WASHINGTON: The Obama administration will keep marijuana on the list of the most dangerous drugs, despite growing popular support for legalization, but will allow more research into its possible......
KARACHI: Judoka Shah Hussain became the third Pakistani to bow out of Rio Olympics in first appearance at the event.After getting a bye in the first round, Hussain failed to impress and suffered......
ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers belonging to minorities demanded to amend the Constitution and make non-Muslims eligible for the slots of president and prime minister of the country.“Although it will be almost......
ISLAMABAD: Federal government on Thursday decided to set 'high-level' task force, comprising representatives of all concerned departments and agencies, to monitor the execution of National Action......
LOS ANGELES: Authorities in Los Angeles on Thursday were investigating the fatal shooting by police of an armed 14-year-old boy amid growing public concern over the use of deadly force by US law......
DUBAI: Fourteen people have gone on trial in Saudi Arabia over a crane collapse in Makkah that killed 111 pilgrims and injured hundreds more just days before the start of the annual Haj pilgrimage......
TEHRAN: Iran is preparing to allow local companies to import iPhones for the first time to try to curb the huge market in smuggled Apple products, state media reported Thursday.The trade ministry has......
BEIJING: An explosion at a power plant in China killed at least 21 people and injured five on Thursday, state media said, the latest deadly industrial accident in a country that struggles with poor......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has developed a website aimed at assisting the rescue of missing children across the province, Tech Juice reported on Thursday.The Punjab Information Technology Board’s......
KARACHI: Pakistan former captain Zaheer Abbas on Thursday expressed grief over the sad demise of legendary batsman Hanif Mohammad.Talking to DawnNews, the former International Cricket Council (ICC)......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday the Afghan government is involved in efforts to ensure the safe recovery of the kidnapped crew of the crashed Punjab government helicopter and has......
Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen will miss Sunday's Spanish Super Cup first leg against Sevilla after picking up a ligament injury, the Spanish champions said on Thursday.The 24-year-old......
NEW YORK: As a Syrian migrant arriving in Berlin, Munzer Khattab could barely say a word in German, let alone fill out a pile of forms in the language.So over the past year Khattab has not only......
LONDON: Pakistan and England cricket teams on Thursday observed a minute of silence for the victims of Quetta blast that killed 70 before the start of the fourth Test at The Oval.The two teams also......
COLOMBO: Struggling Australia face losing their crown as the world's number one team unless they can prevent a rampant Sri Lanka from completing a series whitewash in the final Test beginning this......
RIO DE JANEIRO: India's Sania Mirza and Swiss veteran Martina Hingis, the world's top ranked doubles team, announced Wednesday their intention to split, although they will reform for the......
TORONTO: A suspect banned from associating with the militant Islamic State (IS) group was pronounced dead after Canada's national police force thwarted what an official said was a suicide bomb plot.A......
Google Chrome will adopt the HTML5 technology instead of Adobe Flash, a move the company says will improve speed and efficiency of one of the most popular browsers.Come September, Chrome 53 will......
LONDON: Moeen Ali made a superb century to lift England to 328 all out after Pakistan had taken four early wickets on the first day of the final Test at The Oval on Thursday.The touring side reached......
NEW DELHI: An Indian family alleged Thursday that their 10-month-old baby died after treatment was delayed by staff at a large, government-run hospital demanding bribes.Sumita and Shiv Dutt said they......
CALIFORNIA: Google is set to introduce new security measures for its popular email service Gmail, with users being provided warnings when they receive potentially suspicious email, the tech giant......
KARACHI: Cricketing legend Hanif Mohammad died at the Aga Khan Hospital here on Thursday, a hospital spokesman confirmed.The 81-year-old, who was suffering from lung cancer for which he underwent......
As a Pakistani who immigrated to Canada, I had always pledged to myself that the first country I would travel to after acquiring citizenship and a Canadian passport would be Israel.Having heard......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) passed the controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB) 2015 on Thursday after the Senate's unanimous adoption of the bill – with 50 amendments –......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Australia teenager Kyle Chalmers scored a fingertip victory in Olympic swimming's glamour race on Wednesday as US prodigy Katie Ledecky bagged her third gold of the Games.Chalmers,......
SAN FRANCISCO: Bill Maris, the chief executive and founder of Alphabet Inc's venture capital arm GV , is leaving the company, Recode reported, citing sources.Maris, who leaves on Friday, will be......
BERLIN: Germany's interior minister is presenting a package of measures meant to beef up security in the country following a recent string of attacks.Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged last month to do......
