ALEPPO: A ceasefire brokered by Russia and the United States took effect in Syria at sundown Monday, despite scepticism over how long the truce in the five-year conflict would hold.The initial......
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has indicated retirement from T20 internationals after playing a farewell match in a series against West Indies in UAE.According to sources, Shahid......
KARACHI: Two boys, who were missing from Sunday afternoon, were found murdered in the limits of Sohrab Goth and Site Superhighway Industrial police stations on Monday.The boys were stated to be......
ISLAMABAD: The death toll in the two-day operation launched by Indian Army against alleged Kashmiri rebels has surged to seven.The Indian army claimed to have killed seven Kashmiri rebels in three......
MINA: Thanks to computer technology and SMS messaging, Muslims at the annual Haj pilgrimage to Mecca were able Monday to make their Eidul Azha sacrifice without getting blood on their hands.The more......
DUBAI: A group of six Gulf Arab countries expressed "deep concern" Monday over a bill passed by the United States (US) Congress that would allow families of Sept 11 victims to sue the government of......
ISTANBUL: A car bomb exploded Monday outside the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters in the eastern Turkish city of Van, wounding 48 people including two police officers, the......
OSLO: Norway hit a hairdresser with a roughly 1,000-euro fine on Monday after she was convicted of discrimination for turning away a Muslim client wearing a headscarf.Merete Hodne had risked up to......
ISLAMABAD: The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Monday clarified that the matter of a reported scuffle between officials of the National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) and some army......
RAWALPINDI: At Murree Brewery, home of Pakistan's national lager, vintage copper boilers belch odorous fumes as they churn out 10 million litres of beer each year.Hundreds of tons of gin and whisky......
LAHORE: In a last-ditch attempt to get opposition parties on board with Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) proposed Raiwind rally, PTI's Aleem Khan on Monday rejected the idea that the protest will......
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has amended its regulations to exempt Islamic banks from using interest-based benchmarks for some of their financing products, the latest government step aimed at......
NEW DELHI: India have kept faith with Rohit Sharma, on Monday naming the out-of-form middle-order batsman in a 15-man squad for the home Test series against New Zealand beginning later this month.The......
LONDON: England limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan and batsman Alex Hales have both made themselves unavailable for next month's tour of Bangladesh, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed......
Pep Guardiola takes charge of his first Champions League group game as Manchester City manager on Tuesday when Borussia Moenchengladbach visit the Etihad Stadium in Group C. Here are five reasons why......
BEIJING: The Chinese and Russian navies launched eight days of war games in the South China Sea on Monday, in a sign of growing cooperation between their armed forces against the backdrop of regional......
PARIS: UEFA, the richest and most powerful continental football confederation, elects a new president this week as it confronts a growing challenge to its cash-cow Champions League.The 55-member......
DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar al Assad made a rare public appearance on Monday at prayers for the Muslim Eidul Azha holiday in the town of Daraya, recently surrendered by rebels.State media......
NEW YORK: Stan Wawrinka's US Open triumph over world number one Novak Djokovic gave him a third Grand Slam title in as many finals, but the 31-year-old Swiss says they don't get any easier.Wawrinka,......
NEW YORK: Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the electric car company is making major improvements to the Autopilot system used by its vehicles, which will dramatically reduce the number and severity of......
SEOUL: Samsung shares plunged Monday after the South Korean electronics giant urged global consumers to stop using its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone due to a spate of exploding batteries that raised alarm......
NEW YORK: Hillary Clinton cancelled a California fundraising trip after being diagnosed with pneumonia and falling ill Sunday at a 9/11 ceremony, renewing speculation about the Democratic......
RAWALPINDI: At Murree Brewery, home of Pakistan's national lager, vintage copper boilers belch odorous fumes as they churn out 10 million litres of beer each year.Hundreds of tons of gin and whisky......
KARACHI: Senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Farooq Sattar is in a "stable condition" and all his vital organs are functioning normally after he was injured in a car accident on......
ON a recent trip to Agra, it didn’t take long for a shopkeeper to recognise me as Pakistani. “I can tell from the way you speak Urdu,” he explained. On hearing I’m a Karachiite, he began reciting......
LAST Thursday, Imran Khan cut a frustrated figure in the National Assembly as he spoke about the government’s brazenly apathetic response towards the Panama Papers.Five months on since the prime......
LEADERSHIP is not only about winning the hearts and minds of those under one’s command but also about the ability to take difficult decisions in the face of adversity and uphold certain principles.......
IN February 1972, I had joined a light engineering enterprise at Kot Lakhpat, Lahore as a labour officer. The factory, recently acquired by the state, employed around 2,000 workers. I soon found out......
PESHAWAR: Reacting to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s plan to march on Raiwind for holding sit-in outside the residence of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the PML-N activists in Peshawar held a protest......
MANSEHRA: With Eidul Azha round the corner, the cattle markets in Mansehra failed to attract a large of number of buyers as compared to last year.“I have not seen a large presence of animals and......
