UNITED NATIONS: A new UN plan to tackle the worst refugee crisis since World War II would aim to resettle at least 10 per cent of refugees annually, piling pressure on countries to open up their......
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party on Monday made public his university degree certificates, in a bid to disprove allegations by a political opponent that he had fabricated his......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Monday criticised Federal Minister for Housing Akram Khan Durrani, asking him as to how he would topple the PTI-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa......
KARACHI: Pakistan's newly appointed cricket coach Mickey Arthur put his future charges on notice Monday, warning he would not compromise on discipline, fitness and fielding ahead of tough tours in......
LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday announced a new pre-season North v South tournament in the United Arab Emirates, featuring selected players from the County......
RIYADH: Saudi Binladin Group, which has laid off tens of thousands of employees because of financial difficulties, said on Monday it has begun paying delayed wages to its remaining staff.“We managed......
ISLAMABAD: For the first time in country's history the Foreign Office organised a three-day exhibition reflecting Pakistan's ancient culture and civilisation which attracted a large number of history......
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Ali Zafar, after his meeting with Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali on Monday, cast doubts that the CJP is not likely to constitute a......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday raised the unresolved issue of F-16 sale to Pakistan and expressed concern with the visiting commander of US Central Command (Centcom) General Joseph Votel.Secretary......
GENEVA: Michel Platini will resign as UEFA president after failing to overturn his ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which cut his sanction from six to four years.Platini called the verdict......
PARIS: France is launching the final countdown to the European Championship finals where the star appeal of Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic risks being overshadowed by fears of a terrorist......
KARACHI: Names of 259 Pakistanis with links to offshore companies have surfaced in one of the world’s biggest ever data leaks through an online searchable database made public by the International......
LONDON: Manchester United have the glinting incentive of a Champions League place in their sights as they prepare for an emotion-charged Premier League contest at West Ham United on......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a record surge at the start of the business week on Monday as the index climbed by 258.04 points, crossing 36,200.The bullish trend continues from......
ROME: Novak Djokovic heads for Rome this week crediting an unscheduled pause in his claycourt season with helping him clinch a record 29th Masters title.The world number one defeated long-time rival......
QUETTA: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Balochistan, on Monday arrested former chairman of the Balochistan Public Service Commission, Mohammad Ashraf Magsi, over allegations of......
A statue of Hitler on his knees was auctioned Sunday for $17.2 million, a record for a work by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.The wax and resin statue entitled simply “Him” had been expected to......
WELLINGTON: Wealthy Latin Americans are using secretive, tax-free New Zealand shelf companies and trusts to help channel funds around the world, according to a report on Monday based on leaks of the......
“Dead men can’t talk,” Malik Ishaq — leader of militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi — told Fida Hussain Ghalvi and three other men who testified against him during a trial in the presence of a civil......
LONDON: It was January 2016 and oil prices had crashed to their lowest in more than a decade. Saudi Arabia's health minister, Khalid al-Falih, a favourite to take over the oil ministry from his......
PARIS: Astronomers on Monday were preparing for one of the highlights of the skywatchers' year, when the Sun, Mercury and Earth all line up ? a phenomenon that happens just a dozen or so times per......
UPPER DIR: The traders dealing in mushroom say that they face heavy losses owing to imposition of taxes on them by forest department and decrease in prices of mushroom in the market.They said that......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has initiated disciplinary proceedings against district health officers of two districts for their inability to perform in line with targets set forth in......
A bill tabled by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in the provincial assembly on May 6 for making amendments to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission Act (KPECA), 2016, has raised many eyebrows......
RAWALPINDI: Four foreign nationals convicted in drug-related offences were deported to their home countries after their sentences were served in the Adiala Central Jail on Sunday.The deportees were......
ISLAMABAD: Developments in Literacy (DIL) invited the Sachal Studios Orchestra to perform at the Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) on Sunday.The orchestra consists of musical virtuosos who......
RAWALPINDI: Two murder convicts, whose execution was deferred last month, are set to be hanged in the Adiala Jail on Tuesday.The hanging of retired Capt Zaffar Iqbal was postponed twice last month.......
RAWALPINDI: At a rally outside the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club on Sunday, Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) started a campaign against the PML-N led government in relation to the Panama Papers leaks......
LAHORE: Dubai police will hand over the former chairman of the Evacuee Trust Property Board and PPP leader, Asif Hashmi, to the Pakistani authorities in a week or so, officials say.“The interior and......
LAHORE: The energy meters, which the Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) has bought for Rs42,700 apiece, are being purchased by National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) at a whopping price......
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency has claimed to have secured the release of two young men allegedly detained by human smugglers in Turkey.“We arrested four agents who are part of a human......