I HAD come to believe that the gloom that surrounds trade unionism in my part of the world was a global phenomenon, and that collective bargaining negotiations were dying practices. Not so in New......
QUEEN Elizabeth I had a subtle way of bleeding her English nobility of their wealth. Periodically, she would invite herself with her ponderous court to stay at their homes, living at their expense......
ONE of the most insidious effects of terror attacks is the confusion that they sow, and the way in which they magnify the divisions within society. In part, this is the strategy of the terrorist,......
REPORTS of a surge in kidnapping of children or their disappearance due to other causes, especially in Punjab, have caused much distress but far more outrageous has been a moribund administration’s......
JAKARTA: Indonesia said Thursday there was “no room” for the gay community in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, as activists blasted officials for an unprecedented series of lesbian,......
SAN FRANCISCO: A United States (US) judge Wednesday tossed out a lawsuit accusing Twitter of abetting terrorism by allowing militant Islamic State (IS) group propaganda to be broadcast using the......
LONDON: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq wants his side to reverse swing the ball like England do as they try to square a four-match Test series at The Oval.England went 2-1 up with one to play after......
NEW YORK: A man seeking "a private audience" with Donald Trump spent hours scaling the glass facade of Trump Tower using large suction cups before police officers grabbed him and hauled him to safety......
SUNRISE: Donald Trump accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of founding the militant Islamic State (IS) group that is wreaking havoc from the Middle East to European cities. A moment later, on......
SAN FRANCISCO: Vanishing message app Snapchat made a photo lens quickly disappear after an online uproar branding it an offensive stereotype of Asians worthy of the label “Yellow Face”. The lens......
QUETTA: Officials said a roadside bomb went off near a vehicle escorting a judge of the Federal Shariat Court, wounding 14 people.Fourteen people were injured in a roadside blast targeting a vehicle......
KARACHI: Fast-bowler Hasan Ali, who has been selected for One-Day International squad for England series, says he wants to fill the void created after the retirements of Abdul Razzaq and Azhar......
PESHAWAR: The real estate business is on the decline in Peshawar as amidst increase in returning of Afghan refugees to Afghanistan during last few weeks rumours are also in circulation about......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has said that Pakistan has cordial relations with Romania which need further improvement.This, he said, while addressing as the chief guest at......
KOHAT: The mystery shrouding the death of a rich Indian origin woman in her house here, has been resolved as a police inquiry has concluded that the victim was murdered by her in-laws for money. The......
ISLAMABAD: Opposition lawmakers made a valiant final effort on Wednesday to convince the government to reconsider the ‘draconian’ cybercrime bill before it becomes a law.At the tail end of a......
ISLAMABAD: Patients suffering from rare diseases can import their medicines directly instead of depending on hospitals or illegal channels as they do now, according to the Drug Regulatory Authority......
RAWALPINDI: The ‘Azadi Train’ will begin its journey on Thursday, and will travel 4,000 kilometres in a month, from Islamabad to Karachi via Peshawar, Lahore and Quetta.The train, which was prepared......
ISLAMABAD: The Serena Hotel hosted the launch of Zoe Viccaji’s latest single, ‘Azad’ under its Cultural Diplomacy Initiative before a diverse group of music lovers, including members of the......
LAHORE: The Kissan Board Pakistan protest, which kept The Mall blocked for entire evening on Wednesday, ended by 7pm when Punjab Agriculture Minister Farrukh Javed arrived on the scene to announce......
SARGODHA: Low-lying villages were badly affected even by a medium-level flood in rivers Chenab and Jhelum and standing crops on considerable fields were inundated with flood water because of the......
GUJRAT: The district government on Wednesday demolished 34 shops at Tanda Chowk, Jalalpur Jattan, to improve traffic flow, while also erasing a part of the Cathedral School’s boundary wall to provide......
LAHORE: A Rescue 1122 fire truck driver died and two rescuers were injured after receiving an electric shock when a high voltage wire fell on the vehicle in Iqbal Town on Wednesday.Rescue 1122......
LAHORE: Law-Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) have taken into custody more than 50 suspects in Lahore and outskirts following a high alert issued by the National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta),......
BAHAWALPUR: The district government has put on display a vintage car (made in 1930-35) that belongs to the late Nawab of Bahawalpur Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi-V, at the Bahawalpur museum.The display......
MULTAN/FAISALABAD/GUJRANWALA: The cases of mob justice in the wake of recent child kidnap reports are rising in Multan, Faisalabad and other areas of Punjab.On Wednesday, a mob clashed with police on......
