DERA KHAN: A US drone strike killed at least 15 militants associated with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan's Gomal district on Wednesday, intelligence officials said on......
MAKKAH: A massive construction crane crashed into Makkah's Grand Mosque in stormy weather Friday, killing at least 107 people and injuring 238, Saudi authorities said, less than a fortnight before......
NEW DELHI: Pakistani and Indian border security forces agreed on Friday to maintain restraint on their disputed Kashmir frontier, as they sought to defuse tensions that have been heightened in recent......
SANAA: Yemeni independent security and health officials say seven civilians have been killed in the latest airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition in the capital, Sanaa. The bombardment targeted Shia......
LONDON: Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois needs knee surgery and will be out for "quite a long time," manager Jose Mourinho said on Friday.The 23-year-old Belgium international will miss the......
Responding to claims by siasat.pk – a local online forum – that they were forcibly shut down by the government, Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) spokesman Khurram Mehran said “no such action has been......
PESHAWAR: The special police unit in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday claimed to have arrested an alleged suspect involved in firing shots at a commercial PIA aircraft last year in June at the Bacha Khan......
When the nation was busy preparing for its 50th Defence Day, a September war was raging on social media. It is remarkable how a few simple questions about history can reduce us to our baser instincts......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Friday accused Rangers of “extra-judicially” killing four party workers Thursday night near the Northern Bypass in Karachi's Sohrab Goth area.The......
NEW YORK: Let everyone else go ahead and assume Serena Williams will beat Roberta Vinci of Italy in the US Open semifinals. Williams, at least publicly, is not taking anything for granted as she......
Pakistan has the highest teledensity (75 per cent) in the region and the cheapest rates for radio internet to have ever been offered (3G/4G LTE Data Plans for as low as $5/10GB). With over 40 million......
PRAGUE: Eastern Europe rejected migrant quotas on Friday despite German warnings over the "biggest challenge" in European Union (EU) history, amid disturbing footage of refugees in Hungary being fed......
Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has signed a new four year deal with the 20-time English Champions, the club announced on Friday.The Spanish stopper was the biggest talking point during the......
Shaan-e-Pakistan seems to have come at an opportune time.After much hullabuloo about perceived insults by movies and movie stars, here's an event that trying to bridge the gap between Pakistan and......
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan’s declaration that his government will now direct its energies to countering sectarianism can only be viewed as a positive development, though it will take a......
ISLAMABAD: Former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Friday expressed grave concern over the sentencing of party's Sindh MPA Syed Ali Nawaz Shah by an accountability court in......
ISLAMABAD: Senator Mushahid Hussain on Friday chaired a meeting of the Senate Defence Committee at Parliament House during which a unanimous resolution was passed condemning 'unprovoked firing and......
Ian Pont, a former English cricketer and a respected voice when it comes to the mechanics of fast bowling, has termed Mohammad Amir “one of the finest left arm prospects” as the left-arm pacer starts......
Steven Gerrard might still have been at Liverpool if the club had offered him the chance to shadow Brendan Rodgers and learn about managing a team, the former England skipper has told the Daily Mail......
KARACHI/LAHORE: At least 4,000 kilograms of unhygienic meat was seized from Karachi's Empress Market on Friday during a raid conducted by Deputy Commissioner South.Karachi Commissioner Shoaib......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday stressed upon the need for enhancing Pakistan’s exports to bring it at par with other countries of the region and world in the field in order to......
NEW DELHI: An Indian court on Friday convicted 12 of planning blasts that ripped through Mumbai commuter trains in 2006, killing more than 180 people and wounding hundreds.The 12 men who were......
If Zia Mohyeddin's Dheti Deewarain was a critique of an authoritarian older generation, Fawad Khan’s Baba Jalinoos will be peeling off layers of hypocrisy in our society.The play, which is an......
BANGKOK: The suspected mastermind of last month's deadly bomb attack in Thailand left for China from Bangladesh 12 days ago, and efforts in Malaysia to track the man suspected of planting the......
The reaction was quick and critical. Soon as news went around that the Jammu and Kashmir High Court had passed an order directing the enforcement of a 153-year-old ban on beef in the Muslim-majority......
JAMMU: The high court of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday directed police to ensure implementation of a ban on the sale of beef in India-held Kashmir, reported Hindustan Times.Bharatiya Janata Party......
