PESHAWAR: A US drone attack on a militant compound in North Waziristan on Thursday killed at least five militants, security officials said.Military sources said the drone strike took place in Lawra......
MUZAFFARABAD: A teenage boy was killed and his peer was injured in what officials say was a ‘dud shell’ explosion in Neelum Valley of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Thursday.Sajawat, 13, son of......
ISLAMABAD: Omar Hamid joined the police vowing revenge after a hitman executed his father. Having left the force 12 years later, the Taliban murdered his replacement - the man who had arrested his......
PESHAWAR: Chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Maulana Samiul Haq, widely known as the “Father of the Taliban” offered on Thursday to mediate to resolve a leadership dispute that......
NOTTINGHAM: Australian great Shane Warne and former captain Ricky Ponting lamented technical failings and mental approach as their countrymen were shot out for a humiliating 60 by England on the......
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Women's Development Hameeda Waheeduddin on Thursday announced that the provincial government had earmarked Rs1.98 billion for women's welfare projects for the current......
PESHAWAR: A military helicopter crashed near Mansehra district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing all twelve on board, a military source confirmed Thursday evening.The deceased include Major Humayun......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah in a press conference on Thursday communicated his dissatisfaction over the conduct of Rangers, and also showed discontent on the interference of......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s ace Test player Younis Khan has credited batting great Rahul Dravid for his success, saying the former Indian captain “played a huge” role in his development as a top class......
Exactly 70 years ago, on August 6, 1945, at 08:15, a United States Air Force B-29 Superfortress bomber, Enola Gay, dropped a 16 kiloton atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” on the city of Hiroshima in......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army on Thursday lodged a strong protest with the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) over unprovoked firing by Indian troops on Aug. 4 along......
CHITRAL: A Pakistan Air Force helicopter, engaged in relief and rescue efforts, crashed in the Khot area of upper Chitral on Thursday, injuring several people.According to sources, the helicopter was......
PESHAWAR: Five people — including two women and a child — were killed on Wednesday when a public bus fell into a flowing canal.Another fifteen were injured in the accident that took place in the......
NOTTINGHAM: England skittled out shell-shocked Australia for 60 and piled up 274 for four in reply to take control of the fourth Ashes Test on a dramatic first day at Trent Bridge on Thursday.A......
PESHAWAR: Eight suspected militants were killed in clashes with security forces in Kurram Agency on Thursday.Official sources said that the militants ambushed a patrol of security forces in Kurram......
RIYADH: A blast probably triggered by a suicide bomber killed 15 people on Thursday at a mosque inside a special forces headquarters in Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen.An interior ministry......
KANDAHAR: At least 17 people, including 12 Afghan army soldiers, were killed on Thursday in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, the worst such incident suffered by military forces since the......
KARACHI: Letters purportedly written by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to the Indian High Commission emerged on Thursday, in which the party asked the mission to raise its voice to safeguard......
“Do you Pakistanis really hate us Americans as much as they show on TV?”I was bowled over by this innocent question posed to me on a recent trip to New York. There was so much I wanted to tell this......
When Brandon Stanton, founder of the popular inspirational series 'Humans of New York (HONY),' announced he was making a trip to Pakistan everyone in the homeland was predictably thrilled.Stanton's......
QUETTA: Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday presided over a meeting of the Balochistan apex committee and approved the ‘Pur-aman Balochistan’ programme for the return of......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday that India should provide proof of any Pakistani found involved in terrorist activity on Indian soil, according to a statement issued by Foreign Office (FO)......
KARACHI: After escaping unhurt in a traffic accident and subsequent firing at his vehicle, former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram will continue with his hunt for premium fast bowlers in the......
India and Pakistan have had a long and complicated history with each other. When British India became independent, it was divided into two parts.Areas consisting of more than 75 per cent Muslims were......