LAHORE: Participants in a seminar held on the launch of the UN-backed Prison Management Information System (PMIS) in 20 prisons in Punjab on Wednesday stressed the need for digitisation of criminals’......
GUJRAT: Jhelum police have reportedly sought extradition from UK, of the mother and sister of Samia Shahid, a British national of Pakistani origin who allegedly became a victim of honour killing......
KARACHI: The issues of women’s access to justice and effective implementation of pro-women laws were discussed at a regional dialogue organised by the Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO)......
KARACHI: The director of upcoming film Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai, Anjum Shahzad got visibly upset at the music launch of his film at a local hotel on Wednesday evening when during the question and......
KARACHI: Sixteen wounded of the Quetta blast were shifted to Karachi and admitted to the Aga Khan University Hospital on Wednesday.According to Rasool Bux Sarang, a media representative for the AKUH,......
YUNATSITE: It may be just a tiny gold bead — 1/8 inch in diameter — but it is an enormous discovery for Bulgarian archaeologists who say they have found Europe’s — and probably the world’s — oldest......
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Ukraine of waging “terror” over alleged attempted incursions into annexed Crimea that Kiev has fiercely denied.Russia’s security agency......
THE HAGUE: Dutch and Kenyan scientists have designed a unique mosquito trap which uses human odour to attract the malaria-carrying insects, helping cut the number of cases dramatically, researchers......
TOKYO: Japanese rescuers on Wednesday found what they believe is the body of a man missing from powerful April earthquakes, after his parents kept looking even though the official search had been......
ATHENS: A year after hundreds of thousands of refugees snaked their way across south-eastern Europe and onto global television screens, the roads through the Balkans are now clear, depriving an......
LOS ANGELES: Vegan diets are considered by most as healthy and environmentally responsible, with celebrity poster children touting benefits like weight loss, clear skin and increased energy.But even......
LONDON: Misbah-ul-Haq is looking at ‘every possibility’ regarding the makeup of his team before Thursday’s fourth Test at The Oval, with the Pakistan captain eyeing a drawn series with England.While......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka appointed their most successful pace bowler Chaminda Vaas as a coaching consultant on Wednesday, tasking him with identifying youngsters who can ease the team’s reliance on......
Pakistan couldn’t have hoped for a better venue than The Oval as they battle to level the four-match series, starting on Thursday in the 99th Test England will be staging at the famous ground in......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Good old Michael Phelps, golden again. For teenagers Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles, their star turns in the Summer Olympics might be just beginning.From the pool to the gymnastics......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Catalina Usme beat goalkeeper Hope Solo on a pair of free kicks to help Colombia to a 2-2 draw with the United States in their final pool match of the women’s football tournament on......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Germany reached the men’s hockey quarter-finals on Tuesday with a 3-2 win over tournament outsiders Ireland as they continued their bid for a third successive Olympic gold.Moritz......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Kristin Armstrong had just put together another golden effort in an Olympic time trial, this time slicing through driving wind and rain, when her five-year-old son approached her at......
LAHORE: After a disappointing tour of Germany last month, the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) is now gearing up to send the national U-21 squad to Europe to play matches in Spain and Holland as part......
KARACHI: Two-goal Atiq Arshad guided National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) to a magnificent 4-1 victory over Customs to strengthen their position in Pool ‘A’ in the Premier Pakistan Cup nine-a-side hockey......
BULAWAYO: Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi and part-time off-spinner Martin Guptill bagged three wickets each as Zimbabwe folded on the final day of the second Test to hand New Zealand a comprehensive 254-run......
LAHORE: Mohammad Waseem, Pakistan’s young boxing sensation, in dejection has come out to declare that he may seek South Korean nationality in order to continue his professional career which the......
KARACHI: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) that nurtures sportspersons in a big way is likely to induct one or two junior cueists into their sports pool in the near future having the ability to rein......
KARACHI: Remittances sent by overseas Pakistan dropped 20 per cent year-on-year to $1.33 billion in July, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Wednesday, as low oil prices have hit the economies......
KARACHI: The government must revisit values of industrial plots to appropriate level as many industrialists have stalled expansion plans while the flight of capital may increase, Vice Chairman of......
ISLAMABAD: More crossing points at the Pak-Afghan border would be opened soon to facilitate trade between the two countries, Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan said on Wednesday.Addressing......
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cautioned Pakistan that delaying economic reform or reversing decisions that have already taken could undo the economic stability achieved over......
