QUETTA: The deadly blast on Quetta's Sariab road, which ripped through a local bus on Monday, left dozens of families devastated.Nadir Khan, 40, also fell prey to the powerful blast that rocked......
PESHAWAR: Weeks after the Afghan Taliban's biggest battlefield success since 2001, dissident commanders unhappy with their new leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor are meeting to choose a rival, they told......
QUETTA: Suspected militants on Tuesday killed two policemen in Balochistan’s Chaman district.The assailants opened fire at a police check post in Boghra road area of Chaman, and killed two policemen......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan expressed disappointment over what he said were attempts by the federal government to impede workings of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab......
NEW DELHI: Police gunned down an Indian army soldier on Tuesday after he opened fire indiscriminately, killing four people and injuring four others following a suspected family feud, an official......
Indian cricketer Amit Mishra has been charged of verbally and physically assaulting a woman at a hotel in Bengaluru, India.The incident reportedly took place on Sept 25 and the victim filed the case......
DUBAI: England all-rounder Moeen Ali revealed on Tuesday that his Pakistani background helped him gain insights into his rivals' plans to dislodge skipper Alastair Cook during his epic double hundred......
MULTAN: Nine convicted murderers were hanged on Tuesday, bringing the total number of executions to around 250 since the government controversially lifted a moratorium on the death penalty last......
LONDON : Chinese President Xi Jinping was to address Britain's Parliament and dine with Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as he began a state visit to cement the close economic ties between the two......
LONDON: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting was present when New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum received a “business proposition” from ex-Black Caps star Chris Cairns, he told a London court on......
Indian umpire Sundaram Ravi, a member of the Elite Panel of International Cricket Council (ICC) umpires, has been named as a replacement for Aleem Dar after the Pakistani official was withdrawn by......
PARIS: China has agreed to take a one-third stake in French power giant EDF's $25 billion next-generation nuclear project at Hinkley Point in Britain, French business daily Les Echos said Tuesday.The......
SRINAGAR: An overcrowded minibus fell from a Himalayan mountain road and plunged into a deep gorge in India-held Kashmir on Tuesday, killing 14 passengers and leaving another 18 injured, police......
BLOOMINGTON: A 19-year-old Indiana University student has been arrested in what witnesses described as a racially motivated attack on a Muslim woman.Court records show Triceten D. Bickford faces......
PESHAWAR: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday said the people of Pakistan have "unshakable trust in their armed forces" and acknowledge the sacrifices rendered by the army in the......
Last year, the world was fixated upon India when the general elections brought to power Narendra Modi, the former chief minister of the prosperous Indian state of Gujarat.Enthusiasts didn't tire of......
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister of Indian Punjab Prakash Singh Badal on Tuesday convened an emergency meeting to try to defuse days of violent protests set off by the desecration of a Sikh holy book.Chief......
KABUL: About 18 Afghan police officers are missing after the Taliban seized a remote district in the northwestern Faryab province, an official said Tuesday.The Ghormach district police chief and 17......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar Khan said the prospects of a India-Pakistan series in December looked extremely bleak after the events that transpired at the Board of Control for......
KARACHI: Senior General Manager Pakistan State Oil (PSO) Naveed Alam Zubairi was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday, official sources said.A First-Information Report has......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army has emerged as the most trustworthy institution in the country, a survey carried out by the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (Pildat) said......
Former captain Aamir Sohail is hopeful of Pakistan hosting Test matches within two years, arguing that poor pitches in the UAE would eventually force the board’s hand in speeding up the process.The......
PESHAWAR: Two Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) legislators took oath as ministers joining Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Pervez Khattak's cabinet on Tuesday as their party joined the PTI-led......
Ghulam Haider’s day starts soon after dawn to queue outside the office of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), the government department responsible for providing the city’s water supply. He......
QUETTA: Unidentified militants killed an on duty policeman on Quetta's troubled Sariab Road on Tuesday.Police sources said that motorcyle-riding assailants opened fire on a police head constable......
India’s failure to provide security to Pakistan’s commentators and match officials, following Shiv Sena’s hooliganism, has forced Wasim Akram and Shoaib Akhtar to quit the ongoing India-South Africa......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday barred the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission (KPEC) from arresting Awami National Party (ANP) Senator Sitara Ayaz, in a case of alleged misuse of......
