VIENNA: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog will travel on Saturday to Iran for talks on Tehran's nuclear programme with senior officials, the IAEA said in a statement.The discussions between......
KARACHI: The senior leaders of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) held deliberations for adopting different measures to deal with recent issues as they met in Dubai on Saturday with party's chairman......
ISLAMABAD: The government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan strongly rejected the claims as baseless that Friday’s attack on PAF camp in Peshawar was planned and controlled from Afghanistan, read a......
ANKARA: Turkish fighter jets carried out a new barrage of cross-border airstrikes this week against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, killing at least 55 rebels, state-run Anatolia news agency......
World Cup winner Mario Goetze plans to raise funds to help Germany's immigrants amidst the on-going crisis by auctioning his playing boots embroidered with the hashtag '#refugeeswelcome'.The......
SANAA: Air raids by Saudi-led coalition warplanes killed 15 people in Yemen's capital in one of the heaviest nights of bombardment in months, aid workers and witnesses said on Saturday.One rescuer......
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger accused referee Mike Dean of “weakness” for failing to send off Chelsea striker Diego Costa during his side's 2-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.Costa clashed......
Kurt Zouma and Eden Hazard scored as Chelsea exploited the dismissals of Gabriel and Santi Cazorla to beat Arsenal 2-0 on Saturday and revive their Premier League title defence.Gabriel was sent off......
SRINAGAR: Gunmen have shot and killed a 3-year-old boy and his father in Indian-held Kashmir, police said on Saturday.Police Inspector-General Syed Javaid Mujtaba Gillani blamed alleged militants......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan alleged on Saturday that government officials affiliated with the provincial government of Punjab are involved in campaigning against his......
SINGAPORE: Sebastian Vettel led final free practice for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday as Lewis Hamilton's bid for a record-equalling eighth straight pole position looked in serious......
Former world number one Tiger Woods announced on Friday that he underwent back surgery earlier this week and will be sidelined for the rest of this year.The 14-times major champion, who had a similar......
AMSTERDAM: Luke Shaw has received a visit from PSV Eindhoven defender Hector Moreno, whose challenge in Tuesday's Champions League tie broke the Manchester United fullback's leg in two places.Moreno......
As dawn broke on 15th August, India's Independence Day, I landed at the Lahore airport. A few hours earlier, Pakistan had celebrated its Independence Day, and the entire place was bedecked with green......
ATHENS: A five-year-old Syrian girl was found dead on Saturday and several other refugees were believed to be missing when their boat sank in an attempted crossing from Turkey to Greece, the state......
Pakistan's Samad Mir lands a punch on Ghana's S. Akushe at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.Mir, who was once known as the 'best boxer of Asia', won bronze at the 1970 Games in the......
There are currently more than a half a dozen 'Imran Khans' on the domestic circuit.But the Imran Khan from Swat has become the latest pace sensation to have gripped the imagination of cricket......
SANAA: Aircraft from a Saudi-led coalition attacked Yemen's interior ministry in the capital, Sanaa, late on Friday and launched several other raids on sites in the heart of the city, residents and......
DAMASCUS: Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate and its Islamist allies have executed at least 56 regime troops at a military airport they recently seized in the northwest, a monitoring group said......
PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against unknown suspects on terror charges in relation to Friday's deadly attack......
ABU DHABI: Dubai announced a three day mourning period after the 33-year-old son of the Gulf emirate's ruler passed away, the official state news agency WAM said on Saturday.Sheikh Rashid was the......
Many people in Pakistan believe that “only if we had more dams” the floods would not devastate us.But should we further dam our rivers and damn the environment for the sake of a happy, prosperous and......
LANDI KOTAL: At least 15 suspected militants were killed and several others were injured on Saturday as military planes pounded terrorist hideouts in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency.Security officials......
BARCELONA: Rafa Nadal returned to Davis Cup action for the first time in two years on Friday with his victory putting Spain ahead in a Group One relegation playoff against Denmark.The 14-times grand......
SOUTHAMPTON: Louis van Gaal refuses to accept that Wayne Rooney is in a scoring slump despite the Manchester United captain going into Sunday's visit to Southampton without a Premier League goal in......