Fast-fashion Swedish company H&M has been ranked the second largest clothing retailer globally for years, after Zara. It's reach is mammoth — so when they decided to use a girl in a hijab as one of......
SYDNEY: Australia will be forced to blood an entirely new opening partnership in Bangladesh next month after David Warner was ruled out of the two-Test series with a broken finger on Friday.Warner,......
NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer remain on course for a marquee one-two clash in the men's US Open final, but each must first vanquish a formidable opponent and friend in Friday's......
LAS VEGAS: Andre Berto will pull off one of the biggest shocks in boxing history if he defeats unbeaten welterweight world champion Floyd Mayweather on Saturday in Las Vegas.Here we look at five......
UNITED NATIONS: Russia has lifted its objections to a United Nations (UN) investigation into chemical attacks in Syria, clearing the way for the probe to begin, diplomats said Thursday.The UN......
SRINAGAR: Fighting in India-held Kashmir killed two soldiers and two suspected rebels Friday, as representatives from India and Pakistan met to discuss security on the disputed frontier.The deaths......
BEIJING: China has begun developing a new generation of attack helicopter which will have stealth abilities and should start deliveries to the Chinese armed forces by about 2020, the official China......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations (UN) chief is taking aim at sexual abuse by peacekeepers, calling it "one of my greatest disappointments" and saying he will repatriate the troops of countries that......
KARACHI: Karachi, Pakistan's biggest and most diverse city, was once home to a famous nightclub scene where alcohol flowed freely and luminaries from the world of jazz played to packed crowds eager......
LAHORE: With things fast falling in place for the high-profile Pakistan Super League and doubts being put to rest about holding of its opening edition in Doha, Qatar, the league’s two brand......
SWABI: The administration on Thursday sealed operation theatres of some private health centers in Swabi’s district headquarters and closed down several laboratories and clinics over unhygienic......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Medium Term Inclusive Growth Strategy 2015-18 is aimed at making substantial efforts by the provincial government for generating revenue to increase provincial tax......
MINGORA: Khwendo Jirga chairperson and women rights activist Tabassum Adnan said here on Thursday that some non-governmental organisations were using the name of her jirga for their......
KOHAT: The Gumbat police seized an oil tanker carrying over 2,000 litres of crude oil from Kamar village here to Rawalpindi and arrested two smugglers on Thursday.Gumbat police SHO Ghulam Murtaza......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday directed the provincial government to promote the Pakistan Forest Institute (PFI) director from BPS-19 to BPS-20 and appoint him the institute’s director......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution Thursday allowing the Palestinians and the Holy See to raise their flags at UN headquarters ? a symbolic step......
MINGORA: Teachers and education department officials at the launching ceremony of a campaign to increase enrolment have said that they expect enrolment of a big number of children in schools with......
PESHAWAR: The government is facing resistance to put its plan of regulating the working private hospitals and clinics in line with the new law aimed at categorising these facilities on the basis of......
GHALANAI: The elders of Qandhari, Shinwari, Masood and Gurbaz tribes have demanded of the political administration to resume work on development schemes in the militancy-hit areas of Safi tehsil.The......
KARAK: District nazim Dr Umar Daraz Khattak on Thursday suspended the services of 281 employees of health and water supply projects over absence from duty and directed the relevant officials to......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a seminar on Pak-Afghan relations have stressed the need for resolution of regional disputes through dialogue to avoid misunderstandings and conflicts in future.The seminar was......
PESHAWAR: Employees of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company on Thursday boycotted their duties and held a rally against the possible privatisation of Wapda and delay in appointment of sons of the......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Services Tribunal on Thursday ordered the reinstatement of three deputy superintendents of police, who were dismissed from service last year by the provincial police......
PESHAWAR: Following a great deal of pressure from the opposition parties, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Thursday incorporated an amendment to bring the provincial assembly within the purview of......
PESHAWAR: Former provincial minister Ziaullah Afridi, who has been arrested on corruption charges, on Thursday launched a tirade against Chief Minister Pervez Khattak in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa......
PESHAWAR: Members of Christian community have rejected the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Protection of Communal Properties of Minorities Act 2014 by describing it as against the interests of minorities.Speaking......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) on Thursday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against a medical college after it received an application from the college,......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA), on Thursday, finally decided to freeze the salaries of around 250 officers for not submitting their educational credentials for verification.The......
