KARACHI: A fire broke out in a busy shopping mall located in Clifton area of the metropolis on Friday evening, which triggered fear and panic among the people present there. However, it was......
TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out Friday at the United States, Britain and Israel as the Islamic republic's "main enemies", accusing Washington of procrastinating over......
Four suspected militants, including a key militant commander, were reportedly killed during an exchange of fire with law enforcement personnel in Quetta's Sariab road area on Friday evening.Police......
ATHENS: The bodies of more than 100 migrants have washed up on a Libyan beach as a new migrant boat tragedy unfolded in the Mediterranean south of Greece on Friday.Desperate rescue efforts were under......
TOKYO: A seven-year-old Japanese boy was found alive on Friday nearly a week after his parents left him in a bear-inhabited forest as punishment for misbehaving, hungry but unharmed in a hut on a......
PARIS: Serena Williams kept alive her hopes of making Grand Slam history in Paris on Friday, but she was again well below her best in a 7-6 (9/7), 6-4 French Open semi-final win over Kiki Bertens.For......
BARCELONA: Spanish prosecutors called on Friday for Lionel Messi and his father found guilty on the final day of the pair's high-profile tax fraud trial to be absolved.The Argentina star and his......
LAHORE: The International Cricket Council is conducting dope test on Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah.Shah was provisionally banned last year after he tested positive for chlortalidone, a masking......
NEW DELHI: Clashes between Indian police and followers of a revolutionary sect have left at least 24 people dead after an operation to evict thousands of people from parkland erupted into violence,......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange rallied over 500 points to reach an intra-day high of 37360.88 points on Friday, hours before the PML-N government is scheduled to unveil its budget for the......
NEW DELHI: Two years ago there were questions over whether Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could get a visa to enter the United States. Next week he visits Washington as one of President Barack......
BEIJING: China's government won't interfere with fasting and other standard religious activities in the traditionally Muslim region of Xinjiang during the Islamic holy month of Ramazan that begins......
ISLAMABAD: Police announced on Friday that all five suspects in the brutal killing of a 19-year-old school teacher who was tortured, doused with gasoline and set on fire earlier this week for......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday sought an explanation from Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) over its failure to forecast the severe June 1 thunderstorm that struck Punjab,......
Test teams are excessively exploiting 'home advantage' by preparing pitches that favour the strengths of the host nation, an International Cricket Council (ICC) panel representing various......
NEW YORK: Reiterating its firm opposition to expanding the United Nations Security Council’s permanent members, Pakistan has questioned how adding new permanent seats to the 15-member body could......
English county side Hampshire kicked off their NatWest T20 blast campaign in style courtesy Shahid Afridi’s three wickets and a quick fire 21.Pakistan’s star all-rounder ended up with figures of 3......
WASHINGTON: The United States State Department said on Thursday that the number of terrorist attacks around the world declined last year for the first time since 2012, and that such attacks were......
ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister for religious affairs, Hamid Saeed Kazmi, was sentenced to 16 years in jail in the Haj corruption case on Friday.Judge Malik Nazir Ahmad from special court......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department on Thursday issued a ‘charge sheet’ against 150 nursing students for taking part in the ‘illegal’ protest by the District Nursing Association,......
PESHAWAR: The women rights activists at a conference here on Thursday criticised the Council of Islamic Ideology for turning down the proposed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa domestic violence prevention law,......
PESHAWAR: The traffic came to a standstill on all major of the capital city on Saturday after nurses of main hospitals marched through the city before staging a sit-in outside the provincial assembly......
RAWALPINDI: After being battered by a freak windstorm, residents of the garrison city got no respite on Thursday either, as most parts of the city remained without electricity. But the Islamabad......
Since news broke last Friday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would undergo open-heart surgery in London, it has been the main story across both electronic and print media.From the Sharif camp, it......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and its trial court to conclude in timely manner the trial of the owners of a software company, Axact, who are......
New sectors need public schoolsThough the federal government has been spending a huge amount of money on renovating government schools, it is yet to task the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE)......
ISLAMABAD: A reduction in nuclear arsenals could destabilise the region by accelerating a conventional arms race, argued Dr Christine Leah, a strategic military affairs and nuclear policy......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday directed the Punjab government to furnish details of loans it obtained from a Chinese bank for multi-billion Orange Line Metro Train project.As a division......
