PARIS: The European space probe Rosetta captured a range of scientific data Thursday as it trailed an ancient comet past the Sun which could help scientists better understand the origins of life on......
ISLAMABAD: The government has revealed that terrorist organisations are operating around 3,000 websites to promote their nefarious agenda in the country.This was disclosed by PML-N lawmaker Tahir......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz on Thursday met a high-level Afghan delegation led by Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani and......
DUBAI: Al-Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri on Thursday pledged his group's allegiance to the new Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansoor who is facing a bitter struggle over his leadership.“As emir of......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday ordered the Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) to exempt DJ Butt, who had previously arranged sound systems at PTI sit-ins, from tax payments till......
Flags, T-shirts, hats, bangles, badges, wrist bands ... it's all here, and it's all green.This is the Paper Market at Pakistan Chowk, where hundreds of vendors have set up stalls, selling special......
KASUR: The wife of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, Reham Khan, said on Thursday there was no need for an inquiry in regards to the Kasur child abuse case, adding that people just......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Thursday approved death sentences of seven “hardcore terrorists” involved in the massacre at Peshawar’s Army Public School and an attack on......
HARIPUR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attended the project review ceremony of the Hazara Motorway project in Chichiyan on Thursday, where he announced that the motorway would be a 6-lane thoroughfare,......
ISLAMABAD: Afghan officials are due in Pakistan on Thursday to discuss reviving suspended peace talks with the Afghan Taliban, Pakistan's national security adviser said, days after Taliban attacks......
“Shoaib Akhtar came to Australia as the fastest bowler alive and left with his reputation intact. In fact, Shoaib left Australia with a new found respect from the Australian public and batsmen alike......
Pakistan's out-of-favour wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal threw his weight behind Sarfraz Ahmed but cautioned the 28-year-old against complacency after putting in top performances in the last couple of......
People often make sweeping statements like 'music and art can save the world', but how does that actually happen? We don’t know. But the fact is that we could really use a saviour in Pakistan, even......
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Thursday was tasked with the responsibility to convince Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) lawmakers to withdraw their......
The books listed and reviewed below, all authored by Pakistanis, went on to construct socio-political narratives of large sections of Pakistan’s polity, and also abetted in the shaping of policies of......
Fifteen years ago on this day, Pakistan lost a legend; Nazia Hassan was the epitome of a true star. Dubbed the 'Queen of Pop', Hassan's contribution to Pakistani music was mammoth and she changed the......
LONDON: England all-rounder Moeen Ali wants Alastair Cook's men to “put the foot on the throat” against Australia as they bid to complete a 4-1 Ashes series triumph at The Oval next week.England......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz will visit New Delhi for security talks on August 23, he said on Thursday, in the rivals' first attempt......
MUMBAI: An Indian court on Thursday overturned a government ban on Nestle's hugely popular Maggi noodles brand, but ordered further tests before the product can go back on sale.Nestle had gone to the......
Fawad Khan, who's in New York for the launch of a mobile brand, had a very special event on his itinerary last night.He was invited to attend a dinner hosted by Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan's Permanent......
ISLAMABAD: Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said that Iran intends to expand economic cooperation with Pakistan, along with increasing regional cooperation and carrying out joint efforts in the......
NEW DELHI: India's order of 36 French-made Rafale fighter jets has run into trouble with government officials struggling to agree sales terms, sources said, four months after Prime Minister Narendra......
Independence Day every year brings in hopes, renewed ambitions and a yearning for a better future. For pragmatic fashion entrepreneurs, it’s also a day that spells out thematic capsules, sales and......
KANDAHAR: Taliban insurgents dressed in police uniforms killed up to 15 policemen after raiding a security checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, in the latest attack of their......
SRINAGAR: A grenade exploded on Thursday in a mosque in India-held Kashmir, wounding 10 people, police said, the first such incident in 14 years in the region.There was no immediate claim of......
BAGHDAD: A massive truck bomb ripped through a popular Baghdad food market in a predominantly Shia neighborhood in the early morning hours on Thursday, killing at least 67 people, police officials......
