KARACHI: Four family members — father, mother and two children — were found dead in their residence in Karachi's Manzoor Colony area Wednesday morning. The youngest family member, an eight-year-old......
SRINAGAR: Two human rights groups in Indian-controlled Kashmir will ask New Delhi and the United Nations to investigate more than 1,000 alleged cases of abuse by the army after failing to secure......
UNITED NATIONS: Ambassador to the United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi on Wednesday urged the world community for urgent action to deal with the growing crisis of forced migration.“Half of the world’s......
KARACHI: Under National Action Plan (NAP) geo-tagging of 3,662 madressas has been completed in Sindh, of which 2,122 are in Karachi and 1,548 in Hyderabad, a meeting held to review the implementation......
ISLAMABAD: Khalid Usman's five-wicket haul helped Abbottabad topple a star-studded Lahore Whites side by 83 runs in the Group B match of National Twenty20 Cup at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on......
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad on Wednesday advised the International Cricket Council (ICC) against considering calls by former players to rid Test cricket of the toss.“Instead of......
AHMEDABAD: A Muslim leader in India warned on Wednesday of communal unrest after a state government claimed that the Quran discourages eating beef, the latest contentious effort to protect cows in......
BEIRUT: Al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate and its allies seized the last regime-held military base in north-western Idlib province on Wednesday, in the latest setback for President Bashar al-Assad's......
CUPERTINO: Apple is expected to unveil a pair of new handsets at an event in San Francisco on Wednesday (today) analysts say, in addition to showing off a larger iPad and an updated Apple TV.When......
KABUL: Clutching prayer beads and a Taliban death threat, Mirwais joins a queue outside Kabul's passport office, potentially among a second wave of migrants attempting perilous journeys to Europe,......
When I was 12, a kindly older relative asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up. I said I wanted to become a writer, and he visibly scoffed at the notion, telling me that writers are usually......
LONDON: UEFA's decision to expand the European championship to 24 teams six years ago was condemned by many but millions of fans across the continent are delighted with that choice now as the Euro......
Nasir Jamshed's unbeaten 62 helped Rawalpindi Rams seal a seven-wicket victory over Bahawalpur Region in the National Twenty-20 Tournament match played at Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi on Tuesday.Jamshed......
KARACHI: The Rangers on Wednesday released Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Qamar Mansoor after 49 days from what was to be a 90-day preventive detention.The Rangers released Mansoor on......
QUETTA: Security forces foiled a major terror bid, seizing a huge cache of explosive material and weapons from the custody of suspected militants near the Pak-Afghan border on Wednesday.Three......
If Facebook likes and tweets could be the solution, Aylan Kurdi, the toddler whose body washed up on a beach in Turkey, and thousands of unknown others, would not have died an unfortunate death.The......
KARACHI: Senior journalist Aftab Alam was killed in a gun attack near his home in Karachi's North Karachi neighbourhood on Wednesday, television reports said.Unknown assailants opened fire on Alam......
NEW DELHI: Indian police are investigating accusations that a Saudi Arabian embassy official repeatedly raped two Nepali maids at his home close to the capital, New Delhi, in a case that could......
There's no doubt that there is some serious buzz surrounding the upcoming movie Hero, which is being produced by Salman Khan. The remake of the 1983 movie stars Sunil Shetty's daughter, Athiya and......
Pakistan is a regular presence at many of the major stops of the global film festival circuit, and this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will see Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy present her......
ISLAMABAD: A 16-member delegation of Pakistan Rangers, headed by Rangers (Punjab) Director General Maj Gen Umar Farooq Barki, arrived in New Delhi Wednesday for routine annual talks with Border......
NEW DELHI: More than 1,000 Muslim clerics in India have ratified a religious ruling condemning the self-styled Islamic State, calling the extremist group's actions "un-Islamic."Religious leaders from......
SYDNEY: Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin announced his retirement from first class cricket on Wednesday, following Michael Clarke, Shane Watson and Chris Rogers in stepping down from Tests in the......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that Pakistan would continue to maintain minimum nuclear deterrence for security purposes, but that these weapons are 'not against any......
