ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved the development of Integrated Transit Trade Management System (ITTMS) for establishing modern trade and transit......
BUDAPEST: A Pakistani migrant died in Hungary on Friday after collapsing on railway tracks when a group of about 350 migrants escaped from a train station where 800 migrants were being held by......
ABU DHABI: An arms depot explosion in Yemen killed 22 soldiers from the United Arab Emirates, in the country's heaviest loss since joining an Arab coalition battling rebels, military sources said on......
KARACHI: Sindh Rangers conducted a surgical action in Gulshan-i-Maymar area late Thursday night and arrested two alleged target killers having reported ties with a political party, Rangers......
Former Pakistan captains Wasim Akram and Ramiz Raja have been named as the ambassadors of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) aims to boost the profile of the......
ISLAMABAD: The United States has taken Pakistan into confidence over a new US military alliance to fight the growing global presence of the self-styled Islamic State (IS), sources told DawnNews on......
Khichri, another name for wholesome goodness and one more commonality, amongst many, that connects sub-continental households across borders, languages and ethnicities. Children are nourished on......
BEIRUT: The father of a three-year-old boy whose drowning off Turkey shocked the world buried his son, another child and his wife in an emotional funeral Friday in Syria's Kobane, a witness......
BERLIN: Mohammed Ali bends his head as the priest pours holy water over his black hair. “Will you break away from Islam?” pastor Gottfried Martens asks the Iranian refugee.“Yes,” Ali fervently......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday and discussed measures taken to provide effective security coverage to the China-Pakistan Economic......
MADRID: Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has blamed Manchester United's "lack of negotiating experience" for the failure of goalkeeper David De Gea's move to the Spanish capital on Monday.The......
DHAKA: Nervous, pale and sleep deprived, Bangladesh blogger Shammi Haque describes living in constant fear after four of her colleagues were hacked to death this year by suspected Islamists.A social......
DAMASCUS: A Syrian government official in charge of antiquities says that militants belonging to Daesh or the self-styled Islamic State group have destroyed three ancient tower tombs in the central......
SUKKUR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan while speaking to the press on Friday said that Karachi could not become a separate province.The PTI chairman said that the Muttahida Qaumi......
BANGKOK: Thai authorities unveiled the restored centrepiece on Friday of the Erawan Shrine, in the latest bid to boost confidence among Bangkok's tourism and business communities almost three weeks......
BUDAPEST: Refugees who had hoped to move on from Hungary stubbornly remained on a stalled train Friday, refusing to go to a center where authorities are demanding that they register.Police remained......
Film star Resham’s much-talked-about comeback film Swaarangi has been cleared by the Punjab Censor Board and is scheduled to release on September 11, as earlier announced.Last week, the film was......
While we wait for Na Maloom Afraad's stars to get their next projects lined up, they're still milking their debut film for all its worth.NMA released in cinemas in the UAE yesterday, nearly a year......
SYDNEY: Australia's most populous state on Friday announced what it called the biggest investment in Sydney's sporting and events infrastructure since the 2000 Olympics, with construction of a new......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has so far spent $1.9billion from its own resources on operation Zarb-i-Azb and return of Temporary Displaced Persons (TDPs), according to a statement issued by Foreign office......
Picture this: Dhoop Kinaray. Dr Ahmar and Dr Zoya Ali Khan infinitely lost in each other’s eyes and treating patients at the same time. He smiles, takes a microsecond-long look at a howling child who......
KARACHI: For more than 1,000 years, Parsis have thrived in South Asia but an ageing population and emigration to the West driven by instability in Pakistan means the tiny community of "fire......
We may not have known her name until two weeks ago, when she took over our Facebook timelines, but we've definitely seen her work.Laraib Atta, who happens to be the daughter of renowned folk singer......
ISLAMABAD: A two-member Pakistan contingent will be heading for USA on September 7 to participate in the World Wrestling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada.Talking to APP, Mohammad Arshad Sattar,......
BEIRUT: Would-be migrants hoping to flee war in the Middle East are using Facebook as their compass for finding the human smugglers they hope will get them to a better life in Europe.The US-based......
NEW YORK: A drone crashed at the US Open Thursday, causing a match to be interrupted after it flew over the Flushing Meadows complex.The drone crashed in the corner of the Louis Armstrong Stadium in......
