PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra said the federal government was taking measures to facilitate the repatriation of around two million temporarily displaced persons (TDPs) of......
BAGHDAD: The United States will deploy additional forces to Iraq and make Apache attack helicopters available to support the country's troops, US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter said Monday in......
KARACHI: Habib Bank Limited is set to become the first South Asian lender to operate in the world's number two economy, after the bank announced on Monday that it has received a licence to open a......
DHAKA: Bangladeshi investigators have identified 20 foreigners — 12 Philippine nationals and eight Sri Lankans — suspected to have been involved in the cyber heist of tens of millions of dollars from......
QUETTA: Four commanders along with 140 other militants surrendered their arms to authorities on Monday.The militants surrendered before the commissioner of Kalat division and law enforcement......
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday handed over life sentences to two convicts in the Kasur child abuse case.ATC special court’s judge Chaudhry Mohammad Ilyas heard the case and announced......
KARACHI: Recently crowned World Twenty20 champions the West Indies have turned down a request from Pakistan to play matches in the country due to security fears, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman......
Inzamam-ul-Haq has been appointed the chief selector of Pakistan and the former captain hopes he will be ‘allowed to work independently’ as the team looks to rebuild after an unsuccessful World......
PUNE: A 16-year-old girl, who claimed to have been brought to Pune from West Bengal on the pretext of a job, alleged she was tortured and forced into prostitution for the past two years, during which......
KARACHI: Former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal on Monday announced that incumbent member of the Sindh Assembly from PS-127 Malir, Ashfaq Mangi, was the latest Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) lawmaker to......
NEW DELHI: The priceless Koh-i-Noor, which is a part of Queen Elizabeth's crown, was given to Britain and not stolen, India's government on Monday told the Supreme Court, which is hearing a suit......
BARCELONA: Fresh from claiming his first title in nearly two years at the Monte Carlo Masters, Rafael Nadal can tie Guillermo Vilas's record of 49 clay court titles on home soil at the Barcelona Open......
ANKARA: Turkey's state-run news agency says police have detained 101 people suspected of having financial links to United States-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is accused of attempting to......
DERA GHAZI KHAN/LAHORE: A heavy exchange of fire commenced on Monday afternoon between security forces and gangsters, with two army helicopters flying overhead for reconnaissance purposes.Earlier,......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday ordered police to register a case against SSP Malir Rao Anwar over allegations he killed a man during a "staged encounter".The father of Amir, the......
After Israel's war against Gaza militants in 2014, Arab countries led the way in pledging reconstruction aid to the devastated seaside enclave. But a new report released Monday by the World Bank......
LONDON: A British Airways plane struck an object believed to be a drone on Sunday as it was coming in for landing at Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, police said.An investigation has been launched......
SPIN BOLDAK: At first glance Mohibullah looks an ordinary Afghan teenager, wide-eyed with a tender smile, a little peach fuzz and a boyish dream of becoming a kick boxer. But this 15-year-old is......
I’ve been hanging out with the bros, doing bro things; like playing video games, watching soccer matches, annihilating pizzas and stuff. These are bro things, because obviously, women don’t do them —......
Pakistan's Test captain, Misbah-ul-haq, wants to be in the best possible shape for his side's daunting summer challenge in England and will turn up for the ‘A’ side to prepare for it.Misbah, 42, has......
KARACHI: A retired army man and his nephew were shot at and wounded in the city's Gulshan-i-Iqbal area on Monday, police said.Major (retd) Jamil Kiani and his nephew Jibran Kiani were severely......
NEW DELHI: England have attempted a minor shake-up of the largely conventional world of Test cricket by offering to use a points-based system to determine the winner of their home series against Sri......
MUZAFFARABAD: An Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) commissioner and his son were killed and five other members of his family went missing after a vehicle they were travelling in plunged into River Neelum......
BEIJING: A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time publicly landed at a new airport on an island China has built in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Monday, raising the......
PESHAWAR: The service status of around 25,000 nontransferable teachers appointed in the government schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during last over two years is still unclear, according to......
PESHAWAR: In an effort to prove an ace, leaks from the Anti-Corruption Establishment Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to news-hungry media, questioning authenticity of Peshawar Museum’s rich and unique collection......
KARAK: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf workers on Sunday accused the adviser to chief minister on prison affairs Qasim Khan Khattak of corruption and of taking no interest in resolving people’s......