MANCHESTER: England captain Eoin Morgan praised the efforts of century-maker James Taylor and spinners Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali after the trio all played key roles in a 93-run win over Australia in......
LONDON: An emotional Wayne Rooney became England's all-time leading goal-scorer after netting his 50th international goal in a historic 2-0 victory over Switzerland at Wembley in a Euro 2016......
PARIS: Islamic State (IS) militants have got their hands on Syrian cotton production, worrying some manufacturers even though there appears little risk for now that IS-linked clothes could end up on......
NEW YORK: Serena Williams kept her bid for a calendar-year grand slam on track, powering past big sister Venus 6-2 1-6 6-3 on a steamy star-studded night at the US Open on Tuesday.Serena moved into......
NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic's US Open quarterfinal was suddenly tied at a set apiece, and he tore off his shirt as he headed to the sideline.He sat, halfheartedly tried to smash his racket, then began......
KOLKATA: The Indian sports management professional, who gave India its first inter-city pro league featuring a raft of foreign recruits, says players from across the western border were......
CHICAGO: A Pakistani physician pleaded not guilty Tuesday to allegations that he inappropriately touched a girl seated next to him on an American Airlines flight from New York City to......
Anurag Kashyap, the man behind the cult crime film Gangs of Wasseypur, has thrilling news for his fans — Gangs of Wasseypur 3 is on its way. This time, however, the director's cap may be passed on to......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Asad Qaisar has stripped the assembly secretary of his administrative and financial powers in a spat over recruitments and other issues.In a hasty move,......
UPPER DIR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Muzaffar Said has said that women would be facilitated to use their constitutional right to vote in the by-election in PK-93, Wari, Upper Dir-III.He......
LANDI KOTAL: Health officials detected two new polio cases in Khyber Agency on Tuesday.Parents of 18-month-old Abdur Rehman said that the child was admitted to Landi Kotal hospital a few days ago......
GHALANAI: Three people, including two security personnel, were killed and three others suffered injuries in a road accident in Mohamand Agency on Tuesday.According to reports, five security personnel......
LAKKI MARWAT: A local leader of JUI-S Maulana Hidayatullah Chishti joined Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf here on Tuesday.He made the announcement to this effect at a gathering in Serai Gambila where......
PESHAWAR: The 20- day long strike and protest by the employees of Workers Welfare Board took a new turn on Tuesday when six of the employees including their key leaders were arrested by the district......
MANSEHRA: The Pakistan Scout Cadet College, Batrasi, on Tuesday organised a three-kilometer marathon race to promote extracurricular activities among students off campus.Educational institutions in......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday disposed of a habeas corpus petition challenging the alleged illegal detention of a sixth grader by the law-enforcement agencies after learning about the......
KARAK: The members of Karak tehsil council have demanded of the provincial government to withdraw its decision of diverting oil and gas royalty funds to provision of natural gas to consumers in the......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will establish Food Safety Authority to ensure provision of clean edible items to the people, according to sources.The implementation of the Khyber......
PESHAWAR: The Galyat Development Authority (GDA) is working in three shifts to complete the construction and repair of roads in the scenic tourist destination of Galyat.This was stated by GDA......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Agriculture Ikramullah Gandapur said on Tuesday that the provincial seed council had approved 12 new varieties in its 35th meeting.Addressing a press......
PESHAWAR: A local accountability court on Tuesday remanded a senior official of the planning and development department in the custody of the National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, for......
KOHAT: Deputy commissioner, Kohat, Zahir Shah Momand has asked the officers to work with the newly-elected councillors according to the spirit of the Local Government Ordinance 2013 and facilitate......
MINGORA: The local councillors staged a protest demonstration here on Tuesday against their ill-treatment by Mingora police.Scores of district, tehsil and village councillors marched from Nishat......
PESHAWAR: The Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network has called upon every educated person to teach those, who can’t read or write.According to a press release issued by Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has planned to appoint female physiotherapists in the public sector hospitals to provide physical therapy services to the women suffering from different......
