NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi met national party leaders on Friday to seek ways to end weeks of unrest in Kashmir, but a separatist group said there would be no peace until Indian......
US-based Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen has called for an international inquiry into last month's abortive coup, vowing his “full cooperation” with any such probe of the putsch over which Ankara is......
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was informed on Friday that a Special Security Division (SSD) comprising 9,000 Pakistan Army soldiers and 6,000......
ISLAMABAD/HYDERABAD: Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah on Friday held Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan responsible for the deteriorating law and order situation......
BEIRUT: The militant Islamic State (IS) group fighters seized around 2,000 civilians to use as “human shields” Friday as they fled their stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria, US-backed forces and a......
MANCHESTER: World-record signing Paul Pogba will not be available for Manchester United's first game of the Premier League season as he is serving a ban carried over from his time at Juventus.And it......
Rizvi Traverse Management LLC, managed by secretive investor Suhail Rizvi, has halved its stake in Twitter Inc and increased its holding in mobile payments company Square Inc, regulatory filings......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz announced that Islamabad will invite New Delhi to discuss the ongoing violence in India-held Kashmir, and that Foreign Secretary......
England opener Alex Hales on Thursday was fined 15 per cent of his match-fees for showing "dissent at an umpire’s decision during an international match”.The right-handed batsman became England's......
Spotify has launched a music portal that brings soundtracks from different video games together at one place, reported The Verge.The gaming freaks can listen to the original music from games like No......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan confirmed on Friday that Matthew Barrett, the blacklisted US national who was deported in 2011, is not a spy and the same has been confirmed by a......
PESHAWAR: A kidnapping gang involved in the abduction of newborn babies from maternity homes and hospitals in Peshawar was busted by police on Friday. Six gang members were arrested.Senior......
One of three schoolgirls who left London in February 2015 to join the militant Islamic State (IS) group has died, her family lawyer told Reuters on Thursday.Attorney Tasnime Akunjee said the family......
GENEVA: China aims to build its growing influence at FIFA by fielding a candidate in Asian elections for new seats on the world soccer body's ruling council that were created during anti-corruption......
DHAKA: Bangladesh police said on Friday they had arrested five members of a domestic militant group planning suicide attacks in the capital, Dhaka, as authorities hunted for the mastermind of a......
NEW DELHI: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan tweeted Friday that he gets detained at United States (US) airports “every damn time” after he was stopped at the Los Angeles International Airport.The......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Michael Phelps and Simone Biles powered their way to more gold medals with rousing routs at the Rio Games on Thursday.Sauntering to the sounds of Latin music befitting the beaches and......
COLOMBO: Australian Captain Steve Smith believes that his batsmen will have to “reinvent” their game to avoid a whitewash in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka beginning on Saturday.The hosts......
LONDON: Asad Shafiq and Younis Khan struck centuries on Friday to carry Pakistan to 340-6 and a 12-run lead against England after the tourists dominated the second day of the fourth test.Shafiq, who......
NEW DELHI: A stream of cars, motorcycles and pedestrians passed by an injured man struck by a delivery truck on a New Delhi street, leaving him to die, news reports said Friday.Closed-circuit TV......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to rope in former cricket greats to train budding sportsmen, PCB sources told APP on Friday.“The board is seriously considering hiring the......
RAWALPINDI: A knife attacker suspected of targeting working women in the garrison city was arrested by police and other law enforcement agencies during a combing operation late Thursday, along with......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says a woman and her three children have been stopped in Lebanon from entering Syria to join the militant Islamic State (IS) group.The ministry said early......
STRATHROY: The man killed during a Canadian police raid at his home in Ontario on Wednesday was a supporter of the militant Islamic State group who was in the final stages of preparing an attack on a......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Simone Manuel leaned her head into her hands and cried when she recognized her historic achievement. With her victory in the 100-meter freestyle, she became the first African-American......
RAWALPINDI: Six suspected terrorists were apprehended along with a cache of arms and ammunition during a combing operation in Kallar Syedan and Gujar Khan areas of Rawalpindi district on Thursday,......
