LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday admitted mishandling the controversy over his father's offshore business interests, as demonstrators rallied outside his office calling for him......
MARIB: Al Qaeda militants killed at least 20 Yemeni soldiers on Saturday when they ambushed their convoy in the south of the war-torn country, a military source said.“Armed members of Al Qaeda......
KABUL: US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Kabul Saturday on an unannounced visit to encourage the revival of peace talks with the Taliban and show support for Afghanistan's beleaguered unity......
LONDON: West Ham United striker Andy Carroll scored an eight-minute hat-trick, but Laurent Koscielny snatched a point for Arsenal in a memorable 3-3 Premier League draw on Saturday.Goals from Mesut......
MONACO: Roger Federer will test a January knee injury under competitive conditions from Sunday when the Monte Carlo Masters marks the opening of the pre-Roland Garros spring clay court campaign.The......
QUETTA: Security forces on Saturday claimed to have killed 34 suspected militants, including a key commander in Balochistan’s Kalat district.One security official was killed while two others......
Former Pakistan head-coach Waqar Younis says Sarfraz Ahmed’s appointment as the new Twenty20 skipper will not trigger a dramatic turnaround and has urged the stakeholders to give the wicketkeeper......
After two decades of international cricket and some below par performances recently, Pakistan cricket fans have been left wondering when Shahid Afridi will call time on his career.If former teammate......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar said on Saturday that two former Supreme Court chief justices had refused to head the judicial commission instated to probe claims made by the Panama......
LONDON: As millions prepare to tune in to the glamorous Indian Premier League, another major domestic cricket tournament will also start this weekend.But, unlike the IPL the only fireworks to be seen......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Navy test fired the "Zarb" surface to sea missile aimed at consolidating its defence capability to thwart any possible aggression by adversaries from the Arabian sea."The missile......
SHANGHAI: China's air force on Saturday began joint training exercises with that of Pakistan, China's defence ministry said, as the two nations' militaries strengthen operational ties.The countries......
Here’s a question for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif: How can you look the people of Pakistan in the eye and tell them to pay their fair share of taxes when your own sons and daughter are (reportedly)......
MULTAN: Two brothers convicted of murdering six people from the same family were hanged at a jail in Sialkot on Saturday, just days after Amnesty International criticised the country for becoming the......
ISLAMABAD: Singer-turned-evangelist Junaid Jamshed has "forgiven" the group of men who attacked him at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport last month.Jamshed took to Twitter on Saturday to......
BADIN: Station House Officer (SHO) Digri, who was earlier suspended and arrested on charges of raping a 20-year-old mentally challenged girl from Lahore, on Saturday escaped from police custody in......
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Beauty brand 7th Heaven opened the world’s first ever bunny spa in London’s Covent Garden.Humans will receive free treatments while real rabbits roam freely around the shop. 7th Heaven is a Cruelty......
Meet Mr Double Cheeseburger!Meat-lover Simon Smith changed his name with relish — by swapping it for Bacon Double Cheeseburger. The 33-year-old was one of a record 85,000 people who changed their......
Sony announces PlayStation VR release dateSony PlayStation users will be able to experience the company’s version of virtual reality in October when it launches its VR headset. The price tag will be......
It was a much awaited day and I was excited about the annual funfair in the school. Early that morning, I quickly dressed up and hung the school ID card on my neck and went downstairs to have a quick......
The sixth edition of the ICC World T20 2016 could not have had a better ending. West Indies’ Carlos Brathwaite smashed four consecutive sixes in the last over of the final match against England, to......
High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit has spoken plainly, but sensibly about the state of Pak-India relations.As Mr Basit acknowledged, the dialogue process is effectively suspended, the fallout......
IN 1981, Kim Philby, one of the three British operatives of MI6, the UK’s overseas intelligence agency, who formed a ring of double agents spying for the Soviet Union and later defected, gave a talk......
THE deep divide between the forces of Indian nationalism and Hindu nationalism did much to thwart the movement for India’s independence. That divide has now come to the fore and threatens to subvert......
WHAT do British Prime Minister David Cameron and Argentine President Mauricio Macri have in common apart from their right-wing, conservative politics? Well both have now admitted that their wealthy......
TERRORISTS continue to test the fortitude of the public. The Easter Sunday violence in Lahore last month shook the entire nation. However, it also tested the resolve of the state, and its security......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra on Friday launched a mass enrolment drive in the Federally Administered Tribal Area (Fata) to bring 400,000 out-of-school children to......
KOHAT/TIMERGARA: The security forces on Friday seized a big cache of arms being smuggled from Darra Adamkhel to down country through Peshawar and arrested the alleged smuggler.Sources said that one......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar district government’s announcement to offer a cash reward for killing rats has turned out to be false as it has refused to pay Rs25 to hunters for one rat.“As not a single......
ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf in the judges’ detention case.The ATC judge, Sohail......
ISLAMABAD: The recent wave of tremors that have shaken the Hindu Kush regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan may have lasting impacts on the topography of areas as far afield as Islamabad, experts......
ISLAMABAD: A Kashmiri political activist has approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) after he was ‘denied’ the renewal of his Pakistani identity card, allegedly for criticising Pakistan’s Kashmir......
ISLAMABAD: The rich culture and traditions of Balochistan displayed at the ongoing Folk Festival provided an opportunity to the visitors to value the arts and crafts of the province.The organisers......
FAISALABAD: Doctors of the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital fully suspended services at the outpatient department (OPD) and partially at other wards on Friday in protest against a PML-N office......
SAHIWAL: Students show technical skills by developing engineering models in a two-day “Super Techie Mind” exhibition.At least 44 engineering models were displayed in the exhibition which is arranged......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) has decided to launch a “million email campaign” to request the chief justice of Pakistan to take suo motu notice of the Panama Leaks and order a probe.The......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday issued notices to the federal government and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman on a petition challenging appointment of retired Maj Syed Burhan......
LAHORE: The solo exhibition of artworks of Ghulam Mohammad from district Kachi of Balochistan will open at the Rohtas Art Gallery, Model Town, on Saturday (today).The painter will put on display......
KARACHI: We don’t have to be self-conscious to compete with Indian films. We need to tell our stories with sincerity and honesty. Today, Pakistani film-makers are telling their stories with a......
KARACHI: There were a handful of music lovers who witnessed the French electro cosmo band Markus perform with vocalist Shahzad Santoo Khan at the Alliance Francaise on Thursday evening; but it was an......
KARACHI: A day after the Altaf Hussain-led Muttahida Qaumi Movement won the by-election on the national and provincial seats, former city mayor Syed Mustafa Kamal came out of his......
KARACHI: The glass door with a sign requesting clients to be responsible for personal belongings swung open several times as clients went inside for various services from haircuts to facials and from......
KARACHI: With simplicity and minimalism as the hallmark of his label, designer Zaheer Abbas opened Day Two of the ongoing Fashion Pakistan Week Spring/Summer ’16 with his capsule collection sans any......
KARACHI: Seven more turtles, part of a confiscated consignment meant to be smuggled to Malaysia, died on Friday while the 13 surviving turtles were transferred to the turtle conservation unit at......
GAZA CITY: British lawmakers normally spend their breaks catching up on paperwork or holidaying, but one parliamentarian has instead travelled more than 2,000 miles to the Palestinian territories to......
BRUSSELS: Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini was arrested on Friday, a police source said as Belgian authorities announced they had detained several people in connection with the deadly Brussels......
BAKU: Two ethnic Armenian troops died in fighting with Azerbaijani forces on Friday as the arch foes accused each other of breaching a ceasefire that halted the worst outbreak of violence in decades......
PRISTINA: Protesters firing tear gas disrupted the inauguration ceremony on Friday for Kosovo President Hashim Thaci in the midst of a political crisis over an EU-brokered agreement with old......
VIRTUALLY unknown in Libya until late last year, Fayez Serraj is quickly emerging as his country’s best bet to escape five years of deepening turmoil.The 56-year-old head of a fledgling United......
A HANDSOMELY bound complete works of William Shakespeare stands upright beside opera glasses, a blue lace handkerchief and a single rose. On the wall is a picture of President Thomas Jefferson’s......
KARACHI: The Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) and Pakistan School Sports Olympic in collaboration with provincial athletics associations have taken a fine initiative by holding a series of......
ISLAMABAD: On the opening day of the Chief of the Naval Staff Amateur Golf Cup, Ghazanfar Mehmood from Garden City Golf Club and Ehtisham Abbasi from Margalla Green Golf Club were leading in the......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Riaz Hussain Pirzada on Friday said there are several sifarshis at the helm of affairs in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) who have......
KARACHI: Backing former captain Majid Khan as the first choice for the all-important post of PCB chairman, ex-Test fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz on Friday insisted that Pakistan cricket requires the......
KARACHI: The PCB has signed an MoU with the Lums University for setting up a biomechanics laboratory.Equipment for the project was purchased by the PCB about eight years ago but it could not use......
LONDON: England all-rounder Ben Stokes has insisted he is willing to bowl at the ‘death’ again despite being struck for four sixes in the last over of the World Twenty20 final defeat by the West......
LONDON: Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp enjoyed a satisfying return to Borussia Dortmund as his new side frustrated his former charges and claimed a valuable away goal to draw 1-1 in their Europa......
CHARLESTON: Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams will have to wait for a 50th career WTA title after bowing out in the third round of the claycourt tournament here on Thursday.Venus, the......
