UNITED NATIONS: Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Monday urged world leaders gathered for the first-ever UN summit on refugees to not waste time with a “pageantry of sympathy” and act to......
WASHINGTON: The National Security Agency chief said Tuesday he was “perplexed” over Twitter's move to block US intelligence from accessing data which may help thwart violent attack plots.NSA director......
BEIJING: China's Communist-controlled legislature on Tuesday unseated 45 deputies from the northeastern province of Liaoning for involvement in electoral fraud, the official Xinhua news agency said,......
BERLIN: German police Tuesday arrested three men with forged Syrian passports suspected of being the militant Islamic State's (IS) fighters and labelled a possible “sleeper cell” with links to the......
MAKKAH: Saudi King Salman said Tuesday the kingdom rejected any attempt to play politics with Haj, the annual pilgrimage which has added to tensions between Riyadh and Tehran.For the first time in......
CALIFORNIA: Facebook has upgraded its private-photo sharing mobile app 'Moments' which now allows users to share a URL link of their private albums with anyone online ? even those who are not......
NEW DELHI: Police arrested nearly 400 people for looting and vandalism in India's information technology hub of Bangalore after a curfew was imposed to quell violence set off by a court ruling over a......
QUETTA: At least two police officials were killed and 10 other people were injured in a blast near a police training centre on Quetta's Sariab road on Tuesday as the nation celebrates Eidul......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the occasion of Eid paid tribute to the people of India-held Kashmir 'who have sacrificed their third generation at the hands of Indian forces', Radio......
PYEONGTAEK: Two huge United States (US) bombers flew over South Korea Tuesday in a show of force against the North as a top US envoy said China must help close loopholes in sanctions following......
SRINAGAR: Fresh clashes left two anti-India protesters dead and 22 others injured in India-held Kashmir (IHK) on Tuesday, police said, as a security lockdown marred Eid festivities in the troubled......
FORT PIERCE: The mosque that Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen attended was heavily damaged in an arson fire that Muslim leaders said was the latest incident in an escalating campaign of......
SHIKARPUR: At least 13 people, including five cops, were injured as police foiled two separate suicide blasts during Eid prayers in Shikarpur's Khanpur tehsil on Tuesday.Police sources said four......
MINGORA: A constable sustained minor injuries after a police vehicle was targeted with improvised explosive device (IED) in Karakar area of Barikot tehsil in Swat on Monday.According to Ghaleygey......
PESHAWAR: “My friends are insisting I should not go (to Afghanistan) and they would find me a husband here,” smiles Maryam, a young masseuse, at a salon in Peshawar as she narrates how after spending......
PESHAWAR: “What Eid! I have spent my whole life under the shadow of fear, frustration and war ravages.I have seen my country being devastated by warlords. For us Eid has lost its meaning. I spent......
PESHAWAR: In most parts of the tribal belt, it is customary to serve guests before and after meal with a variety of dry fruit and green tea, (Sheen chai) on festive occasions, especially Eid. Most......
MINGORA: A newly-discovered cave waterfall in Kalam valley has become a major tourist attraction with visitors showing up in large numbers to enjoy splash of cold water amid a sense of......
ISLAMABAD: Due to corruption, mismanagement, relaxation of rules and apathy on the part of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) two of the cinemas which were built on the three amenity plots......
ISLAMABAD: The inordinate delay in the completion of the Faqir of Ipi Road is causing problems for motorists and pedestrians as there is no alternative passageway.The busy road, which connects the......
ISLAMABAD: The residents of the federal capital suffered lots of inconvenience while visiting the cattle market. Not only there was no easy approach to the area but also a majority of the citizens......
LAHORE: The Punjab police carried out 402 combing operations during the last three days all over the province and arrested 443 suspects, besides 76 proclaimed offenders.Most of the arrests were made......
LAHORE: In collaboration with the City District Government of Lahore (CDGL), public welfare activists have launched a campaign titled ‘Safe Hide Collection’.The campaign revolves around the concept......
The Punjab government started offering scholarships to the students from Balochistan, the least developed province of the country, to study in its educational institutions in 2012.Since then the......
TOBA TEK SINGH: The Government MC High School, Jhang Road, has no clean drinking water facility and the students have to bring water in coolers every day from a filtration plant on Bhalair Road.All......
