ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan on Wednesday brushed aside the impression that Pakistan was in isolation in the United Nations following the failure in re-electing......
TANK: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have claimed responsibility of the killing of senior journalist Zaman Mehsud in Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).The tribal journalist and human rights......
SHARJAH: Pakistan's opening batsman Mohammad Hafeez admitted a ban on bowling has allowed him to concentrate more on batting, resulting in his fighting 151 against England in the third and final Test......
LONDON: Former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns pocketed more than a quarter of a million dollars in return for fixing matches, a London court heard on Wednesday.The all-rounder moved to......
VERSAILLES: French footballer Karim Benzema was held for questioning Wednesday in connection with alleged blackmail over a sex tape featuring teammate Mathieu Valbuena, a source close to the probe......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) stalwart and leader of opposition in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah on Wednesday said politicians have no personal life, referring to news reports that......
LAHORE: At least 18 labourers were killed and dozens injured when an under construction factory collapsed in Lahore Wednesday evening, rescue and city administration officials said.More than 70......
KARACHI: Narcotics were discovered on a Dubai-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft on Wednesday after the aircraft was instructed to land at Jinnah International Airport.According to......
KARACHI: Drivers in Karachi caught on roads without a driving licence would only be challaned and ticketed as per the existing law, rules and regulations, according to a statement made by a......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief General Raheel Sharif called on Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Wednesday and both leaders re-emphasised on the need to join hands to eliminate the menace of......
Jogendra Nath Mandal has the distinction of representing the Muslim League as minister in the 1946 pre-partition political setup of India.Later, he presided over the historic session of the......
KUALA LUMPUR/BEIRUT: Russian Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov on Wednesday said Russia's Air Forces (VVS) will continue its operation against terrorists as long as the Syrian army continues......
ISLAMABAD: The United States government has announced that it will provide $30 million through US Agency for International Development (USAID) in order to help facilitate the return of Temporarily......
KABUL: As a recent high school graduate from a middle-class Kabul family, Mohammed Fahim Aazar has the means to go to college and pursue a profession in Afghanistan, but instead he's acquired a......
JUBA: At least 25 people were killed Wednesday when a plane crash-landed shortly after taking off from South Sudan's capital Juba, an AFP reporter said.Police were pulling the bodies of men, women......
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan on Tuesday firmly rejected an Indian claim to Kashmir as an “integral part” of India, saying it was an internationally-recognised disputed territory.Diyar Khan, a minister at......
Pakistan’s former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq on Wednesday agreed on a two-year contract to coach Afghanistan, following the team’s impressive show in Zimbabwe, ESPNcricinfo reported.Before Afghanistan’s......
PESHAWAR: Security officials on Wednesday claimed to have recovered a large cache of foreign-made-weapons during a search operations in Khyber Tribal Agency.Security forces said that a huge amount of......
MOHALI: Virat Kohli has an opportunity to establish himself as India's long-term leader.The stylish batsman, considered dynamic by some and brash by others, will lead India in its first home Test......
HAMBURG: Pakistani importers have recently purchased about 70,000 tonnes of canola (rapeseed) to be sourced from Canada or Australia, European traders said on Wednesday.A full vessel consignment of......
BRISBANE: Richard Hadlee used subtle variations in his bowling to unsettle Australia's batsmen and drive New Zealand's historic test series win 30 years ago. His subtle approach extends to trash......
AUCKLAND: The All Blacks returned home to a frenzy of hakas and hysteria on Wednesday, with even the players stunned as 50,000 fans packed central Auckland to celebrate their Rugby World Cup......
BUCHAREST: Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta is resigning following huge protests in the wake of a nightclub fire that killed more than 30 people.The leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party,......
WASHINGTON: Like it or not, Twitter on Tuesday retired its star button that users click to "favourite" a post and replaced it with a heart.The messaging platform said the new system of "likes," which......
Batting great Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday advocated the need for improvement in relations between traditional rivals India and Pakistan, reiterating that cricket could play a role in normalising......
