Teenager Haseeb Hameed struck an unbeaten half-century on debut as England put themselves in a dominant position in the first Test against India at Rajkot on Saturday.At the end of day four, the......
Mitchell Starc offered Australia a lifeline with an inspired spell after a record low home total against South Africa on opening day of carnage in the second Test in Hobart on Saturday.The left-arm......
At least 52 people were killed and 102 were injured on Saturday evening in a bombing at the shrine of Shah Norani in Khuzdar district of Balochistan, DawnNews reported."52 people have died and dozens......
Anger rose across India on Saturday as banks struggled to dispense cash after the government withdrew large denomination notes in a shock move aimed at uncovering billions of dollars of unaccounted......
In its meeting scheduled to take place on November 14, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) is going to debate the subject of Pakistani men’s rights and their protection, CII member Sahibzada Zahid......
It is rather surreal when one thinks about it - how deeply something that is happening on the other end of the world can affect the rest of it.After all, an American election, while of deep......
Police hurled tear gas and flash-bang grenades in response to rowdy protests in Portland, Oregon, as people around the country once again took to the streets denouncing Donald Trump's presidential......
Kathryn Stellmack expects the world from Donald Trump.After listening to his speeches and casting her vote for him, she expects Trump to toughen immigration laws, restore lost jobs, upend a corrupt......
A Taliban suicide bomber dressed as a labourer blew himself up at the NATO air base at Bagram north of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, killing at least four people and wounding 18, officials......
Colourful thread bracelets look super fantastic. As they are so stylish, they go with any dress one wears. Sometimes they become a signature style and sometimes friends wear the same kind of......
Vampire-toothed cat is now a star!A New York cat with long protruding ‘vampire’ teeth has gained fame on social media for its appearance. This complete black cat is dubbed ‘Monk’ and lives with......
Iam not much of an adventurous person. However, I do enjoy exploring new things. Doing things for the first time has its own charm. And this charm lured me into jet skiing, despite being afraid of......
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Let’s celebrate happiness with Trolls, DreamWorks Animations’ latest animated flick. Unlike other 3Danimations, Trolls has a wide range of celebrities voicing for the characters including Anna......
A series by Paramount Books, Great Muslim Scientists is the biographies of Muslim scientists and mathematicians whose brilliant research, discoveries and theories form the basis of modern science......
My friend, Ahmad, had the habit of playing video games. He was the only child of his parents so his parents wanted to fulfill all his demands as they loved him a lot. When he came to know of video......
Going to school is great, but on this day, I was pleased that the academic year had come to an end, finally. It was the end of year party that day and my happiness knew no bounds.It had been a tough,......
It all started on February 7th, 2001. A beautiful chubby baby with rosy cheeks and a tiny little nose came into this world. When I first saw this child, I couldn’t take my eyes off his shining eyes.......
Having a large stock of words makes you a better speaker and writer, helping you through your student life and giving you the edge in any profession that you choose.Knowing and understanding a large......
ISLAMABAD: In a disclosure likely to upset the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government’s claim of bringing an end to loadshedding by the time itcompletes its tenure in 2018, the country’s power......
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday ordered the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) to unblock within three months computerised national identity cards......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan fears that India’s latest escalation on the Line of Control (LoC) could lead it to a strategic miscalculation.Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry on Friday conveyed this concern to......
LAHORE: The World Bank (WB) has started proceedings for the formation of a court of arbitration on Pakistan’s request by appointing three internationally recognised personalities to select three......
LAHORE: One of the most popular playback singers of the 1970s, Arthur Nayyar, popularly known as A. Nayyar, passed away on Friday at his residence near the Gulberg main market. He was 61.According......
MINGORA: The people, security forces and police of Swat have rendered great sacrifices in fight against militancy and for restoration of peace, said Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel......
ISLAMABAD: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Pakistan next week to address a joint sitting of parliament on Nov 17.President Mamnoon Hussain has summoned the joint sitting on Nov 17......
KARACHI: Like all star-studded glitzy events, the premiere of the film Lahore Se Aagey brought together a host of big and small screen artists and technicians at Nueplex Cinema on Thursday......
HAJIZAI (Charsadda): Abbas Khan feeds a hot wire from a rickety generator into a river, a fishing technique he argues is more environmentally friendly than others used in northwest Pakistan — though......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani cinemas are all set to screen Iranian films after a ban on Indian content in the country.The move came in a bid to save the declining Pakistan film industry and restore its......
GWADAR: The first trade convoy carrying Chinese goods for export through the western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and a Chinese ship arrived at the port here on......
MUZAFFARABAD: Indian authorities disallowed weekly prayers at Srinagar’s historical Jamia Masjid for the 18th consecutive week on Friday by imposing strict restrictions in various parts of the city,......
QUETTA: Security forces claimed to have killed the chief of militant group Jundullah’s Pakistan chapter in an operation at a village close to the Sindh-Balochistan border in Lasbela district in the......
LAHORE: Pakistanis are in for a rare treat on Monday (Nov 14), a supermoon sighting, the meteorological department said on Friday.It added that if the skies are clear, at around 6.52pm, the moon will......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra Chairman Air Marshal Arshad Malik has invited the private sector to undertake aviation-related ventures in the country, including development of......
KARACHI: Bike-maker Atlas Honda posted record-high sales of 80,479 units in October, surpassing the August sales of 76,309 units.Its production in October was also at the highest level (80,600......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) injected Rs880 billion into the banking system on Friday, indicating that banks are still short of cash despite an increase of Rs1 trillion in deposits since......
ISLAMABAD: Small industries have expressed concern over concessions given to foreign companies under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and free-trade agreements with different countries.In......