KARACHI: At least 12 people, including two alleged gangsters, were injured in a grenade explosion near the residence of arrested leader of the banned Peoples Amn Committee Uzair Jan Baloch in......
KARACHI: Day 3 of Hum Sitaray’s Bridal Couture Week — The Gold Edition held at the Palm Marquee showcased bridal fashions by Nickie Nina, Rang Ja, Emraan Rajput, Aisha Imran, Asifa & Nabeel, Amir......
KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Pakistan chief Senator Sirajul Haq has criticised the government of Pakistan for its “failure and criminal silence over extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh on the......
THATTA: Leaders of public opinion, civil society and socio-political activists have strongly opposed preparation for opening a new liquor shop in the city and warned of a massive protest if the......
KARACHI: Though classical dance is a much revered form of artistic expression, it is not given its due in Pakistan and usually looked at with derision and nonchalance. This neglect has cost the......
SUKKUR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to fall victim to the ill-advised strategy he has chosen to pursue over the opposition parties’ sincere advice to bring the Panama Papers leaks issue to......
KARACHI: A protest sit-in outside Chief Minister House was peacefully ended and the slain civil rights campaigner Khurram Zaki was laid to rest after police booked outlawed Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat......
KARACHI: The recent arrest of Raheem Swati, the prime suspect in the murder case of prominent social activist Perween Rahman, would lead to many other high-profile actors involved in land-grabbing......
CAIRO: Egyptian Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani said on Sunday new technology is needed to determine whether Tutankhamun’s tomb contains hidden chambers which a British archaeologist believes......
MANILA: Thirty years after emerging from a brutal dictatorship, Filipinos will face a dilemma when they pick a new leader on Monday: should they choose a sharp-tongued mayor with an audacious promise......
The selfie is about to get serious.Already ubiquitous at parties and for capturing Instagram-worthy landscapes, the act of raising a phone to your face and finding the perfect photo angle could take......
In Pakistan, the only election in Britain’s recent polls that mattered was the mayoral race in London, and Sadiq Khan’s victory over his Conservative Party rival, Zac Goldsmith, was the biggest......
BEIJING: Rescuers on Sunday searched for 33 construction workers missing in a landslide at the site of a hydropower project following days of heavy rain in southern China. Eight other workers were......
CAIRO: Egyptian prosecutors have detained a member of a group of satirists that posted a video mocking the government, a prosecution official and his lawyer said on Sunday, amid a wide-ranging......
FORT MCMURRAY: Wildfires that ravaged a vast area of western Canada’s Alberta province now are threatening a neighbouring region, authorities said on Sunday, as the inferno — which doubled in sized......
PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is infringed by others with nuclear arms, in a speech broadcast on Sunday, and set a......
LONDON: London’s newly elected Muslim mayor paid respect on Sunday to the millions of Jews slain in the Holocaust as his first official act in office.Sadiq Khan made Sunday’s appearance at a north......
BEIRUT: Lebanese voted on Sunday in municipal elections in Beirut and the Bekaa Valley amid tight security and a low turnout in the capital that has recently seen the largest anti-government protests......
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain and legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram has criticised ex-players who refused to apply for the national team’s head coach role through the channels set up by the......
BARCELONA: Barcelona closed in on the La Liga title by thrashing local rivals Espanyol 5-0 on Sunday as Atletico Madrid dropped out of the race after a surprising 2-1 loss to already-relegated......
LONDON: Pep Guardiola could find himself without Champions League football next season after Manchester City’s hopes of qualifying suffered a major setback in a 2-2 draw with Premier League top-four......
LAS VEGAS: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez landed a devastating right hook to knock out Amir Khan in the sixth round to defend his World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight belt on Saturday.After even opening......
LE MANS: Yamaha’s triple MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo won a crash-strewn French Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday to wrest the overall lead from fellow-Spaniard Marc Marquez after the......
MADRID: Romania’s Simona Halep sealed her first title in 14 months with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Dominika Cibulkova to claim the Madrid Open on Saturday.Halep stormed through the first set in half an hour......
PARIS: French international Alexandre Lacazette grabbed a hat-trick as second-placed Olympique Lyonnais all but secured qualification for next season’s Champions League with a 6-1 demolition of......
ROME: Alex Schwazer made a triumphant return from a doping ban to win the 50-kilometer event at the world race walking team championships on Sunday.The victory also secured the Italian a spot in the......
ROME: Francesco Totti came off the bench to make his 600th league appearance for AS Roma as they beat in-form Chievo 3-0 at home on Sunday to provisionally climb to second place in Serie A.The......
