QUETTA: A roadside blast on city's Sariab road injured seven people, including three security personnel, late Wednesday night.According to police, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) had been......
PHILADELPHIA: Hillary Clinton's campaign on Wednesday lashed out at Donald Trump for encouraging Russia to trawl the former secretary of state's emails, describing his comments as a “national......
Chris Gayle and Shane Watson need no introductions in cricket-playing countries but while they are unlikely to become household names in the US anytime soon they could help raise the sport's profile......
WASHINGTON: John Hinckley, who tried to assassinate president Ronald Reagan 35 years ago, is to be freed from a psychiatric hospital to live full-time with his mother, a federal judge ordered......
SHAH DIN: The mother of Qandeel Baloch, the social media sensation who was murdered in a so-called 'honour' killing, said her son strangled his sister after being taunted by his friends over her......
Pakistan national Zulfiqar Ali is facing imminent execution in Indonesia after being convicted of drug-related charges in a controversial trial.“Kill me 10 times if I’m found guilty. I’m ready for......
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi announced its foray into the laptop market with its first ever laptop computer “Mi Notebook Air”, a system designed for high end gaming and......
KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwaiti court on Wednesday sentenced a Shia lawmaker to 14 years and six months in absentia for remarks deemed highly offensive to fellow Gulf states Saudi Arabia and......
ANKARA: Turkey's prime minister warned Wednesday that the crackdown following a failed coup was not over, as authorities issued arrest warrants for dozens of former newspaper staff.A senior minister......
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin hit out at “discrimination” against the country's banned track and field athletes at a Kremlin send-off ceremony Wednesday for its depleted Olympic......
QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court on Wednesday rejected the medical report of former president General Pervez Musharraf during the hearing of Nawab Akbar Bugti’s murder case.The court also expressed......
LONDON: England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been ruled out of next week's third Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston with a torn right calf, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Wednesday.Durham......
NEW DELHI: India has signed a billion-dollar deal with Boeing to buy four maritime surveillance planes, defence and aviation sources said on Wednesday, as it looks to counter China in the Indian......
RIO: Brazilian football star Neymar is a party boy and he's not going to apologise for it.At a tense press conference on Tuesday at the facility where Brazil's Olympic football team is training for......
TOKYO: "Pokemon Go" players are descending on an atomic bomb memorial park in Hiroshima, and officials of the western Japanese city are displeased.They have asked game developer Niantic Inc. to......
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad on Wednesday accepted the resignation of senior Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Syed Qaim Ali Shah from Sindh chief minister post.Shah's resignation......
Pakistan middle-order batsman Umar Akmal anchored his Carribean Premier League (CPL) franchise Trinbago Knight Riders to a three-wicket win against St Lucia Zouks on Tuesday.Coming in to bat when his......
QAMISHLI: A massive bomb blast claimed by the militant Islamic State group killed at least 44 people and wounded dozens on Wednesday in the Kurdish-majority Syrian city of Qamishli.It was the largest......
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on the atrocities committed on Dalits in Una, Gujarat, illustrates vividly that he is still caught between a rock and a hard place. As long as he remains......
After England's comprehensive 330-run victory over Pakistan in the second of the four-match Test series, head coach Trevor Bayliss looks to rehire Saqlain Mushtaq later this year, The Guardian......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday nominated Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Raja Farooq Haider to lead the Azad Jammu and Kashmir government as prime minister.During a......
The arrival of French midfielder N'Golo Kante during the close season has given new Chelsea manager Antonio Conte a welcome selection headache in midfield.Kante, who joined from Leicester City, is......
Midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan acknowledges his hefty price tag does not guarantee him a starting place at Manchester United and is prepared to fight for a spot in manager Jose Mourinho's first......
The expected loss of all-rounder Ben Stokes from the third Test against Pakistan has left “a bit of a hole” in the England team, coach Trevor Bayliss has said ahead of the match at Edgbaston,......
