ANKARA: At least 28 people were killed and 61 wounded by a car bomb targeting the military in the heart of the Turkish capital Ankara on Wednesday, the city's governor said.The bloodshed came on the......
MUMBAI: A woman providing education to Afghan refugee girls in Pakistan has been short-listed for a $1 million global award for teaching.Aqeela Asifi, 49, who battled the conservative mindset and......
DUBAI: Islamabad United ended Lahore Qalandars’ journey in the inaugural Pakistan Super League (PSL), paving way for Karachi Kings to qualify for the playoffs, at the Dubai International Cricket......
Pakistan spin wizard Saeed Ajmal may gradually regaining his magic touch but 38-year-old revealed that the 'fear of chucking' had almost pushed him into retirement.The 38-year-old Ajmal last played......
ZURICH: FIFA's ethics watchdog on Friday imposed a warning and 7,000 Swiss franc ($7,055) fine on German football legend Franz Beckenbauer, the former World Cup-winning player and coach, for......
Manchester United fans are planning to protest against being asked to pay 71 pounds ($102) per ticket for their Europa League away match against Danish champions Midtjylland on Thursday, British......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Human Rights Committee on Wednesday expressed serious reservations over the creation of a ‘parallel human rights body under the executive,’ claiming it undermines the existing......
Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, may have reassured the Kashmiri leadership in New Delhi that Pakistan would not take any steps “detrimental to the Kashmir’s struggle” but the......
ISLAMABAD: In response to Asif Ali Zardari's claim about the the FIA's 'mistreatment' of the PPP, Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Wednesday that he is ready for a judicial......
DUBAI: West Indian all-rounder Kevon Cooper was reported for a suspect bowling action on Wednesday in the ongoing Pakistan Super League in Dubai, the first instance of this kind in the Twenty20......
DUBAI: Brad Hodge of Peshawar Zalmi smashed a quickfire 85 off 45 deliveries to help his side beat Karachi Kings by five wickets at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.It wasn't an......
"Oh my God, Haroon. If you were at the session you would have killed her," my sister told me at the end of the three-hour long dars."She said that the youth of our country have strayed away from our......
NEW DELHI: A little-known Indian company will on Wednesday launch a smartphone believed to be the cheapest in the world, targeting a market already dominated by low-cost handsets.Set to be priced at......
SAN FRANCISCO: An American judge ordered Apple on Tuesday to help the FBI break into an iPhone belonging to one of the attackers in the San Bernardino shooting that killed 14 people.US Magistrate......
KARACHI: Karachi University was partially evacuated on Wednesday after police received reports of three bombs on campus, DawnNews reported, but was declared clear after a sweep by the Bomb Disposal......
KANDAHAR: With her kohl-rimmed eyes cast down, Nadia lilts through a folk couplet before a secret assembly of women poets on a forbidden subject that often gets people killed in Afghanistan ?......
LAHORE: Two policemen manning a picket in the provincial capital's Iqbal Town area were gunned down by three unidentified motorcyclists on Wednesday evening.Both the slain policemen, Constables......
London Metropolitan Police have returned Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain's passport, a statement on the party's website says.Altaf's passport was seized by British authorities......
On a freezing February morning in a bustling Soho cafe, I was to meet American-born Lebanese, Afeef Nessouli.A New York-based CNN reporter, with a focus on Middle Eastern politics, Afeef had recently......
WASHINGTON: The United States Defense Department said on Tuesday that the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan should not be a cause of concern to India as the deal "always" took into account the......
OSAN AIR BASE: Four United States (US) F-22 stealth fighters flew over South Korea on Wednesday in a clear show of power against North Korea, a day after South Korea's president warned of the North's......
ISLAMABAD: US Ambassador David Hale has emphasised that his country and Pakistan need to generate new ideas, partnerships and innovative solutions to deal with water-energy-food security......
WASHINGTON: Both the United States and Pakistan will attend the sixth meeting of the US-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue with a result-oriented approach, says Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani.The sixth......
