PESHAWAR: Unidentified gunmen on Thursday kidnapped eight Fata Development Authority (FDA) employees in South Waziritan when they were heading to inspect an under construction dam in the area,......
SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif prayed for the speedy recovery of Kashmir's All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who was hospitalised after suffering a minor......
MITHI: The members of National Commission For Human Rights (NCHR) visited Thar and expressed dissatisfaction over the worsening situation of the masses living in the drought hit district of Sindh......
PESHAWAR: Special police units on Thursday arrested a woman facilitator of the PAF Badaber attack from the Telaband area of the provincial capital.Police officials claimed that the woman, Zar Zadgai,......
MUSCAT: Torrential rain in northern Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has killed six people this week, local media reported Thursday.Omani police on Thursday found one body that had been swept......
NAGPUR: Sean Williams stroked a brisk fifty before the bowlers ensured a second straight win for Zimbabwe, beating Scotland by 11 runs in the World Twenty20 in Nagpur Thursday.Electing to bat,......
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh bowlers Arafat Sunny and Taskin Ahmed have been reported for suspect bowling actions during their side's opening match in the World Twenty20, the International Cricket Council......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will not participate in the World T20 until the Indian government 'publicly' guarantees security for the men and women's national teams, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar said on......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday dismissed ‘demands to form a judicial commission to probe allegations leveled against Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf......
CAPE TOWN: South Africa coach Russell Domingo has vowed his side won't play “fancy” cricket in their search for an elusive ICC trophy as they depart for the World Twenty20 in India on Thursday in......
MUZAFFARABAD: Police in a southern district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir are hunting for a person who chopped off his wife's nose and hair, allegedly in the name of honour.The accused, Gulfraz alias......
ISLAMABAD: While strongly condemning the 'brutality of Indian forces in India-held Kashmir', Pakistan said on Thursday that it has not changed its principled stance on Kashmir issue and would......
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHSRC) Saira Afzal Tarar on Thursday denied the presence of Zika mosquitoes in Pakistan, contradicting the......
NEW YORK: A former FIFA match agent's confession that he helped pay big bribes to football officials in Central America and the Caribbean promises to fan the flames of the scandal rocking the game's......
KARACHI: Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Rabita Committee member Waseem Aftab and sitting member of the Sindh Assembly, Iftikhar Alam, became the latest dissidents from the MQM to join Mustafa......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Sindh Rangers’ request for powers to investigate and prosecute suspects, register First information Reports (FIRs) and set up police stations in the......
LONDON: Diego Costa and Eden Hazard both sustained injuries as Chelsea crashed out of the Champions League to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, interim manager Guus Hiddink confirmed after the......
DHARAMSALA: World Twenty20 debutants Oman stunned Ireland by two wickets in a thrilling last-over finish on Wednesday with lower-order batsman Aamer Ali's 32-run blitz achieving the target with two......
Equipped with all the paraphernalia of a cleanliness drive, Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) party leaders and supporters gathered brooms and shovels to kick off their 'Clean Karachi Campaign' (CKC)......
Thirty years ago, in 1986, when the West Indies cricket team toured Pakistan, the scoreboard flaunted names such as Vivian Richards, Gordon Greenidge, Malcom Marshal, Imran Khan, Mohsin Khan, Javed......
MIAMI: A four-year-old boy accidentally shot his mother in the back, leaving the passionately pro-gun woman badly wounded and facing possible charges, Florida officials said Wednesday.Staunch gun......
MELBOURNE: In-form Australia batsman Usman Khawaja expects to be squeezed out of the top order in favour of former captain Aaron Finch when they kick off their World T20 campaign against New Zealand......
BEIRUT: Top militant Islamic State (IS) group commander leader Omar al-Shishani, known as Omar the Chechen, was "seriously injured" in a recent strike in northeastern Syria but not killed despite......
QUETTA: Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) on Thursday claimed to have arrested 14 members of the Afghan Taliban during a raid at Quetta's Pashtoonabad area.The militants were picked up from a compound......
INDIAN WELLS: Rafael Nadal on Wednesday defended his training methods and vehemently denied he had ever used a banned substance to get an edge or to speed up recovery from injury.Nadal was at the......
WASHINGTON: United States Senator Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Wednesday he does not expect an upcoming vote on a $700 million sale of F-16 fighter......
In Larkana, a 13-year-old girl in Class 4 was repeatedly raped and impregnated by her male teacher.These are the facts of the case; other details can be inferred.That the rape over many months led to......
WASHINGTON: Having twice failed to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace, the Obama administration is discussing ways to help preserve the prospect of an increasingly threatened two-state solution,......
NAYPYIDAW: Aung San Suu Kyi's party Thursday nominated her former driver and close aide to be Myanmar's next president, as the Nobel laureate looks to rule her former junta-run homeland through a......
