ILLINOIS: Wheaton College, an evangelical Christian university outside of Chicago, said on Tuesday it was taking steps to fire a tenured political science professor after she wrote in a Facebook post......
NEW DELHI: The Indian army and police launched a search operation Wednesday near Pathankot where a weekend attack on an air force base left seven soldiers dead, after villagers complained about two......
DUBAI: President Hassan Rouhani asked Iran's judiciary on Wednesday to urgently prosecute the people who attacked the Saudi embassy in Tehran in protest at the kingdom's execution of a prominent Shia......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Wednesday issued guidelines in the wake of the recent Saudi-Iran row, advising media houses to deal with the matter......
CAPE TOWN: Hashim Amla resigned as South Africa captain at the end of the second Test against England at Newlands on Wednesday.AB de Villiers will lead the team in the remaining two Tests of the......
QUETTA: Security forces arrested seven suspected militants during two search operations in Balochistan's Zhob and Kalat districts on Wednesday, officials said.Four suspects belonging to the outlawed......
KARACHI: Five suspected militants affiliated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group were killed in an 'encounter' in Karachi on Saturday, police said.Senior Superintendent of Police......
ISLAMABAD: Senior Bangladeshi diplomat Moushumi Rahman who was posted at the Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad left the country Thursday morning after being declared persona non grata by the......
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi has been Pakistan's lone flag-bearer in tennis for quite some time now.The 35-year-old has racked up 11 doubles titles but the defining moment of Aisam's career was undoubtedly......
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday refused to condemn Saudi Arabia for its execution of 47 convicts including a prominent Shia cleric, saying it was an "internal legal......
SYDNEY: Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard Wednesday said “world-class” Pep Guardiola would be a great addition to the Premier League after the much sought-after Bayern Munich boss said he......
PESHAWAR: When expectant mother Mrs Ayaz Gul was admitted to Peshawar's Khyber Teaching Hospital on Monday for delivery, little did she know that she would be giving birth to quadruplets.Mrs Ayaz and......
LONDON: Saudi Arabia's execution of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr has exposed the dangerous political, religious and socio-economic fault lines which run through the kingdom and the Gulf.News of......
Pakistan Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi found himself in the middle of a storm by admonishing a television reporter during a press conference after his captaincy credentials were questioned.Afridi,......
GUJRANWALA: A ceramic factory roof collapsed following a gas cylinder explosion near Gujranwala's Sheikhupura road on Wednesday. At least 28 injured people were recovered from beneath the......
PESHAWAR: After a near-decade of death and destruction triggered by militancy, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa heaved a sigh of relief, in large part, due to Zarb-i-Azb in the militants’ last bastion of North......
SYDNEY: The storm surrounding star cricketer Chris Gayle over an attempt to flirt with an Australian presenter on live TV intensified Wednesday as new allegations about his behaviour towards women......
MITHI: Four more children died in Civil Hospital Mithi on Tuesday, after an outbreak of water borne diseases which has claimed the lives of at least 16 children in the last six days.More than one......
KARACHI: Taking notice of media reports after mounting criticism of the gaping gutters and potholes in the metropolis, Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has ordered local administration to take......
If you were hoping to turn to the innocuous TV spectacle of cricket’s Big Bash League for some light relief from the politics of gender, Melbourne Renegades player Chris Gayle just spoiled the......
LONDON: England Football Association chairman Greg Dyke declared “We'll all shoot ourselves” if Roy Hodgson's team fall at the group stage of Euro 2016.England face Wales, Russia and Slovakia in the......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Zahid Hamid on Wednesday said that all provinces are working on finalising policies and measures for forestation at a national level, reported Radio......
KARACHI: Four men affiliated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were arrested in Karachi's posh Defence Housing Authority Phase 1 neighbourhood on Wednesday, Karachi-South Deputy......
MUMBAI: Umesh Yadav belongs to the rare breed of Indian bowlers who can bowl consistently quick and the 28-year-old is not ready to sacrifice pace to gain more control on his line and length.The......
A month ago, an 81-year-old Muslim bookseller in New York was caught with a copy of the Holy Quran. The FBI arrested him promptly, and just two days back, an anti-terrorism court in Washington DC......
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration's best-case scenario for political transition in Syria does not foresee Bashar Assad stepping down as the country's leader before March 2017, outlasting Barack......
