WASHINGTON: The deadly air strike that hit a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz was a mistake made within the US chain of command, the US Commander of International Forces in Afghanistan said on......
ATTOCK: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Jhanghir Khanzada — son of the slain home minister of Punjab, Shuja Khanzada — reportedly won the seat of the PP-16 Attock-II constituency with......
BERLIN: Jurgen Klopp is staying tight-lipped about rumours linking him to the vacancy at Liverpool with the ex-Borussia Dortmund coach widely tipped as the hot favourite to replace Brendan......
Manchester United's deadline day signing Anthony Martial has played down comparisons with Arsenal's record goalscorer Thierry Henry.Henry had an extremely successful career during his time in......
TEHRAN: A FIFA medical officer on Tuesday rejected media reports that Iran had broken rules by fielding women footballers, winners of a recent Asian championship, who were actually men.Days after......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought assistance from the legal counsel defending Mumtaz Qadri — convict who assassinated former Governor Salman Taseer in 2011— to focus his arguments on the......
Ryan Giggs would have succeeded Alex Ferguson as Manchester United manager if the winger had stopped playing at the age of 35 instead of continuing until he was 40, the Scotsman has said.Ferguson,......
PARIS: Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic became the all-time leading goalscorer in Paris Saint-Germain history on Sunday after breaking Pauleta's record of 109 goals against Marseille.Ibrahimovic......
Outspoken former Test cricketer Sarfraz Nawaz says Shahid Afridi would not have been a part of the Pakistan T20 team had the all-rounder not been leading the side at the 2016 World T20.The......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chairman Nasser Jaffer claimed to have formulated a ‘plan B’ to run the flight operations without interruption, under which new pilots will be......
ISLAMABAD: At least 588 Pakistanis lost their lives in terror-related related incidents between January to August this year, Interior Ministry informed the Senate on Tuesday.In response to questions......
Two years ago, in my freshman year, I was walking with a friend to my favourite teacher’s office. When we entered, he told us he'd seen us through the window and recognised us from a distance just by......
UNITED NATIONS: Warning that rapid advances in genetics make 'designer babies' an increasing possibility, a United Nations panel called for a moratorium on editing the human genome, pending wider......
KARACHI: Anam Amin’s magical display with the ball provided the winning touch as Pakistan beat Bangladesh by six wickets in the 2nd ODI to clinch the two-match series 2-0 at the Southend Club Ground......
KABUL: Taliban fighters on motorbikes have carried out hit-and-run attacks on Afghan forces trying to clear Kunduz city of insurgents, more than a week after the militant movement briefly seized the......
LUCKNOW: Extra police and paramilitaries were deployed to the Indian holy city of Varanasi Tuesday after nearly 50 people were injured during riots in which a police post was torched and dozens of......
Former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri has revealed that India planned to launch air strikes on Pakistani soil following the 2008 Mumbai attacks in order to target the banned militant group......
NEW DELHI/PATNA: The Indian Supreme Court on Monday suspended the ban on cow slaughter and sale of beef in India-held Kashmir for two months, the Deccan Herald reported.A bench comprising Chief......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday has directed Attorney General (AG) Salman Aslam Butt to challenge the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) suspension of farmers' relief package......
BANGALORE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged German companies Tuesday to do business in India and promised tax and other economic reforms, on the final day of Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit.After......
All-rounder Shoaib Malik's fine form in ODIs and T20s has earned him a call-up to the Test side for Pakistan's upcoming series against England, chief selector Haroon Rashid announced on Tuesday.The......
KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers Sindh claimed to have apprehended six criminals, including an alleged terrorist, during targeted raids conducted in various areas of the city, said a press release issued by......
When one of the biggest government-operated hospitals runs out of medicine for the one million patients who visit every year, it is difficult to not be a little concerned.The Jinnah Post Graduate......
ADEN: Unidentified assailants fired a missile at a hotel in Aden used by senior Yemeni government officials on Tuesday, causing a number of casualties, residents said.The residents said they had......
CHITTAGONG/DHAKA: An 'explosives expert from a banned Islamist group' was killed in Bangladesh on Tuesday when he detonated a device while security forces searched for weapons in one of the group's......
PESHAWAR: Criticising the delay in passage of conflict of interest bill in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan said on Tuesday that any PTI legislator......
The phrase "the buck stops here" was popularised by the American president Harry S. Truman. Truman famously had the phrase painted on a small wooden board and kept on his desk in the Oval Office. He......
Bilal Asif, Pakistan's star performer in the third one-day international against Zimbabwe, has been reported on Tuesday for a suspect bowling action, ESPNcricinfo reported.Asif will be required to......
LAHORE: The Ministry of Religious Affairs (Mora) on Tuesday called for the Lahore High Court (LHC) to 'reprimand' a citizen for "trying to strain the sensitive relationship between the Kingdom of......
