NEW DELHI: Indian Actor Aamir Khan on Monday said that he has been "alarmed and shaken" by the number of incidents related to extremism in India, Indian news agency PTI reported.Addressing an......
LONDON: Records of two million members of the secretive Freemasons have been published online, showing that its members during Britain's imperial heyday included Winston Churchill, Oscar Wilde and......
DUBAI: Pakistan proved too good for Hong Kong on Monday, beating the minnows by 64 runs in Dubai in a Twenty20 warm-up for their three-match series against England starting this week.Pakistan rode on......
Sri Lanka has been finalised as the venue for Pakistan's 'home' series against India after an agreement was finally reached between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Board for Control of Cricket......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Pakistan attaches great importance to its brotherly relations with Afghanistan and is ready to help the neighbouring country in its quest for peace and......
QUETTA: Security forces on Monday killed two suspected militants in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district.“Security forces conducted a search operation in Totak area of Khuzdar district,” said an official......
KARACHI: Harmanpreet Singh slammed four goals, all off penalty corners, as India bulldozed three-time former champions Pakistan 6-2 in the one-sided final to regain the juniors Asia Cup in the......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) has jailed a Shia man for 13 years after he posted what it deemed sectarian hate speech on Facebook, officials said on Monday, with rights activists condemning......
LONDON: Rafael Nadal said he would have to redouble his efforts to return to form after the worst year of his career if he is to get the better of world number one Novak Djokovic next year.Nadal's......
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Monday eased restrictions on Russian companies working on Iranian enrichment sites as he travelled to Tehran for his first visit since 2007.A decree Putin signed......
KARACHI: Renowned Urdu poet, educationist and literary luminary Jamiluddin Aali passed away in Karachi on Monday, Aali was 90.Aali died of heart failure at a hospital in Karachi where he was under......
LONDON: Novak Djokovic has set his sights on surpassing his almost perfect year by winning the only two major titles to have eluded him — the French Open and Olympics.Djokovic enjoyed a fitting......
LONDON: The Olympic tennis tournament remains the only big singles title Roger Federer has yet to add to his collection.Looking ahead to next season, though, it's not the Rio de Janeiro Games that......
ISLAMABAD: Bilateral relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh received another blow when Bangladeshi government summoned Pakistan's High Commissioner Shuja Alam and lodged strong protest over the......
In an endearing video posted on their official Facebook page, the US Consulate of Pakistan harks back to the chance meeting of late Pakistani camel cart man Bashir Ahmad Sarban and then US vice......
KARACHI: An improvised explosive device (IED) was thrown into the premises of Counter Terrorism Department’s headquarters early on Monday (CTD) by unknown attackers.“Unknown attackers threw the IED......
KANDAHAR: The Afghan Taliban have named a new head for their political office in Qatar, with a militant source telling AFP on Monday he is a supporter of peace talks with Kabul.Sher Mohammad Abbas......
Welcome, to the beautiful land of the pure. Here, we are blessed with four wondrous seasons and the geographical features are aplenty.This is a land hard won through the sacrifices of many and now,......
BEIJING: Chinese forces used a flamethrower to force more than 10 "terrorists" from a cave in the western Xinjiang region, the military's top newspaper said on Monday, in a graphic account of the......
Pakistan's response to a recent Pew Research Survey conducted in Muslim-majority countries raised more than a few eyebrows.While most countries with significant Muslim populations oppose the......
PESHAWAR: Thousands in Upper Dir attended the weekend funerals of seven Pakistani militants killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan, a local official confirmed Monday.The funerals were offered at the......
PESHAWAR: A bomb hoax delayed a dubai-bound flight, which was cleared to resume its journey after it was cleared by security personnel.The flight took off at 5pm for its original destination.CAA......
Islamophobic hate crime in the United Kingdom against British Muslims increased more than 300 per cent to at least 115 incidents of anti-Muslim crime over a period of seven days in the week following......
SRINAGAR: All seven people on board ? six pilgrims and the pilot ? were killed Monday when a helicopter crashed in India-held Kashmir (IHK) after leaving a popular Hindu shrine in the mountainous......
LONDON: Novak Djokovic put the finishing touch to a magnificent season by beating Roger Federer 6-3 6-4 to win the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday for the fifth time in his career.The Serbian......
