KARACHI: Four suspected terrorists were killed in an encounter with Sindh Rangers in Karachi's Sohrab Goth area on Thursday, said a statement issued by the paramilitary force.According to the details......
PESHAWAR: Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa minister for mines and mineral development, Ziaullah Afridi, who was arrested in July by the provincial anti-corruption body, made an appearance in the provincial......
DHAKA: Bangladesh's elite security force on Thursday arrested the head of a banned hardline Islamist group over the murders of two atheist bloggers that has sparked an international outcry.The Rapid......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said the government had resolved to eliminate the poliovirus from the country in a “short period of time.”In a meeting of the National Task Force on......
LONDON: Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has admitted that the fee paid for teenage French striker Anthony Martial was “a ridiculous amount of money”.The 19-year-old, who only won his first......
Oscar fever officially kicks off in Pakistan as the Pakistani Academy Selection Committee has announced Moor as its selection for submission to the Foreign Language Film Award category at the 88th......
MADRID: Atletico Madrid will be looking to some of their new signings to help see off Barcelona when the champions visit the Calderon in La Liga on Saturday, according to fullback Filipe......
The breakdown of the National Security Advisor-level talks between India and Pakistan had another victim – a scheduled India-Pakistan series in December, which would have been the first full series......
KARACHI: An accountability court disqualified Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Syed Ali Nawaz Shah from Sindh Assembly after convicting him and his two close......
MILAN: Mario Balotelli is expected to make his second AC Milan debut on Sunday, adding extra spice to what is already set to be a heated derby match against Inter Milan.Elsewhere, Juventus is still......
BEIRUT: Jihadists of Daesh or the self-styled Islamic State group edged closer to a strategic airbase in eastern Syria in heavy fighting that left more than 54 combatants dead, a monitoring group......
The Islamabad administration was on the move yesterday. A plan was conceived, officers gathered, the Director General of Punjab Food Authority, Dr Sajid Chauhan and the famous Ayesha Mumtaz called......
BELGRADE: Serbia's war crimes prosecutor on Thursday charged eight men with participation in the 1995 slaughter of some 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica, the worst atrocity in Europe since World War......
ISLAMABAD: Following a meeting of the apex committee held at the PM House to review the progress of the National Action Plan, Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced on Thursday......
JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa on Thursday named three specialist spin bowlers in their squad to play four Test matches in India in November and December.Simon Harmer, who played in a recent......
LAHORE: Punjab Government has decided to set up minorities affairs and human rights department across the province, in 36 districts. Previously there was only one major set-up based in......
KATHMANDU: Two Nepalese maids who alleged they were beaten and raped by a Saudi diplomat in India were taken to a women's shelter in Nepal on Thursday.The women had their faces covered and were......
For the past few weeks, India has been transfixed by news linked to Assam.No, not by the sweeping devastation by incessant rains and massive flooding in northeast India’s biggest state, but by the......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday directed the prosecution to submit its comments on the bail petition of a man, identified as Abdul Majeed, who is accused of mutilating a woman's body......
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SORKHI: When Sadhuram Berwal wanted to get married, his family went about it in the traditional Indian way, asking relatives, neighbours and local temple priests to suggest a young woman.But after an......
In a nutshell, between the 1930s and mid-2000s, the existential narrative that furnished the Sindhi identity in Pakistan was this: Sindhis were of a land and society that was largely shaped by the......
LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has defended his decision not to bring in reinforcements in attack and hit back at suggestions he lied about the fitness of Danny Welbeck.The 24-year-old England......
Bollywood boys Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor and Varun Dhawan may be vying for the chance to play musical legends Kishore Kumar and Mohammad Rafi in Arif Ali's second film, Sitaarey, according to a......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations is expected on Thursday to allow the Palestinians to raise their flag at its headquarters in New York in a symbolic move highlighting Palestinian aspirations for......
RAWALPINDI: At least 30 female students lost consciousness while over 350 others were affected as a result of anti-dengue fumigation carried out in Government Girls High School in Attock district's......