NEW DELHI: Two Muslim women have been beaten up at a railway station in central India on suspicion of carrying beef, an offence in many parts of the Hindu-majority country, police said Wednesday.The......
GHOTKI: Communal tensions ran high in Sindh's Ghotki district on Wednesday, after a Hindu man was arrested for allegedly desecrating the Holy Quran a day earlier.Two Hindu men were shot having tea at......
Even with a constantly soaring heat index, I’ve been out and about: phone in hand, eyes glued to the Pokémon Go app, trying to ‘catch ’em all’.Having spent too much time navigating Orlando in search......
TORONTO: BlackBerry Ltd unveiled a second Android-based handset on Tuesday, a device combining Alphabet Inc's popular software and broad app catalog with the Canadian company's security and......
PHILADELPHIA: Hillary Clinton became the first woman in history to win the White House nomination of a major US political party Tuesday, securing the backing of Democrats at a convention in......
PESHAWAR: The provincial capital will have fully operational mass transit system by the end of December 2018 that will operate from Chamkani to Karkhano Market adjacent to Khyber Agency.The......
LANDI KOTAL: Peshawar-Torkham Highway has developed faults at a number of locations only a year after its completion owing to delay in devising a proper mechanism for its maintenance.It was observed......
MINGORA: A young woman has accused her father-in-law of subjecting her to rape and severe torture since her husband went abroad some eight months ago.While talking to media persons here on Tuesday,......
PESHAWAR: The members of Khyber Adabi Jirga have pledged to celebrate noted literary figures of the past born and bred in Khyber Agency.The list included Hamza Baba, Khatir Afridi, Akram Khan Farooq,......
ISLAMABAD: Talking at the inaugural session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) Standing Committee on Tuesday, Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani said the West has double standards when it comes......
ISLAMABAD: After imposing a cap for 15 years, the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) has issued a notification to increase the prices of 10,000 medicines available in the market.NHS Secretary......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology adopted the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB) 2015 on Tuesday, which will now be laid before the upper house during the......
LAHORE/MULTAN: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police claimed on Tuesday to have arrested two members of banned militant Islamic State group and recovered explosive material from them.A CTD......
LAHORE: The Indian High Commission in Islamabad has refused visas to a Pakistani medical mission wishing to visit the held Kashmir for treating the victims of recent violence.Thirty visa applicants,......
GUJRAT: Jhelum Assistant Commissioner (AC) Kanwal Batool on Tuesday seized at least 29,200 litres of adulterated milk being smuggled into the city from the neighbouring Mandi Bahauddin district.The......
BAHAWALNAGAR: In the age when the government is claiming to ensure uninterrupted power and potable water supplies to the countrymen, there is a hamlet of more than 1,000 people in Bahawalnagar which......
MITHI: Amid widespread complaints of a lack of essential medicines and proper treatment facilities at government-run hospitals and healthcare units in Tharparkar district, there has been no let up in......
KARACHI: The long wait of two visually impaired persons to get corneal transplants and see the world ended recently when they received the eye donations from late philanthropist Aban Jamall at the......
KARACHI: The chief minister-designate of Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah will be the 24th individual since April 1937 to hold the top administrative post of Sindh and along with father, Abdullah Shah, the......
KARACHI: Film buffs gathered at T2F on Tuesday evening to remember the critically acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, who died on July 4.Befittingly, the evening began with the screening of......
KARACHI: The administrative judge of the antiterrorism courts remanded on Tuesday Muttahida Qaumi Movement mayoral candidate for Karachi Waseem Akhtar in prison in around 10 cases.Mr Akhtar with......
Things were quite normal in the life of Mohammad Omar when he was a grade-10 student. A pious boy from a very young age, he used to offer prayers at a mosque next to his Uttara house. But everything......
IT’S summertime and time to kick back and enjoy a magical journey through the pages of a great novel. Trouble is, even the publishers, the gatekeepers of literary culture and taste, are finding great......
