NEW DELHI: Moeen Ali's timely cameo helped England overcome a spirited Afghanistan by 15 runs but only after surviving a scare against the minnows at the World Twenty20 in New Delhi Wednesday.Moeen's......
ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Pakistan this week for talks on improving relations and strengthening economic links, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday.It said the lifting......
PESHAWAR: Thirty-year-old Yaseen’s* brother was accused in a debt-related case in Charsadda’s Shabqadar tehsil. He has been imprisoned for days now.His hearing was scheduled on the unfortunate day......
KARACHI: Announcing the name of his 'new party' on Wednesday, former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal said the "Pak Sarzameen Party" will release its manifesto in the near future.The manifesto is being......
It will take weeks of scrutiny to find out exactly what happened in the Brussels attacks, but the country's past and its unique situation within Europe have made it a terrorist target.Terrorist......
A US air strike on an Al-Qaeda training camp in southeastern Yemen killed at least 40 militants, a provincial official and a tribal source said on Wednesday.Another 25 militants were wounded in the......
PESHAWAR: In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s hospitals, doctors are facing an alarming situation: maternity wards and birthing rooms are increasingly filled with cries of multiple-pair babies: twins, triplets......
NEW DELHI: Indian cricket’s secretary Anurag Thakur on Wednesday warned Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi to avoid giving political statements, the Press Trust of India reported.Thakur, who is......
WASHINGTON: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Muslims were failing to report suspicious activity and they must do more to help prevent attacks such as those that killed at least......
BRUSSELS: Belgian investigators were on Wednesday hunting a man seen fleeing Brussels airport after a suicide bombing, as the country held three days of mourning for around 35 people killed in twin......
MIAMI: World number one Novak Djokovic backed off comments that men's tennis players should make more than women on Tuesday as Serena Williams and Andy Murray led a stinging chorus of criticism at......
BANGALORE: Bangladesh's key pace bowler Taskin Ahmed lost his appeal against suspension from international cricket for illegal action, the ICC said Wednesday.The International Cricket Council (ICC)......
WASHINGTON: Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton won their parties' primaries in Arizona on Tuesday, the first results in a night of contests that could see the frontrunners extend......
OUR youth and future generations will always wonder why we celebrate March 23, as Pakistan Day.There can be many answers but, to my mind, we celebrate because the idea of Pakistan was formally......
The adoption of a resolution in the National Assembly proposing public holidays on Diwali, Easter, and Holi in Pakistan has been met with much enthusiasm among our progressive citizens.In a country,......
ISLAMABAD: The nation commenced celebrations for Pakistan Day on Wednesday with a pledge to make the country stronger by wiping out the menace of terrorism, achieving sustainable economic growth and......
LONDON: Gold rallied more than 1 per cent on Tuesday as investors sought assets seen as a haven from risk after deadly bomb attacks hit Brussels.US gold futures for April delivery were up $10.60......
LAHORE: OICCI President Shahab Rizvi said a key bottleneck in Pakistan was the lack of predictable, transparent and consistent implementation of policies which sometime deter potential new investors......
KARACHI: Delivering an address at the Canada-Pakistan Business Council (CPBC), Ontario, earlier this week, Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Managing Director Nadeem Naqvi stated that the business and......
NAGPUR: South Africa will play Friday’s vital World Twenty20 Group 1 match against West Indies without all-rounder JP Duminy who has been ruled out with a hamstring strain.Duminy picked up the injury......
THE 181-run challenge thrown by the New Zealanders in a must-win game proved insurmountable for Pakistan, who ended their run chase with just 158 on the board for the loss of five wickets.The win......
NEW DELHI: Skipper Eoin Morgan vowed that England would not take lowly Afghanistan lightly in a must-win World Twenty20 tie on Wednesday after exiting their last two major tournaments with egg on......
MOSCOW: Russia’s sports minister said on Tuesday he was prepared to resign over a raging doping scandal in his country which could cost more Russian athletes their places at the Rio Olympics after......
ZURICH: The FIFA ethics committee opened a bribery investigation Tuesday into Franz Beckenbauer and other officials from Germany’s 2006 World Cup bid team.Ethics prosecutors acted amid rising......
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina were relieved to have Lionel Messi back from injury having made a troubled start to their South American 2018 World Cup qualifiers without their best player, striker Sergio......
ISLAMABAD: Nasir Iqbal, who tested positive for doping on Feb 7 and tested negative in another sample only three days later, has been shortlisted for the friendly squash series against Egypt to be......