It seems like the upcoming satirical comedy Bangistan starring Ritesh Deshmukh, Pulkit Samrat and Jacqueline Fernandez has been banned in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E) and Pakistan — the movie's......
NAWABSHAH: At least one policeman was killed and another injured when unknown armed men attacked on a police checkpost Thursday morning.Unidentified assailants opened fire on the Abdul Haque Jamali......
Karachi Se Lahore is the third Pakistani film to hit our screens within the space of a month. Starring petite bombshell Ayesha Omer, the film had the potential to be a visual treat, but ended up......
ISLAMABAD: Quelling political drama that had stretched out over several months, Speaker of the National Assembly (NA) Ayaz Sadiq on Thursday informed the House that Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)......
“Didn’t you find breastfeeding hard?” my friend asks me casually, watching my son as he makes his way down the stairs of her home, towards us. She’s just had her first baby and we’re visiting with......
PESHAWAR/RAWALPINDI: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Thursday claimed the killing of a lower court judge in Rawalpindi, the insurgent group said in a statement."Our special task force has......
BEIJING: Chinese relatives of passengers aboard missing flight MH370 expressed anger and disbelief on Thursday, after Malaysia's prime minister said wreckage found on a French Indian Ocean island was......
KABUL: An Afghan official says a suicide bomber exploded a truck loaded with explosives outside provincial government offices in the country's east, killing eight people and wounding another 12.Din......
PESHAWAR: Instead of holding his party parliamentarian accountable for violation of statuary rules and regulations and collusion to get a degree, the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has sought......
NOWSHERA: Chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Maulana Samiul Haq has announced full support for the new Afghan Taliban chief Maulana Akhtar Mansoor, and urged all jihadi groups to shun......
PESHAWAR: After fairing well in the local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has started preparing for the intra-party polls in the province, said the newly......
THIS refers to my article ‘Mumbai attacks trial’ (Aug 3) and the twist given by a section of the Indian media insinuating that Pakistani state elements had a role in the Mumbai terror attacks of......
IN accordance with the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 provisions, the profit on National Savings Schemes (NSS) received by ‘non-filers’ of income tax returns is to be taxed at 10 per cent in case the......
MEDICINES in this country are beyond the common man’s reach.Reports have appeared in the media that the government is considering the manufacture of drugs in their generic names instead of the......
APROPOS Faisal Bari’s article ‘Reimagining education’ (July 31). It should serve as a wake-up call to look into the affairs of the young generation with regard to education.Our education system......
THANK you for your editorial (Aug 2) on the performance of our sports team at the Special Olympics, which came as a most pleasant surprise.The 100m freestyle 27 year swimmer Asim Zar truly made us......
MOUNTAINS are important for the survival of humanity. The Holy Quran describes mountains as ‘pegs on earth’, which prevent it from shaking.The notion is endorsed by modern day geography. However,......
A GLOBAL news channel showed a documentary recently in which a vehicle fitted with an Internet tracking device was accessed through software by a laptop.The operators took full control of the......
TODAY is the 70th anniversary of the US nuclear bombing of Hiroshima — an event unprecedented in world history.Out of the blue comes the realisation that man has devised means of destroying the......
TIMERGARA: The Lower Dir education department has planned to install biometric system in all government high and higher secondary schools in the district to ensure 100 per cent attendance of staff......
ABBOTTABAD: People in several areas of Abbottabad city have been facing shortage of drinking water for the last few days, mainly because of inefficiency of the tehsil municipal administration and......
MINGORA: The anti-dengue campaign was accelerated in the high-risk areas after two dengue fever cases were recorded here on Wednesday.The first suspected dengue patient identified as Shaukat Ali......
PESHAWAR: Parents of the martyred students of Army Public School (APS), Peshawar, have hailed the Supreme Court verdict of dismissing constitutional petitions against setting up of the military......
MANSEHRA: Local traders on Wednesday threatened to besiege the Peshawar Electric Supply Company offices and grid station over the excessive loadshedding.They claimed electric supply to Mansehra and......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday restrained the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission (KPEC) from re-arresting father of a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf lawmaker in a case of the alleged......