MELBOURNE: Australia must stifle their attacking instincts in the subcontinent and “bore” batsmen into giving up their wickets, captain Steven Smith has said.Smith will lead a rebuilding Australia......
WASHINGTON: The United States condemned on Friday the terrorist attack on Badaber as reprehensible and said it was still too early to fix responsibility for the attack.At a news briefing in......
UNITED NATIONS: “Peace in Afghanistan, and cooperation with Kabul, will enable us to fully defeat our common threat from violent groups,” Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations,......
Apropos Cyril Almeida’s article ‘Deterrence on steroids’ (Sept 13). May I add another aspect? Sea-based nuclear platforms, mostly nuclear-fuelled submarines with nuclear weapons onboard, though very......
A CHILDHOOD friend of mine did his MBBS from Allama Iqbal Medical College. Lahore. Later he became a highly-qualified anesthetist, physician and herbal consultant. Because I firmly believed in......
THIS is about the recovery of 46 bonded peasants , including women and children, by the police from the farmlands of Haji Ramazan Mallah in Badin and Mirpurkhas districts.The news also mentioned the......
THE best way to predict a nation’s future is to look at how much it invests in its children. No system can be 100 per cent perfect, but the commitment to achieve national goals is what matters.......
Apropos the letter ‘Sindh:quota system’ by S. Atiq ul Hassan ( Sept 15 ). I do not believe that incompetence, nepotism, discrimination, divisions and corruption are due to the quota system in......
IT seems strange when educated people object to investment in infrastructure. Infrastructure development involves fundamental structures that are required for the functioning of a society.The......
RECENTLY, I visited a few reputable pre-schools in the posh area of Clifton for my son, who will soon be two years’ old.I decided to shortlist a couple of these schools. However, I was astonished to......
PESHAWAR: Unlike the past, the militants, who attacked Pakistan Air Force’s base camp in Badhaber, Peshawar, on Friday morning, seemed to have come with a different strategy to engage the security......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and political leadership condemned the attack on Pakistan Air Force base, Badhaber, here on Friday.In a statement, Chief Minister Pervez Khattak strongly......
BANNU: One suspected militant was killed and another injured when an explosive device they were carrying on their motorcycle went off prematurely at Mazangah area in the limits of Miryan police......
PESHAWAR: The Afghan refugees opposed to the two-year extension in their stay in Pakistan on Friday announced both Islamabad and Kabul to seek a permanent solution to their problems otherwise they......
KHAR: Local leaders of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl on Friday called for building a consensus among political parties, tribal elders and other stakeholders on the 22nd Constitutional Amendment Bill......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has served a legal notice on three PML-N MNAs asking them to unconditionally apologise within 14 days for falsely accusing it of embezzling Rs363 billion......
PESHAWAR: The All Pakistan Chambers of Small Traders and Small Industry, a body of the country’s different trader organisations, has decided to take a unified stand against the 0.6 percent......
LANDI KOTAL: Members of the Fata Tribunal on Friday paid a surprise visit to the lock-ups in Landi Kotal and Jamrud areas of Khyber Agency and ordered speedy investigation into cases against......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged Indonesian diplomatic mission to help remove hurdles to trade between the two countries.At the same time, it asked the......
KOHAT: Students of the boys degree college, Gumbat, blocked the Kohat-Rawalpindi road for over an hour on Friday to protest against stoppage of work on electricity provision to the college. The......
PESHAWAR: The Christian community has complained about the delay in payment of compensation to the families of the victims of the Sept 2013 suicide blasts at the All Saints Church in Peshawar and......
SWABI: Leaders of various political parties here have been telling the people for the last five years that they will soon get direct and uninterrupted supply of electricity from the Tarbela......
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a media briefing on Friday likened the Right to Information law to a ‘silent revolution’ that could expose government offices and help citizens attain their rights.The briefing......
GILGIT: Speakers at a conference on Friday declared glaciers in Gilgit-Baltistan as water bombs for communities of the mountainous region, saying deforestation in the region could trigger climate......
