TEHRAN: Iran on Friday cheered Kimia Alizadeh who became the first Iranian woman ever to win an Olympic medal with President Hassan Rouhani leading the praise over her taekwondo bronze.“My daughter......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani in a letter to chief ministers of Punjab, Sindh, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) proposed Friday a division of the families of Quetta blast among the three......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Friday invited the Indian Foreign Secretary to visit Islamabad for discussion on the Kashmir dispute and to find a fair and just solution as per United Nations......
HYDERABAD: Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Irfan Ali Baloch said on Friday police arrested two activists of a Sindhi nationalist organisation for their alleged links with Research and Analysis......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Friday visited front line troops, deployed for operations along the Pak-Afghan border in Khyber Agency, and appreciated the effort of the......
WASHINGTON: The United States acknowledged that it waited for Iran to release American prisoners before delivering $400 million in cash that it owed the country, but again insisted the payment was......
PESHAWAR: A former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police officer's wife suspected of involvement in child trafficking was arrested on Monday in the Gulbahar area of the city, said police.Superintendent Police......
ISLAMABAD: Former foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Thursday stressed the need to ramp up pressure against India in order to resolve the long-standing Kashmir dispute, and maintained that......
CALIFORNIA: Social media giant, Facebook has announced plans to team up with gaming engine developer, Unity Technologies, in order to expand their services for gamers and developers, the company......
QUETTA: Security forces on Friday claimed to have arrested 27 'militants', including foreigners, during a combing operation in the Kanak area of Balochistan's Mastung district.A security official who......
ENGLAND: Android devices are dominating smartphone sales in the second quarter of 2016, with devices running Google's popular operating system acquiring 86.2 per cent market share, IT research and......
SRINAGAR: More than 40 days of clashes between protesters and security forces have overwhelmed the main hospital in India-held Kashmir, where some patients with severe injuries said they had been......
CHARLOTTE: For the first time since declaring his presidential run, Republican Donald Trump acknowledged that his caustic comments may have caused people pain, saying that he regrets some of what......
DHAKA: Bangladesh cricket authorities said Friday they have sacked the national team's assistant coach Ruwan Kalpage after he failed to report for duty.The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had asked......
MALAHIDE: Sharjeel Khan said the Pakistan 'A' tour in England had been pivotal to his compiling a stunning maiden One-Day International (ODI) century as the tourists romped to a 255-run victory over......
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored the ongoing killings in India-held Kashmir as security forces there try to stamp out weeks of anti-government protests by Kashmiri......
LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday ordered the suspension of construction on the multi-billion dollar Orange Line Metro Train within 200 feet of 11 heritage sites.The......
RIO: Dalilah Muhammad powered to a brilliant victory in the women's 400m hurdles Thursday to become the first winner of the event from the United States in Olympic history.The 26-year-old, the......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday launched a 17,000-tonne heavy Pakistan Navy Warship fleet tanker, at the Karachi Shipyard.The fleet tanker was built in collaboration with Turkish firm......
Pakistan’s ‘truck art’ is now quite a well-known ‘genre’ around the world. For long, it has been an homegrown art-form in South Asia, especially in Pakistan, where the whole idea of decorating trucks......
DUBAI: The Saudi-led coalition expressed deep regret over a decision by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to evacuate staff from northern Yemen and said it was trying to set up "urgent meetings" with......
NEW DELHI: For asthma sufferer Mohan Lal, regular visits to the Indian capital's hospitals were a nightmare of waiting in endless queues in sweltering corridors that swarm with mosquitoes.But a......
RIO: US Olympic authorities apologised to Brazil on Thursday as two US swimmers were allowed to go home having retracted a fabricated story about being mugged in Rio."We apologise to our hosts in Rio......
Video of a small boy, bloodied and covered in dust, who was rescued after an apparent air strike in the Syrian city of Aleppo, sparked outrage and concern on social media on Thursday.Sitting alone in......