GALLE: Ravichandran Ashwin claimed six for 46 in a fine display of spin bowling as India skittled out Sri Lanka for 183 in two sessions on the opening day to take upper hand in the first Test at......
KARACHI: The top four quartet — defending champions Hong Kong I, Iran I, last year’s runners-up Pakistan I and India I — won back-to-back group matches as the third Jubilee Insurance world men’s and......
KARACHI: Indian coach Subash Agrawal has advocated the revival of snooker Peace Cup besides bilateral exchanges of the teams of other sports between the two nations.“The exchanges of teams suit the......
LONDON: All-rounder Marcus Stoinis, spinner Ashton Agar and batsman Joe Burns are set to make their one-day international debuts for Australia in Britain as the world champions seek to regenerate......
ISLAMABAD: Test fast bowler Junaid Khan is hoping to perform well against England, saying he will prove his selection right if given a chance.Talking to a TV channel, he said he was fit and preparing......
‘Would your triumphant team be able to fare just as well Down Under?’ Throw this query to Alastair Cook and he would surely squirm before coming up with some sort of an answer. During that intense......
TBILISI: Barcelona substitute Pedro Rodriguez scored deep into extra time to secure the European Super Cup in dramatic style with a stunning 5-4 win over Sevilla on Tuesday after they surrendered a......
LONDON: The IAAF has initiated disciplinary action against 28 athletes after they retested samples from the 2005 and 2007 world championships with new technology that can uncover previously......
MONTREAL: World number one Novak Djokovic kicked off his bid for a fourth Canadian crown with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) second round win over a stubborn Thomaz Bellucci at the ATP Tour’s Rogers Cup on......
JAKARTA: Lee Chong Wei claimed his first proper scalp at the badminton world championships in Jakarta on Wednesday, defeating 12th seed Marc Zwiebler so convincingly the German declared his Malaysian......
Rawalpindi now part of BoGLAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has surprised by announcing that after a year’s lapse, Rawalpindi would be the fourth representative from the regional side in its......
MELBOURNE: Australia cricket coach Darren Lehmann has publicly apologised for his team’s dismal performance in their Ashes series loss to England.In a column posted on the Cricket Australia website......
MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia (CA)’s high performance director Pat Howard has taken the blame for the Ashes capitulation and put himself forward as the first person to be held to account in a......
KARACHI: Prospects of two Karachi outfits competing in the National T20 Cup next month received a major boost on Wednesday when seasoned Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi was announced as skipper......
LONDON: Australia wicket-keeper Brad Haddin is returning home early from the Ashes tour of England for family reasons, a team spokeswoman said on Tuesday.Haddin was not expected to play in next......
ISLAMABAD: Foreign coach Khansaman Pracharapol will train Pakistani Junior tennis players in a 14-day training camp, says secretary Pakistan Tennis Federation.The Secretary PTF Khalid Rehmani said......
LOUISVILLE: Boxing icon Mohammad Ali will get some special hometown recognition next month from the University of Louisville.The school said on Tuesday that the three-time world heavyweight champion......
APROPOS ‘Math in our madressahs?’(July 18).There is no doubt, the subjects mentioned by the writer should be included in the madressah curriculum, though at the same time the existing syllabus......
TUESDAY’s coverage of the Sindh Assembly’s session sent a chill down my spine as I could not believe my eyes over the transformation of parliamentarians into a mob. The MQM parliamentarians, with......
YOUR editorial” Missing foreign minister” (July 21) has rightly criticised the government for not appointing a full-time foreign minister. The question is whether we really need a foreign minister.......
IN Pakistan, political bigwigs commit corruption and use that money for terror activities. Recently the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has submitted to the Supreme Court of Pakistan a list of......
I FULLY support the government and feel it should not back out of the tax deduction proposal from the bank accounts.Salaried people have been paying taxes all along but the traders manage to pay......
THIS pertains to your editorial ‘A difficult decision’ (Aug 7).The editorial mentions that the majority decision was written by the Chief Justice. However, the majority decision written by Azmat......
