NEW DELHI: Two Nepali maids who say they were repeatedly raped and tortured by a Saudi diplomat in India are demanding justice, despite the fact that the envoy has diplomatic immunity and has......
ISLAMABAD: In Pakistan it was the parents: men and women who watched their children die in extremist attacks who were generous in their own grief, reaching out across the world to tell the survivors......
BADIN: The Bilawal Bhutto led Pakistan Peoples Party is likely to suffer a shocking defeat in Badin at the hands of Zulfiqar Mirza and his aides, as unofficial preliminary results show PML-N and......
WASHINGTON: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Thursday met with members of US Senate Committee on Intelligence to discuss regional security and counter-terrorism strategy.The director......
QUETTA: At least two children and a teenage girl died of Measles in Zhob district of Balochistan on Thursday.A senior official of the provincial health department confirmed that two minors and a 17......
ISLAMABAD: The government is set to reform the controversial blood money laws that allow murderers to escape punishment if they are forgiven by their victim's heirs, the prime minister’s special......
Lionel Messi's return from injury looks to be coming at exactly the right time for Barcelona as he gears up for a reunion with Neymar and Luis Suarez for Saturday's La Liga 'Clasico' at Real......
PARIS: The militant belonging to the self-styled Islamic State (IS) suspected of masterminding the Paris attacks was killed during a major police raid, prosecutors confirmed on Thursday, as French......
BRUSSELS: In the Brussels bar they ran before the authorities closed it down for being a drug den a few weeks ago, brothers Brahim and Salah Abdeslam were known to be fond of drink and a joint,......
A recent Pew survey reveals that Pakistanis rank higher than the global median for freedom to practice religion. However, the country ranked low in other categories including supporting gender......
MOSCOW: Russia and China have agreed on the sale of 24 advanced Sukhoi Su-35 fighters to Beijing, the Russian state holding Rostec said on Thursday.The deal - which military experts say could be......
DUBAI: Pakistan ODI captain Azhar Ali promised his wounded team would fight hard in their must-win fourth and final one-day against England in Dubai on Friday, saying he was ready to face the music......
SYDNEY: Former Australia skipper Michael Clarke Thursday broke his silence on the criticism he received after announcing his retirement during the recent Ashes series loss in England.Both former......
KATHMANDU: Shortages of life-saving medicines because of political protests in Nepal that have blocked key roads could lead to a crisis, as hospitals have started to cut services, doctors said......
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry informed the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) has been declared a proscribed organisation in Pakistan and will not be allowed to......
A new Pew Research Center survey reveals that most countries with significant Muslim populations oppose the self-styled Islamic State (IS), with the notable exception of Pakistan where the majority......
PARIS: Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned Thursday of the danger of an attack in France using "chemical or biological weapons", in a speech to lawmakers debating the extension of a state of......
BRUSSELS: Hundreds of Belgians joined a candlelight vigil in solidarity with the victims of the Paris attacks on Wednesday in Molenbeek, the troubled Brussels neighbourhood that was home to two......
ISLAMABAD: No suspect of Pakistani origin has been arrested in connection with the Paris attacks last week, which were claimed by the militant self-styled Islamic State (IS) group, Foreign Office......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has advised President Mamnoon Hussain to reject the mercy petitions of four convicted terrorists involved in the Dec 16, 2014, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan attack......
Sub-Inspector Shahida is one of the many young women who have recently joined the Rawalpindi Police Force after clearing the Punjab Public Service Commission exam. She is conscientious, educated, and......
BEIRUT: The self-styled Islamic State (IS) group has dramatically expanded its theater of operations from its hub in Syria and Iraq, executing or inspiring a series of attacks across three continents......
UNITED NATIONS: Russia submitted a revised draft UN resolution Wednesday on fighting the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group that France said could be partially included in its own Security Council......
The month of November has been a particularly bloody one for the under-threat Asiatic black bears of Mansehra district. While the picturesque green hills and forests of the region are a natural......
