JOHANNESBURG: Test cricket must adapt to survive in the face of the ever-tightening squeeze from shorter, more lucrative, forms of the game, both England and South Africa's captains said on......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews Wednesday promised “no mercy” for any team mates found guilty of misconduct during a disastrous tour of New Zealand after the sports minister raised......
MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic is hitting ever greater heights ahead of the Australian Open — posing problems for his rivals, and raising distant hopes of the first ever men's “Golden Slam”.Picking up......
ZURICH: FIFA said on Wednesday it had fired Secretary General Jerome Valcke amid alleged corruption involving World Cup ticket sales, one of many scandals surrounding football's governing body."The......
ISLAMABAD: Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade on the Islamabad office of local television channel, ARY News, on Wednesday evening, injuring a channel staffer.According to ARY News, the......
JOHANNESBURG: New South African captain AB de Villiers said Wednesday he was fully committed to leading the team in the next two Tests against England, but confirmed there was “a bit of truth” in......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday said the government wants to send a team of special investigators to the Pathankot air base in India for further investigation.In a statement, the PMO......
ISLAMABAD: A majority of militants fleeing operations in Pakistan's Mohmand and Orakzai agencies joined the Afghan chapter of the militant Islamic State (IS) group, Afghanistan's Ambassador to......
NEW DELHI: Indian Army Chief General Dalbir Singh on Wednesday conceded that lessons must be learnt from the Pathankot operation and rubbished rumours of poor inter-agency coordination as the reason......
Pace ace Wahab Riaz has fired the first volley at the New Zealand side, warning the Kiwis of a fast bowling test when they face Pakistan in the upcoming ODI and T20 series.New Zealand hammered Sri......
The “Fix it” campaign is bold and charming, a quick antidote for Karachi’s citizens who have suffered decades of negligence towards the city's many glaring problems.Last week, activist Alamgir Khan,......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama, tackling one of the most vexing foreign policy challenges of his presidency, vowed a robust campaign to “take out” the militant Islamic State (IS) group in his......
KABUL: A four-hour long gunbattle between Afghan security forces and gunmen holed up near the Pakistani consulate in the eastern city of Jalalabad has come to an end after all attackers were killed,......
QUETTA: At least 14 people were killed and over 10 injured in an explosion near a polio centre in Quetta's Satellite Town on Wednesday, Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti said. The......
NEW DELHI: India’s consumer price inflation accelerated to 5.6 per cent in December, the Statistics Ministry said on Tuesday, with prices rising at a faster pace than economists had expected.A steep......
PARIS: Further interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve should be gradual or they risk hurting already fragile emerging economies, where many companies borrow in dollars, the head of the......
LONDON: Gold fell for a third straight session on Tuesday as a rebound in European and US stock markets undermined the metal’s appeal as a haven from risk, and as the dollar strengthened against a......
KARACHI: Revival of buying interest helped cotton prices move higher on Tuesday amid tight supply of quality lint. The ginners are holding back their stocks hoping to get better price once the......
BRUSSELS: The EU said it will on Wednesday launch a year of delicate deliberations to decide whether China should be considered a market economy, a long-denied status that would make it harder for......
DUBAI: The Saudi Arabian riyal hit a record low in the forwards market on Tuesday, breaching the key 1000-point mark as a fresh slip in oil prices raised fears that the kingdom will eventually scrap......
KARACHI: The second trading day of the integrated stock exchange was marked by unusual volatility which ended with the KSE-100 index losing 54.40 points to close at 32,265.65.Immediately after the......
ISLAMABAD: Approval of new income tax scheme for traders faced another setback in the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance on Tuesday as warring sides accused each other of playing......
KARACHI: Private sector borrowing from banks during the six months to December stood at Rs212 billion, higher than Rs208bn the sector borrowed during the entire previous fiscal year.The country’s......
KARACHI: Truck sales registered a 34.68 per cent increase during the first six months (July-Dec) of 2015-16 to 2,194 units from 1,629 units in the same period last year.According to Pakistan......
