KARACHI: Police claimed to have killed four suspected militants in an alleged encounter near Safoora Goth on Wednesday evening.SSP Malir Rao Anwar told media that police conducted a raid in Safoora......
MITHI: The outbreak of water-borne and viral diseases in the drought-hit Tharparkar district took lives of two women and eight more children on Wednesday, raising the death toll to 121 this month.The......
The left-handed opening batsman Imran Farhat announced retirement from international cricket on Wednesday, thus joining the list of Pakistani cricketers who were forced to announce retirement in......
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron came under fire in parliament on Wednesday for referring to “a bunch of migrants” in Calais, with opposition MPs condemning his words as “divisive” and......
KARACHI: It has been 346 days since Pakistan and India last squared off on a cricket field.But 2016 will provide fans with plenty of opportunities to see the two Asian giants in action in a series of......
KARACHI: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday chaired a security review meeting at Corps Headquarters where the military chief was briefed on the progress made in the ongoing......
Mohmmad Irfan will be at the helm as the Pakistan hockey team looks to complete a hattrick of gold medals at the South Asian Games (SAG), the national federation announced on Wednesday.The Pakistan......
ISTANBUL: Turkish prosecutors demanded life sentences for two top journalists from the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper on charges of revealing state secrets with a report that President Recep Tayyip......
RIYADH: A Saudi soldier has been killed in shelling from across the border in Yemen, the interior ministry announced on Wednesday.He died on Tuesday in a strike on a border guards' observation post......
PESHAWAR: A joint team comprising police and intelligence officials on Wednesday recovered a huge cache of weapons and ammunition from different areas of Peshawar.An official part of the joint team......
PARIS: French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira quit Wednesday, apparently in protest at government moves to push through a measure that would strip convicted French-born terrorists of their......
DUBAI: The proliferation of Twenty20 cricket continues apace over the next couple of weeks when a contest of retired greats goes head-to-head with the Pakistan Super League (PSL) for the dollar of......
SAN: As China sales show signs of cooling, Apple Inc is touting India's appetite for iPhones, betting that rising wages and an expanding middle class will pull consumers away from the cheap......
In 1992, the editor of The Times of India telephoned one of Mumbai’s most prominent businessmen, Yusuf K Hamied. The editor asked Hamied, “as a Muslim leader” his opinion on communal riots that were......
SYDNEY: The use of on-field microphones by players in Twenty20 matches came under fire Wednesday after star Australian batsman Steve Smith lost his wicket while commentating during a game against......
KARACHI: All army-run educational institutes in the metropolis will remain shut throughout the week starting Wednesday, school administration officials said.Students and parents were informed that......
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) reprimanded a stadium announcer for “playing the cash register sound” as a taunt during one of Mohammad Amir’s spells in the third Twenty20 International between Pakistan......
LAHORE: Quake tremors shook Lahore, Faisalabad, Nankana Sahib, Sargodha, Sialkot, Sheikhupura and other parts of Punjab on Wednesday.The 4.1 magnitude quake was recorded at a focal depth of 10......
January 1, 2016 — the beginning of a New Year was the beginning of what would be my pregnancy nightmare. It was the night my water broke.At my regular pre-natal appointment with my doctor three days......
ISLAMABAD: Members of a Senate’s special committee on Tuesday took notice of the absence of the PIA chairman and other senior officials in a meeting called for a briefing on the performance of the......
It has almost become acceptable in Pakistan that the army chief himself decides his term in office. In many cases, the army chief has himself been in a position of authority to be able to extend his......
AS intended, last week’s terrorist attack at Bacha Khan University in the KP town of Charsadda evoked memories of the December 2014 massacre at the Army Public School in Peshawar. Fortuitously, the......
THE seemingly never-ending spiral of child mortality in the Thar region is a chilling reminder that no lessons have been learned from the past.The area is said to have faced 47 drought years over the......
JUST as 2016 was taking its first nascent breaths, news was released about the imminent establishment of the Pakistan Microfinance Investment Company. According to newspaper reports, this new......
TWICE now this year, Pakistan has featured in comments made by US President Barack Obama.Following a prediction of decades-long instability in Pakistan during his last State of the Union address, Mr......
IN order to cater to the needs of the large number of overseas Pakistanis living, working or studying in different parts of the world, this country’s foreign missions must play a responsive and......