KANDAHAR: Militants wearing Afghan army uniforms launched a suicide and gun attack on a police headquarters near Kandahar Thursday, killing one soldier before the attackers were shot dead,......
MANILA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his country will remain a strong member of the campaign against the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria.Trudeau and United......
ISTANBUL: Turkey's foreign minister on Wednesday said Ankara "has plans" for a joint operation with the United States (US) to end the presence of self-styled Islamic State (IS) militants along any......
ROME: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Wednesday his country was not a breeding ground for the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group, blaming the creation of the jihadist organisation on the......
NEW YORK: New York police said Wednesday they were aware of a new self-styled Islamic State (IS) video targeting the city but stressed there was "no current or specific threat."As the video emerged......
LONDON: A new gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics has been found in people and pigs in China - including in samples of bacteria with epidemic potential,......
UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is using World Toilet Day on Thursday to spotlight one of the least talked about and most important contributors to disease and malnutrition: poor......
RAWALPINDI: A customs court here on Thursday indicted model Ayyan Ali for attempting to smuggle out of the country more than half a million dollars in cash. She has pleaded not guilty.The court has......
BEIJING: China vowed on Thursday to bring to justice those responsible for executing one of its citizens after self-styled Islamic State (IS) said it had killed a Chinese captive, the only known......
KARACHI/LAHORE: Polling has ended for the second phase of local government (LG) elections across Sindh and Punjab. At least 25 people were injured in scuffles between political rivals and their......
BANGALORE: Indian captain Virat Kohli was left frustrated on Wednesday after the rain-ravaged second Test against South Africa robbed his team of a possible series win.The match ended in a dreary......
PERTH: Steve O’Keefe was a surprise inclusion on Wednesday in Australia’s squad for the historic day/night Test next week against New Zealand, while Shaun Marsh and James Pattinson earned......
SHARJAH: England’s limited over captain Eoin Morgan said on Wednesday he believed back-to-back victories in the ongoing one-day series against Pakistan augured well for his team, rebuilding after a......
SAO PAULO: Arch-rivals Brazil and Argentina revived their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaigns with important victories on Tuesday as Copa America champions Chile crashed to defeat in their grudge......
LAHORE: Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq and veteran batsman Younis Khan have been appointed as advisers to the chairman on cricket affairs, and not as members of the Board of Governors, the Pakistan......
ZURICH: Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter and European football chief Michel Platini have lost their appeals against provisional 90-days bans by the global football body’s ethics committee, FIFA......
LONDON: Even the best player in the world can have an off day, especially when he’s playing someone many believe is the best of all time.Roger Federer brought his top game to the O2 Arena on Tuesday,......
ISLAMABAD: Chief selector Haroon Rasheed on Wednesday rejected all speculations regarding Ahmed Shahzad having disciplinary issues which resulted in the ouster of the opener from the ODI squad for......
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Former Test cricketers Javed Miandad and Sarfraz Nawaz on Wednesday expressed disappointment over Pakistan’s loss in the third ODI against England.Talking to APP, Miandad alleged......
PESHAWAR: PTI chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday said the army’s statement regarding good governance should not be taken negatively.“A democratic government should not consider itself a kingdom as it......
PESHAWAR: The Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and department of archaeology, University of Peshawar during an ongoing joint excavation on ancient Sikandar South site in......
PESHAWAR: The Federally Administered Tribal Areas Tribunal on Wednesday again adjourned hearing into a petition of Dr Shakil Afridi against the upholding of his conviction by an appellate forum for......
TIMERGARA: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah on Wednesday threatened that the PPP workers would start agitation if the PTI-led provincial government didn’t ensure......
MINGORA: The people affected by earthquake and workers of political parties other than PTI staged a demonstration here on Wednesday to protest what they called nepotism in distribution of......
Today, people from several parts of Punjab will go to the polls to elect local councillors in what is merely the first part of a multi-tiered – and mostly indirect – electoral exercise. In this......
RAWALPINDI: The contest for the office of chairman of Kohati Bazaar union council in the city on December 5 promises to be an interesting fight, to say the least. For it is a story relatively easy to......