Australia, bidding to avenge their defeat in the Ashes test series earlier in the tour, went 1-0 up in the one-day international encounter when they beat England by 59 runs in Southampton on......
LONDON: It is telling that although he stands on the verge of becoming England's all-time leading goal-scorer, Wayne Rooney's standing in the game remains a matter of debate.Ahead of back-to-back......
KABUL: Rahim Khan's return to Afghanistan 28 years after fleeing to Pakistan was not the homecoming he had dreamed of.The 60-year-old is one of a growing number of Afghan refugees making the journey......
NEW YORK: Five-time champion Roger Federer strolled into the US Open third round on Thursday as fellow old-timer Lleyton Hewitt bid farewell in trademark fighting style.On a dramatic day which saw a......
Famous for speaking her mind, Vidya Balan did not shy away from referring to herself as a ‘greedy’ actor recently. She said that she was quick to snap up offered roles in two of her past films, Dirty......
NEW YORK: History-chasing Serena Williams tries to recover from a poor serving performance and reach the US Open fourth round Friday while Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal also seek last-16......
PARIS: French investigators have formally identified a washed-up piece of air plane debris found in July on a remote island in the Indian Ocean as part of Malaysia Airlines flight (MH370), a Boeing......
Most people know Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban in 2012 for demanding girls' right to education, but few have heard of the 19th century Afghan......
Is the Punjab Revenue Authority the latest #AyeshaMumtaz on the streets?The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) shut down two major designer retail outlets in Lahore yesterday, MUSE and Zara Shahjahan.......
WASHINGTON: A US State Department cable declassified this week shows that in May 2000 the Musharraf government was willing to “low-key” UN resolutions on Kashmir to improve relations with India.A......
MIRPUR (AJK): AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed called upon the international community on Thursday to take notice of growing incidents of unprovoked firing by Indian troops in areas along the......
SRINAGAR: Four suspected militants and a soldier were killed early on Thursday in India-held Kashmir in a gunbattle near the Line of Control, the second such incident in 24 hours, a police officer......
PESHAWAR: The police stood by its claim of events leading to an alleged encounter on Wednesday which left three policemen and a resident dead and eight others injured.Addressing a press conference......
THE dusty, potholed 11-kilometre access road that links Hussain Khanwala village with Kasur was one of the busiest in the area until a few days ago. Now, it has regained its old quiet which is broken......
HYDERABAD: Thatta police have arrested Bashir Brohi – the manager of a sitting Sindh minister and informer of ex-SSP Hyderabad Pir Farid Jan Sarhandi – in Qasimabad area on Thursday for his alleged......
ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and the US Department of Agriculture have jointly launched a project in Pakistan to deal with livestock emergencies at the......
ABDUL Hafeez Pirzada’s death is a huge loss to the legal profession. The courts in Pakistan stand deprived of the valuable assistance of an able, courageous and competent lawyer. I have lost a......
ON account of recent changes in tax rules applicable on National Savings Certificates (NSC), some serious questions have arisen. Answers to them are really important because millions of investors are......
THIS refers to the news report ‘US calls for tough action against Haqqani network’ (Aug 31). As usual, the US wants Pakistan to do more; this time its veiled threat is on the Haqqani network.The......
I REFER to a report by Fahim Zaman regarding the population census (Sept 1) and refute the writer’s contention that the population and housing census-2016 is likely to be delayed or even scrapped.The......
THE Higher Education Commission (HEC) should review the criteria for the grant of management position scales to vice-chancellors of public-sector universities.At present, there are no prescribed......
The dreadful news about how a young girl and a boy committed suicide and destroyed themselves and a suicide letter then showed up on television. It also became viral on the social media.My question......
THIS is apropos the article “A three-path judgement” (Aug 31). Despite the fact that Supreme Court of Pakistan withheld the establishment of military courts in the country, Asma Jahangir’s opinion is......
PESHAWAR: Seven people, mostly children, were killed and around 25 were injured after torrential rains coupled with strong winds and hailstorm lashed the provincial capital early on Thursday, rescue......
PESHAWAR: Mother of Taj Mohammad alias Rizwan, who was sentenced to death by a military court for involvement in the last year attack on Peshawar Army Public School, on Thursday moved the Peshawar......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has planned to bring certain reforms and restructure the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation (PEDO) in order to make the organisation more dynamic......
PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has expressed his concern over the payment of only Rs300,000 to families of those killed in the Jamrud bomb blast in Khyber Agency and......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company Limited (KPOGCL) has decided to take up the issue of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) with the federal government so that the province could use the......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday disposed of the Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan’s petition challenging an inquiry of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission against it after......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is establishing the geriatric and dementia ward at the Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) to provide physical and psychiatric treatment to the elderly people......
KOHAT: Inspector General of Police Nasir Khan Durrani on Thursday interacted with the students of various schools here on the issue of terrorism in a maiden visit of any senior-most police officer to......
LANDI KOTAL: It was rare that 32-year-old Zil Akbar, a diligent construction worker, would venture out to Jamrud bazaar as he would steadfastly focus on his work and enjoy playing cricket with his......
KHAR: The 12-day anti-measles drive ended peacefully in Bajaur Agency achieving its goal of vaccinating maximum number of children against lethal disease across the tribal region.“Although the......
CHITRAL: The extended flash floods have caused a colossal loss to apple farmers in Mastuj, Karimabad, Oveer and Terich valleys of Chitral district.These valleys are known for producing apple of......
MINGORA: Tourists thronged Kalam valley to attend the Fifth Swat Tourism and Trade Festival at Ushu Ground on its inaugural day on Thursday.The five-day event was scheduled to be opened on August 11......
PESHAWAR: An accountability court here on Thursday convicted a deputy secretary (administration) and former cashier of Pakistan Tobacco Board in a case of embezzlement of funds and sentenced them to......
LAKKI MARWAT: Former federal minister for inter-provincial coordination Salim Saifullah Khan has said that with the establishment of the local government the vision to bring development to the......
ISLAMABAD: Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court on Thursday directed the Ministry of Interior to allocate 20 per cent posts of assistant sub-inspectors and constables in the......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered keeping on hold until the next hearing a summary awaiting the approval of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to transform 1,395 acres of land initially meant......
If the outcome of the meetings Bilawal Bhutto Zardari held in Islamabad over the past week are anything to go by, the Pakistan Peoples Party is in dire straits.The young chairman arrived in the......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has failed to meet yet another deadline for the completion of inquiries into corruption cases.The CDA administration set a 15-day period on August......
RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) hearing the Benazir Bhutto murder case may discard the statement of US lobbyist Mark Seigel, a key witness against former president and retired General......
RAWALPINDI: Mall Road will remain closed for traffic during the Pakistan Day celebrations on Sunday.The areas to be affected include T&T Chowk to Shalimar Chowk, Kashmir Road, T&T Chowk to Chungi No......
ISLAMABAD: Administrators for various seminaries have expressed concern over authorities’ requests that seminaries in the city remain closed on Defence Day, calling it a violation of their basic......
ISLAMABAD: The sacked chairperson of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), Chaudhry Rashid Ahmed, on Thursday approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC), seeking to preempt his......
ISLAMABAD: A new report by education campaigners Alif Ailaan has highlighted the need to promote girls’ education in Balochistan and shows that the lack of educational opportunities for girls has not......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee upbraided the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Thursday for increasing its fees at airports in the country when even privileged passengers find the facilities......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change on Thursday asked the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to stop the expansion of Islamabad Highway until a no-objection certificate is......
ISLAMABAD: Somali refugees gathered outside the National Press Club on Thursday to protest against the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for, what they said, ignoring them.Amongst......
LAHORE: It was a bad day for meat sellers, and of course for meat lovers: livestock officials with district authorities seized on Thursday a huge quantity of unhealthy or illegally processed meat in......
LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah claimed on Thursday that the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s Aftab Group was involved in the assassination of retired Col Shuja Khanzada.Responding to a call......
LAHORE: The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) extended its scope against tax evaders to the services sector on Thursday by taking action against renowned fashion designers and sealing 13 outlets in......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Election Commission of Pakistan on a petition challenging cancellation of three election tribunal members’ contracts.Ghulam Husain......
OKARA: After 55-long hours blockade of the GT Road, tenants of the Anjuman-i-Mazareen Punjab (AMP) cleared the highway following successful dialogues with the officials of the district administration......
LAHORE: Shadman police registered on Thursday a case against six of its officials, unidentified so far, for allegedly raping a woman at a private guest house.The woman of Gulberg had lodged a......
LAHORE: A two-judge Supreme Court bench on Thursday suspended a Lahore High Court order issued to the Punjab government about payment of the withheld 50 per cent judicial allowance to the court (LHC)......