THE judicial commission to inquire into the rigging allegations made by the PTI declared that while there were some irregularities and incompetence by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and......
THE condition of the Jamshoro football ground is unacceptable. This is all because of the ground’s cleaning staff being extremely lazy.There is hardly any grass to play on. Besides, there is no goal......
A SOMEWHAT unusual report was published under the heading ‘Scientists warn of plant knowledge loss as botany studies dropped’ (May 26). It declares that US scientists are warning that the plant world......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has come out with yet another schedule by proposing holding of local government elections in Sindh and Punjab in three stages on Nov 14, 29 and......
ISLAMABAD: A high-level Afghan delegation is reaching here on Thursday to demand action against Taliban insurgents based in Pakistan.The delegation, led by Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani,......
LANDI KOTAL: Three army men, among them a captain, were killed in an explosion in the Tirah valley of Khyber Agency on Wednesday.Security officials said some personnel of the 35 Punjab Regiment were......
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday passed ‘The Sindh Local Government (Third Amendment) Bill 2015’, allowing a citizen having dual nationality to contest the polls besides increasing the number......
KARACHI: After a lull of over half a year, at least four policemen were gunned down and a fifth man belonging to the Police Qaumi Razakar (PQR) was wounded in an armed attack in Korangi on Wednesday,......
KARACHI: By pushing their children into a marriage before they reach the age of maturity, most parents don’t understand that their child is entering into a social contract where they need to......
KARACHI: An old paint bucket or IgheeI tin filled with sand to hold the sticks and poles with those fluttering green crescent and star banners, a small table covered with a white cloth with pins,......
KARACHI: An anti-corruption court handed down on Wednesday a collective sentence of 10 years each in a graft case to five men, including three revenue department officials.The court found the......
KARACHI: All Karachi CNG Rickshaw Owners’ Association on Wednesday filed a constitutional petition against the action being taken against them by the provincial authorities including traffic......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Wednesday claimed to have killed an alleged gangster in an ‘encounter’ in Lyari on Wednesday.The paramilitary force conducted an intelligence-based targeted......
KARACHI: A campaign aimed at making the city green was launched with the plantation of 2,000 saplings on barren portions of the Hill Park on Wednesday.The drive titled Shajar-i-Aman organised by the......
KARACHI: Two brothers drowned in a pond formed by a leakage in a KWSB supply line in Ahsanabad on Wednesday triggering a public protest against the water board over its negligence, SITE Superhighway......
KARACHI: The government should remove disparities in the electoral system and take steps to ensure fair and adequate representation of disadvantaged and marginalised sections of society in assemblies......
HYDERABAD: Eight villages in Hyderabad were inundated when the Indus river overflowed its banks after a rise in its water level while the swollen river caused leakages in Larkana-Sehwan Bund at Siyal......
HYDERABAD: The body of Mohammed Hashim, MQM activist of Liaquatabad in Karachi, was exhumed from the Tando Yousuf graveyard in presence of a magistrate on Wednesday.The body was handed over to......
HYDERABAD: Speakers at a dialogue on ‘Youth civil engagement’ held here on Wednesday to observe the International Youth Day held politicians, flawed government policies and corruption responsible for......
SUKKUR: A 12-year old boy was knocked down by a Karachi-bound passenger train coming from Peshawar at Sohbat Golo village near Tangwani town of Kandhkot-Kashmore district on Wednesday.Police......
SAHIWAL: Tension gripped Arifwala city on Wednesday, after a man allegedly desecrated the Holy Quran in its Muzaffarabad locality.According to local sources, Sabir, a resident of Muzaffarabad......
LAHORE: The Punjab Revenue Authority’s commissioner on Wednesday imposed Section 59 of Punjab Sales Tax on Services Act 2012 for round-the-clock monitoring of business activities carried out by two......
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Wednesday promulgated three more ordinances including the one amending the Food Authority law, enhancing punishments for dealing in adulterated or unhygienic food and......
LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission sealed on Wednesday 26 more operation theatres of various government and private hospitals after tracing an alarming rate of infections there.Of the sealed......
LAHORE: The floods have left behind around 348,244 acres under varying levels of water in eight districts of Punjab, with Layyah and Rajanpur being the worst hit with over 100,000 and 73,282 of their......
LAHORE: The Pakistani International Airlines around 30 domestic and international flights were cancelled while it operated 15 under-capacity flights and five over-capacity flights between July 29 and......
LAHORE: ‘Inordinate’ delay in the appointment of the vice chancellor has almost brought to a halt the ongoing admission process of talented but needy students to the Government College University,......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued notices to federal and Punjab governments, besides the Election Commission of Pakistan, on a petition of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) challenging......
LAHORE: Investigation police claimed on Wednesday to have arrested 123 members of 52 robber gangs and recovered cash and jewellery worth Rs12 million and illegal arms from their possession in......
LAHORE: Education sector elders on Wednesday put their heads together to suggest to the chief minister to have seconds thoughts about his plan of reducing the term of vice chancellors (VCs) of public......
LAHORE: Two teenagers were shot dead over a dispute of playing snooker at a club in Muslim Town on Wednesday.Atif, 18, and Siddique, 19, of Wahdat Colony, were playing snooker at a club near Naqsha......
KASUR: As India has released water in the River Sutlej, thousands of acres are likely to be inundated along the river in Kasur and other districts.The water flow in the Sutlej would be 55,000 cusecs......
LAHORE: Activists of the Awami Workers Party (AWP) staged a protest demonstration at Charing Cross here on Wednesday as part of its countrywide day of action to demand resettlement of the families......
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) emir Senator Sirajul Haq has said MQM’s sudden and unexpected decision to quit from assemblies is both surprising and sentimental.In his comments on the development, he......
GUJRANWALA: A girl scared a DSP away at the regional office of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) by swooping on him with her shoes during an inquiry on Wednesday.DSP Muhammad Azam Mehr wanted......
GUJRAT: A decision has been taken to hand over the administrative control of Aziz Bhatti Shaheed (ABS) hospital, the teaching facility of the Nawaz Sharif Medical College (NSMC), to the provincial......
SAHIWAL: A kiln worker fails to have a case registered against his employers who allegedly tortured him for seeking wages notified by the Punjab government.Neither the Ghala Mandi police have......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Wednesday strict action would be taken on irregularities in the construction of extension project of District Headquarters Hospital of Layyah, and......
GUJRAT: Girls outperformed boys in University of Gujrat (UoG) BA, BSc and B.Com (part I-II) annual examinations held in April-May 2015 here at Hafiz Hayat Campus.A prize distribution ceremony was......
LAYYAH: A 15-year-old girl who was abducted by four men on Tuesday and was later raped by two of them after being subjected to brutal torture, had to go through a lot of hassle before Chowk Azam......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Scores of activists of the Awami Workers Party and National Students Federation staged a rally on Wednesday to protest the arrest of 18 AWP activists who were opposing last week’s......
GUJRAT: Punjab government finally removed Dr Ijaz Haider from the post of health executive district officer (EDO) on Wednesday and made him an officer on special duty (OSD).There had been about a......
ROME: Around 60 migrants are missing in waters off Libya, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday after interviewing survivors who were picked up from their stricken......
UNITED NATIONS: Secretary General Ban ki moon on Wednesday fired the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic over the force’s handling of a series of sexual and other......
LAGOS: At least four people were killed and six wounded when a helicopter returning from an oil rig plunged into a lagoon in Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos on Wednesday.The Sikorsky helicopter,......
BEIJING: A massive explosion at a warehouse in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin on Wednesday sent a fireball ripping through the sky while injuring at least 300 people, local media......
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter lifted its character limit on Wednesday for direct messages between users, saying it would help make the private side of Twitter “more powerful and fun”.As a result, these......
NEW YORK: The secret email scandal has hurt the former US Secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid, as her close rival, Bernie Sanders, has rocketed past her in New Hampshire polls.In......