AN amazing misrepresentation of the Pakistan Resolution of 1940 by a distinguished visiting speaker at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Karachi University, on Sept 4, has been reported in your paper......
AS a medical practitioner, I fear the next inevitable crisis could be the emergence of resistant infections. The irrational and overuse of antibiotics to treat infections has given a fillip to the......
IF we all assume and believe that the mental and physical chemistry of all the humans across the world is similar, then why is their behaviour different from country to country?Why is it that in one......
University Town in Peshawar, once considered a posh, quiet, safe and green residential area. It is now host to over 350 businesses, including 70 educational institutes. One such institute is located......
RECENT media reports state that a raiding team of the Punjab Food Authority seized sizable quantities of meat at a railway station that was procured from animals that were either unhealthy or had......
THE authorities concerned, especially the railways minister, should take immediate notice of the fast-paced commercialised encroachment at Model Colony Railway Station on the defunct Karachi Circular......
OUR media, both print and visual, failed to adequately cover the historic anniversary held in Beijing on Thursday. Just imagine the saga of China’s leap from a war-torn and ruined country to a......
THIS is apropos the article ‘Poaching the (mal)practitioners’ (Images on Sunday, Aug 30). A quote by Prof (Dr) Javed Akram said: “There isn’t a single hospital in Pakistan that has been accredited by......
ISLAMABAD: A city police officer surprised a Senate committee by justifying the arrest of slum dwellers under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) for resisting the recent bulldozing of the Sector I-11......
ISLAMABAD: As many as 30 doctors and paramedics were injured after a baton charge by police near National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) Chowk on Tuesday.Nearly half of those injured......
ISLAMABAD: The ruling PML-N believes in a level-playing field. Lawmakers from the treasury benches at a press conference on Tuesday claimed that the government had no objection if the opposition......
RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi’s trading community will observe a shutterdown strike on Wednesday to pressure the government to withdraw withholding tax on bank transactions.Naveed Kanwal, spokesperson for......
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Rawalpindi chapter has decided to go solo in the upcoming local government elections in the garrison city.According to the local leadership, the PTI is......
ISLAMABAD: Parents of students from some of the capital’s top private schools gathered to protest an inordinate increase in fees and called upon the authorities to devise a mechanism to maintain a......
RAWALPINDI: The number of dengue patients in three government hospitals has increased by 24 this Tuesday, bringing the total to 159 in just two weeks.Dengue serology reports were positive for 15......
ISLAMABAD: A judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday recused himself from hearing a petition seeking the recovery of a missing person who is allegedly involved in two high-profile murder......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday decided to hire the services of the Punjab food department officials to launch a campaign against food adulteration in the capital city.It also said......
RAWALPINDI: Two people were shot and injured during robbery attempts in the Tariqabad locality on Tuesday.One of the robbers was overpowered by the area people and handed over to the police.Malik......
ISLAMABAD: A report titled ‘Women and the Fata Conflict: Unfulfilled Promises’ was launched at the Kuch Khaas community centre this Tuesday.The report, launched by the Community Appraisal and......
TAXILA: Two people were killed and four injured after an oil tanker drove into a toll booth on G.T. Road on Tuesday.National Highway and Motorway police said that an oil tanker going from Karachi to......
RAWALPINDI: Concerned by the sharp rise in armed robberies in the Chaklala Housing Scheme III, security and counter-terrorism officials have suggested establishing a separate police station to......
ISLAMABAD: Saeed Qureshi, owner of the famed Saeed Book Bank, passed away on Tuesday. He was 77.Mr Qureshi was being treated at the Shifa International Hospital for some months now. He is survived by......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) busted three criminal gangs and recovered weapons, vehicles and valuables from their possession, police sources said.Superintendent......
LAHORE: A draft law on regulation of all kinds of charities including funding of NGOs will prominently figure in the list of actions taken by Punjab under the National Action Plan (NAP) in an......