ISLAMABAD: A man accused of hacking into his alleged ex-girlfriend’s Facebook account was denied bail by the Supreme Court on Wednesday.The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had registered a case......
RAWALPINDI: A recently inducted Boeing 777-200ER in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) fleet has made its first landing at Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Wednesday.The aviation division......
ISLAMABAD: The Director General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu has said that because chemical weapons are not very complicated, it is......
Last week, a group of journalists, academics and civil society members from Afghanistan were invited to what was informally known as a ‘Track 1.5/2’ exchange, hosted by the Centre for Research and......
ISLAMABAD: Kohsar police has obtained an arrest warrant for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister’s nephew, Ali Khattak, on Wednesday, in connection to a fraud case registered with them.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to recover Rs16.3million from four officials, and has halted their increments, for committing embezzlement in the collection of entry......
FAISALABAD: Employees of the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) refused to implement the loadshedding plan if the government did not withdraw privatisation plans by Friday.This announcement......
GUJRANWALA: PML-N activists on Wednesday displayed banners portraying as successful their aspirant for chairman of Union Council 16 and his panel in Satellite Town and various parts of the city and......
JHANG/KARACHI: Renowned Urdu writer of detective stories Ishtiaq Ahmed who died of a heart attack on Tuesday at Karachi airport while waiting to board a flight, was laid to rest in Jhang on......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: After power and education departments, the Punjab Population Welfare Department will also be monitored by retired army junior commission officers.The Punjab government has notified......
BAHAWALPUR: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) began on Wednesday an inquiry into random appearance of a stray dog in front of the VVIP aircraft of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the time of his......
LAHORE: The Business Express will soon be running with new composition, while it started having two-minute stoppage at Bahawalpur station from Wednesday.The extra stoppage was allowed 22 days after......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday sentenced nine men to five years in jail on charges of financing banned outfits.The Lahore chapter of Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) had......
LAHORE: A weak and unguarded procurement mechanism is making it easy for the network of the official machinery, the private sector and accountant general’s (AG’s) office systematically to steal an......
LAHORE: The Customs staff on Wednesday took a passenger into custody at Allama Iqbal International Airport and seized 60 gold bars weighing 600 tolas worth Rs30 million from him.An official told Dawn......
KARACHI: Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani on Wednesday accepted the applications of Muttahida Qaumi Movement lawmakers seeking the withdrawal of their resignations.On Aug 12, MQM lawmakers......
KARACHI: The language of moving images opens a whole new world for us. Everyone has the urge to connect from inside to the outside [world] through the language of moving images. This was eloquently......
KARACHI: Set against the backdrop of the metropolis, in a small mohalla where it is impossible to escape unscathed from inquisitive eyes, the play Khel Khel Mein initially gives the impression that......
KARACHI: It is for the first time in more than a decade that the Karachi University Teachers’ Society (Kuts) elections will see only two groups contesting against each other on Thursday.Unlike the......
KARACHI: An accountability court hearing a multimillion land scam case was informed that the National Accountability Bureau chairman was then among the board of directors of the company that had......
KARACHI: Jail authorities informed an antiterrorism court on Wednesday that an under-treatment suspect in the Safoora Goth bus carnage case would take around three months to get well.Fishermen......
She flies a green biplane and says that coming to Pakistan has been the highlight of her travels. Tracy Curtis-Taylor, who made two small stopovers in Gwadar and Karachi over the last three days, is......
HYDERABAD: A state of disorganisation and confusion was witnessed at the six camps set up in Hyderabad for distribution of election material where the distribution process was not completed until......
BADIN: A prominent figure in the Arbab group, led by former chief minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, and a man who died about five years ago were among seven persons booked at the Diplo police station......
MITHI: Tharpakar district was once ruled by the Arbabs of Khetlari who had long been portraying it as their ‘invincible fort’. However, in the May 2011 general elections all candidates fielded by the......
ABUJA: Nigeria’s leader has ordered the arrest of the former president’s national security adviser for allegedly stealing billions of dollars meant to buy weapons to fight Boko Haram Islamic......