UPPER DIR: Jamaat-i-Islami provincial chief Professor Mohammad Ibrahim Khan has claimed that his was the only party which gave honour and respect to its members without discrimination.He also......
KOHAT: Three people were killed in different incidents here on Wednesday.A young man fell into a well in Bahadar Kot area on Rawalpindi road. The local people retrieved him from the well and shifted......
SWABI: Seven political parties here have formed an alliance to set up the local governments in the district headquarters and the four tehsils.Sources told Dawn on Wednesday the leaders of the seven......
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Paediatrics Association (PPA) has expressed concern over what it calls unethical promotional tactics of the manufacturers of formula milk.The association has asked the......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Wednesday granted interim bail to three people, including two officers of Child Protection and Welfare Commission, in a case about misuse of authority and......
PESHAWAR: A group of students of the University of Peshawar belonging to Lakki Marwat district has expressed concern over the extensive damage caused by the recent floods and demanded of the......
KARACHI: A new chapter will be opened in the annals of the country’s cue ball history when the 18-nation Jubilee Insurance 6-Reds and Team Snooker Championships begin at the hotel Movenpick on......
NEW YORK: Floyd “Money” Mayweather (48-0) will put his unbeaten record on the line when he steps into the ring to face Andre Berto in Las Vegas on Sept 12 in what could be the final fight of his......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews says his team is eager to send off the retiring Kumar Sangakkara by winning the Test series against India starting next week.Sangakkara has announced he will......
NOTTINGHAM: Stuart Broad has been backed by captain Alastair Cook to lead the attack in the absence of James Anderson as England try to show they can win a major Test match without their all-time......
KARACHI: Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi on Wednesday lashed out at a section of media for criticising him over the decision to drop in-form wicket-keeper/batsman Sarfraz Ahmed in the recently......
ISLAMABAD: Dozens of schoolteachers on Wednesday staged a protest in front of the National Press Club seeking regularisation of their services.The teachers also tried to march towards Parliament......
ISLAMABAD: As the Supreme Court (SC) upheld the legality of military courts on Wednesday, the interior ministry finalised a list of 43 cases which would be tried by these special courts.With the SC......
RAWALPINDI: An additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) Tahir Khan Niazi was gunned down by unknown assailants in broad daylight on Wednesday, at his house in Satellite Town.In addition to other......
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Maroof Afzal claimed on Wednesday that removal of illegal slums and encroachments is his organisation’s prime responsibility.He said the......
ISLAMABAD: A national consultative forum organised by the Planning Commission has recommended to the government to modify the ‘Vision 2025’ strategy by including in it population factor as a......
QUETTA: Scholars and religious leaders, including Dr Attaur Rehman and Maulana Anwarul Haqqani, said they would prove that administering the anti- polio vaccine to children was Islamic and reflected......
ISLAMABAD: The government informed the Senate on Wednesday that Rs513 billion had been paid as pension to retired personnel of the armed forces since 2011 from the “civilian kitty”.The information......
TAXILA:The Wah Cantonment Board elected PTI’s Amjad Kashmiri as its vice president on Wednesday.Earlier, during the cantonment board elections, the PTI had won 6 seats while the PML-N had bagged 4......
ISLAMABAD: Constable Malik Abid and ASI Shakeel Ahmed of Bhara Kahu are being investigated on the complaint of a resident of the area that they detained him and his brother illegally to extort money......
ISLAMABAD: K2 was vengeful this year, said famous explorer and mountaineer, Mike Horn, who returned unsuccessful from the mountain.This year not a single mountaineer was able to climb the mountain......
RAWALPINDI: Clean water is being supplied to the residents of Rawalpindi and its adjacent areas through tube wells, Rawal dam and Khanpur after filtration.He said that research officers were......