SHARJAH: Pakistan grabbed two early wickets to hit England hard in their chase of a 284-run target as the third and final Test heads for an intriguing finish after day four in Sharjah on......
RAWALPINDI: Former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf has challenged US lobbyist Mark Siegel's allegations that he had threatened the late Benazir Bhutto in a phone call made to her while she was......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday inaugurated the Pakistan Investment Conference in Islamabad and assured business delegations from 29 countries of a safe working environment in......
I’d like to tell you my journey to the summit of the 26th-most prominent peak in North America, was an easy one, but I’d be lying.The Nevado de Colima stands at 14,015+ feet, and along with Volcán de......
PARIS: Rafael Nadal confirmed on Tuesday that he has erased all personal doubts concerning his form and never once considered missing the forthcoming World Tour Finals in London.Nadal cleared the air......
NEW DELHI: A researcher who accused former UN climate panel chief Rajendra Pachauri of sexual harassment has quit her job at the think-tank he formerly headed, alleging it treated her "in the worst......
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kailash Vijayvargiya on Tuesday retracted tweets made against Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan and has stated that it was not his intention to hurt......
TAIPEI: Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold talks with Taiwanese counterpart Ma Ying-jeou in Singapore on Saturday, the first meeting of leaders from the two rivals since the Chinese civil war......
MANCHESTER: Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal admitted to feeling “relieved” after Wayne Rooney ended the club's 404-minute scoring drought to secure a 1-0 victory over CSKA Moscow.United had......
WASHINGTON: A new US plan to close the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is likely to be unveiled in the coming days, with much at stake not only for President Barack Obama but also his......
PARIS: Novak Djokovic won his 74th match of the season as the top seed posted an opening 7-5, 6-3 win over Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci at the ATP Paris Masters on Tuesday.The world number one continued......
MANILA: Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen have demanded more than $60 million for two Canadians and a Norwegian they are holding in the jungles of the southern Philippines in the largest ransom the Muslim......
BRISBANE: Steve Smith pledged to maintain Australia's aggressive approach and lead by example on Wednesday as he takes charge as full-time captain in the Test series opener against New Zealand in......
BANGKOK: Thai police on Wednesday said they were turning their attention to senior military officers as part of a major investigation into a network of people charged with insulting the monarchy.The......
TORONTO: Justin Trudeau will be sworn on Wednesday as prime minister - the position long held by his late father - as Canada begins a new era of Liberal leadership after Conservative Stephen Harper's......
KUALA LUMPUR: US-Chinese tensions over the South China Sea have forced a meeting of Asia-Pacific defence ministers to scrap plans for a joint statement after Beijing opposed mention of the hot-button......
WASHINGTON: India’s goals in Afghanistan are to deny Pakistan strategic depth and the ability to block India from trade and other connections to Central Asia and beyond, says US congressional......
KARACHI: Quoting Imran Khan, who she called "everyone's favourite, well-known 'Kaptaan'", TV journalist Reham Khan told a conference on Tuesday that anyone could hit a six, but the real challenge lay......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa local government and rural development department on Tuesday notified the rules of business for district, tehsil and municipal administrations of the province after......
PESHAWAR: Officials of the provincial health department and the Peshawar deputy commissioner’s office in a joint action on Tuesday recovered a huge consignment of medicines bearing the stamp of the......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has threatened to stage sit-in against those ‘few unhappy doctors and management’ of the main teaching hospitals of the provincial capital who......
ISLAMABAD: About 50 people were on Tuesday arrested on the charge of taking out a Muharram procession without the district administration’s permission in G-10 sector, where violence had erupted......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has asked for a list of religious leaders expected to hold demonstrations if Mumtaz Qadri is hanged.Qadri gunned down former governor Punjab Salman Taseer in 2011......
ISLAMABAD: In the wake of fears that several apartment buildings in the capital have become unsafe to live in, a lawyer has asked the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to form a commission to examine......