ISLAMABAD: Expressing alarm over the territorial gains made by militants in Afghanistan, Russian envoy to Pakistan Alexey Dedov asked certain ‘partner’ countries to shun double standards in the fight......
ISLAMABAD: The Jamat-i-Islami Emir, Sirajul Haq, on Thursday called upon the Muttahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) to withdraw their resignations and rejoin the parliament as it was in the interest of both......
ISLAMABAD: The anti-adulteration campaign continued to take action against Islamabad food outlets involved in the sale of substandard food.Various teams of the city’s administration, under the......
ISLAMABAD: Healthcare professionals on Thursday called off their three-day sit-in near Nadra Chowk following successful negotiations with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.The medical and paramedical staff......
RAWALPINDI: The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has collected Rs40 million from consumers within the first two months of this fiscal year, compared to their target of Rs50 million for this......
ISLAMABAD: The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of Islamabad police has arrested four robbers involved in the recent bank robberies and recovered weapons, stolen vehicles from them, police said.The......
With the local government elections in Punjab and Sindh set for November and December, the political climate is heating up all around as the two domineering provinces influence the politics of the......
ISLAMABAD: The father of a convict in the Bannu jailbreak case has approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the sentence of a military court.In a petition filed with the IHC, Shah Khan......
WASHINGTON: The US Senate voted to uphold the hard-fought nuclear accord with Iran on Thursday, with Democrats overcoming ferocious Republican opposition and delivering President Barack Obama a......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday sought a report from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on the ongoing recruitments in the......
ISLAMABAD: Though devolution of power is mandatory under the law, parliamentarians, especially members of provincial assemblies, still hesitate to share powers with the local government......
PESHAWAR: The government is facing resistance to put its plan of regulating the working private hospitals and clinics in line with the new law aimed at categorising these facilities on the basis of......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Thursday called on the government to move district courts and administration offices from F-8 Markaz.ICCI leadership stated that......
MURREE: Lahore High Court (LHC)’s Rawalpindi Bench has set aside the delimitation of union councils of Murree and restored the Numble and Murree City UCs to their earlier positions.Justice Mehmood......
TAXILA: The police on Thursday booked the owner of stone crushing plant and his son after the tragic incident in which two labouers were killed and five others injured by falling debris during......
LAHORE: Police on Thursday arrested two prosecution witnesses in Zain murder case for denying to recognise prime suspect Mustafa Kanju.Police said the witnesses, earlier in their statements, had said......
LAHORE: The Public Health England will extend technical cooperation in establishing an Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response System in Punjab.This was announced in a meeting of Health......
CHINIOT: A joint raiding team of police and the Livestock Department arrested four people and seized a truckload of forbidden animal bones being used in custard products as flavour.Police were......
MULTAN: Central Organiser of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Jahangir Khan Tareen on Thursday filed his nomination papers for NA-154, Lodhran.Mr Tareen came to the Lodhran District Council Hall......
LAHORE: The City District Government of Lahore (CDGL) has warned the public to be watchful as three months (September to November) are vulnerable to possible dengue spread in the provincial......
LAHORE: The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has hurled life threats at Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s six senior leaders after making two attempts on the life of party MPA Mian Aslam Iqbal.The......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Thursday dismissed a petition against conviction of an alleged member of a proscribed organisation by a military court on murder charges.The bench......
LAHORE: Despite the best efforts of police the public perception about the force was not changing, so there was a dire need to revamp the whole policing system.Deputy Inspector General (DIG)......
LAHORE: The Government College University (GCU), Lahore, told the Lahore High Court on Thursday that it did not deny admission to a woman for wearing veil.In a written reply, Management Science......
LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) teams sealed on Thursday many food outlets, cafeterias and restaurants besides imposing fine on others for flouting food handling.The premises will be unsealed......
FAISALABAD: After pursuing a case for a fortnight, ruling party MPA Tahir Jameel and the family of police torture victim Sheraz Nawaz have ‘reached an understanding’.The University of Agriculture......
BAHAWALPUR: A 200-year-old historical cannon was installed at a crossing near the General Post Office here by Commissioner Saqib Zafar.The cannon earlier placed in the centre of the Derawar Fort was......
BAHAWALPUR: The employees of the district administration and lawyers on Thursday held separate protests over an altercation between the additional district collector and ex-president of the district......
