HYDERABAD: The adviser to Sindh chief minister on information, Moula Bux Chandio, said the provincial government had no conflict with the federal government and that all the outstanding issues should......
KARACHI: The chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Shaharyar Khan, wrote an application to Capital Development Authority protesting the demolition of his son’s kiosk in Islamabad. The......
ISTANBUL: Turkey must accept that it needs Israel, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, as the two countries seek to thrash out a deal on normalising ties.Nato member Turkey was a key......
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir will arrive in Islamabad on Sunday to take Pakistani leadership into confidence over the Middle East situation and the recently formed......
BRISBANE: Roger Federer said Saturday he was looking at defending his Brisbane International title as a launch-pad to the new season.The 17-time Swiss grand slam champion arrived in Australia......
KARACHI: An alleged mugger was shot dead and another injured by the local police near Khyaban-e-Jami area of the metropolis on Saturday, in a shootout that was described as 'fake' by the victim's......
SYDNEY: After picking up pretty much every individual honour on offer in a spectacular 2015, Australia captain Steve Smith has a more collective goal in his sights this year -- restoring his country......
LONDON: Liverpool great Steven Gerrard could return to the club in a coaching capacity as early as this year, he revealed in a British newspaper interview published on Saturday.Gerrard, 35, left......
KARACHI: Pakistan will experiment with the pink ball in the final of its premier First-class cricket tournament in preparation for a possible day-night Test against Australia later this year, a......
Aleem Dar became only the third member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires to reach the 100-Test mark when he took to the field to officiate in the second Test between South Africa and England on......
The All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) denies that former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf offered an apology over the 'murder' of slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti. Perhaps the ex-army......
ISLAMABAD: A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad on Saturday afternoon, almost three months after more than 300 people were killed by a quake in the same......
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency's cyber crime wing has arrested a man here for allegedly hacking into the Facebook accounts of people and blackmailing them, an official confirmed......
DOHA: Six weeks after completing one of the greatest seasons in tennis history, Novak Djokovic begins his 2016 campaign and warm-up for his Australian Open defence in Qatar.The Serbian, also current......
SYDNEY: A swimmer suffered wounds to his arms and legs Saturday after he was mauled in a suspected shark attack off Queensland state on Australia's east coast, officials said.The latest reported......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shia Muslim cleric alongside dozens of Al Qaeda members on Saturday.Most of the 47 executed were convicted of Al Qaeda attacks in Saudi Arabia a decade ago,......
RIYADH: Somalia's militant group al Shabaab has released a recruitment film in the form of a documentary about racial injustice in the United States featuring Republican presidential candidate Donald......
LAHORE: A 15-year old rape survivor who was assaulted by at least eight men in a hotel on Mall Road attempted suicide after continuous pressure from police and prosecution, her family said......
When Manzoor Hussain led Pakistan to its third Olympics title in 1984, he was simply continuing in the tradition of the proud Greenshirts. It was a monumental achievement but did not come as a huge......
PATHANKOT: An operation to secure a militant-hit Indian air base near the Pakistan border ended on Saturday with six Indian security men and four suspected gunmen killed, police said, after an......
All about January 1stThe earliest known New Year celebrations were in Mesopotamia and date back to 2000 B.C.The early Romans used March 1 as New Year’s Day. But in 1582 — the Gregorian calendar,......
If you are reading this it means you can read English and understand it as well, and I am sure you can speak very well too! But whenever you speak English or any foreign language, are you confident......
Rainbow hairstyle, anyone?A woman has left the internet baffled after debuting her unique hairstyle in an online video — and now everyone wants to copy her.At a glance, the dark-haired woman, known......
Words are very powerful — so become empowered by enhancing your vocabulary! Check out this week’s word ‘Vego’, a new entrant to the Oxford DictionaryVegoNoun Definition: A vegetarian.Examples: “I’m a......
Ryan Gosling in Blade Runner 2!The 35-year-old actor confirmed speculation that he is, in fact, starring in the highly-anticipated Blade Runner 2 — a sequel to Harrison Ford’s hit thriller from......
Sara, a little girl studying in class five, was presented with a ‘glass jar’ as a gift on her 10th birthday. Sara opened the wrapper and saw candies of all kinds tightly fitted inside the jar. It......
Welcome to 2016, a new happening year where there is sure to be something for everyone. New years are always exciting times as we have many expectations from it and we also make many resolutions to......
IN the year that has just ended, law-enforcement agencies — including the police and Rangers — continued to make widespread use of so-called encounters to eliminate suspects. For example, in Karachi,......
IT seems that retired chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry is filling a deeply felt need in Pakistan by launching a new political party. While wishing him well, I must point out that as a slogan,......
On Dec 10, the speaker of the Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan, “expunged” some remarks which were dubbed as “insulting and defamatory”.The rules of procedure of the Lok Sabha empower the speaker to expunge......
INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stopover in Lahore on Christmas Day seemed to have caught the media totally unawares and the top guns belonging to the reputedly well-informed anchor and......
MINGORA: The Saidu Sharif Prison has been awaiting reconstruction for last 10 years.The jail was pulled down by the district government after it developed cracks in the 2005 earthquake.Since then,......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MNA from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), Ayesha Gulalai Wazir, has said that the wishes and aspirations of tribal people should be respected while......
ISLAMABAD: Taking cue from her party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, a little known PPP MNA on Friday staged a blistering attack on the powerful interior minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, accusing......
ISLAMABAD: The US has repatriated 64 Pakistani prisoners since March 2008 after they completed their sentences.Responding to supplementary questions on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MNA,......
ISLAMABAD: The Press Information Department (PID) has removed 250 ‘dummy’ newspapers and periodicals from its central media list (CML), and plans to get rid of another 730 fake publications over......
The Fatima Jinnah Woman University hosted a seminar to sensitize teachers about issues related to plagiarism and the use of ‘Turnitin’, a software that checks for plagiarised material.Munir Ahmed,......
Some 13 years after its inception, the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) has formed an advisory council to help the country achieve the literacy rate set out in the Sustainable......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan continued to face a range of internal security issues in 2015, resulting in various forms of violence.However, with the enactment of the National Action Plan (NAP), there seemed......
“I’ve had a hard life. My brothers used to beat me when I was a girl and I was married off when I was very young. Even in my father’s house I had to wake up early and prepare the chickpeas and......
Negligent handling of piped gas in homes can bring death and destruction any time of the year, but such accidents are more common in the winter. And the last month has proved quite deadly to some......
ISLAMABAD: Though there has been a general impression that hospitals and gynecologists encourage caesarean deliveries mainly to earn money, Minister for National Health Services (NHS) Saira Afzal......
LAHORE: At least 51,647 tourists, including 2,350 foreigners, visited the Royal Trail inside Delhi Gate and other parts of the Lahore Walled City during 2015.“A marked increase of nine to ten-fold of......
LAHORE: Chinese companies building the 1,320MW Sahiwal coal-fired power plant, the first-ever such a project in Pakistan, expect power generation next year which will be the ‘cheapest’ in terms of......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Friday denied bail to a man facing charges of killing his daughter in the name of ‘honour’.Ghulam Yasin, the suspect, had sought bail on the basis......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has termed “Prime Minister National Health Programme” a “political stunt” while issuing a report on the Punjab government’s performance in the health......
LAHORE: The Government College University’s (GCU) Fine Arts Department, to celebrate its 153rd Founders Day, unveiled on Friday handmade pencil portraits of all 25 principals who have headed the......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A locally-made bomb containing about 2kg explosive material, three detonators connected with batteries and a hand-grenade were recovered on the lead of two arrested militants from an......
KARACHI: The killing of a young man at his shop in Lyari on Monday led to a protest by his family and the area people who blamed a criminal gang, which they said was still active in the neighbourhood......
KARACHI: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) Managing Director Khalid Rahman has warned consumers, including domestic ones, of gas loadshedding.Speaking to journalists from the print media at the SSGC......
KARACHI: Expressing anger over the undue delay in completion of the Malir 15 flyover, Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah told the local government ministry on Friday to speed up the construction as......
KARACHI: The major failure of the communist movement in Pakistan was that Marxism was taken as an engineering manual by communist parties. Marxism is a science. It should be applied creatively to......
KARACHI: Those theatre purists in Pakistan, and there are many, who have taken writer Anwar Maqsood’s foray into the world of theatre with a pinch of salt, should go and see Siachen. Yes, his earlier......
KARACHI: Although experts are calling for an action and rescue of the ‘protected animals’ kept in miserable conditions at a family festival where they are currently being used for public......
KARACHI: Motorbike theft cases increased in the metropolis last year despite the ongoing operation against criminals though a significant reduction was noted in vehicle snatching cases, according to......
AIT AHMED: Tens of thousands gathered in an Algerian village on Friday for the burial of Hocine Ait-Ahmed, one of the fathers of the country’s struggle for independence and a key opposition......
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces pushed out of central Ramadi on Friday to extend their grip on the city, sweeping neighbourhoods for pockets of militants to flush out and trapped civilians to evacuate.Federal......
MANILA: New Year’s firecrackers left at least one man dead and 380 others injured, and caused a fire that gutted 1,000 shanties in the Philippines despite rain and a government warning campaign,......
BEIRUT: A snowstorm engulfed Lebanon on the first day of the new year, cutting off mountain roads, isolating villages and worsening living conditions for tens of thousands of Syrian refugees.Many......
BOGOTA: When Delfina Wazorna thinks back on the home she left behind, she remembers machine guns, armed men and death threats.It makes the Embera indigenous woman sceptical of the peace deal that......
NEW YORK: African art rarely thrives in the Western art museum. It hovers uncertainly between the beautiful or intriguing object and the ethnographic specimen. Exhibitions are relatively infrequent,......
