BODRUM: The father of a three-year-old Syrian boy, whose body was washed up on a Turkish beach in an image that shocked the world, said Thursday his children “slipped through my hands” as their boat......
ISLAMABAD: Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has dismissed speculations about his retirement and insisted that he is still a “good limited-overs bowler,” adding that he had at least “two years of competitive......
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Thursday most Americans agreed with Israel over dangers posed by Iran, even as he lost a battle to persuade the US Congress to reject Tehran’s......
ANKARA: Iran's Supreme Leader said on Thursday he favoured a parliamentary vote on the nuclear deal reached with world powers, and called for sanctions against Tehran to be lifted completely rather......
SHIKARPUR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday called for Pakistan Rangers to take action against corruption in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) if his party's provincial government......
ISLAMABAD: Talking to media personnel after being briefed by military officials on the progress of operation Zarb-i-Azb Thursday, NA Standing Committee on Defence Chairman Rohail Asghar said Pakistan......
MITHI: After hearing that the Thar desert received record rainfall, nearly 350 mm this year, many believed that the downpour will bring fortune for the desert's 1.6 million inhabitants — but the......
Images of a drowned Syrian child shocked the world today. The pictures, taken on Wednesday morning, show the lifeless body of a three year-old boy (identified as Aylan Kurdi) washed up ashore on a......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's coach Marvan Atapattu has quit following the team's defeat by India which recorded its first Test series win on the island after 22 years, it was announced Thursday.Atapattu, 44,......
THE HAGUE: A Dutch air force sergeant has run away to Syria to join the self-styled Islamic State (IS) militants in the first such case involving a serving soldier in the Netherlands, defence......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday acknowledged that confidence level between Islamabad and Kabul on security matters was at a historic low and urged the top Afghan leadership to stop its anti-Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Co-ordination Council on Thursday banned the export of donkey hides in the country till all the four provincial governments devise ways to dispose of donkey meat in an......
KARACHI: A district and sessions court on Thursday disposed of an application filed by an Indian lawyer seeking information and custody of a deaf and dumb Indian woman – Geeta – who is stranded in......
Two days ago, I woke up to the terrible news of the death of two children in a school in Karachi. Initial reports suggested that the children had decided to end their lives after their parents......
KABUL: Officials from more than 30 nations and 40 international organisations gathered in the Afghan capital Thursday for a regional economic conference to explore ways of rebuilding the country......
NEW YORK: Leave it to Novak Djokovic to engage in some sort of good-natured post-match goofiness on court at the US Open.Djokovic has entertained spectators in the past with his impersonations of......
It's been a spectacular year for Jami, as Moor continues to get rave reviews from critics and audiences alike.But Jami is not one for taking a break.He has already started work on his fourth film, he......
GAUHATI: Naga protesters have blocked a key highway and authorities shut down wireless Internet services to quell heightening tension in a northeast Indian state where seven people have died in......
Kieron Pollard of the West Indies, Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan and New Zealand's Grant Elliott have emerged as the possible big-name signings for the inaugural edition of the Pakistan Super......
DUBAI: Growth in Saudi Arabia's non-oil private sector rose to a five-month high in August, buoyed by the impact of increasing oil production, a survey of businesses showed on Thursday.The seasonally......
NEW DELHI: A senior leader of Communist Party Of India (CPI) has blamed Bollywood actor and former porn star Sunny Leone and her contraceptives advertisement for the rising rape cases in India,......
KARACHI: Police on Monday arrested a man posing as a Rangers colonel in Zaman Town area of Karachi.Zaman Town police registered FIR 415/2015 against the imposter Raza Malik and his partner in crime ......
Imran Khan seems to be fighting battles on every front these days — and his love life is no exception.The PTI Chairman Imran Khan took to Twitter today to dismiss rumours that his ex-wife Jemima is......
ISTANBUL: Heart-rending pictures of a toddler's lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach sparked horror on Wednesday as the cost of Europe's growing refugee crisis hit home.The images of a tiny......
It was a sight Pakistan fans were so used to in the 90s, they took it for granted when their team defended totals.Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, on their best days, needed just a few runs to play with......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday announced the schedule for second phase of local government (LG) polls in Sindh and Punjab, to be held on Nov 19.According to the......
