Pakistan were brilliant with the ball but struggled with bat in a tense four-run loss to West Indies in the Women's World Twenty20 match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday.In......
MUMBAI: Chris Gayle blasted a scintillating century to propel the West Indies to a stunning six-wicket win against England in their World Twenty20 opener in Mumbai on Wednesday.The powerful......
KOLKATA: Afghanistan will try to exploit the disarray in the ranks of holders Sri Lanka in the World Twenty20 in Kolkata Thursday, with their destructive opener Mohammad Shahzad looking to extend his......
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be immortalised in wax at Madame Tussauds, The Hindu reported on Wednesday.Modi will join the ranks of prominent global leaders at Madame Tussauds in London,......
LAHORE: A young woman was strangled to death by her father on Wednesday in Shahdara area of the provincial capital, in what police suspects to be a case of honour killing.Shahdara SHO Arham said......
BIRMINGHAM: Biopics are big business in Bollywood. The commercial success in recent years of Indian movies on sports stars such as runner Milkha Singh and boxer Mary Kom have spawned a strong desire......
KOLKATA: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi led by example as his team put a tumultuous build-up behind them to launch their bid for a second World Twenty20 title with a 55-run victory against qualifiers......
ROME: Pakistanis are happier than Indians once again, according to findings of a United Nations-sanctioned report released on Wednesday.Out of a total 157 countries that were evaluated, Pakistan came......
NEW DELHI: A mother hanged herself in India after a council of elders punished her family for her suspected extra-marital romance with a lower-caste man, a local police officer said Wednesday.The......
JEDDAH: To mark Brunei's National Day, Royal Brunei Airlines's first ever all-female flight crew flew from Brunei to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, according to The Independent.On Feb 23, Captain Sharifah......
GARHI YASIN: A three-member lady health worker polio team was shot at and injured by armed men in Garhi Yasin area of Shikarpur district on Wednesday.The polio team was working as part of the latest......
NEW DELHI: A newscast on whether India had become intolerant of dissent quickly spiraled into something darker after a guest on the programme referred to a pamphlet that called the Hindu goddess......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday lodged a strong protest against the Indian government's decision barring Pakistani diplomats in New Delhi from travelling to Kolkata to watch the March 19 Pak vs Ind......
QUITO: An Ecuadoran army plane crashed in the Amazon rainforest Tuesday, killing all 22 people on board, President Rafael Correa said.“There are no survivors,” Correa wrote on Twitter, several......
WASHINGTON/KABUL: President Barack Obama's administration has not yet made a decision on whether to ramp up troop levels to counter a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said......
NEW YORK: A screening of Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy's Oscar-winning documentary on honour killing, "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness", was held at the United Nations (UN) on Tuesday in a......
Was it a googly or did Afridi hit his own wicket?“We get more love from Indian fans than at home,” he announced diplomatically or not.The Indians were left wondering if they should run for cover......
NAGPUR: World Twenty20 hosts India were accused of complacency Wednesday after the tournament's red-hot favourites were brought down to earth in a stunning opening-match defeat to New Zealand.After......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday ordered the removal of former president Pervez Musharraf's name from the Exit Control List (ECL), allowing him to travel abroad for medical treatment.A......
WASHINGTON: Lockheed Martin Corp is using its own funds to pay suppliers and stave off the closure of its F-16 fighter jet production line as it waits to finalise orders from Pakistan and other......
The morel mushroom has been around for approximately 129 million years, growing in moist high altitude forests. It is unappreciated by most animals, except for humans, who enjoy the mushroom as an......
MUMBAI: After a 10-year hiatus, dance bars are set to reopen in Mumbai and Maharashtra state with activists warning women and girls could be trafficked and abused in these venues but bar owners......
ISLAMABAD: President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov arrived here on Wednesday on a two-day visit to Pakistan at the invitation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.The Turkmen president was......
My father was physically and sexually violent towards my mother for most of their married life. None of this violence was seen, and very little of it was heard.It was always the bruises that talked:......
CLEVELAND: Hillary Clinton took a monumental step toward clinching the Democratic party's White House nomination Tuesday, while Donald Trump's seemingly unstoppable rush to victory hit a bump in......
WASHINGTON: Barack Obama has warned that the 2016 White House race is damaging America's image abroad, sounding the alarm on harsh campaigning that risks eroding gains made during his......