LAHORE: A delegation of China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC), headed by its Chairman Lu Chun, here on Tuesday discussed investment options in Punjab with and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.The......
ISLAMABAD: Merchandise exports fell by 14.40 per cent in the first six months (July-December) of 2015-16 to $10.322 billion from $12.058bn in the same period last year.During December 2015, exports......
‘WE will not allow our soil to be used against any other country for terrorism.’ This oft-repeated cliché in our official statements has almost become a national embarrassment. A solemn pledge loses......
A nine-year-old contestant on a programme showcasing Asia’s singing talent is arguably one of the best among the contestants; her mischief and impudence bring some levity to the otherwise contrived......
FEW issues irk pious Pakistanis more than political corruption. Stories of corruption, even unproven, drive the pious into frenzied rage. Demands for ruthless accountability, even utilising......
NORTH Korea’s latest nuclear test last week was greeted with a predictable mixture of scepticism and consternation. The seemingly contradictory responses often emanated from the same sources.On the......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (KPPPRA) is embroiled in a tug of war with the provincial finance department over the jurisdiction and exercise of authority......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a terrorist and award of death sentence to it by a military court.While announcing the verdict in the case, Chief Justice......
ISLAMABAD: Kaavan, the lone elephant at the Islamabad Zoo, has once again been chained by the Capital Development Authority (CDA).However, the zoo authorities claimed that they have chained Kaavan so......
MUZAFFARABAD: Around three dozen activists of ruling People’s Party in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and its student wing People’s Student Federation (PSF) staged a demonstration here on Tuesday to......
RAWALPINDI: A Malaysian national was deported by the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) immigration officials after he was unable to produce a visa for Pakistan upon his arrival at the Benazir......
LAHORE: The first rainfall of the season is expected to dip mercury as it turned weather a bit chilly in Lahore and other cities of Punjab on Tuesday.The Met Office forecast partly cloudy with......
LAHORE: Officials of the city district administration along with police forced all visually impaired protesters to board wagons and cleared the metro bus track. The protesters shouted slogans against......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A murder convict who was hanged in the district jail on Tuesday has claimed innocence in his will, alleging he was wrongly implicated in the case by police at his rivals’......
KARACHI: There doesn’t seem to be a solution to or a fix for the overflowing gutters on M.A. Jinnah Road near the Plaza Market, which has made life difficult for motorists, pedestrians and......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Tuesday remanded three senior officials of the AKD Securities in judicial custody in a graft case.After the end of their second remand, the Federal Investigation......
KARACHI: Sindh Local Government Minister Jam Khan Shoro on Tuesday called the recent flooding of the city’s main roads and residential areas and pipelines bursts a “conspiracy to prove failure of the......
KARACHI: The spirit and beauty of Japan was vividly displayed at the Japanese Calendar Exhibition 2016 held on Tuesday, with different facets of traditional and contemporary life in the country......
KARACHI: A protest demonstration organised by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement outside the Provincial Election Commission’s office on Tuesday demanded that the authorities issue the schedule of the......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said on Tuesday that he was saddened by the deaths of children in Tharparkar, but he believed that the whole situation was being exaggerated.Speaking......
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday asked for Algiers’ help in speeding up the repatriation of rejected Algerian asylum seekers to their country of origin.Berlin and Algiers have in......
MUMBAI: Government authorities and temple officials in India’s southern Kerala state are standing firmly by a decades-old tradition of banning women from one of the holiest Hindu temples after the......
DES MOINES: The world’s largest lottery jackpot has grown to $1.5 billion because of continuing strong Powerball ticket sales.Lottery officials increased their estimate of the huge jackpot for the......
LONDON: Tens of thousands of junior doctors went on strike in England on Tuesday, causing major disruption to hospitals in the first walkout of its kind for 40 years.They were providing only......
