PARIS: A man rammed his car into four soldiers guarding a mosque on Friday in the southeast French city of Valence, and was stopped when a soldier fired and wounded him, authorities said.One soldier......
ON the last day of 2014, Indian coastguards blew up a dhow in the Arabian Sea, which the country’s defence minister claimed to be a Pakistani terror boat though the media on both sides remained......
KABUL: A Taliban suicide car bomber struck a French restaurant popular with foreigners in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing at least two people in a New Year's day attack that marks the latest in......
QUETTA: The education department of Balochistan government has launched an inquiry to verify the appointment orders and educational certificates of more than 50,000 teachers across the......
KARACHI: Police on Friday claimed to have apprehended a militant having alleged links with Middle-East based Islamic State group, it has been learnt.The police’s Counter-Terrorism Department detained......
Bitter cold, biting winds and rough winter seas have done little to stem the seemingly endless flow of desperate people fleeing war or poverty for what they hope will be a brighter, safer future in......
Pakistan T20 skipper Shahid Afridi has endorsed the return of Mohammad Amir to the national side, adding that the left-arm pacer deserved to make a comeback because of his ‘truthfulness’.The......
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia carried out at least 157 executions in 2015, with beheadings reaching their highest level in the kingdom in two decades, according to several advocacy groups that monitor the......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Friday demanded that the government publish the inquiry report of the attack on Army Public School in Peshawar.Speaking during the Senate session, PPP......
LAHORE: Paceman Mohammad Amir, who served a prison term for spot-fixing, said he was ready to respond to his critics with wickets after being selected on Friday for Pakistan's limited-overs tour of......
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who is pushing for executive powers, cites Hitler's Germany as an example of an effective presidential system, in comments broadcast by Turkish media on......
BEIJING: China has created three new military units and will update equipment as well as modernising its command structure, state media said on Friday, as part of a major overhaul of the armed forces......
RIYADH: Three civilians including two children have been killed in cross-border missile attacks from Yemen on a residential area in southwestern Saudi Arabia, civil defence authorities said.Eleven......
CAPE TOWN: Former Proteas captain Graeme Smith has linked up with the South African team as an adviser ahead of the second Test against England which starts at Newlands on Saturday.“Graeme was a......
Three years down and no baby. “Hai Allah,” exclaims the dramatic one.“Bechari, may be she has a medical problem,” explains the understanding one.And to conclude, the curious one, “I think someone......
LAHORE: Pakistan recalled fast bowlers Mohammad Amir and Umar Gul in the 16-man squad for Twenty20 series against New Zealand later this month, chief selector Haroon Raheed announced on......
FAISALABAD: Hundreds of families of workers living in Koh-i-Noor Flats, Madina Town, for years are having sleepless nights and restless days as the district government is planning to displace them by......
Underfire Real Madrid coach Rafa Benitez will look to an in form Cristiano Ronaldo to drive the team forward against Valencia on Sunday as they aim to put behind them a disappointing 2015.It was a......
MONTREAL: Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, recent recipient of a prestigious European human rights award, has suffered fainting spells and deteriorating health because of a hunger strike, his......
LONDON: Jurgen Klopp's first two and a half months as Liverpool manager have not been straightforward, but there are signs he is getting the team moving in the right direction ahead of Saturday's......
BEIJING: The religious atmosphere in China's violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang became markedly less radical last year and the government was broadly successful in maintaining stability,......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has urged the business community to pay taxes transparently for greater development and prosperity, through the launch of the Voluntary Tax Compliance......
LONDON: Much-travelled Louis van Gaal has coached some of the biggest clubs in world football but Manchester United's fans are the best he has come across, the Dutch veteran said on Thursday.The......
She is locked up in a cold washroom. Her weak cries for help escape from the windows in the dead of night, and fall mostly on deaf ears. Her miserable life will continue, thanks to the apathy of the......
BEIJING: Married couples in China will from Friday be allowed to have two children, after concerns over an ageing population and shrinking workforce ushered in an end to the country's controversial......
DUBAI: Grasping the edge of a balcony 48 stories from the ground, just metres away from a raging fire, the photographer thought he may not live to see 2016."One hour, then that's it, I'm dead," he......
HYDERABAD: Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was deported from India's Hyderabad on Thursday morning, Times of India reported.The singer who was scheduled to perform at a New Year's Eve event was......