KOLKATA: Sana Mir’s girls start their campaign in the World T20 in Chennai on Wednesday with a formidable Caribbean line-up and a dismal record stacked against them.West Indies are currently on a run......
KOLKATA: Pakistan will be hoping to set the record straight against Bangladesh when the two meet at the Eden Gardens this afternoon – provided Mashrafe Mortaza’s side let them.They have won seven and......
PESHAWAR: A powerful bomb, detonated by a timing mechanism, ripped through a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and causing injuries to 25.The......
PESHAWAR: Minister for the State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali on Tuesday said 670 of the total of 867 feeders in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were causing line losses.Addressing a news conference at the......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a function demanded of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to reconstruct Ghani Khan cultural complex in district Charsadda.The function was organised by Pohantoon Adabi Stori, a......
KHAR: The local political administration on Tuesday suspended cellular phone service in Bajaur Agency without citing any solid reason.Sources said that the administration directed the local franchise......
KOHAT: The private schools association, which represents 430 schools in Kohat district, has accused police of harassing them in the name of security, and asked the administration to concentrate on 70......
MANSEHRA: Five transvestites have tested positive for HIV/Aids in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recently, said a representative of the community on Tuesday.Shemale Association of Hazara division president Maria......
LAUSANNE: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is prepared to open new inquiries into suspected systematic doping in Russian sports and other countries.Four months after a WADA-commissioned......
LONDON: Tennis star Maria Sharapova has been suspended as a goodwill ambassador by the United Nations after admitting she tested positive for the banned substance meldonium at this year’s Australian......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) president retired Brig Khalid Sajjad Khokhar said on Monday that the decision not to participate in the FIH Champions Trophy was taken after thorough......
KARACHI: The opening pair of Ahmed Shehzad and Sharjeel Khan as well as senior players Shoaib Malik and Umar Akmal will have to put enough runs on the board for Pakistan’s strong bowling attack to......
KOLKATA: Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi, under fire for saying that cricketers from his country are loved more in India, sought to douse the fire by saying that he did not intend to demean his nation......
KOLKATA: Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza does not believe Pakistan enjoys any edge over his team because of their track record at the Eden Gardens or having played a warm-up game here a day......
ISLAMABAD: A young doctor who just completed his MBBS and began his house job had his registration denied by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) due to an admission dispute between his......
RAWALPINDI: Experts speaking at the 16th International Soil Science Congress stressed on the importance of protecting and improving all natural resources, particularly soil, to increase agricultural......
LAHORE: Idara Minhajul Quran has filed a private complaint before an anti-terrorism court with a request to try Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and others, including......
LAHORE: India released nine Pakistani prisoners on Tuesday in a reciprocal gesture, days after Pakistan freed 87 Indian fishermen.According to the Edhi Foundation, the Pakistani prisoners were handed......
LAHORE: The counsel for the civil society in the Orange Line Metro Train case told the Lahore High Court on Tuesday that the federal government misled court about delay in securing foreign loan due......
LAHORE: The Punjab government in collaboration with Unicef Pakistan will conduct the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey by using MICS six methodology at tehsil level with larger indicators in......
FAISALABAD: A private bank on Sargodha Road was robbed of Rs2.7 million on Tuesday while its security guard was injured on resistance.Police claimed to have arrested one of the suspects involved in......
GUJRANWALA: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested on Tuesday two illegal money changers in Gujrat and as many in Gujranwala.FIA Deputy Director Khalid Anees said they arrested Muhammad......
KARACHI: Corps Commander Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar on Tuesday called on Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah at CM House where they discussed enforcement of the National Action Plan (NAP) and......
KARACHI: “Who has the time for any kind of teachers’ training? I’m only here because my organisation nominated me. Hopefully, you won’t make me stay for the entire morning and afternoon. I have no......
SEMINARSA seminar on ‘Society and drug addiction’, organised by the department of social work, KU, at the Social Action Lab, at 9:30am.A seminar on ‘The Chinese investments, macros and impact on......
ISLAMABAD: The price of compressed natural gas (CNG) in Punjab was reduced by Rs5.30 per litre to Rs41.90 on Tuesday. The previous price was Rs47.20.“The new price approximately works out at Rs41.90......
BADIN: While the candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party secured more votes than his rival in re-polling on 37 polling stations of a provincial assembly constituency (PS-59) in Badin on Tuesday,......