International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Chief Executive Officer Dave Richardson said the revival of cricketing ties between traditional foes India and Pakistan will give Test matches a much-needed......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday clarified its stance for talks with India saying there would be no talks with India without the 'all important Kashmir Issue’ included in the agenda."Pakistan will......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday barred a female student — who alleged in a Facebook video that she was denied admission by Lahore's Government College University (GCU) on grounds that......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice retired Sardar Raza Khan on Thursday said that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will take all possible measures to hold the upcoming......
JOSO: Japan evacuated about 100,000 people from their homes on Thursday, after rare torrential rains unleashed floods that left at least two people missing and stranded many more when rivers surged......
In India it is routine to hear “Nice party. They served non-veg” and “Are you veg or non-veg?” We see that the expression “non-veg” does duty both as noun and as adjective. In the former role it can......
Sara Haider is everywhere these days; if it's not your Facebook newsfeed, it's your television screens. And for good reason.Having performed at national and international events including the Apeejay......
Our journey into sub-continental cuisines has often taken us back to the times when it was being classified into celebratory menus, ethnic specialties and seasonal delights.One such hearty rustica is......
“When I lived in Pakistan, I lived as a Hindu, [but] when I migrated to India in search of safety and dignity, I have been given a cold shoulder for being a Pakistani,” lamented Amar Ram, 20, who......
DUBAI: The Daesh or the self-styled Islamic State militant group is extending its reach in Saudi Arabia and fears are that its determination to bring down the US-allied royal family has raised......
NIZHYNY TAGIL: Pakistan and Russia are in talks about the delivery of Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets and previously agreed upon delivery of Mi-35M helicopters, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister (FM) Sergei......
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple is bolstering its money-pumping iPhone line while looking to dive deep into businesses with iPads and dominate living rooms with Apple TV hardware tuned to app-loving......
NEW YORK: The penultimate stage is set for the sixth step in Serena Williams' campaign to put an exclamation mark on her storied career by winning a fourth successive US Open to complete a......
NEW YORK: Even Roger Federer is wowed by how well he's playing at 34 — and the ease with which he's winning at this US Open.Federer is into his 10th semifinal at Flushing Meadows, and record 38th at......
ISLAMABAD: Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali was sworn as the new Chief Justice of Pakistan during a ceremony held at the Presidency on Thursday.President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath to the new......
Looks like Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has taken a liking to singing about the eyes of a beloved. After 'Tere Mast Mast Do Nain' and 'Dhagabaaz Re Tere Naina', he is now singing 'Naina Tose Lagay' for the......
Fans and frequenters of Karachi’s most popular cultural safe space, T2F, here’s your chance to help keep it going.PeaceNiche, the parent organisation of T2F, is in the running for one of the world’s......
PESHAWAR: Traders in the provincial capital observed a complete strike and took out rallies and didn’t deal with banks on Wednesday against the 0.6 percent withholding tax on all banking......
PESHAWAR/LANDI KOTAL: A tribal journalist hailing from Khyber Agency sustained injuries when an unidentified person opened firing on him in the limits of Hayatabad police station here late on......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Asad Qaisar has issued production order for detained minister Ziaullah Afridi to attend the assembly session on Thursday.The production order was issued......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Union, an association of various political parties and civil society organisations, of Khyber Agency has rejected a demand of some of tribal elected representatives regarding Fata’s......
LAKKI MARWAT: Chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that the Muslim Ummah is passing through a critical juncture as religious leaders and scholars are being......
PESHAWAR: The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) Tribunal on Wednesday once again adjourned hearing without any progress on a petition of Dr Shakil Afridi against the upholding of his......
MANSEHRA: Appreciating the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Project, Hazara University vice chancellor Dr Habib Ahmad on Wednesday said the Karakoram Highway, which had been the key Central Asian......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday disposed of a contempt petition against denial of the right to a family to meet its member kept at the Malakand Internment Centre after learning that......