PESHAWAR: A fact-finding committee formed by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on the Jan 20 Bacha Khan University Charsadda attack is tasked with looking into security lapses by the university only,......
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Forest Institute (PFI) has been turned into a grazing ground by bureaucracy, who seldom let lose a chance to milk the cow and oblige those at the helm of affairs.The country’s......
GHALANAI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf vice-chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday said Fata tribesmen were the real defenders of Pakistan and its frontiers and their sufferings should be eased by......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed the government’s petitions seeking clippings of the voices of the alleged masterminds of the Mumbai attacks and of six other suspects in......
ISLAMABAD: All government and private schools in Rawalpindi will be shut on Wednesday, while a number of private schools in the capital are also expected to be shuttered, following the confusion......
RAWALPINDI: After threats to educational institutions, guards and watchmen of different schools, colleges and universities are being trained by Elite Force Commandos at Police Lines Rawalpindi.The......
ISLAMABAD: The government has approached the attorney general office for exploring the possibility of seeking relief from the Supreme Court as well as taking steps for the early disposal of its......
ISLAMABAD: The Satrang Gallery is presenting a multimedia exhibition titled ‘In My Own Corner”, which includes the works of three Lahore-based artists who have presented their interactions with the......
ISLAMABAD: An audit into the accounts of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has found an irregular payment of Rs4 billion to the companies that constructed the runway of New Benazir Bhutto International......
ISLAMABAD: Alerted to new threats in the wake of renewed terror attacks in the country, the Quaid-i-Azam University has again turned to a seemingly unconcerned Capital Development Authority for......
LAHORE: Nasreen Anjum Bhatti, poet, peace and political activist and broadcaster, lost her fight against cancer in Karachi on Tuesday -- the day she turned 73.She was the author of four books, two of......
LAHORE: Some side stretches of the signal-free corridor are being dismantled and reconstructed to separate a service road and widen a U-turn after the executing agency (LDA) failed to assess the......
LAHORE: The Government College University held on Tuesday a special training session for its students on how to deal with emergencies like a terrorist attack, fire incident or some natural......
LAHORE: Ajoka’s Kabira Khara Bazaar Mein, which is based on the mystic personality of 15th century saint Bhagat Kabir, proved a crowd puller on Tuesday at Alhamra Art Centre.The latest production by......
FAISALABAD: Infuriated over road blockage by protesting labourers, a lawyer resorted to aerial firing at a busy intersection here on Tuesday in the presence of elite force and traffic wardens to get......
OKARA: The Saddar police on Tuesday arrested a man for hoisting the Indian flag at the roof of his house at 54/2L village.Led by information, a police team raided 54/2L village on Monday night and......
LAHORE: Opposition to the tax amnesty scheme may cost the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf dearly as it seems to be losing whatever the inroads it has made into the ‘constituency’ of the ruling PML-N, the......
FAISALABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday convicted a man of acid attack in Rajoa (Chiniot) police precincts.According to the prosecution, Abida Bibi of Chak 147-JB was on her way to......
LAHORE: Supreme Court Bar Association President Syed Ali Zafar told the Lahore High Court on Tuesday that Orange Line Metro Train project could be stopped if the court found it contrary to law and......
KARACHI: The admissions policy of the University of Karachi under which the varsity gives priority to the students of the metropolis came under criticism at the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday when......
KARACHI: Amid heightened security concerns, Karachi University (KU) on Tuesday postponed its annual convocation which was scheduled to be held on Jan 30.Multiple reasons, including the security......
KARACHI: A day after human rights bodies asked authorities to make public the detention of Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum’s Saeed Baloch, Rangers on Tuesday produced him along with three others before the......
KARACHI: More than 200 Pakistani and 38 international authors will take part in the 99-plus sessions at the 7th Karachi Literature Festival to be held on Feb 5, 6 and 7 at the Beach Luxury Hotel.This......
KARACHI: The recently carpeted Jamaluddin Afghani Road was closed for traffic on Tuesday after it developed a crater due to a burst in the 16-inch sewage pipe underneath it that has flooded the......
KARACHI: Without blocking any major road in the city for vehicular traffic, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement staged multiple protest demonstrations against the media blackout of party chief Altaf Hussain......
