ATHENS: At least 43 people, including 17 children, drowned when their boats capsized off two Greek islands near the Turkish coast on Friday, coastguards said, marking one of the deadliest days for......
TEHRAN: Iran accused the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) of bowing to Riyadh's agenda after the world Muslim body condemned Tehran over the attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in the......
LAKKI MARWAT: Police arrested a groom and eight others, including jirga members, in Lakki Marwat on Thursday over charges of allegedly trading two minor sisters in order to settle some disputes......
KABUL: Afghan forces have arrested eight members of the feared Haqqani militant network who they say carried out a suicide attack this week on journalists working for the country's most-watched......
Pakistan’s Twenty20 series against New Zealand was one for the record books.Unfortunately for the Pakistan fans, though, Shahid Afridi’s team was at the receiving end on almost all occasions and the......
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid an emotional tribute on Friday to a young scholar from India's lowest Dalit caste who committed suicide last week, a death some have blamed on social......
QUETTA: Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti narrowly escaped an attempt on his life when his convoy was struck by a roadside bomb in Dera Bugti, DawnNews reported.The provincial home......
It's hard to pull myself up after a tragedy like the Bacha Khan University attack.It's that much harder when public responses to such tragedies are so misguided and insensitive.While I understand......
MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic underlined his supremacy in men's tennis on Friday as he marched into the Australian Open fourth round -- along with Serena Williams, who raced through in just 44 minutes.As......
ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry came under immense pressure to take action against Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Aziz after four key legal documents, asserting that the cleric was an absconder, were......
KABUL: As efforts gather pace to renew peace talks with the Taliban, Afghan women still haunted by the insurgents' brutal rule say they are being left out of the process, and fear that an......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police on Friday registered 35 First Information Reports (FIRs) against various institutions in Peshawar just two days after a barbaric attack on Charsadda's Bacha Khan......
WELLINGTON: Pakistan's win against New Zealand in the first T20 in Auckland must seem like a distant memory after the tourists were comprehensively beaten by the Kiwis yet again.Pakistan won the......
KARACHI: Customs authorities at Jinnah International Airport caught a passenger on a flight from Dubai to Karachi with 105 cell phones concealed on his body in an apparent attempt to transport them......
WELLINGTON: Corey Anderson whacked a career-best 82 not out and followed up with two wickets as New Zealand demolished Pakistan by 95 runs in their deciding Twenty20 in Wellington on Friday.New......
PESHAWAR: Unknown militants shot dead personnel of Khyber Pakhtunwa Police's Elite Force Unit in Rasheed Ghari area on the outskirts of the provincial capital.Superintendent of Police (SP) Imtiaz......
FARIDABAD: In a dingy factory in the sprawling industrial hub of Manesar in northern India, a plastic moulding machine malfunctioned, mangling Visheshwar Prasad Singh's right hand as he made parts......
FAISALABAD: Firing was reported near a government-run girls school in Faisalabad on Friday.The incident caused panic amongst the parents of the students who rushed to the school and tried to barge......
WELLINGTON: The Pakistani cricket team on Friday observed a minute of silence in respect for the lives lost during Wednesday's Bacha Khan University attack before taking to the field against New......
MOGADISHU: Somalia's security forces ended a deadly siege of a beachfront restaurant in the capital, with more than 20 people killed in the attack, a police official said Friday.The security forces......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday lifted a ban on the hunting of houbara bustard, a rare desert bird whose meat is prized among Arab sheikhs as an aphrodisiac.A five-member larger bench of the......
LAHORE: ICC Elite Panel umpire Aleem Dar, who recently joined the 100-Test club in international cricket, has expressed his concerns about the future of Pakistani adjudicators because of insufficient......
MOSCOW: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wants three outside experts to oversee the cleanup of Russia’s anti-doping system.A WADA report in November accused Russia of operating a state-sponsored......
ISLAMABAD: Ex-prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali’s tirade against Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) at the National Assembly last week has finally stirred up the federal government which has......
LAHORE: Acting on complaints from two member countries, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has termed Master Cricket League’s (MCL) move to approach current players as unacceptable since the......