STAROGNATIVKA: Ukraine on Wednesday reported intense battles with pro-Russian insurgents near the last major government stronghold in the former Soviet country’s separatist east.A military spokesman......
DAMASCUS: Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Wednesday, and called on regional countries to “fight terrorism and extremism”.“I......
DHAKA: Bangladesh police have launched an investigation into apparent death threats against six secular writers, days after the murder of a fourth blogger in six months.The six, who include poets,......
TRIPOLI: The future of Libya’s internationally recognised government was uncertain on Wednesday after Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani threatened to resign, and as the latest UN-brokered peace talks......
MADRID: A woman was arrested on Wednesday in central Spain after killing her three-month-old baby in a chapel, police and local officials said.The incident took place La Villa de Don Fadrique, a......
JERUSALEM: Israel’s controversial justice minister on Wednesday admitted her mistake after posting a video online purporting to show a black migrant attacking a resident when the footage was......
ISLAMABAD: When MQM’s parliamentarians headed to the chambers of Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, the latter’s alacrity in verifying their resignations raised many eyebrows and caused much confusion in the......
ISLAMABAD: The dust had barely settled from the controversy over the PTI resignations and National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq is still being berated for having delayed accepting the PTI resignations......
ISLAMABAD: Security agencies claimed on Wednesday to have thwarted a suicide bombing plot linked to Independence Day celebrations in Karachi.A number of high-value terrorists including a senior......
KARACHI: The resignations by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement parliamentarians did not just take Islamabad by surprise.A last-minute decision, it was not planned or well-thought out by those who turned......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Wednesday on concerns that demand from key buyer China could decline after the nation devalued its currency, and as prices of rival soyoil dropped.The......
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday that China’s move to allow a greater role for markets in determining the value of its currency was “a welcome step.”The Fund in a......
LAHORE: IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is helping Nishat Mills reduce its environmental footprint and improve competitiveness by identifying opportunities for energy and water savings.Textile......
LAHORE: Limited access to finance, technology and markets as well as poor policies and regulations are the major impediments hindering growth of SMEs in Pakistan, said Muhammad Alamgir Chaudhry, CEO......
LAHORE: A significantly ‘overvalued’ rupee has impaired competitiveness of Pakistan’s exports that dropped by 17 per cent in July, the first month of this fiscal year, to $1.6 billion from $1.923bn a......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet approved on Wednesday a proposal of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research for extension in the period for export of......
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has imposed Rs1.25 million fine on Reckitt Benckiser Pakistan for running a deceptive TV commercial for its surface cleaner which was......
ISLAMABAD: Bottlenecks causing delays in the establishment of an integrated transit trade management system (ITTMS) to facilitate border trade with neighbouring countries were discussed at a meeting......
KARACHI: Several big companies on Wednesday posted their results for the period ended June 30, 2015.ATTOCK PETROLEUM LIMITED: Its earnings declined by around 24 per cent to Rs3.3 billion,......
KARACHI: Stocks tumbled on Wednesday with the KSE-100 index suffering a sharp fall of 313.17 points (0.86 per cent) to close at 35,892.77.Market participants said that the investors were spooked by......
KARACHI: The government on Wednesday borrowed Rs67 billion through the auction of Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) against the target of Rs50bn.It was the same pattern it adopted in the auction of......
BEIJING: China’s yuan fell further on Wednesday, fuelling concern about a possible “currency war” if other governments fight back with their own devaluations to compete in export markets.Shock waves......
ISLAMABAD: A former professor of Quaid-i-Azam University on Wednesday claimed that school record showed founder of the nation was born on December 25, 1877.Sharing challenges he faced while writing a......
RAWALPINDI: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and police, in a joint operation, tracked down a gang of extortionists and arrested three of its members. The alleged extortionists were involved in......
ISLAMABAD: The Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sardar Muhammad Yousaf Wednesday said that his ministry had proposed constitution of an ‘Islamic Education Commission’.“This will......
ISLAMABAD: The civil society on Wednesday went to court demanding implementation of the government’s decision to increase pictorial warnings to cover 85 per cent of cigarette packets.The petition was......
