LONDON: Younis Khan’s superb double century took Pakistan into a dominant position in the fourth Test against England at The Oval on Saturday.The veteran batsman’s 218 was the centrepiece of......
MASSACHUSETTS: A new Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) media lab product, created in partnership with Microsoft Research transforms temporary tattoos into customised functional interfaces......
ISLAMABAD: Mobile phone service will remain suspended in the federal capital and other high-security zones throughout the country on Sunday, the Independence Day, sources from Pakistan......
BEIRUT: Islamic State group has released hundreds of civilians they used as human shields while fleeing a crumbling stronghold in northern Syria, however, the fate of others remained unknown on......
ROME: Italian authorities on Friday ordered the expulsion of a Tunisian national suspected of planning an attack at the Leaning Tower of Pisa, according to media reports.Bilel Chiahoui, 26, was......
LONDON: Leicester's Premier League title defence got off to an embarrassing start as the champions crashed to 2-1 defeat at troubled Hull in the season opener on Saturday.Just three months after......
SRINAGAR: Authorities in Indian-held Kashmir on Saturday extended a strict curfew to most parts of the restive region as separatist leaders called for weekend protests against Indian rule.Government......
LONDON: Younis Khan's superb double century and three wickets from Yasir Shah left Pakistan eyeing a series-levelling win after they dominated the third day of the fourth Test against England at The......
RIO: Swimming great Michael Phelps takes a final bow at the Olympics on Saturday while the Rio curtain rises on another legend as sprinter Usain Bolt guns for three golds.Jamaican Bolt enters the Rio......
Popular social media website — Twitter — has joined Pakistanis in their independence day celebrations as it introduces a special hashtag.For the first time in the website's decade-long history, it......
WISCONSIN: A federal judge on Friday overturned the murder conviction of one of two Wisconsin men serving life sentences for the 2005 slaying of a freelance photographer in a case spotlighted in the......
JHELUM: The former husband of Samia Shahid, a British Pakistani woman who died of ‘unnatural causes’ while visiting family here last month, has confessed to killing his ex-wife, sources in Punjab......
DHAKA: Bangladesh's cricket authorities Saturday partially lifted the ban on former captain Mohammad Ashraful, allowing him to play in selected domestic competitions, officials said.Ashraful was......
SAN FRANCISCO: A Silicon Valley internet mogul who sold his startup for $300 million at the age of 25 and appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” as a highly eligible bachelor was sentenced Friday to a......
LONDON: England will not make a decision on whether to go ahead with a tour of Bangladesh later this year until a security probe of the country has been completed, assistant coach Paul Farbrace said......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Joseph Schooling sensationally upset Michael Phelps in the 100m butterfly on Friday to seize Singapore's first ever Olympic gold medal at the Rio Games.The 21-year-old Asian champion......
QUETTA: The militant Islamic State (IS) group said Friday it was behind a roadside bomb that injured 13 people in Quetta, the SITE Intelligence Group said, days after a major attack in the city......
PESHAWAR: Five Pakistanis and a Russian who were captured by the Afghan Taliban after their Punjab government helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Aug 4 have been released and turned over to......
BUENOS AIRES: Star striker Lionel Messi will return to play for the Argentine national football team for "love" of his country, despite earlier vowing to retire in frustration, he said on......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday triggered a new war of words between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Peoples Party by saying that rejection by the......
What would you get if you combine the director of Fast and Furious franchise with the actors from Star Trek universe? A bombastic adventure that will be fast, furious and out-of-this-world,......
Ihave always wondered the science involved behind all the food that we eat, how it is grown or made, what processes it involved and can we experiment with it? There is a website that has answers to......
“Most of the leaders of the Congress subscribed to the view that Pakistan was not a viable state — politically, economically, geographically or militarily — and that sooner or later the areas which......
Like every year, on this Independence Day we can see roadside stalls selling flags, badges, colourful buntings and other stuff to decorate our houses and schools with. Many of you will also adorn......
Boy who ate tomato-based foods for 10 years finally eats a proper mealFourteen years old, Liam Pierce, hasn’t been able to look at a vegetable without feeling sick since he choked on a pea when he......
Like every year, Murad and Salman were very excited about celebrating Independence Day. They had heard many stories about the forefathers in getting freedom from their grandfather. Both Murad and......
We all love to celebrate August 14 with great enthusiasm, on individual as well as national levels. We decorate our homes, streets and cars with green and white Pakistan flags. All day long, there......
ISLAMABAD: Inflation for the week ended on Aug 11 for the combined income group witnessed a decrease of 0.18 per cent as compared to the previous week.The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KPCCI) has urged the federal government to take notice of the “delaying tactics” used by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to......