LAHORE: De-seated MNA from NA-154, Lodhran, Siddique Khan Baloch approached on Tuesday the Supreme Court against the decision of a Multan Election Tribunal that declared his election void and ordered......
LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said ‘corrupt elements will not be tolerated in the party.Addressing party workers from Bahawalnagar at Bilawal House here on Tuesday, Mr Bilawal said......
LAHORE: On the 14th and last day of its session, the Punjab Assembly unanimously passed five resolutions covering issues from terrorism to hot borders to prices of the meat and naming buildings or......
LAHORE: The Punjab Revenue Authority has so far been unable to bring at least nine major sectors into Sales Tax net as its officials face pressure from ‘political’ as well as other influential......
LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Amin Wains says that the crime graph has dropped significantly due to the successful launch of beat system in the provincial capital.While handing over......
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Tuesday sealed many eateries, restaurants and food production units over hygiene and cleanliness issues.According to officials, Ravi Town team sealed Khan......
LAHORE: Former cabinet minister of India Mani Shankar Aiyar has advised both Pakistan and India not to discontinue dialogue, come what may.“We should talk until we succeed,” said Mr Aiyar in his......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has finally realised that there should be a cohesive policy to smoothly run the affairs of arts and culture that is why Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has constituted a......
CHINIOT: A man, who received a severe electric shock, succumbed to his injuries here at DHQ Hospital on Tuesday owing to alleged non-provision of oxygen and out-of-order generator.Reports said welder......
LAHORE: The core committee of Pakistan Awami Tehreek on Tuesday nominated Khwaja Aamer Fareed Koreja as its candidate for NA-154, Lodhran, by-poll.The committee meeting was held at the PAT’s Model......
LAHORE: The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) management has decided to launch various projects to promote tourism of religious sites.The projects include a residential complex at Katas Raj Mandir......
SAHIWAL: The district chapter of PML-N formed a selection board to scrutinise candidates who will contest the upcoming local election on the party ticket.PML-N district secretary general Rao Nazir......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif claims special attention is being paid to increase literacy rate and improve standard of education in the province.In a message in connection with International......
LAHORE: The Airport Security Force (ASF) arrested on Tuesday a man for trying to reach the prohibited territory of the airport.According to a spokesman, Azhar Ali, a mentally deranged person, was......
FAISALABAD: Ruling party MPA Tahir Jameel has moved the sessions court to demand extension in the physical remand of Sheraz Nawaz, a student who has been incarcerated in a theft case.The student’s......
OKARA: The GT Road connecting Sahiwal and Okara remained closed to traffic for 55 hours from Sept 1 to 3. Hundreds of the Anjuman Mozraeen Punjab (AMP) besieged the road in protest at the arrest of......
OKARA: An alleged robber and his unidentified accomplice were shot dead while three police officials were injured during an encounter with police near village Dharranga in the Haveli Lakha police......
MUZAFFARGARH: A rally was arranged in the district to mark the International Literacy Day here on Tuesday.Scores of teachers, students and civil society representatives gathered at education office......
MULTAN: A tehsildar dealing with the Metro Bus Project’s land acquisition procedure on Tuesday seized the revenue record from a patwari over complaints filed by some officials and the project-hit......
SAHIWAL: Two minor girls are feared drowned after a rickshaw they were traveling by along with their parents plunged into the Lower Bari Doab Canal on Tuesday.According to Rescue 1122 sources,......
MULTAN: The Punjab Archaeology Department has completed nearly 38pc work pertaining to construction of a boundary wall, upgrading of facilities and conservation work at the ancient Harappa......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Tuesday issued a notice to the interior ministry on an appeal challenging death sentence handed down to a member of a proscribed organisation by a......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday restrained the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) from taking any coercive measure against Arsalan Iftikhar, son of former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar......
KARACHI: The Monday evening murder of Ghulam Abbas, driver of slain social activist Sabeen Mahmud and the prime witness to her killing, seemed linked to the fatal attack on her life, as the city......
KARACHI: Leaders of the Voice of Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) Abdul Qadeer Baloch, better known as Mama Qadeer, and Farzana Majeed were on Tuesday allowed by the Sindh High Court to travel......