MINGORA: Over 400 lady health workers (LHWs) from all over Swat valley blocked the Mingora-Saidu Sharif road for about two hours here on Wednesday in protest against the government’s failure to pay......
PESHAWAR: The health officials in Fata are working in close coordination with supporting international organisations to chalk out a contingency plan to wipe out the crippling disease of polio from......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a seminar here on Wednesday stressed the need for brining a change in behaviour to solve the problems being faced by women voters, candidates and political workers so that they......
SWABI: District Nazim Ameer Rehman has asked the officials of various government departments to follow merit in all official matters and stop giving undue importance to provincial......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has clarified that the speaker has the legitimate authority to create jobs, make appointments or introduce new job categories in anticipation of the approval......
RAWALPINDI: Inspired by a captain’s innings from Younis Khan, Abbottabad crushed the aspirations of Lahore Whites in a clinical 83-run rout of former champions in the Cool & Cool presents Haier......
KARACHI: President of the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) Prof Ejaz Ahmed Faruqi has withdrawn his resignation as the head of the association on the request of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)......
AMMAN: Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan is back in the race to be elected FIFA president having declared his candidacy on Wednesday four months after losing May’s vote to Sepp Blatter.Prince Ali,......
LAHORE: The newly elected president of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), retired Brig Khalid Sajjad Khokhar, has set his sights on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics though his term will end in December......
UPPER DIR: Provincial health minister Shahram Khan Tarakai has pledged to solve the problem of shortage of specialist doctors in the district headquarters (DHQ) hospital, Upper Dir, as soon as......
KOHAT: The repatriation of illegal Afghan refugees staying in urban areas and camps since 80s has been again postponed till Dec 31, 2015, sources said. They said that earlier the repatriation was......
THE images of the body of a young Syrian toddler washed ashore on a Turkish coast attracted the attention of the world. This was a slap in the face of all those powers which have been looking the......
THE influx of refugees and asylum seekers from the Middle East has shaken European countries.The European Union which believes in border-free zones is on the verge of erecting fences and boundaries,......
THIS is apropos Saad Khosa’s letter ‘Youth parliament’ (Sept 3) about the selection process of Youth Parliament Pakistan (YPP) supported by Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and......
THE frequent use of injections is much more common in our society. In fact, these are not doctors but medical technicians and dispensers who go for such nasty practices.Injections are preferred over......
THIS is apropos Asma Jahangir’s article ‘A three-path judgement’ (Aug 31). The writer is a known lawyer and uman rights activist.In her article, she blames the government for being too weak, and......
AFTER a hiatus of 50 years, the Defence Day was celebrated with such zeal and enthusiasm. What a splendid and glorious ceremony it was.The tribute to the Pakistan Army and martyrs of the Army Public......
I WAS recently passing through Hasan Square in Karachi where several policemen were deputed to check vehicles’ documents and remove black-tinted panes from small vehicles like Suzuki Mehran, Cultus,......
TAXILA: Two labourers were killed and five others injured when heavy stones fell on them soon after blasting on Margalla Hills in Thatta Khalil area on Wednesday evening, police and rescue officials......
ISLAMABAD: A former deputy chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Hassan Wasim Afzal, on Wednesday told a court that the original record in the SGS-Cotecna reference he provided to the......
RAWALPINDI: The ‘nose cone’ of an Emirates Airlines plane approaching Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIA) was damaged after being hit by a bird.However, the Boeing 777-300 landed safely at......
ISLAMABAD: A full blown campaign against unhygienic food and conditions in hotels and restaurants got underway in the city on Wednesday and saw at least 17 high class and popular food outlets sealed......
ISLAMABAD: As the military mulls a permanent presence in Swat, the man who led the military operation to rid the valley of the Taliban has claimed that the provincial government at the time had......