OKARA: Three criminals were killed and two policemen sustained injuries in a shootout near Chak 31/4L, Gambar Mor, on Wednesday night.District Police Officer Muhammad Faisal Rana said three murder......
MIANWALI: A prep class student at a state-run school of Bhakkar suffered burns when boiling water fell on him on Thursday.The teachers of the Government Primary Girls School of Shaheenabad Jandanwala......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A truck containing 800 flour bags meant for IDPs in KPK camps was found in Shorkot Cantonment by a team of food department led by Jhang District Food Controller Amanullah on Thursday......
LAHORE: The Institute for Advancement of Dental Sciences and Research (IADSR), in collaboration with University of Health Sciences (UHS), is organising a three-day international conference on......
KARACHI: It is heartening to note there are rational voices in the country who are willing to undertake soul-searching with respect to the 1965 war. Even more reassuring is the introspection that......
KARACHI: The Japanese Film Festival 2015 was inaugurated on Thursday with a sampling of anime, manga and other film genres, providing Pakistani audiences with an opportunity to appreciate one of the......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh on Thursday night claimed to have killed four suspects allegedly involved in the killing of a lawyer in an ‘encounter’ on Northern Bypass near Sohrab Goth, a......
KARACHI: A 40-year-old worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was shot dead in Korangi on Thursday evening in a suspected targeted attack, according to the Zaman Town police.The officials said that......
BADIN: The Badin district and sessions court on Thursday extended the protective bail to former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza and his 107 associates in six cases till November 5. The cases......
KARACHI: Senior Minister Nisar Ahmad Khuhro has said that the Pakistan Peoples Party will challenge the accountability court decision against former minister Syed Ali Nawaz Shah in the Sindh High......
HYDERABAD: Employees of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) and the Sukkur Electric Power Company (Sepco) took out rallies and held demonstrations in several Sindh towns on Thursday in......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to set up a new board by the name of ‘The Shaheed Benazirabad Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education’.Sources close to the law department disclosed......
HYDERABAD: The inquiry committee comprising the Hyderabad DIG and three SSPs on Thursday interrogated Bashir Brohi, said to be the manager of former home minister Sharjeel Inam Memon arrested......
KARACHI: While major actions against key leaders of the Pakistan Peoples Party for their alleged involvement in massive corruption are already in the offing, the party suffered a major blow on......
KARACHI: The south zone police on Thursday claimed to have arrested eight suspected hit men allegedly belonging to a “famous political party of Karachi,” the Karachi-south DIG said.Speaking at a......
KARACHI: Attempts have been made in the past to translate Moliere’s comedy ITartuffeI into Urdu simply because the plot of the play is readily identifiable in a society where imposters can be found a......
KARACHI: “There is no concept of rote learning in commerce studies,” said Aisha Abdul Khalique while replying to a reporter’s question at the results announcing ceremony for Higher Secondary......
KARACHI: The University of Karachi (KU) is presenting the picture of funfair these days as the administration has allowed student groups to hold all kinds of entertainment activities on the campus......
THE bans by the International Cricket Council on Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt for being involved in spot-fixing have ended.Although the shamed trio has completed their punishment,......
AT times I get the impression that we as a society haven’t matured yet. Our acts, etiquettes, attitudes and manners at public gatherings speak volumes about our family backgrounds and upbringing.......
THIS is with reference to the news item ‘NAB seizes record of two energy deals’ (Sept 4).No record was seized by the National Accountability Bureau from the offices of Inter-State Gas Systems Pvt Ltd......
A PETITION for contempt of court has been moved against National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials for submitting an incomplete list and then adding a few numbers on its own.NAB starts its......
A LETTER by Dr Carole Bourne-Taylor of Brasenose College, Oxford, headed ‘Philosophy pupils’ was published in The Times on July 11. In it, she emphasised the importance of studying philosophy at her......
THIS refers to the report, ‘History in Pakistan has been badly treated.’ The professor goes on to say:, “We actually lost in ‘65 war.” The question of losing or winning doesn’t arise.The emphasis is......
LOCAL government is the basic tier of a democratic system. It is meant to address and resolve the people’s local issues such as sanitation, water supply, small-level developments.However, in......
OUTGOING Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja during his brief 23-day tenure as head of the Supreme Court of Pakistan tried his best to remind the judiciary that their primary task was......
STATISTICS do not lie. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), about 1.24m deaths occurred owing to traffic accidents throughout the world in the 2010.A head-on collision involving two......