Bollywood stars who do not conform to its beauty norms often have to ward off unwarranted commentary about their physical appearance. Sometimes, that comes in the form of Twitter trolls. But celebs......
SYDNEY: Australian cricket great Shane Warne told tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios Thursday respect was more important than being liked and warned him “you're testing our patience mate”.Showman Kyrgios......
A FOUR-man commission appointed by the Supreme Court to examine illegal border crossings at Torkham, the main border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, has returned with a startling claim......
THE suicide blast outside the offices of the political administrator in Jamrud, Khyber Agency on Tuesday broke the relative calm in that particular tehsil of the agency this year.Even otherwise,......
HISTORY will remember Abdul Hafiz Pirzada, who died in London on Tuesday, for two extraordinary achievements: he piloted the 1973 Constitution, and he had the courage to defy Pakistan’s powerful......
DO liberals matter in national policy discourse? Do they have anything in common with other segments of society? And who are they and what do they want?These are not difficult questions to answer.......
THE number of people apprehended by the Rangers in the Karachi operation and charged with terror financing is growing by the day. All of them have been apprehended under a single law, brought in in......
THE issue of ‘ghost’ teachers and ‘ghost’ schools, which is particularly acute in Sindh, eats up a huge portion of funds, which can otherwise be utilised to improve the dilapidated physical condition......
THE cancellation of the National Security Adviser talks between Pakistan and India some days ago could lead to a further worsening of relations between the two nuclear-armed states; border skirmishes......
SYDNEY: Steve Waugh has backed calls from fellow former Australia captain Ricky Ponting and West Indies great Michael Holding for cricket chiefs to rid Test cricket of the toss.Under Ponting's......
SYDNEY: Dennis Lillee quits as president of the Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) as a new plan unveiled Thursday showed Tests against India, England, and South Africa will move to the new......
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday announced China will cut its number of troops by 300,000, as he kicked off a massive military parade marking 70 years since the end of World War Two......
SYDNEY: Selfie, the act of taking a picture of oneself with a mobile phone, placing the subject centre-stage, has exploded in popularity in recent years, with everyone from Britain's Queen Elizabeth......
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Thursday responding to the Indian army chief's statements earlier this week, said that Pakistan is ready for a small scale or prolonged war if......
The shoot for Mehreen Jabbar's next feature film Dobara Phir Se is in full swing, with the cast and crew returning to New York after a brief spell in Westport, Connecticut.The writer/co-producer......
NEW YORK: Five-time champion Roger Federer and 2012 winner Andy Murray head the US Open line-up on Thursday while 2001 champion Lleyton Hewitt could play his final match at the tournament.World......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in an emergency press conference called early Thursday morning announced its decision to withdraw from talks with the government once again, alleging that the......
BAGH: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said here on Wednesday that the hearts of Pakistanis beat in unison with Kashmiris and warned that the incidents of firing across the Line of Control (LoC) were a......
PESHAWAR: Three policemen were killed in an alleged encounter in Badukhel area in the outskirts of the city on Wednesday. A local resident was also killed and seven policemen and another resident......
PESHAWAR/LANDIKOTAL: At least 31 suspected militants were killed and several others injured when military planes pounded hideouts of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Lashkar-i-Islam......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif has endorsed the death sentence of another five persons convicted of terrorism-related charges by the military courts.“The COAS has confirmed death sentences......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner retired Justice Sardar Mohammad Raza Khan has assured the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf that technical mistakes made during the 2013 polls will not be repeated in......
PESHAWAR: Senior gynaecologist Prof Dr Iqbal Begum, who was appointed principal of the Khyber Girls Medical College (KGMC) by the secretary health last week, was removed from the post on Wednesday by......
PESHAWAR: The business community of Peshawar on Wednesday held a rally against the 0.3 per cent withholding tax on bank transactions of over Rs50,000 and threatened to continue the protest campaign......
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has served show cause notices on 52 councillors, newly-elected district nazims, one senator and an MPA in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for allegedly violating the party’s......
PESHAWAR: The government has started 11-day campaign to carry out spray and protect the people against insect-borne diseases, especially malaria.The exercise is aimed at protecting people against......
