KARACHI: The London Metropolitan Police on Monday informed Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain that his bail conditions, in an ongoing money laundering probe, had been removed as there was......
PESHAWAR: The Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, where militants killed 21 students and teachers on January 21, announced on Monday that academic activities on campus will remain suspended until the......
English Premier League club Manchester City have named Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola as their new manager from July, hoping the Spaniard can emulate the glory years he enjoyed at Barcelona.Manuel......
MUMBAI: Thirteen students reported to be on a picnic drowned on Monday after they went swimming off a beach on India's west coast, police said.The tragedy happened at Murud beach in the Raigad......
As India’s Virat Kohli rises to the top of the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 batting rankings, Ahmed Shehzad, who was dubbed as his ‘Pakistani version’ by many, continues his long run of......
LONDON: Chelsea captain John Terry will leave the Premier League champions when his contract expires at the end of the season, he told British media on Sunday.“It’s not going to be a fairytale......
NEW DELHI: India are resting batting mainstay Virat Kohli for the three 20-over matches against Sri Lanka this month with an eye on the World T20 on home soil.Kohli, the world's top-ranked T20......
BOSTON: The Karachi Grammar School (KGS) won the best international delegation award at the Harvard Model United Nations (HMUN) 2016.HMUN is a four-day international relations simulation for high......
ISLAMABAD: In a move to stall an impending strike, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday enforced the Essential Services (Maintenance) Act 1952 for six months, barring protesting members of the......
QUETTA: Three madrassahs were raided in Quetta's Eastern Bypass area on Monday morning, police said, adding that they were subsequently sealed over alleged involvement in 'suspicious' and 'illegal'......
Being the first Grand Slam of the tennis calendar, a tone-setter for the year to follow, Melbourne Park has always had a lot riding on it. This time, though, the stakes were uniquely high.With......
KABUL: At least 20 policemen were killed Monday when a suicide bomber struck a police base in Kabul Monday.Scores of people were also wounded as the attacker blew himself up in a queue of police......
KHAN YUNIS: Azza al-Najjar struggles in vain to keep her two-year-old warm by wrapping him in blankets in her prefabricated metal home as a winter storm lashes the Gaza Strip.“The cold increases the......
KARACHI: The Karachi School of Business & Leadership (KSBL) organised a Seminar on ‘Finding Human Spaces in HR’, sponsored by the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), on Jan 29, 2016.The seminar aimed at......
ADENS: Dozens of Al Qaeda militants reclaimed the town of Azzan in Yemen's Shabwa province on Monday, residents said, exploiting a security vacuum in the country's south as a civil war rages.Azzan is......
CHENNAI: An Indian teenager was struck and killed after he tried to take a photo of himself in front of an oncoming train, police said Monday, in the latest deadly accident involving selfies.The......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's discarded off-spinner Saaed Ajmal says he is hopeful of proving his form in a forthcoming domestic league as he targets a return to national colours in the World Twenty20 this......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's annual consumer inflation rate rose to 3.32 per cent in January from 3.19pc in December, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said on Monday."The year-on-year inflation increased......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday rejected Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Aleem Khan's plea challenging the results of the NA-122 by-poll, but allowed the party......
Afghanistan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah arrived in New Delhi on Sunday on a five-day visit to discuss bilateral issues, according to a statement on Afghan news agency Khamaa Press..The Afghan......
DALORI: A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death, among 86 people officials say died in the latest attack by......
DUBAI: Dubai International Airport remained the world's busiest for international passengers in 2015 as traffic grew 10.7 per cent, boosted by the addition of new airlines and routes, the airport's......
WELLINGTON: New Zealand will be hoping to stifle their opponents by taking pace off the ball with the inclusion of three frontline spinners in their 15-man squad for next month's World Twenty20 in......
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it will suspend vehicle production in Japan for six days this month due to a shortage of parts.The automaker said the shortage stems from a Jan. 8 explosion at......
SYDNEY: Australia's stand-in skipper Shane Watson has declared his preference for opening the batting with a blistering 124 not out against India, just weeks out from the ICC World Twenty20.But......
MELBOURNE: Five things we learned from the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the tennis season:The world is impressed and amazed by Novak Djokovic's dominance but it isn't much fun......