ISLAMABAD: The petroleum ministry on Wednesday informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that it had completed an inquiry into the eight-year-old gas theft case against private housing societies......
ISLAMABAD: The residents of the federal capital will not be able to enjoy the beloved Lucky Irani Circus on the eve of Independence Day as on the directives of an intelligence agency on Wednesday,......
ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has been offering car loans to its senior management at zero per cent interest since June last year and some benefited in addition to acquiring cars......
ISLAMABAD: The issue of daily-wage employees of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) seems to be have been resolved as the Ministry of Capital Administration and Development Division(CADD) on......
ISLAMABAD: While 64 per cent of Pakistanis are below 30 years of age, less than two per cent of young people are active members of community groups or other local organisations, the speakers at......
ISLAMABAD: Human rights activist Muhammad Dawood was awarded for the work he has been doing for the rights of minorities since 1990 at a ceremony here on Wednesday.Mr Dawood from Quetta was among 20......
ISLAMABAD: As part of security measures for the Independence Day function to be held at Convention Centre on Friday, the capital administration has banned entry of heavy vehicles in the city on......
ISLAMABAD: The elected representatives of Islamabad Bar Council (IBC) disowned the advocate general Islamabad as their non-elected chairman and demanded the government to amend the law to hold......
RAWALPINDI: A four-day photography, painting and calligraphy exhibition featuring the works of retired police officer and Pride of Performance winning artist Aftab Ahmed kicked off at the Rawalpindi......
Vanessa Audi Rhys O’Brien is a British-American mountain climber, explorer, public speaker and former business executive. She has climbed the highest peaks on each continent. In April 2013, Vanessa......
ISLAMABAD: A Senate special committee on Wednesday directed the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and other ministries concerned to provide exact number of foreign scholarships which lapsed during......
RAWALPINDI: Local authorities held a public hearing on the Lahore-ordered checking of hygienic conditions in the garrison city’s food outlets on Wednesday. But, surprisingly, the outcome was relief......
ISLAMABAD: In a new head-on challenge to the government, the opposition Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Wednesday announced its resignation from both houses of parliament and the Sindh provincial......
ISLAMABAD: The MQM, which has a unique record of quitting governments and assemblies and boycotting elections, has for the first time resigned from the Senate.Senator Nasreen Jalil, who is among the......
PESHAWAR: Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif has said that Operation Zarb-i-Azb is in its final stages and remaining small pockets of terrorists in North Waziristan will be shortly wiped out.He was talking......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court remanded on Wednesday another seven suspects in the Kasur child abuse case in police custody for 27 days.Ganda Singhwala police produced the suspects — Abdul Mannan,......
ISLAMABAD: Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will be visiting Islamabad on Thursday on a day-long visit for talks on expansion of bilateral economic cooperation after the lifting of the sanctions......
KARACHI: The executive committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has urged federal government to take notice of problems being faced by the newspaper industry and requested it to clear......
LAHORE: Indian High Commissioner Dr T.C.A. Raghavan urged Pakistan on Wednesday to understand his country’s perspective on terrorism instead of coming up with a “defensive stance” whenever the issue......
QUETTA/KHUZDAR: An elder of the Muhammad Hasni tribe, his eight-year-old son and two other people were killed and three Levies personnel guarding them injured in an ambush and rocket attack near......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement handed over resignations of its 51 members of the Sindh Assembly to Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani on Wednesday.Forty-one legislators, including Leader of the......
WASHINGTON: The United States has called for reducing tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan and has asked leaders of both the countries to work together to combat violent extremism.While......
ISLAMABAD: The country’s intelligence agencies came under the radar in the Senate on Wednesday for allegedly continuing their policy of backing some militant outfits. During a debate on a motion on......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet decided on Wednesday that contracts for construction of $3.5 billion road projects of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor be awarded to......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested former officials of the Fata Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) on Wednesday for allegedly embezzling Rs300 million from funds meant for......