BAHAWALNAGAR: The sincerity in efforts of the authorities in providing education to the poor who make up majority of the country’s population can be judged by a visit to state-run primary schools......
KARACHI: It is definitely a good omen that the Pakistan film industry is back on its feet, if it was not already. This Eidul Azha — and it has happened after a long, long time — movie buffs will be......
KARACHI: Over 700 freshwater turtles, recently confiscated in a major raid on traffickers in the Defence Housing Authority area, were released into water in Sukkur on Monday.The seized turtles were......
HYDERABAD: Girls clinched all three top positions in the pre-medical and general science groups while the other three ones in the pre-engineering group went to boys as the Board of Intermediate and......
KARACHI: Despite having a history of political rivalry and differences over several issues at the national level, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government in Punjab has launched a computerisation......
KARACHI: Doctors at the Liaquat National Hospital (LNH) on Monday said the condition of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Pakistan chief was ‘satisfactory’ and that they would decide about......
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump said on Monday he hopes his Democratic White House rival Hillary Clinton recovers from pneumonia and announced he would be releasing details of his own health soon.The......
TAIPEI: Thousands of tourism industry workers took to the streets in Taiwan on Monday, demanding the government address a slump in visitors from China as cross-strait ties deteriorate.Operators who......
THE massed ranks of the separatist movement hauled themselves out onto the streets of Catalonia again on Sunday for their annual march to demand independence from Spain.After four years of protests......
MAKKAH: At first glance it’s a camp like thousands of others for Haj pilgrims. But this one outside Makkah houses Syrians, among them refugees and rebel fighters, who speak of the horrors of the......
TRIPOLI: General Khalifa Haftar, whose forces have seized three vital Libyan oil terminals, is a controversial military strongman who has refused to bow to a UN-backed unity government.Haftar, 73,......
TORONTO: In a carefully stage-managed press conference at the Toronto International Film Festival, Nate Parker and the cast of his Nat Turner slave revolt drama The Birth of a Nation argued for......
BEIJING: Chinese engineers have completed the structure of what is expected to become the world’s highest bridge, local authorities said.The Beipanjiang Bridge, in mountainous southwestern China,......
WASHINGTON: In his Eidul Azha message, US President Barack Obama urged Muslims to remember millions of refugees who were observing their Eid away from homes and offered to accept some of them in the......
ROME: Amatrice, the Italian town devastated by last month’s deadly earthquake, is suing French weekly Charlie Hebdo for defamation over a series of cartoons about the disaster.The satirical magazine......
KABUL: Afghanistan is close to signing a peace agreement with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, President Ashraf Ghani said on Monday, in a landmark accord that could pave the way for the warlord’s political......
LONDON: Britain’s former prime minister David Cameron resigned his seat in the House of Commons on Monday, less than three months after losing an EU referendum in which he had campaigned to stay in......
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has taken out a home loan to repay state money spent on non-security upgrades to his private residence, his office said on Monday, after a scandal......
NEW DELHI: India’s top court on Monday ordered the southern state of Karnataka to release water from a disputed river to neighbouring Tamil Nadu after violence erupted in both states over water......
PARIS: Europe’s heavyweights launch their perennial pursuit of Champions League glory this week as Real Madrid seek to defend their title from the likes of Barcelona and Bayern Munich, while Pep......
KARACHI: Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after clearing a ‘tough England cricket tour’ without any major problems, saying fans were welcoming and players were......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board is seriously considering a request from former T20 captain Shahid Afridi to give him a graceful farewell by allowing him a chance to feature in one of the three T20......
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan has successfully undergone heart surgery in England and he is now recovering in hospital, a PCB spokesman announced here on Monday.The chairman,......
ROME: Veteran Francesco Totti scored a stoppage-time winner from a penalty in his first appearance of the season as Roma beat Sampdoria 3-2 in Serie A on Sunday.The 39-year-old former Italy......
BERLIN: Mainz 05 threw away a three-goal lead in a thrilling 4-4 home draw against Hoffenheim as Werder Bremen lost 2-1 to Augsburg to stay bottom of the Bundesliga on Sunday.Mainz, who meet French......
MADRID: Colombia’s Nairo Quintana held off Tour de France champion Chris Froome to win the Vuelta a Espana in Sunday’s traditional procession around Madrid.Quintana beat out Froome for the first time......