MINGORA: A large number of people attended the spring Mushaira (poetry session) in Shamozai area here on Sunday.The poets and writers shed light on different colours of spring and received applause......
ISLAMABAD: Aerial surveillance conducted as part of added security measures for the President of Mauritius, Dr Bibi Ameenah Firdaus’ visit, gave rise to rumours and scared citizens, according to a......
RAWALPINDI: In line with the Punjab government’s decision to expand the Dolphin Force from Lahore to other major cities, the Rawalpindi police have submitted a summary to the provincial authorities......
ISLAMABAD: Although discussions at literary events rarely stay on topic, on Sunday, two separate sessions focusing on women and gender issues, got irreversibly sidetracked from their original......
ISLAMABAD: Sessions commemorating two Urdu literary legends, Fatima Surraiya Bajia and Intizar Hussain, who passed away this February, were held on Sunday, the final day of the Islamabad Literature......
ISLAMABAD: The May 2013 general elections were said to mark the first ‘democratic’ transition from one civilian government to another, and have since been seen as a kind of new beginning for......
ISLAMABAD: “It’s a click-based world, and sometimes, people say outrageous things online for clicks.” This was how curator Qudsia Rahim described the social media phenomenon and its elusive......
ISLAMABAD: The closing ceremony debacle began before the first speaker took to the podium. Insufficient space, a shortage of chairs and frenzied queuing for the dubious honour of hearing the two......
ISLAMABAD: Shattering the impression that the term of Chief Justice AR Cornelius was a ‘golden age’ in our country’s judicial history, Advocate Faisal Siddiqui declared that “Cornelius legitimised......
RAWALPINDI: After getting permission from the government to celebrate its 20th foundation day at Fatima Jinnah Park in the federal capital, PTI has now declared that the event will be a family......
“Where words fail, music speaks.” A quote by Hans Christian Andersen, who was a 18th century Danish poet and author. Music has no boundaries and language barriers. Over the years, there has been a......
JHANG: Police employ every tactic to keep the crime graph low in papers to earn praise from their superiors.In most of the cases, police either implicate even complainants in false cases or tease......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Condition of the local wildlife park and zoo has deteriorated over the years due to paucity of funds.The park was established in 1986 on 15 acres on Kacha Sadiqabad road, 7km from the......
In contrast to the rocky political road, the road to Raiwind in reality, provides for rather smooth sailing. A few years ago travelling to the Shaukat Khanum was like taking a trip in wilderness. Now......
LAHORE: The Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) and Cross Route Motorcycle Travellers Club of Pakistan jointly celebrated World Heritage Day here on Sunday.According to a WCLA spokesperson, a......
KARACHI: The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and Diabetes and Ramadan (DaR) have unveiled elaborate guidelines for the 148 million Muslims with diabetes worldwide, most of whom fast during......
APRIL 23 marks the World Book Day. First celebrated on April 23, 1995, now the day is an annual feature and is celebrated by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation to......
KARACHI: In a thinly veiled reference to the repeated allegations of former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Sunday condemned those accusing it of being an ‘anti-state’......
HYDERABAD: Sindhi scholars, writers and intellectuals actively participated in the Hyderabad literature festival on the third and last day on Sunday where a couple of sessions were held.Talking about......
SUKKUR: Sardar Muhammad Muqeem Khan Khoso, PPP MPA from PS-14 Jacobabad and the chieftain of the Khoso community died after a long illness at a hospital Karachi. He was 67 years of age. He was buried......
MIRPURKHAS: Police on Sunday morning arrested a suspect, Saleem Phoolwala, said to be associated with the Pak Sarzameen Party, in connection with his alleged involvement in firing on an Awami Tehreek......
MINAMI ASO: Rescuers used shovels to dig through mountains of soil on Sunday as they raced against the threat of more landslides to reach people still trapped by two big earthquakes in Japan.Some 42......
NEW DELHI: A bus carrying artists of an opera troupe plunged 76 metres into a gorge in eastern India Sunday, killing at least 25 people, media reports said.The accident happened when the driver of......
CAIRO: French President Francois Hollande arrived in Cairo on Sunday for a two-day visit seen as a boost for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, with security and economic cooperation on the......