After several days of telephonic ping-pong, Adnan Khawaja, the founder of a tech start-up called Ideacentricity, and I finally met at Liberty Chowk in Lahore.Adnan was promoting his idea of......
DHAKA: Mohammad Amir's last appearance on a cricket pitch outside Pakistan led to a six-month sentence in a British prison for corruption.Five years on, the paceman was the headline act in the......
After the recent collapse of a four-storey factory building at the Sundar Industrial Estate that killed 46 workers, Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has released a list of 459 small factories and......
India launched an upgraded version of its interceptor missile against an electronically simulated target missile over the Bay of Bengal, according to a report published on The Hindu website.The......
Pakistani bodybuilder Salman Ahmad clinched gold and the Mr Musclemania World title 2015 early Monday.He thanked his fans and followers for their prayers."It is the first time in 25 years that this......
NEW DELHI: India will urge rich nations to deliver "climate justice" for developing countries at a major environmental conference in Paris later this month, the environment minister has said in an......
DUBAI: A meeting between heads of India and Pakistan's cricket boards took place on Sunday, with ESPNcricinfo reporting that Sri Lanka is believed to have come up as a possible neutral venue for the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan expressed the hope that the historic relationship between the Pakistan and United States (US) would continue to strengthen into a broad-based partnership, in the coming......
COLOMBO: A team representing Pakistan at the Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) 2015 won three gold awards and one silver award at the ceremony held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, the Pakistan Software Houses......
In 2001, I met a man at work who intrigued me. We began dating shortly after the tragic 9/11 terrorist attacks. In 2003, I married this man, and in 2007 we had our first child together – a beautiful......
KOLKATA: The much-awaited return of Mohammed Amir to international cricket through the 2015 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) seems to be unleashing as much drama as his exit in 2010.Amir debuted for......
DUBAI: The deadlock over a proposed series between arch-rivals India and Pakistan continued despite a meeting between the heads of the two boards in Dubai on Sunday, described as ‘fruitful’ but......
BRUSSELS: Belgian police arrested 16 people in a wave of anti-terrorism raids but key Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam slipped the net, with Brussels set to remain under security lockdown on......
MINGORA: Electric dryers powered by local micro hydro power plants (MHPs) are transforming the poor farmers’ lives towards economic advancement as they saw over 80 per cent increase in their profits......
ABBOTTABAD: At least 50 houses were damaged in a massive landslide in a village of Havelian tehsil here on Sunday.A Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) spokesman, Latifur Rehman, said......
SWABI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has said that the process of accountability for eradication of corruption will continue without interference from any quarter.Addressing a big......
IT is misty early morning. The towering Attock Fort is encircled by a mystical haze of grey clouds. The mighty Abaseen River lends a reflection of majestic heritage landmark, built by emperor Akbar......
PESHAWAR: The third International Hindko Conference concluded here on Sunday with a call to promote all Pakistani languages to strengthen national unity.The three-day conference was organised by the......
BANNU: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has condemned the execution of Ali Ahsan Mujahid in Dhaka prison and said that the Bangladesh government is punishing people for their loyalty to......
BUNER: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has alleged that the Western lobby and its agents are bent upon waging war on Muslim countries, including Pakistan.He was speaking at the......
PESHAWAR: Separate training workshops on disaster risk reduction (DRR) were held for the male and female teachers in Kohat to build the understanding of teachers and ulema on the school/madressah......
TAXILA: The celebrations of the 547th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion, concluded at Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Hassanabdal on Sunday.Thousands of pilgrims in......
RAWALPINDI: The desi palate has always had a fascination with continental food, whether it is Italian, Mediterranean or Middle Eastern cuisine.But the flavours of the oriental have always occupied a......
A sports event was held at Pakistan Sweet Homes in Islamabad, attended by various diplomats, children and relatives of children belonging to the home.Coach Ali Sadaqat Rana led 120 boys who performed......
Islamabad’s diplomatic community has been busy this week, attending four different national day celebrations.Ambassador of Lebanon Mona El Tannir and her husband welcomed hundreds to a reception......
CHAKWAL: Rumours abound that Sardar Ghulam Abbas, one of the most influential politicians in Chakwal, may join PML-N, which has been his archrival during his political career.Mr Abbas has a large......
