DHAKA: Bangladesh qualified for the final of the Asia Cup after beating Pakistan by five wickets on Wednesday.Pakistan recovered from 28-4 to post 129-7, before Bangladesh reached a winning total of......
ISLAMABAD: United States (US)-based ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc launched in Lahore on Thursday, stepping into a challenging market where credit cards are rare and security is a......
Mohammad Asif received a major boost in his quest to return to the national side after he was named the captain of the Sialkot Region team in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy grade-2 tournament.The......
KARACHI: Trying to lure him into the militant Islamic State (IS) group, the would-be recruiter told journalist Hasan Abdullah, "Brother, you could be such an asset to the Ummah"— the Islamic......
ISLAMABAD: The chairman of Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), Maulana Muhammad Khan Sheerani, said that some clauses of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Domestic Violence Bill are in contradiction with......
For years, Pakistan has denied that the Afghan Taliban enjoys a safe haven on its soil or that Islamabad could do anything to end their violent campaign in Afghanistan that has seen tens of thousands......
JAKARTA: A powerful and shallow earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, following which the government......
KARACHI: A rare weather phenomenon – a fair weather waterspout – was witnessed by WWF-Pakistan trained fisherman, Mahar Gul, near Sakoni, on the coast of Balochistan on the morning of February 28,......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau on Wednesday summoned former Pakistan high commissioner to Britain, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, to explain irregularities worth hundreds of thousands of pounds......
ISLAMABAD: Defeat against India has frustrated every Pakistan cricket fan. And on Tuesday the great Javed Miandad also joined the chorus with some very blunt views on captain Shahid Afridi.India......
QUETTA: The security forces in Balochistan claimed to have killed seven suspected militants during operations carried out in Kech and Kohlu districts of the province on Wednesday.Four suspected......
Some people are just naturally unlucky when it comes to the law — like American citizen Eric Burns Overstreet, who spent many months in jail for spilling a fountain drink.Then, there are those who......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday made a brief stopover in Kabul where he attended the Change of Command Ceremony for the Resolute Support Mission and met with top......
LAHORE: Police in Sahiwal are tracing a man who shot dead both his sisters in an apparent “honour killing”.Mohammad Asif had previously murdered his mother four or five years ago, according to......
I studied in one of the most international campuses in the USA. Apart from getting a great education, I was able to interact and forge lasting friendships with a number of Pakistani students — an......
German chancellor Angela Merkel, Pope Francis, residents of Greek islands helping refugees, US actress and activist Susan Sarandon and US presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s name has been put forward......
JALALABAD: Explosions and gunfire echoed Wednesday as militants attacked the Indian consulate in Jalalabad in the latest assault to rattle the eastern Afghan city.As gunfire rang out, security forces......
TOKYO" One-third of Japanese working women have experienced sexual harassment at their place of employment, though nearly two-thirds of these women suffer in silence, a survey has showed.The results......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday constituted an eleven-member committee to formulate the National Women Empowerment Policy which will be launched on International Women's Day on......
SHANGHAI: Moody's downgraded its outlook on Chinese government debt to "negative" from "stable" on Wednesday, citing uncertainty over authorities' capacity to implement economic reforms, rising......
WASHINGTON: Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton moved closer to winning their parties' nominations with a series of victories in the Super Tuesday elections, the biggest day of the......
ABU DHABI: Emirati Oil Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said on Tuesday that stabilising oil production levels is a must if oil prices currently at a record low are to rise.“I believe that current prices......
LONDON: Gold edged up on Tuesday, building on its biggest monthly gain in four years, as concerns over the global economy after downbeat data from China, the European Union and the United States......
KARACHI: Punjab Governor Malik M. Rafique Rajwana has assured the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) to take up the tax refunds issue with relevant authorities as it affects......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Auto Show 2016 being held from March 4-6 at the Expo Centre in Lahore has received an “overwhelming response” from the leading automobile manufacturers around the world,......