ABU DHABI: Ticket prices slashed, night-time cricket with pink balls and desperate appeals for livelier wickets, the battle continues to preserve the integrity of Test matches.When Pakistan and......
NEW DELHI: An Indian court has found an Uber driver guilty of raping a female passenger in his taxi in the Indian capital last year.The Press Trust of India says Tuesday that Shiv Kumar Yadav was......
DHAKA: Police said Tuesday they were investigating an email sent to various media outlets reportedly by a banned Islamist group in Bangladesh threatening to topple "towering buildings" and telling......
DUBAI: The crush and stampede that struck Haj last month in Saudi Arabia killed at least 2,177 pilgrims, a new Associated Press tally showed Monday, after officials in the kingdom met to discuss the......
NEW DELHI: Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit says extremist elements in India were opposed to improvement in their country's ties with Pakistan, Radio Pakistan reported.Speaking during......
LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles prosecutors declined to press a felony sexual assault charge against a member of the Saudi royal family because of insufficient evidence, a spokeswoman said Monday.The......
JOHANNESBURG: Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympic runner who fatally shot his girlfriend in 2013, was released from prison and placed under house arrest on Monday night, a South African......
WASHINGTON: Ahmed Mohamed, the Muslim teenager arrested after a homemade clock he brought to his Texas school was mistaken for a bomb, capped a whirlwind month with a visit to the White House on......
TORONTO: Canadians voted for a sharp change in their government Monday, resoundingly ending Conservative Stephen Harper's attempt to shift the nation to the right and returning a legendary name for......
HAVING observed the third anniversary of the factory tragedy in Karachi last month, it is time once again to revisit the issue of safety at the workplace. Over 250 workers lost their lives in a fire......
IN a pronounced reversal of policy on ending the longest war in America’s history, President Barack Obama has come up with a new announcement on troop levels in Afghanistan beyond 2016. The decision......
PRIME Minister Nawaz Sharif’s second visit to the White House to meet US President Barack Obama will occur in markedly different circumstances than the first one two years ago.Then, the recently......
IT has been more than a decade now that the large growth rates in the textile sector came crashing down, and every year since then, save for an anomalous one when the price of cotton yarn spiralled......
DAYS before the phased local government elections in Sindh and Punjab, the governments of the two provinces are not done with the legal framework that will put to work this vital third tier of......
IN an effort to home in on the issue, the PTI has been responsible for an unnecessary expansion. Earlier, the party called for reforms from within, generally shunning influences from the West.Now it......
LISTENING to Shruti Sadolikar in Delhi the other day my mind leapt into a maze of politics. Here was a Maharashtrian Brahmin woman singer remembering Ustad Alladiya Khan, her guru’s guru. It was just......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tourism and Culture Minister Amjad Afridi on Monday went to the Lady Reading Hospital and gave a cheque of Rs200,000 to the ailing Pashto singer Wagma Bibi for her......
PESHAWAR: The Qaumi Watan Party will rejoin the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government today (Tuesday) with its two lawmakers taking oath as ministers.Besides, two QWP MPAs, including Arshad Khan and Abdul......
KOHAT: Two persons suffered head injuries while extensive damage was caused to standing crops and guava orchards when hailstorm accompanied by strong winds hit the Kohat district on Monday night.The......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court will hear today (Tuesday) a petition of ANP Senator Sitara Ayaz against the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission proceedings against her in a case of alleged misuse......
BATKHELA: Two alleged rapists of a seminary girl were on Monday arrested in Alla Dhand Baghona locality of Malakand protected area here.Gul Mohammad, father of the victim girl, told media persons......
TIMERGARA: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday alleged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government was being run by western non-government organisations and the ruling Pakistan......
MANSEHRA: The police assistance lines, the one-window facility established in Mansehra city to resolve the day-to-day issues of local residents and those from adjoining areas, registered over 1,300......
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) continued its tradition of focusing on issues concerning women at its 200th meeting, on Monday.The meeting, chaired by Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani,......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that the main accused in the multi-billion rupees Modaraba scam case has taken refuge in North Waziristan......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to involve Nadra in the allotment of plots.After making headlines for allegations of corruption, the CDA announced on Monday that it......
ISLAMABAD: To discuss the role of the media in development and the problems faced by journalists when talking about such issues, Bahria University hosted a seminar titled ‘Communications and......