TEHRAN: Iran will sell part of its stock of heavy water to the United States under its nuclear deal with world powers, its deputy atomic chief said on Tuesday.Ali Asghar Zarean also denied reports......
BEIRUT: Syrian regime forces advanced on Tuesday into the main bastion of rebels in the northwestern province of Latakia, the coastal heartland of President Bashar al-Assad’s clan, a monitor......
MANILA: The Philippine Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday a security accord with the United States was legal, allowing more US forces into the former American colony as it seeks to counter Chinese......
MARSEILLE: The top Jewish leader in Marseille on Tuesday urged Jews in the southern French port city to refrain from wearing skullcaps “until better days” after a teacher was hurt in an attack by a......
BEIRUT: Aid groups were in talks on Tuesday to evacuate 400 people, many starving, from a besieged Syrian town where the UN said suffering was the worst seen in the nearly five-year-old war.More than......
LONDON: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch will marry actress and former supermodel Jerry Hall, the couple announced in British newspaper The Times on Tuesday, after a four-month romance.The couple got......
TAIWAN’S relations with China has grabbed much of the attention this election. But there are other issues too that voters are concerned with.A look at these key issues, and the candidates’ stand on......
THIS year may be the year of reckoning for Malaysia’s longstanding bid to achieve developed nation status by 2020.As it turned out, last year was an annus horribilis for Prime Minister Najib Razak......
HAIFA: Israel on Tuesday took delivery of its fifth German-built submarine, an advanced Dolphin-class vessel said to be capable of remaining submerged for up to a week.Speaking at an official welcome......
CHENNAI: Forty five whales have died after stranding themselves on a southern Indian beach, a government official said on Tuesday, with local fishermen struggling to save others.The pod of whales......
PERTH: Captain Steve Smith and George Bailey struck fluent centuries as Australia chased down a steep 310-run target to win the first One-day International against India by five wickets here on......
AUCKLAND: Pakistan’s head coach Waqar Younis and Twenty20 skipper Shahid Afridi on Tuesday supported comeback pacer Mohammad Amir’s inclusion in the national squad for the New Zealand tour and......
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan Test spinner Saqlain Mushtaq has advised Mohammad Amir to stay focused and calm on his return to international cricket.Talking to a private news channel, Saqlain said Amir......
LAHORE: Within 48 hours of banning temperamental middle-order batsman Umar Akmal from Friday’s first T20 International against New Zealand in Auckland, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) reversed its......
LAHORE: The ICC World Twenty20 trophy was displayed at the Bagh-i-Jinnah Cricket ground by Pakistan women’s team captain Sana Mir.After the unveiling, the trophy was taken to the Kinnaird College......
SYDNEY: Paceman John Hastings has been called up to Australia’s squad for the second ODI against India in Brisbane later this week, selectors said on Tuesday.Hastings will replace all-rounder......
ZURICH: Now score it Lionel Messi 5, Cristiano Ronaldo 3.Messi reclaimed the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the world player of the year on Monday from his great rival Ronaldo who had walked off with......
SYDNEY: World number two Simona Halep battled an Achilles injury as she overcame France’s Caroline Garcia in three sets at the Sydney International on Tuesday.The Romanian, who was set to make her......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan ODI skipper Azhar Ali believes the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 World Cup is a great platform for budding players as it helps them showcase their talent and make a......
KARACHI: In a battle of two cricketers who are currently out of favour with the national selectors for different reasons, Faisal Iqbal upstaged Salman Butt as Karachi Whites strolled to a comfortable......
BELEN: Defending champion Nasser al-Attiyah won the eighth stage of the Dakar Rally on Monday as disaster struck debutant Sebastien Loeb’s impressive start to the gruelling event.Al-Attiyah, in a......
LONDON: Britain’s two-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome has extended his contract with Team Sky until 2018, the British team said on Tuesday.“Team Sky have been fundamental to my success to......
PESHAWAR: Peshawar Zalmi have started a talent hunt programme all over the KP province and the first coaching clinic in this regard was held here at Peshawar’s Arbab Niaz Stadium, the historic Test......
