COLOMBO: Sri Lanka acknowledged on Wednesday for the first time that some 65,000 people were missing from its 26-year-long war with Tamil Tiger rebels and a separate Marxist insurrection.President......
LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook said on Wednesday he wants all cricketers found guilty of match-fixing to be banned for life, but that he would be prepared to face Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad......
NEW YORK: New York City on Tuesday renamed a street outside Madison Square Garden “Muhammad Ali Way” after the late boxing legend who headlined a string of fights at the iconic sports arena.Mayor......
KARACHI: The executive director of Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) Professor Dr Anisuddin Bhatti said that the Sindh government apportioned Rs1.5 billion for the development of JPMC in......
WASHINGTON: The United States underestimates the long-term impact of civilian deaths on the success of military missions and is failing to implement lessons learned from 15 years in Afghanistan,......
WASHINGTON: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a closer security relationship between his country and the United States on Wednesday, in an address to the US Congress stressing the......
LONDON: Maria Sharapova said on Wednesday she will appeal the two-year doping ban handed down to her by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for doping and which threatens to end her......
KARACHI: Left-arm pacer Junaid Khan on Wednesday expressed disappointment over ‘rumours’ about him considering options regarding switching to England cricket team after being repeatedly kept out of......
ISLAMABAD: A day after India received support from the United States' for Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership, Pakistan cautioned the cartel of nuclear technology holders that country specific......
ISLAMABAD: As many as 7,092 villages will be electrified by the end of financial year 2016-17, compared to 6,046 villages during the outgoing fiscal year 2015-16, officials told APP on......
MANCHESTER: Highly-rated Ivory Coast centre-back Eric Bailly became Jose Mourinho's first signing for Manchester United on Wednesday from Spanish outfit Villarreal.The 22-year-old — a 2015 Africa Cup......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's ambassador to the United States will attend the funeral of Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer to grace the sport, and will represent the government and people of......
Four players — Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shan Masood, and Fawad Alam — were deemed the fittest cricketers of the cohort that intensively trained at PMA Kakul. Their inclusion in the squad was......
WASHINGTON: On the subject of women in politics, Hillary Clinton is fond of quoting the words of another illustrious first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, who once said: "You need to grow a skin as thick as......
LONDON: The world has become increasingly violent with deaths from conflict at a 25-year high, terrorist attacks at an all-time high and more people displaced than at any time since World War Two,......
PASADENA: Colombia became the first side to reach the quarter-finals of the Copa America Centenario on Tuesday, while the United States thumped Costa Rica 4-0 to get their campaign back on......
LAHORE: A woman set her daughter to fire for marrying the man of her choice here on Wednesday, police said. The 18-year-old girl died on the spot.The victim, a resident of Mast Iqbal Road, had eloped......
CAIRO: A bomb threat forced an EgyptAir aircraft en route to Beijing from Cairo to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan on Wednesday, Egyptian officials said.All 118 passengers and 17 crew members......
CAPE TOWN: Cricket South Africa (CSA) have overcome their initial hesitancy and confirmed on Wednesday that the third and final test of the tour of Australia will be a day-night fixture at Adelaide......
DHAKA: Bangladesh police shot dead a militant on Wednesday, the fourth killed since a crackdown was launched against suspected militants blamed for a wave of gruesome killings, an officer said.The......
Picture this: a family is comfortably seated at a high-end restaurant, enjoying each other's company and the fine cuisine laid out in front of them. To their table's left sits a young girl, who......
LONDON: For someone who has spent six agonising months on the sidelines battling doping allegations, Sri Lankan Kusal Perera cannot think of a better place for his return than the hallowed turf of......
KARACHIl: Hitting back at a Rangers statement denouncing its call for a 'peaceful strike', the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Wednesday said that protesting peacefully was a legal and......
QUETTA: The principal of University of Balochistan's law college, Barrister Amanullah Achakzai, was shot dead by unknown assailants on Spini Road here on Wednesday, police sources said.Police said......
LOS ANGELES: Hillary Clinton declared herself the Democratic Party nominee for United States president on Tuesday, embracing her role in history as the first woman to lead a major party in a race for......
