DHAKA: India warmed up for the Asia Cup final against Bangladesh with a crushing nine-wicket win over minnows United Arab Emirates in Dhaka on Thursday, their last league match in the competition.A......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court sentenced a man to 13 years in prison on Thursday for allegedly posting religiously offensive material on his Facebook page, lawyers in the case said.Rizwan Haider,......
Individuals who claim to know Mustafa Kamal intimately, find the timing and the reasons described by him for his return extremely intriguing.Generally considered as a good man, Mustafa Kamal left......
BERLIN: The German FA (DFB) is set to answer corruption allegations on Friday as accusations the 2006 World Cup was “bought “threaten to give FIFA another headache.The 2006 finals were lauded in......
KARACHI: Members of Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) Central Coordination Committee in London and Karachi held a joint press conference on Thursday evening, terming allegations leveled by Mustafa Kamal......
Shahid Afridi will retain his position as the national T20 captain until the end of the upcoming World T20 despite a disastrous exit from the Asia Cup, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar......
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is optimistic that the India-Pakistan World T20 match on March 19 will go ahead as per schedule.BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur, after a meeting with......
LARKANA: Hatri Ghulam Shah Police on Tuesday booked a primary school teacher on charges of sexually assaulting and raping a fourth-grade girl student in Nau Abad village.The girl's maternal uncle,......
KARACHI: A Dutch dairy cooperative is set to buy out food giant Engro Foods Limited with an investment of around $460million, in what would amount to the largest private sector takeover by a foreign......
DHAKA: Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan received an official reprimand for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during his side's Asia Cup match against Pakistan in Mirpur on Wednesday.The incident......
WASHINGTON: One of Donald Trump's sons appeared along with a white supremacist while giving an interview on a conservative radio show, adding to concerns that the front-runner in the battle to be the......
DURBAN: South Africa and Australia will be seeking to find their best combinations when they meet in three Twenty20 internationals, shortly before both sides travel to India for the World Twenty20......
Pakistan’s legendary cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan said Thursday the country’s cricket team has “enough talent” but there was a need to get the team combination right.Khan’s reaction came......
PESHAWAR: Afghan envoy Dr Omar Zakhilwal said it’s neither in Afghanistan's national interest nor their government's policy to harbour militants that threaten Pakistan.Talking to media at the Afghan......
On Feb 21, I received a call from my boss: "Shamil, we are going to discuss Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s documentary, A Girl in The River: The Price of Forgiveness tomorrow on prime time on our TV channel......
SEOUL: North Korea fired six short-range projectiles into the sea Thursday in a show of defiance just hours after the United Nations (UN) adopted the toughest sanctions to date on Pyongyang over its......
KARACHI: Former mayor of Karachi, Mustafa Kamal in a dramatic return to the city revealed for the first time his reasons behind his controversial exit from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and......
WELLINGTON: Pioneering cricketer Martin Crowe, widely acknowledged as New Zealand's greatest batsman who laid the foundations for Twenty20 cricket, was hailed a “hero” Thursday after he died of......
LAHORE: A Chinese company on Wednesday expressed interest in establishing a steel mill with a million tonne capacity in Punjab during a meeting with the Punjab Board of Investment and Trade......
FRANKFURT: The United States overtook France to become Germany’s most important trading partner last year for the first time in 40 years, official data showed on Wednesday.The development, which had......
KARACHI: Falling cotton prices attracted some buying from needy spinners on Wednesday, but overall sentiment remained devoid of enthusiasm due to uncertain global and domestic market situation.Floor......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) has been fined Rs100 million for price fixing, in violation of Section 4 of the Competition Act, 2010.This was the second fine imposed by the......
KARACHI: Cut-off yields on the treasury bills were again slashed by up to 5 basis points on Wednesday, indicating no chance of any increase in the interest rate in the near future.It was also obvious......
KARACHI: The stock market continued its northbound journey for the sixth successive session on Wednesday, with the KSE-100 index adding 263.79 points (0.84pc) to close at 31,772.90.The last six......
KARACHI: A reduction of Rs4.67 per litre in diesel, effective from March 1, 2016, has not had an impact on the cost of essential commodities.Traders said there was no word from companies and......
KARACHI: The ‘divestment committee’ formed by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has been given six months to sell the strategic 40pc shares that have been lying in the blocked......
ISLAMABAD: On top of ongoing fuel-based monthly price cuts, the long-term power tariff for all distribution companies (Discos) has started to come down significantly under the multi-year tariff......
PESHAWAR: The last week’s agreement signed by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and federal governments to resolve several longstanding issues is being viewed in the provincial capital as a solution to the......