LAHORE: The PPP Punjab has made arrangements to welcome its chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.“The chairman is arriving here later this week for a week-long visit,” Punjab PPP President Manzoor Wattoo......
LAHORE: Learning outcome of public schools’ students in Lahore is declining fast, while of those in an otherwise “backward” district of Rajanpur is rising for the past two years.Lahore students’......
LAHORE: National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) officials have closed their office near the DCO office in protest at lawyers’ violent behavior with them.A source privy to the development......
LAHORE: PTI Punjab Organiser Chaudhry Sarwar has called for a comprehensive operation against rampant corruption in Punjab, terming it a bigger terrorist activity.He said all Pakistanis, including......
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority teams on Thursday sealed various eateries, restaurants and food production units besides imposing fine on others in various parts of the city.A team headed by PFA......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) has forwarded its recommendations to the government on seminary data form and steps for promotion of interfaith harmony.In its recommendations forwarded to......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Scores of relatives of a murder suspect on Thursday blocked traffic at Pirmahal’s Ghausia Chowk -- an intersection leading towards Faisalabad, Multan, Kamalia and Shorkot Cantonment......
VEHARI: Farmers launched the Kissan Raj Tehrik under the banner of the Pakistan Kissan Board (PKB) here on Thursday.The farmers from all over the district demonstrated and staged a sit-in at V-Chowk......
SIALKOT: Badiana police recovered on Thursday a Lahore-based minor child and arrested two kidnappers.Police said an issueless couple, Fiaz and Yasmeen, had been working as servants at the house of......
FAISALABAD: Labour Qaumi Movement and Powerlooms Workers Union have announced stopping cleansing and oiling of looms, loading and unloading of the beams after Sept 10 if their demands were not......
NAROWAL: The Saddar police on Thursday caught a man impersonating a former inspector general of Punjab.Saddar police SHO Malik Muhammad Nadeem received a phone call from a man who introduced himself......
BAHAWALPUR: Three death-row prisoners were executed here on Thursday at the central jail.According to jail officials, Muhammad Khan of Chishtian, Muhammad Boota of Haroonabad and Faqir Muhammad of......
SAHIWAL: The federal government’s weak foreign policy allowed India to shell Pakistani civilians along the Line of Control as India wanted to impose its agenda on Pakistan.Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf......
GUJRANWALA: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Gujranwala chapter on Thursday expressed grievances against drug inspectors’ raids at their private hospitals and clinics and alleged harassment by......
MIANWALI: In a rare drive against the illegal money lending business, district police have so far arrested more than 50 people.District Police Officer Sarfraz Khan Virk launched the campaign on......
KARACHI: A sessions court on Thursday disposed of an application of an Indian lawyer seeking information and subsequent custody of a deaf and mute woman and observed that diplomatic channels be used......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday rejected the plea of Dr Asim Hussain’s wife for shifting her interned husband to a private hospital for medical treatment, but directed the Rangers......
KARACHI: In the first search operation since the identification of 49 madressahs suspected to have links with ‘terrorist organisations’ in Sindh, police seized Jihadi literature and posters belonging......
KARACHI: Speakers at the ‘Convention for restoration of Qingqi and other CNG rickshaws’ termed the ruling of the Supreme Court as the first victory of the protesting rickshaw drivers and the public,......
KARACHI: The Zaman Town police on Thursday arrested a man posing as a Rangers colonel and booked him under terror charges for demanding money to get a detained suspect released from the custody of......
KARACHI: Doctors at the Liaquat National Hospital on Thursday allowed Muttahida Qaumi Movement lawmaker Rashid Godil, who had been critically wounded in a drive-by shooting a fortnight ago, to go......
KARACHI: A young man whose brother was killed a few years ago was shot dead allegedly by gangsters over suspicion of his being an informer of law enforcers in a Chakiwara locality early Thursday......
KARACHI: In the wake of a renewed wave of killings of traffic policemen in the metropolis, traffic police authorities have sought deployment of armed policemen at traffic sections at around half a......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has asked the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) to investigate recent reports in the international media alleging that Pakistan is producing 45 per cent fake......
KARACHI: The Charter of Democracy has been getting a lot of bad press lately. This is because of a recent decision of the Pakistan Peoples Party, one of the architects of the CoD, to end its policy......