KARACHI: “One life and two shipments gone, burnt!” said a boiler operator at J.B. Industries in SITE area while speaking to Dawn about the fire that broke out in the top-floor warehouse of the......
KARACHI: Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community, was awarded an honorary DLitt (Doctor of Letters) degree by the University of Karachi at Governor House on......
KARACHI: Three years since the country’s deadliest factory fire claimed 259 lives in Baldia, investigation is still under way and the court has yet to decide whether the fire was accidental or the......
KARACHI: An art publication, along with an exhibition, titled Exhausted Geographies, was launched at the VM Art Gallery on Tuesday.The Karachi-specific book, according to the curators of the show,......
KARACHI: The Karachi police on Tuesday joined hands with the customs department to keep a check on smuggled Iranian oil by carrying out raids on suspected fuel stations selling the illegal products......
KARACHI: A swift and stern action taken by the city administration against profiteers selling milk at Rs90 and Rs95 per litre by sending some of them to prison, many others to police lock-ups and......
KARACHI: A police commando of the special security unit was gunned down while two youngsters sustained bullet wounds in North Nazimabad on Tuesday during a robbery, officials said.They named the......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Tuesday recorded the statement of a paramilitary soldier in the Arshad Pappu murder case.Shahjehan Baloch, a member of the national assembly belonging to the......
KARACHI: Corps Commander Lieutenant General Naveed Mukhtar has lauded efforts of the Rangers and other law enforcement agencies for the restoration of peace in the city, said a statement issued by......
BADIN: In what appeared to be a major blow to the Pakistan Peoples Party, Syed Ali Bux Shah aka Pappu Shah and his arch-rival Dr Zulfikar Mirza have joined hands and agreed to work together in Badin......
SUKKUR: A man, Ghulam Rasool Katohar, along with four children aged between three and eight years appeared in front of the Jacobabad press club on Tuesday to offer all of them against Rs1.6 million,......
SUKKUR: The wife of a man, who along with his son and another relative, is allegedly under illegal detention of the Sukkur police, filed a petition in the Sindh High Court, Sukkur bench, for the......
KARACHI: The National Highways & Motorway Police set up stalls at the Karachi toll plaza to create awareness of safe driving as part of its countrywide campaign, said a press release issued here on......
HYDERABAD: India is a big threat to regional peace and the Modi government sabotages peace in Balochistan.This was stated by speakers on Tuesday at the concluding session of a two-day conference......
UNITED NATIONS: Two top UN officials have denounced the systematic cultural cleansing afflicting societies in Syria and Iraq as “crimes against all of humanity”.This was stated by United Nations......
UNITED NATIONS: Recognising the challenges the refugee/migrants crisis poses to some member states, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged European states to respond “responsibly and......
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s acting deputy justice minister was kidnapped from his vehicle on Tuesday by black-clad gunmen in northern Baghdad, security sources said, the second high-profile abduction in the......
ANKARA: Turkey deployed ground forces across the border into northern Iraq on Tuesday for the first time since 2011, stepping up its battle against Kurdish rebels who have stung the Turkish military......
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Tuesday made it simpler and swifter for Catholics to secure a marriage annulment, the most radical such reform for 250 years, and told bishops to be more welcoming to......
SEOUL: North and South Korea agreed on Tuesday to hold a reunion in October for families separated by the Korean War, following all-night talks between their respective Red Cross branches.The reunion......
WASHINGTON: Former US vice president Dick Cheney on Tuesday blasted the Iran nuclear deal as “madness” and said it marked a “capitulation” by world powers.Speaking at the American Enterprise......
TEHRAN: Austrian President Heinz Fischer said on Tuesday his country wanted to boost trade with Iran as its nuclear deal with the West opened a “new chapter” in ties with other countries.Fischer, the......
DUBAI: A Saudi-led alliance killed at least 20 Indian nationals in air strikes on fuel smugglers at a Yemeni port on Tuesday, fishermen said, and more foreign troops were reported to be arriving to......
