ROME: Improved sea conditions are permitting the Italian navy to resume a complex operation to recover a sunken fishing boat with the bodies of hundreds of migrants inside.Navy vessels are set to......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's labour minister is dissatisfied with the level of female employment in the conservative kingdom but their not being allowed to drive is not to blame, he said Tuesday.Female......
MITHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lawmakers are reported to have defied the ban on hunting by killing five deer of a rare specie in Nagarparkar area of Tharparkar district on Tuesday.Sources tell......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday confirmed the death sentences of 11 convicts tried by military courts, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.The 11 "hardcore......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) senior leader Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, briefing the media on Tuesday after a meeting conducted by opposition parties to decide the Terms of Reference (ToR),......
DHAKA: Bangladesh police were Tuesday investigating a new hit-list that includes the head of a university, journalists and ruling party officials, after a series of gruesome killings.Police said they......
NEW YORK: Researchers who helped detect gravitational waves for the first time, confirming part of Albert Einstein's theory in a landmark moment in scientific history, will share a $3 million Special......
Pakistan moved up to the third position in the ICC Test Rankings, placed just below arch-rivals India with a difference of just a point while Australia went six points clear at the top, announced......
BUDAPEST: European football's governing body UEFA elected Frenchwoman Florence Hardouin as its first female executive member in a landmark vote at a congress in Budapest on Tuesday.Hardouin, French......
NAIROBI: Kenyan rescuers pulled an 18-month-old toddler alive from the rubble of a six-storey building on Tuesday, four days after the block collapsed killing 23 people, police said."Good news!"......
DUBAI: A new report released on Tuesday by an anti-corruption watchdog shows that on average, almost a third of the people in nine countries surveyed in the Middle East have had to pay a bribe to......
Donald Trump is making huge waves in the US electoral process. The media loves his outrageous statements like a Kim Kardashian selfie.Democrats hate him and Republicans get nightmares when they......
TEHRAN: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has rallied for more freedom of speech in his country, saying government critics should not be imprisoned.Rouhani says that "critics should not be detained,......
LOS ANGELES: Two lawsuits filed in California on Monday claim that Muslim women were discriminated against in separate incidents because of their religion and for wearing the hijab.One of the suits......
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia will loosen restrictions on foreign ownership in its stock market in order to improve the investment environment, the Capital Market Authority said on Tuesday.Each investor under......
NEW DELHI: India police are hunting a man who sexually mutilated and murdered a student, an officer said Tuesday, an attack which echoes the 2012 fatal gang-rape of a Delhi student that sparked mass......
KABUL: The family of a five-year-old Afghan boy who received autographed shirts from his football hero Lionel Messi was forced to leave Afghanistan amid constant telephone threats, the boy's father......
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: Pakistan will acquire jets from elsewhere if the United States (US) does not arrange funding for a previously agreed upon F-16 fighter jet sale, Sartaj Aziz, the prime minister's adviser......
Leicester City completed their fairytale Premier League title quest on Monday after Tottenham Hotspur could only manage a 2-2 draw in a pulsating game with outgoing champions Chelsea.With Leicester's......
KARACHI: Director General (DG) Rangers Major General Bilal Akber accepted that the deceased MQM worker was tortured by Rangers in custody and vowed that strict action will be taken against those......
Infinix is a relatively new brand in Pakistan's smartphone market, but if online sales are anything to go by, the brand's budget friendly android phones have taken users by surprise with their......
QUETTA: Five police personnel were wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Quetta's Eastern Bypass area on Tuesday, police sources said.A contingent of police were patrolling the......
PESHAWAR: The residents of different areas took out processions and blocked main roads in the provincial metropolis on Monday to protest prolonged power outages.The commuters faced hardships and......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government seemed distant and uncaring when the issue of the recent unrest in Chitral, where earthquake-affected families tired of waiting for the relief had......
NEW DELHI: It is a torrid summer that has arrived in the Indian capital much earlier than expected. In the blazing heat of the sun, the glass-clad exteriors of the shops in the Janpath market flash......
WASHINGTON: The US State Department has said that Pakistan will have to pay from its own funds if it wants to buy F-16 fighter jets.Pakistan had earlier reached an understanding with the US for......
ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee on Monday deferred consideration of a bill that seeks to declare invalid an election where women voters cast less than 10 per cent votes after a technical objection was......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Chairs in 14 different international universities, which are supposed to be instrumental for image building of the country, have been lying vacant for five to 10 years.On the......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has directed heads of Nadra and Passport Office to ensure that all people living in the country and abroad get CNICs and passports without......
