ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday said that the security agencies were quite clear that the mastermind of Badaber terrorist attack was operating from Afghanistan.Talking......
PESHAWAR: Security forces on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two individuals working for Indian intelligence agency RAW from Parachinar in Kurram tribal agency.The alleged Indian agents were......
LAHORE: Veteran Pakistan batsman Younis Khan is facing disciplinary action for lashing out when it became clear he was to be dropped for next month's one-day series in Zimbabwe.The 37-year-old hit......
PESHAWAR: The new leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Mansoor, called for unity in a message released on Tuesday to mark the coming Eidul Azha, but a rival faction issued its own statement calling......
Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard is convinced he has not lost his magic touch that was on full display last season and is taking confidence from his goal against Arsenal as he seeks to rediscover the......
Former Pakistani batsman (PSL), Ramiz Raja has termed the potential involvement of the tainted trio of Mohammed Asif, Mohammed Amir and Salman Butt in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) as “extremely......
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday asked the government officials to explain the announcement of farmers' relief package by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ahead of the upcoming......
Shahwar* was a girl in her mid-20s, living with her family in an impoverished neighbourhood of Karachi. She was the youngest of four brothers and three sisters. A talented embroiderer, she dreamed of......
KARACHI: Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akthar on Tuesday said he was eager to take youngster Mohammad Amir under his wing and guide him back to the national team following his return to cricket......
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has backtracked on a proposed requirement for all messages sent on social media and mobile chatting apps to be saved for 90 days as a way of defeating encryption......
BAGHDAD: At least 17 people were killed in and around the Iraqi capital on Monday in four bomb attacks, including a car bomb claimed by the self-styled Islamic State (IS) militants, while rockets......
ISLAMABAD: Former captain Javed Miandad called upon the board to invite Indian players to the inaugural Super League (PSL) and avoid retaliating to the Indian Premier League's (IPL) decision to......
MITHI: Life took a turn for the worse for inhabitants of Thar when the arid desert was enveloped by an unforgiving drought three years ago, after which it started to consume living beings to quench......
MAKKAH: Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the world began moving on Tuesday from the holy city of Makkah to nearby Mina for the start of Haj.Almost two million people are expected to take......
AHMEDABAD: Zakia Jafri, a frail 76-year-old, has begun what may be the last legal battle to pin blame on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for deadly riots that shook the state of Gujarat when he......
LONDON: Arsene Wenger has warned his hot-headed Arsenal players not to lose their composure again when they face bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup third round on Wednesday.Wenger's......
MARIB: A US drone strike killed two suspected members of Al Qaeda east of the Yemeni capital during the night, a local official said on Tuesday."Two members of Al-Qaeda were killed when a missile......
KABUL: An Afghan official says at least 10 Afghan army troops have been killed in what he described as an "insider attack" in the country's north after a fellow soldier allowed insurgents inside a......
KARACHI: Former federal minister and close aide to former president Asif Ali Zardari, Dr Asim Hussain, was admitted to a private hospital for treatment after complaining of heart problems on......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Pakistan will continue to play its due role for bringing peace and stability in the region, Radio Pakistan reported on its website on Tuesday.Talking to......
Saeed Anwar was one Pakistani batsman for whom conditions did not matter much.Whether it was the bounce of Australian wickets or the overcast English setting, Anwar was perhaps as good on the......
WASHINGTON: Russia has deployed 28 combat planes in Syria, United States (US) officials said Monday, confirming the latest move in Moscow's increasing military presence in the war-torn......
DALLAS: The family of a 14-year-old Muslim student who got in trouble over a homemade clock mistaken for a possible bomb withdrew the boy Monday from his suburban Dallas high school.Ahmed Mohamed's......
LONDON: Alex Ferguson lined up Pep Guardiola as his potential successor at Manchester United but the Spanish coach didn't call him before taking the Bayern Munich job.In his new book “Leading”,......
BEIRUT: About 70 US-trained rebels have returned to Syria after receiving training in Turkey, crossing the border in gun-mounted four-wheel drives, the United States (US) military's Central Command......
KABUL: The Afghan Taliban's new leader told Kabul on Tuesday it must cancel a security deal with the United States (US) and expel all foreign troops if it wants peace in Afghanistan.Mullah Mansour......