KARACHI: Easy conditions prevailed on the cotton market on Monday as buyers stayed on the sidelines. Falling cotton prices in the world market and sluggish demand from the local spinning industry......
DUBAI: Iran still faces constraints on oil exports as buyers are cautious about boosting trade immediately because of banking and ship insurance difficulties, a senior Iranian oil official said,......
KARACHI: Stocks struggled to find a firm foothold in early trade but managed to rally later in the day that saw the KSE-100 index gain 139.60 points to close at 31,509.11.Investor participation was......
KARACHI: One of the major factors inhibiting increase in the number of tax filers is cumbersome tax system, which has to be eased and made transparent to restore the confidence of taxpayers, said......
LAHORE: Gwadar Port is the product of long-term cooperation between China and Pakistan, said China Overseas Ports Holding Company Chairman Zhang Baozhong on Tuesday.Speaking at a seminar on “Gwadar:......
LAHORE: Traders have dismissed the Voluntary Tax Compliance Scheme (VTCS) as only 481 returns were filed by non-filers till the Feb 29 deadline, claimed a faction of All Pakistan Anjuman-i-Tajran,......
ISLAMABAD: Annual inflation rose to four per cent in February 2016 from 3.3pc in the preceding month, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said showed on Tuesday.Average inflation for July-February......
KARACHI: The outflow of profits and dividends in the first seven months (July-Jan) of this fiscal year crossed $1 billion mark, which was 23 per cent higher than the net inflow of foreign investments......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, after holding an official inquiry into the Jan 20 terrorist attack on Bacha Khan University, has ordered to remove the university security chief from......
PESHAWAR: Expressing grave concern over absence of a column for transvestites in the national census form, the transgender community has warned to agitate if the ‘anomaly’ was not removed......
MINGORA: Local singers, musicians and dancers have said that they are faced with social and financial problems but the culture department has neglected them. Living in Banr area of Mingora, hundreds......
MUZAFFARABAD: National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has agreed to increase the number of its mobile registration teams in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).At a high-level meeting held at......
ISLAMABAD: A group show of four painters will open at the Nomad Art Gallery on Wednesday and will include nearly two dozen paintings.The show is titled ‘Rafaqaton keh aye khwab khushnuma hain magar’......
ISLAMABAD: Many prominent religious personalities attended the funeral prayer of Mumtaz Qadri, the assassin of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, at Liaquat Bagh on Tuesday.Mumtaz Qadri was......
ISLAMABAD: The partial strike in the district bar of Islamabad against the hanging of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer’s assassin remained a ‘mystery’ as the call was given by an ‘irrelevant’......
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Tuesday said the federal government was committed to giving university status to......
ISLAMABAD: Though the government has fixed the minimum wage at Rs13,000, as many as 16,000 people are working for Pakistan Post Office Department (PPOD) as extra departmental staff (EDS) at the......
ISLAMABAD: A six-day kite and chunri-making event started at Lok Virsa on Tuesday.The event was part of Lok Virsa’s series, ‘Craft of the Month’, which aims to educate children about their traditions......
JHANG: A woman was killed by her husband for honour in the Hasannagar locality on Tuesday.The suspect, Shahid, told Jhang Kotwali police he had seen his wife Farzana with a man around the house on......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday dropped Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) sections in the Kasur child abuse case.The court also transferred the case to the sessions court for further hearing.ATC......
LAHORE: A writ petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court challenging Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s act of sending an expensive cow and two buffaloes to emir of Qatar as gift.Barrister Javed......
LAHORE: A two-member delegation of the federal government left for Vatican here on Tuesday to extend invitation to Pope Francis for a visit to Pakistan.Federal Religious Affairs Minister Sardar......
LARKANA: Home Minister Suhail Anwer Siyal presided over a meeting here on Tuesday to discuss overall law and order and progress in the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) in the......