ISLAMABAD: ‘Jinnay Lahore Nai Vekhya’, an exhibition of watercolour paintings, opened at gallery 6 on Wednesday.The works were contributed by Sarfraz Musawir, a renowned watercolour painter. Although......
MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) High Court here on Wednesday suspended the operation of a notification, whereby five posts of assistant commissioners were recently shifted by the......
RAWALPINDI: Healthcare professionals from three government hospitals in Rawalpindi staged a protest on Wednesday against the provincial government’s plan to privatise health facilities in Punjab.The......
ISLAMABAD: Taking note of the dual degrees that were offered by Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), the National Assembly Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training......
ISLAMABAD: The second day of the sit-in by healthcare professionals was reminiscent of last year’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) sit-in, as protesters played national songs and danced.A difference......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal said on Wednesday that Pakistan possessed the attributes of an advancing nation, and was well-positioned to rank among the......
TAXILA: The police on Wednesday seized huge quantity of commercial explosive and arrested a man.Acting on a tip off, a police party intercepted the accused on Thatta Khalil road near Bub Bohala......
Liz Kylie is a mother of two boys and teaches English literature at a secondary school in Melbourne, Australia. In October 2014, Ms Keily, her partner Con Feyen and friend Rob Gilpin set off on their......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Wednesday informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that the Central Selection Board (CSB) meeting regarding the promotion of senior bureaucrats could not be......
RAWALPINDI: Veterinary experts at a seminar on Wednesday appreciated the efforts of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to check the transboundary animal diseases spreading in the......
ISLAMABAD: Speaking at a briefing session for parliament members, Senator Farhatullah Babar called Minister for Information Pervaiz Rashid ‘powerless’, and said that it seemed like another “Mr. or......
ISLAMABAD: A joint protest by the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) and the National Press Club (NPC) was held on Wednesday against the killing of mediapersons in Karachi.The protest......
SAHIWAL: According to a survey, 98pc of villagers claim they neither received any vaccination nor heard about any veterinary awareness campaigns for their livestock.Around 91pc farmers and livestock......
LAHORE: A majority of wholesale and retail markets in the provincial capital observed third shutter-down strike against the imposition of 0.6pc withholding tax on banking transactions.Some retail......
LAHORE: There is a plan to establish a provincial body under which all departments concerned will jointly plan management or engineering of roads and traffic, having district level facilitation......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday arrested two bankers in a Rs66.5 million scam.According to a spokesman, both Mehmood Ahmad, former chief executive officer (CEO) of......
LAHORE: Three policemen were suspended from service over harassing and manhandling two youngsters in Liberty Market on Wednesday.A resident of Gulberg approached Model Town SP (Operations) Mustansar......
LAHORE: The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) police arrested on Wednesday the prime suspect in the case pertaining to blackmail and harassment of lady doctors of various public hospitals in the......
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik has turned down a request of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to appoint district and additional district and sessions judges on......
LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto has agreed to form an accountability commission in the party on the demand of a number of workers.“A good number of PPP stalwarts have been facing corruption ......
LAHORE: Punjab Police Inspector General (IG) Mushtaq Sukhera said a special unit has been made funtional in the department to investigate homicide cases in order to provide justice to victims in the......
LAHORE: Police arrested two alleged members of a banned outfit who were attempting to enter the city with a large quantity of arms and ammunition.During a routine security check, Sherakot police......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday sought replies from the district coordination officer and the capital city police officer about closing entry and exits points of a village on Burki Road......
LAHORE: With over five million primary school-going age children out-of-school in the country and formal public and private education sectors’ inability to cater to all children, the non-formal basic......
LAHORE: Bar leaders see an element of personal grudge in suspension of the practicing licence of Barrister Syed Ali Zafar by the Supreme Court.Rejecting the decision of the SC, the speakers, at a......
LAHORE: Actress Babra Sharif reached Lahore Zoo on Wednesday to adopt a lion cub born just two weeks ago.Ironically, the lioness, the mother of the cub, has stopped giving attention to it.Babra......