PESHAWAR: The militant attack on the Bacha Khan University Charsadda appears to be the first of its kind in the province as the attackers didn’t wear suicide vests in sharp contrast to the......
PESHAWAR: Activists of various political parties, lawyers and civil society organisations on Thursday held rallies and protest demonstrations against the militant attack on Bacha Khan University,......
PESHAWAR: Authorities are banking on the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) after cases were reported even after use of multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine in the Federally Administered Tribal......
KARAK/Timergara: Two students of Bacha Khan University, Charsadda, who were killed in the Wednesday’s militant attack were laid to rest in their ancestral graveyard in Gurguri here on Thursday.A......
MINGORA: Around 315 houses of Jukhtai village in Miandam valley got smooth electric supply after the 65kilowatt micro-hydel power station was inaugurated on Thursday.The power station was established......
ISLAMABAD: Two leading universities in the capital are at odds with the Capital Development Authority (CDA) over the construction of boundary walls on their campuses.Despite efforts, Quaid-i-Azam......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his cohorts in the PML-N have been at pains to project a “progressive” image of their party ever since it gained power for the third time in 2013. But his son-in-law,......
ISLAMABAD: The residents of Islamabad gathered outside the National Press Club on Thursday to protest against the attack on Bacha Khan University, Charsadda.Nageen Hayat of the Women’s Action Forum......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday sent a loud and clear message to all and sundry that the law as well as the order of the court regarding non-conforming use of residential houses in Islamabad......
ISLAMABAD: Residents of Sector G-7 on Thursday blocked Seventh Avenue in protest against unannounced gas loadshedding in their area.After about three hours, the protesters dispersed when officials of......
Chinese degree programmes at NumlAnticipating a demand for the Chinese language in the near future, the National University of Modern Languages (Numl) has decided to offer degrees in Chinese.The......
Farah Yasmeen Shaikh, a kathak dancer and teacher, recently performed at the Pakistan National Council of Arts at an Asian Study Group event.A lead dancer with the Chitresh Dance Company, she is an......
ISLAMABAD: The Meteorological Department on Thursday said fog will persist over most of the plain areas in Punjab, Peshawar and upper Sindh at night and well into the morning for a few more......
MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Bar Council, the apex body of AJK lawyers, is likely to challenge a recently amended piece of law about the territory’s ‘controversial’ Shariat......
LAHORE: The students and faculty members of Government College University (GCU) on Thursday held a ‘solidarity walk’ to condemn the Bacha Khan University attack.Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Hassan Amir......
GUJRAT: The fleet of the Tehsil Municipal Administration’s (TMA) sanitation branch has received three latest mechanical compactors and 65 containers to collect and dispose of solid waste of the......
KARACHI: Police on Thursday claimed to have foiled a “major terrorism plan” in Karachi after they arrested nearly a dozen suspected militants associated with the Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent......
UMERKOT: An eight-year-old girl received facial burns here on Thursday when an exorcist put her head in a pitcher filled with fire on the pretext of ridding her of demons.According a social activist......
KARACHI: As the Bacha Khan University carnage has once again exposed the vulnerabilities educational institutions face amid terror threat, the situation seems more serious at the city’s largest......
KARACHI: Students and scholars of history were treated to some stimulating pieces of research on language and literature’s connection with history as a discipline on the third and last day of the......
WASHINGTON: The US capital on Thursday braced for a monster snowstorm that may paralyse life across the east coast this weekend, forecasters warned.Washington could get 12 to 24 inches of snow, the......
TEHRAN: Iran’s president has criticised moves by a powerful committee to exclude thousands of candidates, mostly reformists, from next month’s parliamentary election, saying the decision could......
CAIRO: Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a slew of multi-billion-dollar deals with Egypt on Thursday as part of a regional tour aimed at bolstering Beijing’s economic ties and clout in the Middle......
CANTERBURY: A Sudanese man who walked through the Channel Tunnel from France in an extreme example of the desperate attempts of many refugees to reach Britain, was told in court on Thursday he would......
LONDON: President Vladimir Putin probably approved a 2006 Russian intelligence operation to murder ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium-210 in London, a British inquiry......
