Youm-i-Ashur was observed throughout the country on Saturday with due solemnity and reverence to pay homage to the sacrifices of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and his companions at Karbala.On this......
Pakistani singer Adnan Sami, who has spent more than a decade living in Mumbai and working for Indian film industry, is set to get Indian citizenship, The Hindu reported on Saturday.“The Shiv Sena......
QUETTA: Five people, including three children, were killed on Saturday as lightning struck their houses in Balochistan as heavy rains and thunderstorms lashed several villages.Lightning struck a......
AMMAN: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that Israel has agreed on steps to calm tensions over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, at the centre of Palestinian unrest, including 24-hour......
DUBAI: Paceman Wahab Riaz was delighted over leading Pakistan's attack on the third day of the second Test against England on Saturday, saying that fulfilling expectations placed on him was his main......
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan warned on Saturday that there could be a rebellion against the ‘Big Three’ if India turn down a proposed series against Pakistan in......
NEW DELHI: The Indian government gave its nod on Saturday for women to fly fighter jets, paving the way for them to assume combat roles for the first time in one of the world's largest militaries.The......
National Cricket Academy (NCA) head coach, Mohammad Akram, on Saturday announced his resignation from the office citing “family reasons” although there are indications that he may have stepped down......
QUETTA: “Every anti-polio drive haunts us. Each campaign reminds us of the tragedy which struck our family last year,” says Ayaz Raisani.A resident of Quetta, Ayaz narrates the ordeal of his broken......
KARACHI: Sindh Interior Minister Suhail Anwar Siyal said on Saturday that the banned sectarian outfit Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LeJ) has claimed responsibility for Friday's suicide bombing at a Muharram......
AMMAN: United States (US) Secretary of State John Kerry is in Jordan renewing his push to ease violence and tension between Israel and the Palestinians.Kerry was meeting with Palestinian President......
KARACHI: Inspector General Police (IGP) Sindh Ghulam Hyder Jamali on Saturday constituted two different teams to initiate a probe into the deadly blast which killed 24 people in Sindh's Jacobabad......
UNITED NATIONS: More than 200 landmarks in 60 countries, from the Pyramids in Egypt to the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Empire State Building in New York, will be lit up in blue ? the official......
DUBAI: Senior batsmen Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq hit solid half centuries to put Pakistan in the driving seat in the second Test against England in Dubai on Saturday.Younis was unbeaten on 71 --......
SINGAPORE: Simona Halep and Garbine Muguruza go into the WTA Finals as narrow favourites but the season climax is shaping as a survival of the fittest after a rash of injuries in recent weeks.With......
LIVERPOOL: Jurgen Klopp's arrival as Liverpool manager has created a frenzy of interest among fans and media alike, but has not as yet succeeded in shedding his club's growing reputation as draw......
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Saturday strongly condemned the terrorist attacks on Ashura processions and Imambargahs inside Pakistan, said a report published on......
SYDNEY: New Zealand's pace attack will inspire their first Test series win in Australia in 30 years, batting great Doug Walters said on Saturday, adding it will be “good for cricket”.Walters received......
WASHINGTON: A United States (US)-backed military operation that freed 70 hostages who had been held by the self-styled Islamic State (IS) in Iraq produced a cache of intelligence, and US forces......
DHAKA: At least one person was killed and nearly 80 wounded Saturday in a bomb attack near the main imabargah in the Bangladeshi capital as thousands gathered for the annual Ashura procession, police......
COLOMBO: Fast bowler Dhammika Prasad picked up four wickets as hosts Sri Lanka bundled out the West Indies for 163 to take a first-innings lead on the second day of the second and final Test here at......
MUMBAI: South Africa batsman Faf du Plessis has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for “showing dissent” at an umpire’s decision during the fourth One-day International against India, the......
MELBOURNE: Australia paceman Josh Hazlewood has expressed concerns about the safety of the pink ball to be used in cricket’s first day-night Test match against New Zealand.Hazlewood said the ball was......
CANBERRA: New Zealand’s Black Caps launched their Australian tour with a thumping 102-run win over the Prime Minister’s XI in a one-day game here at Manuka Oval on Friday.After setting a target of......
After first day’s impressive batting performance by Pakistan one would have expected them to extend their innings to get a respectable total. But the middle and late order crumbled once their captain......