ADEN: At least 41 Yemeni civilians were killed when Saudi-led coalition warplanes hit a market on Tuesday in the rebel-held northern Hajja province, medics and tribal sources said.An official at a......
CANTON: Americans in five states voted on Tuesday in presidential primaries crucial to the White House hopes of front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton but that have also showcased the......
SEOUL: A Google-developed computer programme had the last word on Tuesday in its machine vs human challenge with South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Se-Dol, winning the final game for a sweeping 4-1......
DUBAI: Jordan’s king has arrived in the United Arab Emirates for talks with top officials. Emirati state news agency WAM reported late on Monday that King Abdullah II met with Sheikh Mohammed bin......
WASHINGTON: The United States unveiled new measures on Tuesday to make it far easier for Americans to visit Cuba and eased limits on the use of US dollars in trade there as President Barack Obama......
BERLIN: The founder of Germany’s xenophobic and anti-Islam group PEGIDA has been summoned to court on hate speech charges for describing refugees as “cattle” and “scum”, a court in Dresden said on......
MOSCOW: The first Russian planes flew out of Syria on Tuesday, at the start of a surprise withdrawal that diplomats hope will boost a new round of UN-backed peace talks.UN peace envoy Staffan de......
PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian student was jailed for 18 months on Tuesday over a Facebook post calling for a “colour revolution” in the country, a verdict criticised by rights groups.Strongman Prime......
SKIEN: Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik kicked off his return to court by making a Nazi salute on Tuesday during his bid to improve conditions inside the Norwegian prison where he is being held in......
IN a surreal digital theft that befits a high-octane movie thriller, we were recently informed of the daring heist at Bangladesh Bank in which nearly a billion dollars were siphoned off last month.As......
VIJAY Mallya, the liquor baron who was called the ‘King of Good Times’, now knows that his luck may not last forever. The flamboyant businessman turned politician and member of parliament who left......
NAGPUR: Kane Williamson’s gamble to compromise on speed and pick three specialist spinners paid off as New Zealand humbled hosts India by 47 runs in a spin-dominated Super 10 contest of the World......
KOLKATA: Bangladesh will look to compound the misery of beleaguered Pakistan on Wednesday in their opening group match of the World Twenty20, fresh from humbling their arch-rivals in the Asia......
MUMBAI: With one day to go before his team faces England at the World Twenty20, West Indies captain Darren Sammy was ready to overcome a difficult build-up which has served up doping and selection......
LONDON: A European heavyweight will head for the exit after Bayern Munich play Juventus in the Champions League round of 16 second leg on Wednesday.Five-time champions Bayern were looking certain to......
INDIAN WELLS: There’s something about playing in the Southern California desert that bothers Andy Murray.The world number two was upset in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open on Monday, losing......
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s central bank chief resigned on Tuesday, after hackers stole $81 million from the nation’s foreign reserves in one of the biggest bank heists in history, the finance minister......
KARACHI: Renewed buying interest was witnessed on the cotton market on Tuesday as some needy spinners moved in to replenish their stocks.Floor brokers said delay in early sowing of crop in Punjab......
LONDON: Gold fell to its lowest in almost two weeks on Tuesday ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting that is expected to give clues on the pace of future US rate rises.Spot gold fell to $1,225.70 an......
ABU DHABI: World food prices are seen falling further this year having settled near their lowest in seven years pressured by slowing economic growth, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture......
KARACHI: Stakeholders in the cotton economy and textile industry have urged the government to take necessary measures to help boost cotton production, which stands short by 4.7 million bales......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday extended the last date of the Voluntary Tax Compliance Scheme (VTCS) to March 31 in hope of bringing more traders in the tax net.The decision was......
KARACHI: Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose 4.8 per cent to $751 million during the first eight months of this fiscal year compared to $716m in the corresponding period last year, with......
KARACHI: MCB Bank announced on Tuesday that it is interested in buying the operations of NIB Bank.According to a filing with the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), MCB Bank and Fullerton Financial......
KARACHI: The government is netting Rs100 on a 50-kilogram cement bag in terms of taxes and duties, including five per cent federal excise duty (FED) and 17pc general sales tax (GST).Certain services......
KARACHI: Bears returned on the stock market as the KSE-100 index slipped down by 115.54 points at 32,623.02 on Tuesday.However, most market pundits believed that 32,500 would continue to prove......
BEIJING: China’s central bank has drafted plans to impose a tax on currency trades, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, in what would be its latest volley against those betting on a depreciation of......