THERE was the incredible Ali Shuffle in the 1960s when a restless young athlete danced around his opponents in the boxing ring, delivering potent blows but taking few in return, the heavyweight......
THE convoluted history of the labour movement in Pakistan is replete with negativities: state oppression by both military and democratic regimes, ethnic and ideological divides among workers,......
IT happens far more often than anyone is willing to admit or acknowledge. A woman who is a widow, or whose family owes a debt, or who has caught the eye of a lecherous boss, or who is no longer very......
IT takes less than five hours to travel by train from Shanghai to Beijing — a distance of more than 1300 kilometres — almost the same as from Karachi to Islamabad. China now has the longest network......
SHANGLA: The residents of Martung tehsil and surrounding localities on Tuesday complained about the suspension of electric supply for two months and demanded its immediate restoration.Most complaints......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Tuesday stopped the National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, from inspecting a private medical college by issuing a stay order.The Abbottabad......
MINGORA: Breaking the centuries-old cultural barriers, parents in a remote village of Swat have started sending their daughters to a middle school for boys to get education.Mangar Kot, a village......
ISLAMABAD: The government cannot afford the Rs20 million needed to bring relief to the residents of the federal capital, who have been suffering through a water crisis since the beginning of the......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought personal appearance of the Director General of the Environment Department to answer queries about hazards due to the multi-billion Orange Line Metro......
KARACHI: Sindh governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan sought on Tuesday low-cost housing projects from the city’s development authorities in poor neighbourhoods of Karachi to facilitate a majority of the......
KARACHI: Imagine discovering Burnes Road after experiencing years of famine. That’s how it was on Tuesday, just ahead of the first roza iftar.Everyone was in a frantic rush to get home, but not......
KARACHI: Not only more people suffer road crash injuries during Ramazan, but there is an overall increase in road fatalities in the holy month as compared to other months of the year, says a study,......
KARACHI: Rich tributes were paid to the martyred workers of the labour movement of the early 1970s as the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (Piler) observed its anniversary by......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Tuesday ordered the irrigation department, Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority (SIDA) and the divisional and district administrations to......
BAGHDAD: A car bomb in Karbala killed 10 civilians and wounded 26 others on Tuesday, officials said.The bomb went off in a commercial area in the city, which is some 90 kilometres south of Baghdad, a......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations said on Monday it would remove the Saudi-led Arab coalition from a black list over the deaths of hundreds of children in Yemen pending a review of the facts.The New......
KANDAHAR: When US drones obliterated a car carrying Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour last month, it was the kind of targeted killing that unmanned aircraft are best known for.But 15 years after a......
STRASBOURG: More than 10,000 people have died crossing the Mediterranean to Europe since 2014, the UN said on Tuesday, as the EU unveiled fresh plans to stem the migrant flow from Africa.Following a......
LOS ANGELES: With the Democratic presidential nomination effectively wrapped up, Hillary Clinton’s campaign still urged supporters to vote in Tuesday’s nominating contests and bring a definitive end......
While the government was taking pride in containing militancy by cracking down on Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) over the last several years, two new radical Islamist groups have built up an......
The events last week at Mathura ought not to surprise us. Nor should they lead to finger-pointing or lend weight to political charges. For there isn’t one political party in the country, not one,......
MANILA: During his victory party in Davao over the weekend, Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte declared that citizens are hereby free to arrest and shoot drug dealers and other criminals. But......
LAHORE: Shooters G.M. Bashir and Minhal Suhail’s qualification for this year’s Rio Games has failed to get its due recognition and celebration so far, mainly because of Pakistan Sports Board’s (PSB)......
KARACHI: Chief Secretary Sindh Siddique Memon said on Tuesday that the provincial government, on the directives of chief minister, had enhanced the sports budget from Rs1 billion to Rs2 billion.He......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s Olympics chief on Monday urged protesters angry over the impeachment of suspended president Dilma Rousseff not to mar the opening ceremony of the Rio Games in two months.The......
KARACHI: Omar CC ran out victorious in the opening fixture of the Omar Trophy 31st Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Festival when they prevailed over Medicam by six wickets at the KG Ground here on......
LONDON: Ex-captain Brendon McCullum said that he stood by the evidence he gave against New Zealand great Chris Cairns as he urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to be more “professional” in......