ANAHEIM: Muslim Americans responded with a mix of frustration, exasperation and anger to what many see as a growing wave of Islamophobia fuelled by two of the Republican Party's most popular......
LAHORE: The execution of paraplegic death row convict Abdul Basit was postponed following appeals by human rights groups, officials said Tuesday.The man's family welcomed the development with relief......
NEW DELHI: India has accelerated plans to buy drones from Israel that can be armed, defence sources said, allowing the military to carry out strikes overseas with less risk to personnel.The news......
ISLAMABAD: A high-level promotion board on Tuesday approved promotion to the rank of Lieutenant-General of four Major-Generals including Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)......
SPEEDY justice has become a complex proposition to understand for a layman but certainly not so for the legal profession.The bar councils are responsible for regulating and enforcing professional......
Another attack on a PAF installation by terrorists dressed in FC uniform. The base should have been inaccessible surrounded by a sterile zone, which, unfortunately, was not there.When the Badaber......
APROPOS the letter ‘The 65 war’ (Sept 16). We have a tradition of writing history with distorted facts. The record must be put right.Operation Gibraltar was launched with three assumptions: (a)......
APROPOS the article ‘Pakistani Donald Trump’ (Sept 19) by Pervez Hoodbhoy. The article is the climax of negativity as it compares Donald Trump, who is a known racist, with Imran Khan who is leader of......
THERE is a mass movement of cattle from rural areas to urban centres for Eidul Azha. Small herds of goats and cows can be seen all over the city being fed and sold from narrow platforms and......
THIS is with reference to the news item about the aviation secretary pleading with the PAC that if the government wants PIA to succeed, then all unions should be banned. Wow, what a somersault!When......
THE national carrier, PIA, is on its way to revival can be judged from the fact that its punctuality record has greatly improved. According to media, eight out of 10 PIA flights are now taking off on......
FOR the last few weeks, the Government Post-Graduate College, Bannu, has turned into a battlefield. The workers of different political parties enter the college with arms and start firing at each......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s decision to sanction the Binladin Group over the deadly Makkah crane collapse has come as a shock and could have serious consequences for one of the kingdom’s most powerful......
FICTION was such an established business by the 60s that even the most original authors could only continue familiar genres: romance, crime, thriller, literary. However, Jackie Collins more or less......
PESHAWAR: A consensus is being developed among the political parties about the future of Fata as Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) also supported merger of tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Addressing a news......
PESHAWAR: Inspector General of Police Nasir Khan Durrani on Monday directed the quarters concerned to set up a security desk to deal with the security of sensitive and vulnerable establishments and......
PESHAWAR: The girl students outshined boys in results of BA/BSc examinations, announced by University of Peshawar here on Monday. The top three positions were clinched by girl students of Jinnah......
PESHAWAR: Implementation of the Medical Teaching Institutions Reforms Act, passed by the provincial assembly last year to improve patients’ care in public sector hospitals, remains far from......
LAKKI MARWAT: Police recovered a kidnapped man after exchange of fire with the abductors near Wanda Banochi in the limits of Shaheed Haibat Ali Khan police station in Darra Pezu town.DSP Khankhel......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Highways Council (KPHC) has approved construction of three new highways, repair and maintenance of 410-kilometre long roads and construction of two bypass......
KHAR: The Government Post-Graduate College for Boys, Khar, on Monday launched the four-year BS programme, the first-ever such course in Fata.Fata education director Hamidullah Jan was the chief guest......
TIMERGARA: The Lower Dir district council on Monday approved Rs5719.88 million budget for the current fiscal year.The approval was given during the council’s maiden meeting at the District Council......
PESHAWAR/MINGORA: Speakers at a ceremony on Monday demanded of the government to remove hate material against religious minorities from the textbooks.They held the education curricula responsible for......
PESHAWAR: An anti-terrorism court here on Monday convicted seven kidnappers and sentenced them to life imprisonment in a case of the kidnapping of a minor boy for ransom last year.After the......
SWABI: Police have been instructed to take stern action against any banned religious organisation if it tries to collect hides of sacrificial animals during Eidul Azha in the district, according to......
UPPER DIR: The Election Commission of Pakistan has postponed elections for nazim and naib nazim of Wari tehsil as the Jamaat-i-Islami got a stay order against them from a local court.The elections......
