DHARAMSALA: Jean-Paul Duminy struck a power-packed 68 off 34 deliveries Friday to overshadow a sparkling century by Rohit Sharma as South Africa defeated India by seven wickets in the opening......
ISLAMABAD: The number of Pakistani pilgrims killed in the stampede at Mina near the holy city of Makkah has risen to 57, the Ministry of Religious Affairs confirmed on Friday.In a list published on......
KARACHI: Death row inmate Shahrukh Jatoi, convicted in the infamous Shahzeb Khan murder case, is enjoying lavish perks in Karachi's central jail, DawnNews reported on Friday.During a programme titled......
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq will be considering the option of retirement as Pakistan face a long lay off from Test cricket after the upcoming series against England concludes on November 1 this......
QUETTA: Security forces on Friday foiled a major terrorism bid in Zhob district of Balochistan.Security forces recovered a sizeable amount of arms and ammunition, according to Frontier Corps (FC)......
QUETTA: Polio workers in Balochistan were not paid their due salaries after the conclusion of the recent anti-polio campaign in September.Despite directives issued by Balochistan's Chief Secretary......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief General Raheel Sharif, while addressing a gathering at Royal United Services Institute in London, said that Kashmir is an unfinished agenda of Indo-Pak partition which needs to......
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was Friday appointed temporary Afghanistan cricket coach for their upcoming Zimbabwe tour, saying he was thrilled to be taking on a team whose rise has......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani raised the issue of dead and missing Pakistani pilgrims in Mina stampede during his meeting with Saudi Ambassador Abdullah Bin Marzouq Al-Zahrani on......
ISLAMABAD: Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf has rejected the statement of American journalist and lobbyist Mark Siegel and termed it as a pack of lies, according to a statement......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Republic of Korea signed a framework arrangement amounting to $500 million here on Friday, according to a report published on the Radio Pakistan website.Under the signed......
A dismal show by Pakistan’s batsmen at Harare, in the two Twenty20s and the first ODI, has been frustrating to say the least.It is not surprising however.From young pretenders to former Test......
KOLKATA: Pakistani cricket administrators do not think they are being hustled by their financially stronger Indian counterparts over a series that guarantees them much-needed revenue.But at the same......
ZURICH: One of Michel Platini's main backers in his bid to head world football's governing body, Bahraini Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, might stand himself if a Swiss investigation hampers......
KARACHI: Pakistan's discarded opener Imran Farhat will lead the Habib Bank Limited (HBL) team in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Sohail Mazhar, head of HBL sports department announced on Friday.Imran......
LONDON: Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has accused Arsenal of being “weak” and “soft” ahead of his old club's visit to the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.Keane was distinctly unimpressed with......
Rumour has always been a weapon for the anti-cow slaughter movement, as is evident from Akshaya Mukul’s magisterial book, Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India.After India gained Independence and......
ISLAMABAD: In response to the July 2015 flash floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Chitral district, the United States government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing......
A lot is being quoted, and misquoted in the media on how best to overcome the 'existing' energy crisis in our country.As most of the debate is, at best, misinformed, it will be helpful to analyse......
SYDNEY: At least two people were reported dead in a shootout that took place near the Sydney police headquarters, according to a report published on the BBC website.Aerial pictures on twitter show......
England coach Roy Hodgson can give Wayne Rooney "no guarantees" that he will always pick him for the national team and said the current crop of forwards he has to choose from is the best he has seen......
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho should have apologised to former team doctor Eva Carneiro for his criticism of her, Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has said.Mourinho accused Carneiro and Jon......
NEW YORK: Three dossiers containing proof of Indian involvement in terrorist activities in Pakistan have been handed over to the United Nations, Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and......
SYDNEY: Australia's new cricket captain Steve Smith on Friday switched focus to New Zealand's upcoming tour as he voiced regret that a two-Test series in Bangladesh had to be called off over......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police on Friday claimed to have arrested three suspected militants belonging to a banned outfit from Peshawar's Badaber area.Senior Superintendent Police (SSP)......
LONDON: As Chelsea's problems deepen, Jose Mourinho will attempt to revive his side's disastrous campaign by masterminding a victory against Southampton at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.Another testing......
KARACHI: The Rangers on Friday rejected accusations made in a contempt of court notice submitted to the Sindh High Court (SHC) by PPP leader Dr Asim's counsel last week.Dr Asim's senior counsel Abid......
JALALABAD: The Afghan Taliban on Friday claimed to have shot down a C-130 military transport plane in eastern Afghanistan, with the North-Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) confirming that 11 people......