MELBOURNE: Another overpowering win kept him head and shoulders above his peers at the Australian Open, but Novak Djokovic said fears of a “big slap from karma” make him humble as he continues his......
The issue of child marriages has been hotly debated in the assemblies and the media of late.While there are laws that protect the innocence of children, there are considerable religious, cultural and......
AUCKLAND: Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson hit brisk fifties and combined in a record stand of 159 to power New Zealand to a thrilling series-clinching three-wicket win against Pakistan in the......
SYDNEY: In a stunning run chase India won their third and final Twenty20 International against Australia off the last ball on Sunday to take the series 3-0.Australia made a formidable 197 for five......
MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic vanquished Andy Murray for the fourth time in an Australian Open final on Sunday to win a record-equalling sixth title and serve notice to his rivals that he could surpass......
MILAN: Juventus thumped Chievo 4-0 away to win their 12th Serie A game in a row on Sunday but it was not enough to topple leaders Napoli who thrashed Empoli 5-1, helped by Gonzalo Higuain’s 22nd goal......
PARIS: Angers captain Cheikh N’Doye scored two first half goals as second-placed Monaco slumped to a surprise 3-0 defeat on Saturday and their first Ligue 1 loss in 10 matches.After slumping to a 5-1......
BERLIN: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck twice in the final 13 minutes to earn Borussia Dortmund a nerve-wracking 2-0 victory over promoted Ingolstadt on Saturday and provisionally cut the gap on......
LONDON: Manchester City remained in the hunt for a record trophy quadruple after a hat trick from teenager Kelechi Iheanacho helped them demolish Aston Villa 4-0 in the FA Cup on Saturday.Fringe......
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez scored the goals as Barcelona came from behind to beat nine-man Atletico Madrid 2-1 at the Nou Camp on Saturday in a top-of-the-table clash that sent them......
KARACHI: Only an incredible goal-swing in the last round of matches would prevent Karachi United from reaching the final round of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Cup.United virtually sealed......
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia is struggling with its worst drought for 30 years, with millions in dire need of life-saving aid, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Sunday.At least 10.2 million people......
WASHINGTON: Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the White House hit a major snag this weekend when the US State Department confirmed that she had used her personal server to send......
BRUSSELS: In the last quarter century, at least 2,297 journalists and media staff have been killed for doing nothing more than trying to inform the world on war, revolution, crime and corruption.And......
MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino has ordered special efforts to ensure a peace agreement with Muslim rebels is implemented even after his term ends this year, his spokesman said......
LOS ANGELES: “Spotlight”, a drama about sexual abuse in the Catholic church, landed the top prize on Saturday at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards that also saw black actors score major wins.The......
TEHRAN: In December 2012, aircraft trader James Kim received a letter from a company based in Cyprus offering to buy four jetliners. It was brief and to the point.The hitherto unknown firm was......
SARAJEVO: With 360 villas and apartments around an artificial lake, swimming pools, a halal supermarket and a Muslim prayer area, the ‘Sarajevo resort’ is one of Bosnia’s most ambitious residential......
KARACHI: It may not have been a street affair as had been the norm, but Koocha-i-Saqafat at the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi on Sunday adopted a holistic approach and provided a platform where......
KARACHI: Six Arab hunters of houbara bustard with 11 falcons were held by wildlife staffers in Thatta district early on Sunday morning for lack of hunting permits but were released later and sent......
NOORIABAD: As many as 15,000 spectators travelled all the way from Karachi and Hyderabad to enjoy the third Hub Rally, Nooriabad, organised by Toyota Highway Motors in collaboration with Sherwani......
KARACHI: Over four months after the Mina stampede resulted in the death of her sister, brother-in-law, nephew and her husband, Shams Jahan, 64, is making peace with what happened.“I’m much better......
From its all-time high at 36,229 points on Aug 6, 2015, the KSE-100 index had tumbled to 31,298 points by the end of trading session last Friday. It represented a steep drop of 4,931 points or 13.6pc......
PERHAPS, the Punjab Revenue Authority is being vilified at a wrong time when it is struggling to become a model tax collecting agency in the country’s richest province criticised for its weak tax......
DIVERGENT trends were witnessed in the local currency market last week. Confused over the future oil price trends most of the currency dealers adopted a wait-and-see policy and kept to the......