TAXILA: A woman was shot dead and her two sons were injured, both of them critically in Jameelabad on Wednesday apparently due to old enmity.Police sources said around 2pm, three masked persons......
RAWALPINDI: In 20 government high schools in the Rawalpindi District, only 10 per cent students passed the secondary school examinations, while in one high school, not a single student appeared for......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has warned public office holders against visiting NA-19 (Haripur) where by-election will be held on Aug 16 in what political observers see as a......
QUETTA: A leader of the ruling National Party, Haji Islam Baloch, MPA, and his family survived a rocket-and-gun attack on Wednesday.The incident took place near Pattak area of Besima tehsil when Mr......
RAWALPINDI: Noor Elahi, the sole breadwinner of a family of four, was shocked when he received Rs9,000 electricity bill for July.The 45-year-old cashier in a private company was unable to digest the......
ISLAMABAD: With continuous rainfall in the catchment areas of Tarbela and Mangla dams, water in both reservoirs has almost reached to maximum level.On Wednesday evening, water in Tarbela dam touched......
ISLAMABAD: A big hurdle in the completion of the new Islamabad International Airport was hopefully crossed on Wednesday when the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) told a Senate committee two dams will......
ISLAMABAD: An explosion in a medical equipment warehouse in Sector E-11/4 left 14 injured on Wednesday.The police are yet to ascertain the cause of the explosion and it is suspected that either a gas......
ISLAMABAD: A last-minute appeal by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to two parties in the National Assembly on Wednesday to withdraw their motions seeking to deseast 28 lawmakers of the opposition......
LAHORE: Wednesday’s shutdown strike drew mixed response from traders protesting imposition of withholding tax on banking transactions in the provincial capital, as around 70 per cent business centres......
LAHORE: The Supreme Court has allowed widening of Canal Road in two sectors – from Dharampura to Harbanspura and from Doctor’s Hospital to Thokar Niaz Beg -- to ease traffic congestion.Giving a......
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Wednesday further amended the Local Government Act 2013, getting powers to succeed the rights, assets and liabilities of the offices which would revert to it under......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Police killed on Wednesday three terror suspects allegedly belonging to the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (Punjabi group) in an ‘encounter’.An official statement identified two of the......
LAHORE: Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) Board of Directors chairman Musadik Malik faces ministerial charge-sheet for the company’s “alarmingly poor performance.”Mr Malik is also adviser to and......
SIALKOT: Local exporters have decided to launch a private airline with the collaboration of the Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL).Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) President......
LAHORE: The implementation of Mangla Watershed Management Project during the last 55 years has enhanced the life of Mangla reservoir from 110 to 212 years.This was stated in a briefing to Water and......
LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority teams on Wednesday sealed five eateries and imposed fines on another two for lack of cleanliness.According to officials, PFA Director (Operations) Ayesha Mumtaz led a......
LAHORE: The PPP has asked the Election Commission of Pakistan to take notice of the PML-N government’s release of development funds to its legislators to win over the voters in anticipation of the......
LAHORE: The Punjab government and Unicef, the United Nations agency for children, have joined hands for provision of human and technical support to government partners and international......
LAHORE: A man and a woman were shot at and injured for ‘resisting robbery’ in Chuhng on Wednesday.Police said Faiza, 25, was living on the ground floor of a rented house in EME Society and two armed......
LAHORE: Chief Minister’s Adviser Khwaja Ahmad Hassaan formally inaugurated another waste transfer station of the Lahore Waste Management Company at a ceremony at Saggian on Wednesday.Spreading over......
LAHORE: WWF-Pakistan has raised serious concerns over the increased frequency of massive floods while urging the government to reduce the impact of environmental hazards through better management of......
LAHORE: The Punjab Revenue Authority has formally launched the Restaurant Invoice Monitoring System (RIMS) at Bistro 201, a restaurant located on the Upper Mall.RIMS is a web-based monitoring tool......