PARIS: Mario Balotelli lit up the Riviera derby with two goals on his Nice debut to hand them a 3-2 victory over Olympique Marseille on Sunday — his first league goals for a year.The 26-year-old......
PARIS: Angelique Kerber, fresh from her US Open triumph, tops the WTA rankings on Monday, ending the 186-week reign of Serena Williams, in second place.The American’s crown slipped when she was......
NEW YORK: Stan Wawrinka became the oldest US Open men’s champion in 46 years when he defeated world No 1 Novak Djokovic to claim a third Grand Slam title on Sunday.The oldest winner of the men’s......
KARACHI: A number of drugs, including some life-saving ones, are running in short supply as manufacturers say stagnant, low prices have rendered their local production unfeasible.These medicines are......
KARACHI: Traders have offered mixed views about the share of remittances sent by overseas Pakistani workers in the purchase of sacrificial animals ahead of Eidul Azha.Some traders said it is 10 per......
KARACHI: Shifting of billions of rupees from urban to rural areas ahead of Eidul Azha cannot be calculated by bankers, but the thriving business of sacrificial animals raises serious questions about......
ISLAMABAD: The average share of overall manufacturing sector in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) remained stagnant at 13.6 per cent during the last three years as it largely missed the......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has completed a hearing in the case between two credit rating agencies where one’s client joined the other without a no-objection......
LONDON: World oil prices bounced into slender gains on Monday, reversing earlier heavy losses as traders eyed improving risk sentiment, dealers said.Investors were awaiting a speech later in the day......
LONDON: European stock markets slumped on Monday, spooked by the prospect of a US interest rate hike as early as this month, and mirroring earlier falls in Asia.Speculation that the Fed may tighten......
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: Less than a month after it was released in the international market, Samsung’s most expensive smartphone line or “phablets” have bombed or rather earned a bad reputation after people......
SEOUL: Users are being asked to power down their Galaxy Note 7s and exchange them as soon as possible, said Koh Dong-Jin, the head of Samsung’s mobile business, in a statement late Saturday, adding......
WASHINGTON: The United States would continue to stay engaged with Pakistan and provide it economic assistance “long into the future”, said a US State Department spokesperson following a congressional......
LAHORE: While the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has claimed that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has been left alone for its planned Raiwind rally, the latter has termed it propaganda against its......
FRANKFURT: German discount clothes retailer KiK has agreed to pay another $5.15 million in compensation to victims of one of Pakistan’s worst-ever industrial accidents, the devastating fire at the......
OBLIVIOUS to the scorching sun, Manno sits on a charpoy under the shade of a thatched hut, her fingers deftly working on the traditional multicoloured pakhiwas sheet called rilli. The patch of shade......
ISTANBUL: A car bomb exploded on Monday outside the provincial headquarters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the eastern Turkish city of Van, wounding at least 50 people,......
JAMARAT (Saudi Arabia): Over 1.5 million Haj pilgrims performed a symbolic stoning of the devil on Monday, a year after the ritual’s worst disaster in decades.The Saudi government deployed thousands......
LAHORE: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has literally lost its control over the gas infrastructure and fields in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after people in the districts of Kohat, Karak and......
ISLAMABAD: Members of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Planning and Development will visit Gwadar in the last week of this month to physically inspect the progress in implementation of......
ISLAMABAD: The army pledged on Monday to dispense justice as it launched an investigation into a reported scuffle between its officials and police patrolling staff on a motorway and ensuing......
THE National Action Plan has become a reference point for everything counterterrorism (CT). Media and civil society have been demanding its transparent implementation and monitoring. Talking to folks......
A CONSPIRACY theory claims the mainstream account of a major incident is deliberately misleading and that the incident was actually planned by powerful forces to undermine common people’s......
TWO friends from Pakistan sent me Akbar Ilahabadi’s couplet the other day, one aware that I was making a short trip to England, the other possibly timing the verse by fluke. ‘Sidhaarein sheikh Kaabe......
PAKISTAN’S policy towards Kashmir (and Afghanistan) is a metaphor for its governance at home. They are dysfunctional.We cannot implement longer-term policies, and short-term policies don’t work. We......