TAXILA: Some 400 students at the Government Girls Community Model Primary School in Thatta Khalil are studying within a constant threat to their lives, as they attend classes in a school building......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has tasked the Higher Education Commission (HEC) with playing its due role in the improvement of higher education standards in the country.“The prime minister has......
ConsultationThe Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is organising a consultation on ‘Development for the People: Possibilities and Constraints’ on Wednesday, November 4 at Islamabad Hotel......
ISLAMABAD: Islamic scholars and clerics from different schools of thought on Tuesday said that only religious leaders can play a serious role in curbing extremism and terrorism.“It is the......
ISLAMABAD: The National Child Health Consortium (NCHC) has asked the government to introduce uniform immunisation laws in the country to save the over 400,000 children who die in Pakistan every......
ISLAMABAD: Capital police claimed on Tuesday that crimes in the city had declined this year.According to police, the performance of all police stations remained satisfactory as they arrested 1,608......
LAHORE: A woman gave birth to a baby in the stairs of the Lady Willingdon Hospital on Tuesday when the duty doctors allegedly delayed treatment.The condition of the mother and baby was said to be......
LAHORE: The All Pakistan Solvent Extractors’ Association demanded on Tuesday that the government stop import of soya bean meal and all other animal source meals at ports until tests by the Pakistan......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday directed the federal government to submit its reply on a petition against alleged foreign assets of 64 known personalities of Pakistan, including the......
LAHORE: Lack of a vigorous campaign unlike the one for NA-122, no criteria for selection of candidates, politics of confrontation and infighting are among the factors that led to the debacle of......
MUZAFFARGARH: The Pakistani youth who was accused by a Chinese woman of ditching her after remaining in a relationship with her in China where he was studying medicine, has denied she had been his......
LAHORE: An 11-year-old boy, who confessed to stealing costly mobile phones, has been handcuffed at the Gujjarpura police station.Juvenile Ordinance 2000 states “where a child under the age of 15......
GUJRANWALA: A Wazirabad magistrate on Tuesday evening granted bail to a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MPA some hours after sending him to jail on a 14-day judicial remand.On Monday night, Ahmadnagar......
LAHORE: The PML-N has disowned the alleged robber who had contested and won a councillor’s slot in the Saturday vote.PML-N Lahore chapter president Pervaiz Mailk told the media on Tuesday that Naveed......
KARACHI: Lawmakers belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional submitted a resolution in the Sindh Assembly secretariat on Tuesday seeking a discussion on the Oct 31 Khairpur incident in which......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday issued yet another show-cause notice to Inspector General of Police Ghulam Hyder Jamali for flouting the court’s order regarding the removal of construction......
KARACHI: Students who either suffered injuries or have witnessed the violence that occurred over a mixed gender cricket match last week at Karachi University are receiving threats and being warned......
KARACHI: Caught in an embarrassing position when the Sindh home department came up with a strong reaction to a “hasty” and “ill-conceived” campaign to arrest and jail the drivers without driving......
Sudheendra Kulkarni is chairman of the Observer Research Foundation Mumbai. Last month he hit the headlines when some members of the far-right Hindu party Shiv Sena inked his face at the launch of......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Sikh Council on Tuesday demanded that those involved in the desecration of holy books, including the Guru Granth Sahib, should be charged under the blasphemy law.The demand was......
KARACHI: In its struggle to accommodate refugees fleeing from Syria, Turkey will soon need financial assistance from the international community, said Consul General Murat Mustafa Onart at a......
SUKKUR: Officials of the counter-terrorism department (CTD) in Jacobabad on Tuesday claimed to have arrested some suspects found involved in the planning the Oct 23 suicide bomb attack on the 9th......
NEW DELHI: An Indian court on Tuesday sentenced an Uber driver to life in prison for raping a young woman passenger in New Delhi, a case that inflamed fears over sexual violence in the capital.The......
KUALA LUMPUR: US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter on Tuesday told his Chinese counterpart Chang Wanquan that the American military would continue to operate in the South China Sea.With tensions still......