KARACHI: The Maritime Security Agency on Tuesday arrested 45 Indian fishermen for fishing in Pakistani waters, an official said.“The Indian fishermen have been arrested by the MSA while they were......
HYDERABAD: The Sindh government is under no obligation to fix the price of sugar cane for every crushing season under the Sugar Factories Control Act, 1950, the Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit......
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric is not only shameful and offensive, it’s also dangerous, says Hillary Clinton, the leading Democratic candidate for the 2016 US presidential......
ISTANBUL: Five migrants were killed on Tuesday when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross from Turkey’s western coast to EU member Greece, reports said.Sixteen more people were......
PARIS: Angry French taxi drivers blocked key roads with burning tyres on a “black Tuesday” that also saw hundreds of flights cancelled as air traffic controllers joined civil servants, hospital......
CONSTITUENTS of the agitating Samyukta Loktantrik Madhesi Morcha (SLMM), an alliance of four parties, have said they will need some more time before deciding their future course of action.The Morcha......
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Tuesday urged Iran to back peace efforts in the Middle East as the Islamic Republic’s emergence from international isolation took a significant step forward with......
MANILA: Japan’s emperor said on Tuesday that his nation must remember the tremendous loss of life in the Philippines in World War II, as he and his wife began their first visit to the Southeast Asian......
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday criticised Israel’s new plans for Jewish settlements in the West Bank and renewed his appeal for a construction freeze to advance peace......
KUALA LUMPUR: The Saudi royal family was the source of a $681 million “donation” that has engulfed Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in scandal, his attorney-general said on Tuesday, clearing the......
WHATEVER may be his infamy, flippancy and punching above his weight in the eye of his critics, H. M. Ershad hardly seems ready for his swan song. On the contrary, he is finally shedding the trappings......
MOSCOW: Russia President Vladimir Putin says the country needs to improve anti-corruption measures and address both low-level bribery and high-level graft.In a meeting with his cabinet on Tuesday,......
MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are 22-all in career head-to-heads, have nine Australian Open titles between them, and warmed up for a dream semi-final meeting with clinical quarter-final......
PRAGUE: World number seven Petra Kvitova will spearhead holders the Czech Republic in their first-round Fed Cup tie in Cluj, Romania on February 6-7, the Czech team captain said on Tuesday.Captain......
ADELAIDE: Virat Kohli struck a brilliant 90 not out as India drew first blood in the three-match Twenty20 series when they beat Australia by 37 runs at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.After Australian......
CENTURION: Mercurial paceman Kagiso Rabada produced the second-best match figures by a South African to propel his side to a consolation 280-run victory over England in the fourth and final Test on......
PANAMA CITY: FIFA presidential candidate Gianni Infantino gained votes outside Europe on Monday when the seven-nation group of Central American football federations pledged its support.The group,......
KARACHI: Pakistan Whites hockey team for the coming 12th South Asian Games will be announced on Wednesday. The SA Games take place in the Indian cities of Guwahati and Shillong from Feb 5 to 16.“The......
KARACHI: With the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Cup set to mark the return of football action in the country after almost eight months, tournament organisers on Tuesday quashed widespread......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s T20 skipper Shahid Afridi on Tuesday visited Army public School and announced that Peshawar Zalmi, one of the five franchises of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), will take along......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s non-textile exports fell by 21.81 per cent to $4.045 billion during the first half (July-December) of 2015-16 from $5.173bn in the same period last year, Pakistan Bureau of......
KARACHI: The newly constituted Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will meet for the first time on Jan 30, as eight of its nine members have been appointed, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on......
ISLAMABAD: The composition and the terms of reference of a proposed citrus export development board were discussed in detail at a meeting chaired by Minister for National Food Security and Research......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Stock Exchange, National Clearing Company Ltd and Central Depository Company (CDC) were being provided with drop boxes to facilitate investors in lodging complaints with the......
WASHINGTON: The World Bank warned on Tuesday that slowing emerging-market economies were hampering an oil recovery, and prices could sink further in a blow to a “fragile” global economy.Crude oil in......
KARACHI: Fauji Fertiliser Bin Qasim (FFBL)’s after-tax profit rose one per cent to Rs4.1 billion in the calendar year 2015 from Rs4.02bn a year earlier, the company said on Tuesday.Earnings per share......