Earlier this month Xiaomi Inc., one of the world’s leading smartphone manufacturers, made headlines for allegedly being ‘banned’ in Pakistan. The news, which caught the attention of tech geeks and......
WE are happy to have invented an alibi for ourselves. Some of us use it in the name of neutrality. The more imaginative of us apply it in order to draw the much-craved democratic satisfaction. Maybe......
IN our society, there is a pervasive problem that, on the face of it, seems harmless enough, but that actually has an immense impact on families and society: the use of foul language and......
AS the dust settles on yet another bomb blast that has been described as a major crossroads for Pakistan, and our much vaunted security apparatus takes on even more powers under the pretext of......
Would it make me less of a patriot to admit that I'd rather live for this country, than die for it?A nation is bound to run short on tears when terrorist attacks occur, more or less, as a continuum,......
BEIJING: A coalition of 46 business groups from the United States, Europe and Asia has appealed to China to change proposed cybersecurity rules they warn will harm trade and isolate the country.The......
KARACHI: Pakistan stocks edged up to a fresh record closing high on Thursday, led by banking stocks, dealers said.The benchmark 100-share index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange closed 0.14 per cent......
MOSCOW: Russia's anti-monopoly watchdog said on Thursday Google would have to pay a $6.8 million fine for pre-installing applications on mobile devices running its Android operating system.The......
CHICAGO: A young Muslim woman on Thursday sued Chicago police who mistakenly identified her briefly as a potential "lone wolf" terrorist as she was leaving a city subway station last year on the......
BANGKOK: A string of bomb attacks targeting Thailand's crucial tourism industry have killed four people, officials said Friday, sending authorities scrambling to identify a motive and find the......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday observed that it expected the federal government to play a positive role in providing all possible facilities to the Sindh government to improve......
SITTING in his office overlooking the famous Wimpole Street in Westminster, Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, who in 1994 became the first non-white diocesan bishop at the Church of England and was among the......
ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister’s National Health Programme (PMNHP) was launched in Kotli district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.Minister of State for National Health Services Saira Afzal......
ISLAMABAD: The government has initiated a nationwide survey to verify beneficiaries and include those eligible for financial assistance in the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP).Surveyors had......
QUETTA: Former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and human rights activist Asma Jahangir on Thursday said that she would defend Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has promulgated the KP Mines and Mineral Development and Regulation Ordinance 2016 to do away with the discretionary powers of officials at district level......
PESHAWAR: The activists of various civil society organisations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have expressed concern about the passage of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015, commonly known as the......
PESHAWAR: The private hospitals have started to lay off employees after decrease in number of Afghan patients owing to the border management measures taken by the government, according to sources.“We......
ISLAMABAD: During events to mark Minorities Day on Thursday, speakers argued that such communities are not being given the rights and protections enshrined in Jinnah’s historic speech that inspired......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis on Thursday disagreed with a legal expert’s view that Pakistan could ask the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to intervene in the matter of about......
MUZAFFARABAD: Two condemned prisoners escaped from the district jail of Kotli on Wednesday night allegedly due to the negligence of the staff concerned.On the recommendations of the additional......
RAWALPINDI: The windowpanes of the New Town model police station came crashing down and the fixture and furniture of the front desk were damaged when over 200 activists of the PML-N youth wing, led......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication has asked the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) to fulfil their responsibility towards the......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed a reference in over Rs15 billion DHA City Lahore scam against prime accused Hammad Arshad, a relative of a former chief justice of Pakistan,......
LAHORE: The city will soon have a mechanical rotary parking system, as the government is likely to receive a machine from China next month.The rotary parking machine worth Rs12 million or so will be......
LAHORE: Punjab Human Rights and Minorities Affairs Minister Khalil Tahir Sandhu says the students belonging to religious minorities may get five additional marks for getting admission to education......
GUJRANWALA: A drug factory owner was arrested for making fake injections in village Ferozewala on Thursday.According to District Coordination Officer Muhammad Aamir Jan, a team, headed by drug......