ISLAMABAD: Law enforcement agencies arrested over 60 people, including Afghan nationals, and recovered arms, ammunition and explosives from the Deras of the Khokhar clan.Officials in the police said......
ISLAMABAD: As it has done many times in the past, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has claimed that it will end the nonconforming use of residential building for commercial purposes in the......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday ordered shifting of cattle market from sector I-11 to sector I-12/2, after the Capital Development Authority (CDA) produced a notification in this......
RAWALPINDI: “All roads leading towards Taji Khokhar’s fortress house were blocked by heavily armed Rangers and police as none of the people residing in the neighbourhood was allowed to come out or go......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday sought comments from the Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) and the Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority......
ISLAMABAD: The grand finale of the Rubab competition at the Lok Virsa amphitheatre was a fitting end to the Qissa Khawani Bazaar festival 2015. Sponsored by the Directorate of Culture, Khyber......
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a media briefing on Friday likened the Right to Information law to a ‘silent revolution’ that could expose government offices and help citizens attain their rights.The briefing......
ISLAMABAD: An extortionist was arrested on Friday by the Special Investigation Unit of capital police, officials said.A lawyer, who also owns a college in Jhugi Syedan, found a letter on the roof of......
ISLAMABAD: The inspection team of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) raided medical stores on Friday and confiscated the stock of a drug which was being sold at 50 per cent higher than......
ISLAMABAD: A Senate special committee stated that the lack of coordination between government departments was a significant cause for lapse in foreign scholarships for Pakistani students.The......
“My husband and I moved from our village near Sargodha to Rawalpindi. We live in a rented room that fits two beds, and he works at a wholesale vegetable market while I sell hair accessories on the......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday disposed of a petition filed by the father of a death row convict in the Bannu jailbreak case.Justice Noorul Haq N. Qureshi while hearing the......
RAWALPINDI: Even though the local administration has blamed heavy monsoon rainfall for the spread of the dengue virus, entomologists believe that adequate preventive measures were not taken to avoid......
ISLAMABAD: Affairs of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) that a presidential ordinance has tried to streamline by installing an interim management committee seem to be souring......
ISLAMABAD: Rutgers WPF Pakistan hosted a consultative meeting with media officials to commemorate World Sexual Health Day and generate discussion on child abuse incidents in Pakistan in the context......
LAHORE: The opposition parties, one after another, have expressed their doubts about intentions of the government vis-à-vis local government elections.The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Friday......
LAHORE: The anti-smuggling squad of Customs Collectorate on Friday seized 14 cartons of Indian cigarette, 1,000kg Chinese welding electrodes and 700kg of foreign silk cloth in three separate......
LAHORE: The monsoon depression in India moved over to northeastern Maharashtra on Friday and is expected to reach Pakistan through Rajasthan on Sunday (tomorrow), making the Punjab administration to......
LAHORE: The aircraft of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had a narrow escape on Friday when he was flying from the provincial metropolis to the federal capital to attend a meeting on energy there.Soon......
LAHORE: Chaudhry Sarwar, the provincial organiser of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, has demanded that the ministers and secretaries concerned should be removed from their offices for transparent......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday suspended the operation of the Inland Revenue Department’s notices issued to all banks asking for account details of a man (petitioner).Syed Naveed Amjad......
LAHORE: A special team of the Punjab Food Authority (PFA), headed by Director (Operations) Ayesha Mumtaz, in Data Ganj Bakhsh Town on Friday sealed New Raja Shwarma and Bread in Bilal Street......
LAHORE: State Minister and Privatisation Commission Chairman Muhammad Zubair has assured the All Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Workers Union (CBA) that its meeting will soon be arranged with the......
LAHORE: Most of the cast members of upcoming Pakistani film Jawani Phir Nahi Ani gathered at Royal Palm Golf and Country Club on Friday for the release of a song from the film.Cast members present at......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Male and female special persons staged a demonstration here at Shahbaz Chowk on Friday to press the district government to give them jobs against their allotted quota.They reached the......
GUJRAT: The district government officials have suspended two patwaris from service for ‘negligence’ in the ongoing survey of the rice growers in their respective areas as these revenue officials had......
