ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday disdained the comments made by US presidential front-runner Donald Trump and asserted that “the fate of Shakeel Afridi will only be......
KARACHI: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Monday issued a show cause notice to a private news channel for airing 'inappropriate' and 'immoral' comments by Qandeel Baloch, a......
MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo's chances of facing Manchester City in the second leg of Real Madrid's Champions League semi-final on Wednesday were boosted as the Portuguese took a full part in training......
Pakistan's new selectors Monday dropped star players Shahid Afridi, Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal from next month's tour of England, stressing there would be no compromises after the country's......
TEHRAN: Iran has passed a law allowing the government to grant citizenship to the families of foreigners killed while fighting for the Islamic republic, the official IRNA news agency reported......
ISLAMABAD: A two-member staff delegation of the United States (US) House Foreign Affairs Committee assured Pakistani authorities of the US' continued provision of military equipment and assistance......
KARACHI: Chaos ensued at the Sindh Assembly as security was ramped up days after a private TV channel host managed to sneak a gun into the building in order to expose lax security at the venue.Know......
WASHINGTON: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has marked the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden by live-tweeting ? with a five-year delay ? the raid by United States (US) special......
ISLAMABAD: The Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Monday informed the Supreme Court, while submitting a list of 171 missing workers, that 100 of their workers have gone missing during the current......
QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday launched the state-run National Health Programme (NHP) benefiting about 76,000 families in four districts of Balochistan.Underprivileged residents of......
A blistering ton by Fakhar Zaman and ruthless bowling by Yasir Shah led Younis Khan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) side to claim the inaugural Pakistan Cup title as they beat Punjab by a humiliating......
KOLKATA: Four people were killed when the crude bombs they were making exploded in India's West Bengal, where bitterly fought state elections are underway, a senior police official said......
CAIRO: Egyptian police on Sunday raided the press syndicate in Cairo and arrested two journalists critical of the government, a syndicate official and reporters said in what the syndicate called an......
ISLAMABAD: Five years ago, elite United States forces shot and killed Osama bin Laden, ending a manhunt that began in earnest after his Al Qaeda operatives hijacked planes and flew them into......
PESHAWAR: Fifteen people, including three children, were injured in a late-night attack Sunday on a Jamaatud Dawa madrassah in Peshawar's Tehkal area.Superintendent Police Cantonment Peshawar Kashif......
SYDNEY: Australian captain Steve Smith on Monday pulled out of the Indian Premier League with a wrist injury and will return home for treatment ahead of the tour to the West Indies.Cricket Australia......
Former England coach Peter Moores has turned down an opportunity to succeed Waqar Younis as the new Pakistan coach, the 53-year-old Englishman said.Coaching Pakistan, traditionally a fractious bunch......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department is starting a pilot project, separating polio workers from the staffers of the expanded programme on immunisation to strengthen routine immunisation......
MINGORA: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that decisions to form governments in Pakistan are made by the international capitalists’ network following Jewish agenda.He......
PESHAWAR: The labourers have urged the government to implement its decision regarding minimum wages, regularise all contractual employees in various departments and ensure free medical and education......
MANSEHRA: Federal Minister for Haj Sardar Mohammad Yousuf has said that PML-N will soon table Hazara province resolution in the National Assembly with the support of other parties in the......
GHALANAI: Future of 40 community-based educational centres in Pandiali and upper Prang Ghar tehsils of Mohmand Agency is uncertain as the task of managing these has been handed over to local people......
The killing of a member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Sardar Soran Singh, on April 22, 2016 in Buner district has brought to light flaws in the provisions of the Constitution of Pakistan and other......
ISLAMABAD: Though lawyers belonging to Islamabad have long been calling for the appointment of a local lawyer as a judge of the Federal Shariat Court (FSC), the FSC law is silent on ‘accommodating’......
ISLAMABAD: A fire broke out in a kiosk located in F-6 sector on Sunday evening.It took over one hour for three fire tenders of the CDA to extinguish the flames.The CDA fire and rescue officials said......
ISLAMABAD: The Nomad Gallery opened an exhibition of paintings by Adeela Zahid which were inspired by her travels within the country.Most of Ms Zahid’s paintings that were put on display were of......
RAWALPINDI: Trade unionists, political activists and workers at a conference on Sunday demanded restoration of labour inspection survey at the provincial level, amendments to the industrial relation......
RAWALPINDI: Enjoyed throughout the year, gunnay ka rus (sugarcane juice) stands out among fresh juices for being both healthy and refreshing.The juice is extracted using a machine that presses fresh......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has completed the PC-1, worth over Rs3 billion, for renovating 200 schools under the Prime Minister’s Education Reforms Programme.“After......
