ABU DHABI: An American woman who has been in custody for seven weeks in Abu Dhabi for allegedly insulting the UAE and its leaders appeared in court on Monday, local media reported.The unnamed woman,......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama says the biggest mistake of his presidency was a lack of planning for the aftermath of the fall of late Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, with the country spiralling......
JALALABAD: At least 12 people were killed and dozens wounded Monday when a Taliban suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Afghan army recruits near the eastern city of Jalalabad, officials said.It......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday announced the postponement of PTI's intra-party elections, stating that elections will now be held after the party concludes it......
When Pakistan faced off against Australia in a must-win encounter at the 2016 World Twenty20, many in the cricket world hoped the battle would provide a sequel to the Wahab Riaz-Shane Watson duel at......
Pakistan Cup, a five-team one-day tournament based on the draft system, is set to kick off on April 19 in Faisalabad and will include teams from the country’s four provinces and a Federal Capital......
KARACHI: Former Karachi mayor and leader of Pak Sarzameen Party Mustafa Kamal on Monday roped in former leaders of All Pakistan Muttahida Students Organisation (APMSO), Mohammad Raza Abidi and Syed......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali on Monday said the government has “put its foot down” on the holding of another chehlum for Mumtaz Qadri, the killer of former Punjab governor Salman......
Since the introduction of 3G/4G services in Pakistan, cellphone companies have been coming up with affordable solutions for their customers in the form of budget phones and cheap data packages.The......
New York Times investigative journalist Declan Walsh – whose report last year unveiled a “secretive Pakistani software company” that allegedly earned millions of dollars from scams involving fake......
SUNDERLAND: Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri played down his emotional response after the Foxes took their latest big step towards the English Premier League title.Ranieri left the pitch in......
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has pulled Harsha Bhogle from the commentary panel of the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in a development that has left the......
HIROSHIMA: US Secretary of State John Kerry visited the revered memorial to Hiroshima's atomic bombing, seven decades after the United States used the weapon for the first time in history while a......
DUBAI: Russia has sent the first part of its S-300 air defence missile system to Iran, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency on......
BEIRUT: Militant Islamic State (IS) group fighters on Monday retook control of a northern town along Syria's border with Turkey, just days after losing it to rebel forces and allied militants,......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's first Islamic-compliant airline has been suspended for three months after it failed to adhere to aviation regulations, a senior official said Monday, as the government......
For the larger part of my life, I have identified as a gamer. I have grown to learn that this admission usually incites responses orbiting immaturity.Perhaps the adjective “play” triggers this......
LONDON: Piles of leaflets calling for the death of Ahmadis have been found at a south London mosque, according to a BBC report.The leaflets, written in English by a former leader of the Khatme......
NEW DELHI: At 45, Brad Hogg is almost an anachronism in the youthful world of Twenty20 cricket but the Australian chinaman bowler continues to prove he still has what it takes to be successful.Hogg,......
MOSCOW: Three suicide bombers blew themselves up on Monday as they tried to storm a rural police station in a usually peaceful region of southern Russia, causing no other casualties, police......
NEW DELHI: Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has said he is considering playing international cricket for his native South Africa after he was sacked from the England side two years ago.The......
KARACHI: Two people were injured as a 'mishandled' hand grenade exploded in an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in the Clifton area on Monday.The accidental explosion occurred when a hand grenade, which......
In less than a week, the blatant economic disparities in Pakistan were bare for all to see.The untold, hidden riches of the ruling elite surfaced unexpectedly from the Panamanian waters. A few days......
BEIJING: A Chinese arbitration panel held a hearing Monday in what is believed to be the country's first transgender employment discrimination case, according to the lawyer in the case.A ruling by......
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Indian police have detained five people after a fireworks display at a Hindu temple set off explosions and fire killing 108 people, an officer said on Monday, in one of the worst......
LAHORE: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Sargodha on Monday announced the arrest of three female suspected terrorists near the Lahore Road area.The officials claimed to have recovered two......
WASHINGTON: A US Navy officer with access to sensitive US intelligence faces espionage charges over accusations he passed state secrets, possibly to China and Taiwan, a US official told Reuters on......
ISLAMABAD: As the opposition demands an investigation into the Panama leaks and the Sharif family’s offshore companies, little attention is being paid to the Pakistani state’s poor record in such......