ISLAMABAD: The WeCreate | PAKISTAN Center held the graduation ceremony of StartUp Academy Flight I to celebrate the efforts of young aspiring Pakistani female entrepreneurs.The event marked the......
ISLAMABAD: With Eidul Azha just four days away, buyers and sellers of sacrificial animals faced chaos on Monday as local authorities tried to herd them to a cattle market selected by the Capital......
ISLAMABAD: The capital police have launched a campaign against 1,600 ‘target offenders’ (TOs) with an aim to check crime in the city.The target offenders (TOs) are those criminals or suspects who......
FAISALABAD: A number of tenants hailing from Azad Kashmir staged a protest demonstration on Monday against the Factory Area police for registering cases against them.Carrying banners against the......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to investigate the establishment of illegal slums in the city allegedly in connivance......
TAXILA: The Anti narcotics force (ANF) on Monday arrested a suspected drug smuggler after a brief encounter on G.T. Road near Kalla bridge.Police sources said a special team of ANF in two different......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has directed the police to launch a province-wide crackdown against the distribution of provocative, sectarian pamphlets and posters.This comes after intelligence......
ISLAMABAD: After failing to get a response from their managements, the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) on Monday directed eight private schools to provide the required information in......
ISLAMABAD: In its ongoing campaign against quackery and unhygienic hospitals, a team of the capital administration on Monday sealed 11 clinics and medical stores and arrested six quacks.A nine-member......
ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) has decided to introduce the global unique identification code system in Pakistan to eradicate the sale of spurious drugs and......
ISLAMABAD: A high court bench, on Monday, sought comments from an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on an intra-court appeal filed for the release of a Pakistani prisoner, detained at the US......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has asked the ministries of defence, foreign affairs and interior, as well as the Capital Development Authority (CDA), to submit replies on a petition against the grant......
RAWALPINDI: Chief Secretary Punjab Khizar Hayat Gondal on Monday directed the district administration to ensure the continuation of anti-dengue activities during the Eidul Azha holidays.He said......
ISLAMABAD: Thieves struck at three places and made off with cash and valuables, police said here on Monday.The house of Farhan Akhter, located in G-8/2, was looted of cash and other valuables worth......
ISLAMABAD: After three meetings between doctors and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, the issue of Health Risk Allowance could not be resolved.A statement issued by the Ministry of Finance on Monday says......
TAXILA: A man was killed while his son seriously injured when the motorcycle they were travelling on was hit by a dumper on Monday.Ghulam Murtaza, of Mewa Bagwal, Islamabad, was killed on the spot......
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration on Monday said it had not yet received any application from the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf for holding a procession on October 4 in Islamabad, an official of the......
LAHORE: The City District Government of Lahore has imposed section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code banning the burning of sacrificial animals’ heads and torts in 130, of 150, union councils (UCs)......
SHEIKHUPURA: A Lesco team was thrashed by dozens of villagers during a drive against electricity thieves in Salar Bhatiyan village on Monday.Reports said villagers equipped with batons and iron rods......
FAISALABAD: The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is ‘haunting’ India and it is lobbying to make the project controversial, claims Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah.Addressing the business......
SIALKOT: Retired Major Mansur Ahmed was elected unopposed president of the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) in an annual election held here on Monday.Sarfraz Ahmed Butt and Syed......
SIALKOT: The Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) has decided to send cases of 6,826 chronic defaulters to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for the recovery of outstanding dues of Rs202......
SAHIWAL: Low ceilings and awkward hugs and handshakes. Haq Nawaz, who is 7’9 and a resident of Bahawalpur, is facing difficulties in fitting in everything. His extraordinary height, chronic poverty......
LAHORE: A group of young doctors and paramedics threw eggs on adviser to chief minister on health Khwaja Salman Rafique and senior medics when they were attending a ceremony organised at the Shaikh......
LAHORE: The Punjab Excise and Taxation Department, the Lahore investigation police and the city traffic police are considering to launch another joint field exercise after a couple of days to check......
LAHORE: An accountability court on Monday extended judicial remand of PPP leader Qasim Zia in a stock exchange fraud case being probed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).During the......
LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) teams sealed and fined on Monday food outlets for flouting hygiene standards, rules and regulations.A team in Data Ganj Bakhsh Town sealed Cock ‘n’ Bull and......
LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party Punjab President Mian Manzoor Wattoo says his party has finalised seat-adjustment with the PTI and other opposition parties in Kasur and Gujranwala for upcoming local......