SUKKUR: Yet another attempt to blow up the Khushhal Khan Khatak Express — third over the past few weeks — was foiled late on Wednesday night when a five-kilo bomb planted on the track near Jacobabad......
LARKANA: Sindh Minister for Information Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has rejected reports that some PPP leaders are preparing to part ways with the party, adding that those who have already deserted the party......
MIRPURKHAS/SHIKARPUR: Two women were shot dead in the name of honour in different incidents that took place in Mirpurkhas and Shikarpur districts on Thursday. Officials at the Kot Ghulam Mohammed......
HYDERABAD: Office bearers of the Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) have demanded that the federal government withdraw increase in gas tariff especially the one that is given effect for fertilizer......
KHAIRPUR: The late Zanwaar Ali Dino Khan Wassan, elder brother of Sindh Minister for Minerals Manzoor Hussain Wassan and father of Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Nawab Khan Wassan, was laid to rest in......
PARIS: It’s been nearly 40 years since Soko Phay fled Cambodia with her parents to France where she was welcomed with “an extraordinary generosity”, but now she sees a country that “has changed, and......
GENEVA: Swiss authorities said on Thursday they had frozen tens of millions of dollars in assets as part of an investigation into Malaysia’s troubled state investment fund, 1Malaysia Development......
KIEV: Kiev authorities on Thursday closed schools in the city after smoke from nearby forest fires swathed the heat-stricken Ukrainian capital.“Given the spread of smoke from the forest fires in a......
COLOMBO: A Tamil lawmaker became leader of the opposition in Sri Lanka’s parliament for the first time in 32 years on Thursday, in the latest sign of progress towards ethnic reconciliation on the......
ANKARA: Iran’s Supreme Leader said on Thursday he favoured a parliamentary vote on its nuclear deal reached with world powers and called for sanctions against Tehran to be lifted completely rather......
DHAKA: A Bangladesh court on Thursday ordered two garment factory owners and 11 others stand trial for causing the death of 111 workers, almost three years after the country’s worst industrial......
KATHMANDU: The United Nations called on Thursday for dialogue and an end to violence in Nepal following clashes between security forces and protesters opposed to a proposed new constitution that have......
GUATEMALA CITY: Guatemalan President Otto Perez has resigned and turned himself into a court on Thursday to face charges in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged Guatemala into......
THE documentary Steve Jobs — The Man in the Machine captures, in its succinct subtitle, the contradictions inherent in its subject.Jobs, who founded Apple Computer with his friend Steve Wozniak in......
LAGOS: President Muhammadu Buhari has shaken up Nigeria’s corrupt bureaucracy and intensified the battle against Boko Haram in his first 100 days, but has struggled to set out his vision for the......
AMMAN: More than 13 million children are being denied an education by Middle East conflicts, the UN said on Thursday, warning “the hopes of a generation” would be dashed if they cannot return to......
UNITED NATIONS: The United States, Russia, China, Britain and France closed ranks and gave a deadly blow to the aspirants of a permanent seat in the expanded UN Security Council, by refusing to......
YAOUNDI: At least 30 people were killed in two suicide bombings in northern Cameroon on Thursday, the latest violence to hit the area since dozens died in attacks in July blamed on the Boko Haram......
DIYARBAKIR: Four Turkish police were killed on Thursday in a bomb attack on their vehicle in the country’s southeast blamed on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), sources said.The attack is......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will host Saudi Arabia’s King Salman in their first and long-delayed White House summit on Friday, with clashing views on Middle Eastern crises coming to the......
DUBAI: Son Heung-Min celebrated his move to Tottenham Hotspur with a hat-trick as South Korea smashed eight past lowly Laos while Asian champions Australia battered Bangladesh 5-0 as the continent’s......
KARACHI: The members of Sindh women and men netball teams received cash prizes from Provincial Minister for Sports Fayaz Ali Butt for their excellent performance in the National Championship held in......
Abid faces Aqeel in semi-finalISLAMABAD: Pakistan Davis Cupper Mohammad Abid Ali Akbar set up a semi-final showdown with top-ranked Aqeel Khan after he overcame Heera Ashiq 6-2, 6-3 in their......
DHAKA: Heavy rains in Dhaka delayed the commencement of the Five-Nation ICRC International cricket tournament on Wednesday and forced the organisers to reschedule the matches for Friday.The ......
