LONDON: Manchester United have appointed Jose Mourinho as their new manager, Sky Sports News reported on Thursday.The 53-year-old Portuguese replaces Dutchman Louis van Gaal whose two-year reign at......
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on doctors to give up 12 days a year to treating poor, pregnant women free of charge, in a speech to mark the anniversary of his government's......
MUMBAI: A powerful blast in a chemical factory located near a residential area in a Mumbai suburb killed five people and left 92 injured on Thursday, police officials said.The factory building......
WASHINGTON: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has reached the number of delegates needed to secure the party's presidential nomination, the Associated Press reported on Thursday,......
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan Coach Geoff Lawson believes Mickey Arthur should use the expertise of ex-players like Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram to improve the game, as he termed their experience to be......
PARIS: Novak Djokovic wasted a few opportunities but reached the third round of the French Open safely with a 7-5 6-3 6-4 victory against Belgian qualifier Steve Darcis on Thursday.The world number......
DHAKA: Bangladesh police on Thursday charged a senior opposition official with sedition for allegedly plotting against the state when he met an Israeli government adviser, an official said.The move......
SOLNA: Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Thursday refused to comment on the speculation that he is set to join Manchester United, where Jose Mourinho is on the verge of becoming the new......
Pakistan's former T20 skipper Shahid Afridi on Thursday made an unequivocal offer regarding his availability for the national team.In an interview with BBC South Today, the 35-year-old said, "If......
QUETTA: Balochistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti in a press briefing on Thursday announced the arrest of six “Afghan spies” from the province’s Pishin area.Bugti claimed the arrested spies were......
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi stroked a laudable start with a straight sets victory in the first round of the ongoing French Open Doubles event.Aisam and his Canadian partner, Daniel Nestor, beat the Spanish......
ISE SHIMA: The Taliban is unlikely to come to the table for peace talks with the government of Afghanistan “anytime soon”, despite the organisation's new leadership, US President Barack Obama said......
TUTZING: Peshtiwan Nasser Abdal has been holed up in a church for the past four months, in a desperate bid to avoid deportation from Germany.The 21-year-old Yazidi Iraqi, like 400 other people, is......
Pakistan’s star all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez, who is suffering from a knee injury that he picked up earlier this year during the Asia Cup T20, is unlikely to travel next month to England.Hafeez’s......
PARIS: France and Egypt will hire two private firms to help in the hunt for the black boxes from the EgyptAir plane that crashed last week on route from from Paris to Cairo, the French foreign......
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia said talks on Wednesday with visiting Iranian delegates on arrangements for Haj pilgrims from the Islamic republic have been 'positive'.Earlier this month, Tehran said......
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) is deliberating on its proposed ‘model’ women’s protection bill, which allows a husband to ‘lightly’ beat his wife 'if needed' and prohibits mixing of......
NEW DELHI: An Indian man obsessed with setting Guinness world records got 366 flags tattooed on his body and had all his teeth removed so he could put nearly 500 drinking straws and more than 50......
GAZA CITY: Life has turned into a nightmare for Fatma's family since her eldest son, 11, was sexually assaulted, a trauma which has damaged them all and forced them to move house.“It started one......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday confirmed, after five days, the death of Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour, in a drone strike conducted in the province of Balochistan.The information was......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has signed a contract for an undisclosed number of AgustaWestland AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopters with Italian multinational aerospace company Leonardo-Finmeccanica.The......
Australia have resorted to guided missile technology to reduce injuries to their fast bowlers as they seek to reclaim the Ashes from England next year.Steve Smith's team have been grappling with......
MADRID: Three-time World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo has stressed his desire to prolong his stay with the Spanish giants, Real Madrid.“It is clear I want to stay here, I want to continue......
PARIS: World number one Novak Djokovic will go 'shark' hunting at the French Open on Thursday as he looks to seal a place in the last 32.Djokovic, seeking to take a step closer to a first Roland......
Panama City: According to an un-leaked set of papers which were to be leaked along with the notorious Panama Papers (but weren’t), the president of Panama, Jean-Claude Van Damme, has an off-shore......
LONDON: Sex workers around the world face violence, rape, widespread discrimination and extortion, a global human rights watchdog said on Thursday, with male or transgender sex workers facing further......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar district council on Wednesday demanded the immediate disbanding of the Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar by the provincial government insisting the civic agency has......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Wednesday stayed execution of a convicted militant and suspended the sentence of death awarded to him by a military court on multiple charges of......
PESHAWAR: Strongly reacting to imposition of Section-4 of the Land Acquisition Act for acquiring land for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, nationalists and religious groups have announced they......
