DAKAR: Gambia's president has declared the tiny West African country an Islamic republic, saying he decided this because Islam is the religion of the majority of its citizens and to break from the......
ASHGABAT: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said Pakistan was pursuing a policy of strong cooperation with regional countries, especially with the next door neighbours, for prosperity and......
KARACHI. Protests on Shahra-e-Faisal and Press Club along with water clogging in Gulshan-e-Iqbal after a pipeline burst in the area blocked Karachi’s major arteries resulting in severe traffic jams......
BERNE: Switzerland's two greatest tennis players will join forces at next year's Rio Olympics when Roger Federer and Martina Hingis play together in the mixed doubles.“Roll back the years with......
KARACHI: The provincial government is not reluctant to extend the special policing powers of Rangers in Karachi, but is just trying to fulfil the constitutional requirement by getting it approved......
OSAKA: Former Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari was back to his old self on Saturday — upbeat, pulling faces and reprimanding anyone who dared ask if he was still suffering the after-effects of the......
THE HAGUE: The Netherlands and Belgium in 2009 paid a lobbyist closely linked to a former FIFA vice president to help garner votes for its 2018 World Cup bid, a news report revealed on Saturday.The......
KARACHI: Two suspected militants were killed by policemen in an 'encounter' in the outskirts of Karachi on Saturday.Responding to a tip off, the police encircled an alleged militant hideout near......
BANGUI: Panting, his red singlet drenched in sweat, he pauses to catch his breath. Ngassima, 18, has taken a few blows in the ring today, he even lost his round but it's all been worth it in this......
KOLKATA: The Peshawar franchise in the upcoming Pakistan Super League (PSL) has the potential to be both a profit centre as well as a platform for corporate branding, says its owner.“A franchise......
BIRMINGHAM: Arsene Wenger hopes the euphoria generated from Arsenal's against the odds qualification for the Champions League last 16 will provide a welcome boost to his side's Premier League title......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali on Wednesday warned the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led Sindh government to “not malign the federal government and Rangers” and accused the......
RAWALPINDI: In a series of tweets, Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa on Saturday said that phenomenal success has been achieved during......
Former South Africa and Australia coach, Mickey Arthur, has been named the head coach of the Karachi side for the upcoming Pakistan Super League (PSL), team owner Salman Iqbal announced on......
KABUL: At least 848 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded following a Taliban attack on the northern city of Kunduz in September, according to a United Nations (UN) report that detailed the grim......
HYDERABAD: Adviser on Information to Sindh Chief Minister, Moula Bux Chandio, on Saturday said the Sindh government was not against the Rangers-led Karachi operation, adding that taking the issue of......
QUETTA: Political leaders in Balochistan advised the newly-nominated chief minister, Nawab Sanaullah Zehri of the PML-N, to take all political forces into confidence on policies concerning the......
HOBART: Recalled paceman James Pattinson claimed five wickets as the West Indies succumbed to a dispiriting innings and 212-run loss to Australia on the third day of the first Test in Hobart on......
With the approaching one year anniversary of the Army Public School massacre, we are sure to see on our TV screens, reporters shoving microphones in the faces of the victims’ families. The same inane......
RIYADH: Saudi women were allowed to vote in elections Saturday for the first time ever, in a tentative step towards easing widespread sex discrimination in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom.In......
RIYADH: Saudi women vote Saturday for the first time in elections but still face a host of other restrictions, among the tightest in the world....
An anti-racism campaigner has called on the England and Wales Cricket Board to get tougher on abuse after Somerset bowler Craig Overton was only given a two-match ban for allegedly telling a......
KABUL: At least four Afghan policemen and two Spaniards were killed in an hours-long Taliban siege near the Spanish embassy in Kabul's diplomatic quarter, in the latest high-profile insurgent attack......
Prem acquittal dhan se payo, Salman Khan’s iconic screen name was trending on Twitter minutes after the High Court allowed him to walk free as the prosecution failed to establish its case against......
KARACHI/QUETTA/PESHAWAR: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for three separate attacks across the country on Saturday, killing a Frontier Corps official in Quetta......
LOS ANGELES: Authorities were investigating a case of suspected arson after a blaze broke out at a California mosque on Friday, officials said, a week after a Muslim couple shot dead 14 people in the......
NEW YORK: Prosecutors say the adult son of a community welfare worker at the Pakistan Consulate in New York City has been charged with raping a 13-year-old girl.Mehmood Rahimoon, 20, was arraigned......