GENEVA: Switzerland posted a record trade surplus in 2015 of 36.6 billion Swiss francs ($36.1bn, 33bn euros), despite declines in exports, as imports were made cheaper by the strong franc, the......
MANILA: China’s plan to cut its steel production capacity by 100-150 million tonnes will lead to the loss of up to 400,000 jobs, the official Xinhua news agency reported.The country’s State Council,......
KUWAIT CITY: The Kuwaiti and Iraqi oil ministers said on Tuesday that Opec will not cut production unless producers outside the cartel do the same, despite the plunge in crude prices.“Opec cannot cut......
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants Pakistan cut its overall development budget by 27 per cent to keep fiscal deficit within limits and make up for revenue shortfall during the......
NOT long ago someone I knew was talking about a writer with a ‘terrifying intellect’. The writer in question certainly had an intellect much vaster than my own, but I started wondering why it was......
ISLAMABAD: The Transparency International (TI) maintained on Tuesday that Pakistan was the only country among the five Saarc countries that improved its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) score.The......
KARACHI: A hand-grenade was found outside Balochistan Minister Changez Khan Marri’s house in Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on Tuesday. Police said the grenade “fortunately” failed to explode. They......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Ports and Shipping Kamran Michael said on Tuesday that a fast ferry service from Karachi and Gwadar to the Iranian port city of Chabahar will be started in March.Presiding......
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed has accused the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) of being lenient towards Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan.Addressing a press......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Chief Minister, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri, has said that institutions like Disaster Management Authority and Rescue 1122 have an important role in containing losses and......
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah on Tuesday expressed concern over what he called ‘non-implementation’ of the National Action Plan.Talking to reporters......
ISLAMABAD: Maritime cooperation, peace in the region and the ongoing war on terror were discussed by Defence Secretary retired Lt General Muhammad Alam Khattak with a Turkish delegation led by Rear......
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq met Iraqi Prime Minister Dr Haider Al Ebadi in Baghdad on Tuesday and called for expanding cooperation between the two countries in various......
ISLAMABAD: Provincial bodies seem to have snubbed the parliamentary panel’s proposal to amend the local government laws.Federal minister and convener of a sub-committee of the parliamentary committee......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s representative at the World Health Organisation, Dr Assad Hafeez, in his address to a meeting of the WHO’s executive board being held in Geneva, has called for urgent measures......
COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s parliament on Tuesday adopted reforms aimed at dissuading migrants from seeking asylum by delaying family reunifications and allowing authorities to seize their valuables,......
NEW DELHI: Thousands gathered in New Delhi amid tight security on Tuesday for India’s annual Republic Day parade, a pomp-filled spectacle of military might featuring camels and daredevil stunt......
WASHINGTON: A majority of registered voters in America — 56 per cent — now believe that Donald Trump will win Republican nomination for the 2016 presidential elections, shows a new poll released on......
NEW DELHI: A Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) shot down on Tuesday a balloon-like suspicious object in Rajasthan, sources said.IAF officials said the object was flying in......
KANDAHAR: An Afghan policeman turned his weapon on fellow officers as they were sleeping in their quarters near a checkpoint in the country’s south, killing 10, a provincial spokesman said on......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said 13 bodies, believed to be of Indonesian illegal immigrants, were found washed ashore after their boat capsized in bad sea conditions.District police chief Rahmat......
WASHINGTON: The death toll from the massive blizzard that battered the US East Coast over the weekend has climbed to 48, the media reported on Tuesday.Most of the deaths happened in road accidents as......
BRUSSELS: The European Union complained on Tuesday about difficulties in deporting migrants to Pakistan, warning it could take steps against Islamabad if it fails to comply with a deal on......
RAWALPINDI: Former foreign minister Sahibzada Yaqub Khan was laid to rest in the Army Graveyard at Race Course on Tuesday morning.He died on Monday night in Islamabad, leaving behind his wife and two......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum was informed on Tuesday that a ban on gas connections to new schemes might be lifted soon and a summary in this regard had been forwarded to the......
EMPLOYEES of the Pakistan International Airlines observed a countrywide strike on Tuesday against the proposed privatisation of the national flag carrier.The employees kept the PIA offices closed......
QUETTA/GWADAR: Six suspected militants were killed in two encounters with security forces in Balochistan’s Winder and Pasni areas on Tuesday.“Four of the militants were killed in Winder and two in......