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has urged the United Nations to guarantee the right of self-determination to people living under foreign occupation if the principles of its Charter are to have......
ISLAMABAD: The minimum monthly wage for unskilled workers in the federal capital has been increased from Rs8,000 to Rs13,000.President Mamnoon Hussain approved on Tuesday a bill recently passed by......
LAHORE: Mayor of Istanbul Kadir Topbas and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif inaugurated on Tuesday A-Taxi (cab) service after the Punjab government and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality signed an......
LAHORE: The Lahore Literary Festival 2016 has come up with a diversified schedule for its upcoming edition starting on Feb 19.There will be 16 sessions on the national and regional languages and......
MUZAFFARABAD: After three days of war of words and protests and demonstrations by their activists, the ruling PPP and the opposition PML-N in Azad Kashmir spent a quiet day on Tuesday.But it appeared......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) fears there will be a severe food crisis in the country as a result of the government’s policy of ‘destroying farmers and growers economically’.The party’s......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) has pinned its hopes on a Supreme Court decision expected on Wednesday about empowering it to take action against the companies which have......
I WAS shocked to notice the exclusion of the image of Nobel Laureate Malala Yusafzai from the advertisement given by the Women Development Department, Government of Sindh, on National Women’s Day......
PESHAWAR: The tribal area farmers hit hard by militancy are facing another monetary setback as the renewal of a ban on different types of fertilisers may deprive them of a good yield this......
PESHAWAR: A typing mistake regarding the devolution of Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI) has landed health department in litigation.On January 26, the provincial health department issued a......
MINGORA: A local religious leader, Mufti Samiullah, has rolled up his sleeves to help eradicate the deadly poliovirus from Swat valley and he along with his team is actively taking part in the......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday stopped the National Accountability Bureau from probing the charge of the misuse of office against chief engineer of communication and works department,......
GILGIT: The traditional practice of separating gold from sand along the rivers is still alive in Gilgit-Baltistan.Hundreds of families of a tribe called Sonewal in Shina language and Mowaan in......
PESHAWAR: An accountability court on Tuesday indicted Peshawar Electric Supply Company chief executive Anwarul Haq Yousafzai and 11 others, including three former chiefs of the company, for causing a......
ISLAMABAD: The use of tobacco is not allowed in Islam and the federal government is taking steps to control its use, including legislation and will be making efforts to control the increase in......
MURREE: Murree police have registered an FIR against three individuals, for fraudulent activity worth Rs60 million, on the pretext of the sale of the Holy Trinity Church.Among the suspects are......
ISLAMABAD: An informal online-offline discussion on Tuesday urged the governments of Pakistan and India to continue a bilateral dialogue that will address the issues facing both countries, but failed......
RAWALPINDI: The Excise and Taxation Department sealed 15 commercial plazas in Gulraiz Housing Society on Tuesday because their owners had not paid property tax worth Rs3.7 million for the last few......
ISLAMABAD: A large number of people gathered in F-6 Markaz on Tuesday to pay tributes to those who lost their lives in a bomb explosion in Quetta three years ago today.Over 150 people were killed and......
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Privatisation Commission Ahmed Nawaz Sukhera on Tuesday confirmed that the government was moving ahead with the privatisation of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).He said......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday sought reply from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister Secretariat on a petition filed to facilitate a meeting of Dr Fauzia......
GUJRAT: Eight suspects, including an officer and an employee of the forest department, have been arrested after a scam of theft of precious trees in the Pabbi Forest of Sara-i-Alamgir was......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Students of the Ghazi Khan Medical College continued their protest on the sixth consecutive day (Tuesday) to press the authorities for accreditation of the institution with the......
FAISALABAD: Speakers at a session on women’s role in the Punjabi literature decided to form a society of the literati to work for the promotion of the language.The festival “Lyallpur Punjabi Sulaikh......