LAHORE: The Supreme Court on Monday denied stay to unseated MNA of the PML-N from NA-154, Lodhran, Siddique Khan Baloch, against the order of an election tribunal, but admitted his appeal for regular......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Monday awarded death sentence on two counts to two suspects and imprisonment to two others for killing local PML-N leader Maimoona Jabeen and her gunman in 2011.The......
LAHORE: An anti-hate speech campaign was launched in 45 district of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in connection with the International Peace Day on Monday.Titled “Bolo Zimadari Se,” the campaign......
LAHORE: The Punjab Labour and Human Resource Department, in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), launched the second phase of the campaign to enrol brick kiln workers......
LAHORE: Sexual violence against women is perpetrated in the process of creation of nations because women are seen as property of men and a way to destroy their psychological strength as has been seen......
KASUR: The district administration has alerted all the departments concerned to tackle the flood situation in the River Sutlej in the wake of release of water from dams by India.The district......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Transport owners running air-conditioned coaches have started overcharging on tickets booked in advance for various destinations before and after Eid.Some seven transport companies......
THATTA: Two women and two young girls were feared downed in KB Feeder (an irrigation channel) near Jherruck town, some 50 kilometres from here, on Monday.A large number of shocked people gathered at......
HYDERABAD: Intellectuals, writers and academicians have called for opening up branches of the Institute of Sindhology in every divisional headquarters of Sindh to promote the Sindhi culture,......
HYDERABAD: An eyewitness in a policeman murder case registered against Tahir Minhas — the prime suspect in the Safoora Goth carnage case — was gunned down outside his house in Mumtaz Colony on......
HYDERABAD: A undertrial prisoner (UTP) of the Hyderabad central jail was beaten to death by another UTP over some petty issue early on Monday, jail police said.Jail Superintendent Zia-ur-Rehman said......
SHIKARPUR: Three notorious bandits, who carried a combined head money of more than Rs2 million, and a police constable were killed in an encounter at Rahmatullah Dahani village, 32 kilometres from......
BADIN: Two siblings died and a third one was saved by doctors after they reportedly consumed ‘poisonous milk’ late on Sunday night.Mohammed Hanif Nohri, a resident of Onro village near Chachhro town......
MIRPURKHAS: Pakistan Peoples Party’s member of the provincial assembly Jameel Ahmed Khan Bhurgari was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Mohammad Hashim Bhurgari village near Kot Ghulam......
HYDERABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party lawmaker Syed Naveed Qamar announced that the big guns of Tando Mohammad Khan district and the rival group of the PPP rejoined the party on Monday.Now a new chapter......
KARACHI: Jailed Pakistan Peoples Party lawmaker Ali Nawaz Shah and his two close relatives were on Monday released on bail after their conviction in a land revenue fraud case was suspended by the......
KARACHI: Nature finally showed some mercy on Monday afternoon on the Karachiites, who had been facing extremely hot weather for the past few days, when strong winds blew across certain parts of the......
KARACHI: A middle-aged woman believed to be dead woke up at the Edhi morgue on Monday when she was being given the ritual bath prior to her burial, family and charity officials said.They said......
KARACHI: Steps such as implementing the 18th constitutional Amendment and protecting the judiciary can help in defusing the different tensions that beset Pakistan.This was stated by French scholar......
KARACHI: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested a suspected militant of the outlawed Sipah-i-Mohammad Pakistan allegedly involved in the recent killing of a television journalist.Speaking at a......
KARACHI: The protesting Karachi Metropolitan Corporation education department employees, who had not received their salaries despite the Eidul Azha approaching, ended their protest on Monday after......
KARACHI: The third phase of the local government elections began on Monday with the announcement of its poll schedule for six districts of Karachi division.According to the election commission,......
KARACHI: Speakers at a consultation held on Monday invited civil society, especially parents, to play an effective role in the improvement of education standards of public-sector schools. “Right to......
KARACHI: The city has been facing a severe shortage of fresh unpasteurized milk for the past two weeks but there has been no intervention on the part of the government to address the issue, it......
KARACHI: The British government has agreed to provide training to the Karachi police for their capacity building to improve law and order in the city, it emerged on Monday.In this connection, the......