PESHAWAR: Nagging and simmering tension between the police department and the civil bureaucracy came out during a cabinet meeting held here on Thursday to discuss among other things on the agenda,......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Thursday stopped security agencies from re-arresting without its permission the father and brothers of a juvenile convicted and sentenced to death by a......
PESHAWAR: At least 22 shops and portions of four filling stations were demolished in a major action against encroachments amid tight security in parts of the provincial metropolis on Thursday.The......
PESHAWAR: Panic gripped employees after cracks, both major and minor, appeared in the newly-built block of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Civil Secretariat on Thursday.However, the communication and works......
TIMERGARA: Speakers at a function here on Thursday called upon youth to get first aid training to cope with man-made and natural disasters.The function was arranged by the administration of Timergara......
ISLAMABAD: The fifth extension given by the Ministry of National Health Services to the tobacco industry to increase the size of pictorial health warning on cigarette packets has drawn a lot of flak......
ISLAMABAD: Two federal secretaries, a serving police chief, a former head of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and a TV show host are currently jostling for position as the new head of the......
ISLAMABAD: Observing that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had been blackmailed into suspending implementation on the PM’s ‘Kissan Package’, Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed said on......
Public perception matters to all. But it matters most to politicians, particularly in today’s digital world where the 24/7 media scrutiny has made politics more a matter of image than ideas. That is......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has informed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) that it cannot hold the first ever Comstech summit for security reasons.Pakistan had offered to host the summit in 2013......
World Music DayDaniel Pearl World Music Day Concert will be held on Saturday, October 3 at the PNCA at 6pm.ExhibitionSatrang Gallery is organising an exhibition ‘Private Mythologies’ on Wednesday,......
QUETTA: Commander of Southern Command, Lt Gen Nasir Khan Janjua, said on Thursday that Balochistan would become a stable province soon because its people had united against terrorism and extremism......
KARACHI: A large number of passengers faced hardship on Thursday when over 16 per cent of scheduled flights of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) were cancelled and many others delayed after......
KARACHI: The Bol Media Group announced on Thursday that it was “suspending” its operations because of “acute liquidity crunch and continued victimisation by the government”.“However, due to the......
QAU increase fee by up to 50pcThe government run Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) has increased its fee by up to 50 pc. QAU, which has always remained a popular choice for middle class, high achieving......
ISLAMABAD: Experts and educationists at the Teachers’ Literature Festival questioned the need for a new education policy in the presence of so many similar existing policies and appeared sceptical......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) on Thursday expressed doubts over the government’s intentions to establish a ratings company which, the association said could be a tool for a......
LAHORE: Acting on a number of complaints against the Lahore Development Authority’s own project – LDA City – the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has finally decided to probe its affairs.“We have......
LAHORE: Lack of funds is no excuse for rejecting reimbursement of medical expenses of government servants, says a ruling issued by the Lahore High Court carrying directions for the provincial health......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday restrained the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) from releasing pictures and videos of its raids at eateries on social media.The Lahore Hotels and Restaurants......
LAHORE: The returning officer (RO) for NA-122 by-polls has issued notices to candidates of both the PML-N and PTI for violating code of ethics.On a petition by PPP candidate Barrister Amer Hasan, RO......
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to join the election campaign of PML-N nominee Ayaz Sadiq as opposition leader Imran Khan is already running PTI candidate Aleem Khan’s......
LAHORE: A unique initiative -- ‘Zeenat Gaari’-- has been launched in the city to help and empower the underprivileged women who struggle on a daily basis to make both ends meet.Many women have been......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has said the PML-N has become a dictatorial party as not even party’s ministers can question their leaders regarding their billions of rupees’......
LAHORE: The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) on Thursday achieved its target of installing electronic Restaurants Invoice Monitoring System (RIMS) at 50 restaurants in posh localities of the provincial......
KASUR: Ganda Singh police on Thursday registered a case against three suspects, including a school teacher, and arrested them in connection with the rape of a minor maid.On the orders of the Joint......
LAHORE: Challenging what they say claims of PTI nominee for NA-122 Aleem Khan about his financial uprightness, residents of a housing society alleged at a press conference here on Thursday that he......
KASUR: Phoolnagar police arrested on Thursday a police official for raping a woman and shooting its video clips and extorting money from her.The alleged rape victim told police that the suspect......
KARACHI: Senior officials of the Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, will be on air twice a day, five days a week on the radio station FM-101 from Friday to receive complaints and suggestions from the public......
KARACHI: Police on Thursday registered a sedition case against a senior London-based Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader on the complaint of a local resident, who cited media reports as the sole evidence......
