The parents of Qandeel Baloch said the social media star had been hopeful that her time to rise as a celebrity had come. She wanted to show the world what marvels a girl from a less privileged strata......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's cash-strapped national airline is in talks to lease four of its Airbus A330 planes to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), a government minister said on Thursday, months after......
NEW DELHI: India plans to reconsider the use of pellet guns by Indian security forces in India-held Kashmir when controlling crowds, its interior minister said on Thursday, after widespread resort to......
BRASLIA: Brazilian police have arrested 10 members of a group allegedly planning terrorist attacks during the upcoming Olympic Games, Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes said Thursday.The group,......
MANCHESTER: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq was adamant his unusual press-up celebrations at Lord's were in no way aimed at England.Misbah marked his maiden Test appearance at ‘the home of cricket’......
ISLAMABAD: A committee comprising lawmakers from both the lower and upper houses of the parliament unanimously approved two bills on Thursday aimed at tackling honour killings and boosting rape......
JOHANNESBURG: South African prosecutors said Thursday they would push for a longer sentence for Oscar Pistorius, describing his six-year jail term for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp as......
SHANGHAI: Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho admitted on Thursday the club needs one more signing before the season starts but would not confirm it would be record target Paul Pogba.Media......
NEW DELHI: Former Australia cricketer and bowling coach Craig McDermott has heaped praise on Mitchell Starc ahead of a Test series in Sri Lanka, predicting the pacer will easily cross the 300-wicket......
MIAMI: A Florida police officer shot and wounded an autistic man's black caretaker, authorities said, in an incident purportedly captured on cellphone video that shows the caretaker lying down with......
LAUSANNE: The international sports tribunal on Thursday rejected an appeal by 67 Russian athletes seeking to overturn an IAAF doping ban on them competing at the Rio Olympics.The ruling by the Court......
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday alleged that the protests in India-held Kashmir during observance of ‘Kashmir’s Accession to Pakistan Day’ and ‘Black Day’ were led by UN-designated terrorists.In a......
BERLIN: Germany's World Cup winning goalscorer Mario Goetze has returned to Borussia Dortmund after a frustrating three seasons with Bayern Munich, the clubs announced Thursday.The 24-year-old has......
MANCHESTER: England captain Alastair Cook announced Thursday that the hosts had reduced their squad for the second Test against Pakistan from 14 to 12 after dropping Steven Finn and Jake Ball.The......
ISLAMABAD: Legendary fast-bowler Wasim Akram said Wednesday that the return of Ben Stokes and James Anderson will prove to be pivotal for the English cricket team when they face Pakistan in the......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif landed in Islamabad on Thursday, his first trip to the capital since undergoing open-heart surgery in London earlier this year.Maryam Nawaz tweeted photos of......
Hamza Ali Abbasi seems to be building quite the resume when it comes to getting his Facebook posts deleted. In the latest such instance, the social media giant took down his post in which he praised......
LONDON: Manchester United have stepped up their world record chase for Paul Pogba by reportedly thrashing out a huge financial package with his agent while the Juventus midfielder eagerly awaits......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to approach the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to investigate human rights violations and the recent wave of violence against civilians in India-held......
KARACHI: The Rangers on Thursday released a snapshot of arrests made in interior Sindh during the course of the Karachi operation since September 2013 to date, claiming to have arrested 533 criminals......
Not all jihadists are psychopaths, and not all psychopaths turn violent.However when a person craving violence is drawn in by Islamic State ideology offering them glory and a sense of belonging, it......
DHAKA: A Bangladesh court Thursday sentenced the eldest son of the main opposition leader to seven years in prison for money laundering, a move that could end his political ambitions.The high court......
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait, which is hosting troubled Yemen peace talks, has issued an ultimatum to the warring parties to strike a deal within 15 days or leave the Gulf state.Three months of talks brokered......
SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla plans to build a new pick-up truck, and an urban bus, and launch a sharing system of self-driving cars, the company's founder Elon Musk announced Wednesday.The projects are part......
KANSAS CITY: A Missouri-based Islamic charity that was shut down after being identified by the federal government as a global terrorist organization admitted in federal court Wednesday that it......
The 20th century was the era of military coups — mostly in developing countries in Asia, Africa and South America.The phenomenon was largely associated with the dynamics of the erstwhile Cold War — a......
DHAKA: Bangladesh's elite security force said Thursday it had arrested a top regional head of the homegrown militant group blamed for an attack on a Dhaka cafe in which 20 hostages were......
MANCHESTER: England are in a spin in more ways than one as they head into the second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford on Friday looking to level the four-match series at 1-1.Alastair Cook's men......
RAWALPINDI: A non-bailable arrest warrant has been issued for model Ayaan Ali in the murder case of Customs Inspector Ejaz Mehmood.A local court ordered police to arrest the accused immediately.......
PESHAWAR: The members of various organisations arranged a number of events here on Wednesday to condemn bloodshed in Indian held Kashmir and expressed solidarity with the Kashmiris in their struggle......
PESHAWAR: The Pak Sarzameen Party founded by former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal was launched in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday.The party leadership also announced the formation of organising......