TEHRAN: It is Iran's answer to the Academie Francaise, keeping the Farsi language safe from the corrupting influence of foreign words. Its latest, unlikely target: something called "Nutella Bars".The......
SAN FRANCISCO: A federal judge has rejected a legal settlement that would have divided up to $100 million among about 380,000 Uber drivers to resolve claims the ride-hailing service has been......
RIO: Usain Bolt wrote another chapter of improbable Olympic history with a third consecutive 200m crown on Thursday as Ashton Eaton led an American gold rush by clinching back-to-back decathlon......
MANSEHRA: An 80-member committee of those affected by the Dasu hydropower project has asked the government to ink an agreement with them on nine points mutually agreed last week otherwise they would......
LANDI KOTAL: Scores of tribesmen, traders and custom clearing agents staged a demonstration near Torkham border after a local resident died of heart attack when he was refused timely permission at......
MINGORA: The young scientists and astronomers conducted practical demonstrations here on Thursday concerning various scientific fields including the universe, astronomy, chemistry and educated......
PESHAWAR: The Corridor Front, a grouping of various political parties and civil society organisations, on Thursday warned the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor would become controversial like Kalabagh......
ISLAMABAD: The country director of Population Council, Dr Zeba Sathar, on Thursday said even if girls receive an education, they have limited job opportunities. She urged the government to......
TAXILA: Over 2,000 Hindus and Sikhs from across the country travelled to the Gurdwara Punja Sahib to observe the three-day Rakhi festival, which concluded on Thursday.Boarding and lodging......
FG, model schools in a tug-of-warThe two education systems in the federal capital, both run by the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) have been in a tug-of-war over the administrative control of......
Every now and then, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif are found proclaiming that they lead two of the cleanest governments in the country’s rocky history. To support their......
LAHORE: PPP Senator Aitzaz Ahsan says the disagreement between the PML-N and opposition on the issue of drafting Terms of Reference (ToR) for Panamagate inquiry shows there is something fishy on part......
LAHORE: The Unesco’s World Heritage Committee has urged the Punjab government to immediately suspend any further work on the Orange Line Metro Train along the Shalamar Gardens and identify an......
LAHORE: Two-time Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy met Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday and praised his measures for the welfare and empowerment of women.She said the Punjab......
We witness mob justice in an increasing scale all across Punjab in response to the crimes, petty and heinous, whose end we do not see anywhere soon in the foreseeable future.We in no way mean the......
KARACHI: Despite an impressive line-up of laws passed over the past 10 years to safeguard women and children, implementation remains a serious concern, according to lawyer and human rights activist,......
KARACHI: Six Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers, who had been picked up from Gulistan-i-Jauhar for questioning, were released on Thursday after Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah warned law......
KARACHI: A 26-year-old delivery man died from head injuries when he fell into the lift shaft from the third floor of a multi-storey building in Clifton due to the faulty landing door of the lift,......
KARACHI: The Shri Laxmi Narayan Temple at the Native’s Jetty wore a festive look on Thursday on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. Women and girls from all over the city arrived at the temple for pooja......
KARACHI: The invite to the show The Future is Now that began at the Art Chowk Gallery on Thursday reads: ‘drawing is as crucial to visual art as the alphabet is to writing’. Though it would be......
KARACHI: While the police chief called social media reports about widespread kidnapping of children in Karachi “rumours”, a woman was caught red-handed kidnapping a schoolgirl in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on......
KARACHI: Eye banking is being successfully practised in many Muslim countries, including Jordan, where authorities are now able to generate local eye donations in significant numbers. Credit for this......
SANGHAR: Sindh Minister for Food and Parliamentary Affairs Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has said the activities of Rangers and the National Accountability Bureau has created a sense of deprivation in the......
NEW DELHI: India’s most famous tiger, photographed by thousands of tourists over the years at a popular northern wildlife park, died on Thursday, days after the ageing animal stopped eating.Machli......
BEIJING: Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday met with China’s premier, discussing a stalled dam project and the prospect of building a bridge near the countries’ troubled......