QUETTA: At least one security official was killed and four others including a child were injured in a bomb blast on Quetta's Brewery road on Saturday.The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)......
ISLAMABAD: An ordinance through which the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) was dissolved has been extended for 120 days through a resolution tabled in the National Assembly on Friday by......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that effective implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) is the joint responsibility of federal and provincial governments,......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has decided to hold elections of the council for Punjab on Dec 15.The decision was taken after the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench......
QUETTA: Quetta valley and parts of northern and central Balochistan are in grip of chilly Siberian winds which brought the mercury down to minus 7 degrees Celsius in the provincial capital and minus......
LAHORE: An election tribunal issued on Friday a notice to National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on a petition filed by PTI candidate Abdul Aleem Khan alleging irregularities and pre-poll......
QUETTA: There is need for a revolutionary change in thinking to ensure development for the new generation and their bright future, Balochistan Governor Muhammad Khan Achakzai has said.The governor......
ISLAMABAD: Slamming the government for privatising state-owned entities, PPP leaders, including parliamentarians, have alleged that the process benefits only the rich.While the government is bent......
EXERCISE is one of the ways to keeping our bodies healthy. However, not just our muscles, but our brain too needs exercising to be active, sharp and healthy.While you may have played several......
“I hate dictation and spelling tests,” I often hear my students whine whenever it’s time for their weekly spelling quiz.“English words are so hard to spell!” others complain.“They sound different and......
IT was that time of the year again. Rania sensed the feeling of excitement accompanied with fear, as she entered through the gates of her school. It was the ‘Annual Result Ceremony,’ and last minute......
The National ChampionshipTHE National Championship for the ‘11th Dawn In Education Spelling Bee 2015’, was held in Islamabad on November 19, 2015.The event was a highly anticipated one for the top 27......
PESHAWAR: As the country is set to observe the first anniversary of the Army Public School Peshawar carnage on Dec 16, the government’s failure to meet their major demands, including the start of a......
TANK: Nonpayment of salary for last five months and illness of wife forced on Friday a municipal worker to commit suicide by inhaling an excessive amount of tranquilising pills.The deceased Hashim......
PESHAWAR: The 93rd birthday of Bollywood legend Yusuf Khan popularly known as Dilip Kumar was celebrated in Peshawar, his birthplace, on Friday.Dilip Kumar was born in a Hindko-speaking Awan family......
CHITRAL: Chitrali music is fast losing its charm due to the loss of a number of musical instruments during the past two decades, and if the government doesn’t take steps urgently to reverse the......
PESHAWAR: An overzealous police in Peshawar on Friday blocked the main University Road ahead of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to the Islamia College to turn its centenary celebrations into a......
PESHAWAR: On his maiden visit to the Islamia College Peshawar, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday announced Rs1 billion for the educational institution celebrating 100 years of existence.The......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is likely to announce a public holiday in the province on the first anniversary of the Army Public School and College Peshawar carnage on Dec 16.Special......
RAWALPINDI: After victory in 38 of the 45 union councils (UCs) in the garrison city, the PML-N is in a comfortable position to accommodate its workers on the reserved seats of women in each of the......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday announced a reforms initiative for all 422 educational institutions in Islamabad. He said the schools will be provided with the best facilities and......
ISLAMABAD: The report on the controversial Pakistan Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB) 2015 was laid before parliament on Friday, with a dissenting note from PPP MNA Shazia Marri, who has been the......
MURREE: A number of tourists, mainly from the twin cities, took to Murree to enjoy the first snowfall of the season.About a foot of snow had fallen on Friday night in the area, while about two feet......
“I failed my matric exams, and now I have to give them again. I’d always wanted to work to help my family, even if they say they don’t want me to. Everyone in my family works. That’s what my parents......
LAHORE: The four-hour gas supply per day to Punjab-based textile industry was suspended on Friday by the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) for an indefinite period, citing ‘domestic’ load as......
LAHORE: Civil society organisations, activists and those whose land is being acquired for the Orange Line Metro Train project jointly staged a demonstration at Charing Cross against the Punjab......
LAHORE The Mystic Music Sufi Festival by Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop in collaboration with the Lahore Arts Council kicked off on Friday at Alhamra Cultural Complex, Qadhafi Stadium.This unique......
LAHORE: Veteran theatre and TV actor and writer Kamal Ahmed Rizvi still remembers the time when the area around Alhamra Art Centre was in ruins and buffaloes used to graze there.Speaking during the......