WASHINGTON: US-led air strikes have hit at least 175 targets in the militant Islamic State’s main oil-producing region over the past month, as Washington intensifies efforts to disrupt a key revenue......
LOS ANGELES: Two Paris-bound Air France flights from the United States were diverted on Tuesday and landed safely after the airline received anonymous bomb threats, the carrier said.Flight 65 from......
MADRID: Around 20 African migrants are missing at sea after their boat sunk in the Atlantic Ocean around 20 miles off the coast of Western Sahara, Spanish sea rescue services said on......
WASHINGTON: The United States turns the page on one of the most contentious chapters in its relations with ally Israel when it releases convicted spy Jonathan Pollard on Friday.Pollard, now 61, an......
BEIJING: Beijing said on Wednesday US President Barack Obama should not get involved in disputes in the South China Sea, after he demanded an end to artificial island building in the hotly contested......
MANILA: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday demanded China end artificial island building in the hotly contested South China Sea, upping the pressure on Beijing at a regional leaders’ summit.The......
BERLIN: Two women have been arrested after attacking a synagogue in the east German city of Cottbus.Police say the 21- and 36-year-old women smashed several windows of Brandenburg state’s only......
DHAKA: Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded an Italian priest in northern Bangladesh on Wednesday, just weeks after two foreigners were killed in similar attacks blamed on hardline militants, police......
LOS ANGELES: David Beckham was declared “sexiest man alive” by People magazine on Tuesday, joining an elite club including last year’s winner, Chris Hemsworth, and a handful of other above-average......
WHAT a difference a war makes. Twelve months ago, Vladimir Putin was on the menu at the G20 summit in Brisbane. Western leaders queued up hungrily for a piece of Russia’s president following his......
BEIJING: Snow-capped mountains, endless grasslands, smiling monks: Tibetan film-maker Pema Tseden’s latest vision of his homeland, shot in stark black and white, relegates these to the......
PARIS: Police called off Germany’s friendly against the Netherlands in Hanover on Tuesday, citing a “serious” bomb threat just days after the Paris terror attacks left at least 129 people dead and......
PARIS: Sweden and Ukraine became the last two qualifiers for Euro 2016 after eliminating Denmark and Slovenia respectively in Tuesday’s play-offs.A stunning double from captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic saw......
PORT-OF-SPAIN: The United States were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw by Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday but the point was enough to keep them top of their World Cup group and on course for a place in......
KARACHI: Pool ‘B’ leaders National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and their fellow group rivals Habib Bank Limited (HBL) and Wapda all secured crushing victories by innings on the penultimate day of the......
KARACHI: Buyers rushed to replenish their stocks on Wednesday after the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association announced around 2.4 million bales shortfall in overall cotton production.However, the......
LONDON: Gold fell close to an earlier multi-year low on Wednesday, as the market awaited minutes of a recent Federal Reserve meeting which could reinforce prospects of a rate hike next month.Declines......
DUBAI: The sustained slump in oil prices will not alter Dubai’s spending or investment plans, a senior official said on Wednesday, although the emirate’s banks may struggle to expand conventional......
KARACHI: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has stated that the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSE) would go into operation from Jan 1 next. Under the stock exchange integration policy, the country’s three......
KARACHI: The government’s roadmap has pulled the country back from near default and led the economy to achieve stabilisation, said Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday.He was addressing members of......
MULTAN: Phutti arrivals into ginneries dipped by 23.17 per cent to 8.019 million bales since the start of this season to Nov 15 compared to 10.436m bales arrived in the corresponding period last......
ISLAMABAD: The board of directors of Pakistan Steel has expressed concern over non-payment of salaries to employees of the mills for the last three months.In its meeting on Wednesday, the board asked......
KARACHI: Stocks drifted down on Wednesday with the KSE-100 index losing 116.61 points to close at 33,949.26. The market witnessed a volatile session with the index trading in the band of 34,200 to......
WASHINGTON: Android-powered smartphones extended their lead in the global marketplace in the third quarter, helped by growth in emerging markets, a survey showed on Wednesday.The Google-powered......
