MUMBAI: India's “rock star” central bank governor Raghuram Rajan, feted by foreign investors but under pressure from political opponents at home, stunned government officials and colleagues on......
LONDON: The man charged with murdering British lawmaker Jo Cox gave his name as “death to traitors, freedom for Britain” when he appeared in court on Saturday accused of a killing that could be a......
HARARE: Zimbabwe held its nerve to beat India by two runs in the first Twenty20 on Saturday as Mahendra Singh Dhoni failed to hit a four off the last ball for the win.Zimbabwe seamer Neville Madziva......
ISLAMABAD: Prominent lawyer and television host Naeem Bokhari announced his decision to join Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) after a meeting with party chief Imran Khan in Islamabad on Saturday.Imran......
ISLAMABAD: While refuting rumours regarding the health condition of renowned philanthropist and Edhi Foundation Chairman Abdul Sattar Edhi, his son Faisal Edhi said on Saturday that his father is......
CAIRO: An Egyptian court Saturday sentenced former president Mohamed Morsi to life in prison in an espionage trial in which six of his co-defendants were handed death penalties.The court acquitted......
EVIAN: The old 16-team Euro finals was better than the new expanded 24-team format because there were more big clashes from day one of the competition, Germany coach Joachim Loew said on......
PARIS: UEFA formally opened a disciplinary case against the Croatian soccer federation on Saturday for racism and fan disorder at a European Championship match.Play was stopped for several minutes......
Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah spent hours watching Shane Warne's videos preparing for the tour of England and is confident of making a successful comeback to the national side.Shah, who was quick......
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan Friday called for making arrangements for swift deployment of additional Pakistan Army units and equipment that a special United Nations team had picked for service in the US......
DHAKA: A teenage suspected militant being held in custody in Bangladesh was shot dead Saturday in a gunfight, police said, days after he allegedly hacked and critically wounded a Hindu......
ISLAMABAD: Police say they have arrested a woman who is accused of killing her pregnant daughter for marrying against the wishes of her family near Gujranwala.Police Official Arshad Mahamood said......
In the summer of 1972, Idi Amin, tin-pot dictator and self-styled ‘King of Scotland’, ordered the expulsion of Uganda’s South Asian community, to which my grandmother belonged. He gave them 90 days,......
PARIS: Alvaro Morato scored twice for defending champions Spain and Eder was Italy's winner as the two booked places in the last 16 of Euro 2016 on another day marred by fan violence.A 2-2 draw......
ISLAMABAD: Fast bowler Mohammad Amir thinks he's lucky to re-don the Pakistan green cap.The left-arm fast bowler was just 18 years old when he bowled deliberate no-balls in a Test match at Lord's and......
PESHAWAR: The border between Pakistan and Afghanistan at Torkham reopened on Saturday, after a closure of nearly six days during which the two sides skirmished over the issue of construction of a......
EAST RUTHERFORD: Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina was the hero as Colombia slayed their penalty shoot-out jinx to defeat Peru and advance to the semi-finals of the Copa America Centenario here......
ISLAMABAD: Winding up debate in the National Assembly on the federal budget for 2016-17 on Friday, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar rejected criticism of the budget by the opposition and said the economy......
WASHINGTON: The United States has ruled out mediating between Pakistan and Afghanistan, saying that it wants the neighbouring countries to work through their differences bilaterally.At a Thursday......
NEW DELHI: A special court in Gujarat handed life sentence to 11 Hindu zealots on Friday and lesser terms to 13 for the massacre of 69 men, women and children at Ahmedabad’s Gulberg Society housing......
ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties decided on Friday to go public with the deliberations held with the government during eight in-camera meetings of a parliamentary committee formed to decide the terms of......
QUETTA/LANDI KOTAL: With the row between Islamabad and Kabul over the construction of a gate at the Torkham border crossing still unresolved, Pakistani authorities on Friday started building a gate......
QUETTA: The Accountability Court in Quetta on Friday sent the former food secretary of the Balochistan government, Ali Bakhsh Baloch, to jail on judicial remand.Mr Baloch who was arrested by the......
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives has rejected by vote two amendments to cut US assistance for Pakistan.While debating the annual Defence Appropriations Act for the financial year 2017,......
ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry presented a cheque for Rs117.5 million to Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Saeed Muhammad Khan on Friday.According to......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed on Friday that the annual sale of Rooh Afza, one of the famous beverages of the country, stood at a whopping Rs4.3 billion in 2014 whereas its competitor......
KARACHI: For a third consecutive day, another video statement regarding the interrogation of a high-profile inmate — this time belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement — mysteriously made its way to......
LAHORE: As the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) began its sit-in after Iftar on The Mall here on Friday to mark the second anniversary of the Model Town incident in which 14 activists were killed during......
ISLAMABAD: In the humanitarian crisis-hit Tharparkar which has the highest under-five mortality rate in Pakistan, women and children eat less than men, finds a fact-finding mission of the United......
QUETTA: The Balochistan government has decided to set up an effective monitoring system to evaluate the performance of teachers in government schools and doctors and other paramedical staff in public......
Heroes in a half shell are back and in Out of The Shadows, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtleshave new friends, new foes and above all, a new problem to deal with. The problem arises after Shredder (Brian......
A rubbish shop?A shop stocked with rubbish dating back to more than three decades has opened in the UK.The pop up store, which has been filled with items collected in just half a day, has been set up......
ABBA reunites on 50th anniversaryTheir music is still celebrated by people all over the world. But it has been 30 years since the members of ABBA performed together.The disco legend joined forces......
“So you went to London. Hmmm ...,” detective Henry Cornwall asks Alfred Bates, the famous detective.“Oh yes, it was an adventurous experience … considering I thwarted an assassination attempt during......
Mothers give us life, fathers teach us how to live. Fathers play a silent, yet impactful role in our lives. They provide the strength that lays the foundation of a strong family, working hard to give......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s top Test batsman Younis Khan has brushed aside the threat posed by England’s in-form pace attack as his team prepare to return to the scene of an infamous spot-fixing scandal in......
LAHORE: Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq has said though the England tour is a very challenging one, his team is in high spirits and is keen to win.He expressed these views while talking to media......
KARACHI: Pakistan cricket team manager Intikhab Alam on Friday warned fast bowler Mohammad Amir cannot afford to put a foot wrong on the tour of England where he was caught in a spot-fixing case six......
TOULOUSE: Italy moved into the knockout stages of Euro 2016 after Eder scored two minutes from fulltime to secure a 1-0 win over Sweden here on Friday.Eder ended a great run by firing home to move......
ST-DENIS: Poland held uninspired Germany to the first 0-0 draw of Euro 2016 here on Thursday as the world champions struggled to break down their dogged opponents, leaving both sides satisfied with a......
KARACHI: Pakistan Under-19 player Mohammad Asad underlined his all-round prowess by inspiring Dawood Sports to a clinical 80-run rout of Karachi Gymkhana Blues in the Omar Associates Trophy 31st......
KARACHI: Slow left-armer Faraz Ahmed Khan played a key role with five wickets as Tapal CC beat hosts Aga Khan Gymkhana quite easily in the 29th AKG Ramazan Festival T20 Cricket Tournament here on......
KARACHI: The controversy over the call for administrative division of Sindh once again echoed in the provincial assembly on Thursday, which was the fourth day of general discussion on Sindh budget......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Friday said the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was an important partner of the Sindh government in the development as it shared almost one-third of......
KARACHI: As law enforcement agencies count successes in ongoing operation against terrorists, banned outfits and militant wings of political and religious organisations, Karachiites face a sudden......
ST PETERSBURG: President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia did not hold a grudge against the European Union and was ready to work to improve relations with the bloc, which he said was still a key......
KARACHI: With 53 per cent inflows from China, the FDI increased by just 10 per cent during the first 11 months (July-May) of 2015-16. However, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project is......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Friday cleared 13 development projects of Rs91 billion including Lahore-Sialkot Motorway.At a meeting presided over by Minister for......
KARACHI: Pakistan Oilfields Limited, the operator of Tal block, has discovered a “significant amount” of hydrocarbon reserves in an exploratory well — Makori Deep-1.“As a result of drill stem test......
ISLAMABAD: Weekly inflation for combined income group witnessed a slight decline of 0.38 per cent for the week ending on June 17 as compared to the previous week despite an increase in prices of 15......
ISLAMABAD: The Hungarian government has decided to open its business office in Karachi to promote business-to-business contacts, says Ambassador of Hungary IstvanSzabo.The envoy disclosed this in a......