LONDON: Stuart Broad has insisted he won’t have any issues playing against Mohammad Amir should the convicted spot-fixer make his Test return at Lord’s next month.Lord’s was the venue six years ago......
MUMBAI: India’s next cricket coach should have a clear understanding of the country’s diverse culture, limited-overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Tuesday.India have been without a full-time......
LONDON: England batting coach Mark Ramprakash has called on the side to be ruthless as they go in search of a 3-0 series clean sweep of Sri Lanka at Lord’s this week.Convincing wins by an innings and......
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan expressed his optimism on Tuesday regarding paceman Mohammad Amir’s visa to travel with the national team for the tour of England which......
KARACHI: Former Test cricketer and chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed Sallu on Tuesday suggested that the Pakistan government should send squash great Jahangir Khan to attend the funeral of legendary......
LOS ANGELES: Two days after her stunning loss to Garbine Muguruza in the French Open final, Serena Williams scored a different win on Monday, when Forbes Magazine reported she has overtaken Maria......
SANTA CLARA (California): Argentina shrugged off the absence of Lionel Messi to beat Chile 2-1 in the Copa America on Monday, with an emotional Angel Di Maria scoring the opening goal and dedicating......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) will field seven pugilists in the final world qualifying round for Rio Olympics hoping to seal a couple of tickets for the world’s most prestigious......
KARACHI: The government plans to borrow Rs211.5 billion through commercial banks in the next fiscal year out of the total Rs807bn earmarked as external sources for loans and grants for the Public......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has introduced changes in the definition of a company to remove ambiguity in the levy of income tax on trust income.An official statement issued here......
KARACHI: The price of cement would go up by Rs34 on a 50-kilogram bag in the wake of a change in the federal excise duty (FED) regime for the commodity, the industry says.Cement is currently......
LONDON: Oil prices rose on Tuesday, with Brent reaching a near eight-month high on unrest in Nigeria as well as owing to dollar weakness.Benchmark oil Brent North Sea crude reached $51.08 a barrel,......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications has recommended to the government to form a regulatory body to regulate the IT companies operating in......
KARACHI: Stocks managed to climb further up on Tuesday, after a volatile session and with thin investor participation.The KSE-100 index juggled between 21 low and 187 points high before settling at......
WASHINGTON: Just one per cent of the world’s population can call themselves millionaires or richer. But together they hold almost half the world’s wealth, and their share is growing, according to a......
MUMBAI: India’s central bank chief Raghuram Rajan joked Tuesday that it would be “cruel” to end intense speculation surrounding his future as he held interest rates in the world’s fastest-growing......
LONDON: Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell on Tuesday said it could exit up to 10 countries under a previously announced plan to sell oil and gas assets over two years.Following its recent huge takeover......
ISLAMABAD: Punjab is the most populous province of the country with a population of 100 million; however, the financial allocation for the water sector is around 5 per cent of total annual......
ISLAMABAD: A senior counsel representing the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)’s losing candidate told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) in its......
GHALANAI: A pro-government tribal elder narrowly escaped while his two security guards were killed and another was injured after an improvised explosives device (IED), planted by suspected Taliban......
ISLAMABAD: There are few things that both the government and opposition agree on. So when the parliamentary committee assigned to formulate terms of reference (ToR) for the proposed Panama Papers......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers cordoned off the residence of Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Dr Farooq Sattar on Tuesday night for more than one hour in order to search his house, but returned after......
QUETTA: Balochistan is moving towards progress and prosperity and its people are hopeful about a bright future, says Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri.Speaking at a seminar here on Monday, he said......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has been very vocal in its criticism of the federal budget, and while the party chief described the budget as a tool to strengthen ‘Punjabistan’, the......
ISLAMABAD: Key civil and military leaders assembled at the General Headquarters on Tuesday to review the policy towards Afghanistan and deliberate on the challenges to the China-Pakistan Economic......
ISLAMABAD: Questioning the veracity of the government’s statistics during the second day of debate on the federal budget, the opposition in the National Assembly pointed out shortcomings in the......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has announced that his country is backing India’s bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).President Obama made the announcement at a news interval during......