WASHINGTON: The US mission to war-torn Somalia began work on Tuesday without an ambassador or an embassy and based in a neighbouring country, the State Department said.American diplomats will not be......
TOKYO: Typhoon Etau barrelled toward the Japanese mainland on Tuesday, packing strong winds and heavy rains as authorities advised more than 120,000 people to evacuate due to possible flooding.The......
JAKARTA: Smog from forest fires in Indonesia on Tuesday prompted the cancellation of flights and warnings for people to stay indoors, while pushing air quality to unhealthy levels in neighbouring......
PARIS: France will contribute 25 million euros to a global “action plan” for the protection of minorities in the Middle East that are persecuted by the Islamic State group (IS) and other extremists,......
WHILE the ugly controversy over re-naming Aurangzeb Road in the heart of New Delhi continues to rage, the Odisha government has done well to re-designate Wheeler Island after the rocket scientist who......
THERE are four factors that can matter in any election in Singapore. They are race, religion, age and class. My own sense is that race and religion could have mattered, but they do not. That is......
KASHMIRI Pandit scholars, teachers, academicians and thinkers in the Kashmir valley used Sarada or Sharda for centuries. A rich language developed from the Brahmi script during the second half of the......
LONDON: Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara’s superb century saw Surrey into the final of English county cricket’s one-day cup as they saw off Nottinghamshire by four runs in a thrilling clash at The......
JOHANNESBURG: Kevin Pietersen is heading back to where it all started after signing a short-term contract to play Twenty20 cricket for his former team in South Africa.Pietersen will be available for......
LAHORE: Japanese ambassador in Pakistan Hiroshi Inomata has hailed Pakistan baseball team for attaining 24th position in the world.Inomata was speaking at a function held in the honour of the......
RAWALPINDI: Young Pakistan opener Mukhtar Ahmed set ablaze the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday with a dazzling century as favourites Sialkot launched their Cool & Cool presents Haier Mobile T20 Cup......
KARACHI: A pair of teenagers stole the show with brilliant centuries as four more matches were decided in the KCCA Commissioner Karachi Cup here on Monday.Playing for Commrade Sports, under-16......
KARACHI: Silver medallist of the IBSF world amateur snooker championship at Bangalore last year, Mohammad Sajjad and compatriot Asjad Iqbal opened their accounts in the Sangsom 6-Reds pro-am world......
KARACHI: Raza Sawani, Zaid Noor won their respective quarter-finals in similar fashion after their opponents retired in mid-game during the men’s singles event while Ibrahim Iltifat, Marib Malik,......
KARACHI: Nixor College, Karachi Medical Dental College, Haq Academy Red and Habib Girls School won their matches at the junior and senior team competitions respectively as the 6th Culligan Girls......
LAHORE: A seven-day-long physical fitness and training camp of the Lahore Blues cricket team in preparation for the upcoming Inter-region Quaid-i-Azam Qualifying Round 2015-16 began at the Ittefaq......
MANCHESTER: James Taylor’s maiden One-day International hundred was the cornerstone of England’s 300 for eight against Australia in the day/night clash at Old Trafford on Tuesday.Taylor, brought back......
THERE are no recognisable football fields, no players, and just a rusting goalpost at the Hawksbay training centre, built with a $500,000 FIFA grant on a windswept plot by the Arabian Sea near......
NEW YORK: Persistence finally paid off for Kevin Anderson as the towering South African prevailed in a slugfest with Andy Murray to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open on Monday while another......
LAHORE: All-rounder Imad Wasim is added to the list of 27 who have been offered central contracts by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the year 2015-16.The decision was taken by chairman Shaharyar......
LAHORE: A security delegation from the Bangladesh Cricket Board inspected Gaddafi Stadium here on Tuesday.The delegation is in Pakistan these days to assess security. If it cleared the tour,......
TOKYO: War-torn Syria’s national football team won their third straight World Cup qualifying match on Tuesday, routing Cambodia 6-0 in Phnom Penh while the game between Malaysia and visiting Saudi......