BANGALORE: A chanceless century from skipper Virat Kohli powered Royal Challengers Bangalore to just their third win in the Indian Premier League here at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday.Given......
KARACHI: Well built Army sportspersons have maintained their stranglehold with a rich haul of 14 gold medals in the National Taekwondo Championship at the end of the second day at the NED University......
THE payments scenario in India, which has evolved rapidly in recent years, is likely to witness a dramatic transformation over the coming days with the launch of what is definitely ‘a killer app,’......
SwedenSweden’s economic growth has been picking up gradually since 2012 and expanded at a rate of 3.6pc in 2015 — the highest in the EU. Steadily increasing household consumption, solid investment......
HOW times change. When the US embarked on quantitative easing in 2009 it was accused of resorting to competitive devaluation. Now the boot is on the other foot. On Friday under new provisions of the......
THE great development economist Alexander Gerschenkron, expected that developing nations would catch up by making use of new technologies that were unavailable when rich nations were developing.The......
The age of stability and predictability is history. Now economic managers are struggling to come to grips with the key triggers that sway markets without prior warnings.Governments are engaged in the......
OVER the years, renewable energy has gained substantial traction and now contributes more than 20pc to the electricity generation worldwide.In 2013, 120GW of renewable electricity generation capacity......
The government rejected all the bids received for the auction of treasury bills on April 27. The target for the auction was Rs300bn.Total bids received were Rs326.767bn, where 12-month T-bills......
IN the local currency market, the rupee displayed strength against the dollar and euro last week. It was seen in recovery stage against the dollar in early sessions, both on the interbank and open......
THE plunge in global oil prices has proved a boon for AkzoNobel Pakistan, one of the country’s premium paint manufacturing companies, as its operating profit spiked by a hefty 27pc to Rs187m in the......
AUTHENTICITY of official statistics has always been widely questioned in Pakistan. One reason for the controversy is that policymaking — poverty, economic growth, sectoral outputs and prices — is......
A GROWING flower market offers a good opportunity for farmers who want to diversify their sources of income. While cultivating major crops and vegetables, farmers’ interest in floriculture is......
THE total tax revenue raised by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa increased by 17pc, but all of it was virtually contributed by a 32pc growth in sales tax on services collection marked by a sharp drop in direct......
GWADAR: The University of Turbat has signed memorandums of understanding (MoU) with four universities of China’s Hainan province.The pacts were signed during the concluding session of a three-day......
KARACHI: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali regretted on Sunday that the judiciary lacked able and competent judges because of obsolete and outdated education system in the......
SIALKOT: Senior officials of Punjab Rangers handed over on Sunday the body of an Indian national to the neighbouring country’s Border Security Force (BSF) at the Patoli checkpost on the Sialkot......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate will take up on the opening day of its pre-budget session on Monday a crucial bill seeking to curtail powers of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to investigate......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday will face a Senate’s committee on the issue of the publication of official advertisements in which the position of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was defended against......
QUETTA: Director General of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Balochistan, retired Major Tariq Mehmood said on Sunday that the suspended secretary finance of Balochistan, Mushtaq Raisani, had......
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, contradicting his defence minister, scolded Israel’s deputy military chief on Sunday for suggesting that Israeli society was showing signs of Nazi-like......
RIYADH: With a major government reshuffle, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and his powerful son have shown their determination to move the kingdom’s economy away from oil, experts say.A series of royal......
WASHINGTON: The US State Department has informed Congress that it wants to retain the flexibility that foreign assistance provides, to do business with Pakistan.“It is critical that the State......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is currently beset by the controversy around the Panama Papers leaks and civil-military tensions, figures that his government should continue to assert......
GILGIT: The boundary dispute at the site of Diamer-Bhasha dam between the residents of Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan and Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has deepened with tribes on both......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will join the prolonged pre-budget talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Dubai on Tuesday, and is expected to report that the government would be......
LOST in the cacophony of politics over the Panama Papers and other political fights in the country is a simple imperative: governance.While Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif dashes across the country to......
A group of Pakistani Dalits in Mirpurkhas gathered at their town hall recently. They vowed to initiate a movement to assert their distinct political identity, and fight for their communities’......
TWO questions about corruption deserve dispassionate attention. The first: does corruption matter to voters in Pakistan? Phrased differently, do voters factor in the relative honesty of candidates......
Sadiq Khan is London’s new mayor. Today is his first day in office. Or, as the world’s press would have it, he is London’s first Muslim mayor; the first Muslim mayor of a European capital. As results......
AMMAN: Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urged rival fighters in Syria to unite or risk death but again decried Islamic State as “extremists” in an audio recording posted online on Sunday.As......