LAHORE: A gunman was killed in an encounter with police in Misri Shah on Wednesday.Police said three gunmen snatched a motorcycle from a man near Railway Quarters. A police team, led by Sub-Inspector......
LAHORE: World Punjabi Congress (WPC) Chairman Fakhar Zaman has stressed the need for teaching Sindhi, Balochi and Pashto in Punjab’s educational institutions and Punjabi language in other......
MUZAFFARGARH: Punjab Kissan Ittehad leaders with hundreds of baton-wielding farmers staged a demonstration on the banks of the River Chenab here on Multan-Muzaffargarh Road on Wednesday.Several......
SAHIWAL: According to a survey, 98pc of villagers claim they neither received any vaccination nor heard about any veterinary awareness campaigns for their livestock.Around 91pc farmers and livestock......
LAHORE: A leading information technology and business process outsourcing provider in Pakistan and international markets has been awarded a mega project to develop a new centralised Land Records......
BAHAWALPUR: Patients and the staff of the gynecology ward of the Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH) captured a woman late on Tuesday who was trying to kidnap a newborn and later handed her, and her......
VEHARI: Two brothers were executed at district jail on Wednesday morning after the president turned down their mercy appeals.Muhabbat Ali and Muhammad Bashir were convicted of murdering two brothers......
TOBA TEK SINGH: The Pirmahal police on Wednesday arrested a sub-inspector and seven other policemen after registering a case under Section 155C of the Police Order 2002 over the death of suspected......
FAISALABAD: Sheikh Asghar Ali has been elected unopposed as chairman of the Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA).Similarly, Rizwan Ihsan and Arif Mahmood Qureshi were elected senior vice......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers informed an antiterrorism court on Wednesday that detained Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Qamar Mansoor had been released as he was not found involved in any crime......
KARACHI: The provincial authorities besides digitally recording the exact locations of 3,662 seminaries, have sealed 167 madressahs on different charges, registered 6,503 out of 9,590 madressahs, and......
KARACHI: Months after allegations filed against them in a German court, the German brand KIK has finally filed a detailed response in court refusing to pay long-term compensation to the Baldia......
KARACHI: Considering that writers usually take inspiration from the places they belong to, Aamer Hussein’s body of work is exemplary in itself as it picks up influences from the multiple cultures he......
KARACHI: There are at present as many as 8,752 people living with HIV/Aids in Sindh and of them a major chunk of 6,188 are in Karachi alone because of which the UNAIDS Programme has selected the......
KARACHI: A shopkeeper and his employee were shot dead in North Karachi on Wednesday afternoon, the Khawaja Ajmer Nagri police said.They added that Imran Iqbal, 30, and his employee, Waqas, 27, were......
KARACHI: A lot of students visiting the examination department of Karachi University (KU) on Wednesday had to face a lot of trouble when the staff refused to entertain visitors in protest over......
KARACHI: Commissioner Shoaib Siddiqi has said the Karachiites will soon witness a positive change in the water supply and transport sectors due to a number of measures the local administration has......
KARACHI: While extending the pre-arrest bail granted to the top bureaucrat of the province, the Sindh High Court on Wednesday exempted him from his personal appearance in court during the hearing of......
KARACHI: A half-a-minute-long video apparently prepared by the family or party members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement lawmaker, Rashid Godil, was released to the media on Wednesday.“I am thankful to......
KARACHI: A row of packed and tightly fastened wheel carts against the backdrop of closed shutters on roads that seemed broader than usual due to the lack of traffic on them. This was the usual sight......
SUKKUR: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah has said that the federal government is leading the country to an economic collapse by planning to privatise......
BADIN: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Sindh general secretary Maulana Rashid Mehmood Soomro has said the JUI-F is no more in an electoral alliance with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) for......
MIRPURKHAS: The owner of an LPG (liquid petroleum gas) outlet, along with a pedestrian, was injured when at least eight cylinders exploded one after the other at his workplace near the old Mirwah bus......