QUETTA: Former federal minister Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind, who has recently joined the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), has said that former and current rulers are busy looting and plundering national......
ISLAMABAD: A contempt petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for delivering his speech at the 70th United Nations General Assembly session in English.Mian......
ISLAMABAD: On Wednesday night, the television coverage in Pakistan was focused on what was being telecast from Washington DC as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif descended on the White House to meet......
ISLAMABAD: The country’s electronic media regulator is likely to have its chairman appointed on Monday, after a gap of almost 18 months.“I have been hearing many things on the media but I think that......
RAWALPINDI: While the world celebrates Oct 24 as the United Nations Day, it must not forget the role and sacrifices of Pakistan Army in UN peacekeeping missions all over the world.Pakistan’s......
SIALKOT: A villager was severely injured in shelling by Indian Border Security Force from across the Working Boundary on Friday evening.According to Punjab Rangers officials, the BSF resorted to......
LAHORE: The Punjab government is arranging bank financing for its 1,180MW Re-gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) power plant in Bhikki to “spare its own resources committed for the project for......
STOCKHOLM: A masked swordsman who killed a teaching assistant and a boy and wounded two others sought out his victims, all with immigrant backgrounds, by skin colour in an attack that has fuelled......
NEW DELHI: India’s top literary body on Friday condemned killings of writers, as protesters surrounded its New Delhi headquarters in a growing row over intolerance that has prompted dozens of authors......
MAIDUGURI: Bomb blasts ripped through mosques in northeast Nigeria on Friday, killing at least 55 people and injuring more than 100, as Boko Haram fighters seized a town in neighbouring Cameroon.The......
VIENNA: Top diplomats from Russia, the US, Saudi Arabia and Turkey on Friday failed to make any major breakthrough on how to end the Syrian conflict, with the sides sharply at odds on the future of......
SUKKUR/HYDERABAD: A powerful suicide blast ripped through a Muharram procession in Lashari Muhalla in Jacobabad, killing 22 people, mostly children, and injuring more than 40 others on Friday.The......
A FRESHLY leaked paper reveals that many elements of what would later become President Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan were framed as early as Nov 17, 2008, only weeks after his victory in the......
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) would be seeking from Pakistani authorities next week an in-depth account of incentives packages for agriculture and textile sector besides focusing......
ASHGABAT: Japan and Turkmenistan on Friday signed a raft of energy and other deals worth more than $18 billion during a Japanese leader’s first-ever official visit to the reclusive country.Ex-Soviet......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports to the European Union fell by over 25 per cent in the first eight months of 2015 from a year ago, indicating that the preferential market access failed to boost the......
BEIJING: China on Friday abolished its official cap on interest rates for savers and announced a further easing in monetary policy as it seeks to address slowing growth in the world’s second-largest......
KARACHI: Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (Prgmea) has reiterated its demand for release of Rs12 billion refund claims of garments exporters on account of DLTL,......
PRISTINA: An opposition politician in Kosovo released teargas in parliament on Friday, sending lawmakers rushing from the debating chamber in the third such incident in two weeks.The opposition is......
ISTANBUL: A Turkish court on Friday sentenced 244 people to up to 14 months behind bars for taking part in mass protests in 2013 that rocked the ruling Islamic-rooted conservative party.Some 255......
RAMALLAH: Muslim prayers at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque, the epicentre of weeks of unrest, ended peacefully on Friday after Israel lifted restrictions on worshippers in an apparent bid to ease......
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and his doctor wife on Friday revealed plans to start a private school in a hardscrabble Silicon Valley town, mixing education with......
GENEVA: A World Health Organisation expert panel called on Friday for a shift in the kinds of vaccines used to fight polio, insisting full eradication of the crippling disease is within reach.The WHO......
NEW YORK: An exceptionally rare watch worn by an American astronaut on the Moon which bears remnants of lunar material has sold for more than $1.6 million, a US auction house said on Friday.Dave......
VIENNA: Russia and Jordan have agreed to coordinate military operations in Syria, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday after meeting his Jordanian counterpart.The announcement came......
Port-au-Prince (Haiti): Voters in Haiti go to the polls on Sunday with ballot papers crammed with 54 candidates seeking to become the next president of the hemisphere’s poorest country.The vote to......