KARACHI: A teenage boy was shot dead and another wounded in a Malir locality on Monday evening, police said.They said that gunmen fired at some people standing near a residential complex within the......
ANKARA: On seeing the images that shocked the world of the body of a three-year-old Syrian refugee, Aylan Kurdi, washed up on a Turkish beach, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reached for the phone and......
NEW YORK: The outcry against Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson’s assertion that he does not think a Muslim is fit to contest the post of the president of the United States has been......
HAT YAI: A court in southern Thailand has issued arrest warrants for four military officers in connection with the trafficking of ethnic Rohingya migrants, police said on Monday.Police Lt. Gen.......
MAIDUGURI: At least 54 people were killed in a series of blasts in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, police said on Monday, the latest attacks by Boko Haram militants on “soft” civilian......
NEW DELHI: A drunken man in India died after he fell into a hole and construction workers built a road over him, police said on Monday.Police in the district of Katni in Madhya Pradesh state in......
JAKARTA: A critically endangered Sumatran elephant who had patrolled Indonesia’s jungles to help protect threatened habitats has been killed for his tusks, an official said on Monday, sparking a......
LOS ANGELES: Viola Davis made Emmy history on Sunday when she won the award for best actress in a drama series, becoming the first black woman to take the honor in the prestigious category.Davis, who......
BEIRUT: Heavy bombardment by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 18 civilians on Monday in a residential district of the northern city of Aleppo, a monitor said.“Regime......
ISTANBUL: A Turkish policeman missed his own wedding party after being denied permission to leave his station in the southeast, where Kurdish rebels have killed scores of security force members,......
MAKKAH: A fire forced some 1,500 people from their hotel in Makkah on Monday as hundreds of thousands gathered for Haj, the civil defence department said.Four Yemeni pilgrims suffered minor injuries......
BUDAPEST: Hungary’s parliament gave on Monday the army and police sweeping new powers to keep migrants out as Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned that Europe was being “overrun”.“They are overrunning......
BAGHDAD: Bombs exploded in two Shia-majority areas of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 13 people, security and medical officials said.A car bomb detonated near a market in the Ameen area of......
NOVO OGARYOVO (Russia): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday to discuss ways of avoiding any unintended clashes in Syria between their......
TEHRAN: Iran said on Monday it independently collected samples at a suspect military site where illicit nuclear work is alleged to have occurred and later handed them to the UN’s absent......
RICHMOND: Powered by Australian Rohan Dennis with US hero Taylor Phinney making an inspirational comeback, BMC Racing defended the men’s team time trial crown on Sunday at the World Road Cycling......
PARIS: British sprint star Mark Cavendish underwent successful shoulder surgery on Monday, his Etixx-Quick Step team said.However, Etixx said the time required to recover from the operation meant the......
KARACHI: Foundation Public School and Nixor College emerged as winners in the Horlicks Inter-school Tennis Tournament which concluded here at the Karachi Gymkhana Club on Sunday.Legendary hockey......
KARACHI: Team Masood completed the double when they won the Karachi Bridge Associates Aslam Memorial Bridge Tournament at Aslam Hall here on Sunday evening.Masood’s team having star of the yesteryear......
NEW DELHI: The death of Indian cricket supremo Jagmohan Dalmiya was set to trigger a new leadership battle in the game’s global powerhouse, with experts Monday predicting vicious infighting between......
LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain and coach Intikhab Alam was on Monday appointed Pakistan cricket team manager after Naveed Akram Cheema stepped down due to his appointment as chairman of the Federal......
LAHORE: Pakistan Test opener Mohammad Hafeez has recovered from the hand injury he suffered during the recently concluded National T20 Cup and has been passed fit to travel with the national team for......
LAHORE: Controversial former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar, taking a step ahead of another legendary paceman Wasim Akram, advised veteran Test batsman Younis Khan to retire from international......
LAHORE: PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan, executive committee chairman Najam Sethi and chief operating officer Subhan Ahmed have offered their heartfelt condolences on the demise of BCCI president......
Just how petty a national level organisation can get in its dealings, especially when it is dealing with a gentleman’s game like cricket. But then, there’s little that is not beyond the Pakistan......
NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council says it has appointed former West Indies captain Richie Richardson to its elite panel of match referees.The world cricket body made the announcement......
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi scored one penalty and missed another as his double helped Barcelona sweep Levante aside in the second half in a 4-1 victory on Sunday to maintain their perfect La Liga......