LAHORE: Public Accounts Committee-I Chairman Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed has taken notice of the stoppage of funds for south and north by-pass in Multan, a joint development project of the federal and......
MULTAN: Veteran politician Javed Hashmi has said though the Supreme Court verdict on establishment of military courts is divided, it has established writ of the parliament.Talking to the media here......
FAISALABAD: An assistant professor of the University of Agriculture, her husband and their relative have been booked on charges of killing a teenaged maid.Civil Lines police registered the case late......
GUJRAT: The three-kilometre road linking Gujrat-Jalalpur Jattan Road to the Univeristy of Gujrat’s Hafiz Hayat Campus is full of potholes.A varsity official told Dawn the road had damaged buses while......
LAHORE: A 40-bed hospital will be set up in the Police Lines for police employees and their families and Rs106.52 million will be spent on it.The hospital will be completed in two years.This was said......
KASUR: A committee, made by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, probing into a clash between protesters and police officials on Tuesday, visited the Kasur district police officer (DPO) on Wednesday.The......
MIANWALI/GUJRANWALA: Four death row prisoners -- three in Mianwali and one in Gujranwala -- were executed on Wednesday.Three death row prisoners, convicted of triple murder, were executed at the......
LAHORE: The capital city police officer (CCPO) has warned beat in-charges and constables of strict action if any of them was found involved in patronising drug peddlers, gambling and prostitution......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A woman allegedly set herself on fire in her house in Chak 417-JB in Gojra on Tuesday night.Gojra Saddar police claimed Aneela had a dispute with her in-laws over which she set......
FAISALABAD: Faisalabad District Headquarters Hospital’s six-bed kidney centre has no nephrologist and urologist. It is functional in a 100-bed building, which was designed to house orthopedic and......
SUKKUR: Sindh Senior Minister for Irrigation Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has said that he is satisfied with the performance of his department’s officials vis-a-vis the handling of flood situation.Speaking to......
HYDERABAD: An activist of the proscribed Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM)’s student wing who had gone missing some eight months ago returned home on Tuesday evening.Kamlesh Kumar, a third-year......
KARACHI: A black day was observed at seven public sector universities of Sindh on Wednesday in protest against the government advertisement seeking candidates for the post of registrar and controller......
SUKKUR: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Sukkur announced the result of annual examination-2015 of Higher Secondary Certificate Part-I & II (XI & XII), pre-engineering and......
BADIN: The FIR registered against two Khoski Sugar Mills managers, along with a cane broker, in a Rs700-750 million bank fraud scam on June 18 was finally quashed on Wednesday.The two mangers,......
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Four people were killed and six others were injured when a van overturned while trying to save a boy at Qabil Mangrio village near Kandiaro town on the National Highway on Tuesday......
HYDERABAD: Former PPP parliamentarian Abdul Qayyum Butt formed his own Popular Peoples Party after deviation from the PPP leadership and announced that its convention would be held in Pakistan......
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Wednesday promised a job and appropriate residential facility for Abdul Malik, who brought fame to Pakistan by winning a gold medal in the world......
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Wednesday decided to coordinate with all stakeholders, including ulema representing different schools of thought, to expedite the registration of seminaries and......
KARACHI: Banning the plying of motorcycle-rickshaws, better known as Qingqi rickshaws, across the province, the Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed the provincial and city authorities, including......
KARACHI: A woman was shot dead by armed robbers when she resisted a street crime bid in Shah Faisal Colony on Wednesday.Officials said that was killed in Shah Faisal Colony-3 near Hafeeza mosque.Area......
KARACHI: An 80-foot-long magnificent chandelier that has been one of the major attractions at the Mazar-i-Quaid for more than four decades will be replaced within a few months by another decorative......
KARACHI: A young man was shot dead and his friend wounded in Pak Colony on Wednesday, according to police.They added that armed motorcyclists fired at the two friends in Hasan Aulia Village,killing......