After 'Go Nawaz Go' and 'Gullu [Butt]', the latest game to join the ranks of games inspired by Pakistan's political happenings is the humorous 'Najam ki chirya' [Najam's bird].The central character......
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party has termed the fresh wave of terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa a result of government’s failure to implement National Action Plan in real sense.Addressing a news......
SHANGLA: Local Pashto folk singers and poets enthralled audience at a musical concert here on Wednesday.A civil society organisation ‘Binte Malakand’ in collaboration with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa......
CHITRAL: An American citizen has hunted a huge Kashmir markhor in Toshi Shasha conservancy of Chitral.The hunted animal is stated to be the second largest in the history of markhor trophy hunting in......
KARACHI: Visa Inc. on Wednesday released the results of a new 2016 study conducted by Moody’s Analytics that analysed the impact of electronic payments on economic growth across 70 countries between......
ISLAMABAD: The government has sought a special tariff for 878km Matiari-Lahore transmission line to be built by a Chinese firm at a cost of $2.1 billion to evacuate upcoming 4,950 megawatts of......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Industries and Production on Wednesday expressed its concern over inflated prices of urea, and directed the National Fertiliser Marketing......
ISLAMABAD: Three large taxpayers units (LTUs) collected 75 per cent of the total domestic sales tax in 2014-15, reflecting concentration of revenue in few departments.The remaining 25pc sales tax on......
LAHORE: Producers are bound to reduce prices of natural gas if crude price falls below $40 per barrel as per an agreement with the government, the All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) said on......
LAHORE: Pakistan and Belarus on Wednesday agreed to enhance bilateral economic cooperation in various sectors including investments, industries, agriculture, energy and health at the conclusion of......
KARACHI: The stock market took a breather on Wednesday after a winning streak that spanned 10 sessions with KSE-100 index adding 2,464 points (8pc). The benchmark pulled back by 74.87 points (0.23pc)......
KARACHI: The cotton prices on Wednesday remained steady amid strong demand for low and high quality lint. However, the medium quality cotton could not attract any buying.Floor brokers said that......
ISLAMABAD: The sales of off-grid solar products in emerging markets are expected to reach $3.1 billion by 2020, providing access to improved energy for 99 million households with no access to the......
KARACHI: The Ministry of Textile Industry is seeking proposals from the industry in creating curriculum for the upcoming Prime Minister’s Skill Development Programme.In a meeting with members of......
LONDON: Gold fell on Wednesday as equities rose 1 per cent and expectations for further monetary easing from the European Central Bank drove down the euro, prompting some investors to take profits......
LONDON: Iran is in discussions about getting a sovereign credit rating and will need to regain its pre-sanctions oil market share before joining any talks on production cuts, the chief of staff to......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs Mahmood Khan has said that players will be engaged to promote peace through games in the violence-hit province.He expressed......
MUSTAFA Kamal’s revelations have raised serious questions about our politicians and the establishment. The most serious allegation leveled by him is Indian funding for Mr Altaf Hussain.Everyone is......
RAWALPINDI The runway of Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIAP) will remain closed for three hours daily from March 10 to March 23 for operational reasons at specific hours during the day.The......
RAWALPINDI: The government of China and its people have always expressed their love for Pakistan and its people and Chinese businesses prefer to invest in Pakistan to boost bilateral trade, said......
RAWALPINDI: A gang of six robbers stormed a private bank at Gulshan Dadan, within the limits of the New Town police station, and stole Rs1.8 million. Two security guards were injured while trying to......
A professional race car driver, Saad Ali learnt to drive at 17 and got his racing license at 19. Saad has since participated in the Formula BMW race series in 2006-07 and in the Formula Gulf 1000......
ISLAMABAD: Senate passed the Pakistan Health Research Council (PHRC) Bill 2015 on Wednesday, paving way for the Pakistan Medical and Research Council (PMRC) to be given a permanent status, after a......
ISLAMABAD: According to the planning, development and reforms minister, the Ministry of Science and Technology should come up with defendable projects that contribute to economic growth, to convince......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) Cardiac Centre, which was inaugurated in April last year after an almost seven-year delay, was discussed by the National Assembly Standing......
LAHORE: The Punjab Civilian Victims of Terrorism (Relief and Rehabilitation) Ordinance 2016 has been promulgated, institutionalising and legalising state finances, medical and rehabilitation......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Relatives of a youth who died due to the alleged negligence of doctors, ransacked the furniture of the trauma centre of the teaching hospital of Ghazi Khan Medical College and......
FAISALABAD: Cracks have appeared in a wall of the Jhal Khanuana underpass and water is seeping from different points days after its ‘completion’.Scheduled to complete this March, the project has been......
