world in the past quarter, amid feverish interest in tech startups, a survey showed on......
LONDON: British publisher Pearson on Thursday said it had agreed to sell its salmon-pink flagship business newspaper the Financial Times to Japanese digital media group Nikkei.Pearson said it was......
WASHINGTON: The World Bank has nudged up its 2015 forecast for crude oil prices from $53 per barrel in April to $57 after prices rose 17 per cent in the April- June quarter.The bank’s latest......
ABN Amro appoints new CFOHONG KONG: ABN Amro on Thursday announced the appointment of Oliver Kuan as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Greater China and Wholesale Banking Asia business, said......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures declined in quiet trading on Thursday, extending losses into a second session after declines in competing markets, potential Russian limits on the use of the......
TOKYO: Japan must avoid overly relying on a weak yen to reflate the economy by deploying a new round of structural reforms such as steps to boost labour market participation, the International......
LONDON: Gold pared gains on Thursday, slipping back below $1,100 an ounce as a steeper-than-forecast drop in US jobless claims helped the dollar recover from earlier lows, though prices remained......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain reversed on Thursday his decision to disband the party.Late on Wednesday night, an angry Mr Hussain had ordered closure of all MQM offices,......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has directed authorities concerned to take timely measures to cope with possible floods in the province.Presiding over a meeting here on......
QUETTA: Abdul Waheed’s father was unable to breathe and urgently needed oxygen to stay alive. Waheed broke into tears, realising how serious his father’s condition was. The doctor, too, knew the......
KARACHI: Four friends were killed and two others injured critically when a car overturned on Sharea Faisal in the small hours of Thursday, Bahadurabad police said.The car hit a footpath and a tree......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: A man was murdered in a village near Notal area of district Nasirabad on Thursday, police said.Armed men barged into the house of one Rehzan Khan in Goth Mir Muhammad area and......
QUETTA: Two people were injured in a blast at a bus stand in Lehri area here on Thursday.Levies officials said unidentified people planted explosives in a motorcycle and parked it at the bus stand in......
GWADAR: A man was killed in a clash between two groups in Prom area of Panjgur district on Thursday.Abdul Razzak, who belonged to Kech district, received multiple bullet wounds and died on the......
WASHINGTON: A new US survey released on Thursday places Pakistan among five nations where people’s hopes for a better future have improved in the past one year.In 2014, 37 per cent Pakistanis hoped......
ISLAMABAD: Amid renewed efforts to open up security-hit areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal region for petroleum exploration, the ministry of petroleum and natural resources told a parliamentary......
LAHORE: In a bizarre incident reported by police, a man has been taken into custody for planning to target foreign dignitaries visiting a private club along the canal through a tunnel from his......
CHITRAL: After a day of respite, a new spate of flash floods caused by torrential rains struck Chitral on Thursday afternoon, leaving two people dead and washing away more than two dozen homes in......
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers, while pleased with Pakistan’s resolve to combat extremists along the Afghan border, are pressing the country also to crack down on other militant groups.The prime minister’s......
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan accused Pakistani troops on Thursday of shelling Afghan villages on the border, which is said to have killed three people.In Kabul, Pakistan’s Ambassador Abrar Hussain was......
SITTING cross-legged on the floor of the prayer area of a mosque in a low-income locality, a score of children in the 9- to 14-year age group sway back and forth memorising the Holy Quran. Their......
GILGIT: A flash flood and heavy rain across Gilgit-Baltistan has wrought havoc on the region.According to data collected from local sources, at least 110 houses, 16 mosques and seven schools have......
ISLAMABAD: The Inter-Services Intelligence sought to tap worldwide Internet traffic via underwater cables that would have given Pakistan a digital espionage capacity to rival the US, according to......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has termed the report of the Judicial Commission which rejected the PTI’s allegations of organised rigging in the 2013 general elections a new beginning in the......
LAHORE: Heavy rains in upper parts of the country swelled River Jhelum to the high flood mark upstream Mangla Dam on Thursday when the Indus was also in high flood in Mithan Kot with a discharge of......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has accepted the report of the judicial commission on the 2013 general elections.“I had said when the judicial commission was formed that......
ISLAMABAD: A happy and triumphant prime minster held consultations with his party leaders to formalise his government’s formal response to the findings of the judicial commission. Amid smiling faces,......
AT long last, two years and two months on from May 2013, the country can put to rest doubts about the credibility and acceptability of the last general election.The three-member General......
FOR Karachi’s citizens, enduring frequent power breakdowns, there is little solace in the report released by Nepra’s fact-finding team.The federal government, it turns out, is equally responsible for......
FOR Israel, the maxim that the punishment should fit the crime obviously does not apply. As reported, on Monday the Israeli parliament voted to increase the penalty for stone-throwing: Palestinians......
AFTER an officially-sanctioned five-day Eid break, workplaces in much of Pakistan are still partially deserted. It is accepted that work will resume at normal pace from the start of next week – nine......
COMPARISONS are hard to avoid and even more difficult to wrap up without some kind of a final settlement. And once a comparison begins, there is no end to the predictions.In the wake of the grand......
ELECTRICITY and the energy sector have been in the news for a long time now in Pakistan. The enormous shortfalls in power generation have been the most talked about issue. The corruption factor has......
THE endorsement of the landmark talks in Murree by the Taliban’s reclusive leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has put to rest the scepticism surrounding the maiden face-to-face meeting between......
KARACHI: At least six persons, including two children, died in rain-related incidents in the metropolis on Thursday, rescue sources confirmed.Chhipa volunteers, who shifted the bodies to different......