TAXILA: Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmed here on Sunday dispelled the impression that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s mass contact drive was a preparation for early general......
ISLAMABAD: A number of people participated in a religious congregation in I-12/1, near Carriage Factory, on Sunday.A police official, who was not authorised to speak on the record, said foolproof......
ISLAMABAD: Despite the already irregular water supply in the federal capital, the situation is set to get worse as summer approaches.Nearly a decade since the problem began, the Capital Development......
ISLAMABAD: The ‘PCB-AHC Girls Cup 2016’ brought together teams from four underprivileged schools whose students enjoyed cricket with full enthusiasm.The girl students of Pakistan Sweet Homes, Mashal......
LAHORE: Revival of the fundamental right to form an association, provision of safe working conditions at workplace and stringent measures to check price hike are the major demands raised by the......
LAYYAH: Two more people have succumbed to poisonous sweetmeats at the Jinnah Hospital Lahore, pushing the death toll up to 31.The latest casualties include a 15-year old boy, Mujahid Hussain, son of......
SAHIWAL: Chichawatni city police have booked five employees of a transport company and owner of a bus terminal under blasphemy law for desecrating turban of a Sikh passenger during a scuffle for......
LAHORE: Regular announcement warning the passengers of pickpockets in Metro buses is confession of one of so many shortcomings in the service which costs billions of rupees and is still the pride of......
OKARA: PML-N MNA Chaudhry Riazul Haq Juj has said that Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is keen to provide education especially for the children of brick kiln workers.Speaking at a function arranged to......
KARACHI: Various workers organisations held seminars, symposia and took out processions to mark International Labour Day (May Day) on Sunday. The refrain at all events was the demand to abolish the......
KARACHI: As the joint investigation team found that Uzair Baloch had allegedly worked for an Iranian intelligence agency, it has recommended that the head of the outlawed Peoples Amn Committee be......
While newspapers and magazines are switching over to e-publishing all over the world, it is nice to see that some Urdu literary magazines are not only surviving in the traditional mode but......
KARACHI: It’s that time of the year again when the Pakistan Advertisers Society (PAS) holds its annual awards function, which it did for 2016 at the Expo Centre on Saturday night. The awards aim to......
HYDERABAD: Workers across Sindh took part in rallies and other programmes held in various cities to observe Labour Day and pay homage to the martyrs of Chicago who laid down their lives in 1886 for......
EMOYA SANCTUARY: Thirty-three lions rescued from circuses in Peru and Colombia set paw on the African veld for the first time on Sunday after an epic journey by plane and truck.The lions roared in......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s daughter Malia will take a year off after graduating high school in June before attending Harvard University in 2017, the president and his wife said on Sunday in......
PARIS: Turkish police used tear gas and water cannon against May Day protesters on Sunday while France was on high alert for more violent protests against labour reforms during the annual celebration......
ROME: Fifteen migrants are missing after their boat sank on Friday, the second shipwreck that day in the Mediterranean, bringing the number of lives lost to almost 100, the UN said on Sunday.A boat......
SEOUL: After four years of top-level reshuffles, purges and executions, Kim Jong-un will formally cement his unassailable status as North Korea’s supreme leader at a landmark ruling party congress......
President Barack Obama’s last speech at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Saturday night was, like his previous years, packed with jokes. Targets included the media, the 2016......
KUWAIT CITY: Yemen’s government suspended on Sunday its participation in “direct” talks with rebels in protest at their takeover of a military base in the war-torn country despite a ceasefire,......
SOCHI: Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg chalked up his seventh win in a row at the Russian Grand Prix on Sunday with team mate Lewis Hamilton fighting back from 10th on the grid, dodging......
MADRID: La Liga leaders Barcelona moved closer to retaining their crown with a lacklustre 2-0 away win over 10-man Real Betis thanks to second-half goals from Ivan Rakitic and Luis Suarez on......
MILAN: Juventus refused to let up despite having already won Serie A and notched their 25th win in their last 26 league games by beating Carpi 2-0 on Sunday.Brazilian midfielder Hernanes, with his......
SOMETHING incredible happened last week at the Jinnah stadium in Islamabad.In the athletics championship during the Quaid-e-Azam Inter-provincial Games, Sindh’s amateur athletics team pulled off a......
KARACHI: Fakhar Zaman underlined his immense potential with a brilliant century as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reached 311-9 against Punjab in the final of the Cool & Cool presents Haier Pakistan Cup one-day......
KARACHI: Fancied four-year-old chestnut filly Tiggy Wiggy made it two victories on the trot while lifting the Labour Day Cup in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.The filly......
MANCHESTER: Leicester City missed their first opportunity to clinch the Premier League title, drawing 1-1 at Manchester United on Sunday to move within two points of the most unlikely championship in......