KARACHI: Inspired by opener Khurram Manzoor’s century, Karachi Blues put themselves in control of their last-round Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-II Cricket Tournament match against Bahawalpur on......
BANGALORE: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni urged his big-hitters to improve their run rate dramatically against Bangladesh on Wednesday or face the prospect of a humiliating early exit from the......
The furore over Musharraf’s leaving the country seems to be a case of much ado about nothing. It is simply a political compromise that the Sharif government needed to make in order to remove a major......
THE University of Cape Town in South Africa, perched on the bottom of the world, is a well-known and highly respected institution in both that country and the world at large.On March 9 last year, a......
NEWS stories of newborns thrown on rubbish heaps in plastic bags no longer seem to elicit sustained interest or discussion in Pakistan. Usually, there is a flicker of momentary interest in the story......
BARACK Obama hadn’t yet been born when, 55 years ago next month, his nation’s government mounted an attempt to invade Cuba barely two years after guerillas under the command of Fidel Castro and his......
ISLAMABAD: Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan on Tuesday announced the medium-term (2015-18) Strategic Trade Policy Framework, setting an annual export target of $35 billion by the year......
ISLAMABAD: Learning lesson from the Nandipur fiasco, the government has started the process for selection of operation and maintenance (O&M) contract for two power projects (of over 2,400 megawatts)......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Turkey have signed a framework agreement for establishing free trade area between the two countries.The framework will provide a basis for future negotiations on free trade......
KARACHI: The government plans to raise $6.5 billion in the medium term (FY16-19) to pay off its external debt maturities.This includes raising a total of $4bn through Eurobonds in the next four years......
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s central bank has hired a lawyer in the United States for a potential lawsuit against the New York Federal Reserve after unknown hackers stole $81 million from its account with the......
KARACHI: Poultry prices are inching closer to red meat rates as retailers in various markets were demanding prices at whim in the absence of any price checking mechanism of the local......
KARACHI: Stocks remained volatile for the second day on Tuesday with the KSE-100 index oscillating between the intra-day high by 168 points and low by 155 points. However, on-balance the index closed......
KARACHI: Brisk activity was witnessed on the cotton market on Tuesday as buyers rushed to book big lots to replenish their stocks to see the current season through.Floor brokers said that dwindling......
MOSCOW: Authorities in Europe and across the world tightened security at airports, railway stations, government buildings and other key sites after deadly attacks on Tuesday on the Brussels airport......
ROME: Italian and Swiss police have recovered priceless archaeological artefacts stolen from Italy and stored by a notorious British antiquities dealer, the culture ministry said Tuesday.The haul,......
NAYPYIDAW: Aung San Suu Kyi would be foreign minister in Myanmar’s first civilian government for decades, her party said on Tuesday, giving the democracy champion a formal post despite being blocked......
NEW DELHI: India has the world’s highest number of people without access to clean water — imposing a major financial burden for some of the country’s poorest people, according to a report released on......
WITNESSES described chaotic scenes of blood, dust and flying glass after the blasts rocked Brussels. Here are some of their accounts:Entrepreneur Marc Noel, 63, was awaiting a flight from Brussels to......
Around 0700 GMT: Two blasts hit Zaventem international airport outside Brussels. Witnesses said they first heard shots in the departure hall before someone shouted in Arabic and then two explosions......
UMERKOT: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, along with several Sindh cabinet members, will join the Hindu community of Umerkot in celebrating their religious festival of Holi on......
KARACHI: In another attempt to acquire powers for the mayor of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Tuesday moved a motion introducing a private bill to amend Clause......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Tuesday reissued non-bailable arrest warrants against three politicians, including Muttahida Qaumi Movement dissident Anis Kaimkhani, in a case pertaining to......
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has suspended its clean Karachi campaign for an indefinite period because of large-scale arrests of its office-bearers, workers and elected representatives, the......
SHEIKHUPURA: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited Mauza Bhiki, some 14km away from here, to review the construction work on the 1,180 megawatts gas power project on Tuesday.The CM was briefed on the......
LAHORE: The 5th Pak-China Business Forum 2016 concluded at the Lahore International Expo Centre on Tuesday with the participation of 700 Chinese delegates and signing of over 100 agreements worth $50......
LAHORE: On the initiative of Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda), Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved the design of the commemorative stamp with the slogan “Water is life, start......