KARACHI: Volatility prevailed in the last session of the week on the PSX where the KSE-100 index slid 200 points minutes after the opening bell.But the index soon bounced back into the green,......
WELLINGTON: Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur knows as well as anyone that New Zealand’s seam-friendly pitches are a million miles removed from India’s spin havens.So despite the fact that New......
LAHORE: Though a majority of the members of Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Board of Governors are interested to get approved a proposal according to which they should also be entitled to visit abroad......
HOBART: South Africa insisted a ball-tampering controversy had been “blown out of proportion” on Friday as they kept their focus on a third straight series win in Australia.Skipper Faf du Plessis was......
RAJKOT: Local hero Cheteshwar Pujara held his nerve in front of watching family and friends to strike a century and lead a spirited Indian fightback in the first Test against England here on......
NELSON: New Zealand ‘A’ and the visiting Pakistan side will try again on Saturday after day one of their scheduled three-day tour match in Nelson was washed out.Constant rain on Thursday and......
NELSON: Age, as they say, is only but a number. And for the Pakistan Test side touring New Zealand, nothing rings truer.Currently ranked No.2 in the world, Pakistan will be a seriously tough test for......
MONTEVIDEO: Brazil thrashed arch-rivals Argentina to tighten their grip on South America’s 2018 World Cup qualification campaign on Thursday as Uruguay maintained their push towards the finals with......
NEW YORK: A former president of Venezuela’s football federation pleaded guilty Thursday over the massive FIFA corruption scandal, eight months after posting a $7 million bond and professing his......
ZURICH: FIFA plans to close its loss-making $142 million World Football Museum, a landmark project of ousted president Sepp Blatter, which was only opened eight months ago, a FIFA source said......
DOHA: Qatar beat fellow future World Cup hosts Russia in Doha on Thursday, in a friendly game which featured four penalties.A smart 72nd minute header from Karim Boudiaf was enough to secure a......
NEW DELHI: The demonetisation of high value and popular rupee notes in India has set off a scramble of panicked millions across India to exchange the banned 500 and 1000 rupee currency notes, leading......
MAZAR-I-SHARIF: The death toll from a Taliban truck bombing at the German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif city rose to at least six on Friday, with more than 100 others wounded in the militant......
KUALA LUMPUR: Sixty per cent of the world’s 5.9 million children who died before their fifth birthday last year were in 10 countries in Asia and Africa, said a study published on Friday, prompting......
TOKYO: Japan and India signed a civilian nuclear accord on Friday, opening the door for Tokyo to supply New Delhi with fuel, equipment and technology for nuclear power production, as India looks to......
BRUSSELS: The EU extended border controls on Friday in the passport-free Schengen area for three months, missing an end-of-year deadline to scrap emergency checks brought in during the migrant......
BELGRADE: Some 150 migrants, trapped in Serbia, set out on Friday to walk about 125 km to the Croatian border, demanding free and secure passage towards Western Europe, police said.Police are......
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump said on Friday he had a “busy day” planned as the Republican president-elect — confronted with the magnitude of the task ahead — begins building his administration before......
LONDON: French President Francois Hollande and Britain’s Prince Harry led commemorations as the two nations marked Armistice Day on Friday to remember those killed in war.At 11am millions across......
PREDICTABLE claptrap is being uttered about Trump and the Middle East. How can the Muslim world deal with a man who is an Islamophobe? For that is indeed what Trump is. He is a disgrace to his......
LOS ANGELES: Are we alone in the universe? It is a question that has preoccupied film-makers since A Trip to the Moon announced itself as the world’s first alien movie in 1902.In the century or so......
SIALKOT: Retired Justice Nasira Iqbal has stressed the need to promote Allama Iqbal’s vision and philosophy among the youth to counter terrorism, instead of leaving the interpretation of Islamic......
GUJRAT: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) in collaboration with the City Beautification Committee has demolished the Municipal Corporation’s outer wall from the Nawab Sahib Chowk to widen and......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Friday barred Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) emir Maulana Ahmad Ludhianvi and Rashida Yaqoob, already disqualified MPA of PML-N, from participating in......
LAHORE: The seventh three-day International THAAP Conference on ‘People and the City’ began on Friday in collaboration with the Government College University and the Information Technology University......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Friday that though Afghanistan has been requested to stop its mobile signals from spilling over into Pakistan, Kabul is not bound to oblige.Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: Delays in the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) completion of E-11 service roads has created difficulties for residents, who are all forced to use one single lane road.E-11 was built......
My family is from Okara I am the second of eight siblings. I started working various jobs from when I was five in order to help my family. I would go to school during the day and work in the......
PESHAWAR: Sikh yatrees on their visit to the Peshawar Museum on Friday were teary eyed as they looked upon portraits that reminded them of their glorious past and historic connections with Khyber......
PESHAWAR: The students of two government schools on Friday staged a protest demonstration after their eviction by owner of the building over non-payment of rent for the last 20 months.The students of......
THE print media watchdog in this country, the Press Council of Pakistan, has emphatically upheld a cardinal rule of journalism; that is, the right of journalists to protect the confidentiality of......
THE oligarchy which runs Pakistan, often called the establishment, is in a quandary. The problem is that whatever it says through its diplomats abroad — and with however much energy — the world......
NEXT week among matters of import, the Supreme Court will take up a review petition of Imdad Ali, a man convicted of murder who has been awaiting his fate on death row for 14 years. His death......
THE continuous exchange of fire across the Line of Control in Kashmir and the Working Boundary between the armed forces of India and Pakistan has gone on for weeks without an end in sight. But end it......
DEAR Chief Minister,When Saad Rafique, the railways minister, recently asked your party to improve its disgraceful performance in Sindh before criticising his government, it must have stung.I don’t......
