KARACHI: The reigning national champions of the army team clinched victory at the all-Pakistan Amir Khan Boxing Tournament, as they bagged three gold medals after tough resistance in the final......
KARACHI: A suspected robber was beaten to death by an angry mob in Korangi area of Karachi on Monday, police said.An enraged mob got hold of a 'burqa-clad' couple who were escaping after staging an......
LONDON: Spain forward Pedro has backed his club and international team-mate Cesc Fabregas to overcome hostility from some Chelsea fans and come good for the west Londoners.Midfielder Fabregas was......
KARACHI: Pakistan's marine forces on Monday arrested 66 Indian fishermen for allegedly violating the country's territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, police said.Hussain Janwari, a senior police......
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis vowed on Monday to power ahead with the reform of the Curia, the Church's “diseased” governing body, throwing down the gauntlet to those fostering a climate of intrigue,......
As if by magic, the ‘Heart of Asia’ conference in Islamabad earlier this month turned out to be a deux machina for Pakistan and India. Suddenly, the tailspin stopped and a crash, nose first,......
RAWALPINDI:The commander of Resolute Support Mission and United States Forces (USF) in Afghanistan, General John F Campbell, called on Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Monday at General......
KABUL: At least six Nato soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber on a motorbike attacked a joint US-Afghan patrol near Bagram air base in Afghanistan on Monday.Brig Gen William Shoffner, head of......
QUETTA: Security forces on Monday foiled a major terror bid in the province and seized a vehicle transporting weaponry in Balochistan's Dalbandin area.One suspected militant was also killed during an......
KARACHI: The administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts (ATCs), Justice Naimutallah Phulpoto on Monday rejected police's investigation report that had acquitted Dr Asim Hussain of all terror......
“If Russia fails to fulfill her historic mission today, she would be considered a decadent state and would henceforth take second place among the great powers.”Normally one wouldn’t bat an eyelid at......
PARIS: French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will meet with his Russian counterpart in Moscow on Monday to request an increase in strikes against the militant Islamic State (IS) group in......
KARACHI: Seventeen-year-old Alina Rashid was getting ready for a sports event at school. She tried to pull herself up on a stool, but was struggling with the simple task. Something felt wrong; she......
PESHAWAR: A Levies official was killed and a Frontier Corps Lt Col injured in two separate explosions in Mohmand Agency Monday, said officials.Levies official Naseer and a passerby, Umar, were killed......
BEIJING: Russia overtook Saudi Arabia for the third time this year in November as China's largest crude oil supplier, customs data showed on Monday, as Russia captures fresh demand from China's new......
ZURICH: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were each banned for eight years by the FIFA ethics committee on Monday in a stunning removal of world football's most powerful leaders.FIFA President Blatter......
WASHINGTON: As the United States (US) negotiated this year's nuclear pact with Iran, the State Department quietly agreed to spare the Gulf Sultanate of Oman from an embarrassing public rebuke over......
BEIJING: Beijing has ordered 2,100 factories to suspend or reduce production as part of its "red alert" measures to deal with smog, the government said Monday, as the city remained shrouded under......
WASHINGTON: United States (US) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday that Democrat Hillary Clinton was a "liar" for claiming that his proposal to ban entry of all foreign......
PESHAWAR: At least three suspected Taliban militants, including a commander, were killed and several others injured in a United States (US) drone strike in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on......
Former Twenty20 captain Younis Khan remained unsold as the Pakistan Super League (PSL) draft concluded on Tuesday with Abdul Razzaq and Saeed Ajmal the most notable last-minute inclusions.It is worth......
In a post 9/11 world, the traditional narrative of the War on Terror focused on poverty, ignorance and limited exposure to the world as the basis of extremism.But cases like that of Daniel Pearl’s......
PARIS: Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt shone at the Beijing world championships, but athletics was later mired in a shocking doping-linked corruption scandal that plunged the Olympics' number......
MELBOURNE: Usman Khawaja said Monday he was confident his recurring hamstring problems were behind him as the batsman works towards a recall to the Australia team for the second Test against the West......
YOKOHAMA: Barcelona striker Luis Suarez warned that the Spanish giants will be hungry for even more silverware after capturing a record third Club World Cup.The Uruguayan fired a second-half double......
BEIJING: At least 91 people were missing after a huge mound of mud and construction waste collapsed at a business park in southern China and buried 33 buildings in the country's latest industrial......
