MOHALI: Pakistani fast bowler Wahab Riaz and batsman Mohammad Hafeez are doubtful starters in the key World Twenty20 match against the unbeaten New Zealand on Tuesday.Left-armer Riaz was hit by a......
BANGALORE: Usman Khawaja hit a quick-fire half-century to help Australia to a thrilling three-wicket victory against Bangladesh in their World Twenty20 clash in Bangalore on Monday.The left-handed......
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton launched a withering attack on Republican frontrunner Donald Trump on Monday at an appearance before thousands of Jewish voters, saying America's next president cannot be......
A resurgent New Zealand will be eyeing a semi-final berth when they take on a deflated Pakistan in a World Twenty20 group match in Mohali Tuesday.Smarting under a six-wicket defeat to India, Shahid......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Riaz Hussain Pirzada on Monday said that the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had gifted 2,000 Snowber trees to the Sports Complex Islamabad,......
INDIAN WELLS: World number one Novak Djokovic has indicated men's tennis should get more prize money than women because it has more spectators as a new controversy over equality in the sport......
ISLAMABAD: The newly appointed commander of international forces in Afghanistan, General John Mick Nicholson, met Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Monday, as both the military leaders discussed......
NEW DELHI: A complaint has been filed in New Delhi against actor Amitabh Bachchan for allegedly singing the Indian national anthem incorrectly at the Pakistan-India T20 match in Kolkata on Saturday,......
A resurgent New Zealand will be eyeing a semi-final berth when they take on a deflated Pakistan in a World Twenty20 group match in Mohali Tuesday.Smarting under a six-wicket defeat to arch rivals......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) dissident and former Karachi nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal's 'new party' grew to seven members on Monday when former MQM Rabita Committee member Advocate Anis Ahmed......
SEOUL: North Korea on Monday fired five short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast -- the latest in a series of launches ordered by leader Kim Jong-Un amid rising military tensions.The......
QUETTA: Frontier Corps personnel claimed to have killed at least 12 suspected militants, including two key commanders, in Balochistan's Kohlu district on Monday.The miscreants in Kohli's Nasau area......
JERUSALEM: Israel has extracted 19 Jews from Yemen in a "complex, covert operation," officials said on Monday, noting they were among the last remaining in the war-torn country.The Jewish Agency,......
Perhaps nothing unites our clerics more than women’s issues.The Council of Islamic Ideology deliberates on burning issues like underage marriage (the younger the better), can a woman object to her......
INDIAN WELLS: Tennis star Novak Djokovic, who won a record fifth Indian Wells title on Sunday, says when he is at the top of his game it feels like he is “in the zone”.Djokovic has been ranked No. 1......
DHAKA: Bangladesh have appealed to cricket's world governing body to lift the suspension on paceman Taskin Ahmed, who was ruled out of the ongoing World Twenty20 in India due to an illegal......
LAHORE: Javed Iqbal was a regular Warid customer who heard of MILVIK: an insurance package available through a simple SMS service.Iqbal decided to opt for the service, which was promising to charge a......
LAHORE: Veteran glamorous Indian film star Zeenat Aman says artistes and craftsmen in both India and Pakistan must interact with each other as talent has no borders.“Politicians may have different......
LAHORE: Flats of Postal Colony near Jain Mandir were forcibly got vacated from residents to clear the way for the Orange Line Metro Train project here on Sunday.Some residents alleged that they were......
A trinity of things: the Lahore headquarters of a political party hosted a conference for the clergy. The much debated, recently passed, Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Act remains a......
KASUR: A newly-wed couple was found dead on Sunday in their room under mysterious circumstances at Mehar Chundwala village, in the limits of Kanganpur police station.Ghulam Haider got married to......
GUJRAT: As many as eight water filtration plants in Lalamusa city have been lying dysfunctional since their installation there in 2013.The plants were installed with the funds provided by the then......
HAVANA: Stepping into history, President Barack Obama opened an extraordinary visit to Cuba on Sunday, eager to push decades of acrimony deeper into the past and forge irreversible ties with......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: An uncountable number of patients with eye ailments have been deprived of surgeries at the Shaikh Zayed Medical College Hospital (SZMCH) for the last two years.The SZMCH is a teaching......
SAHIWAL: Five civil society organizations in Pakpattan district held a peaceful walk to defend the “Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act 2016” which was promulgated recently by the Punjab......