KARACHI: A sessions court sentenced on Wednesday a man to 10 years in prison in a rape case.Mohammed Adil was found guilty of sexually assaulting his teenage niece in Nov 2013 at his house within the......
KARACHI: An undertrial prisoner died three days after being shifted from the Karachi central prison, where he had been allegedly tortured, said a member of the medical board that conducted a......
KARACHI: A collection of sketches of eminent writers and artists titled Kamal Ki Baatein written by playwright and actor Kamal Ahmed Rizvi was launched posthumously at the Arts Council on Wednesday......
KARACHI: Almost a year after their arrest, an antiterrorism court indicted on Wednesday 26 workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in over 50 cases pertaining to explosives and illicit weapons.They......
HYDERABAD: Sindh Home Minister Suhail Anwar Siyal, who on Wednesday faced a barrage of questions by journalists regarding Rangers’ demand for their own police stations, gave a to-the-point answer......
BOGOTA: A new species of terrestrial frog with yellow eyebrows has been found in Colombia’s East Andes, researchers announced on Tuesday.The Pristimantis macrummendozai was discovered in the Iguaque......
SEATTLE: A natural gas explosion rocked a Seattle neighbourhood early on Wednesday, sending nine firefighters to the hospital and reducing businesses to rubble. Crews were responding to reports of a......
LONDON: Legendary British record producer George Martin, who turned the Beatles into the best-selling band in history, has died aged 90, his family said on Wednesday, as tributes poured in for “a......
DONETSK: A Ukrainian military helicopter pilot on trial in Russia over the killing of two journalists defiantly raised her middle finger at the court on Wednesday and vowed to press on with a hunger......
MOGADISHU: Hoping to capture a high-profile target, US special forces hopped off helicopters a couple of miles from an al-Shabab-controlled town, slipped through the dark and then got into a fierce......
SEOUL: A Google-developed supercomputer stunned South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Se-Dol by taking the first game of a five-match showdown between man and machine in Seoul on Wednesday.After about......
The rest of the world may be confused, but for Tehran’s business community and cafe-loving urbanites, it’s pretty clear who won Iran’s recent parliamentary election: they did.And judging by the mood......
HAMBURG: Stage adaptations of French author Michel Houellebecq’s novel Submission, in which a Muslim president takes power in 2022 France, have been a hit in Germany where a huge Middle Eastern......
In the day following Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova’s admission that she failed a drug test, sponsors Nike, Porsche and Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer dropped her like a hot potato.Before social......
TERNATE: A total solar eclipse swept across the vast Indonesian archipelago on Wednesday, marked by ecstatic sky gazers cheering the spectacle, devout Muslims kneeling in prayer and tribespeople......
LJUBLJANA : The Balkan trail from Greece to northern Europe used by floods of migrants was blocked on Wednesday after a string of nations slammed shut their borders, hiking pressure on the EU and......
LAHORE: Learning Alliance, Diamond Paints and Dollar East/Master Paints won their respective matches in the National Open Polo Championship 2016 for Quaid-i-Azam Gold Cup at the Lahore Polo Club......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday decided to delay giving go ahead to national men and women teams to travel to India for the ICC World T20 till the time the Indian cricket board......
NEW DELHI: ICC chief executive David Richardson on Wednesday assured that there is no danger of the World T20 being compromised but said all the participating nations will be under scrutiny during......
DHARAMSHALA: Opener Tamim Iqbal struck an unbeaten 83 to guide Bangladesh past a spirited Netherlands by eight runs in their first qualifying group encounter of the World Twenty20 in Dharamshala on......
DHARAMSHALA: World Twenty20 debutants Oman did well to curtail Ireland to a total of 5-154 in their opening qualifying fixture in Dharamshala at the HPCA Stadium on Wednesday.Ireland skipper William......
MUMBAI: Newly-appointed Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews said on Wednesday the struggling islanders would benefit at the World Twenty20 from being free of the burden of expectation that usually......
LONDON: Led by goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Andre Schuerrle, Real Madrid and VfL Wolfsburg became the first two teams to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday.Ronaldo was the......
HULL: Holders Arsenal kept up their bid for a hat-trick of FA Cup trophies, marching into the quarter-finals as Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott netted twice in a 4-0 replay win at second-tier Hull......
LONDON: After decades of playing on Europe’s highest stage, Manchester United and Liverpool have fallen on hard times on the field and reignite their rivalry this week at a level they wouldn’t have......
ZURICH: Authorities searched the offices of France’s football federation and seized documents to help a Swiss investigation into former FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Switzerland’s prosecutor said on......