RIYADH: A missile fired from war-torn Yemen has struck a Saudi border city, killing three civilians, the kingdom said, in yet another violation of a ceasefire aimed at helping peace talks.Saturday's......
WHILE some gains have been made in the battlefield, the fight against militancy may be veering towards defeat in the more important theatre of hearts and minds.The recent arrest in Karachi of four......
THE Prime Minister’s National Health Insurance Programme raises hopes of a better system being put in place for those who cannot always afford medical treatment.A few questions remain. We are told......
AS 2015 draws to a close, it is worthwhile to evaluate the implementation of point 17 of the National Action Plan: “Empowering Balochistan government for political reconciliation with complete......
MANY people in Pakistan, seething at Donald Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US, are rightly upset. In the same vein, those few who point out similar discriminatory practices......
HUNDREDS of angry protesters took to the streets of Luari Sharif on the outskirts Badin last week. They ransacked shops, and then set them ablaze. They attacked homes, and torched them too. The mob......
WHAT a difficult day Dec 16 was.The pall of gloom that hung over everyone was palpable. And yet, the ways that were chosen to express grief were, in several cases, not appropriate.Consider, for......
A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court headed by Chief Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel on Dec 15 directed the ministry of defence and the inspector general of Frontier Corps (FC) to submit report......
ABBOTTABAD: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak said on Sunday that the provincial government had started a massive reforms campaign to provide justice and rights to the people.He was addressing a ceremony......
PESHAWAR: The members of Sikh community from entire Khyber Pakhtunkhwa gathered on Sunday evening to officially celebrate the birthday of Baba Guru Nanak with religious fervour.“Whether it was......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab home department is investigating how the sophisticated 9mm pistol had become accessible to terrorists to target law enforcement agencies.The authorities launched the probe in......
RAWALPINDI: Mohammad Yasir is counting down the days to Eid Miladun Nabi. The ten-year-old wants to bag the first prize at a local Naat recitation competition to be held on Thursday (December 24).His......
Sometimes the mind behind a crime leaves the public befuddled. So also do the police handling of some crimes.One such case came to light in October when a father and son from Sindh were said to have......
TAXILA: A key and coins from the Kushan Dynasty, dating back to the third century AD, were discovered at an ancient Buddhist monastery in Badlapur during excavations carried out by the Taxila......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) issued 141 tickets to VIPs for traffic violations this year.They included 66 army officers, 20 MNAs, eight senior government servants, five MPAs, two legal......
Kenyan ‘Jamhuri Day’ celebratedKenyan High Commissioner Dr Julius Kibet Bitok celebrated Kenya’s 52nd Independence Day, known in Swahili as Jamhuri Day, last week. Ministry of Foreign Affairs special......
ISLAMABAD: Given the Capital Development Authority’s propensity to raze all roadside cafes and dhabas in Islamabad, there is hardly any place left where one can sit in the open and enjoy a hot meal......
LAHORE: Despite assurance by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that the PIA will not be privatised, its employees have decided not to let it function under its new structure of the Pakistan International......
LAHORE: The five-day Ajoka Theatre Youth Festival concluded on Sunday at Alhamra Cultural Complex, Qadhafi Stadium.The festival proved to be a success as the turnout was encouraging. Besides Ajoka,......
LAHORE: Releasing its report on the federal government’s one-year performance, the Pakistan Awami Tehreek alleged on Sunday that the ruling PML-N failed to implement the National Action Plan, end......
SAHIWAL: Ruet-i-Halal Committee Chairman Mufti Munibur Rehman stresses that sectarianism and religious terrorism have nothing to do with peaceful teachings of Islam and those involved in militancy......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A group of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s District Executive Council members on Sunday quit the DEC membership as a protest against issuance of a show-cause notice to Riaz Fatyana and......
MIANWALI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has warned land owners to sell four acre land to the Namal University otherwise “we will acquire it under section 4 of Land Acquisition......
HYDERABAD: Dadi Leelavati Harchandi, who symbolises struggle for the noble cause of spreading the light of education in Sindh, is celebrating her 99th birthday.She cut a cake at a simple ceremony at......
LARKANA: Ambassadors of 13 countries and high commissioners (HCs) along with their families visited Moenjodaro on Sunday in a delegation.Officials of India, Japan, Russia, Germany, Austria, Sri......
