US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday picked three conservative loyalists with hard-line views on immigration and counter-terrorism to lead his national security and law enforcement teams,......
The National Logistic Cell (NLC) has decided to invest in auto sector in collaboration with a German company in order to cater the rising demand of heavy commercial vehicles following the......
A suspect detained from Korangi area of Karachi by Sindh Police’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) died on Friday under mysterious circumstances, said police officials.The police claimed that the......
Lawyer Hamid Khan on Friday requested the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to excuse him from representing PTI for litigation of the Panama Papers case in the Supreme Court of......
When talk of a possible registry of Muslims surfaced in the wake of the election of Donald Trump as US president, Twitter users took to the microblogging site to express their disapproval of the idea......
Pakistan is among the 10 countries where most urban dwellers lack access to safe and private toilets, WaterAid, a sanitation charity, revealed in its report on Thursday.Other countries among the 10......
Some Turkish military officers posted to Nato in Europe have requested asylum since the abortive coup in Turkey in July, alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday.Reuters exclusively......
Twitter's Chief Executive Jack Dorsey apologised on Thursday after the micro-blogging service let through an ad promoting a white supremacist group."We made a mistake here and we apologise. Our......
The Foreign Office (FO) during a weekly press briefing in Islamabad on Friday said that Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's recent 'no first use' statement on India's nuclear doctrine "amounts......
Authorities in Mozambique were on Friday investigating whether locals were taking petrol from a tanker that exploded in the country's west killing at least 56 people and injuring more than......
The Pakistan Navy on Friday said it had prevented Indian Navy submarines from entering Pakistani territorial waters on Monday, November 14."The Indian Navy, in order to fulfil its nefarious designs,......
The Supreme Court on Friday during suo motu proceedings on delays in holding a population census rejected the government's reasons behind a 'conditional' delay in the census.The Pakistan Bureau of......
Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq made history on Friday, becoming the first Pakistani to play 50 matches as Test captain as he walked onto Hagley Oval ground in Christchurch for a toss against the Kiwis during......
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described Donald Trump as a “trustworthy leader” after meeting the US president-elect on Thursday to get clarity on statements Trump had made while campaigning that......
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has been charged with ball tampering during the second test against Australia in Hobart, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Friday.The ICC announced......
Late bloomer Colin de Grandhomme celebrated his first international call-up with record New Zealand debut bowling figures of 6-41 as Pakistan crumbled in their first innings of the opening Test on......
Darkness was falling across the pagoda outside Yangon when a military officer walked up to Su Thet Htoo and gave him two choices: go to jail or join the untold ranks of child soldiers in Myanmar's......
England off-spinner Moeen Ali claimed three quick wickets to help restrict India to 415 for seven on the second morning of the second test on Friday.All-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin was closing in on......
President-elect Donald Trump has offered the influential post of national security adviser to his controversial campaign adviser, former general Michael Flynn, US media reported Trump officials as......
In the latest development in the case of 'mentally ill' death row convict Imdad Ali, the Supreme Court formed a medical board to examine Ali's mental health.The board is to be headed by Maj Gen Salim......
Debutant opener Jeet Raval posted a half-century as New Zealand reached 104-3 at stumps on day two of the first Test against Pakistan in Christchurch on Friday.On the first day of play, after the......
Pakistan were all out for 133 in their first innings after being sent in to bat in the opening Test against New Zealand at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Friday.Colin de Grandhomme returned the best......
Awami National Party (ANP) senior leader and former senator Haji Mohammed Adeel passed away on Friday morning in Peshawar.Haji Adeel died of cardiac arrest. He was also suffering from kidneys and......
PESHAWAR: Deviating from the procedure, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Secretariat has disbursed Rs28 million honorarium to its 578 employees in cash instead of cheques to avoid income tax deduction......
KOHAT: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak said on Thursday that education was the only universal remedy available for ending corruption and terrorism, adding that the past rulers had brought the country......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to deploy ‘dedicated assistant commissioners’ in 64 low performing union councils for anti-polio vaccination.The dedicated assistant......
TIMERGARA: The three days youth and children festival ended here on Thursday.The last event of the festival was a friendly wheelchair cricket match between Dir and Mardan’s special persons.The......
PESHAWAR: Pashto ghazal maestro Khial Mohammad was decorated with the highest civil national award of Afghanistan at a function held at Afghan Consulate here on Thursday.Afghan Consular General at......
PESHAWAR: Expressing their concern over the government’s decision to deport Turkish teachers from Pakistan, the teachers, students and parents have urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to review the......
SHANGLA: The district administration on Thursday began an anti-encroachment campaign in Alpuri and Lilonai areas and demolished kiosks, shops and other illegal structures.Alpuri tehsil municipal......
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Thursday noted the need to give the wives of missing or disappeared individuals the option to remarry and directed its research cell to determine a......
ISLAMABAD: As long as there are class differences in the country, the goals that Pakistan sets for the future will not be achieved by the poor, said renowned economist Dr Qaiser Bengali at a......