RAWALPINDI: The body of a child, who was kidnapped by unidentified individuals on Saturday, was found in a graveyard in Sadiqabad on Sunday, bearing trauma marks.The kidnappers asked for a Rs8......
RAWALPINDI: Police have started investigating the death of a 24-year-old woman from Chakwal who died when she fell from the third floor of a building in Bahria Town. The woman’s family had alleged......
ISLAMABAD: The local elections in two union councils, comprising the posh F and E sectors, depend significantly on votes from the two slums in their midst. The settlements – France Colony and 100......
The welcome process of clearing political cobwebs from the government machinery has reached the cluttered record rooms of the Islamabad police.After the grand pruning of the Exit Control List, that......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has filed an appeal in the Lahore High Court against the acquittal of the accused in the murder case of a teenager, Syed Mohammad Murtaza, by a local anti-terrorism......
LAHORE: Over 6,000 policemen from the operations wing of Lahore police are guarding VIPs, VVIPs and their families, leaving people at the mercy of outlaws and terrorists.Out of the 6,000, 2,000......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Human Rights Commission’s central executive committee’s maiden meeting on Sunday condemned violation of fundamental right of citizens.Chairing the PTI-HRC......
LAHORE: Rights activist Asma Jahangir has said executing a paraplegic, Abdul Basit, will be an inhuman act.In a statement, she said 43-year-old Basit was likely to be executed in Faisalabad soon. He......
LAHORE: A conference of 200 plus religious scholars from across the country declared here on Sunday non-payment of tax as against Shariah and demanded the government forcibly deduct the tax from......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Punjab, has claimed that it has performed fairly well in the second phase of the local government elections as its success ratio improves, while PML-N’s success......
MULTAN: Visitors to Gardezi Market faced a great deal of inconvenience on Sunday after the traders blocked the road leading to the business centre for hours to protest against police......
EXHIBITIONAn exhibition of artworks produced during the five-week ‘Vasl Artists’ Residency’ opens at the Full Circle Gallery at 5pm. The participating artists are Wei Leng Tay (Singapore) and Ali......
KARACHI: A rally was held on Sunday in protest over the execution of two more pro-Pakistan politicians in Bangladesh.The Pak Muslim Alliance organised the protection of two-nation theory rally from......
KARACHI: The Sindh Rangers on Sunday claimed to have arrested 15 suspects affiliated with a ‘political party’ and equal number of alleged militants associated with banned organisations in a series of......
KARACHI: A man allegedly killed his 11-month-old daughter in Surjani Town after quarrelling with his wife over what was described as some petty issue, police said on Sunday.The police arrested Amir,......
KARACHI: The Jamaat-i-Islami said on Sunday that its election alliance with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf for the Dec 5 local government election was against the extortionists and targeted......
KARACHI: “We’re supposed to capture the truth, not stage it,” says Sarah Goodwin midway into the play, Time Stands Still. A photojournalist who returns home after being in a gruesome accident......
BADIN: Estranged Pakistan Peoples Party leader Dr Zulfikar Ali Mirza, who is a former home minister, has said that the results of the local government elections in Badin district shows that people......
KUALA LUMPUR: Trying to reassure a nation on edge, President Barack Obama said on Sunday the militant Islamic State (IS) group “cannot strike a mortal blow” against the US, and he warned that......
BRUSSELS: The Belgian capital was locked down for a second day on Sunday with police and troops on the streets as authorities reviewed whether to extend a security alert meant to prevent a repeat of......
SEVASTOPOL: Crimea declared a state of emergency on Sunday after its main electricity lines from Ukraine were blown up, leaving the Russian-annexed peninsula in darkness after the second such attack......
KUALA LUMPUR: Thirteen years after mooting the idea, Southeast Asian leaders on Sunday formally created a unified economic community in a region more populous and diverse than both the European Union......
Eisenhower famously sent some brusque advice to Anthony Eden in 1956 when he decided that Britain’s deceitful war in Egypt should come to an end. “Woah, boy!” were his words. And they should be......
HONG KONG: Hong Kong went to the polls on Sunday for the first time since huge pro-democracy protests gripped the city, in a key test of public sentiment.The spotlight is on the district elections to......
NEW YORK: Hamtramck, a city in Michigan State has become the first enclave in the United States with a Muslim majority city council.“This is about uniting our community,” Shabad Ahmed, the first......