NAWABSHAH: A total of 722 candidates appeared in the test for admission in various disciplines at Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University (SBBU), Nawabshah, for session 2016.According to a press release,......
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has allowed the use of loudspeakers during rallies commemorating the birth of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in Rabiul Awwal but urged the faithful to use it only......
KARACHI: Actors, musicians, politicians and theatre artistes thronged the Arts Council premises on Sunday to cast their votes for the two competing panels of Ahmed Shah-Ejaz Farooqi and......
KARACHI: An intelligence report received by the Sindh government has warned that almost half of the security cameras installed around Chief Minister House, including those meant for vehicles......
KARACHI: A three-legged dog greets you at the bright red gate of the newly-opened ACF Animal Shelter in Mujahid Colony, Dalmia, and hops alongside you as if it wants to show you around the......
NEW DELHI: For 12 hours a day, Raju Misra stands at his snack stall in the world’s ultimate pollution black spot, inhaling toxic fumes and railing against India’s politicians for failing to clean up......
NICOSIA: Cypriot leaders on Sunday wrapped up their UN-brokered peace negotiations for 2015 with the hope that next year will bring an elusive reunification deal for the divided island.“Keeping in......
BERN: Yemen’s warring parties wrapped up peace talks in Switzerland on Sunday with no major breakthrough but vowed to meet again next month, even as fighting raged on the ground.The six days of......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s first Islamic-compliant airline Rayani Air began operations on Sunday with its maiden flight taking off from the capital to the resort island of Langkawi, local media......
BERLIN: The militant Islamic State (IS) group may have stolen “tens of thousands” of blank passports that it could use to smuggle its fighters into Europe as refugees, a German newspaper reported on......
NAIROBI: Burundi’s government said on Sunday it would not agree to the deployment of African Union (AU) peacekeepers, warning that they would be seen as “an invasion force”.The announcement came a......
DIYARBAKIR: Armed clashes persisted on Sunday across Turkey’s southeast, where an operation by Turkish forces intensified on the sixth day of a campaign that security sources said had resulted in the......
NEW DELHI: The youngest convict in an infamous fatal gang-rape on a bus in New Delhi three years ago has been released from a youth correctional facility, Indian police said on Sunday.“The convict......
SANYA: Spanish model Mireia Lalaguna was crowned Miss World 2015 after beating out 113 contestants from across the globe on Saturday night at a coastal resort city in south China’s Hainan......
BEIRUT: Air strikes believed to have been carried out by Russian warplanes killed scores of people in the centre of the rebel-held city of Idlib in northwest Syria on Sunday, rescue workers and......
MADRID: Spanish firefighters were battling around 100 wildfires in the northwestern Asturias region on Sunday, where flames fed by strong winds forced the closure of roads and a rail line, officials......
PARIS: From the blood spilled in the streets of Paris to the San Bernardino shootings, the world in 2015 showed its vulnerability to the brand of terror perpetrated by the jihadists of militant......
YOKOHAMA: Barcelona swept to the Club World Cup title by outclassing South American champions River Plate 3-0 on Sunday, with Luis Suarez scoring twice after Lionel Messi had broken the deadlock in a......
HAMILTON: A hobbling Kane Williamson guided New Zealand to 142 for five at the close of play on the third day of the second and final Test against Sri Lanka in Hamilton, with the hosts needing......
PIETERMARITZBURG (South Africa): Fast bowler Steven Finn took four of the first six wickets as South Africa A collapsed to 136 all out on the first day of their three-day match against the touring......
LONDON: Odion Ighalo was on the mark twice as a buoyant Watford won 3-0 at home to Liverpool on Sunday to consolidate seventh position in the Premier League, only one point behind the top four.It was......
BERLIN: Pep Guardiola will leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season after the Spaniard decided not to extend his contract at the German champions and will be replaced by three-time Champions......
MILAN: Gonzalo Higuain took his Serie A goals tally to 16 from 17 games as 10-man Napoli moved to within a point of leaders Inter Milan with a 3-1 away win at Atalanta on Sunday.With a four-point......
PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain moved 19 points clear at the top of Ligue 1 with a 3-0 victory away to Caen on Saturday inspired by their Argentina forward Angel Di Maria who netted twice.Di Maria scored......
LAHORE: The Lahore Sports Sciences Rugby Club won the inaugural National Women’s Rugby Sevens Championship after the outclassed Lahore Women Rugby Club (LWRC) 15-0 at the Punjab Stadium on......