KARACHI: A large green female turtle that became entangled in fishing nets in Sonmiani Bay, Balochistan, was safely released back into the sea on Thursday.Scientifically named Chelonia mydas, green......
BADIN: Qasim Ali Qasim, director of archaeology and museums, has cast doubt on villagers’ claim that they have discovered all the artefacts in the Vidhri Chak area of Wango town along the dried......
KARACHI: The press conference called by actor and film director Sangeeta at a local hotel on Thursday to announce the launch of her next project was supposed to start at 4pm.That it started 10......
YOKOSUKA: The American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan docked at its new home in Japan’s Yokosuka naval port on Thursday just as Tokyo tries to deepen defence ties with the US......
JERUSALEM: Palestinians shot dead two Israelis in a vehicle in the north of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, an Israeli security source said.The attack took place between the Jewish settlements of......
DUBAI: Iran and Saudi Arabia sought to tone down a war of words over last week’s Haj disaster, with Riyadh offering condolences to its regional rival over what Tehran said on Thursday were 464......
DUBAI: Loyalist Yemeni troops and Gulf Arab forces on Thursday seized control of the Arabian side of the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden from Houthi......
BEREMEND: Hungary was attaching razor wire on Thursday to a fence erected at its border with Croatia, reporters said, in a possible prelude to sealing the frontier to thousands of migrants.Hungarian......
SYDNEY: Ousted Australian leader Tony Abbott conceded on Thursday that his decision to award Britain’s Prince Philip a knighthood, which sparked a huge public and political backlash, was......
BEIRUT: Hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria to join a major ground offensive on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad’s government, Lebanese sources said on Thursday, a further step in the......
UNITED NATIONS: Israel’s prime minister went to the United Nations on Thursday to call for an immediate resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians and to savage the international community’s......
OUAGADOUGOU: General Gilbert Diendere, the leader of Burkina Faso’s short-lived coup, was in police custody on Thursday, a security source said.Diendere, who had said several times that he was......
BEIJING: The world cannot afford to stand by and look on with folded arms but must also not “arbitrarily interfere” in the Syrian crisis, Chinese Foreign Ministry Wang Yi told a UN Security Council......
WASHINGTON: The State Department on Wednesday released a new batch of 6,300 pages of emails sent or received by Hillary Clinton when she served as top US diplomat and controversially used a private......
BARCELONA: Catalan separatists said independence was within their reach before Sunday’s regional election. But following their narrow victory, a rocky road lies ahead for those wanting to break away......
Russian warplanes are conducting airstrikes now in Syria, according to a slew of news reports. The move follows authorisation by a vote in Russian parliament as well as weeks of Kremlin messaging......
HARARE: Leg-spinner Yasir Shah returned with career-best figures as Pakistan spun their way to a crushing 131-run victory over Zimbabwe in the first of three one-day internationals at Harare Sports......
KARACHI: Legendary paceman Wasim Akram on Thursday urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to end his country’s cricketing boycott of Pakistan saying the ongoing impasse was hurting fans across the......
KARACHI: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi will shift his family’s base from Karachi to the country’s cricket headquarters in Lahore as he pulls out all the stops in his bid for a final World Twenty20......
DHARAMSALA: Hosts India and South Africa will have one eye on next year’s World Twenty20 when they launch a three-match series in the picturesque hill town of Dharamsala on Friday.Three T20 games on......
MALMV: Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed 500 career goals and tied Raul as Real Madrid’s all-time leading scorer with a double in the Spanish giants 2-0 win away at Malmo on Wednesday.“I am very happy. I......
PARIS: The two Manchester clubs enjoyed victories in a happier night for England in the Champions League on Wednesday, while the individual performance of the evening came, not for the first time,......
KARACHI: Pakistan seized the two-match women’s Twenty20 International series as they outplayed Bangladesh by 33 runs in the second match here at the Southend Club Ground on Thursday.Like the opening......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan captain Sana Mir has backed the International Cricket Council’s move to launch women team rankings, saying women’s cricket will now be taken more seriously than before.The ICC on......
BANGKOK: Rafael Nadal heaped praise on longstanding rival Novak Djokovic on Thursday for playing at a level “difficult to equal” ahead of an exhibition match between the pair in Bangkok.The Spaniard,......
ISLAMABAD: Estimating manpower rationalisation and its related costs at Rs51 billion, the government may set a minimum investment requirement of Rs90bn on top of bid price for sale of at least 51 per......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Thursday approved 11 development projects worth Rs102 billion involving foreign exchange component of Rs42bn in energy, environment, health,......
KARACHI: Under the Trade Policy Framework, Rs6 billion has been allocated for integration of Pakistan with global economy by adopting standards, trade mark, certification and value-addition of export......