VIENNA: Austrian conservative politicians called for a ban on full-body veils on Thursday, saying the veils would hinder women to integrate into the mainly Catholic Austrian society.Public debate......
THE numbers game is intriguing. There were 187,000 prisoners in Turkey’s jails back in March. Since the failed coup in mid July, the cops have picked up, imprisoned or “detained” for interrogation at......
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter on Thursday announced that it has cut off 235,000 more accounts for violating its policies regarding promotion of terrorism at the global one-to-many messaging service.The......
ANKARA: Suspected Kurdish rebels have carried out a wave of deadly bombings in Turkish cities in what appears to be an intensified campaign against state security forces in the chaotic aftermath of......
WASHINGTON: Private defence contractors in Afghanistan outnumber US troops by 3 to 1, says a report prepared for the US Congress this week. The Congressional Research Service (CRS), which prepared......
PARIS: The 5,300-year-old Alpine mummy known as the Tyrolean Iceman died wearing leather clothes and accessories harvested from no less than five wild or domesticated species, a DNA analysis......
KABUL: It is one of the few things everyone in Afghanistan can agree on — the need for a new, electronically readable, biometrically secure ID card that will help build a sense of national identity......
A year ago, not even the most dedicated hackers in Russia’s troll army could have predicted their country would play this big a role in the US election.But then Donald Trump came along — and Russia......
GABBY Douglas, a gold medal-winning gymnast, seemed confused when a reporter at the Olympics started asking her questions about the internet just after her final routine at Rio. The reporter wanted......
MALAHIDE: Pakistan, inspired by a blazing Sharjeel Khan maiden century, thrashed Ireland by a mammoth 255 runs in the first One-day International at Malahide on Thursday.Sharjeel’s stunning innings......
DHAKA: England cricket officials inspected Bangladesh’s main stadium on Thursday as part of a security probe to determine whether to go ahead with a tour in the country next month.The officials, who......
PORT OF SPAIN: India made two early strikes before threatening weather closed in to force an early lunch interval, with the West Indies at 62 for two on the opening day of the fourth and final Test......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Neymar scored twice, including the fastest goal in Olympic history, as Brazil set up a blockbuster revenge showdown with Germany for Olympic gold by thrashing Honduras 6-0 on......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Kerron Clement of the United States stormed to victory in the men’s 400m hurdles on Thursday, holding off a furious late challenge from Kenya’s Boniface Tumuti to take gold after one......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Reports emerged Thursday that the US Olympic swimmers claiming to have been mugged in Rio in fact caused damage at a gasoline station and were involved in a dispute with a security......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Hungarian kayaker Danuta Kozak fought off a fearsome pack of competitors to defend her Olympic title in the women’s K-1 500 metres final on Thursday.Kozak, 29, claimed the fifth......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Elaine Thompson captured a magnificent Olympic sprint double for Jamaica on Wednesday as Brianna Rollins led a first ever clean sweep of medals for the United States in the 100m......
KARACHI: The duo of national champion Mohammad Bilal of Punjab and Sindh’s Zulfiqar A. Qadir crossed first hurdle as upsets continued in the eighth National Bank of Pakistan Ranking Snooker......
ISLAMABAD: Faced with overabundance crisis, the government on Thursday decided to pump out its urea fertiliser stocks with a 27 per cent price cut to recoup some of the agricultural loss of the last......
KARACHI: Mangoes are fetching a price of $600-700 per tonne (FOB) in various foreign destinations this current season compared to $400-500 shipped last year.Waheed Ahmed, Chairman All Pakistan Fruit......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Thursday notified the Employees Provident Fund (Investment in Listed Securities) Rules, 2016 aimed at securing the hard-earned......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Furniture Council (PFC) on Thursday asked the government to impose a ban on imports of furniture items to fully exploit potential of the local industry.PFC Chief Executive Mian......