KARACHI: The decision of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani not to call what in technical parlance is known as a division — a head count of members in favour of or against a piece of......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Tuesday sent 19 suspects to prison in a case pertaining to the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl.The victim had gone missing on Jan 25 from a wedding hall in......
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency has arrested a man for allegedly posting an inappropriate advertisement involving a girl on a free classifieds online network, it emerged on Tuesday.The......
KARACHI: There was a mad rush at the IT data centre of the education and literacy department in the Sindh secretariat on Tuesday, which was the deadline for the biometric registration of all teaching......
KARACHI: An exhibition titled Itwaar Ka Din opened at the Sanat Art Gallery on Tuesday. According to the curatorial note, the show is the result of the six participating artists’ response to its......
UNITED NATIONS: Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, whose term was marked by war in the former Yugoslavia, famine and genocide in Africa and confrontation with the United States, died......
SYDNEY: A letter from a man to his mother flown out of Paris by hot air balloon during the Prussian siege in 1870 has turned up in Australia’s National Archives, which said on Tuesday it was keen to......
ISTANBUL: Turkey called on Tuesday for a ground operation in neighbouring Syria with its international allies, as a UN envoy held talks in Damascus aimed at saving a troubled ceasefire plan.Tensions......
MANAMA: Four US journalists arrested in Bahrain while covering the anniversary of the island nation’s 2011 uprising were charged, released and flew out of the country on Tuesday, a lawyer......
LOS ANGELES: Taylor Swift made history on Monday as the first woman to win the top Grammy twice, but rapper Kendrick Lamar took home five awards and delivered an electrifying, politically charged......
LAST week marked a significant event in the life of digital India, in a country that is home to more than 400 million internet users.The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) passed a......
GUESS what people are discussing in Pokhara — the second biggest tourist hub in Nepal? Politics!There is a sense of hopelessness in the air. International tourists have dwindled since the......
TOKYO: A court on Tuesday convicted a Japanese man of landing a drone containing a bottle of radioactive sand from Fukushima on the roof of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s office.The Tokyo District Court......
RANCHO MIRAGE: President Barack Obama and leaders of Southeast Asian nations discussed regional security issues on Tuesday before closing a summit called to show solidarity and US seriousness about......
SHILLONG: Judoka Shah Hussain Shah inflated Pakistan’s gold medal tally to 12 as the South Asian Games came to a close on Tuesday and immediately set sights on qualifying for this summer’s Olympic......
WELLINGTON: Injured New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor will test his fitness ahead of next month’s World Twenty20 tournament in India when he plays in an ‘Island of Origin’ match next week.Taylor......
DUBAI: You’re never unbeatable in Twenty 20 cricket. But with a right mix of process, preparation and execution - you can make yourselves very hard to beat.When observed closely, there is a common......
ZURICH: Disgraced FIFA president Sepp Blatter appeared before a FIFA’s appeals committee on Tuesday to fight an eight-year ban from the sport for ethics violations.Blatter arrived at FIFA......
NAIROBI: Athletics Kenya’s chief executive has asked to step aside for 21 days pending an investigation into allegations that he sought bribes to reduce the doping bans of two Kenyan athletes who......
LONDON: Ronnie O’Sullivan rejected the chance to finish a 147 maximum break in his Welsh Open first round match on Monday because he felt the £10,000 ($14,000, 12,000 euros) prize on offer was “too......
DOHA: World number one Serena Williams on Tuesday became the latest high-profile name to pull out of the Qatar Open, citing flu for her withdrawal.It is the latest blow for organisers coming less......
ROME: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane reckons Cristiano Ronaldo is on top form as the Portuguese looks to increase his Champions League goals tally when they visit AS Roma in the first leg of their......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Third-seeded Danka Kovinic of Montenegro and No. 5 Polona Hercog of Slovenia each advanced to the second round with wins over Americans at the Rio Open clay-court tournament on......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved the Companies (Compliance with Licensing Conditions) General Order, 2016 in exercise of the powers conferred on it by......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday approved upfront tariff for $1.9 billion coal-based power project of China-Hub Power Company at a levelised tariff of......