KARACHI: The bulls appeared to be exhausted after a three-day bull run and barely managed to take stocks further forward on Friday as the KSE-100 index could eke out just 25.34 points gain, albeit......
LONDON: Bill Gates, the world’s richest man, warned on Friday that Britain would become a “significantly less attractive place to do business” if it votes to leave the European Union in next week’s......
LONDON: Gold rose one per cent on Friday, supported by a softer dollar, and was heading for a third week of gains following a cautious note from the Federal Reserve on interest rates and uncertainty......
THE Middle East is littered with missed opportunities, lost chances and dreams turned to dust. The Iranian nuclear deal is now heading in the same direction.President Hassan Rohani, hero of the hour......
CARACAS: Venezuelan police have arrested hundreds of people as the country’s food crisis erupted into deadly looting this week, heightening hardship and political uncertainty in the impoverished......
ISEO: Renowned artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff can walk on water. And thanks to him so can you.Wearing dark wellington boots, a red and black all-weather coat, jeans and a smart striped shirt,......
DETMOLD: A former SS guard was on Friday convicted by a German court for complicity in the mass murders at Auschwitz death camp, capping what is likely one of the last Holocaust trials. More than 70......
WASHINGTON: CIA chief John Brennan has told the Senate intelligence committee that his agency found no evidence of a connection between Omar Mateen and the militant Islamic State (IS) group.Mateen,......
BIRSTALL: British Prime Minister David Cameron called for tolerance in public debate on Friday near the spot where MP Jo Cox was gunned down, as it was announced that parliament would be recalled on......
WASHINGTON: A Muslim Marine saved the lives of more than 60 people in the Orlando massacre, the US media reported on Friday.The reports said that New York native Imran Yousuf had joined the Pulse gay......
NEW YORK: Without endorsing Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders vowed on Thursday to work with her to defeat Republican presumptive nominee Donald......
ISLAMABAD: With the medical education industry already rife with criticisms and international organisations also making recommendations for improving the quality of medical education, another scandal......
CHAKWAL: The Punjab government has converted Chakwal’s historic Government High School No 1 into centre of excellence which will be run by the Punjab Daanish Schools and Centres of Excellence......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has barred actor Hamza Ali Abbasi and Shabbir Abu Talib from hosting Ramazan shows on Aaj TV and News One respectively, for......
ISLAMABAD: The pro-rector of Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) has been terminated from service after his doctoral thesis was found to be plagiarised up to 72pc.The Comsats Board of......
MINGORA: The police recovered a kidnapped boy and arrested his alleged Afghan abductors here on Thursday night.Swat district police officer Saleem Marwat told reporters that Abdul Mateen and Taj......
PESHAWAR: Members of the treasury benches in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, including a cabinet member, on Friday came down heavily on the provincial government for ‘restricting’ development budget......
PESHAWAR: A woman has demanded of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to provide her protection from the punishments he has been receiving at the hands of her husband and ensure that both of her daughters......
SAHIWAL: Four people, including two women, were injured seriously in a clash between the Bail Ganjh Military Farm administration and Anjuman Mazareen representatives, Pakpattan district, over a wheat......
SIALKOT: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has offered himself to be probed alongside the prime minister for financial matters if a judicial commission on the Panama Papers is set......
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces raised the national flag over the main government compound in Fallujah on Friday, top commanders said, a breakthrough in the nearly four-week-old offensive against the militant......
PESHAWAR: The dispute over conversion to Islam of a Kalash girl was resolved on Friday when 14-year-old Reena recorded her statement before a judicial magistrate, saying she had converted out of her......
WHEN we have tense relations with three of our four neighbours, clearly our foreign policy cannot be deemed to be a brilliant success.As a further mark of its abject failure, we have been unable to......
THERE is scarcely a political party in the democratic world which did not taste defeat at the polls. Most revived. India’s Congress party was defeated twice but managed to revive and wrest power at......
A PARLIAMENTARY committee tasked with drawing up the terms of reference for a judicial inquiry into the Panama Papers leaks is deadlocked with an increasingly frustrated opposition threatening to......
In Pakistan, anger has greeted the killing of Afghan Taliban head, Mullah Mansour, by an American drone on Pakistani territory. When senior US officials visited army chief Gen Raheel Sharif at the......