RAWALPINDI: The new year opened with the military announcing death sentences for nine "hardcore terrorists" tried by military courts for a series of attacks that killed dozens of security officials......
PESHAWAR: The political fraternity of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has warned the federal government through Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed against any ‘deception’ on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)......
KHAR: A five-member Fata Reforms Committee formed by the prime minister began consultation on the region’s issues by visiting Khar, the headquarters of Bajaur Agency, amid heated discussion among......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has approved a special grant of Rs120 million for the free blood cancer treatment programme at Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar.The chief......
MARDAN: The tragic suicide bombing at Mardan’s Nadra office has caused fear among the residents of Qasim Colony, a thickly populated residential area here, where a regional office of National......
Will Delhi and Islamabad be able to agree on the various components of the Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue in 2016 and resume talks, or will they spend most of the year talking about talks?Despite......
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has made a 15pc deduction in funds provided to districts under the provincial finance commission award.A senior official of the Punjab finance department confirmed......
At a time when terrorism is increasingly worrying the world, we in Pakistan witnessed fireworks between the ruling PML-N and PPP over the Rangers’ powers in Karachi.Last week, a newspaper cartoon......
ISLAMABAD: A judicial magistrate on Thursday handed over a serving army officer, who allegedly shot dead an Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) official, to the military police.Major Raja Zahid......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has issued a “white paper” highlighting the government’s failure to curb price hike, poverty and joblessness.It says more than 58pc of the people in the......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Sadar police released on Thursday both the suspects who were taken into custody after police had recovered three rocket launchers from their outhouse. On the other hand, four more......
TOBA TEK SINGH: In a dramatic move, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) cancelled on Thursday the ticket it had granted to Rana Muhammad Shafiq for PP-89 by-election and declared independent candidate......
KARACHI: Despite the fact that Saulat Mirza had named Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Babar Ghori in the Shahid Hamid murder case in a televised confession hours before his execution in March, a......
KARACHI: The Sindh government’s spokesman ruled out on Thursday any possibility of the imposition of governor’s rule or an ‘in-house change’, and said those who wanted to see the Sindh Assembly......
KARACHI: The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) is among a few public sector institutions that one feels proud of and documenting its history is akin to documenting the history of Pakistan,......
KARACHI: The premiere of a Pakistani film Ho Mann Jahaan at Nueplex on Wednesday night saw a flurry of activity as film and television actors confronted ceaselessly flashing cameras and in-your-face......
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah was told on Thursday that the provincial works and services department (WSD) had constructed 528.561-kilometre-long roads with the Japanese assistance of......
KARACHI: Karachi Water and Sewerage Board workers demolished on Thursday eight hydrants in different parts of the city which were taking out subsoil water and stealing water from KWSB pipelines.A......
HYDERABAD: A four-member inquiry committee, headed by the DIG of Hyderabad police range, has exonerated Pakistan Peoples Party MPA Sharjeel Inam Memon from all charges of involvement in the......
DUBAI: 1 Fire engulfed a 63-storey skyscraper in down town Dubai on Thursday night, but there appeared to be no injuries, a civil defence official said.Large tongues of flame shooting skywards......
JERUSALEM: Israeli police are questioning the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over her alleged inflated household spending.The questions are expected to focus on whether Sara Netanyahu used......
The world greeted 2016 with champagne and cheers, but tightened security put a damper on the party in Europe with fireworks cancelled in Brussels and Paris as November’s terror attacks cast a......
DUBAI: President Hassan Rouhani ordered his defence minister on Thursday to expand Iran’s missile programme, in defiance of a US threat to impose sanctions over a ballistic missile test Iran carried......
WASHINGTON: The year 2015 reignited an old debate in the United States: what is more effective in defeating Muslim extremists, ideas or weapons.Although during this year, the West experienced two......
ISTANBUL: Hundreds of flights were cancelled on Thursday from Istanbul’s two main airports after the city was hit by a picturesque but troublesome snowfall on the last day of the year.The heavy......
NEW DELHI: A “suspected rat sighting” in the cabin forced an Air India plane carrying more than 200 passengers to return to Mumbai almost three hours into a flight to London, the airline said on......
ISTANBUL: Turkish security forces killed 3,100 Kurdish militants in 2015, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, vowing no let-up in a relentless offensive to oust rebels from towns and......