PARIS: The “Up All Night” protests that are sweeping France are increasingly being marred by violence and police have warned the organisers not to let their peaceful cause be hijacked by......
AHMEDABAD: Stone-throwing protesters clashed with police firing tear gas in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state on Sunday, the latest caste violence over demands for preferential......
BAGHDAD: Several hundred demonstrators took part in a renewed sit-in in central Baghdad on Sunday to call for reforms, following another that lasted for two weeks last month.The protesters began......
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday that the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights would “forever” remain in his country’s hands as his cabinet held its first meeting in the......
SANTIAGO: Four million people in Santiago were without tap water on Sunday after unusually heavy rain pounding central Chile triggered landslides that fouled the city’s water supply and forced the......
GENEVA: As Charlie Chaplin finished out his long life on his bucolic Swiss manor, the former silent film star worried about drifting into oblivion, his connoisseurs say.Little chance of that. The......
MADRID: He is best known for Don Quixote, but the eventful life of Spain’s revered author Miguel de Cervantes was just as intriguing as any adventures of the delusional wanna-be knight of his famous......
NEW YORK: When Bernie Sanders called Israel’s response in the 2014 Gaza war disproportionate and urged America to be more balanced on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he smashed a presidential......
PARIS: On Thursday, French President François Hollande submitted to a lengthy televised interview for the first time in months. His mission: to persuade those who elected him in 2012 — the young and......
MONACO: Rafa Nadal ended his four-year wait for a ninth Monte Carlo Masters title by overcoming a sloppy performance on his serve to beat Gael Monfils 7-5, 5-7, 6-0 in nearly three hours on Sunday in......
LONDON: Karolina Pliskova and Lucie Hradecka secured the Czech Republic a fifth Fed Cup final appearance in six years with victory in the deciding doubles against Switzerland on Sunday.The semi-final......
MILAN: Juventus moved nine points clear at the top of Serie A after defeating Palermo 4-0 at home on Sunday and Francesco Totti bagged a dramatic late equaliser as AS Roma drew 3-3 at Atalanta.With......
SHANGHAI: Nico Rosberg of Mercedes escaped unscathed from a wild first lap at the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday, and then showed why he’s the driver to beat this year in Formula......
BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund eased past nine-man Hamburg SV 3-0 on Sunday to keep their slim Bundesliga title hopes alive as they moved seven points behind leaders Bayern Munich with four games......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board’s idea of providing ten under-19 players early exposure in a top-level domestic competition during the impeding Pakistan Cup at Faisalabad is a move in the......
LONDON: Leaders Leicester City salvaged a point with a penalty from the last kick of the game to draw 2-2 with West Ham United on Sunday and open up an eight-point gap over Tottenham Hotspur at the......
LEADING Indian industrialists, who just a few years ago were seen as knights in shining armour, rescuing floundering international companies from sure death, are today being seen in a different light......
ALMOST nine years after the west’s financial crisis started, interest rates remain ultra-low. Indeed, a quarter of the world economy now suffers negative interest rates. This condition is as worrying......
AFTER 16 years of deregulation, the government has decided to regulate liquefied petroleum gas pricing and expand through a pipeline network the product market, hitherto limited to tankers and......
A little more than a year ago, Azan Malik partnered with his friends to found a tech firm to provide periodic maintenance services to the car owners in Lahore through online appointments at their......
Informal business — without a formal company cover — is rampant in Pakistan, with the suspected presence of just a few empty capsule firms — shell companies to veil opaque transactions.In the......
THE government raised Rs57.577bn from the auction of treasury bills of various tenors on April 13, much lower than its target of Rs225bn and also substantially lower against the bids received worth a......
THE local market saw the rupee hovering near the current levels against the dollar with major currency dealers closely monitoring the political developments and foreign capital flows last week.The......
HOUSING finance is picking up following a demand uptick in major cities but still it is moving at a snail’s pace as the organised real estate sector is enormously under-served by the formal......
ON April 9, the State Bank of Pakistan, in its Monetary Policy Statement, left the key interest rate unchanged at 6pc for the next two months.The inflation numbers [measured by the Consumer Price......
HAVING achieved a market capitalisation of Rs127bn, the non-life or general insurance companies are poised for further growth. Big among them are striving to become bigger by diversifying their......
WHEN the government launched the Trade Dispute Resolution Organisation in 2014, the trading community responded warmly but administrative and policy issues have eventnually turned it into a virtually......