LAHORE: The army has introduced a mobile hospital to cater to health needs of Cantonment residents on their doorstep.The custom built mobile dispensary has been developed as part of the health......
MUZAFFARGARH: A teacher of a government school was sent behind bars on judicial remand by a court on the allegation of committing blasphemy.Police had arrested the Arabic teacher at the Government......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court again allowed on Thursday supermodel Ayyan Ali to travel abroad and directed the interior ministry to remove her name from the Exit Control List by June 9.A two-judge......
HYDERABAD: Pakistan Tahreek-i-Insaf vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that he doesn’t see any seriousness in the parliamentary committee on terms of reference (ToRs) for the Panama Papers......
KARACHI: It could be termed the dullest election day of the city’s traditionally rich electoral history with voter turnout as low as barely 11 and nine per cent when residents of Azizabad and PIB......
KARACHI: As was highly expected the Muttahida Qaumi Movement re-captured both the constituencies of PS-106 and PS-117 of the Sindh Assembly in by-elections held on Thursday, according to unofficial......
KARACHI: The Sindh government removed another Karachi commissioner — this time an officer who is perceived to enjoy a very close link with some influential members of the Pakistan Peoples Party —......
KARACHI: “It has been a week now since he was brought to us and he still remains restless,” said Humaira Faiz Mohammad, a volunteer at the Edhi Home at Mithadar, about toddler Abdullah on Thursday.......
KARACHI: It will be a huge respite for an ailing state such as ours if the leaders themselves volunteer to bring back the money they owe to the people of Pakistan. The trend can begin with the......
BRUSSELS: A giant panda on loan to Belgium from China gave birth to a cub in a Belgian zoo on Thursday, a rare event for the endangered species that numbers fewer than 2,000 in the wild.The mother......
GENEVA: Plans to airlift supplies to besieged towns in Syria inched ahead on Thursday amid concern from Russia and others about the safety of aid workers and uncertainty whether Damascus will......
TRIPOLI: The bodies of at least 85 migrants who drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean have been washed up near the western Libyan city of Zuwara, a Red Crescent official said on......
KUALA LUMPUR: Families of six Malaysia Airlines crew members who were killed when flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine nearly two years ago filed a lawsuit on Thursday blaming the carrier for the......
BERLIN: Turkey recalled its envoy to Berlin on Thursday and threatened further measures after Germany’s lower house of parliament labelled the World War I killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as......
CAIRO: Scientific analysis of one Tutankhamun’s 3,300-year-old daggers found buried with him “strongly supports” a theory it was made of meteoric iron, according to a new study.“Our study confirms......
BHUBANESWAR: India’s eastern Odisha state is the first region in the country to give transgender people social welfare benefits — such as a pension, housing and food grains — usually allocated for......
THE disposable paper face masks offer little protection from the clouds of dust that fill the cliffside cave where Israeli archaeologists are wrapping up the largest excavation in the Judean desert......
DHAKA: Each time he hears of the latest deadly machete attack, Ashraful Islam can’t help but think of his father’s gruesome murder and fear his fellow Sufi Muslims will never be safe again in......
LOS ANGELES: Donald Trump is fond of saying Hispanics love him, but his Republicans face an all-but-impossible task in winning over the fast-growing, Democratic-leaning group that the billionaire has......
KARACHI: Pakistan on Thursday matches their lowest-ever FIFA ranking when they fell to 192 in the latest standings issued by the world’s football governing body.Pakistan fell two places from 190 last......
LONDON: International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson expects Pakistan quick bowler Mohammad Amir to tour England next month, saying the former spot-fixer’s return is a ‘good......
LAHORE: The International Cricket Council (ICC) medical team has taken the urine samples of both Pakistan Test and ODI captains Misbah-ul-Haq and Azhar Ali, along with that of medium fast bowler......
PARIS: A competitor lambasted the French Open as ‘one big circus’ on Thursday as soggy weather once again came back to exasperate players seeking a foothold in the semi-finals of the rain-hit......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Some Paralympians face more risks than Olympic athletes from the Zika virus and filthy water in Rio de Janeiro, the medical and scientific director of the International Paralympic......