BEIJING: A French reporter forced to leave China after she criticised government policy in violence-wracked, mainly Muslim Xinjiang, warned of dark days to come for journalists working in the country......
TOKYO: A team of Japanese scientists have met the criteria for naming a new element, the synthetic highly radioactive element 113, more than a dozen years after they began working to create it.Kosuke......
IN an idle moment between cocktail parties in the Arab capital where they served, a British and French diplomat were chatting recently about their respective countries’ legacies in the Middle East:......
LOS ANGELES: A celebrity’s fall from grace is always ugly, but that of Bill Cosby — a once-beloved comedian who broke barriers by bringing a black TV family into white living rooms — is a true gut......
QARA GHOILY: Flanked by shaggy-haired gunmen, commander Ghulam Farooq peered out from a hilltop at the biggest military prize of his storied career as a warlord — a mud-walled Afghan village captured......
DOHA: Teenager Jean-Kevin Augustin scored the only goal as Paris St Germain rounded off a dominant 2015 with victory against Inter Milan in a friendly in Qatar on Wednesday.The 18-year-old slotted......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s girls finished third in the Asian Junior Girls & Boys Throwball Championship held at Salang Seloar in Kuala Lumpur.Pakistan lost 2-0 to India in the semi-final but came back......
KARACHI: Two-goal M. Sabir guided Navy carve out 3-1 victory over Police to stay in contention for a place in knock out quarter-finals of the 62nd National Hockey Championship at the Hockey Club of......
KARACHI: Spelling mistakes are common these days. This is evident from the fact that the plaque pertaining to inauguration of blue and pink desso turf that was unveiled on Dec 25 shows two glaring......
CAPE TOWN: Uncapped fast bowler Hardus Viljoen was added to South Africa’s Test squad on Thursday after Kyle Abbott felt tightness in his left hamstring during the team’s defeat in the first Test......
NELSON: A cracking 91 by Tillakaratne Dilshan after a fiery net session set Sri Lanka up for an eight-wicket victory over New Zealand here on Thursday to keep their one-day series alive.Sri Lanka......
MELBOURNE: Having spent much of the home summer suffering “pad rash” from waiting to bat, Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has put the pent-up energy to good use when thrown the ball.With paceman......
AUCKLAND: New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee will miss the fourth One-day International against Sri Lanka on Saturday with a foot injury and will be replaced by Matt Henry, coach Mike Hesson said on......
KARACHI: Legendary Pakistan umpire Aleem Dar will join the exclusive company of Steve Bucknor and Rudi Koertzen to have umpired in 100 or more Tests, to date, the International Cricket Council (ICC)......
NEW DELHI: Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is adding a surprise leg-break to his already formidable bag of tricks but is convinced that the controversial ‘doosra’ cannot be bowled with a......
DUBAI: Australia captain Steve Smith and India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have finished the year as the No. 1-ranked batsman and bowler, respectively, in the International Cricket Council Test......
CAPE TOWN: Captain Alastair Cook called for better quality warm-up games before and during major Test series as he credited England’s first Test victory over South Africa to the team’s solid......
KUALA LUMPUR: Bahraini royal Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, a FIFA presidential hopeful, has launched his campaign for the job with a promise to make the global soccer body rise like a phoenix......
LONDON: Christian Benteke condemned struggling Sunderland to a 1-0 defeat and sent Liverpool level on points with sixth-placed Manchester United in the last Premier League game of the year on......
MADRID: Villarreal moved up to fourth place in La Liga after captain Bruno Soriano’s second-half goal earned them a 1-0 win over Valencia at the El Madrigal on Thursday.Soriano’s sublime left-footed......
KARACHI: Consumers did not get much benefit from falling global commodity prices, especially of crude oil, in 2015 as local manufacturers and market forces have either pushed up prices or kept rates......
ISLAMABAD: The government transferred Rs749.59 billion of the federal revenue to provinces during the second half (Jan-June) of the previous fiscal year under the implementation of the 7th National......
KARACHI: The exchange rate remained unstable and mostly in favour of dollar during the year 2015.The US currency appreciated by 4.5 per cent in the inter-bank market and 6.5pc in the open market......
KARACHI: The dull and drab 2015 finally came to a close on Thursday with the country’s stock market managing to eke out a pittance of 2.13 per cent in return for the investors.The benchmark KSE-100......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) collection exceeded the collection target by Rs20bn to Rs770 billion for the second quarter (October-December) of this fiscal year, showed provisional......