ISLAMABAD: After an aggressive presser in Lahore over the weekend, it was the turn of junior government ministers and lawmakers from the National Assembly who, on Monday, lashed out at the opposition......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly standing committee on human rights on Monday took up the recent rape case at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and directed the hospital management to......
RAWALPINDI: A group of alleged smugglers on Sunday night got a truck loaded with smuggled goods released from the Customs Intelligence officials who had seized it (truck) near Jhelum and were taking......
ISLAMABAD: Real estate agents held a protest on Monday at the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) office, alleging that the corruption in the civic agency was affecting their business.Dozens of......
GUJRAT: The district coordination committee is going to send a proposal to the Punjab government for the construction of an underpass at the Sain Raja railway crossing, connecting GT Road with the......
LAHORE: The provincial capital which has lost over 2,200 trees due to various infrastructure development projects within a short span of last two years, is set to lose 1,700 more trees due to another......
LAHORE: Police on Monday registered a case against around 100 unidentified men for allegedly harassing women workers of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) during its anti-corruption rally on The Mall a......
LAHORE: The Punjab police department has finalised the recruitment process of over 4,000 security constables for the protection of Chinese experts working at various projects in Punjab.This was......
LAHORE: The judges of a Lahore High Court division bench on Monday turned down a request of the federal government and directed it to present details of the agreement with China on Orange Line Metro......
LAHORE: The Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) has managed to get the MQM Punjab chapter on board, depriving the Altaf Hussain’s party of even a ‘little’ representation in the province.During its maiden visit......
FAISALABAD: A large number of residents of Koh-i-Noor flats, including women and children, staged a demonstration and a sit-in on Jaranwala Road near Susan Chowk against the district government’s......
KARACHI: The administrative judge of the antiterrorism courts remanded on Monday a suspect with his father in police custody in a case pertaining to the murder of his teenage sister.Hayat Khan was......
BADIN: The chief of banned Jamaatud Dawa, Hafiz Saeed, has rejected allegations that his organisation is promoting extremism in Thar by opening seminaries in the poverty stricken arid region.Mr Saeed......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement lawmakers on Monday staged a token walkout from the Sindh Assembly session in protest against the alleged harassment of and attacks on their elected representatives......
KARACHI: A coach of Green Line Express train derailed while moving to Karachi Cantonment Station from the washing yard on Monday which took more than two hours to put it back on track, said an......
KATHMANDU: The bodies of top mountaineer Alex Lowe and his cameraman have been found in a Himalayan glacier, 16 years after they were buried by an avalanche on one of the world’s highest......
PARIS: A French journalist infiltrated a cell of would-be jihadists, filming them with a hidden camera as they plotted an attack in the name of the militant Islamic State group, before they were......
SEOUL: The future of Asia’s largest, most-awaited film festival is in question as South Korean film-makers threaten to boycott the red carpet over what they view as government interference.Officials......
PARIS: An international team of scientists said on Monday they had discovered a trio of Earth-like planets that are the best bet so far for finding life outside our solar system.The three orbit an......
PARIS: Anti-Muslim acts in France tripled in 2015, with peaks in activity coming after two sets of deadly terror attacks, a government advisory commission said on Monday.A total of 429 anti-Muslim......
NEW YORK: The head of US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Brennan, has said there is “no evidence” indicating that Saudi Arabia gave backing to Al Qaeda for the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist......
NEW YORK: Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has compared China’s high volume of exports to the United States as trade “rape”.“We can’t continue to allow China to rape our country and......
WASHINGTON: The CIA has marked the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden by live-tweeting — with a five-year delay — the raid by US special forces on the Al Qaeda founder’s compound in......
LONDON: 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......
LAHORE: The newly-appointed national selection committee, headed by Inzamam-ul-Haq, on Monday upheld the merit and displayed a lot of maturity by showing the door to undisciplined cricketers Ahmed......
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear that all state cricket associations have to “fall in line” with recommendations of Justice R.M. Lodha led-panel on structural reforms in the BCCI......
SYDNEY: Australian captain Steve Smith on Monday became the latest player to pull out of the Indian Premier League with a wrist injury and will return home for treatment ahead of the tour to the West......
LONDON: Australia’s Adam Voges has been released from hospital after suffering a bizarre head injury captaining English county side Middlesex.Voges was struck on the back of the head Sunday by a ball......
PUNE: Mumbai Indians made it three victories on the trot as Kings XI Punjab celebrated just their second success in the Indian Premier League when they upstaged Gujarat Lions on Sunday.Mumbai skipper......