RAWALPINDI: Another Indian Air Force Gnat fighter was shot down this morning [Sept 10] by the PAF in the Lahore sector. PAF fighters intercepted an Indian jet which had come in to give support to the......
KURUMBA: Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney warned on Thursday she will press for sanctions against the Maldives unless it frees former president Mohamed Nasheed, who has been controversially jailed......
BELFAST: Northern Ireland’s government moved a step closer to collapse on Thursday when the first minister failed in his bid to suspend its assembly over alleged Irish Republican Army (IRA)......
NEW YORK: Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton has lost the status to a socialist candidate from Vermont Bernie Sanders. This has come as a shock to many.Donald Trump leads the Republicans with 38......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia says an exchange of fire across the kingdom’s border with Yemen has killed a Saudi soldier.A statement from the Interior Ministry, carried by state-run media, says the soldier......
BEIJING: China is planning to land a lunar probe on the far side of the moon, state media reported, the latest step for Beijing’s ambitious space programme.The mission will be launched before 2020......
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has proposed to increase its refugee quota from 70,000 to 75,000 this year to accommodate Syrian refugees, Secretary of State John Kerry said.The proposal will......
KABUL: A roadside bomb has killed five officers who were on patrol in central Afghanistan, police said on Thursday.Asadullah Ensafi, the deputy chief police in Ghazni province, said the blast was......
JOSO: Unprecedented rain in Japan unleashed heavy floods on Friday that tore houses from their foundations, uprooted trees and forced more than 100,000 people from their homes.Helicopters hovering......
DHAKA: Thousands of students staged street protests in the Bangladeshi capital for a second straight day on Thursday against a tax on university fees which they say discriminates against private......
LONDON: British police made a record 299 terror arrests over the last 12 months, overtaking the previous highest level in the year of the London bombings in 2005.In the year to March, 299 people were......
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......
NEW YORK: The twice-yearly style orgy that is New York Fashion Week which was to kick off on Thursday evening when the booted and suited rush to catch sight of collections for spring-summer......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will offer his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping a full state welcome at the White House later this month, belying tensions fueled by Beijing’s increased military......
BARCELONA: For a fourth consecutive year, hundreds of thousands of pro-independence Catalans are gearing up to rally on Friday (today) to break away from Spain, kicking off a fresh secession bid in a......
THE story has gripped India for weeks. Each new development prompts a surge of headlines. Every quote tops the TV bulletins. Even in a country which loves a good true crime story, the case is a......
NEW YORK: Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka shrugged off the threat of rain to storm into the U.S. Open semi-finals on Wednesday, while Simona Halep stood up for the younger generation to complete a......
BRUSSELS: Despite Usain Bolt’s late withdrawal, Friday’s season-ending Diamond League meet in Brussels still has a great sprint race on the schedule.Dafne Schippers and Allyson Felix will meet in a......
LONDON: Former England bowler Ryan Sidebottom produced a devastating spell of bowling as Yorkshire retained the County Championship Division One title by skittling Middlesex for 106 at Lord’s on......
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa will head to India armed with three frontline slow bowlers in their Test squad after recalling leg-spinner Imran Tahir and off-break bowler Dane Piedt for the four-match......
RAWALPINDI: Unheralded Musadiq Ahmed couldn’t have asked for better stage than the Cool & Cool presents Haier Mobile T20 Cup to showcase his batting qualities with a swashbuckling half-century in a......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Davis Cup team left for Turkey on Thursday to play the final of the Davis Cup Asia Oceania group II against Chinese Taipei at neutral venue Izmir, Turkey from Sept 18 to 20 on......
KARACHI: Spinners Daniyal Matloob and Mohammad Yaqoob produced telling spells to help their respective team score easy victories in the two matches decided in the KCCA Commissioner Karachi Cup here......
LAHORE: The National Women’s Basketball Championships will be held at the Government Islamia College for Women, Faisalabad on Oct 9.The Pakistan Basketball Federation is hosting the event wherein......
DHAKA: England’s disabled cricket team beat Pakistan by 19 runs in the final of the inaugural ICRC International T20 Disabled Cricket Tournament at the BKSP ground number three here on......
KARACHI: Nixor College, Karachi Medical and Dental College, Haq Academy, The City School DK, Habib Girls School, Convent of Jesus and Mary, The City School PAF and Sultan Agha Khan School qualified......
