KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers Sindh claimed to have arrested at least 4,074 suspected criminals during a total number of 2,410 raids and operations conducted during the year 2015.According to Rangers......
ISTANBUL: A Turkish court on Monday remanded in custody a 17-year-old construction worker on charges of "insulting" Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Facebook, media reports said.It is the......
QUETTA: More than 9,000 suspected militants and criminals were apprehended by police, levies, frontier corps and intelligence agencies in Balochistan as a part of the national action plan in the year......
KARACHI: Legendary Pakistan allrounder Imran Khan said he backs convicted spot-fixer Mohammad Amir's return to international cricket, urging sceptical players and fans to support the tainted......
KARACHI: Four young men died after consuming 'desi' moonshine in the metropolis, hospital officials said on Monday.36-year old Victor was brought in from Pahar Ganj area of North Nazimabad for......
DAMASCUS: At least 14 people were killed and dozens more wounded in large bomb blasts on Monday in the regime-held central Syrian city of Homs, state media reported."The preliminary toll in......
LAHORE: Pakistan's suspended legspinner Yasir Shah has appeared before a medical panel tasked with determining why he failed a drug test, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials said Monday as they......
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJB) left no stone unturned in praising Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's diplomatic coup after he made a quick visit to Lahore in an effort to revive India-Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman on Monday said Pakistan is in negotiations with the United States to procure the latest F-16 fighter jets, but did not specify an exact......
KANDAHAR: Two gunmen on a motorbike shot and killed a female polio vaccination campaigner in Afghanistan on Monday and seriously wounded her granddaughter, officials said.No group claimed......
The best time to travel through the picturesque countryside of Punjab is at the crack of dawn. I did that a few days ago; winding along the dusty roads of central Punjab, watching the sun rise and......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) on Monday rolled out the 16th Block 2 JF-17 aircraft and formally handed it over to the Pakistan Air force (PAF), marking the completion of four......
PESHAWAR: A three-day anti-polio drive kicked off in Swabi on Monday, resuming the region's anti-polio campaign which was cancelled due to security concerns last week.The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)......
Scene 1: Imran Khan sits in front of Karan Thapar in an interview. The seasoned journalist lobs question after question like hand-grenades but Mr Khan knows exactly when to duck, when to stall and......
JANOKHAR: “Fidaye Salman ta salamuna" [Salute to the suicide bomber Salman], reads the conspicuous banner featuring a teenager's face.The banner is affixed on a wall at the entrance of Janokhar, a......
LAHORE: A district and sessions court on Monday sent eight men, accused of gang raping a teenage girl in Lahore, on a three-day physical remand in police custody.Police prosecutor Advocate Muhammad......
WASHINGTON: The militant Islamic State (IS) group has set up departments to handle "war spoils," including slaves, and the exploitation of natural resources such as oil, creating the trappings of......
MUMBAI: The Indian government's purchases of cotton are set to plunge 89 per cent in the 2015/16 marketing year as local prices have jumped after crop failures forced neighbouring Pakistan to raise......
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif a pink turban to wear on the occasion of his granddaughter's wedding, HindustanTimes reported.Nawaz donned the 'Indian......
NEW DELHI: With the holiday season in full swing, Indians are flocking to the online marketplace in droves. But there's one unusual item flying off the virtual shelves: Cow dung patties are selling......
ASUNCION: Mudslides have killed at least four people in Brazil, one of several South American countries where torrential rains and flooding now have claimed at least 10 lives, officials said on......
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum will have a nagging back injury re-assessed on Tuesday after he left the field during his side's comprehensive 10-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in their second......
PARIS: AFP journalists have chosen Angela Merkel as the most influential figure of 2015 after the German chancellor stamped her mark on the European migrant and Greek financial crises.The vote by......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Karachi on Monday, accompanied by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Water and Power and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and Trade and Commerce Minister Khurram......
KABUL: Afghanistan will raise a 7,000-member security force to guard the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (Tapi) gas pipeline project, Radio Pakistan reported.Afghan Mines and Petroleum......
MAIDUGURI: Boko Haram Islamic extremists struck the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri for the first time in months Monday with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple suicide bombers, witnesses......
KABUL: A suicide car bomb attack targeting a Nato convoy struck near Kabul airport on Monday morning, killing one civilian, Afghan officials said.Four other civilians were wounded in the attack,......