TWO historical sites in China recently made it into the Unesco World Heritage list, bringing the number of such sites in the country to 50.China looks set to claim the title as the world leader as......
ABU DHABI: Solar Impulse 2 made history on Tuesday as the first airplane to circle the globe powered only by the sun, opening up new possibilities for the future of renewable energy.Cheers and......
EXACTLY 10 years ago, four United Nations peacekeepers were blown to pieces in southern Lebanon. They were a Canadian, a Chinese, a Finn and an Austrian. Amid the crash of Israeli shellfire around......
WASHINGTON: The US task in Afghanistan is not complete and cannot be completed in the near future, says US military chief Gen. Joseph F. Dunford.Addressing a Pentagon news briefing on Monday......
ANKARA: Defying international alarm, Turkey on Tuesday widened its crackdown after a failed coup, detaining top generals serving in Afghanistan as well as prominent journalists.In a move apparently......
WASHINGTON: Underlining the historic nature of her husband’s presidency, US First Lady Michelle Obama reminded Americans on Monday night how a black couple and their children lived for eight years in......
MOGADISHU: At least 13 people were killed on Tuesday in twin bombings near UN and African Union buildings adjoining Mogadishu’s airport, police said, in what the jihadist Al Shabaab group claimed as......
JERUSALEM: Israel’s national museum is set to display a 2,200-year-old Egyptian mummy of a man who was afflicted with some modern-day illnesses such as osteoporosis and tooth decay, the museum said......
Any drug addict will tell you that a high is a brief rush. What follows is a kick in the guts, a downer, a reality check.All humans are addicts, even without drugs. That’s how our brains work,......
LAHORE: Former chief selector and Test batsman Mohammad Ilyas said on Tuesday that Pakistan should play with five bowlers in the next two Test matches to put England batting under pressure and take......
MUMBAI: Triathlon at the picturesque Copacabana could boil down to yet another sibling rivalry with Jonny Brownlee sensing an opportunity to upstage elder brother and Olympic champion Alistair in the......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Blocked toilets, dangerous wiring and other problems in Rio’s Olympic Village will be resolved by the end of the week, Brazilian organisers said on Monday as new reports of glitches......
MILAN: Gonzalo Higuain completed his move to Juventus after the Italian champions reportedly agreed to meet his 94.7m euros ($104m) buyout clause to wrest the Argentine striker from Napoli on......
TORONTO: Nick Kyrgios turned in a patchy performance to exit the Toronto Masters 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-3 on Monday at the hands of Wimbledon junior winner Denis Shapovalov.The 17-year-old Canadian set up......
MANCHESTER: Dejected Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq expressed deep concerns over team’s abject batting display while describing the Old Trafford debacle as a chastening defeat.“Our batting was a big......
PALLEKELE: An unbroken stand of 59 between Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja placed Australia in firm command on Tuesday of their opening Test against Sri Lanka after the hosts were bowled out for just......
KARACHI: Stocks witnessed a positive session on Tuesday with the KSE-100 index rising by 130.04 points, or 0.33 per cent, to close at 39,147.33.The index recovered after a fall of 289 points in the......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday directed authorities concerned to establish a quick response system to help farmers dealing with cotton......
KARACHI: Renewed buying interest from spinners on Tuesday helped cotton prices recover from lower levels hit during the last four-day downtrend.Floor brokers said that many spinners rushed back to......
WASHINGTON: The US Federal Reserve opened a two-day meeting on interest rates in Washington on Tuesday as policy makers appeared divided over the dangers facing the world’s largest economy.Observers......
LONDON: Gold rose on Tuesday as the dollar fell, but remained hemmed into a range ahead of a two-day Federal Reserve policy meeting this week, which will be closely watched for clues on the outlook......
ZURICH: Switzerland said it plans to give information to US tax authorities about accounts at HSBC Holdings Plc’s Swiss private bank, as part of a US investigation into tax evasion.HSBC’s Swiss unit......