KARACHI: Hosts Aga Khan University (AKU) set up a final against Pakistan Navy Engineering College (PNEC) in the 13th AKU Inter-University Football Tournament with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over......
KARACHI: Remittances from overseas Pakistanis increased merely by 5.4 per cent in the first two months of the current fiscal year as against the rise of 14.4pc witnessed in the corresponding period......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to announce on Friday a bailout-cum-incentive package to support country’s falling exports.A five-member ministerial committee on Thursday concluded......
KARACHI: Sales of locally-assembled cars rose by 77 per cent to 29,168 units during the first two months of this fiscal year compared to 16,466 units in the corresponding period last year.Buyers......
KARACHI: Stocks took an unexpected south turn on Thursday after a steep climb in the last two sessions which recouped all of the loss sustained on Monday.The KSE-100 index closed with a minor loss of......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for small and medium entities (SMEs) and......
Gulf carriers ‘not rich enough’ to buy RyanairROME: Michael O’Leary insisted Thursday he will be at the controls of Ryanair for years to come and scotched suggestions the Irish airline’s financial......
LAHORE: The three-day International Poultry Expo (IPEX 2015) kicked off at the Expo Centre on Thursday with the participation of 200 foreign delegates.Most stalls set up by foreign companies......
PARIS: The price of international food commodities registered their largest monthly drop in seven years in August, the UN food agency said on Thursday, a slide likely to further hurt the struggling......
KARACHI: Two million youngsters need employment but they also need to be provided with education and technical skills to meet the requirements of employers and corporations, said Punjab Finance......
KARACHI: Buying spree was witnessed on the cotton market on Thursday as spinners kept replenishing their stocks at higher level on fear of short crop and price hike.Floor brokers said that reports of......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures rose to a six-week high on Thursday due to a weaker ringgit, though data showing rising production and inventory weighed on sentiment.The benchmark November......
LONDON: Gold rose from four-week lows on Thursday as European stocks snapped a three-day run of gains, but traders remained cautious as they awaited fresh clues on the timing of a US rate hike.The......
BEIJING: The risk of deflation in China is growing, data suggested on Wednesday, as policymakers tried to reassure markets that the economy can stay on track and state banks were suspected of......
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s economy grew 3.8 per cent in the second quarter, the statistics office said Thursday, beating expectations in a rare piece of good news as the country battles high inflation and a......
LONDON: Imagine a communique drafted by the world’s top economic powers today on the health and direction of the global economy and finance.Few would be surprised by the following lines: “The current......
DHAKA: South Asian economies stand to lose around 1.3 per cent of their collective annual GDP by 2050 even if global temperature increases are kept to 2 degrees Celsius, experts and public officials......
DOHA: Qatar’s Energy Minister Mohammed al-Sada said on Thursday that a proposal by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to hold a summit for oil producers to support sagging prices is under......
LEEDS: Australia are set to rest weary paceman Mitchell Starc from the final two games of their One-day International series against England, coach Darren Lehmann has all but confirmed on......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s campaign in the Sangsom 6-Reds pro-am world snooker championship ended on a sour note in Bangkok on Thursday when big names Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Sajjad were knocked out in......
ZURICH: Imposing term limits on FIFA presidents and top officials is key to changing world football’s corruption-plagued governing body, according to reform adviser Domenico Scala.Scala published a......
Pakistan has consistently failed to recognize sports. Our demands for athletes to compete with the best in the world lack cohesion with our ability to realize the importance of promotion and lack of......
QUETTA: Balochistan Governor Muhammad Khan Achakzai has said that the extraordinary economic and political changes taking place from South Asia to Central Asia will pave the way for durable peace and......
ISLAMABAD: The civil and military leadership on Thursday decided to tighten the noose around terrorists, crush those challenging the writ of the state and speed up implementation on the National......
ISLAMABAD: Most political parties on Thursday objected to the Election Commission’s plans to bar MNAs and MPAs from campaigning in the local government elections and opposed the appointment of......
MULTAN: Police have decided to approach Interpol for arrest of suspected terrorist Shahabuddin alias Shabbua, who has reportedly fled to Dubai.He was allegedly close to Malik Ishaq, the slain leader......
WASHINGTON: The United States has made it clear that it recognises the Durand Line as an international border.On Tuesday, two opposing camps in Afghanistan — the ISIS and former Afghan president......