LAHORE: Charging jockey Mohammad Waseem Khan with foul riding and violating racing rules, Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards have decided to suspend his riding permission for six months besides imposing......
PARIS: French sports minister Patrick Kanner expressed his “shock and fury” on Monday after a weekend of Ligue 1 violence tarnished the image of hosts France just months ahead of Euro 2016.The clash......
CHICAGO: Jason Day claimed his seventh USPGA Tour victory Sunday to take over the world number one ranking, becoming the third player in as many weeks to capture golf’s coveted top spot.The......
KARACHI: Inspired by a swashbuckling undefeated century from Owais Ahmed Rehmani, Nazimabad Gymkhana handed Karachi Gymkhana a crushing seven-wicket thrashing in their KCCA Commissioner Karachi Cup......
ISLAMABAD: A six-member Pakistan squad will participate in the ninth Asian Cadet and 16th Junior Judo Championships slated to be held in Bangkok from Oct 8 to 12.The Pakistan squad comprises Mohammad......
KARACHI: A definitive decision on the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) issue would likely come by Friday. That is when FIFA’s Executive Committee meets.The PFF has been mired in crisis and......
TOKYO: Former champion Agnieszka Radwanska made short work of American Coco Vandeweghe at the Pan Pacific Open on Monday, reaching the second round with a 6-3, 6-3 win.The Pole may not be quite the......
SINGAPORE: Uncertainty caused by the US Federal Reserve’s decision not to hike interest rates last week sent forex traders running to safer assets on Monday, with higher-risk emerging-market......
OSLO: Major nations are “alarmingly slow” in keeping pledges to cut fossil fuel subsidies despite signs of a decline in support worth up to $200 billion a year, the Organisation for Economic......
DUBAI: Companies in the six Gulf Arab states are under pressure as governments reduce spending in response to a slump in oil revenues, Standard and Poor’s ratings services said on Monday.“Corporate......
KARACHI: Exchange rate exhibited a strange situation on Monday as dollar fell in the open market against rupee, but fetched greater value in the inter-bank market.The open market sold dollar at......
ISLAMABAD: Export of textile and clothing witnessed a negative growth of 46 per cent in the first two months of the current fiscal year from a year ago.The fall in export proceeds was being witnessed......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday concluded a hearing of pre-privatisation multiyear tariff for Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco), seeking an......
KARACHI: The World Bank’s multi-donor trust fund (MDTF) is taking several initiatives for the development of marble sector in Fata.A delegation of Fata SMEs, Fata ERKF (economic rehabilitation of......
KARACHI: In the light of new auto policy, a plan for launching passenger cars in Pakistan by Nissan and Renault was discussed at a meeting held between the officials of Engineering Development Board......
KARACHI: Government move to allow import of 50,000 tonnes of gram pulse did not help bring down its price and it rose further by Rs10 per kg at the retail.White mash has also been crawling up for the......
KARACHI: DG Khan Cement (DGKC) posted net earnings for the FY15 at Rs7.63 billion, translating into earning per share (eps) at Rs17.40, representing growth of 28 per cent from Rs5.97bn (EPS: Rs13.62)......
KARACHI: Stocks remained volatile in dull trading on Monday with the KSE-100 index managing to close positive with gain of 65.29 points (0.20 per cent) at 32,826.24.Volumes were dull and stood at......
FRANKFURT: German auto giant Volkswagen plummeted nearly 20 per cent on the stock market Monday as investigations spread into revelations that hundreds of thousands of its diesel cars have software......
Engro, USAID sign MoU on educationKARACHI: Engro Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve access to......
LONDON: Volkswagen has driven headlong into a Libor moment. Authorities in the United States say Europe’s biggest carmaker rigged emissions tests. The revelations are reminiscent of the bank......
BEIJING: China and Britain will study linking the London and Shanghai stock markets, Britain’s finance minister George Osborne said on Monday despite weeks of plunging prices on the Asian......
WASHINGTON: After months of noting that inflation was very low, but voicing confidence it would eventually trend towards Federal Reserve’s target, Chair Janet Yellen appears to be acknowledging that......
KARACHI: Cotton prices moved higher on Monday on fear of short crop and more damage to standing cotton crop due to ongoing spell of rains in some cotton growing areas of Punjab and Sindh.Floor......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures rose as much as 3 per cent on Monday as monthly cargo surveyor export data and a weak ringgit combined to support prices.The benchmark December palm oil......