KARACHI: Foreign direct investment (FDI) rose by around over five per cent year-on-year to $648 million during the first seven months (July-January) of 2015-16, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said......
DOHA: Top global producers Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed on Tuesday to freeze oil output in a bid to shore up prices after a 70 per cent drop due to chronic oversupply.Saudi Oil Minister Ali......
ISLAMABAD: The profitability of the country’s largest oil and gas producer, OGDCL, plummeted 28.5 per cent in the first half of the current fiscal year, apparently due to lower international crude......
KARACHI: As the country’s exports continue to shrink, the government’s top economic hierarchy is still sparring over who is to blame.Officials at the Ministry of Commerce attributed falling proceeds......
KARACHI: After a day of bull run, bears returned on the stock market as the benchmark 100-share index closed down by 254.99 points (0.80 per cent) at 31,673.16 on Tuesday.Intense volatility was......
MUMBAI: India’s tax office has sent Vodafone Group a reminder to pay $2 billion in taxes and threatened the British telecoms group with seizure of local assets if it fails to do so, despite the......
BRUSSELS: The EU unveiled on Tuesday plans to vet energy contracts that member states sign with countries outside the bloc as it seeks to cut dependence on Russian gas.The European Commission......
KARACHI: Listless conditions prevailed on the cotton on Tuesday where buyers were conspicuous by their absence. The undertone remained easy and outlook uncertain.Floor brokers said that a......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that the appeals filed by two convicts in the Peshawar’s Army Public School (APS) massacre case in the military appellate forum had been rejected,......
ISLAMABAD: The president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Mr Ali Zafar, requested the PML-N government on Tuesday to immediately convene a meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI)......
ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties have reacted strongly to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s allegation that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has been harassing politicians in the name of combating......
QUETTA: Police have so far not registered an FIR against those accused of being responsible for suicide committed by student of a girls college in Muslim Bagh area.Saqiba Kakar, a 17-year-old student......
SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Tuesday signalled a tough new approach to derailing North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme, promising an uncompromising and more assertive response to......
LAHORE: After Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, the rulers from Punjab are feeling the heat of accountability and, apparently in a preventive move, they have started warning the National Accountability......
ISLAMABAD: The government of Sindh has urged the centre to come up with an incentive package for Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), restore its gas supply and prepare a financial and technical report......
QUETTA: A meeting of the Apex Committee of Balochistan decided on Tuesday to expedite the pace of implementation on the National Action Plan (NAP) in the province.Presided over by Chief Minister......
ISLAMABAD: Despite being convened on a specific two-point agenda, Tuesday’s thinly-attended sitting of the National Assembly eventually turned into a point-scoring match between opposition and......
THE start of the Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue has now been delayed by more than a month, but comments by the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Gautam Bambawale suggest that officials from both......
AFTER an inexcusable delay, the Sindh Assembly on Monday became the first legislature in Pakistan to pass a law governing the registration of marriages for the Hindu community, as well as other......
IT is a measure of Pakistanis’ short memory that the election of a mayor and his subsidiaries for Islamabad Capital Territory is being hailed as the first chance at local government that the......
NO one in Pakistan had heard the name of Nergis Mavalvala until last week. The Karachi-born professor of physics at MIT has become an unexpected celebrity overnight for her involvement in the......
SEVERAL times a day, in almost all Pakistan’s larger cities, planes fill up with passengers, doors close and the flight is ready to take off. Flight attendants, many of them women, begin their......
LOOK closely at the National Action Plan. The minds working to address one of the most serious challenges in our history — perhaps second only to the East Pakistan crisis — came up with a laundry......
GEORGE Soros was in no mood to take prisoners last week when, in a comment reproduced in The Guardian, the European business magnate described Vladimir Putin as a bigger threat to Europe than the......