LONDON: Germany and Portugal closed in on Euro 2016 qualification on Monday, while Northern Ireland missed the chance to book their place at next year’s tournament in France.Thomas Mueller scored......
SYDNEY: Former Test captains Ian Chappell and Michael Clarke were among 200 mourners who attended a public memorial service in Sydney for Australian cricket great Arthur Morris.Morris, an opening......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) conducted a public hearing for more than 121 per cent increase in Wapda tariff for 2015-16.Nepra Chairman Tariq Sadozai and member......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reiterated its commitment to continue implementation of the 27 international conventions covered by the European Union’s GSP+ scheme, and to submit the four pending reports to......
KARACHI: The establishment of Trade Dispute Resolution Organisation (TDRO) will go a long way in resolving disputes through arbitration in an effective manner.The ministry of commerce has been......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday directed the development finance institutions (DFIs) to simplify their business processes for extension of credit to farmers.He was presiding over a......
KARACHI: Stocks staged partial recovery on Tuesday with the KSE-100 index regaining 529.69 points (1.61 per cent) to close at 33,474.17.Although bullishly inclined, the market remained in search of......
KARACHI: Domestic cement despatches rose by 16.89 per cent to 4.29 million tonnes during July-August 2015-16 as compared to 3.67m tonnes in the same period last year.However, its exports to......
PTCL to introduce Blackboard LMSISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has signed an agreement with IT Butler, a front-end partner of Blackboard Inc, an educational technology......
ISLAMABAD: A seven-member Pakistani textile delegation left for Denmark on Tuesday to explore business opportunities and seek partnership with entrepreneurs.The visit has been arranged by the Trade......
WASHINGTON: Women’s empowerment is not just a fundamentally moral cause, it is also an absolute economic no-brainer, says International Monetary Fund’s managing director Christine Lagarde.Earlier......
PARIS: China’s economy is losing steam and other big emerging market economies such as Brazil and Russia are also showing signs of weakness, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development......
LONDON: Oil prices rose Tuesday after better-than-expected Chinese trade data that nonetheless showed lacklustre demand in the world’s top energy consumer.US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI)......
KARACHI: Lucky Cement Ltd’s net profit rose by 9.6 per cent to Rs12.43 billion for the year ended June 30, 2015 from Rs11.34bn a year earlier. Earnings per share (eps) increased to Rs38.44 from......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures reached a one-month high on Tuesday, buoyed by a weak ringgit currency and higher demand from refiners on improving margins.The benchmark November contract on......
LONDON: Gold firmed on Tuesday as a retreat in the dollar index helped the metal snap a four-day losing streak, but remained close to 2-1/2 week lows as uncertainty over a looming US interest rate......
KARACHI: The cotton market remained steady on Tuesday amid sustained buying from spinners ahead of long Eidul Azha holidays and shortage of transport on being diverted for the haulage of sacrificial......
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks on Tuesday with economists and business leaders, seeking ways to protect India from volatility in global markets and capitalise on China’s woes.Modi......
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates is to start restructuring its crowded air space next year to make room for Gulf carriers’ ambitious growth plans.Like road networks, air space is divided into......
LONDON: Indonesia has made an official request to rejoin Opec, the oil producing cartel announced on Tuesday.The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) welcomed the move after Indonesia......
DOHA: Super-rich Qatar will withstand plummeting global oil prices and its economy will expand by almost seven per cent in both 2016 and 2017, a major bank reported Tuesday.Despite its reliance on......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain approved on Tuesday a plan to establish a cantonment in Swat as a permanent post for the army in the valley, which was ‘cleared’ of extremists and terrorists by......
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N has nothing to do with cases registered against former prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, says Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.Presiding over a meeting here on......
DUBAI: PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira said here on Tuesday that the policy of reconciliation had damaged his party and it would not repeat this mistake in the coming local bodies elections.Speaking at......
LAHORE: A 16-member delegation of Pakistan Rangers will leave for New Delhi on Wednesday to hold meetings with their Indian counterparts in an attempt to defuse recent border tensions which had......