KARACHI: Younis Khan couldn’t have picked a better time to score his first century of the current domestic season as United Bank Limited (UBL) sent Karachi Whites bowlers on a leather hunt at the......
FOREIGN investors have pulled back a huge sum of $304m from the local equity market so far this year — a major bleeding. Accustomed to a fabulous average return of 32pc in the preceding three years,......
THERE is no going back on the gas deal with Qatar. Therefore, the delay in its ratification by the Economic Coordination Committee is unfortunate and reflects confusion within the economic team......
WITH international oil prices at 11-year lows, various powerful stakeholders in Pakistan have been flexing their muscles to maximise their accounts from the windfall — at the cost of the consumer and......
ENCOURAGED by a spike in its sales over the past several years owing to a booming economy, National Foods Ltd — mainly a spice firm — set for itself in 2009 an ambitious target of becoming a Rs50bn......
MOST of the country’s agriculture and livestock products are being traded and exported — without any regard for standard, quality or value-addition — and are thus performing much below their......
THE Darawat Dam — a project for the rain-fed areas of Jamshoro and Thatta districts — was completed in 2013. But it has still not been filled to a level where it could release water to irrigate......
ALTHOUGH Pakistan’s textile sector is averse to buying raw materials or products from India, it feels compelled for a while to import cotton in large quantities from its traditional rival.The......
ABOUT five years ago, when then-environment minister Jairam Ramesh described the growing tendency of affluent Indians to drive SUVs and luxury cars that guzzled diesel (a fuel that was heavily......
TurkmenistanAfter gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Turkmenistan has become one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. It is largely a desert country with intensive agriculture......
JANET Yellen has started weaning the American economy off its addiction to cheap money. But, given recent mixed economic data, economists are divided on the merits of the US Federal Reserve chair’s......
The Federal Reserve is expected to follow this week’s historic first post-crisis rate rise by lifting US borrowing costs again in March, according to a Financial Times survey of leading......
SIGNS of growing demand for housing finance are apparent but banks are tapping just a fraction of it. The reason is that they are making huge profits by investing in risk-free government papers......
THE government raised Rs34.664bn from the auction of Pakistan Investment Bonds of various tenors last Thursday, despite receiving bids worth a much higher Rs144.472bn.The central bank raised......
The local currency market witnessed quiet trading last week after hectic dollar buying amid speculations in the previous two weeks.The dollar, that had rebounded sharply against the rupee, hitting......
UNDER the SBP Order 1948, the central bank, when it was established that year, was charged with “regulating the issue of bank notes and operating the currency and credit system with a view to......
LAHORE: President Mamnoon Husain has said the situation in the country is set to improve after having deteriorated a lot.Speaking at a function at the Nazariya-i-Pakistan Trust here on Sunday, he......
ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority has questioned the ‘closed basin’ description of the Indus Basin by international lenders, saying more than 22 million acre feet (MAF) of water in that......
WASHINGTON: Hussain Haqqani, Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US, issued a statement on Sunday on remarks made by former ambassador Zamir Akram about International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA)......
GWADAR: A severe shortage of drinking water has hit Gwadar which has been in the headlines these days for its deep sea port project and being an important point of the China-Pakistan Economic......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate is set to take up a number of important constitutional matters, including a bill seeking restructuring of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), when the house meets after......
ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has decided in consultation with the provinces to close canals from Dec 25 to Jan 31 for annual maintenance and de-silting.The plan will reduce the......
WASHINGTON: There is an increasing recognition in Pakistan that to defeat the TTP, they must also fight the Afghan Taliban, says a senior US official.“And that creates an opportunity that we will......
ISLAMABAD: The government has managed to retrieve 3,500 acres of encroached upon land of Pakistan Railways (PR) over the past three and a half years but another 4,300 acres across the country are......
BEIJING: A landslide which swept through an industrial park in southern China buried more than 20 buildings in a sea of mud, left 27 people missing and triggered a gas explosion on Sunday, state......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has finally signed a summary to extend special powers of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, for another 60 days.According to sources, the Sindh government wrote......
KABUL: Afghanistan’s Helmand province could fall to the Taliban after months of heavy fighting, with 90 members of the security forces killed over the past two days, the deputy governor of the......
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says that gas shortage, particularly in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, will persist till next month’s end.He told......
