ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday said networks of terrorists had been "broken", however, the elimination of their facilitators would still "take some......
BAGHDAD: Iraq's foreign minister said on Wednesday it could resort to military means if forced to defend itself from what it says is an intrusion of Turkish forces into part of its north.Turkey said......
QUETTA: Nawabzada Jamil Bugti, son of Baloch chieftain Nawab Akbar Bugti, claimed on Wednesday that former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf through his lawyer begged pardon over the 'murder'......
KUALA LUMPUR: At Malaysian e-cigarette outlet Vape Empire, customers kick back and puff out thick, aromatic clouds of vapour in funky flavours like Horny Mango and Creamy Suckerz' Banana......
NEW DELHI: India successfully test-fired on Wednesday a new long range surface-to-air missile capable of countering aerial threats at extended ranges, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushes to......
ISLAMABAD: The adviser to prime minister on foreign affairs, Sartaj Aziz, said that rise of Islamic State (IS) group in Afghanistan is a point of concern for Pakistan.Talking to media after an event......
KARACHI: A court on Wednesday sentenced a militant to 14 years in prison for hurling grenades at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Karachi, four years ago, a prosecutor said.Zaki Qazi of the little......
Saleem Malik was once considered Pakistan's most gifted batsman.With supple wrists, and silky timing, Malik dominated spinners all over the world but was equally adept against menacing fast bowling.......
PARIS: Judges and prosecutors trashed the reputations of two of the leading Lords of the Rings in 2015 and criminal charges against Sepp Blatter and Lamine Diack were a warning that sport has got to......
DOHA: Paris Saint-Germain may be Qatari-owned, runaway Ligue 1 leaders, unbeaten all season and an outside bet for this season's Champions League but they are still battling to win over Qatari......
ROME: Apple has agreed to pay Italy 318 million euros ($348 million) to settle a tax dispute after the US tech giant was investigated for suspected fraud, the country's tax agency said Tuesday.The......
WASHINGTON: The United States continues to spy on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's communications despite promising to curtail the hacking of its allies, The Wall Street Journal reported......
Manchester City have gone off the boil after a good start to the season and the team should have been placed higher than third in the Premier League table at the end of the year, goalkeeper Joe Hart......
Struggling champions Chelsea may not have set the Premier League alight under interim manager Guus Hiddink but the mood in the dressing room has definitely improved since his arrival, midfielder John......
There is something about those dog-eared classics on my bookshelf that keeps bringing me back to them time and again.I’m a die-hard Janeite, and while I don’t mind a bit of Bronte and Hardy, it is to......
DUBAI: Iranian naval vessels conducted rocket tests last week near United States (US) warships and commercial traffic passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the American military said Wednesday,......
MARDAN: Local police officials claim the Mardan police department repeatedly wrote to the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) Mardan office asking it to enhance security measures,......
JAKARTA: Motorbike taxi drivers zig-zag through heavy traffic in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, running the latest two-wheeled transport service for women, making a dent in the male-dominated world......
MOSCOW: One person was killed and 11 were injured in a shooting at a Unesco heritage site in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan, local health authorities said on Wednesday.The......
NEW DELHI: Millions of Delhi residents will have to find alternative ways to commute to work from Friday onward, after authorities launch a trial of draconian traffic restrictions in an attempt to......
BERLIN: Global economic growth will be "disappointing" next year, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a guest article for German newspaper Handelsblatt published on......
QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the western route of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Balochistan's Zhob on Wednesday and laid the foundation stones of two key projects:......
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for five absconders in a terror case registered against former federal minister and PPP leader Dr Asim......
MELBOURNE: With the series easily won and a dead Test still to play, Australia coach Darren Lehmann on Wednesday talked up the West Indies for finally finding some fight.The tourists have failed to......
NEW DELHI: After a drubbing in a state poll in November, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to overhaul his cabinet to weed out underperformers and improve his government's image. Problem is,......
You have saved enough, and you now are ready to buy your first car. The Pakistani car market has expanded a great deal compared to what it was a decade ago. Not only new cars are being launched but......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah's visit to Islamabad to resolve the conflict with the centre over Rangers' powers in Sindh culminated with the premier directing Interior Minister Chaudhry......