PESHAWAR: Compared to only three Pashto flicks on the last Eid, Pashto film industry will release four Pashto movies -- Ghulam, Badmashee Na Manam, Badmashee Ba Manaey and Za Pagal Yam -- on Eidul......
RAWALPINDI: Heavy rain and gusty winds that lashed the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad brought a pleasant change to the humid weather on Sunday night.However, the windstorm caused problems......
CHAKWAL: Former district nazim Sardar Ghulam Abbas, who throughout his political career remained the arch-rival of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), has joined the ruling party.“I have formally......
ISLAMABAD: Located in the F-6 Markaz and not to be confused with the Butler’s Chocolate Cafe, The Butler recently opened its doors to the public.The restaurant has a wheelchair-friendly entrance,......
LAHORE: PIA’s Kualalumpur-Peshawar flight PK-895 had to be diverted to Lahore airport due to bad weather in Peshawar on Sunday.A PIA spokesman said when weather at Peshawar cleared, the A310 aircraft......
LAHORE: There was big rush at the Lahore railway station and Badami Bagh and Bund Road bus stands on Sunday.The Eidul Azha holidays officially begin on Monday (Sept 12) and people of other cities......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said important services will be outsourced under a programme to upgrade hospitals in the province.“Steps should also be taken to immediately computerise the......
GUJRAT: As many as 24 foreign students belonging to various Asian and African countries who were illegally residing in the seminary of Tableeghi Markaz, were sent to Gujrat jail after being booked......
TOBA TEK SINGH: An expat hailing from a nearby village who went missing in Frankfurt (Germany) earlier this month and was found dead on Friday last, had been tortured to death by a human trafficker......
KARACHI: On the fourth anniversary of the Baldia factory fire, the worst industrial disaster in the country’s history, the victims’ families and labour rights organisations on Sunday welcomed the......
HYDERABAD: Adviser to the Chief Minister on Information Maula Bux Chandio has alleged that the records of Prime Minister Nawaz Shaif’s family venture Ramzan Sugar Mills and the Nandipur mega power......
Aashiqi sabr talab aur tamanna betaabDil ka kya rang karoon khoon-i-jigar hote takThis couplet of Ghalib may roughly be translated as (though it is impossible to translate the rhetorical aspects as......
KARACHI: Dreams of furthering their education in electrical, chemical and mechanical engineering or specialising in internet technology were shared by top position-holders in the Higher Secondary......
KARACHI: Prices of vegetables, specifically spices and those used in cooking to give flavour to food, has increased by a huge margin just a couple of days before Eid. In the absence of a proper price......
ISTANBUL: Turkey on Sunday removed 28 mayors accused of links to Kurdish militants or US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, using emergency powers to replace them with state-appointed trustees in a move......
TOKYO: Washington and Tokyo are seeking “the strongest possible” measures against North Korea after its latest and most powerful nuclear test, a top US envoy said on Sunday.Sung Kim, the US State......
LONDON: Police arrested 55 people and seized bladed weapons after dozens of men occupied a Sikh temple in central England on Sunday.A Sikh youth group said it was protesting the temple’s use for......
BARCELONA: Tens of thousands of Catalans gathered in Barcelona and four other cities on Sunday for mass rallies to demand their region break away from Spain, as pro-independence leaders try to iron......
As the term implies, the object of terrorism is to spread fear. And in this, jihadi outfits like Al Qaeda and the militant Islamic State group have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. The use of......
BEIJING: Days after Communist China’s founding father Mao Zedong died 40 years ago the problem of what to do with his corpse was becoming increasingly heated — literally.Mao himself had requested......
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics has urged consumers worldwide to stop using Galaxy Note 7 smartphones immediately and exchange them as soon as possible, as more reports of the phones catching fire emerged......
There was never a shadow of doubt about Umar Akmal being reinstated in the national T20 squad for the impeding series against the West Indies.Once pardoned by Shaharyar Mohammad Khan, octogenarian......
MADRID: Barcelona coach Luis Enrique likely thought that a match against newly-promoted Alaves would be a good opportunity to give most of his stars the day off.The defending La Liga champions......
LONDON: Middleweight marauder Gennady Golovkin retained his WBC and IBF titles when challenger Kell Brook was pulled out by his corner five rounds into a compelling fight on Saturday.Kazakh Golovkin......
MILAN: New signing Gonzalo Higuain scored twice in the first 10 minutes to give titleholders Juventus a 3-1 win over Sassuolo in Serie A on Saturday while his former club Napoli beat chaotic Palermo......
BERLIN: In a duel between one of Germany’s most popular sides and arguably its most hated, Naby Keita struck late as RB Leipzig stunned Borussia Dortmund 1-0 to win their first Bundesliga game on......
PARIS: AS Monaco moved three points clear of Paris St Germain at the top of Ligue 1 on Saturday after seeing off Lille 4-1 away, while Olympique Lyonnais fell to a second straight defeat when they......
NEW YORK: Early in what would become a tight test of a US Open final, Angelique Kerber sprinted forward to somehow reach a drop shot and scoop a down-the-line winner that landed in a corner of the......