PESHAWAR: The police on Wednesday foiled the attempt of a corruption accused, Syed Masoom Shah, to snatch gun from them at the Peshawar Central Prison allegedly to commit suicide.Syed Masoom, the......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Wednesday sought explanation from the ministry of defence and home department about the alleged illegal detention of three brothers and confiscation of their......
RAWALPINDI: Following Mumtaz Qadri’s funeral, workers of a religious party tore posters and pictures of Benazir Bhutto and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto displayed at a monument outside Liaquat Bagh. On......
ISLAMABAD: Students of various educational institutions on Wednesday staged a protest against the Capital Development Authority (CDA) for issuing notices to owners of private hostels in its ongoing......
RAWALPINDI: As many as 54 Pakistanis deported from European countries arrived on three separate flights to Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Wednesday.Of the 42 Pakistanis deported by the......
Renowned actor Nisar Qadri will be awarded the President’s Pride of Performance on March 23 in recognition of his 50-year acting career.Mr Qadri started his acting career with Pakistan Television’s......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s functional committee on human rights adopted the Criminal Law (Amendment Bill) 2015 to provide for the protection of children, after discussions on whether amendments to the......
LAHORE: The cash-starved Pakistan Railways (PR) earned more and without taking into consideration its financial health spent more during the first half of the ongoing fiscal compared to corresponding......
LAHORE: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq taunted JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman by saying that the religious leader mostly speaks double entendre.“Maulana Saheb is a good speaker and......
LAHORE: The Bonded Labour Liberation Front (BLLF) says there are several cases of children not being sent to school and their parents being harassed and threatened despite the promulgation of the......
KARACHI: The Sindh Census Monitoring Committee has criticised the Council of Common Interests for adjourning its Feb 29 meeting for a fourth time without fixing a census date. The SCMC severely......
KARACHI: A sessions court on Wednesday acquitted three airport attack suspects in a case pertaining to a shootout with police near Saddar.Additional district and sessions judge Sikandar Ameer Pahore,......
KARACHI: The staff at the Safari park is hopeful about the survival of a baby mouflon whose mother died just three days after its birth. The orphaned sheep being taken care of by the staff is now two......
KARACHI: To mark Baloch Culture Day, a musical gathering was arranged at the US consulate on Wednesday where popular Baloch folk singer Akhtar Chanal Zehri performed in front of Baloch journalists......
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) with the help of police destroyed more than 20 illegal fire tunnels at the roadside in Deh Shah Bukhari and Isra Town on Wednesday......
MOSCOW: A nanny accused of decapitating a young girl in her care and then walking through the street brandishing the head, said on Wednesday “Allah ordered” the killing as she appeared at a Moscow......
WASHINGTON: Ever wanted to hack Uncle Sam?Provided you’re American and can pass a background check, go right ahead, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.The US Department of Defense is inviting vetted......
NEW DELHI: An Indian court has sentenced a Christian priest to 40 years in prison for repeatedly raping a 12-year-old girl at the church where he worked, the prosecutor said on Wednesday.Sanil K.......
NEW YORK: A trove of thousands of Bob Dylan notebooks and other artifacts — mostly unknown except to the rock icon himself — will head to a US university to be preserved for posterity.The University......
JAKARTA: A massive quake struck on Wednesday off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a region devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean quake and tsunami, but initial fears of another region-wide disaster......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has warned that some 16 million girls between ages six and 11 will never get the chance to learn to read......
Spotlight, Tom McCarthy’s drama about The Boston Globe’s 2001-2002 investigation of child sexual abuse within the Catholic church, became an Oscar favourite the moment it made its European and North......
WASHINGTON: Conventional wisdom says a Donald Trump nomination should bring presidential election gold for Democrat Hillary Clinton — but given how the brash billionaire has outperformed expectations......
DZHEZKAZGAN (Kazakhstan): US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth on Wednesday after spending almost a year in space in a ground-breaking experiment......
DHAKA: Bangladesh qualified for the final of the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament after beating Pakistan by five wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday.Pakistan recovered from 28-4 to......
LAUSANNE: Organisers for the 2016 Rio Olympics said on Wednesday that 47 per cent of the tickets for the Games have already been sold, over five months before the opening ceremony.The ticket sales so......
LONDON: Leicester City’s unlikely Premier League title challenge faltered with a 2-2 home draw with West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday, offering Tottenham Hotspur the chance to go top in another twist......
MADRID: Atletico Madrid cruised to a 3-0 home win over Real Sociedad on Tuesday to close the gap behind La Liga leaders Barcelona to five points.Barca, who can restore their eight-point advantage......
MILAN: AC Milan ruthlessly extinguished any remote prospect of a footballing fairytale as they hammered third-tier Alessandria 5-0 in the second leg of their Italian Cup semi-final on Tuesday.Jeremy......