SINDH is expected to complete automation of its revenue record by June this year under the Rs4.9bn project, which was started in 2012 by its revenue department. The reconstruction of land rights......
THE Senate has passed a resolution asking the government to ‘revisit’ the Indus Waters Treaty signed in 1960 with India, but the government benches opposed the move.PPP senators, who are in the......
THE Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Power Development Programme envisages construction of 356 micro hydropower plants and some medium-size projects to provide cheaper electricity.A senior official says the......
GOVERNMENTS intervene in economic policy (like tariff protection and subsidies) for accelerating the process of economic growth. The main objective behind such policy deviations is to promote a......
DARK clouds are hovering over the e-commerce sector in India, which has been galloping at a frenzied pace over the past few months. With very little prospects of e-commerce majors seen turning in......
SUN Tzu, the Chinese philosopher loved by Wall Street financiers, wrote in The Art of War that “the enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution”. The Federal Reserve’s generals......
WHEN Andy Stern wanted someone to transcribe an interview he had recorded for a book, he posted the job details on upwork.com. He was pleased to receive almost instant replies from US freelancers as......
WHEN people strike comparisons with Hitler — or Munich — I usually reach for my earplugs. The same applies to the Great Depression. There is nothing on today’s horizon that compares with the Nazis or......
KHAR: A complete shutter down strike was observed in Bajaur tribal agency on Sunday against the closure of Inayat Kallay Bazaar for the last 19 days.The bazaar was closed by the local administration......
PESHAWAR: The workers of Pakistan People’s Party continued to hold demonstrations for the second consecutive day on Sunday against the government’s decision to allow former president retired Gen......
MINGORA: Begamai rice is one of the most popular dishes of Swat, but it has its own story that when and how the crop got its name in the scenic valley.The rice was named after a respectable lady,......
MURREE: Heavy rainfall has led to what the locals and elders of the area term “the worst landsliding” in the area, leaving hundreds of homes destroyed, roads blocked and people stranded under the......
ISLAMABAD: Shahjahan Gujar, 60, who participated in the local government elections from the Bazargai village near Buner on an Awami Workers Party (AWP) ticket, said the problems facing the country......
ISLAMABAD: A search and combing operation has begun in the twin cities, in preparation for Pakistan Day on March 23.Based on instructions from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), internet......
ISLAMABAD: By flavouring their grilled meat and most karhai dishes with just salt, Charsi Tikka in Saidpur Village brings the taste of Peshawar’s famous Namak Mandi to Islamabad.Although Charsi Tikka......
ISLAMABAD: Even as the country’s financial condition improves and foreign exchange reserves cross an all-time high mark of $20 billion, the worries of National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTCP)......
KARACHI: Workers and leaders of the Pakistan Peoples Party on Sunday staged protest demonstrations in different parts of the province against the federal government decision of allowing former......
KARACHI: Criticising the Pakistan Peoples Party-led Sindh government for “bad governance” and being involved in corruption, the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) -- a conglomerate of several opposition......
HYDERABAD: Adviser to the Chief Minister on Information Maula Bux Chandio on Sunday continued his criticism of the federal government over departure of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf......
KARACHI: Pakistan released 86 Indian fishermen on Sunday, who left for Lahore by train in the afternoon where they will be handed over to Indian authorities at the Wagah border on Monday.It is the......
KARACHI: Two young men, who had been ‘missing’ for around four months, were found shot dead in a Korangi area on Sunday morning — an incident that the opposition Muttahida Qaumi Movement termed......
KARACHI: The recent ‘reinvestigation’ into the Baldia factory fire incident by a joint investigation team (JIT) is more of a further investigation report and should not be considered conclusive, the......
‘MAZMOON’, or essay, is an Arabic word. The Arabic root from which the word ‘mazmoon’ is derived means ‘to contain, comprise or include’. Therefore, the contents or subject matter of a letter or a......
BAGHDAD: A string of mass protests culminating in an ongoing sit-in at the gates of Baghdad’s Green Zone have thrust the mercurial Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr back on to centre stage.The scion of an......
BEJI Caïd Essebsi, 89, was elected president of Tunisia in 2014 after running for the secular Nidaa Tounes party. Previously, he served as prime minister in 2011 and as foreign minister from 1981 to......