TAXILA: Thousands of people in Sandwell performed rituals to celebrate the 548th birth anniversary of the founder of Sikhism, Baba Guru Nanak, at the Gurdwara Punja Sahib Hassanabdal on Thursday.The......
ISLAMABAD: The world is heading towards a post-antibiotic era, in which the infections and minor injuries that were once treatable will not be treatable once again, due to which a large number of......
Students protest Turkish teachers expulsion ordersPolitical developments in Turkey will have consequences for the Pakistani students enrolled in the Pak-Turk schools as the government has asked......
RAWALPINDI: The health department on Thursday seized 120 maunds of dead animal meat in Pirwadhai and lodged a case against four butchers.Chief sanitary inspector Shahid Mehmood and veterinary doctor......
SIALKOT: Leather gloves exporter Abdul Waheed lost $72,000 to cyber hackers, who broke into his online account and stole the money on Thursday.Mr Waheed, also Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry......
LAHORE: Turkey and the Punjab government on Thursday signed an agreement at Lahore Fort to increase cooperation in the healthcare sector.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister Nawaz......
LAHORE: A majority of the Turkish staff of the PakTurk schools, facing the deadline to leave Pakistan by Nov 20, may travel to other countries, and not Turkey.A few Turkish families have already left......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court chief justice on Thursday restored a petition of a lawyer who sought registration of a high treason case against former president Asif Ali Zardari for speaking against......
LAHORE: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari says he is firm on his four demands from the government and will launch a drive for the ouster of the prime minister if these are not met by Dec 27.Briefly......
LAHORE: Award winning photojournalist Azhar Hussain Jafri passed away here on Thursday due to a cardiac arrest. He was 63.He had been hospitalised for over two months because of the complications he......
SAHIWAL: A cultural show was organised at the Jinnah Hall on Thursday, the second day of celebrations being held here to mark Golden Jubilee of change of name of the town from Montgomery to......
KARACHI: Let’s establish at the outset that the Urdu adaptation of Reginald Rose’s teleplay 12 Angry Men (which was produced for the stage after its successful run on television) titled Qusurwaar......
KARACHI: Nearly 100 students, teachers and administrative staff of the Pak-Turk schools in Karachi gathered outside the Karachi Press Club on Thursday to protest against the government’s decision to......
KARACHI: Water samples collected from the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), National Institute of Child Health (NICH) and the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) have......
KARACHI: A day after being released from jail on bail, Karachi mayor Waseem Akhtar was showered with rose petals and presented with bouquets when he showed up at the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation......
HYDERABAD: Describing the Wednesday face-off between two Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) factions in Karachi as their internal matter, Senior Minister for Food Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has said that a......
HYDERABAD: The fishermen community held a rally under the banner of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) outside the local press club on Thursday to condemn encroachment of lakes, rivers and other......
ANKARA: Turkish police on Thursday detained the pro-Kurdish co-mayor of the south-eastern city of Van, expanding a crackdown on municipal chiefs throughout the region that has sparked international......
DHAKA: A Bangladesh court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for the country’s opposition leader after she failed to appear for a hearing over the date of her birthday.The bizarre controversy,......
BEVERLY HILLS: The world’s earliest-known complete stone inscription of the Ten Commandments, described as a “national treasure” of Israel, sold at auction in Beverly Hills for $850,000.Heritage......
BERLIN: US President Barack Obama said on Thursday he hoped his successor Donald Trump would “stand up” to Russia when it breaches international norms, citing the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine.Obama......
ROME: A hundred migrants were feared drowned on Thursday after yet another migrant shipwreck off the Libyan coast, raising the number of those missing feared drowned this week to 340.Doctors Without......
WASHINGTON: The US intelligence chief announced his resignation on Thursday before a Congress committee as Donald Trump expedited his efforts to form his cabinet.“Submitted my letter of resignation......
PARIS: French authorities said on Thursday they are investigating 560 taxpayers over tax evasion based on information garnered in the leaked Panama Papers.Tax investigators around the world have......
THE HAGUE: Dutch prosecutors demanded a 5,000-euro fine for controversial anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders in his hate-speech trial on Thursday, saying he “insulted Moroccans” and sowed discord among......
PARIS: Donald Trump’s election looms large over the race for president of America’s oldest ally France, where mainstream candidates all style themselves as uniquely qualified to prevent the far-right......
LONDON: From the Black Death to Henry VIII’s break from Rome, a historical medieval refuge in the heart of London’s throbbing financial centre is destined for a new lease of life — by allowing women......
KARACHI: Former Test batsman Bazid Khan on Thursday predicted that Pakistan stand a great chance of making history during the forthcoming tour to Australia where no Asian team have ever won a Test......
CHRISTCHURCH: Persistent rain forced the abandonment of the first day’s play of the first cricket Test between New Zealand and Pakistan at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Thursday.Play had been......
CHRISTCHURCH: Former White Ferns captain Debbie Hockley has been officially unveiled as New Zealand Cricket (NZC)’s first ever female president in its 122-year history.Hockley was nominated for the......