RAWALPINDI: A three-member committee led by Commissioner Azmat Mehmood on Wednesday began investigating the collapse of an under-construction bridge in Jhelum which could not withstand gusty winds......
RAWALPINDI: The Ukrainian woman, who was recovered from a village in Tharparkar, Sindh, after three years was reunited with her husband in Rawalpindi on Wednesday.The police also brought the accused......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology has asked the government for details of Universal Services Fund (USF) accounts from the last five years.“The committee would like to......
CHAKWAL: Though she has a master’s in Health and Physical Education, 33-year-old Noshaba Irum from the Karhan Village near Chakwal, says she has not been able to find a suitable job and that she now......
FAISALABAD: Locally made electric drinking water coolers are gaining popularity among low-income households; the gadget cools water within 30 minutes and preserves the chill for over an hour.Water......
SAHIWAL: A beautician and part-time stage actress came under acid attack at Arifwala Pull on Wednesday.The DSP city told this correspondent that Anam Khan’s cousin Fahad Lodhi wanted to marry her and......
LAHORE: Speakers from opposition parties demanded on Wednesday that the government hold census so that informed decisions were taken in policies and budget allocations.At a District Convention on......
SARGODHA: Two criminals were arrested after a heavy quantity of arms and ammunition was seized from a car loaded onto a truck being transported to Punjab from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa near the Kotmomin......
THATTA: A group of civil society activists led by councillor Ghulam Mustafa Khusk, Mama Ishaque Khushk, Hamid Mughal and others on Wednesday posed stiff resistance to save the Edhi Centre, which has......
KARACHI: The 46 babies born to mothers living with HIV/Aids in Karachi and Larkana are safe from the lethal disease and living a normal child’s life, said officials at the Sindh Aids Control......
KARACHI: A member of the Jamaat Ahmadiyya was gunned down in a suspected targeted attack in the Metroville-II area early on Wednesday morning, according to Mubina Town police and party......
KARACHI: Expressing dissatisfaction over an interim inquiry report of the National Accountability Bureau on the allotment of land to the Bahira Town management by the Malir Development Authority, the......
ROME: At least seven migrants have drowned off the Libyan coast after the heavily overcrowded boat they were sailing on overturned, the Italian navy said on Wednesday.The navy said 500 people had......
BEIRUT: Young Syrians tasked with restoring their country’s world famous archaeological heritage, ravaged by five years of war, are getting a helping hand from French experts.Syria’s antiquities......
WASHINGTON: A key US Senator, Ed Markey, has warned that enabling India to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) would cause a “never-ending” nuclear race in South Asia.The NSG is a multinational......
NEW DELHI: Angered by his claim that far too many Indian institutions and places were named after the Nehru-Gandhi family, Congress workers have called a public toilet in Allahabad after movie actor......
NEW YORK: More than 400 American writers, including big names such as Stephen King, David Eggers, Amy Tan, Junot Díaz and Cheryl Strayed, released an online petition on Tuesday to express their......
KIEV: Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko returned home to a hero’s welcome on Wednesday after nearly two years in a Russian prison, drawing a line under a damaging diplomatic spat between Moscow and......
LOS ANGELES: Protesters opposed to Donald Trump hurled rocks and bottles outside a rally he spoke at in New Mexico on Tuesday, the same day the bombastic billionaire won the Republican presidential......
NEW DELH: India on Wednesday promised swift punishment after a student from Congo was fatally attacked last week in New Delhi, following a demand by several African missions that the government take......
Photos of Germany’s national soccer team on a popular chocolate bar have prompted online outrage among Germany’s far right because they include childhood pictures of some players of migrant......
BRUSSELS: Europe’s bold intentions to support Libya’s new UN-backed government are faltering as France and Germany resist a bigger role to rebuild the failed state, scarred by the West’s 2011 air......
HAIRATAN: Some days there is no train at all crossing the bridge to Uzbekistan, yawns a customs officer in Hairatan, formerly a teeming Silk Road border town whose decline is a barometer of economic......
LOS ANGELES: It launched with a mission of just five years “to boldly go where no man has gone before” but half a century later Star Trek is a multi-billion-dollar cultural phenomenon adored by fans......
LAHORE: The national selection committee headed by Inzamam-ul-Haq has shortlisted 21 players, from the 36 currently undergoing training at a boot camp in Abbottabad, for the skill camp.The boot camp......
CHESTER-LE-STREET: Nick Compton said on Wednesday that England are determined to carry on from where they left off when they face Sri Lanka in the second Test in Durham starting on Friday.England won......
DUBAI: World number one Mohamed Elshorbagy made a whirlwind start to his bid to win the World Series finals after the 25-year-old Egyptian triumphed 11-4, 11-6 in a physically explosive battle with......