AS a fragile ceasefire is still holding three weeks after it came into effect, and after the surprise pullout of Russian forces from Syria, the focus has shifted from the militant Islamic State......
CAIRO: The marquee lights and stage set look familiar, as does the band that opened before the comedy sketch began: a nuclear plant manager is trying to cover up an accident as an employee with an......
DUBAI: The United States is still fundamentally hostile to Iran and its policies have undermined the benefits of sanctions relief, the Islamic Republic’s hardline leader said on Sunday, warning......
TORTOSA: Thirteen foreign students were killed and dozens more injured in Spain on Sunday when a bus carrying them back from a popular traditional festival crashed into an incoming car.The students,......
LIMA: The United Nation’s cultural body Unesco has added 20 new sites to its network of protected biosphere nature reserves, including two in Canada and two in Portugal.The status was conferred......
NAYPYITAW: Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi will steer the incoming government of her National League for Democracy (NLD), staying on as party head, and is unlikely to take a formal......
LONDON: A top British eurosceptic minister who quit over welfare cuts launched a damaging attack on Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday, exposing deep tensions within his government ahead of......
ANDREWS BASE: President Barack Obama flew out of the United States on Sunday bound for a historic three-day visit to the communist-ruled island of Cuba, said a photographer travelling with him.Crowds......
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: “Trump is not afraid of anything or anyone,” the Republican front-runner tweeted on Sunday as protesters followed him across the United States, condemning his “hate speeches”.Mr......
JAKARTA: Twelve people were killed on Sunday when a military helicopter crashed in bad weather in central Indonesia, an official said, the latest air accident for the country’s armed forces.The Bell......
TRIPOLI: Nine migrants trying to reach Europe have drowned off Libya and hundreds more been rescued, the Red Crescent said on Sunday amid fears of an increase in crossing attempts as the route from......
LESBOS: Flimsy boats packed with migrants continued to land in Greece from Turkey on Sunday despite the start of a landmark deal between the European Union and Ankara to stem the massive influx.Under......
DOHA: Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo of Yamaha steers his bike during the free practice session for the season-opening Qatar MotoGP at the Losail International Circuit on Saturday. World champion Jorge......
BANGALORE: Andre Fletcher powered the West Indies to a comprehensive seven-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in their World Twenty20 match in Bangalore on Sunday, even without destructive opener Chris......
MUMBAI: A.B. de Villiers announced himself at the ICC World Twenty20 with a swashbuckling 64 and made Afghanistan pay heavily for dropping him twice as South Africa revived their campaign with a......
BANGALORE: Australia will be determined to demolish underdogs Bangladesh in their World Twenty20 clash on Monday, to secure their first points in the group stages and increase their chances of......
MELBOURNE: Nico Rosberg beat Lewis Hamilton in yet another Mercedes 1-2 finish at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, but the predictable result disguised what was an exciting Formula One season......
MANCHESTER: Harry Kane scored twice as Tottenham Hotspur won 3-0 at home to Bournemouth on Sunday to cut Premier League leaders Leicester City’s advantage back to five points.But Manchester City’s......
MILAN: Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon set a goalkeeping record for the longest run without conceding a goal on Sunday as the Serie A leaders won 4-1 at neighbours Torino.Buffon overtook......
MADRID: Barcelona extended their lead at the top of La Liga to nine points despite blowing a two-goal advantage to draw 2-2 at Villarreal on Sunday.Ivan Rakitic and a controversial Neymar penalty had......
PORTLAND: American Ashton Eaton successfully defended his world indoor championships heptathlon title on Saturday to complete a husband-and-wife golden double that the couple will aim to repeat at......
For days the standoff continued, at once a political and sporting quarrel. In all this dogmatic drama there was the question: Where did the ICC come into the equation. After all, whose event was this......
LAHORE: All provincial teams overcame their respective rivals on the opening day of the National Women’s Rocball Championship being played at Lahore College for Women University from March 20-22.The......
QUETTA: Imran Khan, who was in the eight-member scientists’ team which proved Albert Einstein’s theory of gravitational waves after a century, shocking the entire scientific world and opening new......
ISLAMABAD: The circular debt of the power sector is continuing to rise despite a series of surcharges imposed on consumers and other measures taken to contain it under a three-year plan.An official......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan will receive on Monday nomination papers for a Senate general seat from Islamabad which fell vacant after Iqbal Zafar Jhagra took over as governor of......