MIAMI: Middle-aged white Americans are dying at increasing rates from drug and alcohol use and suicide, in what researchers described on Monday as an “epidemic” that raises concern for the......
DIYARBAKIR: Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebel bases in Turkey and northern Iraq, the army said on Tuesday, as officials announced the first militant deaths since the government swept back......
LONDON: Handbags owned by late British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, whose apocryphal use of them to bludgeon opponents gave rise to the term “handbagging”, are to be auctioned after a museum......
WE have now witnessed yet another fatal attack — on Faisal Arefin Dipan, writer, blogger and publisher of Jagriti Prokahashani who had published books written by murdered blogger Avijit Roy. To the......
BIDYA Devi Bhandari created history when she became the first woman to be the head of the state in Nepal. After the promulgation of the new constitution this is the second major office held by a......
SHARJAH: Opener Mohammad Hafeez notched a brilliant 97 under pressure to help Pakistan stage a comeback in the third and final Test against England in Sharjah on Tuesday.The 35-year-old was just......
Pakistan having conceded a 72-run first innings lead were faced with two hurdles to cross. One of them was to ensure getting past the lead without any damage, and the other of course to see the third......
SHARJAH: Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik announced his retirement from Test cricket after he failed in the second innings of the third Test against England in Sharjah on Tuesday.The 33-year-old......
MOHALI: Fiery South African fast bowler Dale Steyn on Tuesday insisted pace will be the key to South Africa’s success in the Test series against India despite the slow pitches.The Indian team......
KARACHI: Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Wasim Bari lauded Shoaib Malik’s decision to call it a day from Test cricket while saying the all-rounder has set a perfect precedent for other cricketers to......
COLOMBO: West Indies captain Jason Holder has been slapped with a one-match suspension for his team’s second slow over-rate offence of the year under him, the ICC said on Tuesday.West Indies were......
LONDON: Few would have imagined that Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho’s job would be in danger just six months after winning the Premier League title.And nobody would have fathomed that humble Dynamo......
PARIS: Young prospects Dominic Thiem and Bernard Tomic advanced to the second round of the Paris Masters on Monday while local players struggled at the refurbished Bercy arena.The 22-year-old Thiem,......
MELBOURNE: Michelle Payne made history on Tuesday as the first female jockey to win Australia’s 154-year-old Melbourne Cup when she rode 100-1 outsider Prince of Penzance to a shock win.In a tight......
KARACHI: Breaking all barriers, 14 girls were attending a 10-day first-ever boxing coaching camp in the densely populated Pak Shaheen Club in Kalri near the Peoples Sports Complex.“All the trainees......
LAHORE: With the six Indian players reaching the country, the second day of the Maple Leaf Cement ITF Seniors Tennis Championships saw 19 matches in different age categories decided at the......
ISLAMABAD: China’s largest integrated energy firm, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), may become an investor and contractor in Pakistan’s three major gas pipeline projects and enter into......
ISLAMABAD: With a delay of more than four months, the government has replaced national tax number (NTN) with the computerised national identity card (CNIC) number, effective from the start of this......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) has enhanced its investment limit for Behbood Savings Certificates and Pensioners’ Benefit Accounts from Rs3 million to Rs4m.Besides......
KARACHI: Total cement sales during the four months to October rose four per cent to 11.398 million tonnes from 10.981m tonnes a year ago.Domestic sales during July-October 2015 increased by 14pc to......
KARACHI: The market was dull again on Tuesday as the investors took little interest in trading; however, the index rose slightly by 49.63 points to close at 34,275.75.Traded volume increased by 0.8......
KARACHI: Export oriented industries demanded of the government to treat them at par with the textile industry by announcing one per cent reduction in the export refinance rate.Business leaders......
KARACHI: Pakistani consumer confidence decreased one index point in the third quarter to a score of 101, according to the Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer Confidence and Spending Intentions.A press......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has signed a two-year budget deal to avert a potential government shutdown, which also included proposals for civil and military assistance to Pakistan and......
