KARACHI: Unknown miscreants riding a motorcycle attacked the Gulshan-e-Iqbal police station with an improvised explosive device (IED) Thursday night, triggering fear and panic among residents.The......
HYDERABAD: Former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal, who named his newly formed political party as 'Pak Sarzameen' a day ago, on Thursday claimed Mutahidda Qaumi Movement chief had "paid an individual in......
MOHALI: A stumbling Australia will need to raise their game when they take on Pakistan in a must-win group match of the World Twenty20 in Mohali on Friday.The Australians handed Bangladesh a second......
MOSCOW: US Secretary of State John Kerry was in Moscow on Thursday to see if President Vladimir Putin can be convinced to support an end to Bashar al-Assad's rule in Syria.Kerry met his counterpart......
LONDON: Former England footballer Adam Johnson was sentenced to six years in prison at Bradford Crown Court on Thursday after being found guilty of sexual activity with a 15-year-old fan.Johnson,......
Pakistan put up an extraordinary effort in the field and managed to run four Bangladesh batters out restricting the latter to 113-9 in their third Women's World T20 group stage match at the Feroz......
BARCELONA: Johan Cruyff, one of the greatest footballers in history, died on Thursday at the age of 68 from lung cancer, his family announced.The Dutchman “died peacefully in Barcelona, surrounded by......
QUETTA: Security forces in Balochistan on Thursday claimed the arrest of a man who is 'a serving officer in the Indian Navy and deputed to the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing......
MOHALI: Australian all-rounder Shane Watson called it a day from all forms of International Cricket on Thursday.The 34-year old said that he felt that this was the “right time” to hang boots.Watson......
MOHALI: Group B in the Women’s World T20 will witness two games on Thursday evening that should be of interest to the Pakistani fans – albeit one of a bit more interest than the other.One match will......
KARACHI: The city's landscape is dotted with jarring examples of commercialisation. Marketing paraphernalia can be seen covering buildings, bridges and mammoth billboards.The latest example is......
MOHALI: Pakistan batsman Shoaib Malik Thursday vowed his team will do all it takes to pull off a win against Australia and give skipper Shahid Afridi a winning send-off at the World Twenty20.Afridi,......
KARACHI: A law enforcement official on Thursday confirmed the arrest of Ali Rehman, an alleged accomplice in the murder of activist and T2F director Sabeen Mahmud and an absconder in the Safoora Goth......
KABUL: Afghans rallied behind their defeated national cricket team Thursday after Asghar Stanikzai's side went down fighting at the World T20 in Delhi, crashing out of the tournament despite giving......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani cricketing greats called for an overhaul of the national team and the country's domestic infrastructure following back-to-back defeats in the World T20 that have ensured a likely......
WELLINGTON: New Zealand has voted to keep its current flag by 57 percent to 43 percent in a nationwide poll.More than 2 million people voted in the ballot to decide whether to keep the British Union......
NAGPUR: Chris Gayle is set to return to the top of the batting order as the West Indies seek to clinch a World T20 semi-finals spot Friday against a South African side who can ill afford to lose.The......
BANGALORE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni said India's nail-biting one-run win over Bangladesh to keep their World T20 dream alive was all about holding their nerve and being able to “manage chaos”.India......
UPPER DIR: Police prevented a 10-year-old girl and boy from being exchanged as vani by a jirga to settle a family dispute in Dobando area of Upper Dir on Thursday morning."The police was alerted by......
I approached a beggar outside a shop. I gave him some money and then invited him to a cup of tea at a roadside place.He seemed to be in his early 30s; his parents hailed from Swat in the Khyber......
ANAHEIM: A few miles from Disneyland is a place most tourists never see.The signs along the thoroughfare suddenly switch to Arabic script advertising hookah shops, Middle Eastern sweets and halal......
SAMBA: Pakistan Rangers in an exchange of customary greetings gifted sweets to Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) in Indian-held Kashmir's Samba sector on the occasion of Holi on Thursday, Times of......