BRUSSELS: World No.2-ranked Belgium needed an equaliser a minute from time from Romelu Lukaku to save their blushes against Finland on Wednesday.Kasper Hamalainen gave the 61st ranked Finland, who......
BARCELONA: Five-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi said on Thursday he knew nothing about an alleged tax evasion scheme when he signed contracts related to image rights.The Barcelona and......
KARACHI: Internationals second seed Sohail Shehzad and fourth seed Babar Masih maintained their consistent run as Asjad Iqbal stunned Mohammad Sajjad on way to making the semi-finals in the second......
ISLAMABAD: Tax exemptions dropped 4.22 per cent to Rs394.6 billion in the outgoing fiscal year from Rs412bn in the last year.Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced last year that Rs120bn worth of......
KARACHI: After a mixed performance for the first three quarters of the year 2015-16, the stock market gathered momentum from the start of the last quarter (April-June) when the benchmark KSE-100......
ISLAMABAD: Country’s exports dropped by 13 per cent as total exports dipped to $15.6 billion in the first nine months of the outgoing fiscal year from $17.9 billion a year ago, a drop of $2.3bn.The......
ISLAMABAD: Investment-to-GDP ratio reached 15.21 per cent during the fiscal year 2015-16 as total investment touched the figure of Rs4,502 billion as compared to Rs4,256bn last year, showing a growth......
ISLAMABAD: Contingent liabilities of Pakistan include guarantees issued to Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) while during July-March 2016, the government issued fresh/rollover guarantees aggregating......
KARACHI: Stocks extended the rally on Thursday with the KSE-100 index taking another big leap forward by 342.97 points (0.94 per cent) to close at 36,839.14. The index intraday managed to hit......
KARACHI: The cotton market lacked lustre on Thursday as activity touched rock bottom. The underlying sentiment remained easy and outlook uncertain.Floor brokers said most of the commodity markets......
ISLAMABAD: Sustainable civil nuclear energy is essential for Pakistan’s future energy security and economic development and a non-discriminatory approach by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is......
ISLAMABAD: Anti-corruption organisations of Pakistan and China will jointly monitor the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and its related projects to ensure transparency and avoid......
ISLAMABAD: A major shake-up in the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) saw on Thursday demotion of various top-ranking officials and abolition of 16 out of 26 positions of directors......
QUETTA: Hafiz Mohammad Tahir, a senior officer of the Balochistan government, has denied that he was deputy commissioner of Qila Abdullah district when a residence certificate was issued to Afghan......
WASHINGTON: The F-16 deal was no longer a viable offer, a US State Department official told a Capitol Hill meeting on Thursday, as other speakers urged the United States to help improve......
ISLAMABAD: With Pakistan expected to face a loss of around $5.55 billion during the outgoing financial year, the Ministry of Finance has estimated that the cumulative loss to the national economy has......
THE Red Anar, an indigenous brand of soft drink offered to us by some hospitable residents on a hot summer afternoon at Speen Qabar Chowk in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency, reminded me of the ruthless......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Thursday passed the 22nd amendment bill, changing the eligibility criteria for the chief election commissioner (CEC) and four members of the Election Commission of Pakistan......
KABUL: Gunmen kidnapped at least 17 people travelling in civilian vehicles in northern Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday. It was the second group abduction within a week in the country.The......
ISLAMABAD: Industry boomed while agriculture collapsed during the current financial year, according to data released in the Economic Survey. A cotton-led collapse in agriculture dragged the economy......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif said on Thursday that intelligence-based raids and combing operations were being intensified as the Zarb-i-Azb military operation enters its final phase.The......
IT is obvious that behaving in the presence of a patient at home does not come naturally to us. There is artificiality to what everyone has been doing ever since it became clear that Prime Minister......
GENERALLY, in the holy month of Ramazan, the majority of Muslims around the world tend to became more religious in their day-to-day activities. They fast, perform extra prayers and also donate......
THE federal budget should be presented in the National Assembly today, after which it will become the subject of grand polemic for the next couple of days. One side will talk up ‘development’ and......
WASHINGTON: Despite a spate of bloody incidents that made global headlines, the total number of deaths in terrorist attacks fell last year by 14 per cent, a US government report said Thursday.While......