LAHORE: A total of 27 emerging and established couture designers and brands will be putting up a grand show during the three days of 11th Telenor Bridal Couture Week (TBCW) at Faletti’s Hotel. Each......
KARACHI: The commander of V Corps and president of the executive board of Defence Housing Authority, Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar, during a visit to the DHA City Karachi (DCK), performed the ground-breaking......
HYDERABAD: The outer walls of the Karachi Central Prison have been fortified to make them bombproof. The central prisons of Hyderabad and Sukkur districts will also be made bombproof.This was stated......
KARACHI: While the issue of Rangers special powers remained unresolved, Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Khawaja Izhar-ul-Hassan said on Friday that the Pakistan Peoples Party......
KARACHI: The 8th International Urdu Conference organised by the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi ended on Friday evening by passing a resolution demanding that serious consideration be given to the......
KARACHI: A trio of sculptors under the name of ProStones are showcasing their work Wasli to Stone for the first time at the Commune Artist Colony on Saturday to pay homage to great miniature......
MADRID: Spanish police announced on Friday they had detained one of Europe’s most wanted drug lords in his luxury villa on the Costa del Sol.Briton Robert Dawes was detained on Nov 12 in a dawn raid......
HALHUL: Three Palestinians were killed on Friday in the occupied West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, one after allegedly attempting to run down Israeli soldiers and the others in clashes with......
ALMATY: Three astronauts, from the United States, Russia and Japan, on Friday successfully completed a rare nighttime landing on Earth in the wintry Kazakh steppe after returning from the......
MANILA: An inferno in one of Manila’s huge shanty towns has killed nine people, authorities said on Friday, the third blaze to have struck the city’s slums in as many weeks.Residents grabbed clothes,......
KIEV: A fight erupted between dozens of lawmakers in Ukraine’s parliament on Friday after an MP picked up Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and hoisted him away from the podium as he was defending his......
BRUSSELS: Angela Merkel may have won praise from the world for Germany’s open-door policy on refugees, but a confused and divided Europe is feeling the fallout from the decision, analysts said.The......
HAIFA: Palestinian chef Johnny Goric has cooked for President Barack Obama and served as a judge on the Palestinian version of Masterchef, a reality TV cooking show. In July, he put out his first......
MUMBAI: The sleepy hill station of Dharamsala will host arch-rivals India and Pakistan at next year’s World Twenty20, while the final will be staged at Kolkata’s historic Eden Gardens, organisers......
DUNEDIN: Dinesh Chandimal and Dimuth Karunaratne spearheaded a gritty Sri Lanka fight-back on the second day of the first Test against New Zealand here at University Oval on Friday.They came together......
LAHORE: Veteran pace bowler Umar Gul has been selected in the unannounced Pakistan side for the proposed limited-overs series against India.According to well-informed sources, the selection committee......
PARIS: Four-time European Champions Ajax Amsterdam were felled at the first hurdle of the continent’s second tier Europa League on Thursday, exiting in the group stage two days after rivals PSV......
TEGUCIGALPA: International midfielder Arnold Peralta was killed in a drive-by shooting in a car park of a shopping mall in his native Honduras on Thursday, police said.The 26-year-old, who......
LAUSANNE: European football chief Michel Platini failed on Friday in his bid to have a 90-day provisional suspension from world football lifted, further denting his hopes of running for the......
DUBAI: Carolina Marin, the world champion, the BWF player of the year, and the favourite to win the Super Series finals for the first time, was pushed to the edge of the exit on Friday after a second......
HOBART: Nathan Lyon put the skids under the flailing West Indies as Australia set course for an overwhelming early victory despite Darren Bravo holding on in the first Test her at the Bellerive Oval......
KARACHI: The Borsa Istanbul has shown interest in the acquisition of 40 per cent strategic stake in the upcoming Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited (PSX), the KSE management informed the press at a......
KARACHI: Sales of locally-produced cars soared by 54 per cent to 75,805 units in July-November 2015 as compared to 49,205 units in the same period last year.Suzuki Bolan, which is being delivered......
ISLAMABAD: Fearing surge in prices of essential items, Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday sent letters to provincial governments, asking them to check price-hike of locally produced......
KARACHI: The private sector credit-to-GDP ratio in Pakistan is not only the lowest in the region but it has been facing a steep decline, said the annual report of the State Bank issued on Friday.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 494 new companies in November 2015, indicating an increase of 57 per cent as compared to the same period last......