NEW DELHI: A monkey that sneezes when it rains and a "walking" fish are among more than 200 species discovered in the fragile eastern Himalayas in recent years, according to conservation group World......
NEW DELHI: India great Sunil Gavaskar led calls on Tuesday for Cuttack to be banned as a cricket venue after crowd trouble twice brought a halt to play in a Twenty20 international against South......
ATTOCK: Voting is underway on Tuesday for by-elections on PP-16 provincial assembly seat in Punjab's Attock district.The polling began at 8am and will continue until 5pm without any pause.The PP-16......
ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) in order to ensure speedy justice to the victims of Kasur’s child sex scandal will seek monthly progress report from the chief secretary of......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Malaysia reaffirmed on Monday their commitment to strong military ties.Chief of Malaysian Army General Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi Bin Raja Mohamed Noor during a meeting with......
ISLAMABAD: The disgraced former chief of the National Logistic Cell (NLC) challenged in the Lahore High Court on Monday the punishment awarded to him by the military authorities in connection with......
KARACHI: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has taken notice of the unreasonable increase in air fares by some private airlines which have apparently taken advantage of the ongoing dispute......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court restrained the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday from taking a decision on an inquiry into privatisation of the Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB).Justice Shams......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed a total of 208 corruption references in 2014 and recovered Rs18.83 billion of what has been described as looted public money.With the......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan directed the Federal Investigation Agency on Monday to investigate, in collaboration with the National Accountability Bureau, a media report that......
PESHAWAR: Nazims of 22 districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa insist they’re confused and lack direction on their functions even more than a month after assuming office as the provincial government is......
PESHAWAR: Former PTI provincial minister Ziaullah Afridi has challenged the applicability of the government’s last month notification for the establishment of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab......
PESHAWAR: The University of Peshawar will offer free education to the underprivileged children in its constituent schools in order to eradicate child labour and offer quality education to them.A......
PESHAWAR: Passage of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prevention of Conflict of Interest Bill, 2015, which aims at preventing and minimising the possibility of conflict between private interests and public......
PESHAWAR: More than 18,000 transvestites in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa live in fear and insecurity as they claim that not only anti-social elements but police also harass them.Talking at a multi-stakeholders......
PESHAWAR: The provision of National Accountability Ordinance 1999 related to the release of corruption suspects by the National Accountability Bureau through voluntary return and plea bargain was......
KHAR: An Afghan National Army soldier, who had been under treatment at a Pakistani security post here for last several days after appendix surgery, has been handed over to his colleagues.Officials......
ISLAMABAD: Over 90 arrests were made when a group of people tried to enter the Red Zone in support of Mumtaz Qadri, the man on trial for the murder of slain Governor Punjab Salman Taseer.An appeal......
ISLAMABAD: While the Supreme Court is deliberating upon the Capital Development Authority (CDA)’s ‘lucrative plan’ to develop an upscale housing colony on the land of the National Agricultural......
RAWALPINDI: The waiting areas at Benazir Bhutto International Airport are filled with dejected travellers who should’ve been elsewhere by now. But thanks to a pilots’ strike, nearly all of them now......
ISLAMABAD: A group of people opposed to the strongman of the Khokhar clan has named a mosque in their area after Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Raheel Sharif.The local people belonging to the Khokhar......
RAWALPINDI: The three as yet incomplete sections of the Metro Bus Project will take another two months to complete, even though the bus service has been running since June, Rawalpindi Commissioner......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Prof Ahsan Iqbal on Monday said the government had decided to take over the responsibility for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals......
ISLAMABAD: A seven-day pottery making event commenced on Monday at Lok Virsa as part of a series titled ‘Craft of the Month’.Renowned puppeteer, voice actor, script writer and television commentator......
LAHORE: The PPP on Monday held a demonstration outside the Election Commission office here against the returning officer for not taking action against NA-122 PML-N and PTI candidates for allegedly......
LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to deploy army both within and outside polling stations during by-elections in Punjab.“For ensuring transparency in the by-polls it has......
LAHORE: With the by-elections in Lahore inching closer, hundreds of people are seizing an opportunity to earn more than usual by being a part of the campaigning process.The electioneering has also......
GUJRANWALA: The third-party audit of the Nandipur power began on Monday on the direction of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.Sources said a seven-member team of a known chartered accountants firm reached......
LAHORE: Police claimed on Monday to have arrested 11 members of two gangs and recovered 21 cars, 36 motorcycles, five auto rickshaws and illegal weapons.In a press conference held at Qila Gujjar......
LAHORE: The City District Government of Lahore has finally decided to take action against owners/administrations of the private schools declining to withdraw increase in fee.The action will be taken......
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Monday praised law-enforcement and intelligence agencies as well as the Pakistan Army for their performance in achieving “peace in Karachi” in a......