LAHORE: The PML-Q chides the government for announcing farmers’ package from the funds of the provinces.It has reiterated its appeal to all opposition parties to boycott the forthcoming local body......
MULTAN: Several departments and wards of the Nishtar Medical Institute (NMI) have been operating without professors since long, APP has learnt.After the retirement of Prof Dr Laiq Siddiqi, Prof Dr......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: A production line at the plant of Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited (CCBPL) that the district administration closed on Sunday has been unsealed.Assistant Commissioner Dr Javed......
LAHORE: The Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CPWB) rescued a 12-year-old maid who was tortured by her employer in Defence here on Friday.CPWB officials said Rani, a resident of Faisalabad, had......
LAHORE: Civil society organisations will launch an anti-hate speech campaign titled “Bolo Zimadari Se” from Sept 21 on the eve of International Peace Day.According to a press release issued here on......
LAHORE: Day Three of the PFDC L’Oreal Paris Bridal Week showcased the indomitable design talent of veteran Shamaeel Ansari, Nomi Ansari and Hasan Sheheryar Yasin along with Saira Shakira and Ammara......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has taken exception to ‘unfounded promises’ of political leaders to provide homes to the shelter-less at public meetings for political gains and called it “political......
LAHORE: An appellate tribunal of the Lahore High Court on Friday allowed unseated National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq of the PML-N and Aleem Khan of the PTI to contest by-election being held......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has been approached for the cancellation of registration of private schools receiving exaggerated fees and for setting a fee structure for schools.Barrister Zafarullah......
LAHORE: Indian film director and producer Mahesh Bhatt says that during his stay in Pakistan, he will explore the possibilities of making a Punjabi film, jointly produced in India and Pakistan with......
KARACHI: A member of the provincial assembly belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement escaped unhurt in an armed attack in North Karachi on Friday, police and his party said.DIG-West Feroze Shah......
KARACHI: Delimitation of certain constituencies made by the provincial government for the upcoming local government elections were on Friday cancelled by the Sindh High Court that also ordered the......
KARACHI: Two devotees were shot dead while four others wounded in an attack on a shrine in the Korangi Industrial Area on Friday evening, said police and hospital officials.The victims were sitting......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Friday expressed his reservations on the prime minister’s support package for farmers announced on Sept 15 and said neither he nor his government......
KARACHI: The National Assembly has rejected the request of its member belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Rashid Godil, for treatment abroad, citing an order of the prime minister issued in......
KARACHI: The ever sprawling and vibrating Karachi has been interpreted in complex and unusual fashion at the Habib University artists-in-residence show titled Metropolis that is open till Saturday......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday asked the interior ministry and Rangers to file their respective comments in a petition filed against the raids being carried out by the law-enforcers on the......
KARACHI: The importance of teaching children thinking and reasoning skills was highlighted at the “Teachers as critical thinkers” dialogue on emerging possibilities for teachers’ educational reforms......
KARACHI: A young shopkeeper was gunned down in an attack carried out apparently on sectarian grounds in North Nazimabad on Friday evening.Police said that Syed Irfan Zaidi, 30, was on his way back......
SUKKUR: Sukkur police on Friday carried out a search operation of several seminaries as part of the National Action Plan, aimed at rooting out religious extremism, sectarianism and terrorism.No......
BADIN: Shopkeepers, traders and members of the general public observed a complete shutdown in Talhar town near here on Friday in protest against prolonged loadshedding.The call for protest against......
HYDERABAD: Thousands of people have filed nomination papers in the districts of Hyderabad and Sukkur divisions to vie for various seats in the upcoming local government election in the province.In......
SUKKUR: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) sleuths raided offices of executive engineer of Salinity Control & Reclamation Project (Scarp) in Ghotki, public health engineeringin Jacobabad,......
HYDERABAD: Seven chairmen and as many vice chairmen and 45 councillors of different categories are most likely to be elected unopposed in Hyderabad division provided that their nomination forms get......
