KARACHI: Even as leaders of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) are attributing the recent victory in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections to the trust and confidence invested by people......
KOLKATA: India captain Virat Kohli scored his first double century in any format when he whipped Roston Chase for a quick single in the first session of the second day of the first Test against the......
MUNICH: An 18-year-old German-Iranian gunman who apparently acted alone opened fire in a busy shopping mall in Munich on Friday evening, killing at least nine people in the third attack against......
Edward Snowden and Andrew “Bunnie” Huang have co-created a phone case that will alert smartphone owner when the phone data is being monitored, a report published by The Guardian said on Friday.The......
STOCKHOLM: Turkey is asking its nationals living abroad to report people and organisations that support US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen accused of masterminding a failed military coup to......
KARACHI: A woman has been booked for killing a teenage house servant in Karachi’s Malir Cantonment area, police said on Friday.Hanif, 15, was playing with the suspect’s minor child inside Malir Cantt......
LONDON: French midfielder Paul Pogba is a target for Manchester United their manager Jose Mourinho confirmed to the BBC in an interview given in China.The Portuguese handler told the BBC it would be......
Congress leader Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia called for plebiscite in India-held Kashmir, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported on Thursday.“In Kashmir today, there is a need for ‘rai shumari’,”......
MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, while addressing a public gathering here on Friday after the PML-N's Azad Jammu and Kashmir electoral win, said: "We are waiting for the day Kashmir becomes......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday suspended non-bailable arrest warrants of model Ayyan Ali in the murder case of Customs inspector Ijaz Mahmood.Warrants for the model's arrest were issued on......
TEHRAN: Iranian forces have foiled a "terrorist" bid to infiltrate the country from Turkey, the official IRNA news agency said Friday, in the latest report of tension at its borders.The elite......
EINDHOVEN: Former refugees Massoud and Mahmud Hassani stunned the world three years ago with an invention like a dandelion puffball that sought to rid the world of landmines.Now the Afghan brothers......
MANCHESTER: Joe Root's unbeaten 141 was the centrepiece of England's commanding 314 for four on the first day of the second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford on Friday.England captain Alastair......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday chaired a high-level meeting of the National Security Council in Islamabad to discuss regional security, and termed the ongoing situation in Kashmir a......
NEW DELHI: India on Friday mounted a massive search and rescue operation for an Indian Air Force plane that went missing with 29 people on board over the Bay of Bengal.With concern mounting hours......
In a passage from Rabisankar Bal’s Dozakhnama, Manto, on the male ego, says:Dozakhnama imagines conversations in hell between Manto and Ghalib, but Manto could have very well written this in real......
ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters on Thursday that there were significant intelligence failures ahead of last week's attempted military coup and that the armed forces would......
LAHORE: Scores of Young Doctors Association (YDA) activists lodged a protest demonstration and a sit-in on The Mall on Thursday against the Central Induction Policy (CIP), proposed by the health......
MUZAFFARGARH: A child abuse scandal has surfaced in Kot Addu where, according to police, a gang has sexually assaulted 26 children.The gang also made videos of rape of the children to blackmail their......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: A sickening video clip of police officials humiliating and torturing a young man and his veiled sister in the Sadiqabad city has gone viral, creating outrage on social media.Dawn......
LAHORE: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) says it has not yet officially sent the decision of its World Heritage Committee (WHC) to the state party and the......
GHALANAI: Hujra (guest house) plays a vital role in the Pakhtun society as it serves as a community centre where people share their views with each other.This was stated by speakers during a......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology maintained that the cybercrime law must protect privacy, ensure the preservation of users’ data and must not hinder the free flow of......
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) won three seats of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Thursday.After five years, the PML-N......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the inquiry reports filed by the provincial police officer and chief secretary, and referred the matter about police negligence during the kidnapping......
KARACHI: Panelists comprising architects, horticulturists, heritage conservationists and government representatives at The Second Floor on Thursday raised awareness of the benefits and possible......