PESHAWAR: Save Chitral Movement, an association of various political and civil society organisations, has blamed timber mafia for the recent flash floods and soil erosion in the district and demanded......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday declined interim bail to former provincial mines minister Ziaullah Afridi and former director general of the department Dr Liaquat Ali in the cases of......
LAKKI MARWAT: The district development advisory committee (DDAC) has ordered probe into the misuse of funds meant for maintenance and repair of roads in the district.Directives to this effect were......
MARDAN: The failure of the local leadership to form district government in Mardan has disappointed the councillors of PTI, according to insiders.The PTI councillors told this scribe on condition of......
MANSEHRA: The Planning Commission has approved Rs700 million for development projects of Hazara University.The approval was made during a recent meeting, where Hazara University Vice Chancellor Dr......
KHAR: The Bajaur Agency political administration on Wednesday asked the elders to take necessary steps for maintenance of peace and checking movement of miscreants in their respective areas to thwart......
SWABI: The district government has imposed complete ban on transfers and fresh appointments in 24 departments, which fall in its jurisdiction.The district nazim, Ameer Rehman, when contacted, said......
ISLAMABAD: Doctors and paramedic staff of five government-run hospitals in the federal capital have announced a two-hour strike daily from today (Thursday) to press their demand for unfreezing of......
KARAK: Scores of PTI workers from Takht-i-Nusrati tehsil resigned from the party over differences with the local leadership and joined PPP here on Wednesday.Adil Mir Khattak, PTI senior vice......
ISLAMABAD: Justice Noorul Haq N. Qureshi of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), on Wednesday, granted protective bail to former Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani for 7 days in another case, filed......
KOHAT: Deputy commissioner Zahir Shah on Wednesday said anti-polio campaign would be carried out in Kohat district every month to ensure elimination of the crippling disease.“From now on, the......
RAWALPINDI: The flight information display system at Benazir Bhutto International Airport left relatives of passengers confused after it mentioned the origin of a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight as......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice S. Khawaja has taken suo motu notice of the issue of converting land of National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) into a housing society, and......
ISLAMABAD: Justice Noorul Haq N. Qureshi of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), on Wednesday, granted protective bail to former Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani for 7 days in another case, filed......
ISLAMABAD: The Chinese embassy with the Pakistan Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage presented the Yu Opera, ‘Cheng Ying Rescues Orphan’.Performed by the China Henan Second Yu......
ISLAMABAD: The prime minister’s adviser on national security and foreign affairs, Sartaj Aziz, on Wednesday stressed the need of close collaboration between the social safety nets of different......
RAWLAPINDI: Families of three Pakistanis, who went missing soon after landing at Islamabad airport some six months ago, finally succeeded in getting a kidnapping case registered with the Airport......
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) on Wednesday organised a photographic exhibition highlighting the operation Zarb-i-Azb.Former federal interior minister, Malik Habib Khan inaugurated the......
RAWALPINDI: Though the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) stayed away from the protest, more than 200 traders from different markets and bazaars gathered at Fawwara Chowk on Wednesday......
RAWALPINDI: Taking notice of the increasing number of dengue patients in the three government-run hospitals, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the......
Haris Aziz is a professional chartered accountant and a sharp dresser.But this September, he and several others will don their finest sartorial possessions as they take part in the first......
ISLAMABAD: Architecture and landscape painter G.N. Kazi gives new life to historical buildings when he puts them on canvas.The Nomad Gallery at Saidpur village on Monday opened its doors to his new......
ISLAMABAD: Visionary leadership and cabinets comprising educated people bring changes in their countries. Nations cannot be build by constructing roads, said former chairman, Higher Education......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information on Wednesday expressed reservations over the code of conduct for electronic media, prepared by the government on the orders of the Supreme......
MUZAFFARGARH: A large number of employees of the Literacy department from across the province have threatened to protest outside the Punjab Assembly in Lahore on Sept 7 on the International Literacy......
GUJRANWALA: Alam Chowk police on Wednesday registered a case against 400 people, including 16 nominated, on charges of blocking Lohianwala Bypass and surrounding roads for eight hours in connection......
LAHORE: The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has registered only 100 beauty salons and cosmetic and plastic surgery clinics in the provincial capital on a voluntarily basis out of around 600 such......