KARACHI: Experienced Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez on Thursday underwent a bowling action retest at the ICC-accredited biomechanics lab in the Australian city of Brisbane.Hafeez, 36, after the......
SYDNEY: AB de Villiers’ job as South African captain is safe despite Faf du Plessis impressing with his leadership as stand-in skipper during thumping back-to-back Test wins over Australia, selectors......
VISAKHAPATNAM: Director of England cricket Andrew Strauss expects Alastair Cook to carry on as the Test captain well into the summer of 2017, saying the 31-year-old is comfortable with the......
SYDNEY: Trevor Hohns was on Thursday appointed Australia’s interim chairman of selectors after Rod Marsh quit, with Greg Chappell drafted in to help rescue a national team in crisis.The experienced......
ISLAMABAD: Promising Israr Ahmed caused quite an upset in the Serena Hotel-Chief of Air Staff International Squash Championship here at the Mushaf Squash Complex when he defeated Austria’s Aqeel......
LONDON: Andy Murray has already scaled the tennis summit but Japan’s Kei Nishikori did his best to loosen his footing before falling in a three-hour thriller at the ATP World Tour Finals on......
DUBAI: Lee Westwood made light of his regular caddie’s absence to post a six under par 66 and lead the DP World Tour Championship by one shot on Thursday as Rory McIlroy struggled.The Englishman’s......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) has approved 16 research projects with a total budget of Rs1.2 billion for 2016-17.In addition, the PARC board of governors approved Rs194......
KARACHI: Pakistan has been facing serious challenges, including low savings and investment levels, falling exports, poor spending on the social sector and reliance of the tax structure on stopgap......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis saw a substantial increase in their welfare, according to the World Bank publication titled ‘Making Growth Matter’.Statistics released by the bank show that the ownership of......
LAHORE: With the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a new era of construction has begun in Pakistan and it is high time that more Chinese investors explore the country for investment and joint......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves amounted to over $24 billion on November 11, down 0.24 per cent from a week ago, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday.According......
KARACHI: Lack of triggers and fluidity on the political front kept the broader index range-bound on Thursday.The KSE-100 index moved between intraday high of 122 points and intraday low of 77 points,......
KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chambers of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) on Thursday expressed concern at the sharp decline in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the first four months of the......
DOHA: Global demand for natural gas will grow in 2017 but at a slower rate than in recent years, Qatar’s energy minister said on Thursday ahead of a meeting of exporting countries.Mohammed Saleh......
KARACHI: The cotton market on Thursday maintained a bullish outlook as spinners indulged in panic buying in line with global trend where cotton prices touched seasonal high.Brokers said futures......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday expressed satisfaction over the proceedings of the Supreme Court in the Panama Papers case and said that contradictory statements of Prime......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday modified its earlier directive for the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to submit a reference after completing investigation within 45 days into alleged......
KARACHI: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) has demanded that the fact-finding commission’s report on the Gadani ship-breaking yard tragedy be made public.At a meeting held on Thursday,......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Railways has acquired 71 acres of land in Gwadar from the Balochistan government to expand its operations to the port city with emphasis on projects under the China-Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court issued notices on Thursday to the Sindh government and provincial departments concerned on a petition against the Oct 27 Sindh High Court (SHC) order about cancellation......
THERE was a time when the drive from Gwadar to Quetta could take up to five days, across gruelling jeep tracks. But now you can do it in two if you want to take it easy, or even one if you’re in a......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Navy (PN) and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy of China began their fourth joint exercise on Thursday. The exercise will continue till Nov 21.Though the two navies have......
ISLAMABAD: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Thursday approved the appointment of Dr Yusuf Ahmad Al-Othaimeen as its new secretary general during an emergency meeting in Makkah.He has......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is expected to attract direct investment of at least $150 million after the Nov 23 bidding for three direct-to-home (DTH) broadcast licences.A top official of the Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: Warning that religious cleric Fethullah Gulen’s organisation could harm Pakistan if the group was allowed to carry out its activities, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) did not have a good day in court on Thursday after it unwittingly shouldered the burden of proving the allegation that the prime minister and his......
THIRTY-FIVE years ago, when Ziaul Haq’s military regime started claiming major improvements in the economy, I coined what I called Pakistan’s first economic law: ‘All good that happens in the economy......
EVERYTHING is going smoothly in the country. There’s a Test match to entertain, which makes all else surplus for a lot of people here. A foreign guest has been gracing our environs. He is someone who......
ARE we human or are we simply a species of animals? This question has perplexed many thinkers.After all, are we not simply glorified animals, some proclaim? Do we not tend to do the same things that......
FOLLOWING the previously unthinkable victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential election everyone is trying to explain how and why he won, as if a right-wing demagogue taking power in a......
THE significance of the Panama Papers hearings in the Supreme Court is enormous. Potentially at stake is nothing less than the political future of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the strengthening of......
At least 43 people were killed and 110 were injured in Mozambique on Thursday as they tried to siphon fuel from an overturned truck which exploded near the border with Malawi, said the statement......