KARACHI: There are very few seasoned Pakistani artists whose works defy predictability. Nahid Raza is one of them. Every time she creates a new body of work, art lovers throng to it to see what......
KARACHI: As the Sindh government insisted that the Rangers had no ‘constitutional mandate’ to carry out actions in any other part of Sindh except Karachi, the paramilitary force on Thursday claimed......
KARACHI: Thanking the US government’s help in providing certain modern healthcare and educational facilities, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Thursday said his government was paying......
MITHI: A large number of workers of Qaumi Awami Tehreek (QAT) took out a rally and staged a sit-in on the Mithi-Nagarparkar road on Thursday in protest against a coal mining company for backtracking......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party’s candidate won one of the two seats of Azad Jammu and Kashmir legislature, carved out for Kashmiris living in Sindh and other provinces, with a ‘comfortable......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday dismissed the bail application of Pak Sarzameen Party president Anis Kaimkhani in a case, while the administrative judge of antiterrorism courts remanded the......
PARIS: Not all jihadists are psychopaths, and not all psychopaths turn violent.However when a person craving violence is drawn in by militant Islamic State group ideology offering them glory and a......
ANKARA: Just a week ago they would have been seen as gleaming representatives of their country and one of its most respected institutions.But now top figures within the military detained over......
GARRY Marshall may be best known for gifting the world great comedies, from Happy Days to Pretty Woman, but he also had a lesser-known talent: launching the careers of famous actors. Since Marshall’s......
CLEVELAND: One-time presidential challenger Ted Cruz shocked the Republican convention on Wednesday by thumbing his nose at Donald Trump and urging Americans to “vote their conscience”, sending the......
PARIS: Tunisian truck killer Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was helped to prepare his Bastille Day attack by five suspects who are now in custody, a prosecutor said on Thursday.Francois Molins said the......
GENEVA: The world is on track for its hottest year on record and levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have reached new highs, further fuelling global warming, the World Meteorological......
MADRID: Spain said on Thursday it had asked London for “urgent” explanations after a British nuclear submarine collided with a vessel off the coast of Gibraltar, forcing it to dock in the disputed......
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......
Pakistan, already leading 1-0 in the four match series against England, realises the importance of keeping the pressure on.Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said on Thursday that the press-up......
LAUSANNE: Sport’s highest tribunal on Thursday rejected Russia’s appeal against a doping ban for its entire athletics team from the Rio Olympics starting in 15 days’ time, drawing swift and angry......
BERNE: Former European champions Celtic bounced back from last week’s humiliating defeat against Lincoln Red Imps to beat the Gibraltan part-timers 3-0 on Wednesday and reach the next stage of the......
MEGEVE: Briton Chris Froome of Team Sky won the 18th stage of the Tour de France, a 17-km uphill time trial, to extend his overall lead to just under four minutes on Thursday.Taking his second stage......
KARACHI: Eaton Cricket Club defeated GLC Cricket Club by just one run in a thrilling T20 final to lift the Danish Cricket League trophy a the Aga Khan Gymkhana on Thursday.The tournament was held......
KARACHI: Of international grounds in England, Old Trafford in Manchester holds special place in the cricket history. It was here in 1956 when off-spinner Jim Laker claimed all but one of the 20......
KARACHI: The current account was in $2.5 billion deficit during the outgoing fiscal year, the State Bank of Pakistan said on Thursday, almost at the same level as in the preceding year.But the......
LAHORE: The Punjab government is likely to face revenue shortfall in the registration and token tax receipts of imported motor vehicles exceeding 1,300cc after it has imposed one-time tax on such......
ISLAMABAD: Senate on Thursday approved the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (Amendment) Bill 2016, along with two other bills of the finance ministry that have already been approved by......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KPCCI) on Thursday urged the federal government to remove one per cent infrastructure development cess (IDC) in Sindh on imported......