RAWALPINDI: Actress and TV anchor Mishi Khan was indicted in a case of criminal breach of trust by an additional district and sessions court here on Wednesday.In July 2015, Dr Afshan had hired Mishi......
DHAKA: Bangladesh's highest court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for the 'Emir' of the Jamaat-i-Islami party for crimes during the country's 1971 independence struggle, paving the way for his......
SEOUL: North Korea said it had successfully conducted a test of a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear device on Wednesday morning, marking a significant advance in the isolated state's strike capabilities......
PESHAWAR: The police department has expressed reservations over the decision of provincial government to do away with road blockades and traffic restrictions during VIP movement, according to......
PESHAWAR: Number of polio cases has gone significantly down in 2015 compared to 2014 when Fata recorded highest number of cases.This was disclosed at a polio programme review meeting on Tuesday......
PESHAWAR: Peshawar District Nazim Mohammad Asim Khan on Tuesday said under the new local government system removal of encroachments was the responsibility of the town municipal administration (TMA).......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter of PPP has shown dissatisfaction over the policies of the central leadership, asking it to reorganise the party and hold intra-party elections in the......
ISLAMABAD: While a string of recent seismic events has worried many across the region, it may seem that these frequent, yet gentle tremors may be more of a boon than a bane.According to the country’s......
ISLAMABAD: Progressive Urdu writer and poet Fahmida Riaz was nominated for the Kamal-e-Fun Award 2014 on Tuesday, by a jury selected by the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL).Ms Riaz, 69, has authored......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology on Tuesday gave Etisalat, the Privatisation Commission and the federal government one month to settle the agreement regarding the......
ISLAMABAD: Police’s special branch has issued an alert about possible protests in the capital over the ongoing tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran.The special branch informed the Central Police......
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: PPP workers and supporters on Tuesday celebrated the birth anniversary of former prime minister and party founding chairman Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in the twin cities of Rawalpindi......
ISLAMABAD: Even though terrorism has decreased significantly during the last year, a report has found that the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) remains a major source of instability.The report also......
ISLAMABAD: Key coalition partners in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government have warned the federal government against changes to project allocations in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).Both......
LAHORE: The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has been able to collect only around Rs28 billion in revenue in the first six months of fiscal 2015-16 against the annual target of Rs72 billion.The......
FAISALABAD: The University of Agriculture Faisalabad has rusticated a PhD student on charges of posting comments on Facebook against the Kissan Mela organised by the administration in November......
LAHORE: Two passers-by were injured in a roof collapse at Rang Mahal Chowk on Tuesday.Police said Amjad and Sultan were crossing the street near an abandoned old building in Rang Mahal area when its......
LAHORE: A solo show of landscapes titled ‘Nature’s Inspiration’ by a self-taught artist, Ajab Khan of Dera Ismail Khan, opened on Tuesday at Native Art Gallery, Defence Housing Authority (H-Block,......
FAISALABAD: The haveli and the school, where Bhagat Singh lived and studied in Chak 105-GB, Jaranwala, have little to show even though the Faisalabad district government has spent Rs20 million on......
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said his party does not want to make the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) controversial but rights of the people in......
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau told an accountability court on Tuesday that former federal minister Dr Asim Hussain allegedly confessed to his ‘role’ in a Karachi Stock Exchange crash......
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau on Tuesday submitted the report of an examination of Dr Asim Hussain by renowned psychiatrist Prof Dr Syed Haroon Ahmed in court.On the previous hearing,......
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency insisted on Tuesday that the recent arrest of officials of the AKD Securities was not made under influence of a government functionary or an individual as......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Tuesday remanded three employees of the AKD Securities in the custody of Federal Investigation Agency in a graft case.The FIA arrested chief executive Fareed Alam......
KARACHI: Hanuman and Ganesh sit peacefully in a small room at the recently renovated Darya Lal mandir at the end of Eduljee Dinshaw Road, as construction workers put the finishing touches to its......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday directed police to file comments on a pre-arrest bail petition of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s mayor-nominee Waseem Akhtar in two cases registered against......
KARACHI: An interesting question and answer session made the otherwise formal trailer launch of an upcoming film, Bachaana, an interesting event at a hotel on Tuesday evening.Replying to a question......
MITHI: The outbreak of waterborne diseases in Thar claimed the lives of four more children on Tuesday, all in the Civil Hospital Mithi (CHM). The death toll in the drought-hit area during the past......