KARACHI: Builders have announced 80 high-rise residential projects on average each year since 2011 in the Southern region of the country, mostly in Karachi and Hyderabad.These projects are based on......
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) hopes to overcome by 2020 the challenges of building a $10-billion gas pipeline through Afghanistan’s most violent areas, by making sure it benefits Afghan......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has taken action against companies on the defaulter counter of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) to provide relief to their minority......
KARACHI: Stocks continued to trade range-bound on Friday, with the KSE-100 index moving in a narrow band of plus 98.24 and minus 20.41 points. The index eventually closed higher by 71.51 points (0.21......
KARACHI: Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal on Friday said that the federal government and provinces were on the same page to make integrated efforts for achieving sustainable......
KARACHI: In an otherwise slow trading on the cotton market on Friday, the first advance deal of phutti (seed cotton) from next crop (2015-26) was reported from Sindh. The undertone remained firm but......
LONDON: Gold eased on Friday as strength in equities prompted investors to cash in some of the previous day’s gains but remained on track for its biggest weekly rise in five as the Federal Reserve......
ISLAMABAD: Weekly inflation for combined income group, measured through the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), slightly decreased by 0.01 per cent for the week ended April 7 as compared to the previous......
NEW DELHI: India’s foreign exchange reserves swelled to a record high of $360 billion for the week ended April 1, largely on account of the central bank’s dollar purchases to rein in the rupee’s......
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has challenged the fixing of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) price at Rs900 per cylinder as desired by the petroleum ministry against 27 per cent......
WASHINGTON: A major priority of Pakistan’s foreign policy is to transform its relations with the country’s closest neighbours, Afghanistan and India, says Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani.“We are......
LANDI KOTAL: Three Christian women have been recruited to the tribal police here for the first time in the country’s history. They were among 15 Christian women applicants for the job, despite the......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that his party will organise a ‘long march’ to the Sharif family’s Raiwind residence to protest against its undeclared assets and......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called for selecting the best cabin crew and ensuring top catering services in the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to revive its glory.He was......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has accepted the resignation of Captain Shujaat Azeem, his Special Assistant on Aviation.Captain Azeem submitted his resignation in December last year and......
ISLAMABAD: The Australian government and the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) have joined hands to help Pakistan control human trafficking and migrant smuggling.Australia will......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission rejected on Friday the application of MQM dissident Mustafa Kamal for registration of his Pak Sarzameen Party on the ground that all required documents were not......
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) seems to be toeing the government line as it has advocated a “national consensus on the core economic agenda” to put Pakistan on a path of sustainable......
QUETTA: Members of the Young Doctors Association (YDA) threatened on Friday to boycott the ongoing polio eradication campaign in Quetta and two other districts if action was not taken against......
ISLAMABAD: The Accountant General Pakistan Revenue (AGPR) informed the Senate Standing Committee on Finance on Friday that 537,000 pensioners had been transferred to the Direct Credit System (DCS)......
QUETTA: A strike was observed in several towns of Balochistan, including parts of Quetta, on Friday on the call of the Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal) in protest against the killing of two......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court directed a public interest litigant on Friday to forward his arguments for the maintainability of his petition seeking Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification in......
QUETTA: Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti and Inspector General of Police Ahsan Mehboob have expressed their resolve to root out the menace of terrorism from the province.Addressing......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said the funds needed to immediately start work on Thar power plant are available.Mr Shah was presiding over a meeting about Prime Minister Nawaz......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain said on Friday that all institutions were on the same page on various issues, including fight against terrorism and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)......
QUETTA: Parliamen-tarians, lawyers, trade union leaders, civil society activists and members of business community urged the federal and provincial governments to improve the human rights situation......
NEW DELHI: China said on Friday it was in “close communication” with India over its decision to block New Delhi’s bid to have Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) chief Masood Azhar designated as terrorist by......
WASHINGTON: The United States has asked its citizens to defer all non-essential travel to Pakistan, warning them that violence remains a significant threat in that country.“Pakistan continues to......
NEW DELHI: Pakistan has backtracked from its promise to allow the team of Indian investigators to visit there to investigate the Pathankot attack case apparently after finding that the NIA has......
WASHINGTON: The US State Department has said that while the United State was aware of the reports of an Indian spy’s arrest in Pakistan, it had no other information.At a news briefing in Washington......
LAHORE: Despite being equipped with heavy guns and artillery mortars and backed by Pakistan Rangers, law-enforcement agencies are facing fierce resistance from hardened criminals in the riverine area......
MANSEHRA / SHANGLA: Rescue personnel and family members have given up the search for the 23 people who were buried underneath the debris of a massive landslide in Kohistan earlier this week. They......
ISLAMABAD: A woman who claimed to have been subjected to sexual exploitation, including gang rape, and was now being blackmailed, invited the attention of the Supreme Court on Friday to the heinous......