CAIRO: Air strikes by Saudi-led forces hit oil facilities in Yemen on Thursday, killing at least nine people, workers and medics said, and four Yemeni government soldiers died in a suspected militant......
LONDON: Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed landed in Britain on Thursday, his aide said, after the Indian Ocean islands’ government granted him prison leave for urgent surgery.“We have just......
NEW YORK: Hit musical “Cats”, one of the most celebrated theatrical productions of all time, is returning to New York after a 16-year hiatus on Broadway, its producers announced on Thursday.The......
KABUL: The Afghan reporters recognised the voice threatening them with death on the militant Islamic State group’s local radio station. It was a former colleague, who knows their names and where they......
RETURNING to the political stage this week to endorse Donald Trump, Sarah Palin showed that she is, well, still Sarah Palin. With every sentence a mouthful of gobbled words, misplaced modifiers and......
KOCHI: Maintaining their unbeaten run, Pakistan outclassed Sri Lanka to qualify for the final of the Asia Cup Cricket of the Blind here at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium on Thursday.It......
LAHORE: Pakistan Super League (PSL) outfit Peshawar Zalmi has signed up Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait for the inaugural edition of the high-profile PSL scheduled to be staged in Dubai and Sharjah......
WELLINGTON: New Zealand and Pakistan have it all to play for heading into the third and final Twenty20 International with the series hanging in the balance ahead of the game at the Westpac Stadium on......
MELBOURNE: Lleyton Hewitt bade an emotional farewell under the Australian Open floodlights on Thursday as David Ferrer snuffed out any chance of fairytale final flourish from the local hero.After......
LONDON: Son Heung-min’s thunderous finish helped Tottenham Hotspur secure a 2-0 victory at Leicester City and Liverpool eased past fourth-tier Exeter City 3-0 in FA Cup third-round replays on......
ISLAMABAD: Keeping in mind its privatisation, the federal government has notified National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) as ‘a body corporate’ and its staff outside the purview of government service, civil......
KARACHI: Prospects for exports of Pakistani fruits and produce appear bright following lifting of economic sanctions on Iran.In a press release issued on Thursday, All Pakistan Fruits and Vegetables,......
KARACHI: A 70-member delegation of Chinese businessmen, private-sector entrepreneurs and investors, who are on a visit of Pakistan to explore business and investment opportunities in the sectors of......
KARACHI: The State Bank announced on Thursday that Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has been constituted.In November 2015, amendments in the SBP Act 1956 were enacted which shifted the responsibility......
ISLAMABAD: The first element for inviting investment is the continuity and stability of the political system and impatience is detrimental to good steps, Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan......
KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Thursday urged the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to do away with discrimination in duties and taxes between......
KARACHI: After facing the reported onslaught of dock labour at the terminal on the eve of arrival of first ship, the operator of Pakistan Deep Water Port (PDWP) is seeking security assurance from the......
KARACHI: Stocks closed flat on Thursday with the KSE-100 index recording a minor loss of 14.21 points (0.05 per cent) to settle at 30,751.80.Tracking the recovery in the regional markets, the local......
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s plan to increase oil output this year will go ahead, with exports running in January at a record level and unaffected by Iran’s return to the market, Iraqi Oil Minister Adel Abdul......
KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at $20.689 billion during the week ending January 15 compared to $20.759bn the previous week, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said......
WASHINGTON: Christine Lagarde garnered strong backing from Europe Thursday for a second mandate as IMF managing director.With her term coming to an end in July, the International Monetary Fund......
KARACHI: Amid slow trading, cotton prices on Thursday remained steady. There was only buying interest from small spinners and they too preferred replenishing their stocks to meet their near future......
UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s spokesman said on Wednesday that projections for rising global unemployment over the next two years are “alarming” and the UN chief will keep pushing......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in synergy with the Pakistan Army has played a key role in eliminating terrorists, said PAF’s Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman on Thursday......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday cautioned all federal and provincial government functionaries to refrain from misusing their authority to gain any benefit or favour for themselves or any......
Quetta: A mass transit train system has been approved by Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri for the provincial capital.He has asked the divisional superintendent of Pakistan......