NEW YORK: More than a million people in New York’s Times Square hailed the arrival of 2016 on Friday with kisses, cheers and a measure of relief as America’s biggest New Year’s Eve celebration......
NEW YORK: Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole, the daughter of Nat King Cole, has died at the age of 65, her family said on Friday.The family’s statement said Cole died Thursday night at Cedar Sinai......
NEW DELHI: Hindu temples in southern India began turning away devotees wearing western clothes on Friday after a court order banning jeans and shorts as “inappropriate” for spiritual worship came......
TEL AVIV: A gunman killed two people and wounded at least three others on a bustling thoroughfare in central Tel Aviv on Friday before fleeing, Israeli authorities said.Security camera footage aired......
KARACHI: National champions PIA were through to the quarter-finals registering a crushing 5-1 victory over Port Qasim Authority (PQA), third in pool A so far, of the 62nd National Hockey Championship......
KARACHI: Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Quetta Gladiators owner Nadeem Omar is confident that the addition of legendary Sir Vivian Richards as team mentor would certainly boost the team’s......
KARACHI: Chathura Dushan, manager-cum-coach of the Sri Lankan team, has termed the inaugural South Asian Hopes Week and Challenge great opportunity for participants to learn finer points of the......
LAHORE: After serving five-year spot-fixing ban Mohammad Amir has finally made it to the national ranks as the selectors named him on Friday in the ODI and Twenty20 squads for the forthcoming tour to......
SYDNEY: Australia are contemplating bowling two spinners for the first time in 10 years with Stephen O’Keefe in line to partner Nathan Lyon against the West Indies in Sunday’s final Test.Not since......
SYDNEY: West Indies chairman of selectors Clive Lloyd says he cannot fault the Caribbean’s star players for preferring lucrative T20 contracts to Test cricket.West Indies players Chris Gayle, Andre......
BRISBANE: Maria Sharapova will open her Australian campaign with a match against Ekaterina Makarova following Friday’s draw for the Brisbane International.Defending champion and third seed Sharapova......
KARACHI: The government will borrow Rs1.9 trillion from banks in the first quarter of the new calendar year mostly to meet domestic debt repayments.The State Bank on Friday issued the targets set to......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s annual inflation rose to 3.2 per cent in December 2015 compared to 2.7pc in the preceding month, on the back of increase in prices of non-perishable products.The Consumer Price......
KARACHI: Stocks staged a grand rally at the start of the New Year as benchmark KSE-100 index stormed past the key resistance at 33,000 and climbed 412.64 points (1.26 per cent) to close at......
KARACHI: Renewed buying interest at the lower level helped cotton prices to rebound on Friday. However, activity remained slow as ginners were reluctant to dispose of their stocks at this......
ISLAMABAD: Checkmated in the Senate, where it is in minority, over the issue of alleged moves for PIA’s privatisation, the government in a surprise move has extended the current National Assembly......
QUETTA: Army Chief General Raheel Sharif said on Friday the nation would get rid of terrorism this year.He was addressing tribal elders of Gwadar, Talar and Turbat areas of Makran division.“The new......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will join hands to confront global challenges, National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said here on Friday.Talking to Saudi Ambassador Abdullah Marzouk Al......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued show-cause notices to Dr Fehmida Mirza and her son Hasnain Mirza, both elected representatives from their native area of Badin, for......
HYDERABAD (India): Acclaimed singer Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was in for a rude shock when he touched down at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here on Thursday.Within moments of landing in......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri has said that his government will do whatever is needed to restore peace in the province.Presiding over a meeting here on Thursday, he said......
GWADAR: A large number of women held a sit-in in front of the offices of District Election Commissioner on Friday in protest against alleged rigging in the by-election held for PB-50 Turbat-3 on......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate unanimously passed on Friday the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2015, amending the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) 1860 and the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) 1898.The bill tabled......
KABUL: A Taliban suicide car bomber struck a restaurant popular with foreigners in Kabul on Friday, killing two people in a New Year’s day attack that marked the latest in a series of brazen......
NEW DELHI: More than a million private cars were barred from New Delhi’s roads on Friday, as authorities began testing drastic new measures to cut smog in the world’s most polluted capital.For 15......
ISLAMABAD: The government introduced in the National Assembly on Friday a bill seeking implementation of a four-year tax amnesty scheme that proposes to allow traders to whiten their undeclared......
KARACHI: Police’s Counter-Terrorism Department arrested on Friday a man who was allegedly recruiting young men for the militant Islamic State (IS) group and had sent three militants to Syria, one of......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate echoed on Friday with a demand for holding inquiries into all major terror attacks in different parts of the country over the last decade to expose those who were responsible......
HYDERABAD: A Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) Board of Directors (BOD) member was found stealing electricity by misusing three connections for tube-wells in Tando Allahyar on Friday.Sources......