CREDIT-WORTHY small and medium enterprises are now getting fresh loans a bit more easily as banks are encouraged to lend more mainly by falling loan infection ratio and promising business generated......
THE government raised just Rs131.605bn from the auction of Pakistan Investment Bonds, held last Thursday, despite having received bids of Rs361.295bn.It generated Rs71.111bn from three-year PIBs at a......
EMPLOYEES’ contribution to the Employees Provident Fund will be reduced by three percentage points from March this year.The move is one of 11 key measures in the revised Budget 2016 announced by the......
AFTER braving years of significant losses during 2008-13, Honda Atlas Cars appears to have returned to path of growth and higher profitability in the last couple of years on ‘increased level of......
THE PTI-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has come up with a wide range of proposals for the next National Finance Commission award to make fiscal federalism more effective particularly for the less......
PAKISTAN seems to be stuck in a low-saving low-investment trap, which has seriously hampered its growth potential: a low savings rate reduces the volume of investible funds; low investments make......
WHILE India’s infrastructure sector has made rapid progress in recent years — especially airports, roads and highways and power plants — one vertical that has been a laggard is ports.The winds of......
PolandWITH a population of about 38m, and a GNI per capita of $13,360, Poland is the largest economy in central Europe and the sixth-largest in the European Union. In 2015, the $425bn economy grew at......
LOSERS have votes, too. That is what democracy means — and rightly so. If they feel sufficiently cheated and humiliated, they will vote for Donald Trump, a candidate for the Republican party’s......
THE uproar about Google paying £130m in back taxes and raising the amount it pays in the UK by just £10m a year is merely a little local difficulty compared with what comes next. Apple could soon be......
NARENDRA Modi swept to election victory on a pro-business economic platform on May 16 2014, pushing India’s benchmark Sensex share index to a record high of more than 24,000 points. The Modi effect......
THE airwaves and Twitter are full of commentary about how Saudi Arabia, the rest of Opec and Russia can balance the market by cutting production and raising prices, writes Ed Morse.But the idea that......
LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party on Sunday held a demonstration against the Orange Line Metro Train Project at Jain Mandir but did not allow the Pakistan Tahreek-i-Insaf leaders to become part of......
LAHORE: A number of villagers, including women and children, forcibly stopped work on the Orange Line Metro Train project on Sunday in Kotli Ghassi area near the Quaid-i-Azam interchange (Dera......
LAHORE: Retired Justice Wajihuddin has again criticised the decisions of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman regarding intra-party polls, fearing they will generate another controversy......
LAHORE: Music has a universal language and all those who can express themselves through music are part of that one big ‘music cloud’ that connects to the globe. In Lahore, we have a very talented......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: In an area where at one point eight out of 10 members of a family suffered from leprosy, now only 10 patients are under treatment through the efforts of legendary Dr Ruth Pfau and......
A talented young ceramist, Kalsoom Hameed, has her cultural roots in Khanozai, a remote village in Pishin district of Balochistan. She was born to a family of Pashtuns, who had migrated from......
SIALKOT: The Bomb Disposal Squad on Sunday defused a high intensity anti-tank landmine near bordering Village Phookaliyaan-Bajwat along the Sialkot Working Boundary. Locals found it while ploughing......
MULTAN: The Multan Development Authority (MDA) seems reluctant to take action against a housing society though it claims to be actively pursuing the cases of ‘illegal schemes’.It has demolished the......
LAHORE / PESHAWAR: All public and most private schools in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will reopen on Monday after remaining closed for a few days for security reasons.But, at least 12 chains of......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s current envoy to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi apparently acted as an informal messenger between the Obama administration and former army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani,......
GENEVA: Swiss doctors have separated eight-day-old conjoined twin sisters fused at the liver and chest — the youngest separated successfully, a Swiss newspaper reported on Sunday.Five surgeons,......
MOSCOW: At least 12 people, including three children, perished in a fire in a Moscow factory that caused the roof to collapse, Russian authorities said on Sunday.Investigators said the blaze engulfed......
RIYADH: Saudi authorities have arrested 33 ‘terror’ suspects, including nine American citizens, over the past days, the Saudi Gazette newspaper reported on Sunday.Four Americans were arrested on......
THE HAGUE: Over 10,000 unaccompanied migrant children have disappeared in Europe, the EU police agency Europol said on Sunday, fearing many have been whisked away into sex trafficking rings or the......
WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will represent Pakistan at a nuclear summit in March this year when the outgoing Obama administration would try to reach some understanding with recognised and......
DAMASCUS: Bombings claimed by the militant Islamic State (IS) group killed more than 50 people and wounded dozens near a revered shrine outside the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday.The blasts tore a......
KARACHI: Representatives of PIA employees announced on Sunday they would continue their strike and reiterated their threat to bring all flight operations to a halt from Tuesday (Feb 2) because of......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is said to have expressed concern over the Sindh Rangers’ handling of cases of corruption allegedly committed by politicians.In recent meetings, including......
ISLAMABAD: Expressing ‘dissatisfaction’ over the law and order situation in the country, the JUI-F criticised the Punjab government on Sunday for its alleged action against seminaries and ulema in......
MULTAN: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said on Sunday that the Sindh government stood with the federal government on some issues, but there were certain matters on which it had reservations......
KARACHI: Two days before his crucial appearance before British investigators in a money-laundering case, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain formed a supreme council “to lead the party in......
LAHORE: A federal government team investigating the Pathankot airbase attack has asked the foreign ministry to seek more evidence from India because there has been “no headway” so far in the......
KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Senator Sirajul Haq has criticised the federal government for what he called not passing the full benefit of falling oil prices in the international market to......
ISLAMABAD: Acting under the National Action Plan (NAP), law-enforcement agencies have so far sealed 182 religious seminaries in Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa because of their involvement in......
NOORIABAD: Sindh Rangers chief Maj Gen Bilal Akbar has expressed satisfaction that thanks to a Rangers operation in Sindh, especially Karachi, citizens feel confident and secure enough to travel long......
QUETTA: Governor of Tabuk Prince Fahad bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has arrived in Dalbandin, the district headquarters of Chagai district of Balochistan, in connection with the hunting of......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: A young girl was killed and her alleged paramour injured when her father opened fire at them in Chattar tehsil of Nasirabad district on Sunday, police said.Dilawar, the girl’s......
RAWALPINDI: Streets and lanes in downtown Rawalpindi are lined with tandoors serving crisp, golden bakarkhanis in the morning.The round, sweet flatbread is popular with the city’s residents for......
ISLAMABAD: Awami Workers Party (AWP) members and katchi abadi residents who have been protesting for the right to housing since the demolition of the I-11 katchi abadi in August last year, gathered......
ISLAMABAD: Home-based working women across Pakistan displayed handmade embroidered apparel, fashion and home accessories, natural dye block prints and traditional silver jewellery at an exhibition......
The status of child marriage laws in KP and Balochistan remains unclear, even though both provincial governments are said to be working on legislation to counter the practice.However, only civil......
While the debate over child marriages across the provinces is dominated by the age issue, there is an even more important issue that no one is discussing – none of the country’s laws call for the......
PESHAWAR: While the federal and provincial governments are chalking out security plans for educational institutions after the terrorist attack on Bacha Khan University, Charsadda, schools in the......
LANDI KOTAL: The government has established five registration centres at the Torkham border in order to facilitate swift legal entry of Afghan nationals into Pakistan.Officials at the border crossing......
SENATE confirmation hearings for an incoming military commander nominated by the US president are rarely insightful.The nominee is usually careful to not offend or contradict the administration he is......
IF there were any hopes that a newly constituted independent monetary policy committee would inject some new life and independence of thought into the analyses being put out by the State Bank, they......
THIS is not the turnaround we were expecting. The government has announced it will abandon its search for a “strategic investor” to take minority stake and management control of PIA in response to a......
THE killing of at least 20 students and staff of Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, disturbingly reminiscent of the attack a year ago on the Army Public School in Peshawar, has once again brought......
THE National Assembly recently passed the Income Tax (Amendment) Act of 2016. This is the formal name given to the government’s Voluntary Tax Compliance Scheme — a policy tool designed to increase......
LT GEN John William Nicholson, the US general nominated to head US and Nato troops in Afghanistan, last week conceded that the security situation in the country is deteriorating. That might be the......
A MESSAGE circulating over the internet amongst Pakistani circles in recent days is titled ‘How to survive a school or university shooting until response’. The 10-point guide advises running away if......