IN APRIL of last year, Pakistan and China signed more than 50 agreements and memoranda of understanding to push forward around $46bn worth of a development roadmap — China-Pakistan Economic......
A CRISIS is beginning to simmer between the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on one side, and the federal government and KP Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra on the other. At issue is the notification,......
LET’s start off with first-order concerns. Politicians and state officials stashing money offshore or using shell companies to avoid taxes may or may not be illegal, but it is certainly unethical.......
ARTIST and Empire: Facing Britain’s Imperial Past, a provocative exhibition on imperial-era art recently closed at London’s Tate Britain. The exhibit brought together work by colonisers and the......
THAT Pakistan is a hostile terrain for women is widely known. The vast majority of the poor have little choice but to carry on with life as best as they can, holding out in the hope that the state......
ABBOTTABAD: The food department and police on Sunday sealed a factory and arrested four persons for allegedly making cooking oil from intestines and animal waste.The raiding team accompanied by......
PESHAWAR: Gandhara Hindko Academy and Gandhara Hindko Board jointly organised a function on Sunday to acknowledge literary services of Aftab Iqbal Bano, a Canada-based writer and researcher.Speakers......
PESHAWAR: The British Pakhtun Association (BPA), a UK-based cultural organisation, on Sunday conferred awards on Pakhtun personalities for their outstanding contribution in their respective......
As the opposition demands an investigation into the Panama leaks and the Sharif family’s offshore companies, little attention is being paid to the Pakistani state’s poor record in such inquiries.......
ISLAMABAD: About five years ago, a corruption case involving Rs82 billion was in the headlines.As a story, it just couldn’t get better. Both PPP-nominated prime ministers were accused of involvement.......
ISLAMABAD: Between 2010 and 2012, the Haj corruption scandal rocked the national political scene and led to the departure of both Hamid Saeed Kazmi and Azam Swati from the federal cabinet.The former......
ISLAMABAD: The ephedrine case, which rocked the PPP government some five years ago, still hasn’t moved forward.Legal experts attribute this delay to a ‘half-baked’ investigation and the flawed legal......
RAWALPINDI: The ruling party’s elected members of the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) failed to launch any development scheme in their constituencies in about a year.On April 25, the Pakistan......
TAXILA: The Deewar-i-Mehrbani or Wall of Kindness is a trend that began in the Iranian city of Mashhad that has since travelled to various Pakistani cities, including Taxila.A group of students......
RAWALPINDI: Originally a staple in Southern American states, fried chicken has become popular across the world.Nowadays, crispy fried chicken can be found at various restaurants, as well as on the......
ISLAMABAD: Former member of the National Assembly (MNA) and senior ANP leader Bushra Gohar had to wait for eight years to get a response from the capital police in connection with her complaint......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has formally launched first of its kind in the country “Amanat Scheme” for promoting tax culture in the province.The first balloting of the scheme was held under......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Nazriati Group has made it clear that its workers will not let the party become “PTI-Q” by bringing the political orphans at the helm of affairs in the......
This week we stand internationally challenged; from Lahore to Panama. It is strange how life imitates art. The recently released movie, pitting Superman vs. Batman, hit the screens. In real life the......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Construction work of motorway M-4 started on April 1 after a delay of over four months. This 61km M-4 section will connect Gojra to Shorkot via Toba Tek Singh. Prime Minister Nawaz......
SAHIWAL: Prince Thumbumuzi Dlamini, son-in-law of former South African president the late Nelson Mandela, visited Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) here on Saturday afternoon.Prince......
VEHARI: A woman suffered severe burns when a relative set her ablaze by sprinkling petrol on her in 158/EB allegedly over a domestic dispute on Sunday.Azra Bibi, 30, was working in the kitchen at her......
KARACHI: Watching one Mercedes owner cleaning the slight dust accumulated on the bumper of his 1982 E-200 bright maroon Mercedes Benz with his bare hands at the Mobil 1 Mercedes Benz Show-2016 here......
KARACHI: On the second day of the 2nd International Sufi Conference, the Sufi tradition of women as leaders was broached upon which was stressed as imperative in an increasingly globalised world.With......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf is contemplating a new strategy focusing on enhancing grass-roots contacts as a way to regain lost ground to rival Muttahida Qaumi Movement in the April 7......