KARACHI: Banking sector’s profit grew by 19 per cent year-on-year in July-Sept 2015 to Rs46.6 billion, driven by the growth in Net Interest Income (NII), said a Topline Securities research report on......
ISLAMABAD: The Buyers Forum set up last year with the objective of making the textile industry more sustainable and attractive to international buyers has agreed on a joint roadmap and specific......
ISLAMABAD: A committee of the National Accountability Bureau urged the Ministry of Information on Tuesday to adopt a decentralised advertisement policy so that government departments would have the......
ISLAMABAD: Senator Reh-man Malik is the only former interior minister enjoying security provided by the interior ministry.Minister of Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan gave this information on Tuesday......
GILGIT: The federal interior ministry has warned the GB government that Hameed Group of the banned Tehreek-i- Taliban can attack security forces or kidnap their personnel in a bid to free accused......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan set free here on Tuesday 10 falcons worth millions of rupees that had been seized while being smuggled on a highway and from a house......
KARACHI: A variety of opinions, backed by anecdotes and incidents from personal experiences, were given by a group of distinguished diplomats from India and Pakistan at a seminar titled......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s standing committee on interior has supported the idea of awarding stringent punishment to culprits for raping a girl.It will, however, discuss the issue more for......
KARACHI: The Indian High Commissioner has assured the mother of a boy, who is currently living with a charity organisation in Bhopal, that a visa to visit her son would be issued as soon as she......
ISLAMABAD: The opposition members walked out of Senate after Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi refused to disclose the import price of LNG being negotiated......
KARACHI: Only 10 per cent of the defence budget goes to the navy, making even the day-to-day operations, maintenance and repairs a challenge, while India builds up on its fleet, acquiring warships,......
ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) signed on Tuesday a joint work plan to promote a child-centred disaster risk reduction......
PESHAWAR: With temperatures dropping since the onset of winter in northern districts of Malakand division, elderly Siraj does not know how he and his family will cope with snowfall and downpour.“Some......
QUETTA: Leader of Opposition in the Balochistan Assembly Maulana Abdul Wasey said on Tuesday the provincial leadership of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) had no authority to expel him from the......
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi led leaders and lawmakers of her party in a protest march from parliament to the Rashtrapati Bhavan over rising intolerance in India.They accused the Modi......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali has stressed the need to address what he referred to as “the crisis of implementation”, which had rendered laws made in certain areas......
ISLAMABAD: In contrast to the directives issued by it on Monday, officials from the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) have acknowledged that orders to ban media coverage of three......
TANK: Tribal journalist and human rights activist Mohammad Zaman Mehsud was gunned down in an ambush in Tank, southern district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Tuesday, only a day after the International......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif, who arrived in Saudi Arabia on a two-day official visit on Tuesday, met Chief of General Staff of Saudi Forces Gen Abdulreham bin Saleh Al......
ISLAMABAD: After working so hard to coax its legislators back to parliament, the government managed to irk the Muttahida Qaumi Movement with a law officer telling the Supreme Court on Tuesday that......
THE series of killings in Bangladesh are reason to feel nothing less than outright alarm, both for the country and the region. The brutal murder in Dhaka on Saturday of Faysal Arefin is the latest in......
IT may attempt to give the impression of being based upon sound reasoning, but the latest directive from Pemra is illogical and perverse.In a circular issued on Monday to satellite television and FM......
The local government elections may not constitute the full measure of popular support for political parties but they nonetheless lend some insight into the situation on the ground. There was no......
The past achievements of prominent Muslims, particularly Muslim scientists, play an important role in the lives of living ones. In schools all over the Muslim world, the achievements of one or the......
IT is not news that Pakistan suffers from financial exclusion. Commercial banks, insurance companies and others have focused on, and will continue to focus on, the salaried urban......
BACK in August, the Toronto Star published a cartoon depicting Canada’s prime minister Stephen Harper prostrating himself in front of a statue of Richard Nixon and asking, “What now, o great one?”It......