BANGALORE: South Africa’s A.B. de Villiers hit an unbeaten 79 to single-handedly steer Royal Challengers Bangalore to the Indian Premier League final, as they beat Gujarat Lions by four wickets in......
LONDON: Kevin Pietersen says “superstar” Ben Stokes missing the rest of England’s Test series against Sri Lanka is a “big blow” for the player.The loss of Stokes is seen as a significant blow for......
CASSANO D’ADDA: IAM Cycling’s Roger Kluge snatched victory in the Giro D’Italia 17th stage on Wednesday, giving the Swiss team its first Grand Tour stage win in the week it announced it would close......
ISLAMABAD: Punjab Blues and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Whites registered big victories on the fourth day of the National Under-18 Hockey Championship here at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium on Tuesday.Punjab......
KARACHI: Sharp shooters of Army and Sindh brought some life in the otherwise one-sided 23rd National Shooting Championship on day five at the PN Shooting Range, Karsaz, on Wednesday.The soldiers gave......
LAHORE: It seems the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), whose employee strength increased from 20 to around massive 700 during the last 18 years, is extremely confused on recruitment issues, it has......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has sought advice from the government if it could award a contract for import of 325,000 tonnes of petroleum products from a lowest bidder of Indian origin based......
ISLAMABAD: The government is expected to cut next year’s target for economic growth rate to 5.7 per cent after it missed current year target.According to a working paper finalised by the Planning......
LAHORE: Three independent power producers (IPPs) — Orient Power, Saif Power and Sapphire Electric — have won their cases against the Sui Northern gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) in the London Court of......
KARACHI: Habib Bank Limited (HBL) said on Wednesday that it has acquired 51 per cent majority shareholding in the First Micro-Finance Bank Limited (FMFB), the oldest microfinance bank in Pakistan......
KARACHI: The business community has expressed concern over the taxation measures proposed by the Ministry of Finance in the upcoming budget.In a letter addressed to the chairman of the Federal Board......
KARACHI: Investors continued to book profit for the second consecutive day which led to the KSE-100 index decline by 82.92 points or 0.23 per cent on Wednesday.The index settled at 36,499.43 after a......
PESHAWAR: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) kicked off its Corruption-Free Pakistan campaign by launching a train march from Peshawar to Karachi on Wednesday, aimed at mobilising the nation to take a unified......
TAXILA: Maldives Defence Minister Adam Shareef Umar, along with members of his delegation, visited the Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) on Wednesday.The Maldives delegation was received at the......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Industries and Production decided on Wednesday that NAB or FIA should hold an inquiry into a case related to use of the gratuity fund of the Pakistan Steel......
QUETTA: The Balochistan National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested former adviser to the chief minister on finance, Mir Khalid Khan Langove, in a mega corruption case after the rejection of......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday questioned the registration of a case pertaining to the murder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Dr Imran Farooq, who was assassinated in London in......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau approved on Wednesday another reference against Mufti Ehsanul Haq, the main character in the multi-billion-rupee Modaraba scam, for allegedly cheating......
ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) filed an appeal in the Supreme Court on Wednesday for setting aside contempt notices against the central bank and its officials in a money laundering......
KABUL: A suicide bomber killed at least 10 people and wounded four others on Wednesday in an attack on a bus carrying staff from an appeal court west of the Afghan capital, officials said. The......
WASHINGTON: The United States has been “very clear-eyed” in its interactions with Pakistan on the activities of militant groups based inside the country, says the US State Department.At a briefing......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif asked the United States on Wednesday to desist from taking unilateral actions that undermine trust and affect counterterrorism cooperation.“Such acts of......
ISLAMABAD: Members of the parliamentary committee — six each from the government and opposition — formally met for the first time on Wednesday to formulate the terms of reference (ToR) for the......
Hope is the thing with feathers — perches in the soul — and sings the tune … and never stops. — Emily DickinsonTHE women of Pakistan keep on struggling on sheer grit and eternal hope but if you......
This month the Indian ministry of home affairs released the draft of the proposed Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016. Still in its preliminary form, it has created a furore both at home and......
ON the day when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Iran to sign the transit agreement for Chabahar port, India also arranged a $750m payment to Iran on the money owed to it from previous......
THE confrontation between the government and the opposition parties has exposed the most fundamental flaw in the country’s political culture, namely, ‘leader worship’ at the cost of the people’s......
NEW DELHI: Panic buttons will have to be fitted on all India's public buses to curb sex attacks on women, the transport minister said Wednesday, more than three years after the fatal gang-rape of a......
ISLAMABAD: The US government will provide over $48.6 million to Pakistan for building law enforcement capability, fighting illicit narcotics and strengthening its criminal justice system.In this......