KARACHI: Habib Bank Limited (HBL) posted a consolidated after-tax profit of Rs16 billion for the first half of 2016, with earnings per share rising to Rs10.86, it announced on Thursday.Along with the......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday ended its eight-day winning streak which saw the KSE-100 index climb by 667 points to cross the 40,000 level.The market hit a fresh intraday......
KARACHI: The Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) is seeking joint ventures and investments in marine-fuel bunkering to meet the expected surge in demand after establishment of the......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has uploaded returns of mutual funds, as of June 30, 2016, on its official website.The SECP took this initiative to facilitate and......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign reserves edged up by $28 million to $22.623 billion during the week ended on Aug 12, the central bank said on Thursday.Of them, foreign reserves held by the......
LONDON: Gold rose on Thursday, buoyed by a weaker dollar after minutes from the US Federal Reserve’s July meeting showed policymakers were divided over whether to raise interest rates soon.Members of......
BANGKOK: Thailand’s finance minister on Thursday brushed off concerns about plunging foreign investment under junta rule, saying “there is light ahead” now that voters have approved a......
LONDON: Britain on Thursday said it would tax companies which sell sugary soft drinks and invest that money in health programmes for school children, part of a long-awaited strategy to curb childhood......
ISLAMABAD: Against the backdrop of a general perception that a prime minister reigns supreme, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that no prime minister can move any legislation, finance or fiscal......
ISLAMABAD: The war of references between the government and opposition parties continued on Thursday as the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz filed a reference seeking disqualification of Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday accepted the unconditional apology tendered by top officials of the federal and Sindh governments for appointing Atta Mohammad Panwar as member of the Malir......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Water and Power informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday that the Nandipur power project was producing electricity at a higher cost of Rs7.25 per unit,......
MITHI: Boxer Amir Khan visited drought-hit Thar on Thursday, along with his wife Faryal Makhdoom Khan, and said he was shocked when he heard news about unabated deaths of children in the area because......
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the government of Balochistan on Thursday signed a cost-sharing agreement worth Rs100 million to provide assistance to the areas which......
KARACHI: Imtiaz Sheikh, a senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) and member of the Sindh Assembly, said on Thursday that he had decided to join the Pakistan Peoples Party......
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Thursday that Pakistan and Norway enjoyed cordial ties in multiple fields, besides having unanimity of views on......
JALOZAI CAMP: Seven-year-old Mobeena and her classmate Nahiya do not even remember how and when they came to the Jalozai camp in Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where most of the displaced......
QUETTA: Rallies were held across Balochistan on Thursday in protest against a statement by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about what he called “independence movement in the province”. And it was......
HIS face bloodied and completely covered in dust, the little boy sits quietly, staring ahead, dazed and shocked after an apparent air strike in the Syrian city of Aleppo.Alone in an ambulance, the......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday it would welcome any UN mission intending to visit Azad Jammu and Kashmir, but took strong exception to equating AJK with India-held Valley.“While......
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet, in its sitting on Thursday, spent a considerable amount of time reviewing progress on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) amidst concerns over whether the......
LANDI KOTAL: At least 13 suspected militants were reportedly killed when military planes targeted their hideouts in the Rajgal valley of Tirah in Khyber Agency on Thursday.Official sources said that......
ISLAMABAD: The government has sacked the chairman and an independent member of the board of directors (BoD) of a state-owned entity executing $15 billion gas pipeline projects after they raised......
ARE dark clouds beginning to hover on the balance-of-payments horizon? Worker remittances to Pakistan have hit an air pocket in July, dropping over 20 per cent from a year earlier. Since the launch......
SOME of you might have come across this picture which shows a mother with her son. Only a bunch of hotheads on the street that day didn’t think so.This is a woman probably in her 30s, cloaked in a......
ONE of the promises which every government that comes into office in Pakistan holds out to the people is that it will end load-shedding. Deadlines are announced but not met. Waiting for uninterrupted......
“I knew that my portion of the American galaxy, where bodies were enslaved by a tenacious gravity, was black and that the other, liberated portion was not.” — Ta-Nehisi CoatesWHILE everything appears......