KARACHI: The KSE-100 index stormed past the coveted 40,000 point level for the first time ever in intra-day trade on Friday.The index, however, conceded most of the gains during the second half of......
ROME: The Italian economy is slowing again, and the timing could hardly be worse for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who is grappling with a banking crisis and divided public opinion ahead of a......
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan has said that the government can build low-cost residential units with the cooperation of builders to provide affordable housing to lower strata of......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is said to be closely monitoring and investigating recent vacillation in the trend of remittances inflow focusing on global recession and the impact of oil......
LAHORE: The textile industry on Friday warned the government that exports will fall further if import and regulatory duties on cotton import are not withdrawn and textile millers are not paid their......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Friday launched its new fully-featured bilingual website to provide comprehensive yet accessible information to the public. The......
KARACHI: The last four days’ downward drive in cotton prices came to a halt on Friday, partly due to renewed buying interest at the lower level and a recovery in global markets.The activity, however,......
LONDON: Gold jumped 1.3 per cent on Friday as the dollar retreated further after US retail sales data were unexpectedly flat in July.Friday’s unchanged reading for last month suggested consumer......
A sparkling and sprawling 48,000-square-foot two-story structure, decorated with artwork of animals etched onto interior glass walls, recently opened its doors 23 miles outside Indianapolis with one......
NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court handed a reprieve to the auto industry on Friday, ruling that new diesel vehicles can be allowed on the streets of the national capital as long as a 1 per cent......
KARACHI: Sales of Independence Day related items have increased by 100 per cent as the nation appears more enthusiastic in celebrating August 14 this year — breaking all sales records of previous......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have joined hands to crack down on illegal foreign exchanges, whose number is estimated to be around 30,000 across......
KARACHI: The Sindh government is likely to cancel more than 500,000 arms licences next week, as Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has ordered the home secretary to revoke all the manual licences......
KARACHI: Karachiites will soon see five marine mammals, two pairs each of bottlenose dolphins and sea lions, and a beluga whale, in action at the Maritime Museum, where preparations are under way for......
KARACHI: To take the experience of films to the masses and to those areas where there is no access to cinema, an initiative called Pardey Pe Rehney Do was launched on Friday evening.Speaking on the......
SUKKUR: Over 100 suspects were picked up in a combing up operation carried out by paramilitary troops and police in parts of Jacobabad district on Friday.The operation is part of a nationwide......
On a crackly Skype line from Ankara, the story I heard was both new and strangely familiar. I was speaking to an academic, a man with a belief in freedom and free markets, and he was telling me about......
WASHINGTON: So much of President Barack Obama’s personal life is shrouded in mystery.Who was on the guest list to his star-studded 55th birthday party last week at the White House? The administration......
MOSCOW: Russia has deployed its advanced S-400 air defence missile system to annexed Crimea, Russian news agencies reported on Friday, citing a statement from the Russian Defence Ministry.The......
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday unexpectedly dismissed his close ally and powerful chief of staff Sergei Ivanov, in the highest-level change inside the Kremlin in several......
NOVATO: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon embraced the 99-year-old woman he calls his “American Mom” on Thursday on a nostalgic visit to her home, where as a high school student from war-ravaged South......
LONDON: The United Nations warned against “demonising” refugees on Friday, after a global poll revealed 60 per cent of people thought Islamic extremists were posing as refugees.Around 40pc also said......
PARIS: Anti-racism organisations and human rights groups vowed on Friday to overturn a “deeply worrying” ban on the wearing of Burqinis — full-body swimsuits — on the beaches of Cannes, the French......
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton on Friday released her 2015 tax returns, which showed the Democratic presidential nominee and her husband had $10.75 million in income that year and paid an effective......
LONDON: Asad Shafiq and Younis Khan struck impressive centuries to carry Pakistan’s first innings to 340-6 at stumps and a 12-run lead over England on the second day of the fourth Test here at The......
GROS ISLET: Marlon Samuels and Jermaine Blackwood held up India’s push for a first-innings advantage, as the West Indies reached 194 for three in reply to the tourists’ first innings total of 353 at......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia delivered a stunning start to track and field at the Olympics with a world record in the 10,000 metres here on Friday, wiping away the competition just after......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil superstar Neymar renews a painful rivalry with Colombia in Saturday’s Olympic Games quarter-finals while Germany face Portugal in a clash of the world and European......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Triple jumper James Connolly won the United States’ first gold medal at the 1896 Summer Games and it is expected that on Sunday or Monday a still unknown American will claim a......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Michael Phelps and Simone Biles powered their way to more gold medals with rousing routs at the Rio Games here on Thursday.Sauntering to the sounds of Latin music befitting the......