SWABI: Over 60 Chinese engineers and workers of Tarbela Dam fourth extension project have been sent back home recently and it is not yet known when their replacement would reach Tarbela Dam to......
BATTAGRAM: Two people were killed and 15 others injured in a collision between an oil tanker and a van here on Wednesday.Police said that a passenger van (JU-5564) was on its way from Thakot......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday summoned the inspector general of police (IGP) Islamabad and the station house officer (SHO) of the Secretariat police station based on a......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Wednesday that the behaviour of Kavaan, the elephant at Marghazar Zoo, was improving since he was unchained and his enclosure was improved. Senators were also......
ISLAMABAD: Ever since Pakistan ramped up pressure on Afghanistan and the UN refugee agency to repatriate all refugees in the country, very little has been heard from the Afghans themselves about the......
ISLAMABAD: The World Drug Report 2016, released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Wednesday, has stated that many people are turning to the Internet in order to purchase......
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has admitted in court that its former chairmen extended favours to the BNP Group, owners of the Grand Hayat Hotel and residential apartments.In a......
LAHORE: Sambar, a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent, southern China and Southeast Asia has a success story in Pakistan when it comes to its captive breeding, as a number of these wild......
LAHORE: ‘Harsh behaviour’ of parents is one of the leading factors which forces children to run away from home and many of them later fall in the company of criminals, says a police report.The report......
LAHORE: The Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) announced on Wednesday the result of secondary school certificate (matriculation) annual examination, 2016, with a pass......
GUJRAT: Scores of farmers and landowners from different villages along the Gujrat-Sargodha road on Wednesday staged a demonstration in front of the district government complex against a proposal to......
MIANWALI: There has been a traffic mayhem along Mianwali-Rawalpindi Road in a stretch running down Dhak mountains for two days after a truck overturned and blocked the road.A long queue of vehicles......
KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department police on Wednesday claimed to have killed two militants linked with the Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Lashkar-i-Jhangvi who were involved......
KARACHI: As the three-day deadline given to the city administration to clean all neighbourhoods passed without any visible improvement on ground, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday......
KARACHI: The US consul general in Karachi, Brian Heath, called on Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan at Governor House on Wednesday and discussed matters of bilateral interest.He also inquired......
BADIN: A Germany-based organisation, Welt Hunger Hilfe (WHH), inaugurated a 22-foot bridge over Narari lake in Jagan Mallah village, 38 kilometres from here in the coastal area, on Wednesday.Ms......
HYDERABAD: A senior fisheries official faced an unpleasant situation when he, speaking at a workshop, criticised those fishermen who were using banned nets.Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) chairman......
KARACHI/HYDERABAD: A day after the expiry of the tenure of Rangers’ special powers, the Pakistan Peoples Party-led provincial government appears to be in no hurry to give another lease of life to the......
KIEV: A car bomb in Kiev on Wednesday killed a pro-Western reporter of a news website whose founder was beheaded 16 years ago after probing the alleged crimes of Ukrainian leaders.The killing of......
NEW DELHI: Indian police have arrested three suspects over the alleged gang rape of a student by a group of men, some of whom had been charged with a previous attack on her, an officer said on......
LONDON: Taunting the opposition over women’s rights and a bitter leadership battle, new British premier Theresa May delighted her party at her first session of Prime Minister’s Questions with an......
ISTANBUL: Yildiz Gerjain feels cornered. That sensation has intensified since a coup attempt last week that she did not support, a subsequent purge launched by a strongman president she opposes and......
LONDON: Owen Smith is barely known outside Westminster and his base in Wales, but moderates in Britain’s opposition Labour party are pinning their hopes on him to unseat socialist leader Jeremy......
LOS ANGELES: In the rarefied world of international espionage, where discretion is considered the better part of valour, no one expects you to be the life and soul of the party.But shadowy former CIA......
NEW DELHI: Protesters from India’s low-caste community blocked roads and attacked government buses in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state on Wednesday in a third day of demonstrations over the......
ANKARA: Turkey faced fresh accusations it was flouting the rule of law with its purge of 50,000 people after an attempted coup, as the president gathered security chiefs on Wednesday for the first......
CANBERRA: A 65-year-old Russian adventurer was battling sleep deprivation, freezing temperatures and ice in his oxygen mask but was ahead of schedule for his record attempt to fly solo in a balloon......
MANCHESTER: Pakistan are set to tone down captain Misbah-ul-Haq’s press-up celebrations even if they win the second Test at Old Trafford.The tourists’ 42-year-old skipper marked his first-innings......
LAHORE: Pakistan Super League (PSL) chairman Najam Sethi disclosed on Wednesday that some foreign players had agreed to play the final of the second edition of the league in Lahore after being......
LONDON: After Pakistan’s stunning victory in the first Test at Lord’s last Sunday, the focus now shifts to Old Trafford where England will be desperate to level the four-match series.But before the......
NORTH SOUND (Antigua): West Indies and India commence a four-Test series at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Thursday with the visitors heavily favoured to extend a 14-year unbeaten run......