MULTAN: Dr Khwaja Alqama, former Bahauddin Zakariya University vice chancellor, was released from the District Jail here on Tuesday after the Supreme Court accepted his bail plea in connection with a......
The Lahore Division Cattle Market Management Company (LDCMMC), a Punjab government subsidiary, has started engaging local information technology experts to carry out various official jobs.In an......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered the Punjab School Education Department to devise a comprehensive policy for the recruitment of differently abled persons as educators.Justice Syed......
LAHORE: Students of different universities and colleges participated in the All Punjab National Songs Competition at the Government College University (GCU) here on Tuesday.The contest was organised......
GILGIT: Avalanches blocked the Karakoram Highway and caused damage to many houses, cattle farms and thousands of kanals of fertile land in Diamer and Nagar districts of Gilgit-Baltistan on......
ISLAMABAD: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on Pakistan Day and reiterated his country’s commitment to resolving bilateral disputes through......
WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department has closed its espionage investigation into former US diplomat Robin L. Raphel with no charges, her lawyer said.In November 2014, the FBI raided Ms Raphel’s home......
LAHORE: Yet another westerly wave is likely to enter Pakistan through Balochistan on Wednesday evening and move mainly to over upper parts of the country, generating heavy downpour and causing......
ISLAMABAD: The nation will celebrate the Pakistan Day on Wednesday (today) with a pledge to make the country stronger by wiping out the menace of terrorism and achieving sustainable economic growth......
HAVANA: US President Barack Obama delivered an impassioned appeal for political liberties in Cuba, including freedom of expression and religion, as he spoke directly to the Cuban people on Tuesday......
ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties submitted on Tuesday a privilege motion to the National Assembly Secretariat against Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan for “misrepresentation of facts” on......
KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Sindh police claimed on Tuesday to have arrested three suspected militants, including an engineer, who were allegedly associated with the banned Al......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that as of Feb 2 this year as many as 353 convicts had been executed since the lifting of moratorium on the death penalty by the federal......
ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan prepares to attend the final Nuclear Security Summit later this month in the United States, it has further strengthened its credentials in the field of nuclear safety and......
ISLAMABAD: More than 1.4 billion jobs, or 42 per cent of the world’s total active workforce, are heavily water-dependent, according to a new report released by the United Nations to mark ‘World Water......
QUETTA: Chief Secretary Saifullah Chattah has praised polio vaccination teams for their efforts to eradicate the crippling virus from Balochistan.In a letter to the provincial coordinator at the......
KARACHI: A large number of US military vehicles were discharged by a vessel at Karachi Port in the first week of this month. The consignee (importer) of the vehicles was the US army, officials......
BRUSSELS: A series of explosions claimed by the militant Islamic State (IS) group ripped through Brussels airport and a metro train on Tuesday, killing around 35 people in the latest attacks to bring......
RAWALPINDI: Flight operations were suspended at Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Tuesday after an anonymous caller issued a false bomb threat, claiming bombs had been planted in one of the......
ISLAMABAD: The cellphone services will remain suspended from 5am to 3pm as a part of security measures for Pakistan Day parade on Wednesday.Cellular towers will be turned off on March 23, possibly......
RAWALPINDI: A photography exhibition titled ‘Roshni ka Safar’ was organised by the Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) on Tuesday.The exhibition depicted the struggles of the nation’s leaders for......
ISLAMABAD: Last year saw an alarming 85pc increase in child abuse cases in the federal capital territory, the NGO Sahil reported on Tuesday.Its 50-page report, titled ‘Cruel Numbers 2015’ and gleaned......
PESHAWAR: “I am so happy my younger sister is getting married,” said Mohammad Ali, who had been accompanying an orphan young girl from his hometown Nowshera to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister’s......
PESHAWAR: Women belonging to different regions of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) have demanded of the government to abolish the Frontier Crimes Regulation and provide them with rights......
KHAR: The political administration of Bajaur Agency agreed on Tuesday to reopen the Inayat Kallay Bazaar, which was closed by the authorities on March 1 after the killing of a security man.The......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the defence and foreign secretaries to respond to a petition of a convicted Indian national, Hamid Nehal Ansari, seeking orders for the......
A JOINT session of parliament convened by the government primarily to circumvent a defiant, opposition-dominated Senate on the future of PIA is an occasion that raises a number of legislative and......
KUNDUZ: The new commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan apologised on Tuesday to the victims of a devastating bombing raid on a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital last October which left......