LAHORE: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) on Thursday urged the government to immediately remove 4 per cent customs duty and 5pc sales tax on cotton imports to help the spinning......
KARACHI: The country’s foreign exchange reserves stood at $23,091 million for the week ending July 15, 2016 compared with $23,063m the previous week, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced on......
KARACHI: After consolidating for six sessions in a row, the market turned buoyant on Thursday with the KSE-100 index clocking gains of 208 points (0.53 per cent) to close at a new all-time high of......
ATHENS: US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Thursday said top economies should refrain from competitive currency devaluations — a message likely directed at China, which hosts a G20 finance ministers......
BEIJING: The flood of billions of dollars out of China slowed dramatically in the second quarter, official figures showed Thursday, despite the yuan’s persistent weakness making it less attractive to......
KARACHI: The overnight correction in cotton prices extended into second day on Thursday with prices falling below Rs7,100 per maund (around 38 kilograms) on panic selling from ginners coupled with......
LONDON: Developing countries have nearly tripled their external debt over the past decade, outpacing economic growth and increases in foreign exchange reserves – which could leave them open in the......
WASTAGE or embezzlement of public funds in Balochistan is another way of talking about MPAs and their development schemes — as per the provincial assembly, each member is entitled to identify schemes......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party on Thursday accused the National Accountability Bureau of misleading the Supreme Court by claiming that Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed......
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz agreed to a proposal floated in the Senate on Thursday for a national policy on India-held Kashmir and said an action plan should also be worked out for......
WASHINGTON: Reporters Without Borders, an international media advocacy group, blamed India on Thursday for imposing a ‘media blackout’ in held Kashmir.“Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a......
QUETTA: Chief Minister of Balochistan Sanaullah Zehri has called for early implementation of the plan to convert all tubewells of agriculture sector to solar system without any delay.Talking to a......
HYDERABAD: In what appears to be an attempt to improve Pakistan Peoples Party’s relationship with the powers that be, Asad Kharal, who is said to have close ties with Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court directed the chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Thursday to file the record of proceedings initiated against private news channels......
SITUATED in the heart of the city, surrounded by beautiful mountains, Quetta’s Parsi Colony is picture-perfect. The lush green trees sway in the calming breeze. The locale portrays a rare sense of......
NEW DELHI: The Indian army’s reported move to deploy about 100 tanks along its disputed border with China may adversely affect bilateral ties, which could hamper plans for Chinese investments in......
KARACHI: The murder of social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch echoed in the UK’s House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon when Prime Minister Theresa May said there was no honour in the so-called......
KARACHI: In a short period of less than 45 days, a vessel during its two visits to Karachi Port has brought in 669 military trucks and other equipment for the US army.According to official documents,......
ISLAMABAD: After their failure to reach a consensus on the names for members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) despite month-long consultations, the government and the opposition now want......
MUZAFFARABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is set to form the next government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir as unofficial results of general elections for 41 direct seats of the AJK......
TEHRAN: Iran has arrested 40 members of a “terrorist group” who plotted to attack military targets in Sistan and Baluchestan province, the interior minister said on Thursday.The province, which......
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to resolve a serious crisis in the real estate sector, the Federal Board of Revenue and realty stakeholders on Thursday agreed to work out valuation tables of property in 18......
ISTANBUL: Turkey sought to assure its citizens and the outside world on Thursday that there would be no return to the deep repression of the past, as the country’s parliament approved a three-month......
THIS has been a cruel summer. The senseless murder of a gentle Sufic soul was followed by the death of a saint. While the killing of Amjad Sabri shook the nation, Abdul Sattar Edhi’s passing away has......
MURDERED as she visited the family was one of the options available for ending the Qandeel Baloch episode. There were not too many ways one could think of through which the story that had unfolded at......
QANDEEL Baloch’s horrific murder in the name of ‘honour’ is testimony to the failure of the women’s movement to overturn patriarchy in Pakistan. Against the backdrop of the spate of anti-women......