PUERTO VALLARTA: Monster Hurricane Patricia rumbled towards Mexico’s Pacific coast on Friday, growing into the strongest storm on record in the Western Hemisphere as the country braced for a......
COLOMBO: A commission charged with investigating allegations of human rights abuses by Sri Lankan security forces during the movement for a Tamil homeland has pointed an accusing finger at police as......
BONN: UN diplomats scrambled on Friday to sew up a draft plan for tackling the urgent challenge of global warming, with just hours of negotiating time left ahead of a crucial summit in Paris.On the......
WASHINGTON: A US citizen who claims American officials falsely imprisoned and tortured him for several months in Africa can’t sue the FBI agents involved because the conduct took place overseas......
GENEVA: The UN refugee agency sounded the alarm on Friday about vulnerable women and children who are among hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants pouring into southeast Europe, saying it has......
SHOWTIME’S hit show Homeland understands a key political dynamic that pundits and international relations scholars often fail to get. Global politics is less and less about conflicts between states......
PATKIA: As Afghan soldiers and police struggle to contain an escalating insurgency that has targeted several cities in recent weeks, the country’s special forces are being tested as never......
PRESIDENT Xi Jinping’s recent trip to the United States grabbed global headlines. By going to Britain, the Chinese leader has sent an equally important signal of his interests and determination in......
DUBAI: Joe Root took the attack to the Pakistan bowlers with an enterprising half-century to guide England to 182-3 at the close of play on the second day of the second Test here at the Dubai......
LAHORE: The staff of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), which is working for the first Pakistan Super League (PSL), received an additional allowance equivalent to 50 per cent of their monthly......
LIVERPOOL was applauded off the field following its 1-1 draw against 10-man Rubin Kazan in the Europa League on Thursday but it’s hard to imagine new manager Juergen Klopp offering his players the......
SUKKUR: Mourning processions were taken out in many Sindh towns on Friday which passed through their traditional routes and terminated at the appointed places peacefully amid tight security.In......
HYDERABAD: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Pakistan naib emir Rashid Naseem has lashed out at India and said that extremist Hindu outfits are fast turning the country into a graveyard of minorities including......
KARACHI: Amid strict security measures including a ban on pillion-riding and suspension of mobile phone and wireless internet services, the 9th Muharram mourning procession ended safely at the......
KARACHI: With complaints about Pakistani officials deputed in Mina rising, families of people still unidentified or ‘missing’ after the Mina stampede are gradually losing hope of ever finding......
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan was informed on Friday that work on the first phase of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) — Green Line and Orange Line — in Karachi would begin next......
KARACHI: Law enforcement agencies are still clueless about the whereabouts of three militants who escaped from the City Courts premises over five years ago, as the trial in the 2009 Ashura bombing......
KARACHI: The provincial health authorities on Friday confirmed the death of a woman suffering from mosquito-borne haemorrhagic fever at a government hospital in the city.With more than 2,500 people......
KARACHI: A total of 64,414 policemen and 7,408 Rangers personnel are being deployed to provide security to mourning processions to be taken out on Saturday, the 10th of Muharram, across Sindh. Over......
KARACHI: On the surface, you don’t notice anything different, just a few back lanes in Garden West badly in need of maintenance.Then you see the signboard, which says ‘Qawwal Moin Niazi Street (Haq......
PESHAWAR: District nazim, Swabi, Amir Rahman has demanded of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan to fulfil his promises regarding empowerment of the local governments in Khyber......
PESHAWAR: A local anti-terrorism court has dismissed bail petitions of a suspected militant in two cases of terrorism, including the October 2009 suicide bombing at the Crimes Investigation Agency......
PESHAWAR/KOHAT: The law-enforcement agencies have put in place tight security checks across the provincial capital for the security of Ashura processions and majalis today (Saturday).On Friday, the......
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan People’s Party, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has withdrawn the initiative to enrol new members over the Internet to see it fall flat.Now, it will go for the traditional way of offering......
PESHAWAR: Holding a gems and jewellery exhibition in Peshawar was the latest attempt of business community to present a soft image of the violence-hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.However, the......