KARACHI: A unified platform that aims to showcase Pakistani and Indian fashion talent, as well as other creative expressions, garnered much enthusiasm and appreciation at its press conference on......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court remanded on Wednesday two suspects in police custody in a case about kidnapping, rape and murder of a minor girl.The police arrested both the suspects on Aug 4 for......
KARACHI: The chairman and controller of examinations of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi shared with the media some of the findings of the scrutiny committee at a press conference in the BSEK......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court issued on Wednesday a non-bailable warrant for the arrest of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain in a case about hurling threats at officials of......
KARACHI: In a belated reaction to Muttahida chief Altaf Hussain’s incendiary speech at his party’s annual convention in the US city of Dallas early on Sunday, calling for foreign intervention in......
HYDERABAD: Mukhi House, built in 1920 by prominent figure of Hyderabad, Mukhi Jethanand, has been handed over to the Sindh government, which will convert it to Hyderabad Museum.This was announced by......
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian prime minister said on Wednesday that debris found on an Indian Ocean island a week ago was from flight MH370, which mysteriously disappeared 17 months ago.“Today, 515......
YAOUNDI: Boko Haram militants have kidnapped 135 people and killed at least eight others in a raid in northern Cameroon, as the Islamists militants continued to strike beyond their strongholds in......
VIENNA: School holidays are a bad idea, at least when it comes to children’s spelling and arithmetic in the short term, according to scientists in Austria.A study by Graz University of 182 children......
NEW DELHI: India has reversed a controversial order banning hundreds of porn websites, a government official said on Wednesday, after accusations of heavy-handed censorship in the world’s largest......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama warned on Wednesday that “some form of war” would be inevitable if Congress blocks the Iran nuclear deal next month.In a policy speech at the American......
MOSCOW: At least 16 people were killed and dozens injured when two buses crashed head-on in Russia’s far eastern Khabarovsk region, officials said on Wednesday.The two intercity buses collided on the......
COLOMBO: A survey conducted by an independent think tank has found that former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa is ahead of Ranil Wickremesinghe, the chief candidate of the ruling......
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s high court on Wednesday ordered opposition chief Khaleda Zia to stand trial in a graft case dating back to 2007, heaping further pressure on the beleaguered former premier.The......
YANGON: Tens of thousands of people huddled on Wednesday in monasteries and other makeshift evacuation centres in remote areas of Myanmar cut off by deadly floods, as rescuers struggled to deliver......
ANKARA: The end to a ceasefire with Kurdish rebels and political uncertainty after inconclusive June elections are compounding already mounting problems for Turkey’s stuttering economy, analysts......
DUMA: In a West Bank hill village where an 18-month-old Palestinian child burned to death last week in a firebombing by suspected Jewish settlers, the boy’s uncle fears for his own children’s......
WASHINGTON: The US Department of the Treasury on Wednesday imposed sanctions on two Qatari citizens, with links in Pakistan, for financing Al Qaeda-linked rebels in Syria.Both “individuals (also) …......
LAHORE: Wapda and National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) entered men and women’s finals at the National Badminton Championships here on Wednesday.In the men’s team event semi-finals, Wapda beat SNGPL 3-1......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has failed to organise training camps for preparation of the upcoming South Asian Games.The 12th edition of the South Asian Games will be held in India in......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s Ushna Suhail partnering Anastasia Reinchen of Germany defeated the pair of Arina Umanstaya (Russia) and Alina Lazarvia (Kyrgyzstan) 6-3, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of Women......
ISLAMABAD: Chief selector Haroon Rasheed downplayed on Wednesday the controversy surrounding the exclusion of Sarfraz Ahmed from the recently concluded T20 series against Sri Lanka, saying there was......
ISLAMABAD: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is likely to send a security team to Pakistan next week for a proposed tour of the women’s team later this year.The series has become a possibility due......