IF reports of a breakthrough having been achieved between the government and the trader community over tax issues are true, then there is good cause for some optimism.Both parties, the government and......
AS the new year approaches, there is an unmistakable sense of urgency on Afghanistan. Gen Raheel Sharif’s visit to Kabul yesterday is in no way a make-or-break trip, but it is certainly significant......
CRIMINAL justice reform is, unfortunately, a subject that does not rank very highly on the rulers’ list of priorities. Whether it is the trial of violent criminals or terrorists, our investigation......
For some, Donald Trump is the larger-than-life contestant of the ultimate reality show, the one candidate they really want to vote into the big house. Others call him an unhinged fascist, a dangerous......
PAKISTAN clearly lacks a suitable paradigm to achieve national progress. Having taken 19 IMF loans since 1958 to overcome perennial foreign exchange (FX) crises, IMF-backed, supposedly home-grown,......
The idea of justice and retribution has bitterly divided India yet again. The age-old culture of settling scores with bloodletting as the primary impulse is ingrained in the Indian DNA from the time......
The government confines its performance evaluation on the National Action Plan to the number of arrests made and raids conducted, not realising that NAP is much more than that. It is, inter alia,......
ISLAMABAD: The government of Punjab has formed a committee to investigate the causes of low cotton production this year.The committee, which has already met once, evaluated the cotton crop situation......
CHITRAL: The front portions of more than 36 shops were razed to ground by the district administration here on Sunday as part of operation launched against encroachments in the city.The heavy......
KARAK: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief of Jamaat-i-Islami Prof Mohammad Ibrahim has claimed that the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Pakistan was just a business trip, adding that Prime......
PESHAWAR: The government is taking steps to make up for the lost time in implementation of Medical Teaching Institutions Reforms Act, 2015 following the dismissal of the petitions by the high court......
The larger bench of the Peshawar High Court declared on Dec 23 that the enactment of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission Act (KPECA) 2014 was in accordance with the Constitution of Pakistan and......
PESHAWAR: The eighth death anniversary of former prime minister and PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto was observed in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday.The main event was held in......
RAWALPINDI: PPP activists and supporters observed the eighth death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto in three separate events held at Liaquat Bagh.The events which started on Saturday evening and ended......
ISLAMABAD: A week-long weaving workshop hosted by the National Institution of Folk and Heritage (Lok Virsa) as part of an ongoing series titled ‘Craft of the Month’ concluded on Sunday.Between the......
ISLAMABAD: Member of the European Parliament Afzal Khan on Sunday said the good gesture shown by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi towards Pakistan during his visits to different countries was a......
RAWALPINDI: The local version of the Bengali sweet, ras malai, has been a staple dessert at sweet shops no matter the season.Ras malai, though originally made with cheese, is now made with dry milk......
LANDI KOTAL: With improved coordination and support from the security forces, the Fata Secretariat has gained accessibility to all of Fata in order to vaccinate children against the crippling polio......
ISLAMABAD: The district administration and the police will meet on Monday to discuss security arrangements for New Year’s Eve and how many officials will be required for the occasion.A senior police......
LAHORE: The Punjab government’s spokesman Syed Zaeem Hussain Qadri says the province has taken most effective steps under the National Action Plan (NAP).In a press release on Sunday, he said the......
LAHORE: Balochistan Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri met Shahbaz Sharif here on Sunday and they discussed matters of mutual interest, political situation and measures for promotion of inter-provincial......
LAHORE: Leaders and workers of the PPP arranged events in various parts of the city to remember Benazir Bhutto on her eighth death anniversary on Sunday.A rally was taken out and a vigil and Quran......
LAHORE: Police have so far failed to capture the prime suspect allegedly involved in Friday’s tragic incident of a gang rape with a 15-year-old girl at a local hotel. However, the police claimed that......
LAHORE: Pakistan Railways authorities will open financial bids for the auction of luggage van attached with Business Express on Monday (today).Auctioning luggage portions and brake vans attached with......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab organiser Chaudhry Sarwar called on Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri at his residence on Sunday and discussed with him electoral......
KARACHI: With the blessing of their high command, the local leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) made a deal with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement enabling the latter to grab the top......
KARACHI: The inquiry report into the death of a 10-month girl apparently because of security cordon formed to protect Pakistan Peoples’ Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari during opening of a......
