RIO: Joao Havelange, who died Tuesday at 100, turned FIFA into a global business behemoth and helped bring the Olympics to Rio, only to resign in disgrace after a corruption scandal.The Samaritano......
KARACHI: Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin felt that Younis Khan was struggling playing outside the crease, which compelled him to give the 38-year-old Pakistan veteran a phone call before the......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Functional Committee on Human Rights on Tuesday rejected a report submitted by Sindh Rangers regarding the human rights violations in Karachi Operation, declaring it “fake and......
CINCINNATI: Top seed Serena Williams gave up a wild card entry into the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters tournament on Monday after complaining of a shoulder injury.The world number one, who is being......
KARACHI: Fast-bowler Mohammad Asif said watching Mohammad Amir play at the international level motivates him to make a return to the national side."For me Amir was the best bowler in the series......
BANGALORE: Amnesty International denied on Tuesday that its staff made anti-nationalist comments at one of its events on Indian occupied Kashmir after the rights group was slapped with sedition......
NEW DELHI: Indian messaging startup Hike Messenger has raised more than $175 million in a funding round led by Tencent Holdings Limited and Foxconn Technology Group that values the company at nearly......
SRINAGAR: India's Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday told a rally that “going to Pakistan is the same as going to hell”, as Indian security forces killed five protesters and injured 10......
LONDON: Ireland paceman Boyd Rankin will miss two One-Day Internationals against Pakistan after breaking his leg, it was announced Tuesday.The 32-year-old fractured his left tibia during a training......
PARIS: The French government has defended municipal bans on body-covering Muslim burqini swimwear but called on mayors to try and cool tensions between communities.Three Mediterranean towns — Cannes,......
LONDON: England fast bowler Steven Finn is set to be out of action for at least a month after suffering a hamstring injury, it was announced Tuesday.The Middlesex quick suffered the left hamstring......
MUZAFFARABAD: PML-N candidate and former ambassador Mohammad Masood Khan was elected president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) by the legislative assembly on Wednesday.Masood was given 42 votes while......
PESHAWAR: An 11-year-old girl drowned on Tuesday after falling into a river while attempting to take a selfie and her parents also died trying to save her, officials said.The drownings occurred in......
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Tuesday announced a 15-man line-up for the upcoming five-match One-Day International (ODI) series against Pakistan which kicks off August 24.All-rounder Ben......
ISLAMABAD: As the drama on the Panama leaks continues since the surfacing of the documents in April this year, another reference was filed with National Assembly (NA) Speaker Ayaz Sadiq seeking the......
There was something symbolic about the national flag fiasco in Srinagar on Monday.As Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti tried to hoist and unfurl the Indian tricolour on Independence......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday confirmed the death sentences of 11 'hardcore terrorists' involved in committing "heinous offences related to terrorism," said......
Startup Hyperloop One may build a 'crazy fast' transportation system at Dubai's Jebel Ali port if economic and feasibility studies are favourable, TechCrunch reported.Hyperloop, a brainchild of......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Usain Bolt steps up his quest for 'immortality', Christian Taylor targets a rare double, divers are headed for more murky business, and synchronised swimmers are polishing up their......
DUBAI: Iranian security forces killed three fighters linked to the militant Islamic State (IS) group in a city close to the Iraqi border on Tuesday, confiscating a weapons cache and belts armed with......
HMD Global Oy, a new Finnish company looking to relaunch the Nokia brand for phones, said on Monday it has hired Pekka Rantala, the former CEO of Angry Birds maker Rovio, as its Chief Marketing......
LONDON: Diego Costa thrust himself back into the headlines with an 89th-minute winner as Chelsea edged West Ham United 2-1 in Antonio Conte's first Premier League game as manager on Monday.Eden......
The death of Qandeel Baloch has brought with it an outpour of mixed emotions: rage, grief, apologism.So much has already been said about the woman who put a mirror to our hypocrisy; now, her brutal......