Attock Petroleum Limited announced its results last week, posting earnings of Rs2,376 million (EPS: Rs28.65) during the first nine months of this fiscal year up by 22 per cent, on year-on-year basis,......
THE upstream oil and gas exploration sector in Pakistan is significantly off the radar for oil majors. Oil majors are not playing any significant role in the country despite its impressive geology......
WITH the field temperature rising close to 40 and the wheat crop maturing quickly, the Punjab Food Department should pull its socks up.Setting a procurement target of four million tonnes — though the......
CLIMATE change potential vulnerabilities in Pakistan are serious, but the national focus on addressing the challenge is weak. Major risks include rise in the sea level, glacial retreat, floods,......
SINDH lacks effective and quality agriculture extension services because the work of its related department is often described as either below par or non-existent. Outreach to farmers is handicapped......
ISLAMABAD: President of Mauritius Dr Bibi Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim planted a friendship sapling at the memorial garden of Shakarparian on Sunday.Minister of State for Information Technology......
ISLAMABAD: With Tarbela Dam having lost over 35 per cent of its storage capacity, the government has decided against de-sedimentation of the reservoir, fearing an irreparable loss to downstream......
ISLAMABAD: Over 143,368 Pakistanis will perform Haj this year and banks will start receiving applications from Monday.According to the Haj policy-2016, the applications under government quota will be......
WASHINGTON: A spokesman for the Pakistan Embassy here has rejected as baseless media reports about a minister-level meeting between Pakistan and Panama on the sidelines of ongoing ‘spring meetings’......
ISLAMABAD: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has condemned the federal government for what he called carrying out pre-poll rigging in Azad Jammu and Kashmir ahead of general elections.“By......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf will hold a meeting on Tuesday to review developments related to Panama Papers leaks.PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi will preside over the meeting.The......
CAMBRIDGE: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN Dr Maleeha Lodhi has said that it was important to create a culture of optimism in Pakistan to empower it to meet its various challenges.Speaking at the......
WASHINGTON: The Executive Vice President of the International Finance Commission (IFC), Philippe Houerou, praised economic policies and financial discipline of the Pakistan government.In a meeting......
ISLAMABAD: The return of Temporarily Displaced Persons (TDPs) of Kurram and North Waziristan agencies to their homes will begin from Wednesday.According to Fata Disaster Management Authority, a......
ISLAMABAD: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called upon India to implement the UN Security Council’s resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir.According to the Foreign Office spokesman, the......
PORTOVIEJO: Rescuers in Ecuador raced to dig out people trapped under the rubble of homes and businesses on Sunday, following a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 233 people.Vice......
DOHA: Saudi Arabia demanded on Sunday that Iran join a global deal on freezing oil output, jeopardising the chances of an agreement between Opec and non-Opec producers that was supposed to prop up......
KAKAPORA: In a graveyard at his school in India-held Kashmir, principal Ghulam Ahmed Bhat stares sadly at a mound of freshly dug earth after another former pupil was killed in the region’s......
TEHRAN: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday vowed to defend Muslim countries against terrorism and Israel while insisting that its neighbours should not feel threatened.Speaking during a......
LAHORE: The Chotoo gang released a few of the two dozen hostage policemen on Sunday and demanded a safe passage in return for the release of the remaining hostages.A well-placed source, however, told......
LANDI KOTAL: An activist of a pro-government armed group and a would-be suicide attacker were killed in the Bazaar Zakhakhel area of Khyber tribal region late on Saturday night.A spokesman for the......
IN November 2012, an explosion took place in a flat in Karachi’s ‘posh’ Defence area. In the newsroom I was working in at the time, we reacted in the standard manner: the police were called for......
PAKISTAN’S history of financial scandals offers little hope of the Panama leaks’ controversy finally provoking a tightening of the noose around the rich and the mighty.The ultimate fate of the once......
CONSERVATIVE lobbies’ reasoning skills mirror that of 18th-century physician Dr Samuel Cartwright. He discovered, diagnosed, and treated a supposed mental illness, ‘drapetomania’, which manifested as......
Pakistan is at a crossroads. As usual. This is not a surprise, for Pakistan is — always has and always been — at a crossroads; perhaps it always will be.It seems so obvious that the country is at a......