SUKKUR: A 30-year-old man was killed when two groups belonging to the Lolai community traded fire over a cattle theft incident in Faujo Lolai village near Ghouspur town on Wednesday.Officials at the......
HYDERABAD: Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party (STP) chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has said Sindh should be given its due share in development under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects lest illegal......
ANKARA: The leader of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party warned on Wednesday the country was being dragged into a civil war after a night of nationalist-tinged “lynching” that left several of its......
WASHINGTON: The leader of a congressional delegation, which recently visited Kabul, asked the US government on Wednesday to maintain an indefinite military presence in Afghanistan.Congressman Mac......
WASHINGTON: Approximately half of the US adult population has diabetes or is prediabetic, although prevalence of the disease appears to be levelling off after decades of increase, researchers said on......
COLOMBO: Forty ministers of state and deputy ministers were sworn in on Wednesday to join the national government headed by Maithripala Sirisena-Ranil Wickremesinghe. Five among them are Muslims and......
LAS VEGAS: All 172 passengers and crew escaped a fire on a British Airways plane in Las Vegas on Tuesday when smoke and flames engulfed the aircraft as it was about to take off for London.The fire in......
In 1940, when we Brits were hourly awaiting German invasion, civil servants in Kent were told that refugees on the roads were to be ordered into the fields.But if they refused, they were to be......
LONDON: It was a day for the history books. But it was not in her majesty’s temperament to make much of a fuss.On Wednesday, Sept 9, 2015, about 5:30pm, Queen Elizabeth became the longest reigning......
MOSCOW: A local imam in Russia’s North Caucasus was shot dead on Wednesday, the latest murder of a religious leader in an area known for simmering Islamist insurgency.Magomed Khidirov, a 34-year-old......
DHAKA: An internet law in Bangladesh has had a “chilling effect” on society, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion said on Wednesday after a nine-day visit to the country, as he warned......
BEIRUT: After a two-year siege, Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria and other insurgents on Wednesday captured the one remaining Syrian army air base in Idlib province, a development that activists said......
TOKYO: Japanese police raided the offices of a recently formed splinter group of the country’s biggest yakuza crime syndicate on Wednesday, following fears the rift will spark bloody inter-gang......
YANGON: Myanmar’s President Thein Sein met ethnic rebel peace negotiators for the first time in the capital Naypyidaw on Wednesday in an effort to secure a long-awaited nationwide ceasefire before......
WASHINGTON: For Hillary Clinton, sorry seems to be the hardest word.In the 2008 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, one in which she was the frontrunner but ultimately eclipsed by......
CAIRO: Softly spoken schoolgirl Mariam Malak has become an unlikely symbol of the fight against corruption in Egypt after scoring the sum total of zero in her final exams.The 19-year-old top student,......
OTTAWA: The race for the Oscars intensifies this week at the Toronto film festival, where the issue of gender identity will be in focus, with performances from Eddie Redmayne and Elle Fanning......
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad on Wednesday advised the International Cricket Council (ICC) to move with caution before paying any consideration to calls to rid Test cricket of the......
NEW YORK: For stretches of the 27th edition of Williams v Williams, Venus gave Serena all she could handle.And when Serena took control down the stretch to emerge with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 victory in a......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan won another silver medal in weightlifting at the Fifth Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa when Abdul Rehman came second in the 77kg category on Wednesday.According to Pakistan......
SYDNEY: Australia wicket-keeper 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......
MADRID: A record-breaking goal by Wayne Rooney kept England’s winning streak going in Euro 2016 qualifying on Tuesday, while Austria qualified for a major tournament for the first time in 18 years by......
NEW YORK: Lionel Messi scored with a spectacular 89th-minute volley to cap Argentina’s comeback from a two-goal deficit in a 2-2 draw against Mexico while his Barcelona team-mate Neymar scored two......