KARACHI: Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal said on Monday that the provincial government was not considering winding up the Karachi operation.Speaking at the Meet the Press programme of the......
KARACHI: The red algal bloom that occurred along the Sindh-Balochistan coast in the months of August and September killed a number of marine species, a World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P)......
KARACHI: Zubair Ahmed, 33, missing since the stampede in Mina, is said to have been buried by Saudi authorities two days back, his cousin Saleem Ahmed informed Dawn on Monday.Zubair Ahmed was among......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has asked the World Bank to assist his government in low-cost power generation.“We have one of the largest coal reserves in the world which is enough......
DADU: Polio teams have failed to administer polio drops to children in the flood hit areas of Dadu district, but they have been sending fake figures to the authorities of covering children under the......
LARKANA: Several hundred irrigation employees held a demonstration and sit-in at the Bhuttos’ mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Bukhsh on Monday to press the government accept their 19-point charter of......
KARACHI: The city of Karachi is not known as a hub of spirituality. Though the metropolis has its fair share of houses of worship belonging to different creeds spread out across its urban sprawl, the......
KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Nisar Khuhro said on Monday that the provincial government would approach the Supreme Court against a Sindh High Court order asking the Election Commission of......
DHAKA: The assassination of two foreigners in a week has highlighted the growing danger posed by Islamist militants in Bangladesh, with experts warning that a long-running political crisis has......
BISARA: The murder by a Hindu mob of a Muslim man rumoured to have slaughtered a cow has thrown a spotlight on the hard-line, polarising agenda of some followers of Indian Prime Minster Narendra......
As space exploration goes, it looked like a good week for Nasa.The revelation that scientists had discovered water on Mars — or more accurately uncovered evidence of certain chemicals in rocks that......
VIENNA: Operators of nuclear power plants worldwide are “struggling” to adapt to the increasing and potentially dangerous threat of cyber attacks, a report warned on Monday.The nuclear industry “is......
LUCKNOW: Gunmen have shot dead a television journalist in northern India, the latest in a string of killings in recent months of reporters in the country, police said on Monday.The reporter, Hemant......
BEIRUT: Jihadists of the self-styled Islamic State have blown up the Arch of Triumph in Syria’s Palmyra, the country’s antiquities chief said on Monday, stepping up their campaign of destruction at......
HONG KONG: A homeless woman lay dead at a Hong Kong McDonald’s restaurant for hours surrounded by diners who failed to notice her, sparking concern over the city’s “McRefugees”.The woman, who police......
VINA DEL MAR: Chile on Monday said it would create one of the world’s largest marine conservation parks, and Washington announced two new marine sanctuaries and a drive against illegal fishing to......
LONDON: British spies can hack into phones remotely with a simple text message and make audio recordings or take photos without owners knowing, former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden said......
ANKARA: Turkey’s prime minister vowed on Monday to take all necessary measures to protect his country’s borders from violation after a Russian fighter jet entered its airspace over the weekend,......
NEW YORK: An American Airlines pilot became ill and died during a flight from Phoenix to Boston on Monday but the co-pilot was able to safely land the plane, the US carrier said.The aircraft, an......
KUALA LUMPUR: Looking out nervously from her pink headscarf, Malaysian single Siti Aisha chats with a man she has never met, but who could become her husband following their Islamic speed-dating......
HARARE: Off-spinner Bilal Asif outlined his potential value to Pakistan ahead of upcoming games against England as his five-wicket haul clinched the third and decisive One-day International against......
SHARJAH: England batsmen tuned up for the Test series against Pakistan starting next week with Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root and skipper Alastair Cook hitting half-centuries at the start of the first of......
KARACHI: Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi on Monday slammed Australia’s decision of cancelling their scheduled tour to Bangladesh over security fear.He was speaking to the women cricket teams of......
CUTTACK: Seamer Albie Morkel led the way with three for 12 as South Africa thumped India by six wickets in the violence-hit second Twenty20 match in Cuttack on Monday to clinch the series.Leg-spinner......
LONDON: Ireland laboured to a 16-9 victory over Italy to reach the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals on Sunday, taking France along with them and setting up a blockbuster Pool ‘D’ decider in Cardiff......
KARACHI: The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) have all but qualified for their first flight of first-class cricket after putting up a dominant display against Karachi Blues on day one of......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s hope of taking the Serena Hotel-Chief of Air Staff International Squash Championship title ended on Monday when lone home player Nasir Iqbal went down fighting to Egypt’s......
Pakistan ultimately ended up winning both the T20 and One-day International series against Zimbabwe but big question marks remain over poor performances of the senior players — a worrying area for......
KARACHI: As many as 764 players participated in the Horlicks 27th Pakistan Scrabble Championship at the Expo Centre here on Sunday, making it a record-breaking event.It was the biggest scrabble......