PESHAWAR: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Wednesday urged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to disburse interests-free loans to small farmers to help them......
KARACHI: The stock market opened on a strong note on Wednesday despite weaker Asian and European bourses. The KSE 100-share index extended its previous rally to gain 142.17 points (0.36 per cent)......
NEW DELHI: It took him more than two years, but Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has finally discovered the art of the deal.Realising that a frontal assault wasn’t securing the votes needed for......
ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is looking at the options to introduce mobile phone based cashless finance system, however significant investments would be required by the banking sector......
KARACHI: MCB Bank on Wednesday announced consolidated profit of Rs4.9 billion (earnings per share Rs4.3) for the second quarter of 2016 as compared to Rs5.5bn (eps Rs4.9) in the same period last......
ISLAMABAD : Dewan Farooq Motors Ltd (DFML) has applied for revival of their plant situated in Sujawal under the incentives given for revival of closed units in the Automotive Development Policy (ADP)......
WASHINGTON: Apple is preparing the first significant overhaul of its MacBook Pro laptop line in over four years, according to people familiar with the matter, using one of its older products to help......
TEHRAN: Iran expects foreign oil companies to sign deals valued at $25 billion over the next one to two years under the terms of a new contract model approved last week, the managing director of the......
KARACHI: The rapidly falling cotton rates on the world market pushed prices lower on the domestic market for second consecutive session on Wednesday. The undertone remained easy and outlook......
LONDON: Oil prices slid Wednesday on news that US commercial crude reserves rose unexpectedly last week, sparking jitters over the global supply glut.“US inventories saw another surprise......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bail plea of Moazzam Ali, one of the suspects in the 2010 murder case of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Imran Farooq.A two-judge bench......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has taken a major step towards acquiring the facility of biometric thumb impression and electronic voting.Law Minister Zahid Hamid informed a......
RAWALPINDI: For more than a month, Shahid Iqbal’s grieving family has been waiting for his body after he committed suicide in Saudi Arabia due to financial difficulties.“Shahid Iqbal, father of four,......
KARACHI: The All-Pakistan CNG Association has announced closure of all CNG stations across Sindh for an indefinite period in protest against alleged high-handedness and threats hurled by a senior......
KARACHI: Letters sent to the higher authorities by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) inquiring about the disappearance of publisher and activist Abdul Wahid Baloch have returned to its......
WASHINGTON: The official US report on international religious freedom, released on Wednesday, focuses on laws against blasphemy, apostasy, and conversion from the majority religion.The report, which......
QUETTA: A high-level meeting held at the Southern Command Headquarters on Wednesday discussed various measures aimed at bringing improvement to the security situation in Quetta and other parts of......
MUZAFFARABAD: Shrugging off speculations that PML-N presidential candidate Mohammad Masood Khan had been “imposed” on the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir by “Rawalpindi and Islamabad,” AJK Prime......
LAHORE: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari asked Senator Saeed Ghani on Wednesday to retain his Senate seat but quit as the party’s parliamentary leader.Earlier, Mr Ghani, who was recently appointed......
LAHORE: An antiterrorism court on Wednesday reopened the trial of the suspects in the kidnapping of Shahbaz Taseer, son of slain governor Salman Taseer, who was later recovered.The court had in May......
QUETTA: Security forces launched a combing operation in Quetta on Wednesday against banned organisations suspected of involvement in terrorist attacks.According to official sources, the operation was......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) has suggested to a committee of the National Assembly that defamation laws should be stronger and effective because they currently do not serve......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday told the National Assembly that the children of Afghan refugees in Pakistan cannot be issued Pakistani citizenship......
BAGHDAD: A fire tore through the maternity ward of one of Baghdad’s largest hospitals on Wednesday, killing at least 12 newborn babies, medical and security officials said.Only seven babies could be......
LANDI KOTAL: The newly built Pakistan Gate on the Torkham border was opened on Wednesday to both traffic and pedestrians, albeit without a formal ceremony.Painted with colours of the national flag,......
ISLAMABAD: Civilian and military leaderships on Wednesday opened deliberations on injecting fresh momentum into what is being seen as a faltering National Action Plan (NAP) on counterterrorism.The......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday condemned one of its key allies in so many words for questioning and criticising the role of intelligence agencies following the Quetta tragedy.Leaders of......
PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Wednesday claimed that they had foiled a terror bid and arrested two men allegedly working for Afghan intelligence.According to a CTD official,......