DAMASCUS: Syrian government troops are advancing on “nearly every front” thanks to Russian air strikes that began in September, President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview released on Sunday.The......
GEVGELIJA: Conditions for hundreds of migrants stuck on Balkan borders worsened on Sunday as temperatures dropped and a first smattering of snow fell.Countries along the Balkan route taken by......
WHEN French President Francois Hollande issued a declaration of war against the self-styled militant Islamic State group in the aftermath of the recent bloody attacks in Paris, he perhaps forgot that......
TEHRAN: Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Tehran on Monday (today) for talks sure to sharpen attention on his alliance with Iran in Syria after the self-styled Islamic State group’s deadly......
2015 was supposed to be the year that Hollywood recognised what women and people of colour are worth.Furious 7, the latest instalment of a franchise that started as a story about a white guy before......
DHAKA: Disgraced cricketer Mohammad Amir dazzled in his first match outside Pakistan in five years as Bangladesh’s scandal-hit Twenty20 tournament resumed on Sunday.The tournament was stopped after......
KARACHI: For Pakistan football, this year’s SAFF Championship was an opportunity to help shift the focus firmly back on the field following months of controversy in the Pakistan Football Federation......
MADRID: Barcelona dealt a stinging blow to Real Madrid’s title hopes when Luis Suarez and Neymar continued their sensational goal-scoring form to fire the champions to a stunning 4-0 victory in the......
PARIS: Paris St Germain took another step towards a fourth straight Ligue 1 title when they beat Lorient 2-1 away on Saturday with goals by Hervin Ongenda and Blaise Matuidi on an emotional afternoon......
TURIN: Juventus continued to climb up the table as they beat AC Milan 1-0 to string together three consecutive Serie A wins for the first time this season.Argentina striker Paulo Dybala scored the......
LONDON: Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy equalled a Premier League record by scoring for the 10th straight match as they went top with a 3-0 win at Newcastle United before Manchester City were crushed......
LONDON: World number one Novak Djokovic set up a final date with Swiss maestro face Roger Federer at the ATP World Tour Finals after both marched to consummate semi-final victories on......
KARACHI: Nixor College Red beat Nixor College White 2-0 to win the Jinnah Cup Girls Throwball Tournament here on Sunday.The event was organised by the Sindh Throwball Association in collaboration......
DUBAI: Rory McIlroy won Dubai’s DP World Tour Championship on Sunday, overhauling overnight leader Andy Sullivan with four birdies on the back nine to also retain his Race to Dubai crown and become......
THE rupee remained largely range-bound against the dollar last week as major currency dealers were said to have remained on the sidelines, awaiting the central bank’s monetary policy announcement......
THE central bank pumped in a huge Rs1.481tr into the banking system through two open market operations last week.In the first operation on Thursday, the SBP injected Rs131.5bn into banks at 6.05pc in......
WITH almost all banks having come out with their third-quarter results, a debate has yet again begun if they will be able to sustain their big profits next year.Such debates had erupted in late 2014......
THE year 2014-15 marked a big ‘milestone’ for one of the largest gas production companies in the country, Mari Petroleum.Lt. Gen. Nadeem Ahmed, Mari Petroleum’s (MPCL) CEO, says the year has been of......
THE PTI-led coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has taken some steps to attract investment but continuing procedural bottlenecks and the multiplicity of taxes seem to be discouraging capital......
NEWSPAPERS have been rife with reports about a pink bollworm attack on the cotton crop this year. The scenario is indeed disastrous on many accounts.Of course, the very first thing to be destroyed is......
THE power to tax transactions involving goods is currently vested with the federal government, whereas revenues from the taxation of services accrue to the four provincial governments.Sindh started......
THE federal government has decided to launch a countrywide survey to locate gaps in food security and determine the nature of these gaps.Food security minister Sikandar Hayat Bosan says all is set......
WHILE nearly half of its tenure is now complete, the PML-N government has not been able to finalise a national food security policy. Now, the food ministry has announced that it will conduct a survey......
AS the most propitious time for sowing wheat approaches (the fourth week of November), Punjab has undertaken an innovative seed supply and multiplication exercise.The province will provide a total of......
KOCHI, the commercial hub of the southern Indian state of Kerala, is a relatively more liveable place than many other Indian cities. But walking along M.G. Road, a major commercial artery in......