MIRPURKHAS: The Mirpurkhas police have intensified a hunt for the station house officer (SHO) of the Digri police station who managed to escape, allegedly with the help of some of his colleagues,......
LARKANA: The 335th birth anniversary of Sindh’s mystic poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai was celebrated here with great zeal.It was organised by the literary committee of Arts Council of Pakistan Larkana......
CAIRO: Saudi Arabia’s king addressed the Egyptian parliament on Sunday, the fourth day of a landmark visit that saw the oil-rich kingdom pledge billions of dollars in investment and aid.In his......
TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday the country’s missile programme was not up for negotiation with the United States.The missile programme and “defence capabilities of the Islamic......
HIROSHIMA: US Secretary of State John Kerry won’t say sorry for America’s atomic bombing of Hiroshima when he visits a revered memorial.A US official travelling with Kerry ruled out an apology ahead......
HONG KONG: Hong Kong teen activist Joshua Wong on Sunday unveiled a new political party that plans to field candidates in upcoming elections, marking the next step in the pro-democracy movement’s......
ALEPPO: For thousands of years, the Syrian city of Aleppo has sat at the crossroads of the world’s great trade routes, connecting Asia, Mesopotamia, India and Europe. Persian silk and Indian spices......
Since time immemorial, coastal cities and their hinterlands have been more outward looking and tolerant than inland communities that tend to be insular and close-minded. The reason, of course, is......
LONDON: Leicester City qualified for the Champions League for the first time on Sunday and moved closer to the Premier League title with a 2-0 win at struggling Sunderland.Jamie Vardy scored both......
BERLIN: Shinji Kagawa’s superb chip was not enough to prevent Borussia Dortmund drawing 2-2 at Schalke 04 in the Ruhr derby on Sunday, edging Bayern Munich towards a historic fourth straight......
MILAN: Second-placed Napoli comfortably overcame the absence of suspended top scorer Gonzalo Higuain to brush aside bottom-of-the-table Hellas Verona 3-0 in Serie A on Sunday.Napoli stayed points six......
BARCELONA: Leaders Barcelona’s Anoeta Stadium jinx struck again when they lost 1-0 at Real Sociedad on Saturday, their second successive defeat in La Liga letting Atletico Madrid tighten the race......
PARIS: Monaco’s grip on a Champions League qualifying berth in Ligue 1 loosened further on Sunday as they slipped down to third after being humbled 4-1 at improving Lille.The principality side, who......
AUGUSTA: One round away from another green jacket, Jordan Spieth couldn’t help but look back.A victory in the Masters was starting to look inevitable on Saturday when Spieth stood on the 17th tee......
MULTAN: The 52nd National Table Tennis Championship being organised by the Pakistan Table Tennis Association (PTTA) will start on Monday (today) at the Gymnasium Hall.Multan Table Tennis Association......
KARACHI: Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari pulled off the biggest upset when he removed top seed Faraz Mohammad straight to earn a place in the main round of the sixth Parco Roshan Khan Open Squash......
MARKET dynamics in 2016 and going forward will be very different from 2012 when the federal government announced the existing petroleum policy.A review of regional fiscal regimes shows that Pakistan......
THE State Bank of Pakistan injected Rs69bn into the banking system on April 5 in an open market operation. The injection was made in a three-day contract at a rate of return of 6.02pc.According to......
THE rupee showed a firm trend against the dollar and euro amid lukewarm trading activity in the local currency market last week. Though demand for dollar existed in the absence of leading currency......
A COUNTRY’S export competitiveness in the international market is determined by trade-weighted crucial real effective exchange rate.REER may appreciate even when nominal exchange rate depreciates......
SINGAPORE edged past Hong Kong to become the world’s third top financial centre, according to a survey by London-based research firm Z/Yen Group released last Wednesday.Singapore ranks behind London......
THE Service Industries Limited, the producer of one of the country’s oldest footwear brands — Servis Shoes — is now planning investment in hydropower generation in Punjab.If approved by......
SMALL investors are in search of better rates of return in flexible modes of investment. However different classes of savers have mainly three avenues — banks, National Savings Schemes and mutual......
IN order to address the twin problems of low liquidity and high volatility at the Pakistan Stock Exchange, the regulator announced a raft of regulatory reforms it plans to introduce.With one eye on......