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s government has proposed a 10 per cent corporate tax on profits and the privatisation of some publicly-run services and facilities to close a widening budget deficit brought on......
LONDON: Faced by a combination of legal, political and security challenges, the MQM leadership in London insists that it is “business as usual” as it waits to see what the crucial weeks ahead will......
ISLAMABAD: A five-judge Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, will resume on Wednesday the hearing of the federal government’s appeal to determine whether former president......
ISLAMABAD: Supermodel Ayyan Ali, who was caught attempting to smuggle nearly half a million dollars in currency out of the country last year, may not be out of the woods just yet.On Tuesday,......
DAGGAR: Police claimed to have arrested two suspected militants having affiliation with Maulana Fazlullah group. Both the arrested men carried head money.Addressing a press conference on Tuesday,......
WANA: The administration of South Waziristan Agency has claimed to have arrested around 60 people and sealed their property to exert pressure on tribes to recover the five employees of Fata......
ISLAMABAD: A delegation of the Communist Party of China called on PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday.According to PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar, the Chinese delegation was led by Mr......
ISLAMABAD: Japan will extend financial assistance to Pakistan for procurement of 16 million doses of oral polio vaccine, sufficient to vaccinate over 14m children under the age of five in 10 mop-up......
ISLAMABAD: Taking notice of objectionable contents against the Baloch people in a college textbook, Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani has urged the chief ministers of Punjab and Sindh to take action......
GWADAR: Senior officials of two Chinese delegations, who reached Gwadar on Tuesday on a three-day visit, showed keen interest in investment in several proposed development projects under the......
KARACHI: The executive committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society criticised what it described as consistent indifference of the federal government, especially the information ministry, towards......
TAXILA: Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif inaugurated on Tuesday a new ammunition production plant as part of the expansion plan of Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF).The army chief was briefed by......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Planning and Development expressed serious doubts about the government’s strategy for the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project on......
KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani played down on Tuesday recent failures to jumpstart peace talks with the Taliban, instead choosing to highlight recent successes against fighters of the militant......
ISLAMABAD: About 25 international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) have been formally permitted to operate in Pakistan following their registration under new procedures and the signing of MoUs......
KARACHI: A grenade was found outside the house of a Sindh High Court judge in DHA area on Tuesday night.“The hand-grenade was found outside Justice Nazar Akbar’s home on Khayaban-i-Badar,” a police......
LAHORE: Badly affected by devastations caused by recent rains, upper parts of the country are bracing themselves for another spell of heavy rains forecast to begin from Thursday.The Meteorological......
GEVGELIJA: Some 1,500 migrants who managed to cross into Macedonia, despite the border being closed to them for a week, have been sent back to Greece by Macedonian troops, officials said on......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama, who completes his second and final term this year, acknowledges that he failed in persuading Muslims to examine the roots of their grievances.In a long......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif ratified on Tuesday the death sentences of 13 men convicted by military courts of involvement in acts of terrorism. One of the convicts was sentenced for his......
NAYPYITAW: Myanmar’s parliament elected a close friend and confidant of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as president on Tuesday, making Htin Kyaw the first head of state who does not hail from a......
NEW DELHI: Indian security forces have killed three of 10 alleged terrorists that were tipped off by Pakistan, reports said on Wednesday.The Hindu quoted a top home ministry official as saying that......
ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary secretary for interior led the charge of what seemed to be a confused government side in the National Assembly on Tuesday, nearly bungling the official response to two......
LAHORE: Religious parties have warned the government to withdraw the “un-Islamic” Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act, 2015, by March 27 or face a countrywide movement.On the call of the......
ISLAMABAD: Around 300 houses in the capital were served final notices on Tuesday to provide residents’ details to the police.The notices were served after Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan......
IN the last days of February, the government of Punjab unanimously passed the Protection of Women against Violence Bill. Since its passage (and even before), it was, expectedly for patriarchal......
IT is no secret that my name appears on the list of journalists Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to see behind bars, and I won’t hide my own expectations that he will suffer that end. So,......
IT is wise of Angela Merkel not to have panicked in the wake of setbacks for her Christian Democrats (CDU) in Sunday’s three regional elections. The German chancellor acknowledged the blow, but......
THERE is a sense of déjà vu as cracks in the MQM’s ranks widen. Some among the old guard have already joined the rebellion and many more are expected to follow. It is certainly the most serious......