IT is generally perceived that Pakistan’s cultural and political environment is more conducive to produce Urdu’s imaginative and creative writings — such as fiction, poetry and satire — and Indian......
KARACHI: The second edition of the two-day Karachi Fashion Week –– Men’s Fashion 2015 opened on Saturday at the Mohatta Palace Museum lawns and presented the works of both emerging and established......
SUKKUR: Pakistan Peoples Party central leader Rehman Malik has shrugged off objections to conspicuous absence of former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in his wife’s death anniversary......
KARACHI: While there have been major successes in the Rangers-led operation in the city that began two years back, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has raised concerns over a rise in......
THATTA: Surrounded by an eerie silence and a cool breeze, the muddy blue waters of the Keenjhar lake seem to be in harmony with nature. But this impression is far from reality.The unabated discharge......
YORK: Britain’s government said on Sunday it will send more troops to tackle “unprecedented” flooding in northern England which has forced hundreds to flee their homes, including in the historic......
BIRMINGHAM: The death toll in the US southeast climbed to 22 on Saturday after less than a week of tumultuous weather — unusual warmth, tornadoes and torrential downpours — sparked flooding and......
RIYADH: Saudi authorities said on Sunday that they had seized more than five million amphetamine tablets and arrested 11 people in one of the kingdom’s largest drug busts.The suspects — nine Saudis......
LOS ANGELES: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has reached $1 billion at the box office, reaching the milestone with record-setting hyper speed.The Walt Disney Co. said “The Force Awakens” crossed the......
BARCELONA: Members of a far-left Catalan separatist party gathered on Sunday to decide whether to back the formation of a new government led by outgoing Catalan president Artur Mas that would work......
WASHINGTON: Police in the United States have killed nearly 1,000 this year, says a report published on Sunday.Thirty-six police officers have also been shot and killed in the line of duty this......
DHAKA: Police said on Sunday they had detained three suspected members of a banned militant group and found a sniper rifle, ammunition, explosives and military suits in a hideout in southeastern......
BEIJING: China adopted its first counter-terrorism law on Sunday after early drafts of the bill attracted strong criticism for provisions that may tighten media controls and threaten the intellectual......
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday said that organisers of a recent concert by pop star Enrique Iglesias in Colombo should be “whipped with toxic stingray tails” because it......
UNITED Nations Security Council Resolution 2254, which laid out the map of a peace process in Syria, crowns a year of risky gambles for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Most of these played out......
POLITICAL shenanigans can carry a high economic price tag, as President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has recently realised. His ‘redeployment’ of the respected finance minister Nhlanhla Nene earlier......
EARLY next month, Pablo Sierra is opening a used book store in Northwest Washington — an unlikely bet in the digital age made even more inconceivable given that his only experience with books is......
DUBAI: Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah was on Sunday provisionally suspended for failing a dope test by the International Cricket Council (ICC).“Yasir has been charged with an anti-doping rule......
DURBAN: Opener Dean Elgar provided stubborn resistance as South Africa finished the second day of the first Test on 137 for four in reply to England’s 303 at Kingsmead on Sunday.The touring side were......
DUBAI: FIFA presidential hopeful Prince Ali bin Al Hussein on Sunday called for the immediate publication of Michael Garcia’s report on alleged bribery and corruption during bidding for the 2018 and......
MELBOURNE: Having waited until 35 years of age to win his first Test cap, Adam Voges has wasted no time cementing his place in Australia’s batting line-up by scoring a mountain of runs.With nearly......
MELBOURNE: Skipper Steve Smith and Adam Voges reached more career milestones as Australia tightened their grip over the hapless West Indies in the second Test in Melbourne on Sunday.Smith reached his......
LONDON: Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal’s future was plunged into serious doubt on Saturday as his side lost at Stoke City, while title-chasing Arsenal crashed to a demoralising defeat at......
SYDNEY: Defending line honours champion Wild Oats XI was the biggest casualty among the plethora of vessels forced to retire overnight as heavy winds decimated a Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race fleet......
PTF appeals to ITF for decision reviewISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) has again requested the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to review its decision of depriving Pakistan from......
KARACHI: Two hat-tricks — one each by M. Imran and Kashif Jawwad — for their respective teams highlighted proceedings of the third day in the 62nd National Hockey Championship at the Hockey Club of......