ISLAMABAD: With slippages on three major deliverables, the government has committed itself to nine fresh targets with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as compensation to ensure smooth completion......
LONDON: Oil forged fresh 12-year lows Tuesday on global oversupply, prompting Opec member Nigeria to call for an emergency meet to address collapsing prices that has ravaged revenues.In early morning......
ISLAMABAD: The government has been supplying 650 megawatts of electricity to K-Electric from the national grid at subsidised rates without a legal cover for almost a year.An official of the power......
KARACHI: The deep sea phase of the Pakistan Navy and China’s People’s Liberation Army — Navy (PLA-Navy) third bilateral exercise concluded at the Arabian Sea on Tuesday.The PLA Navy Task Group......
MUZAFFARABAD: A Srinagar-based pro-freedom leader has advised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to beware of implications of a proposal to convert Gilgit-Baltistan into a province for the Kashmir......
ISLAMABAD: The PPP made an unsuccessful attempt on Tuesday to make Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s presence in the National Assembly mandatory, so that he may personally respond to their queries.The......
ISLAMABAD: The Special Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms (SPCER) has almost finalised the draft of a unified law for electoral reforms and will meet on Wednesday.However, another......
ISLAMABAD: The Hindu Kush region was shaken by a 5.9 earthquake that struck Afghanistan and Pakistan early on Wednesday.According to the Met Office, the earthquake’s epicentre was in the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has termed the last decade lost for the country because of what he called inefficient and incompetent governments led by PPP and the PML-N.Addressing a press......
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that his government had cancelled the Ring Road contract awarded to Kamran Kayani for his failure to honour the commitment.“When the PML-N......
KARACHI: Projects being executed under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) need more transparency in order to build a better picture of the debts being taken on, and the future foreign......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that a localised domain of the popular video sharing website YouTube, which has hitherto been blocked in the country, had been launched.The news......
ISTANBUL: A suicide bomber killed at least 10 people, most of them German tourists, in Istanbul’s historic district on Tuesday, in an attack Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed on the militant......
LAHORE: Law enforcement agencies claimed on Tuesday to have arrested seven members of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ) suspected to be involved in attacks on different media houses.Quoting......
WASHINGTON: Describing the India-Pakistan relationship as “tough and very complicated”, the United States has urged the two neighbours not to give up their pursuit for peace.At a US State Department......
SRINAGAR: Clashes erupted on Tuesday in India-held Kashmir as police fired tear gas to stop thousands of people from marching in a funeral procession of a “militant commander” killed in a clash with......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he would veto a bill seeking to prevent the United States from meeting its obligations under the nuclear deal struck between Iran and six world......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate witnessed impassioned speeches on Tuesday when discussion on three annual reports of the Council of Islamic Ideology turned into a debate on the question of very existence of......
KABUL: Afghanistan’s chief negotiator in peace talks said on Tuesday that he was hopeful Taliban militants would join the process, but warned that public support would wane if there were no quick......
LAHORE: New Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Gautam Bambawale crossed the Wagah border on Tuesday to take charge of his office three days before the scheduled talks between foreign secretaries of......
LAHORE: As the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided in principle to summon a brother of the former army chief over investigations into the Rs16 billion DHA City (Lahore) scam, the......
WASHINGTON: Iran's Revolutionary Guards have released 10 United States (US) sailors and their patrol boats after investigations showed they had entered Iranian waters unintentionally, a statement......
BAGHDAD: Gunmen shot dead two Iraqi journalists on Tuesday in Diyala, a province where Baghdad declared victory a year ago but which is still plagued by chronic violence.The murders came as a suicide......
STOCKHOLM: Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom on Tuesday called for “thorough” investigations into the killing of Palestinians by the Israeli army in recent months.Wallstrom was responding to......
MITHI: At least four more infants lost their lives in the drought-hit Thar desert on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 45 in only 12 days, due to the outbreak of waterborne diseases and malnutrition......