NEY YORK: A stunning last-minute goal from substitute Simon Dawkins took Jamaica into the next round of the World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday, destroying Nicaragua’s hopes of making the fourth round of......
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 vital 93-run win over......
KARACHI: Pakistani trio made it to the last-32 knockout round in the Sangsom 6-Reds pro-am world snooker championship in Bangkok on Wednesday.Top four players from eight groups advanced into the......
KARACHI: As many as 21 matches were decided on the second day of the Sixth Culligan Girls Senior and Junior Throwball Tournament being held here at The City School Darakhshan Campus on Wednesday.The......
KARACHI: Hosts Aga Khan University (AKU) led a trio of teams into the semi-finals of the 13th AKU Inter-University Football Tournament here on Tuesday.AKU were joined by Pakistan Navy Engineering......
KARACHI: Wasim Ahmed excelled with an all-round show as Landhi Friends sealed a seven-wicket win over Tuba Sports in the KCCA Commissioner Karachi Cup match at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground here on......
KARACHI: The World Athletics Day meet that was scheduled to be held at the PSB Coaching Centre on Sept 12 (Saturday) has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances, says an official......
KARACHI: Karachi Whites, Hyderabad, Lahore Whites, Fata and Karachi Blues joined Rawalpindi for the Super Six stage of the PCB Inter-region Under-19 One-day Cricket Tournament after sealing victories......
KARACHI: The government on Wednesday raised less than the targeted amount through the auction of Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs), even though more than 280 per cent higher amounts were offered by......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif has invited business leaders for a meeting later this week to discuss issues confronting trade, industry and exports.The meeting of business leaders with the......
KARACHI: The State Bank will announce the monetary policy on Sept 12.In the last monetary policy, the State Bank kept the interest rate unchanged. The target rate is 6.5 per cent while the upper......
KARACHI: Stocks extended the gains on Wednesday with the addition of 356.19 points (1.06 per cent) in the KSE-100 index which closed at 33,830.36.The two-day rally resulted in complete recovery of......
LAHORE: A six-member committee, constituted at a meeting held between Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Chairman, International and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Mr Jiang Jianqing, has......
DALIAN: China has fended off the major risks to its financial system while its economic prospects remain positive, Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday, as he tried to reassure global markets that......
Sindh Bank donates Rs5m to SIUTKARACHI: Sindh Bank has donated Rs5 million to the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplant (SIUT), says a press release issued on Wednesday.140,000 Lufthansa......
NEW DELHI: A leap in onion prices has left a bitter taste for Surinder Anand, owner of a New Delhi restaurant that sweats its way through a hundred kilos a day, but it could pose even bigger problems......
WASHINGTON: Income inequality will remain a persistent problem despite brighter prospects for US companies globally, according to an annual survey of Harvard Business School alumni.Fifty-eight per......
DUBAI: Dubai property developers are still turning out some larger-than-life projects even though prices are heading south again after clawing back a good chunk of their losses in the 2008 crash.The......
KARACHI: Trading was brisk on the cotton market on Wednesday as spinners rushed to book large stocks to meet their raw material demand during long Eidul Azha holidays.Floor brokers said buying spree......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures hit a six-week high on Wednesday, supported by short-covering and technical buying ahead of production data due later this week.By the close, the benchmark......
LONDON: Gold fell to a three-week low on Wednesday as stock markets strengthened and the dollar firmed, though prices remained hemmed into a narrow range ahead of next week’s US Fed meeting.Gold has......
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday unveiled a series of stimulus measures to lift slowing growth in Southeast Asia’s top economy and shore up the country’s plunging currency.In......
DUBAI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia’s growing budget deficit could rapidly erode its reserves unless it adapts to slumping oil prices by adopting a host......
KARACHI: A lack of documentation of trading activity makes it difficult to accurately assess the losses caused by a daylong strike, though most traders estimate they run into billions of rupees.Most......