HONG KONG: Three years after India’s Kingfisher Airlines was grounded, creditors are still fighting to recover loans extended to the carrier backed by Vijay Mallya and squabbling over the tycoon’s......
LONDON: Britain’s markets watchdog is to review the country’s 6.6 trillion pound ($10tr) asset management sector, saying that more transparency may not be enough to guarantee investors value for......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has criticised the Election Commission’s decision to postpone the local government elections in a large number of union councils of the province, terming......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has expressed the hope that lifting of international sanctions against Iran will benefit Pakistan and the two countries will enhance their economic and trade......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Wednesday that growing China-Pakistan ties were not against any other country and Pakistan was simultaneously promoting relations with all......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has slammed the federal government for its failure to attract foreign investment, saying the situation on ground suggests that the country’s economy is......
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency arrested over 40 ‘human smugglers’ from various areas of Punjab on Wednesday.Sixty-one raids were carried out, mostly in Punjab, in a crackdown launched......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau has summoned two former prime ministers and a former chief minister of Balochistan this week to record their statements in two new but separate......
ISLAMABAD: Despite the federal government’s opposition to a bill seeking to curtail powers of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the Senate’s standing committee on law and justice decided on......
GULMIT: When a landslide created a huge, turquoise lake that cut them off from the world, the farmers of Gulmit were left destitute and unable to sell their potatoes. Their solution: to drag their......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has suspended operation of a notification issued by the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) about an increase in gas tariff and stopped the utility from......
GWADAR: Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) Chairman Mir Dostain Jamaldini said on Wednesday that the construction of a display centre at Gwadar Port would start in January next year.He was briefing a......
PARIS: A woman blew herself up and a suspected militant was killed on Wednesday in a massive police assault in Paris targeting the possible mastermind of France’s worst terrorist attacks.Gunfire and......
HARTFORD: Muslims around the US are facing backlash following the deadly attacks in Paris, including vandalism to mosques and Islamic centres, hate-filled phone and online messages and threats of......
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s highest court upheld on Wednesday the death sentences of two opposition leaders convicted “for atrocities during the 1971 war”.The Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss the final......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) postponed elections in 76 local councils of Sindh on Wednesday, the eve of polling day for the second phase of local government polls in Punjab......
ISLAMABAD: Without naming names, the auditor general of Pakistan (AGP) has found faults with the design of the controversial Nandipur Power Project (NPP) and the decision-making of its management,......
GUJRAT: The Supreme Court issued on Wednesday arrest warrants for PML-N’s Member of the National Assembly Chaudhary Abid Raza of Kotla. The MNA had been sentenced to death in the murder case of six......
WASHINGTON: “Needs and measures for regional security dominated” the one-hour meeting between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif, the army’s press office said on......
PESHAWAR: While progress on nearly half of the 20-point National Action Plan is showing a downward trend, reforms in Fata, the return of Afghan refugees and issues associated with the operation in......
THE general lack of awareness of medical matters, even amongst the educated, can lead to problems that become increasingly entrenched over time.Consider, for example, the fact that across the......
‘HUMAN error’ is the refuge of officials who are asked to explain a major mishap in Pakistan. All too often the image of an errant pilot or driver is greeted by public calls for reforming the......
IS there any way to fix our education system? It is infuriating to see no substantive improvements in this sector despite reaffirming education as a fundamental right, ongoing education reforms and......
ANYONE who believes in the transmigration of souls might be forgiven for thinking that the spirit of the late Benazir Bhutto has been reincarnated in another Daughter of the East — Aung San Suu Kyi.......
Economics is often described as a dismal science. So, when you read that the Pakistan economy — after eight years of miserably low economic growth — will, over the next five years, show at best a......
IT is difficult to recall any single urban development project from the history of Pakistan that has generated as much controversy and triggered as much public outrage as Lahore’s Orange Line train......
ABU DHABI: A woman was elected as the first female to lead the UAE's Federal National Council, the half-elected parliament that serves as an advisory body, state news agency WAM reported on......