LAHORE: Two convicts, tried and sentenced by military courts for their of involvement in "terrorist attacks", were hanged at a high-security prison in Sahiwal on Thursday morning, an Inter-Services......
After instances of armed robberies in my area a few years ago, my family had decided to hire a security guard from a private company to guard the house at night.However, as the night would approach,......
KARACHI: The Foreign Office has stated that 84 Pakistani nationals, who are being held at Moscow airport since early Thursday morning, are likely to be deported by evening."The Foreign Office is in......
PESHAWAR: The city police suspect an Afghan link in the murder of a former Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) official, who was shot dead on Tuesday night in the Hayatabad neighborhood of the city,......
RIYADH: Mobarak Musa, a mobile telephone salesman from Syria, has spent 10 years working in Saudi Arabia, sending part of his wages back home to support his parents and three brothers. A shift in......
SINGAPORE: A deal among some Opec producers and Russia to freeze output is perhaps “meaningless” as Saudi Arabia is the only country with the ability to increase output, a senior executive from the......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce has evolved a comprehensive three-pronged strategy of trade diplomacy in the multilateral, regional and bilateral arenas for increasing Pakistani products’ market......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has stated that the country achieved 4.24 per cent GDP growth in the year 2015, highest during the last seven years.Chairing a meeting of the monetary and fiscal......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has proposed allocating Rs2.662 billion in the Annual Development Plan (ADP) 2016-17 to develop industries.A blueprint of the new ADP reveals that the highest......
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) is expected to reverse deregulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) business after almost 16 years and approve Rs178 billion Flood Protection......
ISLAMABAD: As the military showcased its might at the Pakistan Day parade, President Mamnoon Hussain reiterated on Wednesday the country’s commitment not to join an arms race and defended the nuclear......
ZIARAT: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri has said that the government will not leave the people of Balochistan at the mercy of terrorists and will not allow them to impose their......
ISLAMABAD: The procurement of six turbine generators worth Rs10 billion, as part of the Mangla Refurbishment Project (MRP), is likely to be delayed further while the Water and Power Development......
ISLAMABAD: A scientist who drew the attention of the Supreme Court to the alleged supply of contaminated diagnostic injections to hospitals has asked that the matter be heard as soon as possible,......
YANGON: Myanmar’s incoming finance minister said on Wednesday he was shocked to discover his PhD was fake after netizens pointed out he had been a victim of an alleged scam run out of Pakistan that......
KARACHI: A notification by the Sindh government’s labour and human resources department on Wednesday calling holiday on Holi “only” for Hindu workers created confusion hours before the March 24......
SRINAGAR: Members of the Asiya Andrabi-led Kashmiri group Dukhtaran-i-Millat hoisted Pakistan flags at several places here on Wednesday, when Pakistanis celebrated Pakistan Day.Activists and workers......
BRUSSELS: Belgium’s chief prosecutor named two brothers on Wednesday as bombers of the militant Islamic State (IS) group who killed at least 31 people in the most deadly attacks in Brussels’ history......
UNITED NATIONS: The warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a cessation of hostilities starting at midnight on April 10 and peace talks in Kuwait beginning on April 18, United Nations special envoy......
DHAKA: At least 11 people were killed in local election-related violence in Bangladesh, seven of them shot dead by security forces, police said on Wednesday as a political crisis deepened.The......
ADEN: At least 50 militants were killed in a US air strike on an Al Qaeda training camp in the mountains of southern Yemen, medics and a local official said on Wednesday.The attack took place as Al......
DAMASCUS: Syrian pro-government forces were poised on Wednesday to launch an assault to retake the ancient city of Palmyra from militants, as Washington sought to inject new momentum into flagging......
ISLAMABAD: A minute of silence was observed at the Embassy of Pakistan in Brussels to honour victims of Tuesday’s terrorist attacks.Most activities planned in connection with Pakistan Day......