MoroccoSituated on the western tip of North Africa, Morocco is classified as a lower-middle-income country by the World Bank with GDP at current prices estimated at $112.55bn and per-capita GDP of......
HEFTY payloads of hydrocarbon resources have shifted from their 50-year-old base in Balochistan to Sindh over the last two decades and are now moving into the security-affected areas of Khyber......
Pakistan’s middle class consumer market assessed on the basis of reports of market research companies and data from multiple sources is projected at Rs30tr ($290bn). Adding the share of the country’s......
The notion of a ‘savings glut’ helps explain the ultra-low real interest rates we have seen since the global crisis of 2007-09. But the idea of ‘secular stagnation’ suggests that this glut had......
QUETTA: Balochistan National Party-M chief Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal has said that rights of Baloch people cannot be protected and the dream of a prosperous Balochistan cannot come true unless the......
ISLAMABAD: It seems there are more tough times ahead for PPP leader Dr Asim Hussain. After completing 90 days in the custody of Sindh Rangers, the former petroleum minister will be handed over to the......
RAWALPINDI: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony Sardar Muhammad Yousaf said on Sunday that there was complete unanimity among ulema of different schools of thought on the......
QUETTA: Balochistan Governor Mohammad Khan Achakzai praised on Sunday the role of Pakistan Army in promoting education in Balochistan. He urged the youth to equip themselves with modern education and......
WASHINGTON: Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee John McCain has said that under the leadership of General Raheel Sharif, the Pakistan Army had “inflicted losses to the enemy at great......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan has said that the government is planning to curtail the role of middlemen in the business of agriculture produce......
QUETTA: Opposition leaders have alleged that financial corruption is being committed by authorities of the Quetta Metropolitan Corporation in the name of paid parking and issuance of birth, death,......
YANGON: Around 100 people have died in a huge landslide in a remote jade mining area of northern Myanmar, officials said on Sunday, as search teams continued to find bodies in one of the deadliest......
NEW DELHI: France has accepted India’s invitation to President Francois Hollande to be chief guest at India’s Republic Day parade in January, local reports said on Sunday.They said the move comes in......
JERUSALEM: An Israeli woman was stabbed to death and three Palestinian attackers were killed in a series of incidents in the Israel-held West Bank on Sunday, police said, as an eight-week-old wave of......
NEW DELHI: Stirring the saga of racial prejudice and religious apartheid identified with the Modi government, Assam Governor P.B. Acharya has claimed that Hindustan is for Hindus and that the name of......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan will not send its troops for any mission outside the region, says Director General of Inter Services Public Relations Lt Gen Asim Bajwa.“We already have about 182,000 troops......
ISLAMABAD: The governments of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have moved the Council of Common Interests (CCI) to undo federal government’s decisions on oil and gas that have allegedly encroached upon......
QUETTA: Train drivers went on strike on Sunday alleging that most trains had defective engines.The drivers gathered at the Quetta railway station and told divisional officials that they would not run......
DERA ISMAIL KHAN / KHAR: Three security personnel were killed in a roadside bomb blast in Warghara area of Tiarza tehsil in South Waziristan tribal region on Sunday.Intelligence sources said the......
GUJRAT: Personnel of army, Rangers and police jointly held a flag march in Jhelum on Sunday as normalcy returned to the town after two days of tension which followed the setting on fire of a......
WHAT happens when those who aren’t supposed to be conducting foreign policy assert themselves and those who are meant to be doing so meekly surrender?The case of the so-called India dossiers is an......
THE more things change, the more they remain the same — unless some brave individuals challenge the status quo, and unless political ambitions are in danger of being thwarted.The local government......
WHILE the Middle East, South Asia and now, increasingly, Europe feature prominently in discussions about transnational Islamist militancy, one region that has been relatively neglected in the debate......
WRITING on these very pages around three weeks ago, Tahir Mehdi highlighted the resurgence of strong independent candidates on Pakistan’s electoral landscape. In the 2013 general election, there were......
IN a recent interview with the New York Times, Imran Khan discussed the reasons why the number of terror attacks in the country had decreased. “When the Americans were pushing Pakistan to do more,”......
Tremors were felt across north-western areas of Pakistan after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan's border area with Tajikistan late on Sunday, according to the Pakistan Meteorological......