OKARA: Traffic on GT Road was blocked all day on Wednesday by hundreds of tenants of Anjuman-i-Mazareen Punjab (AMP) demanding release of their Kulyana state activist who was arrested by Okara Saddar......
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday turned down a resolution against the massive increase in gas tariff moved by the opposition leader amid sloganeering for and against the move.The opposition......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lahore, arrested on Wednesday Inayat Husain, former chief engineer of the National Transmission and Distribution Company in a corruption......
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) seized on Wednesday 120 kilogram ‘pig meat’ from the parcel office adjacent to the Lahore Railways Station.Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has taken notice of......
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami Emir Senator Sirajul Haq has opposed confining the process of accountability to Sindh alone. Talking to the media after his return from 10-day foreign tour here on Wednesday,......
LAHORE: Stage comedian Iftikhar Ahmad Thakur has approached the Lahore High Court for a complete ban on exhibition of Indian films in Pakistan.Filed through Advocate Ishtiaq Ahmad Chaudhry, Mr Thakur......
LAHORE: The PML-Q has begun restructuring the party in Punjab to actively take part in local body elections.A meeting of party leaders was held here on Wednesday presided over by its president,......
LAHORE: The allocation of Rs7.5 billion for development projects in all and Rs25 million for each Rawalpindi constituency, by the Punjab government, is pre-poll rigging in Rawalpindi and 36......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench gave a final opportunity to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday to file its reply about a bail petition of PPP’s senior leader Qasim Zia......
LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences will host a three-day international dental research conference with the theme of “Dental Research: New Horizons and Challenges” on September 4-6.The......
LAHORE: The Young Doctors’ Association (YDA), Punjab, plans protests on September 9 across the Punjab against the privatisation of public hospitals.The Punjab government has planned outsourcing......
LAHORE: PPP vice-president Sherry Rehman sought suggestions from the workers at a meeting of the party’s study circle here on Wednesday.She said the workers were the party’s asset and their......
LAHORE: The local music industry may soon get some fresh voices through the 16 talent hunts the Lahore Arts Council organised recently.“Around 12 to 14 budding singers we selected from these shows......
LAHORE: The 13th death anniversary of famous poet and writer Ahmed Rahi was observed here on Wednesday.A ceremony was arranged at his residence where tributes were paid to his services.During his......
SAHIWAL: A youth allegedly shot his three cousins dead and critically injured his younger sister for “honour” at Moza Paka Sadhar, Kalyana, Pakpattan district, on Wednesday.The suspect managed to......
MULTAN: An anti-terrorism court judge granted bail on Wednesday to 10 employees of the Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU), including Employees’ Welfare Association president Malik Safdar Hussain,......
SIALKOT: An interfaith gathering at the shelling-hit village of Sialkot on Wednesday prayed for the departed souls.The Pakistan Council for Social Welfare and Human Rights (PCSWHR) organised the......
KARACHI: Rangers personnel accompanied by some officials in plain clothes “visited” Dr Ziauddin Hospital of Dr Asim Hussain in North Nazimabad on Wednesday in a second such exercise after the arrest......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the provincial authorities to explain why motorcycle-rickshaws, better known as Qingqis, were banned when there was no alternative public transport......
KARACHI: Police on Wednesday said they were examining handwritten letters of and drawings by the two teenage classmates who were found shot dead on Tuesday morning in a private school in Patel Para......
HYDERABAD: Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali has directed Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) to cut off power connections of the Sindh government departments if they fail to......
BADIN: The decades-old dispute between two rival groups of devotees over the custodianship of the Luari Sharif shrine has again caused tension in the town named after it with demonstrations being......
SUKKUR: The remains of three persons dug out from sand dunes of Khanpur Mahar on Tuesday were buried in the Sardar Garh graveyard on Wednesday after performing all legal formalities.The remains were......
HYDERABAD: On a call given by the All Pakistan Anjuman-i-Tajran, traders in parts of Sindh held protests on Wednesday against imposition of withholding tax on bank transactions and withdrawal of over......
SUKKUR: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf Sindh president Nadir Akmal Leghari, speaking at a hurriedly called press conference in Daharki town of Ghotki district on Wednesday, announced that party chief......