In the dying days of the year, nature seemed determined to put a damper on traditional festivities in various parts of the world. There have been floods in Britain and parts of Latin America,......
Symbolism surely does matter in the conduct of diplomacy. So, the excitement over the impromptu stopover of the Indian prime minister in Lahore to wish his Pakistani counterpart ‘happy birthday’ was......
ONE of our neighbours is in the wedding business. For this reason, it is nearly always wedding season at their house. The workday does not begin until sometime in the afternoon and it does not end......
POINT six of the National Action Plan calls for the state to choke terrorism financing. Choking funds is not possible without understanding the processes of fundraising, transfers and utilisation of......
MINGORA: The recreational activity of snow tubing is becoming popular in Malam Jabba as it has become a source of income for the local people.There was a time, according to the residents of Malam......
PESHAWAR: The political leaders have strongly condemned suicide attack at the office of National Database and Registration Authority in Mardan on Tuesday and expressed sympathies with the affected......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has said that the establishment of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH & RC) in Peshawar has gladdened him more......
PESHAWAR: British High Commissioner Philip Burton on Tuesday called on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan at the Governor House here to discuss matters of mutual interest with......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission (KPEC) on Tuesday arrested provincial food secretary Sahibzada Fazal Ameen on multiple charges of misuse of office and corrupt practices during his......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police have yet to attract women to join the force as officials say that due to cultural taboos the number of policewomen is still less than one per cent in the......
ISLAMABAD: While all the past 200 meetings of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) witnessed arguments and discussions, for the first time in its 53-year history the CII saw scuffles among its......
MURREE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the revamped General Post Office (GPO) in Murree on Tuesday.The GPO was given a 1960s look on directions from the prime minister and the renovations......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Tuesday came down hard on Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) Maroof Afzal over the authority’s failure in stopping corruption as well as the......
ISLAMABAD: Politicians, mediapersons and civil society activists on Tuesday said there was a lack of political will to ensure security for mediapersons.They were speaking at a consultation arranged......
TAXILA: The Punjab government on Tuesday launched Khidmat Card Programme to provide financial assistance to special persons of the district.Under the programme, special persons will be provided......
LAHORE: Responding to a Unesco letter that expressed its concern at passing of elevated Orange Line track along the Shalamar Gardens and sought construction in front of the monument to be stopped,......
LAHORE: Hearing bail petition of Shaheen Airline’s pilot facing charges of crash landing under the influence, a Lahore High Court division bench on Tuesday directed the prosecution to submit flight......
LAHORE: Opposition leader Mahmoodur Rashid has submitted an adjournment motion with the Punjab Assembly secretariat seeking redressal of the problems being faced by citizens due to protocol of......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday launched the Punjab Khidmat Card Programme for providing interest-free loans, free technical training, rehabilitation and welfare and financial......
FAISALABAD: Rector of the National Textile University has appointed his ‘favourites’ on important posts on hefty packages without advertising the positions or seeking approval of the board of......
LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah denied on Tuesday that the ruling PML-N had any link with the main suspect in the student’s gang rape.He told a press conference that the gang rape case......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Saddar police recovered on Tuesday a rocket launcher and its gun from Jhang branch canal bed.The canal is closed for desiltation for a month and villagers of Chak 376-JB, Bassi, saw......
MIRPURKHAS: The Mirpurkhas Gymkhana Club situated on the Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas highway has been sealed by officials on a directive of the deputy commissioner “without any prior notice and stated......
KARACHI: Four houbara bustards were seized by Rangers personnel during checking of an intercity bus in the Mochko area on Monday.The birds were later handed over to the wildlife department.“The birds......
KARACHI: A play Siachen, centred on the lives and sacrifices of Pakistani soldiers, will be staged from Jan 1 to Feb 28 at the Arts Council Karachi’s auditorium, announced the writer of the play......