BEIJING: China on Tuesday launched the world's first quantum satellite, which will help it establish "hack-proof" communications between space and the ground, state media said, the latest advance in......
SRINAGAR: At least four people have been killed in troubled India-held Kashmir, and around 15 others injured on Tuesday as hundreds clashed with government troops during anti-India protests, police......
UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he would personally like to see a woman lead the United Nations (UN) for the first time since it was established more than 70 years ago.As he nears......
LONDON: Pakistan's comeback to level the four-match Test series against England was inspired by the Pakistan Movement which led to the country's independence 69 years ago, said skipper......
WASHINGTON: Fifteen Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to the United Arab Emirates, the largest such release in years, the Pentagon announced Monday.The latest transfers bring the......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army conducted an operation along the Pak-Afghan border in Rajgal valley on Tuesday, the military's media wing said.An Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said......
SAN FRANCISCO: Knock, knock, Google's video chatting app has arrived.The app, dubbed Duo, represents Google's response to other popular video calling options, including Apple's FaceTime, Microsoft's......
NEW YORK: Police arrested and charged a man with murder late Monday night in the brazen daytime shooting deaths of an imam and his friend as they left a New York City mosque over the weekend.Oscar......
NOWSHERA: The Nowshera police have arrested a man for blackmailing and sexually assaulting a girl whom he befriended on social networking site Facebook.Police said that they were informed that a man......
KHAR: Elders of various tribes of Bajaur Agency on Monday vowed to work for protecting local customs and traditions, saying that they would not allow anyone to disrupt tribal civilisation in the name......
PESHAWAR: The local police have arrested a couple for selling baby daughter to a gang involved in the sale of newborns kidnapped from hospitals and maternity homes in the provincial capital.On......
GILGIT: A shutter down strike was observed on Monday to protest central government’s alleged failure to give the people of Gilgit-Baltistan due share in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor......
LANDI KOTAL: As many as 28 Afghan nationals, women and children among them, were injured when a truck overturned in Landi Kotal on Monday.Officials said that the incident took place near Michni......
ISLAMABAD: If a letter written by a district and sessions judge in Rawalpindi, who was designated as a special judge under the Protection of Pakistan Act (PoPA), is to be believed, the lethargy of......
ISLAMABAD: The emergency filter clinic, built with public donations in the government-run Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), remains locked for no good reason.It was a bright initiative......
SIALKOT: The city has got its first art gallery established by a local architect and artist who recently completed his fine arts degree from the National College of Arts in Lahore.Maroof Ahmad......
LAHORE: The judicial magistrates at different courts on Monday handed down six-day imprisonment to 87 youngsters each arrested for doing a wheelie during the Independence Day celebrations.The......
LAHORE: Hundreds of peace activists from India and Pakistan participated in a candlelit vigil on Wagah/Attari borders on the night between Aug 14 and 15 to pay homage to the freedom struggle.The......
LAHORE: A woman was beaten up and injured by a mob on suspicion of a kidnapper while she was going along with her own child in Shalimar area late on Sunday night.Sadia of Bogiwal and her 10-year-old......
KARACHI: A solar system will be installed on the premises of the mausoleum of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.This was pointed out at a meeting of the sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee......
HYDERABAD: After hectic deliberations, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has finalised the names of Syed Tayyab Hussain and Syed Suhail Mehmood aka Sohail Mashhadi as its candidates for the slots......
KARACHI: Two siblings died while their elder brother was hospitalised after inhaling fumes of a bedbug insecticide inside their one-room home in Mohammad Ali Society, officials said on Monday.They......
KARACHI: Most customers in the Defence Housing Authority and Clifton have stopped receiving service of WorldCall Cable Broadband — one of the largest internet and cable television providers in......
KARACHI: Police authorities have shelved their plan to outsource city’s video surveillance through the command and control centres after the Supreme Court order for the development of an effective......