ISLAMABAD: Russia is expected to soon return to Pakistan’s petroleum sector after five decades with fresh investment commitments in new exploration and development techniques and construction of......
QUETTA: The Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Indrika Ratwatte, has said that the government of Pakistan has agreed to extend the validity of PoR cards till......
QUETTA: An accountability court in Quetta convicted on Wednesday two government officials in a wheat embezzlement case.Asadullah Kakar, deputy commissioner of Dera Bugti and former deputy director in......
KHUZDAR: The deputy chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl and a member of the National Assembly, Maulana Qamruddin, has called upon the government to make the Khuzdar airport functional.Talking to......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to inaugurate on Sept 14 a recently constructed 24km portion of the Korakoram Highway (KKH) and five tunnels near the Attabad Lake in Hunza.According......
NEW DELHI: A 16-member delegation of Pakistan Rangers arrived in New Delhi with an ‘open mind’ on Wednesday to work out a mechanism with India’s Border Security Force to reinstall a 2003 ceasefire in......
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has criticised what he termed his ‘media trial’ over the Quaid-i-Azam Solar Park and at the same time made public the so-called ‘cold war’ between his......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is set to re-issue the schedule for local government elections in Punjab and Sindh to incorporate in their code of conduct a clause barring public......
ISLAMABAD: Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that with the opening of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Thar will emerge as the ‘energy capital’ of the country and will......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has announced an investigation into allegations of corruption against Punjab Minister for Sports and Education Rana Mashhood.A NAB official told Dawn......
KARACHI: Pakistan is set to sign a 40-year-lease with a Chinese company to develop a massive special economic zone in the deep sea port of Gwadar, officials said on Wednesday.The contract is part of......
ISLAMABAD: After waiting for two days for the government to summon a session of the upper house of parliament, the opposition parties submitted on Wednesday a requisition notice to the Senate......
STRASBOURG: The EU unveiled plans on Wednesday to take 160,000 refugees from overstretched border states, as the United States said it would accept more Syrians to ease the pressure from the worst......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will chair a high-level meeting on Thursday to discuss ways of improving the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) to counter terrorism and extremism......
KARACHI: A couple and their two children were murdered and their house was set on fire in Manzoor Colony here on Wednesday morning. Their third child was critically injured.The victims were......
ISLAMABAD: The National Command Authority (NCA) concluded on Wednesday that India’s rapidly growing nuclear programme and absence of a conflict resolution mechanism were upsetting strategic......
KARACHI: A former TV journalist was shot dead in North Karachi on Wednesday noon in a suspected targeted attack.According to police, two men on a motorcycle opened fire at Aftab Alam, 44, when he......
ISLAMABAD: Outgoing Chief Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja emphasised on Wednesday the need for instilling the virtues of boldness and courage in judicial pronouncements alongside the values of knowledge,......
ISLAMABAD: Afghan Ambassador Janan Mosazai has called for regional cooperation against terrorist groups, particularly the self-styled Islamic State (IS).“There is no single country strategy or......
LAHORE: All eyes looked for any signs of cracks in the government’s resolve to bring the traders into the tax net as wholesalers and retailers observed another successful countrywide strike against......
BRAHMDAGH Bugti’s willingness to negotiate with the military establishment might be considered a good omen by some. But it will not yield the desired result unless all Baloch organisations — whether......
ONE of the refreshing features of the minority judgments in the Supreme Court verdict on challenges to the 18th and 21st amendments is the recognition of the role that dissent can play in the......
IMMIGRATION can be a messy business. It leaves stains.It is a subtle challenge to the notion that the world is a global village. The recent exodus by refugees fleeing insecure poverty in southern......
SOMETHING interesting is happening. For a few years now, in a steady endeavour to increase the revenues of the state, the government of Pakistan has been involved in a slowly accelerating effort to......
THE murder of the eyewitness in the Sabeen Mahmud case has once again underscored the urgent need for a witness protection programme.Ghulam Abbas was working as a part-time driver for Ms Mahmud, the......