KARACHI: Zone-VI emerged champions of the PCB Regional Inter-district Senior (Karachi Region) Cricket Tournament after cantering to a two-day defeat of Zone-V in the last-round fixture at the Landhi......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) on Friday filed a petition in the Lahore High Court, challenging the new cyber crime bill.Ishtiaq A Khan advocate filed the plea on behalf of the party,......
LAHORE: The City District Government of Lahore will start issuing passes to public free of cost for seeing the army parade on Aug 14 (tomorrow) at Wagha and Ganda Singh borders (in Kasur).According......
LAHORE: Unfazed by criticism of his push for controversial Kalabagh Dam, Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) Chairman Zafar Mahmood says he will continue his efforts to remove what he......
LAHORE: At least 25 suspected kidnappers, including women, were thrashed by mobs in different areas of the city during the last one month as reports of abduction of children continue to make......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Scores of brick kiln workers with their women and children and Labour Qaumi Movement activists held a sit-in on Friday at Shahbaz Chowk for the acceptance of their demands.Bhatta......
PESHAWAR: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has donated 2,500 tents to the Fata Disaster Management Authority for the internally displaced persons against the government’s demand of......
MINGORA: The cellphone revolution in the digital world has significantly reduced the demand for wristwatches.However, despite decline in its sale there are a few shopkeepers in Swat who are still......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra on Friday called for unity, harmony and joint efforts for prosperity of the motherland.During his visit to Peshawar Railway Station here, he......
PESHAWAR: Both treasury and opposition members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Friday flayed the police’s crackdown on Afghan nationals across the province and insisted the refugees’......
PESHAWAR: Two additional judges of the Peshawar High Court on Friday took oath of their offices increasing the number of judges to 16 against the court’s strength of 20.PHC Chief Justice Mazhar Alam......
PESHAWAR: The police on Friday said it had busted a six members gang involved in the abduction of newborns from hospitals and maternity homes and hospitals in Peshawar.SSP (Operations) Peshawar Abbas......
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday he wants India to discuss human rights issues about Balochistan and Azad Kashmir with expatriates from these regions living in different......
HUA HIN (Thailand): A series of blasts hit three of the most popular tourist resorts as well as towns in southern Thailand on Thursday and Friday, killing four people and wounding dozens, days after......
MAJHOI: The government is committed to completing all power projects on schedule to rid the country of outages and boost industrial growth, said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday.The prime......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided to file a reference with the speaker of the National Assembly for the de-seating of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as a member of the......
PESHAWAR: A leader of the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been killed in a US drone strike, the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan said on Friday, though the American......
ISLAMABAD: More than 40 artists contributed their works to Gallery6’s first exhibition in 10 months on Friday. The gallery had closed operation in October 2015 following Supreme Court orders to close......
My father moved from Gujranwala City to Rawalpindi a long time ago in search of work. We faced a lot of hardships, with our financial situation and my father’s health and that meant I was not able to......
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration on Friday imposed a ban on several activities, including taking out processions, holding demonstrations besides the display of arms and the sale and use of......
ISLAMABAD: As the military launched its first combing operations in Punjab targeting the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s splinter group Jamaatul Ahrar, Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif......
QUETTA: Four suspected militants were killed in a shootout with security forces in the Kahan area of Kohlu district on Friday.The Frontier Corps (FC) action in Kohlu was part of a combing operation......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday proposed to India a dedicated dialogue on Kashmir and a bilateral moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons.The new proposals were announced by Adviser to the Prime......
CHARSADDA: Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan warned on Friday that any move to revoke the 18th constitution amendment might lead to the country’s disintegration.“Prime Minister Nawaz......
MULTAN: Police have included the name of Mufti Abdul Qavi as a suspect in the murder case of model Qandeel Baloch on the request of her father Mohammad Azeem.City Police Officer Azhar Akram told Dawn......
QUETTA: Commander of Southern Command Lt Gen Aamir Riaz on Friday alleged that India had launched an unconventional war against Pakistan and its agencies were involved in acts of terrorism in the......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday asked the chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority to depute an officer not below the rank of director to explain under which......
THE modus operandi of the terrorist is flexible. When so-called hard targets become difficult to attack, soft ones are selected. When one area becomes more stable and therefore harder for terrorists......
POLITICIANS seldom tell the truth. But now, this contempt for facts has hit new heights.Consider: after Donald ‘Truth’ was awarded the prestigious Lie of the Year by PolitiFact, the website’s......
THE spoils system came into vogue in India soon after independence. The bad habits set by the Congress were adopted by all the opposition parties which came to power at the centre and in the......
IF Pakistan has evidence that the Indian intelligence agency RAW acted in cahoots with its Afghan counterpart NDS to plan and execute the Quetta atrocity then the sooner New Delhi is confronted with......
THE Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) has finally cleared construction in Karachi of two large Chinese-supplied nuclear reactors. Approval of the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR)......