WASHINGTON: A top US official consulted his counterparts in Islamabad this week on nuclear security as the Obama administration prepared for a world nuclear summit in the United States capital next......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Navy warship, PNS ASLAT, has reached the French island of LA Reunion to participate in an exercise with the French Navy.According to a PN statement on Sunday, ASLAT entered De......
ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan has said that the government will focus on the development of Balochistan and take measures to solve problems of......
KHUZDAR: Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) chief Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal said on Sunday that his party would not accept development projects in Balochistan if they failed to benefit people......
QUETTA: A brother of Arshad Pappu, the slain leader of Lyari gang war, was picked up in Hub on Sunday along with a large quantity of illegal weapons, police said.The Hub police carried out an......
KARACHI: An 11-year-old boy, wearing ‘monster mask’, was shot dead by a security guard in Ferozabad area on Sunday night, according to police.They said that Ali Hasan was shot at and wounded by the......
NEW DELHI: The Congress expressed surprise on Sunday over the Modi government’s “inability” to rein in affiliates of Sangh Parivar engaged in “brewing communal hatred and mistrust for electoral......
BRUSSELS: Suspected Paris attacks plotter Salah Abdeslam has told investigators that he was planning new operations from Brussels and possibly had access to several weapons, Belgium’s foreign......
ISTANBUL: A Turkish jihadist with links to the militant Islamic State (IS) group carried out the suicide bombing that killed four foreigners on a major shopping street in Istanbul, Interior Minister......
CHITRAL: Heavy rain and snowfall continued to wreak havoc in different parts of the country on Sunday, claiming 17 more lives and causing widespread damage to houses, roads and other......
ISLAMABAD: A crucial joint sitting of parliament that commences on Monday (today) will not only determine the future of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), but will also set the tone for the two......
KARACHI: Maj Gen Bilal Akbar, the chief of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, said on Sunday that the ongoing targeted operation in Karachi was not against any group or party and its only mission was to......
KARACHI / ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has asked workers of the party to begin preparing for next general elections so that it is “geared up to reclaim its lost......
The federal government set the ball rolling last week for the preparation of the second-last budget of the PML-N’s five year constitutional tenure.It decided to complete the three-year process of......
Gadoon Textile Mills Limited has survived through some tough times before. It ran into trouble no sooner it had become operational towards the end of the 1980’s when the government withdrew tax......
THE government raised Rs215.799bn from the auction of treasury bills of various tenors on March 16, lower than its target of Rs200bn. The central bank had received bids worth a higher Rs294.812bn.Of......
THE rupee in the local currency market showed divergent trends against the dollar while it continued to fluctuate against the euro last week.Leading currency dealers kept to the sidelines. Some......
HELPED by an improving economy and new methodology for assessing incurred-but-not-reported claims, the non-life insurance business eyes a promising future.Executives of insurance companies say the......
ON the morning of 15th of this month a flurry of activity was witnessed in the financial markets as MCB Bank Limited and NIB Bank Limited announced that they were in a preliminary non-binding......
LEADING business representatives of Karachi believe the investment in manufacturing may start materialising by 2018 with further improvements in energy supply. Till then the private investible funds......
KARACHI: Rangers personnel arrested Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) Rabita Committee (Coordination Committee) Deputy Convener Shahid Pasha in a raid early on Monday morning.MQM spokesperson Wasay......
WITHIN a month of their oath-taking, the newly elected members of the Legislative Assembly of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) adopted a resolution demanding the granting of full constitutional rights to the......
Over three billion users access the internet today, compared to a measly 400 million in 2000. As the internet creates new opportunities for countries across the world, it also creates a whole host of......
IN recent years, there has been a great deal of hype about ‘skilling Pakistan’ and capitalising on the ‘youth bulge or demographic bomb’ in Pakistan. Sadly, there is not much on the ground: we are......
THE German language is truly underappreciated. Take ‘Drachenfutter’ for example: translating as ‘dragon fodder’ this is the gift one gives as a peace offering to an angry partner or spouse. Then......
KARACHI: An 11-year-old boy, wearing ‘monster mask’, was shot dead by a security guard in Ferozabad area of the metropolis on Sunday evening, police said.The police official said the victim Ali Hasan......