LONDON: Gold retreated from the previous session’s near three-week high on Monday as strength in stocks and the dollar dampened a rally fuelled by the Federal Reserve’s decision last week to keep US......
ISLAMABAD: Continuing its operations against white-collar crime in Sindh, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) decided on Monday to file a reference against a former provincial secretary for......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was told on Monday that the global football body, Fifa, has refused to fund the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) until an election dispute between two factions of the......
ISLAMABAD: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Monday with an aim to improve access to education in Sindh.The MoU between the USAID, the provincial government’s Education and Literacy......
ISLAMABAD: The appointment of Mohammad Yasin as executive director of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) in 2002 has been challenged 12 years later in the Islamabad High Court (IHC).Mr Yasin is......
ISLAMABAD: The ministry of national health services has decided to persuade the Global Fund to provide technical and financial support for prevention and control of dengue fever in the country.A......
LAHORE: Pakistani researchers have developed a portable, solar-powered mobile phone network for use in disasters like floods and earthquakes when regular communications are often......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has asked the authorities of Pakistan International Airlines to redress the long-standing grievances of the province such as offering jobs to......
PESHAWAR: Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, said on Monday that nobody could defeat the courage and valour of Pakistani nation.Recalling the valiant response of airmen to the......
LAHORE: The federal government, asked to refund unwarranted penalties worth Rs16 billion to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) in the light of a decision by an arbitrator, has decided to file an......
QUETTA: Two suspected robbers were killed minutes after their attempt to rob a bank in Kuchlak was foiled on Monday.According to police, the duo barged into the Kuchlak branch of National Bank......
LONDON: Terrorist attacks have been costing Pakistan’s economy as much as $5 billion a year in lost investment, Finance Secretary Waqar Masood Khan has said, adding that the government is keeping......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced on Monday a Rs300,000 cash award for Rafiullah, a constable of Frontier Constabulary’s Rapid Response Force, who suffered injuries in......
I’D almost given up on stand-up comedy, to be honest. The first couple of shows I went to, while at graduate school in New York City, largely passed over my head. I’d like to think the reason wasn’t......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has welcomed the promulgation of new constitution in Nepal through a democratic process.“We felicitate the government and the political parties of Nepal on this achievement.......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani leaders are convinced that the Badaber Air Force camp attack originated in Afghanistan, but are undecided about the mechanism for sharing proofs with the Afghan government due to......
NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan on Monday agreed to exercise restraint and work for defusing the situation on the Line of Control (LoC), which has been witnessing repeated ceasefire violations as......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif endorsed on Monday death sentence of another nine men convicted of terrorism by military courts.“The army chief has confirmed the death sentence of nine......
ISLAMABAD: The inspectors general (IGs) of Punjab and Sindh told the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday that they feared that the local bodies elections — currently scheduled to be held......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that talks with self-exiled Baloch leaders will be initiated after Eidul Azha in an effort to resolve the issues the province has......
HOLGUMN (Cuba): Pope Francis praised the sacrifices of Cuba’s Catholic Church as he visited the home region of communist leaders Fidel and Raul Castro.Tens of thousands of people braved the tropical......
IT will be Dussehra in a few days, mostly celebrated in north India as the day Lord Ram vanquished the demon king Raavan and rescued his wife Sita who the ruler of Lanka had kidnapped. Of course......
SECTION 4 of the National Action Plan (NAP) pledges a resolve to activate and strengthen the National Counter-Terrorism Authority (Nacta). By appointing an in-service, full-time law-enforcement......
IN my last article, I had critiqued Pakistan’s India policy. Taking our officialdom’s belief that Indian Prime Minister Modi is trying to isolate Pakistan at face value, I explained that his ability......
A NEW audit report has highlighted the scale of the mismanagement that lies behind the country’s power crisis. The report says that embezzlement, misappropriation and irregularities totalling Rs980bn......
OVER the last several months, in its responses to the action being taken against it during the Karachi operation by the Rangers and police, the MQM has traversed much of the terrain that lies between......
BAGHDAD: Self-styled Islamic State (IS) militants claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack that killed at least 12 people on Monday in a Shia district of the Iraqi capital.In a statement, the......