RAWALPINDI: Karachi Blues and Bahawalpur booked their semi-final berths from Group ‘B’ in the qualifying round of the Cool & Cool presents Haier T20 Cup after sealing contrasting victories at the......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s top cueist and Asian champion Hamza Akbar, who has missed a couple of events of the World Professional and Billiards Snooker Association (WPBSA) circuit, will also miss the......
KARACHI: Iqbal Qasim, former chief selector and member of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Governing Board, has declared his willingness to serve national cricket if given any offer from the......
KARACHI: Sparkling centuries from Hafiz Asad and Saad Alam inspired Vital Five CC to a 61-run victory over Mansoora Sports in the KCCA Commissioner Karachi Cup match here on Wednesday.Batting first......
KARACHI: A 16-member Rangers Cricket Club side leaves on Friday for a 10-day tour of Islamabad for a series of matches.Announcing the squad, which is being led by Imran Ali, honourary club secretary......
LAHORE: Vice Chancellor of Punjab University Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran on Thursday distributed sports gears among the players of Akhwan Science College Barki for showing outstanding performance in the......
KARACHI: Lahore Blues celebrated their first win in the PCB Inter-region Under-19 One-day Cricket Tournament when an unbeaten 71 from Safeer Azam helped them defeat Quetta by seven wickets at the UBL......
SOUTHAMPTON: Matthew Wade’s quickfire 71 not out revived Australia as the World Cup-winners made 305 for six against England in the first day/night One-day International here on Thursday.Australia......
SYDNEY: Australian pace bowlers Mitchell Johnson and Josh Hazlewood could miss next month’s Test series in Bangladesh so they can rest ahead of a busy summer schedule.The Sydney Morning Herald on......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has received some response from international cricketers for the inaugural Pakistan Super League (PSL), to be held in Doha in February next year, but it is......
ISLAMABAD: Dashing opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad has appealed to cricket fans to support the high-profile Pakistan Super League (PSL) which is scheduled to be held in Doha next year.Lauding the......
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......
KARACHI: Chief selector Haroon Rasheed said on Thursday that doors of ODI cricket were not closed for stalwarts like Younis Khan and Saeed Ajmal.“Younis and Ajmal are players of high calibre and......
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 on Thursday.Atapattu,......
SYDNEY: Dennis Lillee quit as president of the Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) as a new plan unveiled on Thursday showed Tests against India, England, and South Africa will move to the......
NEW YORK: World number one Serena Williams shook off a woeful start on Wednesday to advance her quest for tennis history while Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal joined her in the third round of the US......
KARACHI: The State Bank has advised banks and development finance institutions (DFIs) not to discriminate against politically exposed persons (PEPs) and has created a special unit to handle......
KARACHI: Cotton production, battered by heavy monsoon rain and floodwater, has plunged by more than 400,000 bales (24 per cent) this season compared to the same period a year ago.According to a......
ISLAMABAD: The government put a temporary ban on export of donkey hides on Thursday, fearing extinction of the animal or possible consumption of its meat.A meeting of the Economic Coordination......
KARACHI: Freight forwarders and air cargo agents announced to call off their strike on Thursday after an understanding with the government over the issue of 8 per cent minimum tax on the turnover of......
ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee on Thursday noted the rising trend in prices of pulses, particularly gram pulse, garlic, meat, mutton and milk and discussed measures to control......
KARACHI: Bulls were in complete command on Thursday as the KSE-100 index moved only towards north, gaining 87.57 points (0.26 per cent) to settle at 34,397.33.Trading began on an impressive note as......
KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at $18.497 billion during the week ending August 28 compared to $18.508bn the previous week, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) directed 77 listed companies on the defaulter segments of the three stock exchanges to take immediate steps to rectify defaults......
LAHORE: Pakistan exported over $200 million worth kinno in 2014-15, said Punjab Minister for Agriculture Farrukh Javed on Thursday.Talking to a Russian trade delegation led by Yurk M. Koziov, the......
NBP, Bank Alfalah, Warid ink agreementKARACHI: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has signed an agreement with Bank Alfalah and Warid Telecom to develop digital financial ecosystem in the country.The......
FAISALABAD: All Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Association (APTPMA) said on Thursday that the recent increase in gas prices and imposition of financial surcharges will land the textile sector in......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures hit a two-week high on Thursday, reversing course in the second half on the back of a weaker ringgit and bargain hunting by traders after the previous......