KARACHI: The apathy of the provincial government towards public interest projects can be gauged from the fact that it has been sitting on a major industrial effluent treatment project plan for a......
KARACHI: A young female schoolteacher kidnapped from her school in PIB Colony on Wednesday morning was found murdered some hours later in the Korangi Industrial Area, police said.They also claimed to......
KARACHI: A traffic police constable was shot dead while two others were wounded in an armed attack in the SITE-B area on Wednesday evening in the second such attack within a week on the traffic......
KARACHI: A woman, mother of four children, was killed allegedly by her husband in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Wednesday, police said.They added that Ghulam Fatima, 30, was strangled by her husband, Mohammed......
KARACHI: Nearly half a dozen armed robbers on Wednesday morning entered a private bank in Azeempura after relieving a guard of his pistol and collected about half a million rupees by holding......
KARACHI: A three-person show titled The Fine Line opened at the Canvas Gallery on Tuesday evening. Two of the three young participating artists — Cyra Ali and Fatima Munir — are graduates of the......
CYRIL Almeida’s article ‘Gibraltar, Grand Slam and war’ lacks substance. Grand Slam was not launched to achieve victory but to release pressure on Muzzafarabad.The loss of Hajipir Pass, the principal......
HUB is a tehsil of Lasbela district located at the junction of Sindh-Balochistan. As Hub is located at the tail-end of Karachi it attracts local and foreign investors.They set up their industrial......
IT is a sad day indeed to read about the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC). Though all its members are educated, the PMDC seems to have functioned the way political parties function --......
YOUR editorial “Rangers’ mandate” (Aug 29) has no relevance to the Karachi operation and more so to ground realities. Stories of massive corruption while Dr Asim was minister for petroleum are no......
YOUTH Parliament Pakistan (YPP), a project of Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (Pildat), was established in 2007 to give Pakistani youth knowledge about the political......
GETTING your work done at a public dealing office is a tiring task in Pakistan, whether it is an excise and taxation office, a court, bank, Nadra or a utility. It is almost impossible that you will......
I RECENTLY met a woman teacher who is employed at a private school. During our conversation, I came to know that she receives a monthly salary of Rs10,000 only.A science graduate, with some five......
THE recent border violations show our inability to get the international community to get India under pressure to stop such atrocious acts of terrorism on the civilian settlements situated right at......
IT is indeed regrettable that the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman and other officials are continuously requesting the Board of Control for Cricket in India to resume playing cricket with Pakistan.I......
NEW DELHI: Millions of workers across India went on strike on Wednesday in protest at Narendra Modi’s economic policies, the biggest show of strength by trade unions since the right-wing prime......
PARIS: Eight people died in an apartment fire early on Wednesday in Paris, officials said, and police were investigating whether the fire was started intentionally.Speaking on French TV BFM, Interior......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama secured enough Senate votes on Wednesday to ensure that his Iran nuclear deal does not die in Congress.The Republican-dominated Congress can still reject the......
CUTTACK: Sixty-one infants have died at an Indian children’s hospital in just two weeks, sparking protests and forcing the state government to launch an investigation.A criminal probe was under way......
NAIROBI: At least four people have died in renewed clashes in Burundi, where tensions remain high following President Pierre Nkurunziza’s controversial re-election, officials and witnesses said on......
DOHA: Qatar will begin enforcing a law that ensures migrant workers get paid on time from November, labour ministry officials said on Wednesday.The Wage Protection System (WPS) ? trumpeted by the......
ANCHORAGE: North America’s tallest mountain doesn’t just have a new name. It also has a new elevation.Denali, the Alaska mountain formerly known Mount McKinley, is now officially 10 feet shorter,......
AMMAN: At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Syrian city of Latakia on Wednesday, state television said, in a rare attack in a coastal stronghold of......
SANAA: A suicide bomber and a subsequent car bomb killed at least 20 people on Wednesday at a mosque in Yemen’s rebel-held capital, Sanaa, amid the country’s raging civil war, officials said.The......
SO why is the self-styled Islamic State (IS) blowing to pieces the greatest artefacts of ancient history in Syria and Iraq? Joanne Farchakh, an archaeologist, has a unique answer to a unique......
