ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday said India blamed Pakistan for the attack on Indian military base in Uri without any evidence.India had been......
UNITED NATIONS: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the United Nations on Friday that US-Russian agreements aimed at ending the war in Syria must be salvaged as fighting raged on the......
LONDON: Oil prices rose over the week despite late profit-taking, as traders switched attention to a looming meeting of key producers to discuss the long-standing supply glut.Russia and members of......
DUBAI: Left-arm spinner Imad Wasim took a career best five for 14 to help Pakistan defeat world Twenty20 champions West Indies by nine wickets in the first match in Dubai on Friday.Wasim's spin......
ISLAMABAD: A former Indian diplomat, M.K. Bhadrakumar has criticised the Indian media as well as the "bombastic" [Indian] leadership for misleading and making the Indian public “delusional” on......
1. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology 2. National University of Sciences and Technology 3. Quaid-i-Azam University In 801+ band 1. University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 2.......
CAIRO: The death toll from a migrant boat disaster off Egypt's coast climbed to 133 on Friday as rescuers recovered more bodies from the Mediterranean.Survivors have said up to 450 migrants were on......
QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court Bar Association (BHCBA) on Friday rejected a judicial commission formed by the provincial government to probe the Quetta carnage which claimed 74 lives, including......
JOHANNESBURG: South African captain and star batsman AB de Villiers will undergo a fitness test on Tuesday to determine if he needs surgery that would rule him out of the Test series with......
RAWALPINDI: A contingent of Russian ground forces arrived in Pakistan on Friday for the first ever joint Pak-Russian exercise kicking off Sept 24.The two-week-long exercise is expected to continue......
KANPUR: New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson and Tom Latham led a strong reply to take the visitors to 152 for one at stumps against India on a rain-hit second day of the first Test in Kanpur on......
KHARIAN: Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif on Friday said the Army will defend "each and every inch" of Pakistan "no matter what the cost", an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement......
When a journalist recently asked Shahid Afridi about his fitness, he was met with a typical Afridi cross bat response: “Alhamdulillah, tum jaise dus bande main abhi bhi sambhaal sakta hoon (by the......
NEW JERSEY: The father of the man charged with setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey informed the FBI in 2014 about his son's apparent radicalisation, he said.Speaking to The Associated Press......
PANAJI: A court in India cleared two men Friday who had been on trial for raping and causing the death of 15-year-old British schoolgirl on a Goa beach in 2008."I find them not guilty of all......
PESHAWAR: Security forces personnel on Friday repulsed two attacks on security checkposts in Mohmand and Bajaur agencies by suspected militants from across the Pak-Afghan border, security sources......
BEIJING: Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd will start making smartphones in India next month, the company said on Friday, joining a wave of compatriots setting up in one of the......
GUWAHATI: Indian security forces killed six suspected militants in a gun battle in the country's restive northeast on Friday, police said.Security forces launched a raid on a suspected hideout in a......
LONDON: Jose Mourinho has vowed to silence the critics when Manchester United face champions Leicester, while his old rival Arsene Wenger hopes to celebrate a memorable milestone with a rare success......
NEW DELHI: India signed a formal agreement Friday to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France's Dassault for a reported $8.8 billion, one of its biggest defence deals in decades.India's Defence......
The International Cricket Council has introduced changes to its Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel and the DRS Umpire’s Call interpretation, effective from September 22.There......
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool are building momentum after three successive wins in league and cup but manager Jurgen Klopp is pleading for patience when his team face Hull City at Anfield on Saturday.Klopp's......
After a disappointing performance at the Rio Olympics, an Indian government think tank has come up with a strategy to help the country achieve 50 medals at the 2024 Games.India sent more than 120......
NAWABSHAH: An earthquake measuring a 4.2 on the Richter scale struck several areas of Sindh province on Friday, leaving at least one person dead and nine others injured, police sources told......
SAN FRANCISCO: Computer hackers swiped personal information from at least 500 million Yahoo accounts in what is believed to be the biggest digital break-in at an email provider.The massive security......
I know it is quite annoying but Imran Khan is addicted to Candy Crush and he can’t stop.He probably has lost all hope in reality and is fast becoming a victim of his own ‘virtual politics’.Politics......
LAHORE: The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) on Thursday received the tree transplanting machine and operating truck it imported from the US and Sweden.The main purpose of the imported......