KARACHI: While all Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations in the city remained barricaded owing to dealers’ protest over being “treated rudely” by an Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority official, some......
KARACHI: On National Day for Minorities, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah visited the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Swami Narayan Temple and Guru Nanak Darbar and lauded the contribution of the......
KARACHI: How can a woman follow her dreams in a male-dominated society or in any society for that matter, especially when the canvas of the dreams is wide enough to include personal choices and......
KARACHI: Human life and the surroundings where it grows and then eventually fades away fascinate artists. Sometimes the geographical part of the growth takes precedence over its psycho-physical......
KARACHI: While discussing last year’s Gorkha (Nepal) earthquake at a workshop which recently concluded at the NED University of Engineering and Technology, a US expert warned of an earthquake that,......
HYDERABAD: A large number of members of minorities and civil society organisations held a demonstration outside the press club here on Thursday in protest against alleged forced conversion of Hindu......
BERLIN: Germany’s defence minister said on Thursday the country lay in the “cross-hairs of terrorism” and pressed plans for the military to train more closely with police in preparing for potential......
NEW DELHI: India’s poor show at the Olympic Games may not have been analysed as closely as the Chinese media has done in recent days, The Hindustan Times reported on Thursday, listing caste, poor......
NEW YORK: The Huffington Post is going to be without a Huffington. Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post’s editor-in-chief, announced on Thursday that she’s leaving to head a new health, wellbeing......
LUSAKA: Zambians went to the polls on Thursday to choose a new president after a campaign marred by “unprecedented” violence that has threatened the country’s relative stability and raised fears of......
ALEPPO: At least four people died and many suffered breathing difficulties when a gas, believed to be chlorine, was dropped alongside barrel bombs on a neighbourhood of the Syrian city of Aleppo on......
NEW YORK: The 19-year-old man who used large suction cups to climb up the glass facade of Trump Tower in New York City was identified as Stephen Rogata from the Washington, D.C. suburb of Great......
MARSEILLE: Forest fires raged through parts of France’s Mediterranean coast on Thursday, with the worst in almost two decades burning around Marseille, injuring seven people and forcing authorities......
BELGRADE: A quarter-century has elapsed since Yugoslavia began its bloody collapse but students and teachers say that when it comes to recounting the conflict, history books are brief and......
JOHANNESBURG: The unlikely new face of South African politics is white, and he speaks in the emphatic clicks of the Xhosa language.Bullish and beaming, Athol Trollip, the presumptive mayor of Nelson......
MERYL Streep steps up to the plate with another cheerfully game performance in Florence Foster Jenkins a warm, generous-hearted portrait of the title character: a wealthy music aficionado who, in......
KARACHI: Three outfits — National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) — were through to the last four in the Premier Pakistan Cup......
MOSCOW: Russia’s Football Union (RFU) on Thursday appointed ex-Legia Warsaw boss Stanislav Cherchesov as the country’s new national coach, handing him the daunting task of leading the team into the......
KARACHI/LAHORE: Former players and administrators paid glowing tribute to the legendary Pakistan cricketer Hanif Mohammad, who died after losing a long battle with cancer in Karachi on......
LAHORE: Scandal-hit middle-order batsman Umar Akmal has been given green signal by Pakistan Cricket Board chairman for his future selection after the controversial player succeeded in assuring the......
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......
RIO DE JANEIRO: India’s Sania Mirza and Swiss veteran Martina Hingis, the world’s top ranked doubles team, announced their intention to split, although they will reform for the end-of-season WTA......
GROS ISLET: Rain washed out the entire morning session on the third day of the third Test between the West Indies and India on Thursday.The forecast did not look promising for the rest of the day,......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Carmelo Anthony scored 31 points and Kyrie Irving added 19 as the United States team of NBA stars rallied in the second half to escape upset-minded Australia 98-88 at the Rio......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Hosts Brazil finally found their scoring touch to progress to the quarter-finals of the Olympic men’s football tournament with a comprehensive 4-0 win over Denmark on Wednesday, after......