QUETTA: An anti-terrorism court indicted on Wednesday all the suspects nominated in the attack on the Quaid-i-Azam Residency in Ziarat and directed the prosecution to produce the witnesses at the......
HYDERABAD / SUKKUR: An anti-terrorism court ordered on Wednesday issuance of non-bailable arrest warrants for Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain in two cases of sedition.Fort police in......
PESHAWAR: Nayab Bibi, a young special athlete, who recently won a bronze medal in the 200-meter run in Special Olympics in Los Angeles, has dedicated her award to the victims of the Army Public......
PESHAWAR: The provincial cabinet on Wednesday approved an important amendment proposed to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act, 2013 under which the nazims of district, tehsil and town councils......
PESHAWAR: The overall attendance in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly remained better than that of the Punjab Assembly during the preceding parliamentary year but it fell behind the Balochistan and......
MINGORA: Three passengers were killed and 12 other received injuries when a van overturned in Durushkhela area of Matta tehsil on Wednesday.According to police, the passenger van was going from......
PESHAWAR: For the first time in the history, the federal government is preparing national guidelines to ensure provision of uniform treatment to hepatitis patients across the country.According to......
PESHAWAR: One of the six convicts, sentenced to death in April by a military court after the Army Public School incident, happens to be a 10th grader, who was a juvenile when he was allegedly handed......
MANSEHRA: The forest department on Wednesday sealed four saw machines and confiscated the smuggled timber during raids here.Sources said the raids were made by a team led by district forest officer......
LANDI KOTAL: The Communal Teachers Association (CTA), Khyber Agency chapter, has demanded immediate reinstatement of the 70 dismissed community schoolteachers. In a statement issued here on......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mahtab Ahmed Khan on Wednesday inaugurated centre for genomic sciences at the Rahman Medical Institute (RMI) here to facilitate the investigation,......
PESHAWAR: An Ehtesab court further remanded Provincial Minister Ziaullah Afridi to the custody of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission (KPEC) in another case of facilitating illegal mining in......
PESHAWAR: An accountability court on Wednesday remanded Syed Masoom Shah, former special assistant to former chief minister Ameer Haider Hoti, in the custody of the National Accountability Bureau,......
PESHAWAR: Senior leaders as well as young activists of Awami National Party marked the Babrra massacre and observed Aug 12 as black day.ANP general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain attended a......
PESHAWAR: The capital city police on Wednesday claimed to have busted an international gang of drug smugglers, which recently shipped 11 kilograms of heroin to Hong Kong.SSP operations Dr Mian Saeed......
KOHAT: The police and an intelligence agency arrested a suspected militant in Jarma town here early on Wednesday.The arrest of Wahid Khan, a resident of Kurram Agency, was made during raid on a house......
AT long last, and with one resounding voice, the representatives of the Pakistani people have spoken for the minorities of this country. In so doing, they may have taken a historic step towards a......
YET another investigation report into a stock market crash has managed to deflect the critical question that plagues the country’s financial markets.That question is: how do you curb the power of a......
CORRUPTION within the police force is a phenomenon that is difficult to completely eradicate; even from ‘developed’ countries, stories emerge of the misuse of the badge and the gun. However, in......
SOME debates never seem to die in India. One such is ending the death penalty. The execution of Yakub Memon, convicted of aiding in the 1993 Bombay blasts, after dramatic eleventh-hour efforts to......
INDEPENDENCE Day is traditionally described as a time of celebration and reflection. One wonders what people will reflect upon tomorrow after the ritualistic festivities are over.Quite a few might......
EITHER we are approaching some sort of tipping point in the city, or the theatre is about to get a little more absurd.Until the resignations given by the MQM are formally accepted by the speaker of......
IMRAN Khan has been outed. What was suspected for some time has been confirmed: Imran is a closet Marxist.It is clear that Imran follows not the doctrinaire ideology of Karl Marx but the ambivalence......
TIANJIN: Enormous explosions at a chemical warehouse in a major Chinese port city killed at least 50 people and injured more than 700, official media said Thursday, leaving a devastated landscape of......