RAWALPINDI: The body of an alleged ATM cash thief was handed over to the Romanian embassy on Monday.Alderman Stephen was one of the ATM thieves who was shot and injured when detaching a skimmer - a......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has emerged as the most popular leader followed by his younger brother and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and arch political rival and Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday reserved its verdict on petitions filed by the former prime minister Shaukat Aziz, ex-federal minister Zahid Hamid and former chief justice of......
TAXILA: As the number of dengue positive cases rise to 21, the local administration has launched a massive awareness campaign by organising anti-dengue walks and seminars along with other measures to......
LAHORE: A group of young doctors allegedly tortured their colleague at the Mayo Hospital on Monday.Reports said the young doctors led by Dr Naveed of Orthopedics Unit-II allegedly attacked and......
VEHARI: Police registered cases against over 200 workers of two PML-N groups, including a candidate of local body polls, for opening fire on the election office of a candidate in People’s Colony and......
LAHORE: Sale of earthenware, especially plates (thothis) and bowls (piyalas), increases in Muharram, especially during Ashura.The faithful distribute food items in earthen plates and bowls among......
As many as 70,000 small landholders are expected to benefit from prime minister’s farmers package in the district.According to district revenue officials who declined to be named, lists of the......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday turned down a Punjab government’s plea to vacate stay against 2X-660 MW Qadirabad coal-fired power project in Sahiwal.Punjab Advocate General Naveed Rasool......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday issued a notice to the federal government on a petition challenging alleged foreign assets maintained by 64 known personalities of Pakistan including incumbent......
GUJRANWALA: Lahore High Court’s Justice Shahid Karim on Monday ordered the local Election Commission office to accept nomination papers of an aspirant for chairman slot of a union council, earlier......
LAHORE: A PML-N candidate for the upcoming local body elections was shot dead in the Misri Shah police precincts on Monday.Police said Imran, 45, and Mohsin Shah belonged to Wahdat Colony and were......
FAISALABAD: An Intelligence Bureau inspector allegedly extracted Rs10 million from a local businessman threatening him to book him and his sons on charges of funding some banned outfits.On receiving......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has found irregularities in voters lists meant for the upcoming local government elections in Lahore.PTI MNA Shafquat Mahmood says their party candidates......
LAHORE: Another prosecution witness testified in the Zain murder case before an anti-terrorism court on Monday refused to identify Mustafa Kanju, son of former state minister Siddique Kanju, as......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday was informed jointly by the provincial government and the Election Commission of Pakistan that the issue over the delimitation of some local government......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to recruit 6,000 traffic police personnel to streamline traffic management and provide better traffic services to the people of the city.It has also decided......
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari hoped on Monday that the $2 billion Thar coal and power project would become functional by 2018.He said this while chairing a meeting......
KARACHI: A sessions court reissued on Monday a black warrant against a condemned prisoner and fixed Oct 27 for his hanging.Rashid Nazeer was sentenced to death for killing paramilitary soldier Inayat......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate remanded on Monday 27 Indian fishermen in prison custody for fishing in Pakistani waters.The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) detained the fishermen and impounded their......
KARACHI: An Indonesian Navy ship, KRI Sultan Iskandarmuda, arrived on a goodwill and training visit at Karachi harbour on Monday.The visiting ship was accorded a warm welcome and received by senior......
HYDERABAD: Strong winds coupled with light rain and thunder lashed Hyderabad and its adjoining areas late on Monday evening, inundating low-lying areas and increasing cold in the wake albeit......
SUKKUR: A large number of members of the Sikh community, their well-wishers and supporters took out a rally in Jacobabad on Monday in protest against desecration of their holy book Guru Granth Sahib......
THATTA: Ruling out any possibility of postponing the local government elections, Sindh Minister for Local Government Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that arrangements in this regard have been......
SUKKUR: A Jirga (tribal court) held in Kech Bajkani village near Tangwani town of Kandhkot-Kashmore district on Monday imposed a fine of Rs1.2 million on a man found guilty of having an extramarital......
KHAIRPUR: Security in and around Khairpur and elsewhere has been beefed up in the wake of intelligence reports warning of possible sabotage activities during Ashura days as traditional mourning......
KARACHI: Art lovers were treated to an intriguing variety of archival prints, video installations, paintings and performance art at a five-person exhibition, Basaleeq, that opened at Gallerie......