KARACHI: Trading remained range-bound on the stock market on Thursday as the benchmark index opened in the red and dropped to intra-day low by 75 points on news of proposed hike of petrol price by......
ISLAMABAD: Despite stellar economic growth and significant progress in terms of poverty reduction, inequality persists in Asia and the Pacific, and in some instances it has intensified, revealed a......
JAKARTA: Southeast Asian nations officially launched an EU-inspired economic bloc on Thursday aimed at boosting the region’s trading clout and attracting more investment, but analysts said a true......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce has asked exporters to continue exporting high quality products to European Union countries as the preferential duties granted under the GSP+ scheme will continue......
KARACHI: The cotton market on Thursday remained devoid of buying activity and only some needy spinners indulged in short coving to meet their near future need.As the banks remained closed on account......
LONDON: World stock markets on Thursday ended 2015 with a whimper after sharp volatility sparked by China’s slowdown, eurozone stimulus, the Greek crisis, rising US rates and a commodities......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan announced on Thursday conflicting dates for holding the inaugural round of quadrilateral dialogue, which also involves the United States and China, on resumption......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that Pakistan and the United States need to focus on “significantly” improving bilateral relations, particularly in areas of economy and trade.He was......
WASHINGTON: The head of an American think tank with close links to the Obama administration urged the United States on Thursday not to get involved in the current India-Pakistan peace process.“The......
QUETTA: For polio workers in Balochistan, 2015 largely remained peaceful because only one incident involving violence against them was reported during the year, said Emergency Operation Centre’s......
QUETTA: The first meeting convened by Nawab Sanaullah Zehri as chief minister of Balochistan on Thursday approved 10 development projects for the city to be funded through the prime minister’s Rs5......
WASHINGTON: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that five Pakistanis and an Afghan detained in Arizona in December were held for entering the United States illegally, not as......
ISLAMABAD: Envoys-designate of Iran, Sri Lanka and Cuba presented their credentials to President Mamnoon Hussain at a ceremony held at the Aiwan-i-Sadr on Thursday.Earlier, each envoy-designate......
AS the inheritor of Gandhara, one of the world’s oldest civilisations, Peshawar is the living part of an ancient history. It is a city of the past, present and future.It has suffered barbarism,......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif launched on Thursday a state-run health insurance programme and described it as the first step towards making Pakistan a welfare state.Initially, the initiative......
LAHORE: Hardly any ‘substantial’ bank transaction has been detected in the case of about 200 seminaries in Punjab which are being monitored for terror-financing, forcing the authorities concerned to......
ISLAMABAD: The government decided on Thursday to keep the prices of petrol and high octane blending component (HOBC) unchanged for January. However, it reduced the rates of all other petroleum......
ISLAMABAD: A Saudi official met Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif on Thursday for discussing regional security and bilateral defence cooperation.“Muhammad Bin Abdullah Al-Ayish, Assistant Defence......
ISLAMABAD: The government faced an awkward situation in the opposition-dominated Senate on Thursday when it adopted a landmark resolution to disapprove the controversial PIA ordinance, which seeks to......
AS the 2015 sun faded behind the towering mountains of the north-western tribal regions on Thursday, it was a moment for most of us to remember where we were and where we stand today, in terms of the......
THE State Bank of Pakistan underwent major changes in the early 2000s. It became independent, went through a major reformation, gained in stature and prestige, managed to get some really good......
PERHAPS you have also been not lucky enough to miss that ugly altercation between two famous cricket stars of ours, both former Test captains in fact. The argument took place during a television......
THE phenomenon of cults exists in most religions and has been the focus of much academic research; however, its classification is negligible in our society. When we hear stories of religious......
IT is the day of the New Year’s resolution, which, for those well-versed in the traditions of Western societies, combines introspection with a pledge to make oneself a slightly better person in the......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday announced a reduction of Rs8, Rs8.29 and Rs3 per litre in prices of kerosene, light diesel and high diesel, respectively, Radio Pakistan......
DUBAI: Fire engulfed a 63-storey skyscraper in downtown Dubai on Thursday night, but there appeared to be no injuries, a civil defence official said.Large tongues of flame shooting skywards enveloped......