DADU: A large number of farmers, including women peasants, whose lands are irrigated by Kakool Wah staged a rally here on Friday in protest against shortage of irrigation water and encroachments......
BEREMEND: Overwhelmed Croatia on Friday began bussing hundreds of migrants to its border with Hungary, threatening to create a new flashpoint in Europe’s worst migration crisis since World War......
OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso’s military on Friday released the country’s interim president who was detained during a coup that dissolved his government, as soldiers blocked demonstrators from gathering......
Makkah: The safety of Haj pilgrims travelling to Saudi Arabia is a priority, the crown prince said on Friday, assuring that a deadly crane accident at Islam’s holiest site will not affect this year’s......
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration eased rules on Friday for US citizens wishing to travel to Cuba or do business with its growing ranks of independent entrepreneurs, hoping to kindle greater......
NEW YORK: Carl Schorske, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and popular classroom lecturer whose “Fin-De-Siecle Vienna” is widely regarded as a classic work of intellectual scholarship, has......
JERUSALEM: Palestinians clashed on Friday with Israeli security forces in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank after the Islamist movement Hamas called for a “day of rage” over tensions at the......
TOKYO: Japan’s parliament passed contentious security bills into law in the early hours of Saturday, in a move that could see Japanese troops fight abroad for the first time in 70 years.Lawmakers......
LAGOS: Some 500,000 children have been forced to flee Boko Haram militants in the last five months after an upsurge in attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, the UN children’s agency said on......
WASHINGTON: Defence Secretary Ashton Carter called his Russian counterpart on Friday, the first step in direct military talks proposed by Russia about Moscow’s military buildup to support the Syrian......
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Donald Trump, a US presidential candidate known for his political incorrectness, is in trouble again — this time for not speaking.This happened at a question-and-answer town hall......
RIYADH: Shelling from across the border in Yemen killed three people in Saudi Arabia on Friday and wounded 28, the civil defence agency said.The agency described the deceased as residents of the......
LONDON: London kicked off five days of catwalk shows and presentations on Friday, with a new car park venue adding an urban twist to the glitz and glamour of fashion week.With New York shows wrapped,......
IN just one week, world leaders will gather at the United Nations General Assembly in New York to adopt the much-anticipated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) designed to steer global economic,......
MARIB: As Gulf Arab troops push through Yemen’s central desert into the mountains that lead to the capital held by the Houthis, their Iran-allied foe, winning the hearts and minds of the heavily......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi on Friday said while Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) deserves a lot of praise for holding the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in Doha next year, it would......
ZURICH: World football governing body FIFA put Jerome Valcke, its second-ranking official, on leave on Thursday just hours after an ex-footballer raised allegations he was involved in a plan to......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan team’s head coach Waqar Younis is confident that his team can beat England in the upcoming three-match Test series in the United Arab Emirates.In an interview here on Friday, the......
KARACHI: Pakistan and Chinese Taipei were tied one-all on the opening day of the Davis Cup Asia Oceania zone group two final at Merkezi Tennis Club in Izmir, Turkey on Friday.According to results......
MELBOURNE: Former Australia Test wicket-keeper Brad Haddin will move into coaching to pass on his knowledge to the next generation of local cricketers, coach Darren Lehmann has said.The 37-year-old......
MOSCOW: Moscow’s Red Square was transformed on Friday into a football pitch as Russia launched its 1,000-day countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup it will host in 11 cities.Attended by high-ranking......
PARIS: Tottenham Hotspur kicked off their Europa League group stage campaign on Thursday by coming from behind to beat Qarabag 3-1, while Liverpool conceded a late equaliser as they drew 1-1 at......
ISLAMABAD: The World Blind Cricket (WBC) president Syed Sultan Shah was denied visa by the UK High Commission to attend the WBC Annual General Meeting in Birmingham from Oct 24-27.It is pertinent......
TOKYO: Japanese organisers will announce on Sept 28 which additional sports they want to include in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.The Tokyo organising committee says the “additional event programme panel”......
LONDON: Jose Mourinho has warned Arsene Wenger that Chelsea are back in the groove as the Premier League champions look to extend their revival in Saturday’s showdown with London rivals......