DAMASCUS: Government forces advanced on Monday under the cover of Russian air strikes towards an air base besieged by the self-styled Islamic State in northern Syria, a Syrian military official and......
NEW DELHI: India, the United States and Japan on Monday wrapped up six days of naval exercises, reflecting closer military ties that are seen as a counterweight to growing Chinese influence in the......
JOHANNESBURG: Student protests halted teaching at three of South Africa’s top universities on Monday as demonstrations spread against fee increases that many say will force poor black students......
LONDON: President Xi Jinping will be feted by the royal family and leading politicians during a trip this week which Prime Minister David Cameron hopes will cement Britain’s lucrative place as......
BANGALORE: Right-wing activists threatened to “skin” an Australian visitor who had a tattoo of a Hindu goddess on his leg, police said on Monday, adding they were looking for the culprits.Matthew......
OTTAWA: Canadians voted on Monday in general elections marked by a strong desire for change with the liberal son of a former prime minister well placed to end nine years of Tory rule.Public opinion......
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday unveiled new planned measures aimed at countering militant ideology and stopping young Britons travelling to Syria, challenging Muslim......
RIO DE JANEIRO: A suspected gas leak has set off a massive explosion in Rio de Janeiro, reducing several small homes and businesses to rubble in the northern part of the city.Despite the extensive......
NEW YORK: An 80-year-old alleged mobster accused of taking part in the spectacular 1978 airport heist immortalised in Martin Scorsese’s movie “Goodfellas” went on trial in New York on Monday.Vincent......
ZANZIBAR: As Tanzania gears up for what is expected to be the tightest electoral race in the country’s history, tensions are rising on the semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago.Campaigning has been......
DONETSK: Three portraits of former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin are on display in the centre of Donetsk, the rebel capital of eastern Ukraine, as the separatist authorities fuel a mood of Soviet......
LAHORE: Despite activists of Hindu extremist party Shiv Sena sabotaging the meeting between the chiefs of Pakistan and Indian cricket boards in Mumbai on Monday, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman......
KARACHI: International Cricket Council (ICC) president Zaheer Abbas fears that if the current security situation in India persists, the participation of Pakistan cricketers in the upcoming World T20......
KARACHI: Former Test spinner Iqbal Qasim on Monday called upon the International Cricket Council (ICC) to take a united stand against what he described India’s high-handed attitude which resulted in......
COLOMBO: West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has been reported for a suspect bowling action for the third time in his career, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said Monday.Samuels, 34, who was......
MUMBAI: Indian opener Virender Sehwag has announced his retirement from international cricket, more than two-and-a-half years on from his last appearance for India.This brings down the curtains on a......
DUBAI: Pakistan vice-captain and key batsman Azhar Ali will return home following the death of his mother-in-law and is unlikely to play in the second Test against England starting in Dubai on......
DUBAI: Cricket’s governing body will explore the prospect of the game’s inclusion in the Summer Olympics during a meeting next month, International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David......
DUBAI: Cricket’s governing body on Monday said it was considering the use of non-red coloured balls in Test matches to avoid the scenario that arose in the first match between Pakistan and England in......
DUBAI: Former cricket greats Brian Lara of the West Indies, Australia’s Adam Gilchrist, Pakistan’s Wasim Akram and India’s Virendar Sehwag on Monday showed excitement at renewing their rivalry in a......
MUMBAI: All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been recalled to India’s squad in place of spinner Harbhajan Singh for next month’s first two Tests against South Africa, the country’s cricket board said on......
PARIS: UEFA chief Michel Platini on Monday admitted he had no written contract for a $2.0 million payment from FIFA president Sepp Blatter as his chances of replacing the Swiss veteran as head of the......
SYDNEY: Former Test great Mike Hussey captains an experienced Australian Prime Minister’s XI announced on Monday for New Zealand’s opening tour game this week.Cricket Australia unveiled the 12-man......
BERLIN: German prosecutors said Monday they were looking into, but not yet formally investigating, claims that Germany bribed football officials to win the right to host the 2006 World Cup.“This......
MILAN: Inter Milan spurned the chance to go top of Serie A when they were held 0-0 by champions Juventus in a pulsating and physical Derby D’Italia on Sunday.Both Inter and Juve hit the woodwork and......
LONDON: A last-minute Bernard Foley penalty completed the first ever Southern Hemisphere clean sweep of World Cup semi-final places and set off a storm of controversy as Australia headed off a......