CHARSADDA: As many as 20 people were injured when a passenger bus overturned after its tyre burst near Charsadda interchange on Peshawar Motorway on Thursday.Giving details, motorway police official......
PESHAWAR: Even two months after its approval by the provincial cabinet, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Urban Mass Transit Bill 2016 hasn’t been tabled in the provincial assembly by the governmentThe......
PESHAWAR: Members of the Christian community on Thursday paid tribute to the victims of twin blasts at All Saints Church here on Sept 22, 2013 and urged the government to fulfil its commitment with......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to act against the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for what it termed the “establishment......
ISLAMABAD: Satrang Gallery inaugurated, ‘Collective Renditions’, a group show featuring promising young graduates from the prestigious National College of Arts on Thursday.The participating artists,......
Imran Khan’s tenacity in pursuing Panamagate notwithstanding, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI), of late, seems to be lacking the oomph that may be required to push the scandal to its logical......
No daycare facilities at FDE-run schoolsRazi Sultan has to drop off her six-month-old at her parents every day before she goes to teach every day as she does not have anyone at her house to look......
KARACHI: The provincial assembly on Thursday adopted “The Sindh Sacked Employees (Reinstatement) Bill, 2016” to provide relief to 619 employees whose services were terminated between Feb 3, 1997 and......
KARACHI: While Jerusalem has witnessed epic events that have shaped the history of all three Abrahamic religions, today, under Israeli occupation, the native Palestinians of this city “live in......
KARACHI: Dil mein chubhekaante, a book by renowned journalist and former editor of Akhbar-i-Khawateen Shamim Akhter, was launched at the Karachi Press Club on Thursday.To give an insight into the......
KARACHI: Farce is defined as a comic dramatic piece with crude characterisation and improbable situations. Ken Ludwig’s Tony award winning comedy Lend Me a Tenor is a tad difficult to categorise as......
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan on Wednesday pledged more than $3 billion towards a plan to “cure, prevent or manage all disease within our......
ALEPPO: Huge blazes erupted in Syria’s Aleppo as the city was rocked by fighting and air strikes on Thursday, ahead of last-ditch efforts by world powers to salvage a failed ceasefire.Key players in......
LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Police Department denied on Thursday reports that Brad Pitt was under investigation for child abuse and said authorities had received no such allegations against the......
UNITED NATIONS: The United States, Afghanistan and India have agreed to align their assistance with the priorities to help the government in Kabul, said an official statement.Delegations from the......
NEW YORK: It doesn’t matter what President Barack Obama says these days, his listeners are bound to hear two words: Donald Trump.With his proclivity for dominating the conversation, the Republican......
LONDON: Within one week in July the Sydney suburb of Rhodes was transformed from a quiet neighbourhood to what resident Joyce Wong described as a “place of carnage” with hundreds of people wandering......
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is poised to veto legislation exposing Saudi Arabia to court action over the 9/11 attacks, stepping in to defend legal precedent and an awkward ally, but inviting......
NEW YORK: Israeli and Palestinian rights organisations have challenged the credibility of Israel’s inquiries into the charges of Israeli military misconduct during the 2014 war in Gaza, with one......
ISLAMABAD: Terming Sarfraz Ahmed a match winner and team leader, leg-spin legend Abdul Qadir believes Pakistan under the wicket-keeper will do well in the Twenty20 series against West Indies.Qadir......
KARACHI: Opener Ahmed Shehzad, who is currently out of the Pakistan team for disciplinary reasons, will be captaining Habib Bank Limited (HBL) during the upcoming Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket......
KANPUR: Mitchell Santner and Trent Boult helped New Zealand strike back to check India’s surge in the first Test as the hosts were left reeling at 291 for nine on the opening day here on......
DUBAI: Buoyant Pakistan face the West Indies in the first Twenty20 International of the three-match series on Friday.The green-shirts are in good form after smashing England by nine wickets in the......
ROME: Irresponsible, unsustainable and unaffordable.Rome’s new mayor, Virginia Raggi, pulled the plug on the city’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics, saying staging the summer games would bury the......
PARIS: Controversial star Mario Balotelli continued his fine start to life on the French Riviera by helping fire Nice to the top of Ligue 1 on Wednesday.The Italy striker scored his second brace in......