LONDON: Gold fell one per cent on Thursday as dollar jumped versus the euro after the European Central Bank cut inflation forecasts, while a US jobs report that could provide clues on the timing of a......
KARACHI: The cotton market was steady on Thursday as spinners kept building up stocks amid falling prices. However, sentiment remained depressed and outlook uncertain.The first report of cotton......
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday that the Federal Reserve has the room to hold off from raising interest rates for the moment amid a “pretty bumpy” global economic......
NEW DELHI: Billionaire commodities investor Jim Rogers is pulling out of India after becoming frustrated with the pace of reforms being carried out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he told Indian......
WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said on Thursday that the United States would hold China responsible for the political and economic impact of its currency policies after last month’s yuan......
KARACHI: The oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) sector has outperformed the benchmark 100-share index of the Karachi Stock Exchange in the last four trading sessions by 12 per cent.The......
SHIKARPUR/SUKKUR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has alleged that instead of addressing the issues of poverty, health, education and law and order, the Sindh government has compounded......
ISLAMABAD: Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Inomata said on Thursday that rehabilitation of people displaced from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) because of fighting against terrorists would......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) approved on Thursday the Net Metering Regulations, 2015, to allow consumers having surplus power from their solar panels or wind......
ISLAMABAD: The tax authorities are investigating the assets of two individuals in order to assess the incomes concealed by them and to bring their hidden wealth under the tax net eventually.“These......
FAISALABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court handed down on Thursday two years’ imprisonment to two clerics on charges of making provocative and hate speeches.Ghulam Yaseen Muawiya, Sajid Ali and Abdul Latif......
BEIJING: President Mamnoon Hussain said on Thursday that Pakistan and China had forged a consensus on various infrastructure and energy projects and were determined for their effective implementation......
QUETTA: Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali said on Thursday that the federal government would provide fuel for nine power plants of Balochistan.The assurance came during a meeting......
QUETTA: Iranian border authorities handed over the bodies of three Pakistani labourers to Pakistani officials at the Taftan border crossing on Thursday.Mohammad Yousuf and Khurram Saghir, who......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed on Wednesday that the National Accountability Bureau was responsible for the escape of Tauqir Sadiq, the former chairman of Oil and Gas Regulator......
BRUSSELS: Harrowing pictures of a drowned Syrian toddler washed up on a Turkish beach brought home the horror of the escalating refugee crisis on Thursday as Europe was accused of letting the......
ISLAMABAD: When Adviser on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz travels to Kabul on Friday for attending a regional conference, he will try on the sidelines to explore if the Afghan......
BEIJING: China announced on Thursday it would cut 300,000 troops to streamline its vast army, at a spectacular WWII anniversary parade where it put its military might on display but pledged to......
ISLAMABAD: After 21 days of back and forth, negotiations between the government and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) hit a major roadblock on Thursday after the latter announced that it would stay......
ISLAMABAD: Following the arrest of several opposition political leaders on charges of corruption, the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is under considerable pressure to turn the torch of......
PRESIDENT Mamnoon Hussain has been a mostly silent, often underwhelming, president so far. Yet, when it comes to the Pak-China relationship, the ceremonial Pakistani president had an unusually public......
A CASE under way in the Supreme Court has cast light on the rapid growth of Defence Housing Authorities across Punjab and certain accompanying irregularities.The growth of DHAs, housing societies......
WHEN floods hit Chitral this monsoon season, a new danger was discovered. A number of glacial lakes burst their banks and created devastating flash floods in the valleys below.Known as a Glacial Lake......
PAKISTAN’S exports have floundered in the past year and a half. After an increase of nearly 3pc in 2013-14, the US dollar value of exports declined by 5pc in 2014-15. For the first month of 2015-16,......
THERE are times when the police are just not efficient enough. In the latest blunder, they were guilty of arresting the wrong Ayesha Mumtaz in Lahore, and letting the real one toy with this city,......
THE census is one of the trickiest issues in Pakistan today because of its political and economic implications. Our policymakers have found a way around the problem. They adopt an ostrich-like......
THE railway system, one of the pillars of the Industrial Revolution, transformed societies, including the subcontinent, economically and socially. Henry Bartle Frere, chief commissioner of......
JERUSALEM: The Israeli parliament has passed a law banning journalists working for the country's public broadcast authority from expressing their opinions on air.The law, passed early Thursday in the......