KARACHI: Former world No 2 Saleh Mohammad has said that he is looking forward to delivering his best in the third Jubilee Insurance World 6-Reds and Team Championships which begins here on......
LONDON: Four-time European champions Ajax Amsterdam were knocked out of the Champions League in the third qualifying round on Tuesday after a dramatic 3-2 defeat at home to unsung Rapid Vienna as......
WASHINGTON: Reigning US Open champion Marin Cilic and runner-up Kei Nishikori advanced to the third round of the ATP and WTA Washington Open in hard-fought matches that finished early Wednesday......
LONDON: The two men bidding to lead world athletics into a new era, Sebastian Coe and Sergey Bubka, offered contrasting reactions on Wednesday to the latest doping storm to engulf the sport’s......
SYDNEY: Dropped Australian all-rounder Shane Watson says he has no plans to walk away from cricket and hasn’t given up on a Test recall.The 34-year-old was axed after just one Test of the Ashes......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has recognised a new variety of field hockey — the beach hockey — and has asked its affiliated units to recognise it as well.The International Hockey......
KAZAN: Add another gold medal to Katie Ledecky’s burgeoning collection.The 18-year-old American won the 200-metre freestyle at the world swimming championships here on Wednesday night against a......
KARACHI: Carrying a lucrative purse of Rs6.0 million, the UMA 20th Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Open Golf Championship tees off here at the Karachi Golf Club (KGC) on Thursday with over 400......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporally allowed Dr Akhtar Nawaz Ganjera to work as director general of the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB).A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice......
KARACHI: Central Whites suffered second successive defeat when they went down to Korangi 26-43 in the group ‘A’ match of the 10th NBP Cup basketball tournament here at the Arambagh floodlit court on......
KARACHI: Experienced all-rounder and Pakistan T20 skipper Shahid Afridi on Wednesday visited Dar-ul-Sukun, which looks after and teach special children, and appreciated the role played by the welfare......
LONDON: World Cup winner James Faulkner said he was “deeply embarrassed and sorry” after being fined £10,000 ($15,650) on Wednesday and banned from driving for two years.The 25-year-old all-rounder,......
KARACHI: Stocks staged a robust rally on Wednesday with the KSE-100 index recording gains of 235.12 points (0.65 per cent) to close at all-time high 36,156.83.Strong institutional buying saw the......
ISLAMABAD: During ongoing negotiations for the next phase of a free trade agreement (FTA) with China, Pakistan has sought such tariff concessions which have been given to other trading partners.The......
ISLAMABAD: Standstill on heat-mode for the last 56 days with zero production, the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) is seeking around Rs5 billion from the federal government along with postponement of gas......
KARACHI: The government on Wednesday sold Rs356 billion market treasury bills (T-bills) against the target of Rs225bn, suggesting that it may exceed the borrowing target of Rs1.5 trillion set for......
ATHENS: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday said his government is nearing a deal with international creditors on a mammoth bailout, as his spokeswoman raised the prospect of early......
KARACHI: Cotton prices remained under pressure on Wednesday owing to poor quality phutti and slow off-take of cotton yarn on the domestic and world markets.Floor brokers said the main reason for......
Visa, Stripe announce partnershipKARACHI: Visa Inc and Stripe, an online payment provider, on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership to support new technologies and online payment experiences......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures reversed gains to hit an 11-month low on Wednesday as worries about rising production and falling demand offset initial support from a weak currency and......
LAHORE: Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA), Punjab Zone, Chairman Javed Kayani has said there is no possibility of shortage of sugar in view of large stocks of the commodity.In a press statement......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has launched a cluster-based agricultural initiative to transform the agriculture sector into a value-added sector, Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal......
LONDON: Gold fell on Wednesday to hover near the recent 5-1/2 year low as the dollar firmed on US services sector data.Spot gold was down 0.2 per cent at $1,084.81 an ounce by 1431 GMT, while US......