LAHORE: Five suspected members of Al Qaeda were arrested by law enforcement agencies here on Tuesday night.According to sources, the suspects were picked up near Minar-i-Pakistan in a joint operation......
ISLAMABAD: For a key lawmaker of the ruling party, the ongoing campaign against government institutions is meant to “demonise democracy and the current set-up and to replace it with some other......
ISLAMABAD: Declaring that a claim by the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Lahore, that their accounts could not be scrutinised was “unjustified”, the Supreme Court ordered the auditor general of......
ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee asked the government on Tuesday to withdraw the Electoral Laws (Amendment) Bill 2013 giving voting right to overseas Pakistanis since the proposal was being considered......
ISLAMABAD: Issuing a detailed judgment in the houbara bustard case, a three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Jawwad S. Khawaja ordered the federal and the......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security, Sartaj Aziz, said categorically on Tuesday that Pakistan would give a ‘befitting response’ in the event of an aggression by......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) reinstated on Tuesday Arif Hameed as managing director (MD) of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and sought explanation about his sacking from the......
ISLAMABAD: A bad precedent is said to be in the making since Chief Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, who will reach superannuation on Wednesday, may not be given a befitting farewell.The Pakistan Bar......
LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: On a call given by all factions of the All Pakistan Anjuman-i-Tajiran (APAT), traders across the country would observe on Wednesday another strike in protest against imposition of......
KARACHI: A technical engineer of Geo News was killed when its digital satellite news gathering (DSNG) van was attacked in Bahadurabad area here on Tuesday.The van driver also suffered bullet injuries......
BEIRUT: A dense sandstorm engulfing parts of the Middle East left at least eight people dead and hundreds suffering from respiratory problems on Tuesday, as officials warned residents to stay......
LANDI KOTAL: A banned militant group killed six kidnapped pro-govt volunteers in the Khyber tribal region on Tuesday.According to sources, militants of the Lashkar-i-Islam had captured 11 volunteers......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and members of their cabinet will not be able to campaign for their candidates in the upcoming important by-elections for......
QUETTA: Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti said on Tuesday that there were unconfirmed reports that the chief of the banned Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), Dr Allah Nazar Baloch, had......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has expressed unhappiness over former president and PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s recent statement in which he accused the federal government of targeting......
ISLAMABAD: The military’s command on Tuesday deliberated on the future direction of the counter-terrorism operations in the country. At their monthly meeting, the top commanders reviewed efforts......
ISLAMABAD: A day before doffing his robes, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Jawwad S. Khawaja rendered a judgment decreeing that the federal and provincial governments use Urdu, the national language......
The order by the Lahore High Court directing print and electronic media regulators to ensure there is no media coverage whatsoever of Altaf Hussain’s speeches and statements is extraordinarily......
THE wild swings in the stock market might be a good thing if they are genuinely due to the regulator clamping down on unethical practices by brokers, something the latter claim.Over the years,......
At long last, it seems the state is prepared to confront the evil that is sectarianism, one that has spawned religious violence in various forms over three decades in this country and laid waste to......
IN marked contrast to the pomp and show eulogising the fable of the 1965 war victory, the speech of the army chief at the GHQ ceremony was sombre. There was no jingoism or war rhetoric; just firm......
ON Friday, Sept 4, a magistrate presiding over a courtroom in Mombasa, Kenya, made a ruling. The case against Samantha Lewthwaite, dubbed the ‘White Widow’, should be dismissed, he said, because the......
THE bar councils are mandated to regulate the legal profession. However, they have become increasingly politicised. Politics is not bad per se. But, politics for politics’ sake is redundant in any......
IN one of his films, the Guatemalan comic actor Jimmy Morales portrayed a bumbling cowboy who is accidentally elevated to his nation’s presidency. Sunday’s presidential election in that country could......
SANAA: Saudi-led air raids on rebels in Yemen killed at least 31 people on Tuesday, officials said, as the coalition intensified its attacks in the wake of a deadly missile strike.At least 10 people......