NEW YORK: The nearly three-year wait since Steven Spielberg’s last movie (2012’s Lincoln) comes to an end this October with the spy thriller Bridge of Spies.Good news for moviegoers: there won’t be......
WASHINGTON: She remains Democrats’ best hope — for now — to retain the White House, but Hillary Clinton has failed to shake an unremitting email scandal that has dragged down her perceived......
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan captain Shahbaz Ahmed Senior was named the new Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) secretary following the resignation of Rana Mujahid on Wednesday.Rana announced his......
LAHORE: The International Cricket Council’s five-year bans on former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and pace bowler Mohammad Asif came to an end on Wednesday, but the long road back for the players......
SOUTHAMPTON: Australia have declared they will unleash a bouncer barrage on in-form England batsman Moeen Ali in the One-day International series opener here at Ageas Bowl on Thursday night.Ali was a......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka off-spinner Tharindu Kaushal has been reported for a suspected illegal bowling action during the third and final Test against India, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on......
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan on Wednesday wrote a letter to the Indian cricket board secretary pressing him for an update on a proposed series between the arch-rivals......
NEW YORK: Roger Federer glided into the second round on a hot, steamy day at Flushing Meadows, while Andy Murray ushered talented young Australian Nick Kyrgios out of another Grand Slam event at the......
LONDON: Iceland could qualify for their first major finals and be joined in next year’s Euro 2016 championship by Wales, England, Italy, Sweden and Austria, among others, if results go to form in......
AUCKLAND: The South African city of Durban was selected as the host for the 2022 Commonwealth Games at the Federation’s general assembly in New Zealand on Wednesday.The coastal city was the only......
BERNE: A 12-member committee set up by FIFA to draw up far-reaching reforms to the organisation in the wake of a corruption scandal met for the first time in Berne on Wednesday.Headed by Swiss lawyer......
LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles joined the race to win the 2024 Olympics here on Tuesday after city leaders gave unanimous backing for a bid to stage the sporting extravaganza for a third time.The United......
SYDNEY: Former Australia cricket captain Michael Clarke has withdrawn from a lucrative domestic Twenty20 contract as he reassesses whether he will ever play the sport again.Clarke retired from all......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi alongside many present and former world-class players from across the cricketing world will feature in a charity match at The Oval on Sept 17......
LAHORE: The Punjab Olympic Association (PbOA) on Wednesday appealed to the provincial government to restore the annual grant of various provincial sports associations, which was suspended several......
RAWALPINDI: Lahore Blues took another giant stride towards the semi-finals of the qualifying stage of the Cool & Cool presents Haier T20 Cup on Wednesday when they handed Quetta a crushing......
KARACHI: Opener Imran Ali narrowly missed out scoring a brilliant century as Qasmi Gymkhana coasted to a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Malir Sports in their KCCA Commissioner Karachi Cup......
DHAKA: The opening match of the ICRC International T20 Cricket Tournament’ for people with physical disabilities between England and hosts Bangladesh was abandoned as heavy rain lashed the......
KARACHI: The trials to select national squad for this year’s Asian Shooting Championship will be held at the newly installed Pakistan Navy Electronics International Shooting Range from Sept 12 to 15,......
KARACHI: An emergent meeting of the executive council of the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) will be held on Thursday here at the KCCA Stadium.According to a circular released to the media by......
LAHORE: Two Turkish bikers Taskin Yurdakadim and Polat Ozen, who are on a world tour, reached Lahore on Wednesday. The Punjab Sports Board accorded a warm welcome to the bikers when they arrived at......
ISLAMABAD: In the men’s singles event of the Fauji Fertilizer Company Open National Ranking Tennis Championship, Pakistan No. 1 and Davis Cup player Aqeel Khan along with seeded players Yasir Khan......
KARACHI: A day after the All Pakistan Oil Tanker Owners Association ended its strike, disruption in the supply of fuel (excluding CNG) persisted on Wednesday, with reports of pumps remaining closed......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif set up on Wednesday a committee to finalise recommendations to solve the issues faced by farmers in the wake of declining prices of agricultural commodities in......