LARKANA: A three-day ‘Jashn-i-Ayaz’ organised by the Larkana Arts Council kicked off here on Monday evening with the opening of Haroon Channa’s paintings portraying Shaikh Ayaz’s poetic thoughts.......
KARACHI: The 16th Hamza Wahid Memorial Lecture held at PMA House on Tuesday was an attempt to unravel the past of political activism, and the involvement of women in this movement. Titled ‘A Peep......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Tuesday asked the provincial health minister to prepare a summary and send him for appointment of 1,000 doctors in Thar and other areas where their......
KARACHI: Daunted by the last year’s deaths caused by the heatwave, the Sindh government on Tuesday announced that it had chalked out a contingency plan to ensure that no further loss of life occurred......
KARACHI: A four-person show titled It’s all about … began at the Canvas Art Gallery on Tuesday.The young participating artists are graduates of the National College of Arts. The very name of the......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said the sixth national population census has not been postponed indefinitely but has been deferred till the next meeting of the Council of Common......
KARACHI: Complaints against power loadshedding, over-billing and provision of ‘free electricity to public welfare facilities and eminent citizens’ overshadowed a public hearing held at a hotel on......
“I USED to daydream as a boy in Cavite City of being here receiving an Oscar and here I am living the dream.” Ronnie del Carmen said backstage at the 88th Academy Awards where Inside Out, which he......
BOTH sides in the Thai political conflict have sent out signals that reconciliation is anything but imminent and the current peace is all but fragile. The military rulers are responsible for......
The attack with an acid-like chemical substance on tribal activist and Aam Aadmi Party leader from Chhattisgarh Soni Sori that left her disfigured, is a manifestation of the stepped up excesses......
DESPITE the spectacular triumph of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in the November elections in Myanmar, it is an index to the overwhelming uncertainty that the almost inevitable has......
HAMILTON: A 14-year-old boy pulled out a gun in a school cafeteria on Monday and opened fire, hitting two students, and then ran from the school, threw the weapon down and was apprehended nearby with......
RAIPUR: Police killed eight suspected rebels, including five women, in a gunbattle in central India on Tuesday, local officers said, the latest deadly encounter in the country’s long-running Maoist......
ATHENS: Greece has asked the EU for nearly half a billion euros in emergency funds to help shelter 100,000 refugees, the government said Tuesday, warning that the migrant influx threatens to......
BANDA ACEH: Eighteen people were publicly caned on Tuesday for breaking Islamic law in Indonesia’s Aceh province, including a young unmarried couple who were caught spending time alone together.A......
DHAKA: Having registered resounding back-to-back victories, hosts Bangladesh are expected to put up a tough fight against Pakistan despite the absence of their main strike bowler Mustafizur Rahaman......
DHAKA: Virat Kohli smashed an unbeaten 56 as India reached the final of the Asia Cup T20 with a five-wicket win over Sri Lanka here at the at Shere Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday.India eased past......
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s spinner Aaron Phangiso was suspended on Tuesday after tests revealed he has an illegal bowling action, putting the left-arm spinner in doubt for the World Twenty20 this......
ISLAMABAD: Former Test skipper Aamir Sohail has urged Pakistan team to change their mindset if they want to win the upcoming matches at the ongoing T20 Asia Cup.“Pakistan batsmen, especially the top......
ISLAMABAD: Test cricket legend Hanif Muhammad has urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to appoint a new batting coach for the national team, citing poor showing by the batsmen in recent times.Hanif......
MELBOURNE: Australia’s bowling coach Craig McDermott will leave after the upcoming World Twenty20 in India, joining batting coach Michael Di Venuto in departing the top-ranked Test nation.McDermott,......
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian football chief who lost to Gianni Infantino in the race for the FIFA presidency pledged support on Tuesday for the new leader but said scandal-tainted world football must......