CHARSADDA: Police and security forces have arrested 15 suspects during search operations carried out after Wednesday’s attack on the Bacha Khan University.The death toll from the carnage rose to 21......
ISLAMABAD: Secretary-level talks between Pakistan and India will be held in the near future, said Foreign Office spokesman Qazi Khalilullah on Thursday, adding that deliberations between the two......
ISLAMABAD: In an unexpected exercise of its powers, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has taken notice of the airing of an ‘abusive’ word used by the ISPR director general......
CHARSADDA: Stuck with 15 of his students on a third floor balcony of a campus building as gunmen came up the stairs, university director Mohammad Shakil urged police personnel arriving at the scene......
QUETTA: The Balochistan government notified on Thursday allotment of portfolios to three ministers and two advisers of Pakistan Muslim League-N and one minster of PML-Q.A notification issued by the......
ISLAMABAD: The government is committed to rooting out terrorism from the country, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday.Addressing the annual session of the World Economic Forum in Davos, he......
QUETTA: A law enforcement agency (LEA) arrested over 30 people, most of them Afghan nationals, in the border town of Chaman on Thursday for illegally crossing into Pakistani territory.LEA officials......
A NEWS item about the questioning of a Muslim family in Lancashire didn’t get proper attention in Pakistan because the news was overshadowed by the chilling Charsaddah massacre. Briefly, the British......
ISLAMABAD: Family members of Khalid Shamim, an accused in the (MQM leader) Dr Imran Frooq murder case, met the accused on Thursday after the Anti-Terrorism Court judge ordered FIA to arrange their......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani has restrained Federal Defence Minister Khawaja Asif from attending current session of the House for obstructing its business in a blatant violation of a......
ISLAMABAD: A Russian delegation is visiting Pakistan to discuss the sale of military hardware.The delegation, led by Fomin Alexander Vasilyevich, director of the Federal Service for Military —......
WANA: Four civilians died and two others received injuries when one of six rockets fired from the Afghan side of the border hit a shop in Angoor Adda in South Waziristan Agency on Thursday.According......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday to come up with a reply on a plea raised by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf seeking access to its data server for......
HIPPY beggars asking for LSD or food; punks and drunks tumbling here and there; Roma girls offering flowers to men for 50 cents; cops questioning an almond-eyed youth with dark black hair as a trio......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly adopted on Thursday a controversial bill to grant a four-year tax amnesty to traders amid protests by the opposition.The Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2016, was put......
WASHINGTON: US military commanders have been given the authority to target militant Islamic State group fighters in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Thursday, the first such order beyond Iraq and......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has shared credible evidence with the Afghan authorities that a faction of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) directed the Bacha Khan University attack from Afghanistan.Chief of......
DAVOS: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held a trilateral meeting with US Vice President Joe Biden and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani here on Thursday and discussed with them efforts for peace and......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly witnessed on Thursday two opposition walkouts, a power blackout and the passage of six bills, which also included the controversial law to convert the national flag......
THE first quarterly report of the State Bank provides a healthy corrective to the otherwise jubilant narrative being pushed by the government.Some success has indeed been achieved in stabilising the......
THOUGH numerous healthcare woes plague Pakistan, the problem of stillbirths has largely failed to register in the way it should.However, as a number of studies published recently by the respected......
THE global financial markets are experiencing a bloodbath. Over the past few months, a range of financial assets including equities, commodities and currencies of emerging markets have fallen......
ON Tuesday, a newspaper published a happy, positive story about a ‘music gala’ in Peshawar that had concluded the night before. Thousands had attended the event “to celebrate the return of peace to......
THE Sino-Pakistan friendship has stood the test of time. Although the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor that has been underpinned with 51 agreements and MOUs has been generating controversy in......
AUTHOR Edward Counsel once said that “the course of justice often prevents it”. In saying so, Counsel was perhaps alluding to the procedural and substantive mechanisms put in place in a legal system......
CAIRO: A bomb attack killed six people, including three policemen, on Thursday near a road leading to the pyramids in the Cairo suburb of Giza, security sources said.The bomb exploded as the police......