KARACHI: Top provincial authorities on Tuesday gave the nod for the arrest of 26 people — mostly government officials — for allegedly causing a financial loss to the tune of over Rs131 million to the......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Turkey have agreed on the need to set up a “strategic cooperation council” to strengthen military, economic and investment cooperation between the two countries, Saudi......
LONDON: Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, the hell-raising frontman of iconic British heavy metal band Motorhead, has died aged 70 of a sudden, aggressive cancer, the group said on Tuesday.The gravel-voiced......
JERUSALEM: Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday reduced former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s prison sentence for a sweeping bribery scandal from six years to 18 months, handing him a moral victory even......
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday accused the leader of the main Kurdish party Selahattin Demirtas of “treason” over his call for autonomy for the country’s Kurdish......
WASHINGTON: The United States acknowledged on Tuesday that Iran had taken a “significant step” towards meeting its nuclear commitments by sending a large quantity of uranium abroad.“As it agreed to......
BAGHDAD: Tribal fighters deployed in Ramadi on Tuesday, a step towards providing the reconquered Iraqi city with a force both capable of preventing the militants’ return and palatable to the local......
MONTREAL: Snow blanketed eastern Canada Tuesday, sparking airport delays and trouble on the roads as the season’s first major winter storm hit the region following an unusually mild start to......
YANGON: Hundreds of people in Myanmar protested for a fifth day on Tuesday against death sentences issued in Thailand to two Myanmar men convicted of murdering a pair of British backpackers, but who......
COLOMBO: Lankan cricketing legends Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene are confronted with legal action by the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) and condemnation by the public for mismanaging a......
MUMBAI: Indian police said on Tuesday they had arrested two contract workers accused of raping a woman at the premises of technology giant Infosys, in the latest incident of sexual violence to rock......
BANDA ACEH: More than 100 former separatist fighters in Indonesia’s Acehprovince who hid out in the jungles and allegedly committed serious crimes have surrendered, an official said on Tuesday.The......
IN Bangladeshi parlance, the Urdu-speaking Muslim people who had migrated to the then East Pakistan from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan are categorised as “Biharis”.The Bihari community is a......
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo refrained from openly rejecting the idea of joining the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition of 34 countries to fight terrorism, but his chief security czar......
LAHORE: One-day International captain Azhar Ali withdrew his resignation after a detailed meeting with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan on Tuesday.Azhar had tendered his......
MELBOURNE: Australia captain Steve Smith will seek an explanation from match referee Chris Broad over a Decision Review System malfunction during the second Test on Tuesday.With West Indies on 210-5......
DURBAN: England’s Steven Finn took three wickets as South Africa, chasing an unlikely 416 for victory, struggled to 136 for four on the fourth day of the first Test on Tuesday.England snared openers......
MELBOURNE: Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Marsh bowled Australia to a 177-run victory over the West Indies in the second Test on Tuesday, to win the series and retain the Frank Worrell Trophy.The......
LONDON: Manchester United’s winless run continued but they gave under-fire coach Louis van Gaal crumbs of cheer with a committed display in an entertaining 0-0 draw with Chelsea while Arsenal went......
KARACHI: One-sided matches continued in the 62nd National Hockey Championship which has completed fifth day of its commencement at the Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium on Tuesday.Two hat-tricks — one......
KARACHI: After almost eight months of inaction, football is finally returning to Pakistan.The court-appointed Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) administrator, retired Justice Asad Munir, on Tuesday......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s girls throwball team went down fighting to Sri Lanka in a crucial match on the second day of the Asian Junior Throwball Championship being played at Salang Seloar in Kuala......
LONDON: The volume of mergers and acquisitions worldwide set a new record in 2015 at more than $5 trillion, with tie-ups in the healthcare sector leading the way, consultants Dealogic said......
LONDON: Oil-rich Gulf sheikhdoms are being forced to raid their sovereign wealth funds to shore up their budgets. With US crude oil prices falling below $40 per barrel in December, they have no......
MOSCOW: For most Russians, it’s not New Year’s without a Salad Olivier, a dish meant to augur prosperity. This year, soaring food costs mean the tradition can also be a painful reminder of how......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) approved tariff reduction on Tuesday by Rs2.06 per unit for electricity consumers for November 2015 under its monthly fuel......