LONDON: Britain’s Mo Farah claimed an unprecedented third consecutive victory in the Great North Run half-marathon in northeast England on Sunday.The four-time Olympic champion pulled clear of......
KARACHI: Former Pakistan Under-19 player Zafar Gohar excelled as an all-rounder to help Lahore Blues a facile win over Rawalpindi in the penultimate league-round tie of the Cool & Cool presents Jazz......
SWANSEA: Diego Costa was centre stage and scored twice, including an 81st-minute equaliser from an overhead kick, but could not prevent Chelsea losing their 100 per cent Premier League record in a......
MISANO ADRIATICO: Honda’s Dani Pedrosa became the eighth different MotoGP winner in eight races on Sunday to deny Italian great Valentino Rossi a home victory in front of 100,000 flag-waving fans at......
Hong KongHong Kong’s free market economy has moved away from manufacturing and is now service-based, which makes up some four-fifths of the GDP. It is highly dependent on international trade and......
A RELATIVELY good south-west monsoon and the possibility of the GDP accelerating during the rest of the year, had given rise to hopes that India would finally be able to surmount the lacklustre......
MIGRATION raises quite specific issues. The era of globalisation was not accompanied by a general commitment to liberalising flows of people. So I will focus here on trade and capital flows. The......
The number of Pakistani families participating in Eid-ul-Azha festivities by sacrificing cattle individually or collectively has continuously been increasing, ballooning the size of the country’s Eid......
The power regulator — National Electric Power Regulatory Authority — approved on Aug 20, about 71 paisas per unit (kilowatt hour) tariff for the Matiari to Lahore transmission line project, to be set......
Sliding returns on National Saving Schemes fit well into the current low interest rate structure. But a big fall in NSS returns over the past three years is pushing people to use their savings to......
India is heading for a massive telecom shake-up after Reliance Jio — owned by the country’s richest man Mukesh Ambani — launched full services, offering free calls and promising data at a fifth of......
The central bank pumped in Rs325.00bn into the banking system on Sept 08, in the open market operation. The injection was made in a one day contract at 5.80pc. The central bank had received bids......
The International Monetary Fund is exploring ways to broaden the use of its Special Drawing Rights after the leaders of the G20 reached a consensus on the matter at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou to......
Loads Limited — which claims to be ‘one of the largest auto parts manufacturers in the country’ has announced an Initial Public Offering — which marks just the second new issue at the Pakistan Stock......
In its latest working paper titled, “Unlocking Pakistan’s Revenue Potential” published in August, an International Monetary Fund expert has discussed Pakistan’s tax revenue generation capacity.The......
A commodity exchange market, in its simplest form, acts as an intermediary between a seller (farmer) and buyer (consumer) of the commodity. However, with the growth of modern agricultural practices......
As part of the move to collect agriculture turnover tax revenue of an estimated Rs15bn per year, the Federal Board of Revenue intends to tighten the noose around wheat flour mills that are allegedly......
With the mango season on its last legs, the official estimates of exports differ from those of exporters.The Pakistan Horticulture and Export and Development Company (PHDEC) — the official agency......
THE quality and price of the current banana crop in Sindh have been affected by climatic conditions, mainly on account of abnormal temperatures and acute water shortages caused by damage to one of......
AN in-depth study of the meat sector, released by the Competition Commission of Pakistan for public comment on Aug 31, has recommended the government promote public-private partnership for efficient......
ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee is expected to take up next week a bill seeking gender-based segregation of polled votes and re-elections in constituencies where women voters’ turnout remains less than......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf lashed out at the government on Sunday for what its chief spokesperson called deliberately misreporting PTI chief Imran Khan’s income and tax payment......
LAHORE: Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) Chairman Mohammad Siddiqul Farooq has said that preparations are under way to export ‘Amrat Jal’ — the holy water from a sacred well in Nankana Sahib (the......
KARACHI: Protests that began a week ago in Turbat, Balochistan, are making their way to Karachi after reports of a woman held under house arrest in Turbat reached here through a human rights......
HYDERABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan chief Dr Farooq Sattar has said state institutions should stop doubting loyalties of Mohajirs and urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to see how the quota......
NEW YORK: America commemorated the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Sunday with emotional services of remembrance in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania to honour those who perished in the......
TRIPOLI: Forces loyal to Libya’s unrecognised eastern authority on Sunday seized two key oil export terminals, in a blow to a UN-backed unity government struggling to assert its control over the......
MAKKAH: Sheikh Abdul Rahman al Sudais, the Imam of the Grand Mosque, said on Sunday that Islam and Muslims had nothing to do with terrorism and those spreading anarchy should be brought to justice.He......
ISLAMABAD: Even as the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is trying to unite opposition parties, the latter are expected to stay away from Imran Khan’s proposed rally outside Prime Minister Nawaz......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the ideals espoused by Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah do not leave space for extremism in the country.“The present democratic government has resolved......
KARACHI: Senior MQM leader Farooq Sattar and three others suffered injuries when their speeding vehicle met a road accident on Karachi-Hyderabad highway near Nooriabad area, DawnNews reported.Details......