RIYADH: Saudi soldiers on the front lines of the war in Yemen are getting a month’s extra salary from King Salman, official media said.The handout comes after an escalation of the 17-month-old war......
NEW DELHI: China has accused Indian media of playing in the hands of unnamed western countries by playing up the negative and ignoring the positive in Beijing’s ties with New Delhi, local reports......
BASTIA: A mayor on the French island of Corsica on Monday became the third nationwide to announce a ban on burqinis, after the full-body Islamic swimsuit allegedly sparked violent clashes.The Riviera......
WASHINGTON: Corruption investigators in Ukraine say an illegal, off-the-books payment network earmarked $12.7 million in cash payments for US Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign chairman......
CAPE TOWN: A South African court on Monday jailed a woman for 10 years for kidnapping a newborn baby and raising her as her own, before an astonishing coincidence reunited the girl with her......
SEONGJU: About 900 South Koreans shaved their heads on Monday to protest against a government decision to place a missile defence system designed to counter North Korean missile threats, in the......
ALTOONA: The Republican Party, popularly known as GOP, could be nearing a breaking point with Donald Trump.As he skips from one gaffe to the next, GOP leaders in Washington and in the most......
WHETHER on a subway, a sidewalk or a living room couch, life for millennials is lived in two worlds. There is the physical world around them, but also the online world that exists just out of sight,......
BANGKOK: It happens with horrifying frequency in southern Thailand, a country much of the world associates with pristine beaches and alluring, sapphire blue seas: a bomb goes off. Victims are maimed......
COLOMBO: Centuries from skipper Steve Smith and Shaun Marsh gave Australia hope of a consolation victory in the final Test against Sri Lanka on Monday before being pegged back by their bogeyman......
LONDON: England coach Trevor Bayliss has accepted ‘tough decisions’ will need to be made when the selectors pick the Test squad for the upcoming tours of Bangladesh and India.The most pressing......
LONDON: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has warned of the damage that could be done to Bangladesh cricket should England call off their upcoming tour of the country.England are due to fly to......
THEY came. They drew. They conquered. On a glorious sunny day at The Oval, Pakistan may have merely levelled the series but they left with the aura of champions. The relief of drawing this tough......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Even a lumbering start couldn’t slow down the world’s fastest man.Usain Bolt became the first person to win three straight Olympic 100m titles, blowing down the straightaway in 9.81......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Teenager Ruth Jebet won Bahrain’s first ever Olympic gold medal on Monday, blowing away the competition in the women’s 3,000 metres steeplechase but narrowly missing out on the world......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Najma Parveen brought the curtains down on Pakistan’s dismal show at the Olympics when she finished last in the sixth heat of the women’s 200m, and more than two seconds behind her......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Pole Anita Wlodarczyk underlined her absolute dominance of the women’s hammer by throwing a world record 82.29 metres to win Olympic gold by more than five and a half metres on Monday......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Gold-medal favourites Australia will not get a medal in Olympic men’s field hockey for the first time in 28 years after losing to the Netherlands 4-0 in the quarter-finals on......
KARACHI: Two lower-ranked cueists — Sharjeel Mehmood of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and former national champion Mohammad Asif Toba of Punjab — sent shockwaves to their rivals on the opening day of the eighth......
ISLAMABAD: Dissatisfied with foreign investment outcomes, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed massive restructuring of the Board of Investment (BoI) including winding up of its regional......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s trade deficit with its largest trading partner China widened to $6.223 billion in the previous fiscal year.The increase in the deficit came as Pakistan’s exports to China falter......
LAHORE: The government plans to add 200 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of regasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) to the system from Jan 1 next year.“Since we will have 600mmcfd of RLNG after......
ISLAMABAD: The first meeting of the newly established National Advisory Council (NAC) on e-commerce, chaired by Minister of Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan, will be held on August 18.The 48-member......