MINGORA: Hasnain overwhelmed Ubaid 21-8 while Jibran trounced Hamza 21-10 on Thursday in the U-14 category of the four-day Peace Badminton Championship which also saw over a dozen of doubles matches......
LONDON: Gold edged back above $1,350 an ounce on Thursday as the dollar gave up earlier gains against a currency basket, with uncertainty over the outlook for US monetary policy continuing to......
KARACHI: Cotton prices continued to fall for the third straight session on Wednesday as buyers generally remained reluctant to enter into long position at this juncture.Besides short supply and......
SHANGHAI: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba saw revenues leap 59 per cent year-on-year for the quarter ended in June, it said on Thursday, its strongest growth since it listed on the New York Stock......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Textile City launched amid much fanfare more than a decade ago to provide state-of-the-art facilities to the textile industry is now being rolled back by the federal government,......
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is likely to consider revision of valuation rates of a number of properties which are issued higher than the open market rate, the Association of Builders......
KARACHI: The government should not consider any plan to fine and penalise pharmaceutical companies on account of unauthorised price increase as this would simply lead to the closure of the pharma......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan maintains a sensitive list of 938 items with Afghanistan under the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (Safta), Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir said on Thursday.Speaking during......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended the deadline for the payment of taxes and the filing of sales tax and federal excise returns.An official statement issued by the FBR on......
KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign reserves slipped to $22.59 billion during the week ending on Aug 5, 2016 from $22.98 the preceding week, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced on......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed at a new all-time high for the second consecutive day, mainly led by activity in banking sector. The KSE-100 index gained 55.72 points (0.14 per......
CAIRO: The International Monetary Fund has reached an initial agreement with Egypt for $12 billion in funding over three years, the fund said on Thursday.The Egyptian government hopes the deal will......
BAGHDAD: Iraq has reached agreement with BP, Shell and Lukoil to restart stalled investment in oil fields the firms are developing, allowing projects that were halted this year to resume and crude......
LONDON: Demand for gold soared in the second quarter as investors sheltered from global turmoil including Brexit, the World Gold Council said on Thursday.Total gold demand stood at 1,050 tonnes in......
KARACHI: Mari Petroleum Company Limited recorded a profit-after-tax (PAT) of Rs6.05 billion translating into earnings per share (eps) at Rs54.89 for the year ended June 30, 2016.The earnings......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) in consultation with the Central Depository Company (CDC) and other participants has proposed amendments to the Central......
Hanif Mohammad, who died in Karachi on Thursday after battling with cancer for years, was rated in his heyday as one of the greatest batsmen in the world. Millions of his countrymen and followers of......
KARACHI: Iran and Pakistan have no option but to work together despite the obstacles created by “third parties”, and this cooperation can help stabilise the region, said Iran’s Deputy Foreign......
QUETTA: The leaders of the opposition in the National Assembly and Senate, Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah and Aitzaz Ahsan, have termed the Quetta suicide bombing utter failure of the interior ministry and......
KARACHI: As Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) unveiled new uniforms for its flight attendants earlier this week, it’s evident that the carrier is pulling all the stops in its attempt for an image......
WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD: Even as an initial inquiry into the issuing of a visa to Matthew Craig Barrett — a US citizen on a no-entry list — has determined that the failure to update the list caused......
MUZAFFARABAD: Rallies and demonstrations were held in different parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Thursday to condemn bloodletting in India-held Kashmir as well as “criminal silence” of the......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has imposed a 45-day ban on the ARY News programme ‘Live with Dr Shahid Masood’.According to a statement issued by Pemra on......
KARACHI: Legendary Test cricketer and former Pakistan captain Hanif Mohammad passed away late on Thursday afternoon after a long battle against liver cancer. He was 81.Shoaib Mohammad, the eldest son......
AMONGST the many tragedies that have afflicted Karachi over the decades — such as crime, terrorism and urban blight — the city’s solid waste problem is assuming crisis proportions.In neighbourhoods......
JAVED and Hamid were neighbours and grew up together. They were the same age; their fathers — one an engineer, the other an administrative assistant — worked for the same government department. Both......