KARACHI: General Tyre and Rubber Company Limited (GTR) has introduced tubeless motorcycle tyres for the first time in Pakistan.Sale of motorcycles has gone up tremendously due to introduction of......
KARACHI: Stocks succumbed to selling pressure on Friday as KSE-100 index stood dragged down by 163.41 points (0.49 per cent) to close at 33,048.51.Several market participants thought it fair for the......
KARACHI: The Attock Refinery Limited (ATRL) has stated that the tie-in connection activity of the new plants and revamping of the existing units under the ARL up-gradation project is planned during......
WASHINGTON: Has the world’s crisis lender become politicised?The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been accused of giving in to political pressure in dropping a long established rule on......
KARACHI: Sustained buying from spinners pushed prices higher on the cotton market on Friday. There was hardly any new factors which could have induced buying except that growing concern about short......
LONDON: Gold prices bounced on Friday, erasing earlier losses as the dollar fell, but was still on track for a seventh weekly drop in eight as investors positioned themselves for a likely US rate......
SHANGHAI: China’s central bank on Friday cut the yuan’s value against the greenback to its lowest in more than four years, only a week after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) welcomed the unit......
With Sanaullah Zehri set to become chief minister of Balochistan, the province is reverting to type: its brief flirtation with a non-sardar — Dr Abdul Malik — in the top government slot is almost......
ISLAMABAD: The government’s move to privatise the national flag carrier suffered a major setback when the Supreme Court restrained Special Adviser to the PM on Aviation Shujaat Azeem to have any role......
Protests were planned across Paris on Friday by civil society who dangled banners from the Arc de Triomphe calling upon the French President, François Hollande, to “renew the energy”, as the deadline......
KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani shrugged off on Friday criticism from the country’s intelligence chief, Rahmatullah Nabil, who had resigned a day earlier over his diplomatic outreach to......
ISLAMABAD: In a major development, the government allowed private telecommunication and internet companies on Friday to sign agreements with neighbouring countries for internet services and telephone......
LAHORE: Five alleged terrorists belonging to the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed in an encounter with the police’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD)......
WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Ash Carter has said that the United States has independent relationships with India, Pakistan and Afghanistan and wants to continue this arrangement.At a joint news......
LONDON: The militant Islamic State (IS) group has made more than $500 million by trading oil, with significant volumes sold to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and some finding its......
NEW DELHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday, the Indian foreign ministry said. The meeting took place at Mr Khan’s request.The......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan has found a number of weaknesses in economic policies, including energy strategy, and has asked the government to address the weaknesses.The central bank issued......
KARACHI: While Rangers and police were on a collision course after the latter released former federal minister Dr Asim Hussain in a case registered under the anti-terrorism law for what police......
ISLAMABAD: The National Highway Authority has awarded a contract of Rs148 billion to a Pakistan-China joint venture firm for building a 230-kilometre section of the Karachi-Lahore Motorway amid......
KIEV: Scuffles involving several dozen lawmakers have erupted at Ukraine's parliament after one deputy tried to drag the prime minister away from the rostrum.PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk was giving his......
NO, I take that back. Books shouldn’t ever be burned. Instead recycle the paper, use for wrapping vegetables or fish, or dispose of in some environmentally friendly way. But please keep our students......
In the aftermath of the local elections in Karachi, while there is a lesson for each major player in Sindh, the victorious MQM should be grateful to the Rangers for the crackdown the paramilitary......
THE India-Pakistan dialogue has picked up steam. Meetings have been agreed with impressive precision. Fingers must be kept crossed as to whether both parties are now in a truly negotiating frame of......
SURVIVAL is the most fundamental directive hard-wired into the DNA of every species. So what makes young men — and, increasingly, young women — become suicide bombers?Clearly, it takes very powerful......
IT was only with the greatest of reluctance that Sanaullah Zehri, provincial PML-N leader, ceded the chief minister’s office to Abdul Malik Baloch of the National Party in 2013.It took the personal......
THE most recent round of discussions on a national water policy has produced a mix of views old and new.The old part came from the provincial government representatives, such as the one from Punjab......
THE fact that the megacity of Karachi does not have a viable public transport system is nothing short of criminal.It reflects the disinterest of both the federal and provincial governments — as well......
BEIRUT: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Friday for triple suicide bombings in northern Syria that killed at least 26 people and wounded 90, underscoring its ability to launch attacks......