BAGHDAD: The militant Islamic State (IS) group has lost around a third of the territory it once controlled in Iraq and Syria, according to figures provided on Tuesday by the US-led coalition.“In......
MUMBAI: The teeming Indian metropolis of Mumbai — home to the neighbourhood made famous by the film “Slumdog Millionaire” — is to get the world’s first slum museum, organisers said on Tuesday.The......
BEIJING: A gargantuan gold-painted statue of Communist China’s founding father Mao Zedong has been erected in open countryside by a group of capitalists at a cost of 3 million yuan ($460,000),......
BURNS: A standoff at a remote US wildlife centre in Oregon rolled into a fourth day on Tuesday with self-styled militiamen vowing to press on with the protest against the US government even as local......
BERLIN: German leaders expressed shock over dozens of apparently coordinated ass aults against women on New Year’s Eve in the western city of Cologne blamed on “Arab-looking men,” but warned......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Tuesday described new steps his administration will take to tighten gun rules and urged Americans to vote for candidates who do more to prevent gun violence,......
SEOUL: A South Korean university is testing a sedan that can pick up and transport passengers without a human driver, giving a glimpse into the future of autonomous public transport.Seo Seung-Woo,......
NEW YORK: Days after up to a million people crammed into New York’s Times Square to ring in 2016, a more local audience had its chance for some midnight entertainment — dogs.In a concert that was in......
WHAT does the crystal ball say about the year 2016 for political parties in India? It is important because there will be a mini general election with five states going for assembly polls. Assam, West......
PROF Abdullah Harun Chowdhury, department of Environmental Science at Khulna University, Bangladesh, talks to The Daily Star’s Naznin Tithi about the causes and possible solutions to the......
MOUNT MAUNGANUI: New Zealand sealed the one-day series against Sri Lanka with Martin Guptill’s century spearheading a 36-run victory in the fifth and final one-dayer here on Tuesday.Matt Henry’s......
CAPE TOWN: Hashim Amla hit a double century and Temba Bavuma made a maiden hundred as South Africa batted their way to safety on the fourth day of the second Test against England at Newlands on......
MUMBAI: A Mumbai schoolboy made history on Tuesday when he became the first batsman in any class of cricket to score 1,000 runs in a single innings, with Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar leading the......
MUMBAI: Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is glad India will play three Twenty20 matches in Australia and hopes it will help the team identify the right combination before the World Twenty20 at home in......
MADRID: Thousands of Real Madrid fans turned out to cheer Zinedine Zidane as one of the all-time great players started his first day as coach of the Spanish giants, confessing a “difficult” challenge......
MUNICH: Pep Guardiola wants to coach in the English Premier League when he leaves Bayern Munich at the end of this season, but hasn’t yet signed a contract with a club.“The reason I’m not staying at......
ZURICH: FIFA’s ethics watchdog has recommended a nine-year ban for secretary-general Jerome Valcke over World Cup ticket selling accusations, one of many corruption allegations involving officials at......
SYDNEY: Rain appears to have scuttled Australia’s hopes of sweeping their series 3-0 over the West Indies after a third-day wash-out in the third and final Test on Tuesday.The entire day was lost......
KARACHI: Pakistan discard Bilawal Bhatti produced a dream burst of pace bowling to grab the best-ever figures of his career as Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) took a big step towards......
MINGORA: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regional badminton training camp commenced at the Badminton Hall in Makan Bagh Swat on Tuesday.The ten-day training camp has been organized by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa......
KARACHI: Bilal Khilji’s fine unbeaten century allowed Amar Cables to be crowned as the Northern Region champions of the 17th National Seniors Cup Cricket Tournament 2015 as they overcame Askari......
DALLAS: Even the escalating tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia, two big oil-producing countries, can’t halt the slide in energy prices.Oil futures spiked briefly on Monday after the news that......
KARACHI: As the entire auto sector turns into a big source of employment due to a boom in demand, the tractor industry in sharp contrast is downsizing in view of depressed sales.Senior Executive......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka and Pakistan have agreed to include services in a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday.India has been in discussion with Sri......
COLOMBO: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday launched the ‘Pakistan Single Country Exhibition 2016’, aimed at tapping business potential of the......
KARACHI: The KSE-100 index sank 495 points in the first 30 minutes of trading on Tuesday as nervous investors ran for cover following the arrest of CEO and two directors of a major brokerage AKD......