QUETTA: Various sporting events continued at the Nawab Akbar Bugti Cricket Ground here on Wednesday as part of the Third Balochistan Sports Festival inaugurated a day earlier by Governor Muhammad......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain conferred on Wednesday 70 military and 84 civil awards on various individuals for their outstanding performance in different fields.The awards were presented at a......
ISLAMABAD: The Institute of Policy Reforms (IPR) has called for strengthening Pakistan-Iran relations during the upcoming visit of President Hassan Rouhani.The IPR in a statement on Wednesday said......
ISLAMABAD: The special parliamentary committee on bills will hold its first meeting on Thursday (today) to elect its chairman, the National Assembly Secretariat has announced.The 10-member bipartisan......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Day was celebrated with fervour at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on Wednesday.An impressive flag-hoisting ceremony was held at the mission to mark the day, said a......
NEW YORK: Pakistan Day was celebrated at the Pakistan House in New York on Wednesday with the hoisting of the national flag by Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, Ambassador Maleeha......
ISLAMABAD: The government is trying to ‘cool down’ the infuriated opposition by assuring it of bringing back former president retired General Pervez Musharraf from abroad through Interpol.It,......
ISLAMABAD: The annual allowance for treatment of over 160,000 families registered under the Prime Minister’s National Health Programme has been doubled to Rs600,000.According to the secretary of the......
WASHINGTON: The US State Department has said it is looking forward to a “meaningful dialogue” with Pakistan at a nuclear summit next week.As world leaders, including those from India and Pakistan,......
RECENTLY I visited Tehran to explore business opportunities as UN sanctions have been eased out. This was my first visit to Iran. I was surprised to see the city and the people. It looked as if I was......
MOHALI: Terming his team’s performances in the ongoing World Twenty20 “not good enough”, coach Waqar Younis has said that Pakistan don’t deserve to reach the semis of the mega event.After starting......
BANGALORE: India scraped to a one-run win against a tenacious Bangladesh in a thrilling match on Wednesday, keeping their hopes of World Twenty20 glory alive.India were restricted to 146 for seven......
MONTEVIDEO: Barcelona team-mates Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez will make a long-awaited return to World Cup duty this week when South America’s marathon qualifying competition for the 2018 finals in......
KEY BISCAYNE (Florida): Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium moved into the second round of the Miami Open with a 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 win over Laura Robson of Great Britain on Tuesday.Flipkens declined to talk......
KARACHI: On the occasion of Pakistan Day, several sport shooters, a few of whom also happened be ladies, took part in the day-long Sindh Open Pistol and Rifle Shooting Competition held at the Arabian......
I LOVE my city. I love Brussels. This city has nurtured and supported me through good times and bad.On March 22, as improvised explosive devices devastated the national airport and a metro station......
DONALD Trump gave an interview to The Washington Post’s editorial board on Monday. He also was interviewed by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.Neither went well.Here’s a sample, with The Post’s Fred Hiatt pressing......
KRAKSW: An elegant former hotel employee remembers dyeing gauze bandages and turning them into ruffled skirts to remain fashionable despite chronic shortages in communist-era Poland.“It was a major......
HER greatest post-war scoop came in 1963 when she was working for The Guardian and based in Beirut – “I loved it, a place that was really home,” she tells me, “where you could go anywhere in a car......
NEW DELHI: Police in eastern India arrested a local journalist and beat him after he criticised authorities on social media and demanded a law protecting reporters in a region embroiled in a Maoist......
NUSA DUA: A forum of mainly Asian countries agreed on Wednesday on new contingency measures to better respond to refugee crises, and vowed to review the region’s much-criticised handling of a major......
BUENOS AIRES: US President Barack Obama met Argentina’s new centre-right leader Mauricio Macri on Wednesday on a visit to reset diplomatic relations and strengthen trade ties after years of tension......
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi cyber-security expert reported missing after he criticised the central bank over an $81 million heist has reappeared, police said on Wednesday.The family of IT expert Tanvir......
MOSCOW: US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Moscow on Wednesday seeking to gauge whether Vladimir Putin is ready to discuss ways to ease Bashar al-Assad from power in Syria.American officials......