KARACHI: Paper-based banking still dominates transactions despite rapid growth in e-banking, said a State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) report issued on Wednesday.“The industry is working on the......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Petroleum Ltd (PPL) has made another hydrocarbon discovery at its exploration well Fazl X-I located in Hala block.Hala block, which covers an area of around 276 square......
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Wednesday that the current economic environment has increased downside risks, particularly for emerging markets and developing......
KARACHI: The government plans to borrow Rs1.5 trillion in three months (Sept-Nov) through the sale of Market Treasury Bills (T-bills) and Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs), the State Bank of Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: The commerce ministry has developed a course to train around 100 officers in multilateral trading system.An official said the ministry will enter into an agreement with Geneva-based......
KARACHI: Stocks fell by 146.58 points (0.43 per cent) on Wednesday to settle at 34,309.76, as the Asian stocks measured by the MSCI Asia-Pacific Index, swung between a gain of 0.4pc and a loss of......
US bank quarterly earnings rise to $43bnWASHINGTON: US banks’ earnings jumped 7.3 per cent in the April-June period from a year earlier as revenues increased and the volume of soured loans banks had......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has advised taxpayers to avoid responding to spam emails.FBR official spokesperson Shahid Husain Asad in a statement said that it has been brought to the......
LONDON: Global stock markets faced renewed volatility Wednesday, as further evidence of slowing growth in China caused investors to question the prospects for continued global economic......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower on Wednesday after three consecutive sessions of strong gains, as a drop in commodity markets amid concerns over China’s growth weighed on......
LONDON: Gold eased on Wednesday as a rebound in stocks and the dollar arrested a four-day rally, with uncertainty over the timing of a looming US rate hike limiting price moves ahead key US non-farm......
KARACHI: Cotton trading was brisk on Wednesday as spinners covered up their positions amid falling lint prices. However, undertone remained easy and uncertain.Floor brokers said that cotton prices......
YOKOHAMA: The yuan’s recent depreciation moves it closer towards its real market value, the head of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said, dismissing fears that China may export deflation to its......
DUBAI: The impact of lower oil prices will soon start to weigh on Saudi Arabia’s banks, which are likely to see bad loans edge higher by the end of the year, according to Standard & Poor’s.Lenders in......
KARACHI: Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, the celebrated author of the country’s unanimously adopted Constitution, was a lawyer par excellence who quite belatedly discovered that his unparalleled skill inside a......
ISLAMABAD: The ruling PML-N and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) resumed their dialogue on Wednesday over the issue of forming a committee to look into the grievances of the MQM regarding the......
ISLAMABAD: Having lost over 20 million acre-feet (MAF) water into the sea during the recent floods, the country is estimated to face water shortage of about 5MAF in the Rabi season starting on Oct......
QUETTA: Three additional judges were sworn in as permanent judges of the Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Wednesday.BHC Chief Justice Mohammad Noor Meskanzai administrated the oath to Justices......
ISLAMABAD: Three members of a four-man commission on border crossing submitted to the Supreme Court on Wednesday a separate report stating that the customs department had collected Rs7 billion in......
LAHORE: Trade organisations, under the banner of All-Pakistan Anjuman-i-Tajiran, held demonstrations across the country on Wednesday in protest against imposition of withholding tax on banking......
QUETTA: Qazi Abdul Wahid, a former DIG of police, was shot dead near his home in Sariab area on Wednesday night.According to police, two men on a motorbike opened fire on his car in Arif Street. He......
QUETTA: Polio virus was confirmed in a five-year-old girl in Quetta on Wednesday, bringing the total number of such cases found in Balochistan this year to five.Officials of the Emergency Operation......
BEIJING: Almost all members of the Uighur militant group, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), have been eliminated from Pakistan, President Mamnoon Hussain said here on Wednesday.During a......
ISLAMABAD: The expansion of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Lahore, came under the microscope on Wednesday when the Supreme Court decided to examine how a commercial enterprise could be vested......
RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court was told on Wednesday that Naheed Khan, political secretary of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto, had asked the slain prime minister to wave hands to a charged crowd......
LARKANA: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari asked the party workers on Wednesday to make preparations for the forthcoming local bodies elections in Sindh and expressed the hope that his party would......
NEW DELHI: Senior Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has written a `secret’ letter to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, local reports said on Wednesday, setting off speculation whether the......