QUETTA: The Senate’s Standing Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has expressed dismay over “Islamabad’s lack of interest” in starting work on the western route of corridor which,......
QUETTA: Senior Vice President of PML-N Senator Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasar has rejected call for the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and early elections in the country, adding that law and......
KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has said that his party’s drive to eliminate corruption from society is not aimed to derail the democracy in the country but to highlight the root causes of......
ISLAMABAD: Opposition leaders will be gathering here on Monday to devise a common strategy on the issue of Panama Papers leaks and to put pressure on the government to change the terms of reference......
KARACHI: The government made 471 requests to Facebook for data related to 706 accounts/users in the latter half of last year, marking a two-fold increase in the number of requests made to the social......
QUETTA: Rallies and other programmes were organised in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan on Sunday to mark the Labour Day.In Quetta, the All Pakistan Labour Federation (APLF) and the Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs will take up on Monday an important bill seeking gender-based segregation of polled votes and re-election in a constituency where......
SOON after coming to power in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2013, the PTI-led coalition government banned the issuance of new licences for mineral exploration. The move halted fresh investment, caused huge......
PAKISTAN is the fifth largest producer and the fourth-biggest exporter of different varieties of mangoes. While production is dominated by two major varieties — Chaunsa and Sindhri — other varieties......
A TEMPORARY ban imposed by the Supreme Court on the registration of high-end diesel cars and SUVs in Delhi and the National Capital Region has shaken the automobile industry and led to heated......
WASHINGTON: The US Congress, which last week withdrew funds for an F-16 deal to force Pakistan to act against the Haqqani network, is now considering another cut, this time to persuade Islamabad to......
NAJAF: The militant Islamic State group carried out rare attacks in Iraq’s deep Shia south on Sunday, killing at least 33 people with twin suicide car bomb blasts in the city of Samawa.“The hospitals......
TEHRAN: Iran’s outgoing parliament approved a motion on Sunday to increase the capabilities of the country’s ballistic missiles, a military programme that has been ruled dangerous by the United......
AS the PML-N government completes its third year next month, it plans to change gears from fiscal stabilisation to economic growth, not much distracted by severe political assault by a hyper-active......
THERE appears to be a shift in the political positioning of the business community that has historically preferred autocracy to democracy. Despite their reservations over the Nawaz government’s......
A slew of tax reforms and non-development expenditure cuts have significantly boosted Punjab’s tax revenues and decelerated pace of growth in its current expense during the first three quarters of......
DIVERGENT trend was witnessed in the local currency market last week as politics overshadowed the trading activities where the dollar displayed strength against the rupee amid mounting month-end......
ONLINE banking is growing despite heavy odds which have restricted its pace of market penetration to realise its full potential.As the usage of the internet and smart-phone is expanding, e-banking is......
THE two worrisome long persisting problems facing the country which can be coupled together are: poor governance and a thriving tax avoidance culture.In the absence of good governance (prudent......
According to the weekly statement of position of all scheduled banks for the week ended April 15, 2016, deposits and other accounts of all scheduled banks increased 0.22pc to Rs9,608.645bn over the......
Shezan International Limited — a listed company with Rs3.42bn in total assets, produces beverages, juices, pickles, sauces, jams and ketchup. By comparison, the company is a smaller unit on the fast......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday to present himself for accountability for his “proven” corruption, tax evasion, money laundering and......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will launch the National Health Programme in Quetta on Monday.At least 76,000 poor families have been selected from Quetta through the data of Benazir Income......
ISLAMABAD: Good manners and civility seemed to be the major casualties as the ruling PML-N took the fight to the opposition. In fact, given the way the PPP and PML-N have opened a fresh front, it......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) began talks on Sunday in connection with the 11th review of the $6.5 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF), which would lead up to the......
IT looks as if we are not going to have a single authoritative account of the May 2, 2011, raid in Abbottabad that killed Osama bin Laden — at least not any time soon.In fact, there will be newer......
Nothing perhaps would offend Narendra Modi so much as being portrayed as an admirer of the formidable Indira Gandhi — at least in public. The BJP’s strongman who thumped his 56-inch chest to be voted......
THE latest forecasts for global trade issued by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) show a situation which might be described as bland — the sluggish growth in the volume of world trade registered......
THE taxonomy of water is a hotly debated subject in international policy circles; it has been classified as an economic good, a commodity, a subject of environmental protection, and even right and......
IF you happened to read any major newspaper last Thursday, you couldn’t have missed a half-page ad placed by the government of Pakistan. With a title reading “lies always get exposed”, the......
KARACHI: Police on Sunday night claimed to have killed four suspects in an encounter in Dalmia area of the metropolis, said an official of Aziz Bhatti police station.Acting on a tip off about......