TIMERGARA: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company, Dir division, has disconnected power supply to eight water supply schemes in Talash area of Lower Dir over nonpayment of outstanding dues.Sources told......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has adjourned hearing into a petition against terrorism conviction of a Peshawar resident by a military court.A bench consisting of Chief Justice Mazhar Alam......
RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD: In addition to the security arrangements made by police and local administration for the main Ashura procession in Rawalpindi, the Punjab home department has called for the......
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Wildlife Department officials and some volunteers caught two illegal bird catchers in the early hours of Friday and handed them over to the police in......
“Petty” criminals of the past have been upgrading the tricks of their trade in the digital world, it seems. While governments and celebrities of the advanced nations worry about the “hackers” who......
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Mobile and wireless services will remain suspended in the twin cities on Saturday as part of security measures taken for the Ashura procession on Saturday.Besides, 572 wardens......
ISLAMABAD: The National University of Modern Languages (Numl), which offers a number of courses from bachelor to the PhD level, has only two professors and most of its departments are headed by army......
“My brother has a BA and he is also a Qingqi driver. He applied for several jobs but could not get any, so he started driving a rickshaw. I had no other choice after my matriculation, so I also......
RAWALPINDI: After being turned away by the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on Friday, more than 12 dengue patients had to go to Rawalpindi’s government hospitals.The Holy Family......
LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Friday to have arrested two suspected terrorists of a banned outfit, who reached Lahore to carry out terrorist attack on Ashura......
LAHORE: The main Zuljinah procession was taken out from Nisar Haveli inside Mochi Gate on Friday night under tight security provided by the police, Rangers and Army.Hundreds of thousands of mourners......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: An earthquake shoot several cities of south Punjab early Friday.The jolts were felt in Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Muzaffargarh, Vehari and Chiniot.The......
LAHORE: As election for the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for 2015-16 draws near, candidates have stepped up their campaigns to achieve maximum support from members.Main rivals -- Asma......
It is embedded in some remote portion of my mind -- or better still in my mind’s eye -- that particular meeting with probably the greatest classical musicians of our ancient land. My father had taken......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Punjab organiser Chaudhry Sarwar has criticized the Punjab government for, what he says, committing injustice against the poor.Speaking at a corner meeting on Friday,......
LAHORE:The World Polio Day is being commemorated on Saturday (today).The day is observed on Oct 24 with a commitment to fight against poliomyelitis and pay a tribute to Jonas Salk, American medical......
GUJRAT: The vendors and daily-wage workers at the fruit market on Friday staged a protest demonstration against the district administration’s move of sealing the market “on the pretext of detecting......
KASUR: Police claim a woman has turned out to be the killer of her prayer leader husband shot dead on Thursday in Khara village.This was claimed by District Police Officer (DPO) Ali Nasir Rizvi in a......
FAISALABAD: At least 10 people suffered injuries in a sectarian clash at Islamnagar on Friday.Ali Raza Shah had organised a gathering on a road at Islamnagar which irked some of his neighbours. A......
IN the end, the meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and US President Barack Obama appears to have gone as expected: mundane pledges to shore up the democratic system without any meaningful......
DISTRESSINGLY, it has become a characteristic of today’s Pakistan that places and occasions of faith, devotion and prayer are regarded with trepidation.As sectarian and militant outfits have gained......
A SMALL group of young volunteers decided on their own to make a trek up the Baltoro glacier to Concordia — described by many mountaineering guidebooks as the most stunning mountain destination in......
EVERY year Muslims all over the world recall the tragedy of Karbala in Muharram, and they observe it according to a variety of traditions. The tragedy is a gripping epic of the battle between right......
“US CALLS for resolution of Kashmir”, tweeted Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dr Maleeha Lodhi, after President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif concluded their......
SO many centuries after Karbala, Imam Husain continues to inspire people across the world in many different ways. In fact, his magnetism seems to go beyond ritual and devotion; it speaks to the......
HERE’S an odd thing: my not-so-smart phone has a camera with a six-megapixel capacity, while Karachi’s CCTV cameras operate at two megapixels.The number of pixels determines the clarity of the image,......
TEHRAN: Eight Iranians, two of them Revolutionary Guards forces, have been killed in Syria in recent days after Tehran increased its advisory missions to help Damascus, a guards spokesman said on......