NAGPUR: Afghanistan survived a close call before completing a 14-run victory over Scotland in their opening qualifying fixture of the World Twenty20 on Tuesday night (partly reported in Wednesday’s......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board’s inquiry committee head Shakil Sheikh on Wednesday said if Wasim Akram is in any way found involved in the team’s Asia Cup debacle, then he would be held......
KARACHI: The City School PAF Chapter won the netball boys tournament held here at the PSB Coaching Centre on Wednesday.The match was organised by the Pakistan Netball Federation (PNF) and the......
ISLAMABAD: Deadlock persists between protesting students and the administration of the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU).Students have been protesting against the university administration for its......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court once again called on Wednesday for a halt to transactions of state land in the city.Headed by Justice Amir Hani Muslim, a three-judge bench was hearing an application......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan continues to press ahead with his demand for overriding reforms in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), saying this is the only way to have......
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi) Anuradha Gupta said on Wednesday that funding for Pakistan had been linked to performance of its......
ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to visit Pakistan at the end of this month in a bid to re-establish bilateral economic ties following the lifting of sanctions, besides......
ISLAMABAD: The government denied before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that a son-in-law of a minister was creating impediments to the registration of an inexpensive medicine used for hepatitis-C......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has reminded US lawmakers that terrorists have killed thousands of Pakistani soldiers and civilians only because the country supports the US-led war against terrorists.In a......
ISLAMABAD: About 50 international and national health experts and representatives of federal and provincial governments attended a meeting held here on Wednesday to review the essential medicines......
GWADAR: Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri has said that the atmosphere of fear prevailing in Balochistan for years has been brought to an end and people are now taking part in activities aimed at......
ISLAMABAD: The National Highways Authority (NHA) opposed on Wednesday the establishment of toll plazas on different strategic highways as was suggested by audit officials.During the scrutiny of......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Ombudsman Salman Faruqui has signed three memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in Tokyo with Azerbaijan, Iran and the Kyrgyz Republic for enhancing mutual cooperation.Mr Faruqui,......
MUZAFFARABAD: An eight-member committee was set up by the government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Wednesday to make arrangement for the 28th death anniversary of Khurshid Hassan Khurshid, a......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has sent to India a ‘memorandum’ containing a mechanism for the early release of fishermen detained in the two countries on charges of maritime trespassing.This was disclosed by......
DUBAI: Schools were ordered shut, flights suspended and the stock market was closed in the United Arab Emirates as rare heavy rain hit the desert Gulf state on Wednesday.Education authorities said......
RIYADH: Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to a prisoner swap and an apparent truce along the border following unprecedented talks with Saudi Arabia, the Riyadh-led military coalition intervening in......
NEW DELHI: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) row refuses to die down. A new video has surfaced showing a professor of the university saying Kashmir is not a part of India and that raising of......
WASHINGTON: The United States and India have agreed to ‘deepen’ their close collaboration in the fight against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), the White House said.In a joint......
CAIRO: A senior Houthi official told Iranian officials on Wednesday to stay out of Yemen’s conflict, after an Iranian general said Tehran might send military advisers to help Houthi forces fighting a......
MOSCOW: Economic crises convulsing Russia, Ukraine and Belarus mean testing in areas contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has been cut or restricted, Greenpeace said, and people continue to......
DUBAI: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) test-fired two ballistic missiles on Wednesday that it said were designed to be able to hit Israel, defying US criticism of similar tests......
HAFAR UL BATIN (Saudi Arabia): Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived here on Wednesday on a three-day official visit on the invitation of King Salman bin Abdulaziz.He was received at the King Saud......
LAHORE: Amid moving scenes at Lahore’s old airport, Shahbaz Taseer reunited with his family on Wednesday, over four years after his abduction in 2011.The smile on the face of the son of slain Punjab......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan formed a committee to investigate ‘wrong’ information given by Balochistan’s IGP about recovery of Shahbaz Taseer.In a statement, he said it must......
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Anwar Zaheer Jamali on Wednesday bemoaned the “culture of self-projection” that has crept into the judiciary and is “harming its dignity and image”.“If we......
GIVEN Israel’s track record, there is nothing surprising about the latest UN report which speaks of the “alarming” rate at which the Likud government has stepped up its demolition of Palestinian......
WHILE the Punjab government is yet to answer for its policy on the religious extremists, its shadow-boxing with the National Accountability Bureau and the orange train mega scandal, it will be unfair......
Perhaps this is getting a little ahead of the game, but it’s worth saying nonetheless. There is a good chance that we are witnessing a turning point in our recent history. A series of developments in......
PAKISTAN’S politics and its television channels run like its sewage and fresh water pipelines. All it needs is for one to burst for the other to become contaminated.Viewers could almost smell the......
“BRING me your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”For many decades, when immigrants to the US arrived by ship, that inscription on the Statue of Liberty welcomed them to their new home. And as......