MOSCOW: Russia’s Olympic Committee pressed on Wednesday with its preparations for the Rio Olympic Games despite the threat of a ban for state-run doping hanging over the country.At a meeting in......
LONDON: Welsh champions The New Saints bowed out of the Champions League as Cypriot side APOEL Nicosia turned in a powerful second-leg display to book their place in the third qualifying round with a......
FINHAUT EMOSSON: Chris Froome took a big step towards winning a third Tour de France as Nairo Quintana’s challenge wilted on Wednesday’s first Alpine stage.Russia’s Ilnur Zakarin won the 184.5km 17th......
TERESPOLIS: Brazil’s Olympic coach admitted on Tuesday that he was relying on Barcelona star forward Neymar to shoot the hosts to a first Games gold in Rio next month.Current under-20s coach Rogerio......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) forwarded the draft Companies Bill 2016 to the Ministry of Finance to initiate its legislative process in parliament.Under the new......
ISLAMABAD: Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) grew by 3.5 per cent year-on-year during the 11 months (July-May) of the outgoing fiscal year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said on WednesdayHowever in......
KARACHI: The retail price of sugar has increased to Rs70 per kilogram from Rs67 a few days ago despite the fact that retailers hold stocks purchased at old rates during Ramazan.The retail price......
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Wednesday approved seven development projects with an estimated cost of Rs81.6 billion.The meeting, chaired by Finance......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has started collection of sales tax electronically from taxpayers from July 1, 2016.An official statement issued on Wednesday said that the Controller......
Karachi: The stock market lacked investor interest and the KSE-100 index continued to consolidate around the 39,000 level on Wednesday.The benchmark index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange fell by 110......
LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Wednesday urged the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to withdraw amendment to the SRO1125(I)/2011 through SRO491(I)/2016 under which input......
KUNRI: Chilli growers of Umerkot, Mirpurkhas and Badin districts would be provided equipment and machinery on a co-sharing basis to improve quality of chillies by reducing aflotoxin, enhance value......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) announced on Wednesday its consolidated after-tax profit edged lower by 2.2 per cent to Rs3.09 billion in the first half of 2016......
KARACHI: The government raised double the target set for the auction of treasury bills with slightly declined cut-off yields on Wednesday.The government raised Rs418 billion through T-bills whereas......
LONDON: Gold fell to its lowest in three weeks on Wednesday on higher equities and as the dollar hit a four-month high following strong US economic data, which raised expectations that the Federal......
ISLAMABAD: Come August, Imran Khan will again be on roads against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. But this time, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief will be pushing for investigation against the......
MULTAN: Police obtained five-day remand of the alleged killer of model and social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch from a court here on Wednesday.Police submitted an application to the court of......
ISLAMABAD: Swiss pharmaceuticals firm Novartis AG says it has stopped making tuberculosis (TB) drugs in Pakistan in a dispute over pricing, prompting fears of a health crisis due to a shortage of......
LAHORE: The PML-N is satisfied with the “divergent agenda” reflected in a meeting of the “joint opposition” held in Islamabad.“We’re quite satisfied that most of the parties that attended the meeting......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif and US top commander in Afghanistan Gen John Nicholson on Wednesday held talks on retuning of their cooperation for Afghan peace.Commander of the Resolute......
NEW DELHI: Indian opposition parties have slammed the Modi government’s use of excessive force against civilians in the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir even as Congress president Sonia Gandhi on......
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump officially clinched the Republican nomination for US presidential race on day two of the Republican National Convention, and also brought a Muslim supporter on stage to......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the government and regulator of the electronic media to respond to allegations that the army’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR),......
MUZAFFARABAD: A total of 2.674 million Kashmiris will exercise their right to franchise on Thursday to elect members for the AJK Legislative Assembly, which will be the ninth since the parliamentary......
ISLAMABAD: A two-member Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) fact-finding mission on Wednesday blamed flawed investigation for the rise in ‘honour’ killings and other crimes against women.“Flawed......
ISLAMABAD: To bring an end to uncertainty in the real estate market, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has agreed, in principle, with realty stakeholders on a formula to determine the value of......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has marginally improved its grading in the latest report card of the Arms Control Association (ACA), which measures the performance of nuclear-armed states vis-a-vis......
SRINAGAR: Facebook has come under fire in recent days for suspending certain accounts on the social media platform, belonging to both native Kashmiris and foreigners present in and outside of the......
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday declared a three-month state of emergency, vowing to hunt down the “terrorist” group behind last week's bloody coup attempt.He has accused......
THE question in many people’s minds over the Eid holidays was what was going to happen to property prices going forward. The preceding week, an important amendment had been made in the income tax......
LIKE 73pc of Pakistan’s population, Ansar Iqbal’s birth had never been registered. And like most juvenile defendants in Pakistan, he was erroneously charged and tried as a 23-year-old adult because......
“By distributing in a humiliating manner the money collected as sadaqa and alms the country’s rulers and maulvi hazarat are producing a nation of beggars while I have resolved to change the existing......
IN the aftermath of Amjad Sabri’s assassination and the kidnapping of advocate Awais Ali Shah (subsequently released), the security and administrative leadership huddled together to examine the......