KARACHI: Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts and Accessories Manufacturers Chairman Mumshad Ali has said that import of used tractors would hit local industry and result in unemployment, besides......
KARACHI: The current account remained in deficit during the first quarter (July to September) of this fiscal year despite nearly a 40 per cent drop in oil import bill and $5 billion remittances......
KARACHI: Stocks closed flat on Monday with the KSE-100 index up a meagre 11.77 points (0.03 per cent) at 33,966.75.Following the strong global market trend, the index initially jumped by 110 points.......
TEHRAN: Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh launched a blistering attack Monday on industry middlemen, branding them “parasites that want to suck the nation’s blood” for their own financial......
BEIJING: China’s economy decelerated in the latest quarter but stronger spending by consumers who are emerging as an important pillar of growth helped to avert a deeper downturn.The world’s......
MUMBAI: The head of India’s central bank on Monday called for the International Monetary Fund to stop “applauding” the monetary easing policies of many developed countries.Reserve Bank of India......
MIAMI: Senior negotiators on a huge transatlantic trade treaty opened new talks in Miami on Monday aiming to close some differences on key issues between the United States and the European Union.The......
YANGON: Myanmar businesses ranging from restaurants to golf clubs have until the end of next month to stop charging in US dollars, the central bank announced in a snap move to stabilise the kyat......
DUBAI: The fast-growing Islamic finance industry is set to slow down next year over the sharp fall in oil revenues and rapid regulatory changes, Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services said on......
KARACHI: Three assemblers of Chinese bike have moved to Punjab from Karachi while another two have expanded their production facilities to the bigger province in the past one year.“Low land prices......
KARACHI: Different segments of the value-added textile sector have criticised the government for providing relief only to the spinning and weaving industry and demanded immediate announcement of......
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Monday concluded hearing on Rs190 per unit (about 47 per cent) increase in average gas price demanded by the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines......
KARACHI: Ninety per cent of all road traffic deaths — some 1.25 million — occur in low- and middle-income countries. While these countries also account for 82pc of the world’s population, they......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel decided to bar caretaker governments in future from making a major decision, in light of court judgments.The decision was taken by a sub-committee of the......
KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, accused the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Monday of trying to shut down TV channels in its bid to restore terror in the city and vowed to foil it.“Pakistan Rangers......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has agreed to change the polling date for the third and last phase of upcoming local government elections in Punjab and Sindh scheduled for Dec......
ISLAMABAD: In addition to grilling the management of the national flag carrier, members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat criticised their own government on Monday......
ISLAMABAD: The government appointed on Monday a new project director of the controversial Nandipur Power Project -- second such move in a week -- in an attempt to put together a fresh team that can......
ISLAMABAD: PPP Co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari has expressed concern over reports about the alleged harassment of Awami National Party (ANP) Senator Sitara Ayaz by the......
ISLAMABAD: The Asia-Pacific region will no longer be understood as predominantly rural by 2018 when its population is expected to become more than 50 per cent urban, says ‘the State of Asian and......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was told that a series of meetings between the telecom regulator, cellular companies and security agencies cut no ice over the issue of removing the maximum limit ban of......
SRINAGAR: Sheikh Abdul Rashid, an independent lawmaker of India-held Kashmir, was attacked with black ink during a press conference in New Delhi on Monday by a group known as Hindu Sena (Hindu......
Amid the hustle and bustle in the Sherhshah scrap market, what was unusual was the frequent Rangers and police patrol. Armed and alert, both forces were moving about in their jeeps.Such activity was......
LJUBLJANA: Thousands of migrants kept streaming on Monday into the Balkans, where tighter border controls caused bottlenecks, as the German government braced for an anniversary rally of the......
QUETTA: A blast in a local bus killed at least 10 people, two of them children, on Sariab road here on Monday. Twenty-two people were injured, six of them seriously.The bus was going to Sariab mills......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has made low-yield nuclear weapons to bridge the gap for war that India had created through its cold-start doctrine, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry told a news briefing on......
LAHORE: The government of Punjab is purchasing for its 1,200MW regasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) plant at Bhikki gas turbines which neither exist nor are field-tested or have proven efficiency......
WASHINGTON: The US military acknowledged on Monday that an armored vehicle carrying US personnel deliberately crashed through the closed gate of the compound in northern Afghanistan where 22 people......