NEW YORK: McDonald’s’ “All-Day Breakfast” fueled firm sales gains in the second quarter despite weak growth across the fast food industry, the company reported on Tuesday.But net earnings continued......
SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon announced Monday plans to test delivery drone technology in Britain, as the US online commerce giant tries to advance the idea safely.The partnership aims to understand how......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday allowed export of 900,000 tonnes of wheat with Rs11 billion subsidy to circumvent domestic price fall, but it did not allow the import of gram pulse despite its......
KARACHI: The domestic rate for gold on Tuesday hit a new peak for 2016, despite a declining trend in international bullion rate during the current month, highlighting the disparity in daily gold......
KARACHI: The US dollar crossed the 106 mark against the rupee in the open market on Tuesday after a gap of two months, market sources said.“The dollar traded as high as Rs106.20 during the day,” said......
LAHORE: The local tractor industry has resented the Engineering Development Board’s (EDB) permission to Minsk Tractor Works Pakistan Ltd to assemble Belarus model MT 510 and import spare parts duty......
AFTER ruling Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) for five years, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lost the July 21 general elections miserably due to “bad governance and corruption”.That’s what everyone......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Tuesday decided to form a special committee to propose measures to address the problems being faced by the marginalised segments of society, including transgender......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday summoned top bureaucrats of Sindh, including its chief secretary, to explain why the 2013 judgement of the court calling for the repatriation of officers on......
GUJRAT: The parents of a British woman of Pakistani origin along with her former husband and two others have been booked for killing their own daughter in a village near Mangla in Jhelum district,......
ISLAMABAD: As the four newly appointed members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) take the oath on Wednesday (today), questions have been raised over procedural flaws in the process under......
QUETTA: Balochistan Assembly Speaker Raheela Hameed Khan Durrani has underlined the need for recognising gems and jewellery business as an industry which is playing an important role in the world’s......
QUETTA: Milli Yakjehti Council chief Allama Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi said on Tuesday that the National Action Plan (NAP) should be implemented in letter and spirit. He said elements behind the killing of......
ISLAMABAD: Warrants for the arrest of fashion model Ayyan Ali issued by a Rawalpindi magistrate will remain suspended until Sept 21 but she will have to cooperate in a police investigation into the......
ISLAMABAD: Officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan held on Tuesday technical talks on border management and security in Kabul.The inaugural meeting of the Pak-Afghan Joint Technical Working Group......
RAWALPINDI: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi and Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif met in Cairo on Tuesday and discussed security challenges faced by their......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) has constituted a four-member team of regional presidents, who will lead the party’s preparations for the next general elections in the key province of......
KARACHI: Two army soldiers were killed in a gun attack in the busy Saddar area on Tuesday, challenging the claims of the government and security agencies of restoring peace to the beleaguered......
KARACHI: In a widely expected move, the Pakistan Peoples Party formally nominated senior Sindh minister Syed Murad Ali Shah as chief minister after outgoing provincial chief executive Syed Qaim Ali......
KARACHI: Asif Ali Zardari, the former president and co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, has ruled out a nuclear war between Pakistan and India over Kashmir, saying that no side would risk......
OUT goes one Shah, in comes another. The transition of leadership in the troubled Sindh province does not seem very exciting. The unceremonious exit of octogenarian Qaim Ali Shah and the installation......
A WOMAN is sitting and reading a chapter from the Quran, with her head covered, in a waiting room at a hospital. Even as she is engrossed in prayer, another woman comes up to her and begins to chide......
“I HAVE a handicap, I was a civil servant of the British Empire. My role in the last 30 to 40 years has been to do research and present results. I have powerful friends. We see ourselves as model......
AS I sat down to write this yesterday morning, there was breaking news of a mass killing at a residential facility for the disabled not far from Tokyo. The perpetrator was apparently a 26-year-old......
Nuclear weapons are not an aggressive option and you cannot use them, says former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari.In an interview to Russia Today (RT),......