KARACHI: The overall sales of petrol during the run-up to this year’s Independence Day remained mixed as Pakistan State Oil (PSO) saw a significant drop during the Aug 12-14 period while Shell’s......
KARACHI: Investors at the stock market cheered on Monday as the KSE-100 index crossed the 40,000 barrier and closed at the new all-time high of 40,030.52, representing gains of 122.88 points (0.30......
PESHAWAR: Before strengthening bilateral trade, Pakistan should facilitate Iran in banking transactions to help our traders, Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan, Mehdi Honardoost said on Monday.Meeting......
KARACHI: The board of management (BoM) of Pakistan State Oil (PSO) on Monday announced a final cash dividend of Rs7.5 per share for the year ended June 30, 2016. The company reported a......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 386 companies in July 2016 with 85 per cent of them as private limited companies while around 12pc as single member......
KARACHI: A number of foreign companies and members of the Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan (ABAD) have signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) for $500 million investment during......
ALL tech companies face a constant demand to innovate while also producing huge profits and sales growth. That means that Apple, the world’s largest company, is also one of the few that can post a......
LAHORE: The business community of Punjab on Monday expressed reservations at the introduction of ‘Electronic Import Form’ by the FBR.Fearing rise in smuggling and insisting that traders will opt for......
KARACHI: The cotton market remained under pressure on Monday despite the fact that the flow of phutti (seed cotton) form Sindh improved considerably which had slowed down owing to recent rains.With......
LONDON: Gold rose on Monday as the dollar edged lower as expectations dwindled that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rate this year.Data on Friday showed US retail sales were unexpectedly flat......
PESHAWAR: Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoost has said that his country is ready to provide all possible support to Pakistan in the war against terrorism and for the development of its......
KARACHI: Axact Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shoaib Shaikh and 13 co-accused in the fake degrees case were granted bail by the Sindh High Court on Monday.Justice Iqbal Kalhoro granted them bail......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday passed a bill regarding the salaries, allowances and perks of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) members, which were being drawn without legal cover......
ISLAMABAD: A dozen young men and women stand before a rock face on the outskirts of Islamabad, challenging and cheering each other on as they take turns scrambling up the limestone in front of......
MUZAFFARABAD: People in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) marked India’s Independence Day as a ‘black day’ on Monday by staging anti-India and pro-freedom rallies and demonstrations like their brethren......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Justice and Democratic Party (PJDP) on Monday lodged a protest against the treatment meted out to its members by the office of National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, accusing......
SRINAGAR: Nine people, among them a 16-year-old protester and a police commander, lost their lives on Monday as clashes and gun battles raged across the disputed region on India’s Independence......
LAHORE: Sitting in his home in Saadi Park, Adnan is anxiously searching for an excuse to prevent an impending visit by his relatives. The passage to his middle-class house is flooded and impassable.......
THE HAGUE: A lawyer who allegedly received death threats for working with the International Criminal Court on possible Israeli war crimes against Palestinians accused Israel on Monday of trying to......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Monday filed a reference against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for his disqualification as a member of the National Assembly.The PTI’s Deputy......
MOSCOW: Russia and the United States are close to starting joint military action against militants in Syria’s Aleppo, Russian news agencies on Monday cited Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday began addressing the military’s concerns about the faltering counterterrorism strategy commonly known as the National Action Plan (NAP) against terrorism.As the......
POLITICAL geography examines how the nature of politics in specific geographies is influenced by local socio-economic factors. Applying this lens to Pakistan’s immense and varied geography yields......
NOT too long ago, as time is measured in history, foreign communists were barred from the United States while their home-grown American comrades, who lurked in camouflage in movie studios and on......
IN a country like Pakistan, where the government finds it challenging to deal with the many socio-economic problems faced by its populace, the role of NGOs in contributing to solve and support......
Controversy thy name is Imran Khan — or so it would appear to be all too often. Steaming into Islamabad for yet another anti-government rally, the PTI supremo on Sunday night ventured into the......