KARACHI: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) president Iqbal Ashraf disclosed on Sunday that plans were afoot to form the bank’s women cricket team in an initiative that will promote the sport.Speaking......
WASHINGTON: The World Bank declared on Monday that for the first time in history those living in extreme poverty will be less than 10 per cent of the world population by the end of this year.The bank......
WASHINGTON: Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the US economy is outperforming Europe at the moment because the Fed moved more quickly and aggressively to fight the 2008 financial......
LAHORE: Chinese investors have shown keen interest in joint ventures with their Pakistani counterparts in the fields of solar and coal power generation.A two-member Chinese delegation while visiting......
BRUSSELS: Controversial ride-sharing service Uber faces a crackdown by governments around the world and protests by angry taxi drivers, but the company insists it is driving forward into the......
WASHINGTON: “Factious relations” among the executive, military and judicial branches of government have “hampered Pakistan’s institutional effectiveness,” says international credit rating agency......
ISLAMABAD: With Pakistan at the brink of being declared ‘water scarce’, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to launch a major initiative in about a month to address increasing number of economic......
KARACHI: Withholding tax imposed on banking transactions and withdrawals was a serious issue that has created a lot of bad blood between the government and the business community, Sindh Finance......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) amended the Single Member Companies (SMC) Rules 2003 to facilitate the corporate sector.The rules were earlier introduced in......
KARACHI: The Marine Fisheries Department (MFD) on Monday suspended the exports of fish and seafood products to markets in Europe even though the European Union has not imposed any ban.A team of MFD......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is considering withdrawing a suit filed against the European Union at the World Trade Organisation in 2014 over imposition of countervailing duties on export of polyethylene......
KARACHI: Stocks were down on Monday after erratic price movements that saw the KSE-100 index close lower by 184.79 points (0.56 per cent) at 32,784.94.The index started out on a positive note......
ATLANTA: Twelve Pacific rim countries sealed the deal early on Monday on creating the world’s largest free trade area, delivering President Barack Obama a major policy triumph.Working around the......
ISLAMABAD: In a ruling on Monday, Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani justified his act of keeping his decision on MQM resignations pending, stating that he perceived that the resignations might not be......
LAHORE: A research-based US biopharmaceutical company producing the hepatitis C drug in oral form has authorised a Pakistani company to manufacture the same medicine in order to lower its......
WASHINGTON: The current military operation against militants will continue until the writ of the state is restored, says a senior defence official.Addressing a convention of Pakistani-Americans,......
The legend goes that when Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai was ridiculed for keeping company of men of all sects and faiths, and was incessantly questioned about his religious leanings, he responded that he......
STOCKHOLM: Three scientists from Japan, China and Ireland whose discoveries led to the development of potent new drugs against parasitic diseases, including malaria and elephantiasis, won the Nobel......
RAMALLAH: Fresh clashes erupted in the West Bank and east Jerusalem on Monday while Israel’s military shot dead a 13-year-old Palestinian after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged a crackdown......
ISLAMABAD: The dispute between airline pilots and the management of the national flag carrier is no closer to resolution after a second round of talks failed to put an end to a five-day pilots’......
ISLAMABAD: A plane that crashed in 2003 with Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir and 10 other officers onboard had completed its life span, a subcommittee of the Public Accounts Committee was informed......
ISLAMABAD: Even as top government functionaries, including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif himself, proclaim that an impartial inquiry into the alleged mismanagement of the Nandipur Power Project (NPP)......
ISLAMABAD: Monday’s proceedings of Mumtaz Qadri’s appeal against his death sentence provided a glimpse into the minds of the members of the Supreme Court bench, when they held that the court would......
IN the last few days, I had occasion to witness the work of government teachers at three schools in Larkana district.At a boys’ primary school, a government teacher in connivance with a local......
CORRUPTION suspects are being nabbed and plea bargains struck — the national exchequer will soon swell thanks to the amount recovered from plea bargains. This can even help cut the fiscal......
IT is, of course, a fallacy that there is a hierarchy of agreeable and less agreeable Hindutva ideologues. As such, it could be a Brahminical myth that Modi of a lower caste is by some yardstick......
ONE person can make a difference: this is the credo that has helped some extraordinary individuals to positively change the course of nations. It inspired me in my public service career as a Hubert......
The shocking aerial bombing of a hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières in Kunduz, Afghanistan, by US forces has bloodily underlined several problems with the American military approach in the......
BAGHADAD: A series of car bombings across Iraq on Monday killed at least 56 people and wounded dozens as the government continued its efforts to combat extremism across the country.The largest......
JHELUM: The inquiry into the financial corruption worth Rs29 million in the Tehsil Municipal Administration of Jhelum was completed on Monday, while a report against seven of its officers has been......