AS the Punjab government plans to pour in more money into agriculture development, it may be time for it to focus on the difference between the performance and the potential of the soils.Most of its......
KHYBER Pakhtunkhwa plans to extend the irrigation system to enhance water supply and agricultural productivity in Swabi and Nowshera districts along the right bank of Indus River.The provincial......
AN unusual drop in flowering and fruit setting in mango orchards is being witnessed in Sindh this season. Experts believe it is due to climate change affecting the all varieties, but Sindhri the......
PAKISTAN is likely to harvest bumper crops during the kharif season, which starts from April-June and lasts until October-December in different parts of the country.But under the conditions......
In a recent survey of 195 leaders in 15 countries, Quantum Leadership Group asked participants to choose the top leadership competencies from a list of 74 possibilities. The highest competency,......
Researchers from the National Sleep Foundation and the Mayo Clinic have suggested that the blue light streaming from our handheld devices might affect the production of melatonin — the hormone that......
According to research conducted by CEB, 76pc of companies with more than 100 employees rely on tests that assess competence, emotional intelligence, ethical standards and other strengths when they......
In recent years, the Ford Motor Co has asked its engineering teams, which consist mostly of men, to undertake an exercise in empathy that helps them understand the ergonomic challenges that pregnant......
According to data from the US Department of Defense, the military repelled more than 30m attempted cyberattacks from September 2014 to June 2015. Of the malicious attacks that were not stopped, fewer......
ItalyITALY is the third-largest economy in the Eurozone. A relatively high degree of corruption and cronyism within the economic and political systems and an incompetent bureaucracy have led to......
PRIVATE equity players are once again taking a keen interest in India, acquiring companies in a big way. Last week, the US-based Blackstone Group, decided to acquire a majority stake in Indian IT......
THERE are not many questions on which a man such as Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, would agree with Donald Trump, the upstart Republican candidate. Corporate tax is one.In recent years......
LOOKING back on three months’ worth of extreme market volatility it is clear that global currency wars have entered a new and more complicated phase. In effect, volatility has neutered the power of......
THE PANAMA Papers dubbed as ‘WikiLeaks of the mega rich’ may cloud business sentiments in Pakistan for a fleeting moment because of the ensuing political bickering and local business aversion to any......
NEW YORK: US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has said that both Pakistan and India are friends and partners of the United States and there is no Indo-Pak hyphenation from its perspective.Speaking at......
ISLAMABAD: A day ahead of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s weeklong visit to the United States, Chairman and President of the US Exim Bank Fred P. Hochberg visited the Ministry of Finance on Sunday to......
ISLAMABAD: A joint session of parliament is being held on Monday (today) after a gap of three weeks and with a heavy legislative agenda, including a bill seeking conversion of the Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body will receive briefing on Wednesday on the activities of India’s intelligence agency in Pakistan for the first time since the last month’s arrest of an Indian spy from......
LAHORE: The PML-N government’s target of ending loadshedding by 2018 may face some hurdles as one of the key components of the plan, 1,410MW Tarbela extension project, is heading for deadline failure......
MINGORA: Awami National Party (ANP) local leader Syed Jamshaid Ali was shot dead by unidentified attackers in Manglore area of Swat on Sunday.According to police, two unidentified men approached......
LAHORE: A convention of clerics held under the auspices of Pakistan Ulema Council here on Sunday adopted a 10-point code of conduct for administration, faculty and students of mosques and seminaries......
IDOMENI (Greece): Scores of migrants and refugees were wounded on Sunday when Macedonian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at crowds on the Greek side of the border, aid workers said, an act......
CAIRO: Fighting broke out in north of Yemen’s capital and in the centre of the country on Sunday, killing more than 20 people, hours before a planned halt to the fighting aimed at facilitating talks......
QUETTA: Three suspected members of a kidnappers’ gang were killed in an encounter with police in the eastern bypass area of the provincial capital on Sunday.Speaking at a press conference here, the......
KOLLAM (India): A fire and explosions during a fireworks display to mark the start of the local Hindu new year killed over 100 people and injured more than 380 others at a temple in southern India on......
ISLAMABAD: Indian troops violated ceasefire along the Line of Control on Saturday night by resorting to heavy firing and shelling, said a press release issued by the Inter Services Public Relations......