PESHAWAR: The top two seeds at the All-Pakistan Shuhada-e-Army National Ranking Badminton Tournament, Murad Ali and Owais Zahid were stunned in the semi-finals by Abdul Rehman and Irfan Saeed......
SHEFFIELD: Ding Junhui’s bid to become the first Asian to win the world title was on a knife-edge Sunday when he trailed former champion Mark Selby 10-7 in the best-of-35 frame championship match.The......
MUNICH: Bayern Munich are looking to their strength at home to overturn a 1-0 loss to Atletico Madrid on Tuesday and avoid losing a third consecutive Champions League semi-final to Spanish......
FERNANDO Torres has broken Bayern Munich’s hearts at the Allianz Arena before. He’s relishing a chance of doing so again. This time, though, as a starter.“It’s just unreal to be able to enjoy this......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy is growing at a pace well above the international average. The boost has come at a time when the government is facing a political controversy in the wake of the Panama......
FRANKFURT: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday to co-finance mutually-agreed projects. Both the......
ISLAMABAD: The centre has decided to continue with 7th National Finance Commission (NFC) award on centre-provincial revenue sharing for another year. The five-year constitutional term of the......
KARACHI: Local per tola gold price on Monday hit Rs50,000 for the second time in the current year while the 10 grams gold price stood at Rs 42,857 based on world gold price of $1,299 per ounce.On......
ISLAMABAD: Inflation increased to 4.17 per cent in April from 3.94pc in the preceding month, mainly on the back of hike in pulse and gas prices.On a month-on-month basis, prices rose 1.55pc in April,......
KARACHI: The stocks came under profit-taking on the first trading day of May after extensive gains during the previous month. The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark 100-share index opened in......
NEW DELHI: India will soon scrap an order that requires sugar mills to export excess supply, two government officials said on Monday, after back-to-back droughts look set to turn the country into a......
LONDON: Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright on Monday identified himself as the creator of Bitcoin following years of speculation about who invented the pioneering digital currency.Wright was named......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Readymade Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (Prgmea) on Monday criticised the State Bank of Pakistan for creating panic among exporters by revising the......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved a new micro-insurance product aimed at providing hospitalisation coverage to low-income clients of a microfinance......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday extended the tax amnesty scheme for traders until May 31, 2016 and a formal notification to this effect would be issued shortly.An official in the Federal Board of......
KARACHI: Cotton trading was slow on Monday as sellers preferred to hold back their limited stocks anticipating higher prices in the coming days.Dwindling cotton stocks held by ginners and a long......
LONDON: Gold rose to a fresh 15-month peak on Monday in holiday-thinned trade as an early retreat in the dollar drove prices higher, though it later eased back below $1,300 an ounce as the US......
ISLAMABAD: The government’s new Haj policy came under fire from the Supreme Court and a National Assembly standing committee on Monday for not following the directions of the court, or the......
ISLAMABAD: Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights were shocked to learn on Monday that as many as 828 children had died in Thar over the past three years.The meeting,......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri has said that conspiracies being hatched allegedly by opposition leaders to enter Prime Minister House through shortcuts will be......
ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited grand meeting of opposition parties on Monday ended without any categorical announcement about their future strategy over the Panama leaks scandal due to differences among......
QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has cautioned that protests and sit-ins drive away investment in trade and industry.Referring to the political upheaval caused by the Panama Papers leaks, he said......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has said that he wanted to send Navy SEALs into Pakistan ‘fairly early’ to get Osama but waited until all members of his team had a chance to have their......
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has decided to examine transparency in the award of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) quota to a firm being run by former senators of the Pakistan Peoples......
WHY did the Chief Justice of India (CJI) recently break down in tears? Because of the huge pendency of cases before the Indian courts. It is not clear what the real figure for pending court cases is......
IT is not unlikely that Gurmehar Kaur or her mother has read Sahir Ludhianvi’s anti-war poetry. It is also possible they have read Charles Sumner’s views on human strife. Gurmehar echoes an earnest......
LONG before revelations emerging from the Panama Papers caused a furore over offshore assets allegedly held by the prime minister’s family and other important political and business figures, the......
IN the wake of the successful military operation in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas, the demand for reforms here — referred to in Point 12 of the National Action Plan (NAP) — has become even......
MITHI: At least 162 children lost their lives in past four months due to malnutrition and other complicated diseases in Tharparkar district of Sindh, officials claim.District Health Officer (DHO) Dr......
Islamabad Travel GuideBy Syed SharfuddinAn addition to the very few travel guides available, Islamabad Travel Guide packs in detailed information which will certainly be useful to the first-time......