BARCELONA: Cristiano Ronaldo, who has hit eight goals in two games playing more centrally for Real Madrid, aims to add to his tally against Granada on Saturday with coach Rafa Benitez saying his......
MOSCOW: The suspension of Jerome Valcke, FIFA’s secretary general, will not impact Russia’s plans to host the World Cup, Russia’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said.“All major decisions have been......
LAHORE: Naveed Akram Cheema, manager of Pakistan cricket team, has stepped down from his post after being appointed chairman of the Federal Public Service Commission by the government.Talking to......
LAHORE: The PCB Cricket Committee met at the Gaddafi Stadium here the other day and took decisions on issues relating to domestic and regional cricket, a PCB press release issued on Friday......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Hockey Federation will announce the junior team for the fifth Sultan of Johar Junior Invitational Hockey Tournament and Junior Asia Cup on Saturday (today).The Sultan of Johar......
LAHORE: The three-day Coca Cola Punjab Amateur Golf 2015 commenced here at the Royal Palm Golf Course on Friday.Many of the leading amateur golf players teed off on the day but those who impressed......
GLASGOW: Andy Murray gave Great Britain a flying start in their Davis Cup semi-final against Australia with a 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 victory over Thanasi Kokkinakis on Friday.World number three Murray took......
KOLKATA: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Jagmohan Dalmiya, who was admitted to hospital after he complained of chest pain is now stable, doctors said here on Friday.The......
LAHORE: The Lahore Regional Cricket Association (LRCA) has constituted a three-member fact-finding committee to find reasons behind defeats of Lahore Blues and Whites in the recently-concluded......
KARACHI: A fine all-round performance by Ahmed Hussain inspired Qasmi Gymkhana into the semi-finals of KCCA Zone-VI Daud Khan Memorial Cricket Tournament with five-wicket victory over Shama Sports at......
LAHORE: The Punjab Badminton Championship is to get start from Saturday at the New Khan Badminton Hall.Overall 40 players across the province will take part in this two-day event. Khawaja Akhtar......
KARACHI: Retailers have started charging an additional Rs10 from consumers for 10kg flour bags of various brands from Friday, blaming the millers for a spike in rates.They said the millers raised the......
KARACHI: Cotton production in the country stood at 2.197 million bales during the current season (up to Sept 15) as compared to 2.751m bales in the same period last season, a shortfall of 552,762......
ISLAMABAD: In a setback to the petroleum ministry, the new management of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has declined to sign Gas Supply Agreement (GSA) with Government Power Projects......
KARACHI: The country’s current account witnessed a deficit of $394 million during the first two months of the current fiscal year despite higher reserves, ever-increasing remittances and low oil......
ISLAMABAD: Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a provisional rating of (P)B3 to Pakistan’s announced global bond offering while keeping the outlook stable.“Pakistan’s B3 issuer rating reflects......
ISLAMABAD: Weekly inflation for combined income group, measured through the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), increased by 0.15 per cent for the week ended September 17 as compared to the previous week,......
KARACHI: Stocks suffered heavy losses on Friday as the KSE-100 index plunged 391.12 points (1.18 per cent) as investors’ remained in the grip of fear over rumours of investigations by the regulator......
KARACHI: Spinners remained in the forefront of buying spree on the cotton market on Friday on fear of short crop and further damage to standing cotton crop in Sindh and Punjab on expected heavy......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures dropped on Friday as news of India’s import tax hike on crude and refined vegetable oils dampened market sentiment.The benchmark December palm oil contract on......
Deutsche Bank closes corporate ops in RussiaFRANKFURT: Germany’s biggest lender Deutsche Bank said Friday it will close its corporate banking and securities business in Russia as part of an ongoing......
LONDON: Britain was far less productive than its G7 peers in 2014, lagging them on average by the most since records began in 1991, official data showed on Friday, highlighting a persistent problem......
LONDON: Gold rose to a near three-week high on Friday as the Federal Reserve’s decision to leave U.S. interest rates unchanged weighed on the dollar.Spot gold was up 0.7 per cent at $1,138.86 an......