ISLAMABAD: Many restrictions hold women back in Pakistan in their quest for economic advancement, says a new World Bank report.According to ‘Women, Business and the Law 2016’, published every two......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it was ready for talks with India but would not accept any pre-conditions.“Pakistan’s position regarding the talks is very clear. Pakistan is ready for talks......
NEW YORK: Pakistan’s celebrated education activist Malala Yusufzai appeared on America’s popular TV show “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and talked about her struggle for children’s right to get......
ISLAMABAD: The co-chairman of a working group of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Prof Thomas Stocker, has urged Pakistan to work out a national adaptation strategy to tackle effects......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) has “temporarily” suspended the membership of Express and issued a show-cause notice to the media network for alleged tempering with viewership......
WASHINGTON: Two international media advocacy groups urged the government of Pakistan on Thursday to provide proper security to journalists.“We are alarmed by the violence against journalists and......
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Union of Journalists (HUJ) held a demonstration in protest against targeted killing of journalist Aftab Alam and engineer Arshad Jaffri outside the local press club on......
ISLAMABAD: Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali was sworn in as chief justice of Pakistan on Thursday.He will serve on the august post for 15 months and retire on Dec 31 next year.Justice Jamali has replaced......
ISLAMABAD: After the change of command at the Supreme Court, senior puisne judge Justice Mian Saqib Nisar expressed on Thursday the judiciary’s determination to continue to act as a bulwark against......
Aashi is at the Fountain House Stitching Centre when I first meet her, sitting at the main reception desk of its display shop supervising both novice and experienced tailors working on the day’s......
ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, particularly its southern parts and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, were the main area of concern for the polio eradication programme till recent past. But......
RVSZKE (Hungary): Europe was increasingly divided over its refugee crisis on Thursday as record numbers of migrants streamed through the Balkans into Hungary, forcing Austria to suspend cross-border......
IDIL (Turkey): Turkish security forces stopped a group of pro-Kurdish politicians on Thursday from marching to a town where they say a week-long curfew has triggered a humanitarian crisis and killed......
MAROPENG (South Africa): The fossilised bones of 15 members of a previously unknown branch of the human family tree have been discovered in a cave in South Africa, scientists said on Thursday,......
ISLAMABAD: The military leadership asked the federal and provincial governments on Thursday to share their burden under the ongoing National Action Plan (NAP) by activating special courts set up......
NEW DELHI: Heads of the border guards of India and Pakistan began a three-day meeting in New Delhi on Thursday, which looks primed to work out new strategies to effectively restore tranquillity to......
ISLAMABAD: The nation pays homage to Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah on the 67th anniversary of his passing away on Friday (today).Special prayers will be offered and Quran Khawani will be held at......
LAHORE: The Chief Minister of Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif, is reported to be weighing the option of asking the provincial sports and education minister to resign till the National Accountability Bureau......
CHINIOT/LAHORE: A team of the Counter-Terrorism Department arrested JUI-F leader and former MPA Mufti Kifayatullah for allegedly making a hate speech here late on Wednesday night.Mr Kifayatullah had......
YASMEEN, now 12 years of age, has not been to school since she was five. Her teachers thought she was ‘slow, careless, and not interested in her studies’. One day she had an epileptic seizure in......
A YOUNG man of about 20 is admitted to a psychiatric clinic off a busy Lahore road. The doctors have diagnosed his condition as serious enough to require prolonged treatment: The initial, basic phase......
Haj is an important Muslim religious practice performed by millions every year by travelling to Makkah to participate in certain rituals during the month of Zilhaj. The purpose of the pilgrimage is......
TODAY marks 14 years since the attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon that triggered a series of events which changed the whole world, not least Pakistan, Afghanistan and our wider region. In......
Roughly 45 years after the India-Pakistan competition spread to the nuclear domain, the National Command Authority of Pakistan, the apex nuclear programme-related policymaking body, has declared that......
THE words sound serious, but we’ll have to wait to see if the action that follows is too.Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan upped the ante somewhat when he said recently that the finances of religious......
THE attacks on professionals associated with the media over the past few days in Karachi and Peshawar are the most recent tragic additions to the list of journalists and other media workers who have......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has directed his administration to prepare to take in at least 10,000 Syrian refugees next year, a White House spokesman said on Thursday.The number reflects a......