BARCELONA: World champion Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time for the first time this season on the second morning of the second pre-season test in Barcelona on Wednesday.Hamilton was released onto......
PESHAWAR: Sargodha University’s Musarrat Ali bagged four individual gold medals, sweeping the women’s competitions at the ongoing All-Pakistan Inter-university Athletics Championships at the Qayyum......
LONDON: Gold rebounded on Wednesday as global shares turned lower after a fall in oil prices, shrugging off a steadier dollar following better-than-expected US economic data.Spot gold, lower......
ISLAMABAD: Expressing dissatisfaction over inordinate delays in dispensation of justice, a Supreme Court bench on Wednesday settled an extraordinary inheritance dispute by ruling in favour of a woman......
KARACHI: A spectacular fair-weather waterspout, a rare phenomenon, has been observed off the Balochistan coast, the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) said on Wednesday.According to the......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) approved on Wednesday a second corruption reference against detained PPP leader and former federal minister Dr Asim Hussain.A NAB Executive Board......
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that those fighting terrorism in Pakistan were doing so for a better future for the country.He made these remarks while condoling the......
LAHORE: Pope Francis has accepted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s invitation to visit Pakistan this year, according to a message received here on Wednesday from the Vatican.The invitation was extended......
ISLAMABAD: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (Tapi) gas pipeline projects will go a long way in improving the standard of living for millions of......
ISLAMABAD: The government of Sindh has reportedly become a cause for embarrassment for federal health departments for failing to hire employees for a foreign-funded programme.The Sindh government,......
NEW YORK: Former President Asif Ali Zardari is expected to return to Pakistan very soon with his son, the Chairman of Pakistan People’s Party, Bilawal Bhutto.The former president is expected to meet......
ISLAMABAD: A contractor who is working on the Lahore Orange Line Metro Train project has confessed to irregularities in a separate matter and agreed to return the money involved.The contractor, Amir......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan decided on Wednesday to form a committee to examine legal aspects of the claims made by Sarfaraz Merchant, a suspect in the money-laundering case......
JALALABAD: Gunfire and an explosion echoed on Wednesday as militants attacked India’s consulate in Jalalabad, killing three people in the latest in a string of assaults on Indian installations in......
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s triumphal march towards the Republican presidential nomination left his party in disarray on Wednesday as Democrats coalesced around their frontrunner Hillary Clinton after......
ISLAMABAD: Notwithstanding severe criticism by parties allied to the PML-N as well as the JUI-F and Jamaat-i-Islami of a bill for protection of women passed by the Punjab government, Prime Minister......
NEW DELHI: An Indian court granted on Wednesday bail to a student leader whose arrest on a controversial sedition charge last month sparked major protests and a nationwide debate over free......
THESSALONIKI (Greece): Macedonia intermittently opened its border with Greece to a tiny trickle of Syrian and Iraqi refugees on Wednesday, leaving about 10,000 people camped on the Greek side and......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan remains committed to lessening the risk of an armed conflict in South Asia, says a joint statement issued after the US-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue.The document also underlines......
ISLAMABAD: The chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has assumed powers to stop any channel from broadcasting for a limited period of time.The Pemra board granted......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar failed on Wednesday to impress the Senate with his briefing on the country’s economy as members questioned the authenticity of official figures and said the......
ISLAMABAD: A week after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said the government had allowed the cricket team to participate in the World Twenty20 Championship being held in India, Interior Minister......
IF a student secures admission in an MBA programme of Lums, IBA and Iqra University then he or she should choose Iqra over Lums and IBA. This is the suggestion implicit in the Higher Education......
TRY and remember the last time you saw a crowd in Liaquat Bagh as large as the one we just saw on Tuesday. That ill-fated park, which has seen two prime ministers assassinated, has hosted political......
SHARMEEN Obaid-Chinoy has won a second Oscar and the prime minister has promised legislation to eradicate the scourge of ‘killing for honour’. The stage has thus been set for a grand debate on......
Is Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar veering off script or reading from notes that his government has given him?The question put to Mr Parrikar in parliament by a Shiv Sena member of the upper......
WHILE conflict is roiling large parts of the Middle East, Iran has emerged as among the few stable states in a region known as a ‘shatterbelt’.Among signs of stability in the Islamic Republic is the......
IT is never too difficult to acquire workers on lower than acceptable wages and much easier to exploit employees who exist outside the public focus.Pakistan’s postal service is often considered......
KINGSTON: West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell has committed an “anti-doping whereabouts” rule violation, the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) told Reuters on Wednesday.The 27-year-old, named......