MUMBAI: The battle for supremacy in India’s bulging e-commerce market between Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal is rapidly heating up with multi-billion-dollar investments, trolling on Twitter and......
KARACHI: A senior executive of an advertising agency and his daughter were shot at and injured in the Korangi Industrial Area on Wednesday night.Pervez Iqbal of the Big Bang Communications was......
QUETTA: Supporters of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) held a demonstration here on Wednesday to condemn the killing of Mir Abdur Rehman Dinarzai allegedly at the hands of security......
KASUR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan criticised the PML-N on Wednesday for doing politics on the issue of deseating his party’s MNAs over their absence from the assembly during......
ISLAMABAD: The presidency received on Wednesday the first summary from the Prime Minister’s Office in Urdu which reflects the government has started implementing the Supreme Court’s order to......
LAHORE: Barring Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad, several businesses in markets across most cities and towns in the rest of the country remained closed for the day on Wednesday in response to a......
ISLAMABAD: A day after issuing orders against speaking publicly about the party’s internal affairs, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan suspended the membership of retired Justice......
ISLAMABAD: A dissenting but minority judgement by six judges of the Supreme Court against the majority judgement of 11 judges has declared the 21st Amendment as well as trials of the accused by......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain approved on Wednesday the appointment of Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja as new Chief Justice of Pakistan.Justice Khawaja will assume the charge of his office on Aug 17......
KARACHI: Wasim Akram, legendary pace bowler and former captain of Pakistan cricket team, remained unhurt when a man rammed his vehicle into his car on a busy road here on Wednesday.Wasim Akram was......
ROME: Over 200 migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean were feared to have drowned on Wednesday after their overcrowded boat capsized off Libya.The fishing boat, believed to......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday managed to persuade Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to withdraw his party’s motion seeking to deseat the 28 lawmakers of Pakistan......
NEW DELHI: India plans to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955, to grant citizenship to undocumented migrants who fled religious persecution in Pakistan and Bangladesh, The Hindu said on Wednesday.It said......
ISLAMABAD: By a majority of 11 to six, the Supreme Court affixed on Wednesday the seal of approval to the setting up of nine special courts manned by military officers to try hardened militants.With......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court may have upheld the establishment of the military courts by a majority judgement of 11 to six, but the fine print of the judgement reveals that the court has kept with......
ISLAMABAD: In an unusual move, National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq telephoned self-exiled Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain in London on Wednesday, requesting him to ask his......
ISLAMABAD: A two-star general (major general), who formerly headed the military-run National Logistics Cell (NLC), has been fired from army service after being found guilty in a multibillion-rupee......
BOWING to the supremacy of parliament and express language of the Constitution, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has dismissed the challenges to the 18th and 21st Amendments.Effectively, then, the new......
WITH national attention mostly preoccupied by security matters and political theatre, the plight of Fata’s internally displaced persons is easily forgotten.Yet the fact remains that hundreds of......
AMONG recent medical breakthroughs, few have created the kind of stir as has Sovaldi, the ‘miracle’ cure for hepatitis C which infects between 170-200 million people worldwide.In Pakistan, there are......
THE callous manner in which the residents of a squatter settlement in Islamabad have been evicted and the protesters booked for terrorism is the latest chapter in a long story of the state’s failure......
PAKISTAN, to state the obvious, is mired in an acute energy crisis. Continuous power outages, crippling line losses, and cascading energy debt provide constant reminders of its manifestations. And......
SOMETHING very interesting is happening. The withholding tax on banking transactions by non-filers of tax returns has created a storm of controversy, and the real face of informal sector practices is......
THE month of Ramazan was, for the citizens of Karachi, not just a test of endurance but something of a trauma. Over 1,200 lives were lost as a result of the heatwave. We are being told that the......
KARACHI: CEO and managing director of BBCL Group (Pvt) Ltd, Pervez Iqbal, was attacked by unknown men riding a motorcycle Wednesday evening, while he was driving his car in Korangi accompanied by his......