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s planned cuts in spending and energy subsidies signal that the world’s largest crude exporter is bracing for a prolonged period of low oil prices.The Opec heavyweight shows no......
KARACHI: With two trading sessions remaining, Pakistani stocks have provided a return of 1.7 per cent while the MSCI Pakistan is down 16pc for 2015.The return is in sharp contrast to the handsome......
KARACHI: Pakistan along with other Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) nations has ratified International Transport Convention (TIR), which allows cargo movement within the bloc without being......
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help Pakistan develop best practices models to strengthen collaboration between the government, businesses and civil society organisations for the......
KARACHI: Stocks extended gains for the second day on Tuesday with the KSE-100 index adding 137.85 points to close at 32,811.89.The year-end mark-to-market transactions, prime minister’s announcement......
NEW YORK: More US companies have defaulted on their debt this year than issuers from any other country or region, S&P analysts led by Diane Vazza wrote in a Dec 24 report.As of last week, 111......
MILAN: Italy’s premier says the country’s banking system is solid, with no risk of collapse, despite the government’s move last month to rescue four small banks.Matteo Renzi told a year-end news......
CHICAGO: Who wants to run a lumbering $200 billion producer of diapers, deodorant and detergent? David Taylor is the man in charge of Procter & Gamble, in what could be the worst chief executive job......
KARACHI: Steady conditions prevailed on the cotton market on Tuesday where slow buying from spinners kept prices at overnight level. The undertone remained firm and outlook uncertain.Floor brokers......
ISLAMABAD: In a reflection of growing civil-military disconnect on crucial foreign policy and security matters, two key government ministers expressed ignorance in the Senate on Tuesday over the......
ISLAMABAD: A lawyer on whose petition the Supreme Court handed down a judgement requiring the federal and provincial governments to use Urdu as official language has now complained that the federal......
ISLAMABAD: Aslam Azhar, a distinguished broadcaster and media personality, died in Islamabad on Tuesday. He was 83 years old.His days in the world of the small screen are dubbed the golden years of......
SIALKOT: An anti-terrorism court granted on Tuesday 10 days’ physical remand of eight suspects of the militant Islamic State (IS) group in different cases registered against them by the Counter......
QUETTA: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is likely to visit Zhob on Wednesday to inaugurate western route of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).Official sources said here on Tuesday that......
GILGIT: Police registered a case here on Tuesday against a married couple for having been involved in “immoral activities” at a public place.Police arrested the young man and woman — both from Lahore......
QUETTA: The rights of women would be protected and all cases involving honour killing would be heard in future by the anti-terrorism courts (ATCs), Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court (BHC)......
WASHINGTON: The US State Department, while commenting on reported contacts between Russia and the Afghan Taliban, says it hopes to find ways to work with Moscow for peace and stability in......
NEW DELHI: Delhi police say they have arrested a former Indian Air Force officer on charges of passing secrets to Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).Police claimed on Tuesday that the man,......
KABUL: Afghanistan would host a meeting with officials from Pakistan, the United States and China next week to prepare the way for possible peace talks with the Taliban, an official at the Afghan......
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority’s Chairman Usman Mobeen has said that voting through an off-line biometric system is possible.He informed a sub-committee of the......
MARDAN: Twenty-six people were killed and more than 50 others wounded on Tuesday after a suicide bomber struck a regional office of the National Database and Registration Authority in Mardan, 60......
ISLAMABAD: Outgoing Indian High Commissioner Dr T.C.A. Raghavan paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at PM House on Tuesday.“Issues pertaining to bilateral relations were discussed......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah flew to Islamabad on Tuesday to meet Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.An official and sources said the prime minster had invited Mr Shah “most probably” in......
LAHORE: Over 100 Pakistanis deported by Saudi Arabia on the charges of overstay in the kingdom arrived here on Tuesday.They were detained by the Federal Investigation Agency at the Allama Iqbal......
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly seems to be helpless in conducting an open scrutiny of financial affairs of the defence ministry as its sub-committee has......