FLORENCE: Marcos Alonso scored for Fiorentina and then almost immediately gifted Gonzalo Higuain the equaliser for Napoli in a pulsating, end-to-end 1-1 Serie A draw on Monday.Fourth-placed......
BERLIN: Germany’s 2013 pole vault world champion Raphael Holzdeppe is out of this month’s world indoor championships with an ankle injury, it was announced on Tuesday.The 26-year-old suffered the......
LAUSANNE: In a major change in the handling of positive drug tests at the Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set to remove itself from the process and have a group of independent......
KARACHI: Lack of accountability at all fronts in Pakistan cricket is the main cause of the team’s poor performances, former coach Mohsin Khan said on Tuesday.“Pakistan has been performing poorly and......
NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has backed tainted compatriots Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt, saying they should be given a second chance after serving stints in jail for......
SYDNEY: Test fast bowler James Pattinson will miss the remainder of the Australian domestic cricket season due to a return of shin soreness which has recently limited his international......
KARACHI: Abdul Qadeer gave up trying to build a block of flats in Karachi four years ago, when gangsters demanding $20,000 in protection money shot him in the legs because he refused to pay.Now he is......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has tightened noose around senior officials of Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) in a case against former federal minister and PPP......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has formed a working group to suggest ways and means to enhancing participation of women and disabled people in electoral processes.The first-ever......
ISLAMABAD: The government has fined various airlines for bringing illegal immigrants from European countries without visa and other documents.A spokesman for the interior ministry said the Federal......
WASHINGTON: US and Pakistani officials are still deliberating on the contents of a joint statement that was supposed to be issued after the sixth meeting of their strategic dialogue on Monday......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday that PTI candidate Hamid Khan, who lost the 2013 general elections from NA-125 Lahore constituency, to deposit the expenses for verifying thumb......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Japan on Tuesday signed bilateral grant-aid agreements for two projects aimed at supporting energy and education sectors worth $17.5 million to strengthen training facilities......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada on Tuesday informed the Senate that national census would be held this year and that it was delayed due to army......
QUETTA: Balochistan National Party-Mengal President Sardar Akhtar Mengal has said that he and other tribal elders are ready to play the role of mediators to find out a solution to the on-going......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered formation of a committee to resolve his province’s water dispute with Sindh.Mr Zehri,......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday approved a reduction of Rs4.11 per unit (58 per cent) in electricity tariff for all public sector distribution companies......
DUBAI: Two Pakistanis were among 18 people killed in an accident in Oman early on Tuesday morning. Another Pakistani was among the 16 injured.According to police, a bus travelling through western......
NEW YORK: Documents seized by US special forces personnel during the 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan have revealed that Al Qaeda leaders were increasingly worried about spies in......
WASHINGTON: Adviser for Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has said that a Pakistani team will visit India “in the next few days” to investigate the Jan 2 terrorist attack on an airbase in Pathankot.An......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani stalled on Tuesday a resolution seeking to pay tribute to two-time Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and directed the movers to include in it the names of......
LATER this month, the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen will have completed its first year.But far from restoring any semblance of order in the impoverished Arab state, the foreign......
CONFUSION and uncertainty surround the resumption of direct talks between the Kabul government and the insurgents. The warring Afghan sides were supposed to return to the negotiating table next week......
Mumtaz Qadri was executed on Monday, Feb 29, 2016. The hanging took place at 4:30am at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, where Qadri had been imprisoned over the past several years. So ended a tragic and......
IN this age of advanced technology, where violent forms of entertainment thrive on the screen and in cyberspace, parenting becomes a challenging task, as children want to emulate what they see. The......
IN one his books, Mohamed Heikal, the Egyptian journalist who died last month at the age of 92, records an extraordinary encounter in 1964 between Gamal Abdel Nasser and Nikita Khrushchev.The Soviet......
RAWALPINDI: Thousands of supporters of Mumtaz Qadri, the killer of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer, gathered Tuesday for his funeral in his ancestral village in Bara Kahu area, close to......