TWELVE months ago, when 2014 was coming to a close, there were high hopes about the National Democratic Alliance government, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, being able to revive the economy,......
STRUGGLING with a demographic time-bomb at home, under pressure to do more with their money and facing growing competition, Japanese companies are spending big on overseas acquisitions.In 2015......
IN a rare criticism of the provinces’ failure to significantly boost their tax revenues to pay their bills, the central bank in its report on the state of the economy for FY15 has advised them to......
MOST price indicators in the country have either been in the negative zone or on the margins for almost a year now.The wholesale price index (WPI) has mostly remained in the negative region while the......
THE rupee remained volatile against the dollar in both the interbank and open markets last week, as trading was restricted to three days.On the interbank market, the rupee commenced the week by......
THE central bank pumped in a relatively smaller amount of Rs40.5bn into the banking system last Wednesday in an open market operation.The injection was made in an eight-day contract at 6pc. With......
LAST week, the engineering conglomerate Siemens Pakistan announced its plans to sell off its healthcare business. The company explained in a filing with the stock exchange that the sale was “due to......
ITS eyes fixed on the bonanza that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor promises to bring, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has formed a company to develop special economic zones and has identified......
IT is of paramount significance that the capacity of research and education in Pakistan be strengthened so that the country can achieve its economic, social and political development goals.Education......
THE abnormal drop in cotton output in Punjab and a report by the committee constituted by the provincial government to look into its causes have stoked an interesting debate in the province.The......
THE World Trade Organisation’s long-awaited decision to abolish agricultural export subsidies, which are accused of distorting international trade, will enable the developing countries to better......
UNABATED intrusion of the Arabian Sea into the coastal districts of Badin and Thatta continues to destroy farmlands, fishing areas and ancestral coastal villages.Due to climate change and inadequate......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate is set to form a new committee to review all acts passed by the parliament and suggest framing of rules necessary for their implementation and to see if the existing rules are......
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has said that most operators of Haj, Umrah and other pilgrimage services are defrauding people and called for introducing amendments to the Emigration......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that civil courts should refrain from entertaining suits or exercising jurisdiction on disputes about properties situated outside the country.The directive was......
QUETTA: Unidentified armed men set on fire the house of former provincial minister for fisheries Akbar Askani in Mand Jat area of the Kech district on Sunday night. Mr Askani is contesting for......
NAUDERO: The central executive committee of PPP decided on Sunday night to install Asif Ali Zardari as president of Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP).Mr Zardari already enjoys the......
PESHAWAR: The first singing competition to revive Tapay (Pashto folk song) — titled “Ya Qurban” — has been held in which contestants from across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have taken part.Ali Jan (Janan), a......
QUETTA: Paediatricians expressed concern on Sunday over low immunisation coverage in Balochistan and agreed to create awareness on the issue by joining hands with the provincial chapter of the......
WASHINGTON: The United States will continue its air strikes in Afghanistan and Syria in 2016 as well, says the head of the US Air Forces Central Command.Lt Gen Charles Brown Jr. believes that in......
QUETTA: Rockets fired from across the Iranian border exploded in Mashkel tehsil of Kharan district on Sunday, official sources said.However, no casualty was reported.They said several rockets......
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s army said on Sunday it had defeated the militant Islamic State (IS) group’s fighters in a provincial capital, the first major victory for the US-trained force since it collapsed in......
JALALABAD: Local village militia members loyal to a powerful Afghan lawmaker have beheaded four fighters of the militant Islamic State (IS) group and placed their severed heads on the side of a main......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on Sunday to take first formal steps towards the resumption of reconciliation talks between the Afghan government and Taliban by convening a meeting in the......
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will spend the whole day in Karachi on Monday, but a schedule for the visit released by his office did not include any meeting with Sindh Chief Minister......
GARHI KHUDA BAKHSH: The National Action Plan (NAP) was being used for victimisation of political opponents, People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari alleged on Sunday.He was addressing a......
LAHORE: All suspects nominated in an FIR of the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in a hotel have been arrested, police said on Sunday.Speaking at a press conference at the CCPO office, DIG Operations......
ISLAMABAD: “I am satisfied that the UN commission did not exceed its mandate set out in the terms of reference. I stand by the report,” said a letter written by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on......