KARACHI: The government on Thursday slashed the rates of return on various National Savings Schemes (NSS) by up to 68 basis points in the wake of falling inflation and resultant declining interest......
ISLAMABAD: Tax collection by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) rose by 10.91 per cent to Rs600 billion during the first quarter (July-Sept) of 2015-16 as compared to Rs541bn in the same period last......
KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange’s (KSE) benchmark 100-share index staged a rally of 462.90 points (1.43 per cent) on Thursday to close at 32,750.31.Although it was green all across the board,......
LAHORE: Traders representatives announced on Thursday to besiege the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) headquarters in Islamabad, and to stage a sit-in from Oct 13 for an indefinite period to lodge......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday tried to defend the latest Eurobond issue, saying that while international borrowing has its limitations due to a rise in foreign debt, the......
LONDON: Net capital flows to emerging markets will be negative this year for the first time since 1988, with foreign investment halving from last year and heavy outflows from residents, the Institute......
ISLAMABAD: The government came under severe criticism on Thursday from senators belonging to the PPP over what they called a faulty LNG deal.At a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum......
KARACHI: President Mamnoon Hussain has said that the targeted operation in Karachi will continue till the last terrorist is eliminated and peace is fully restored.Speaking at the 3rd FPCCI......
ISLAMABAD: Embarrassed by the latest report of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), the Prime Minister Office has sought a clarification from the Ministry of Water and Power......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has issued notifications for decrease in power tariff for June and July under the fuel adjustment formula.According to the......
ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee expressed on Thursday dissatisfaction over the progress made so far by the National Highway Authority (NHA) on the ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)......
UNITED NATIONS: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the dossier on Indian interference in Pakistan’s internal affairs and on fomenting terrorism on Pakistan’s soil by India would soon be handed over......
ISLAMABAD: Former petroleum minister Dr Asim Hussain moved the Supreme Court on Thursday and requested it to allow continuation of his treatment at a cardiovascular hospital (NICVD) in Karachi till......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan announced on Thursday that army and Rangers would remain deployed in and outside polling stations till completion of counting of votes in the coming......
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United Kingdom have agreed to fund a key section of the M-4 motorway in Punjab, which will cut travel time and support the government’s goal of......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly unanimously adopted on Thursday the Quetta Defence Housing Authority Bill.The bill was tabled by Minister for Urban Development Sardar Mustafa Tareen on the first day......
Bashir Mohammad sits on his haunches in a corner of his rice field in a Sheikhupura village, surveying the crop that will be ripe for harvest by the end of this month. Yet there’s no evidence of......
QUETTA: Four security men were injured in firing by unidentified attackers wearing uniform of Iranian forces in the border area of Mashkel on Thursday. One of the injured is said to be in serious......
PARIS: Earth is on track for average warming of 2.7 degrees Celsius by 2100, higher than the UN target, said on Thursday an analysis of country pledges for curbing climate-altering greenhouse gas......
ISLAMABAD: US lobbyist Mark Siegel, a much-awaited witness in the Benazir Bhutto murder case, has testified that Asif Ali Zardari was also present in the office of a US congressman where the late Ms......
LONDON: Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif said on Thursday that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project would be a game-changer and usher in an era of prosperity in the region.“We will do......
IT may not quite be a four-point potential solution to the Kashmir dispute that was once mooted under the now retired Gen Pervez Musharraf but Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s proposed four points to......
THE state, it seems, would like the media to move in lockstep with its international ties.Prompted by the government, Pemra has sent an SMS to news channels critical of allegations being levelled on......
AFTER much suspense and speculation, the Pakistanis have at last been ensured a berth in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy by virtue of their eighth position in the recent ODI rankings issued by the......
AROUND a month ago, the UK newspaper Financial Times (FT) did a story on Pakistan’s economic performance and how the reality seemingly differed from the IMF’s “rosy view”. I had been quoted as saying......
FOUR hectic years after his historic relaunch of October 2011, Imran Khan is back in Lahore hoping for yet another boost for power. The race for NA-122 has entered the make-or-break stage. The area......
THERE is still hope for Pakistan. Paradoxically, it comes from the least expected of sources: the street children. Recently, their football team returned home from Oslo proudly bearing a bronze medal......
LEGAL education has never been prioritised by our policymakers. Thus, it is no surprise if the judiciary is failing to match the expectations of the people. Unfortunately, by many, the legal......
WASHINGTON: India on Thursday rejected a four-point peace plan for Kashmir proposed by Pakistan but said talks among officials of both countries on terrorism that collapsed in August should be......