MILAN: Champions Juventus returned to the top of Serie A with a 4-0 home rout of Cagliari on Wednesday, while former leaders Napoli dropped to second after being held to a goalless draw at......
BERLIN: Champions Bayern Munich eased past Hertha Berlin 3-0 on Wednesday to open up a two-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga and inflict the first defeat for their opponents after three......
TOKYO: French Open champion Garbine Muguruza exacted revenge for a shock early exit at the US Open by thrashing Anastasija Sevastova to reach the Pan Pacific Open quarter-finals on Thursday.The......
TEHRAN: The US green light for Boeing and Airbus sales to Iran has broken a taboo and opens the door to a potential boom in foreign financial dealings with Tehran, experts said.As well as a long......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves amounted to $22.7 billion on Sept 16, down 0.7 per cent from a week ago, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.According to a......
KARACHI: As the clouds of an armed conflict between Pakistan and India subsided, nervous investors who had sought quick exit a day ago started to return. The KSE-100 index recovered 364 points, or......
KARACHI: The cotton market remained bullish on Thursday for the third consecutive session as buyers made big-lot deals.Trading was induced by rising trend in world leading cotton markets coupled by......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday sought enhanced development policy credit from the World Bank to support its reform process as the multilateral lender indicated replicating Islamabad’s income support......
LAHORE: Food Security and Research Minister Malik Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan on Thursday said the government would take up the poultry industry’s problems on priority basis and help the industry......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) released on Thursday the performance report of private pension funds that shows an increase in the post-retirement savings by......
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly said on Thursday that all organisations using public money were subject to audit and ordered the Frontier Works Organisation......
KHUZDAR: The federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms, Ahsan Iqbal, said on Thursday that development in Balochistan was the top priority of the government and it had launched several......
ISLAMABAD: The Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Syed Khurshid Shah, has said that besides highlighting the Kashmir issue in his speech at the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister......
KARACHI: “A lot of negative thinking plagues this country. Blanket statements that unless certain issues are resolved the country cannot sustain and progress, are mental traps that we get caught into......
ISLAMABAD: In the recent wrangling over whether state institutions have the authority to deal with cases of money laundering and financial crimes following the revelations contained in the Panama......
ISLAMABAD: The government seemed reluctant to drag the World Bank in the controversy related to the ouster of a Chinese firm from the Dasu dam project as its senior law officer on Thursday informed......
IN grade five, two public school students, Rubina and Chakar, were taught to rote learn without understanding what they were memorising. Because of inadequate learning methods, they were unable even......
LAHORE: Traffic on the dual carriageway leading from the Adda Plot crossing, on Raiwind Road, to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s palatial home in Jati Umra and beyond to the new industrial estate at......
KABUL: Afghanistan on Thursday signed a peace agreement with Gulbadin Hekmatyar, paving the way for him to make a political comeback after years in hiding.Hekmatyar, who heads the now largely dormant......
CHARLOTTE: Hundreds of National Guard troops and police reinforcements were on the ground in Charlotte on Thursday to help keep the peace, officials said, after a second night of violent protests......
UNITED NATIONS: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday dispelled the impression that Iran had built the Chabahar port to prevent Gwadar from becoming a major international trade centre.“[Iranian]......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to launch an investigation into the offshore accounts of individuals and companies mentioned in the Bahamas......
KARACHI: Pakistan has been ranked 149th among 188 countries in the first global assessment of countries’ progress towards the United Nations’ health-related Sustainable Development Goals......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has restrained provincial governments from exercising their powers to promote secretarial staff to the posts of assistant commissioner, observing that rules......
EACH time we have had a growth spurt in Pakistan, it has been based on investments in physical infrastructure or investments in physical capital. Expansion in the 1960s was based on gains in......
THE PTI’s planned siege of Raiwind marks the return of conflict to the area where the battle raged at its most intense in May 2013. It was Lahore which the PML-N was so jealous about. The Sharif camp......
MANY Muslims around the world have been conditioned to believe that they are the preferred ones of God. The rest of the people are ‘infidels’, and, as such, are to be destroyed or ostracised one way......
EARLIER this week, a friend who works as an editor at a big newspaper chain was paid a visit by an executive telling him that his team of photographers and sub-editors was being summarily laid off.......