ISLAMABAD: Tax returns filing witnessed a decline of eight per cent in 2015 from a year ago despite several extensions in the deadline.The number of tax filers reached 690,000 till Jan 2, 2016 as......
WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will pledge to break up the country’s largest financial institutions within the first year of his administration should he win the White......
WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department has sued Volkswagen for up to $90 billion for allegedly violating environmental laws — five times regulators’ initial estimate and a reminder of the carmaker’s......
LONDON: Lower energy costs kept a lid on inflation across the 19-country eurozone economy in December, official figures showed on Tuesday, in a development that could buoy consumers but frustrate......
KARACHI: Revival of buying interest at the lower level helped cotton prices to record modest gain on Tuesday.However, underlying sentiment remained depressed owing to poor industrial performance of......
LONDON: Oil prices fell further on Tuesday as the crude supply glut overshadowed a diplomatic row between key producers Saudi Arabia and Iran.Tensions between the two major oil producers over Saudi......
LONDON: Gold rose on Tuesday after a wave of risk aversion due to growth worries in China and rising tensions in the Middle East triggered demand for the metal.Spot gold was up 0.3 per cent at......
COLOMBO: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena agreed on Tuesday on reinvigorating bilateral ties with focus on enhanced cooperation in trade, defence......
WASHINGTON: The United States has urged India and Pakistan to stay the course and not allow extremists to prevent them from engaging to resolve bilateral issues.At a US State Department news......
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has finally agreed to provide its data for use in elections for biometric verification of voters, but only with certain security......
KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has introduced ‘free of charge CAA help facility’ for senior citizens, special and unwell passengers at major airports across the country.The CAA spokesman......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has condemned the terrorist attack on an Indian airbase in Pathankot but reiterated Pakistan’s pledge to support the movement waged by the people of India-held......
ISLAMABAD: The government and textile industry have reached a broad agreement over the diversion of regasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) — originally allocated for power generation — to textile......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan said on Tuesday that the government had not put any restrictions on the export of potato.Speaking to reporters......
QUETTA: The western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which would connect the port city of Gwadar with Quetta via Khuzdar, would be completed by 2018, said National Highway......
QUETTA: Leaders of three coalition partners in Balochistan have discussed formation of new cabinet of the provincial government. They also agreed to take more adequate steps for improving security......
ISLAMABAD: Audit authorities have found irregularities in the Rs9816 million Lowari Tunnel project aiming “to provide all-weather transportation link between Chitral and the rest of the......
GWADAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has failed to announce the result of by-election of PB-50-Turbat-3 where polling was held on Dec 31.All the four candidates — Mir Muhammad Akram......
KABUL: One member of the US armed forces was killed and another two were wounded in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, the US military said on Tuesday.The US service member died as a result of......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif assured his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Tuesday that Islamabad would not hesitate to take “prompt and decisive action” if the involvement of......
ISLAMABAD: Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal has assured the nation that no province or region will be discriminated against in the execution of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor......
ISLAMABAD: Since the impasse between Saudi Arabia and Iran is a sensitive issue that needs deft handling, Pakistan cannot commit what role it will be playing because it has friendly ties with both......
NEW DELHI: Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar admitted on Tuesday to “blind spots” and “some gaps” that led to the attack on the Pathankot airbase.Addressing a press conference at the airbase,......
WASHINGTON: The United States had warned Saudi Arabia before the recent execution of a Shia cleric that executing Shaikh Nimr al-Nimr would have damaging consequences, the White House said.White......
IT is difficult to imagine what exactly the Saudi authorities were thinking when they decided to put Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr to the sword at the turn of the year, alongside 46 other men, while......
“THE great thing about the road is that we can go wherever we want. The problem is that others come here on it too,” said an old man in Islamkot in Thar desert, lamenting the intrusion of modernity.......
FOR the past several years, every New Year’s Eve has featured a stunning display of fireworks at the Burj Khalifa, the sky-skimming behemoth that looms large over Dubai’s skyline. Like so much else......
THE escalating tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran over the kingdom’s execution of a prominent Shia cleric has intensified sectarian polarisation in the Middle East. This has far-reaching......
Ominous clouds are forming over the Gulf and Pakistan — for a variety of reasons — we must find middle ground and not take sides in the brewing Saudi-Iranian conflict.There was a cautious note in......
FOR the first time, the province of Balochistan has seen a power-sharing formula successfully implemented, but it appears to have snagged on an old problem.The formula itself was worked out in the......