TOKYO: A runaway zebra led police on a dramatic chase across a golf course in Japan, until its bid for freedom ended in death when it collapsed in a water trap.The creature’s odyssey, which was......
KARACHI: The haphazard transfer and reposting of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) administrator on Tuesday was not an isolated act of its kind, indicating the provincial government’s......
KARACHI: Pakistan Day was observed on Wednesday across the city with different events, including flag hoisting ceremonies, held by government, military and political organisations amid rallies and......
KARACHI: The trial of Shahrukh Jatoi’s escape, the main convict in the Shahzeb murder case, has yet to commence as a judicial magistrate has sent a reference to a district court expressing his......
KARACHI: As the National Students Federation (NSF) formed a human chain outside the Shree Swami Narayan Temple, the Hindu community along with many Muslim friends on Wednesday celebrated the festival......
HYDERABAD: Amid reports of raids on liquor/drug dens in many towns of Tando Mohammad Khan, Badin, Tando Allayar and Mirpurkhas districts overnight and arrest of dozens of suspects, Sindh Excise......
KARACHI: It came as an unpleasant surprise to know that the National Museum of Pakistan located in the sprawling Burns Garden was closed on Wednesday.The reason for the surprise was that it was the......
KARACHI: Claiming elimination of 175 ‘terrorists’ since January last year, a report compiled by the Sindh police shows a ‘drastic’ drop in ‘acts of terrorism’ and murders in the city, which it......
LAHORE: The Lahorites capped their day of festivities with a massive gala at the Gulberg Main Boulevard on Wednesday, with singers singing patriotic songs, well-decorated police marching on the road,......
LAHORE: It was a night of glamour and glitz at Royal Palm Golf and Country Club on Tuesday where fashion gurus from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh dazzled the ramp with some of their classic......
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N’s flagship project, the metro bus service, has failed to achieve its estimated ridership figure during its first eight months since its operations in Rawalpindi and......
ISLAMABAD: The Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) vaulted ahead of other political and religious groups when it launched a mobile app to highlight its philanthropic work among smartphone users. But......
ISLAMABAD: Wednesday evening at the National Art Gallery was spectacle of music and theatrical performances celebrating Pakistan Day.The day also marked 65 years of diplomatic relations between China......
Denah Deen, a lawyer from the Caribbean, recently moved to Islamabad and started a pop-up restaurant at Baithak in Saidpur Village. Ms Deen has also worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in......
RAWALPINDI: The family and friends of a trader, who was shot and injured in a robbery in Ganjmandi area on Tuesday, staged a protest against police failure to check robberies and track down......
PESHAWAR: The incidents of rat-bite are occurring in Peshawar as there is no mechanism to control its population and the victims suffer due to non-availability of treatment at the hospitals,......
MARDAN: The district prison officials here have accused the jail superintendent of deducting conveyance allowance from their salary and charging rent of the government flats they are residing in, and......
MINGORA: The students of different educational institutions and members of civil society thronged a photo exhibition highlighting the rich cultural heritage of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The two-day......
CHITRAL: Efforts to locate the seven students buried under a snow avalanche in Susoom village here could not bear fruit on the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday.A member of district council from......
THE chief justice of Pakistan’s reference to the need for mediation centres should generate a fresh debate on the desirability of alternative channels of dispute resolution and the prospects for......
THE playground in Paris had a few more people than usual the other day, the day the Brussels bombing happened. A few people there told me because of the bombing, which happened early morning, the......
ONE should always heed omens. The Ancients did. Our cricket captain Shahid Afridi should have done on March 19.It was a day too close to the Ides of March. The portents were clear enough. First, the......
WHEN Pakistan’s farmers venture out from late April onwards to reap their wheat crop, many will lament their sharply sliding incomes of the past year and dim prospects for the future.For the moment,......
BENGALURU: Host India snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to keep alive their hopes of reaching the World Twenty20 semi-finals with a dramatic one-run win over Bangladesh on......