LONDON: The world’s leading central banks are facing the risk that their massive efforts to revive economic growth could be dragged down again, with some officials arguing for bold new ideas to......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Finance complained on Friday that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and other government agencies had tarnished the country’s image by releasing......
ISLAMABAD: In a late night development, President Mamnoon Hussain promulgated on Friday two ordinances merging the country’s two topmost registration organisations — the National Database and......
ISLAMABAD: Leader of Opposition in Senate Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan sees the ruling Sharif family’s business interests behind mismanagement of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) operations.“Mismanagement of......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court hinted on Friday at reviewing its order for a media blackout of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s chief Altaf Hussain if the party’s lawyers submitted an undertaking by him......
KARACHI: The PPP is set to hold a crucial meeting in Dubai on Saturday (today) to discuss and formulate its strategy for upcoming local government elections and the anti-corruption drive being run by......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) appointed on Friday heads of election tribunals for Lahore and Multan to entertain complaints about forthcoming by-elections in two National......
ISLAMABAD: The special judge (customs) declined to grant bail to an importer of computers, saying that such concessions could not be given to “swindlers and plunderers” of state wealth.In his order......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has ordered an inquiry into the allotment of plots in the Gwadar industrial zone and put a ban on new allotments in the area till the......
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Khurshid Ahmed Shah criticised former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday for his statement against PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali......
ISLAMABAD: The attack on a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) camp near Peshawar in which dozens of people, including servicemen, were killed has been widely condemned.President Mamnoon Hussain, Prime Minister......
QUETTA: A passing-out parade of 250 personnel of the Balochistan Levies Force who completed their commando training was held here on Friday. The training was given by the Pakistan Army.Addressing the......
ISLAMABAD: The Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPCL) announced on Friday to have discovered reserves of crude oil, condensate and natural gas in its Karak Block’s Kalabagh Well in Mianwali.In a......
LONDON: The United Kingdom is “living on borrowed time” if the government fails to listen to Scottish voters, Scottish nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday, the first anniversary of an......
SARGODHA: A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilotless aircraft crashed early on Friday in the fields of Jahanabad village in Shahpur tehsil.However, no casualties were reported.Sources said that the drone......
PESHAWAR: In what appeared to be a precisely planned and executed attack, terrorists displayed their ability to breach the security of an Air Force camp near here on Friday and carried out one of......
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Twenty-two people, among them suspected militants and civilians, were killed and several others wounded when military helicopters and planes pounded hideouts in different areas of......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office summoned a senior Indian diplomat on Friday over the death of three Pakistani civilians caused by Indian military’s shelling on villages along the Line of Control.This......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered on Friday the Quetta Development Authority (QDA) to reinstate 113 people it appointed in 2013 for one of its schemes but whose services were terminated soon after......
MORE than a dozen attackers, some 30 dead, over two dozen injured — the militant attack on a Pakistan Air Force camp in Badaber, Peshawar was a highly orchestrated strike with deadly......
AFTER what appears to be a brief hiatus, the National Accountability Bureau is again springing into action and starting to pursue cases against a long list of names.There are a few personalities of......
AT first they decided the issue by fighting amongst them. Then they came up with houses where they could sit and resolve problems amicably without having to resort to violence. Today, they sometimes......
Even his fellow Republicans have labelled him insane. But, defying the predictions of all soothsayers and political pundits, Donald Trump’s still surging popularity with Republican voters suggests......
There can be little doubt Gen Raheel Sharif hasn’t put a foot wrong in the popular perception since being elevated to the position of the chief of army staff and continues to accelerate ahead in......
THE directors general-level border talks between India and Pakistan concluded on Sept 12 with a fair measure of success. The director general of India’s Border Security Force, D.K. Pathak and the......
THE good news is that the Supreme Court has decreed that all government departments and organisations must submit themselves to scrutiny by the auditor general of Pakistan.The bad news is that this......
ESKILSTUNA: Mahmud Zaraa is 13, a hint of a moustache budding on his upper lip. Strolling through the tranquil Swedish town of Eskilstuna, it's a world away from the war-ravaged Syria he fled without......
