KARACHI: A member of Ahmadi community was shot dead in suspected sectarian attack in Gulzar-i-Hijri area on Sunday evening, according to Sachal police and the community official.They added that as......
A senior traffic police officer was shot dead while his driver hurt in suspected targeted attack in Gulistan-e-Jauhar area on Sunday evening, according to DSP Sharae Faisal Ali Anwar Soomro.DSP Faiz......
Technical Advisory Group (TAG) chairperson on polio for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Dr Jean Marc Olive, mentioned that the crippling virus is likely to be eradication from Balochistan by May......
Six Pakistanis working for a Polish oil and gas surveying company have been kidnapped near Dera Ismail Khan, military sources told Reuters, years after a Polish engineer from the same company was......
Tim Southee bagged six wickets as New Zealand took a 55-run lead over Pakistan on a rain-shortened third day of the second Test in Hamilton on Sunday.Only rookie batsman Babar Azam was able to cope......
At least 10 armed men disguised as policemen stormed a high-security prison in India's Punjab state on Sunday and freed a top Sikh militant commander and four others, officials said.The attackers,......
The transformation of Gwadar port as a base for Chinese Navy ships was long expected, but when media reports actually appeared on Friday to that effect, it was startling news for India.Read more:......
A man confessed to shooting dead his wife in an 'honour-killing' in the village of Gulsher Sanjarni in Sujawal district early Sunday.Mashooq Ali Sanjrani claimed to have opened fire at his......
Democrat Hillary Clinton's campaign will take part in a recount of Wisconsin votes in the United States (US) presidential race, an effort Republican winner Donald Trump called "ridiculous" on......
Iran may seek to set up naval bases in Yemen or Syria in the future, as distant footholds might be more valuable militarily than nuclear technology, the chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces......
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the nation's small traders and daily wage earners to embrace digital payment channels, as a cash crunch following the government's surprise ban on......
A narrow path winds through Kashmir's Valley of Pearls towards 13 tin-roofed shops hidden in a rickety row, a women-only market that doubles as a space for those seeking help against the violence of......
Former prime ministers Francois Fillon and Alain Juppe go head-to-head on Sunday in a runoff vote for France's centre-right presidential nomination, with the winner likely to face a showdown against......
Pakistani boxer Mohammad Waseem successfully defended his World Boxing Council (WBC) silver flyweight title after defeating Giemel Megramo of the Philippines on Sunday.Megramo gave Waseem a tough......
German luxury carmaker BMW plans to launch a new version of its i3 electric car next year with a longer range and revamped design, German weekly Welt am Sonntag reported, citing company sources.BMW......
England's Ben Stokes has been reprimanded for the second time in a month for an offensive outburst on the opening day of the third test against India, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has......
Former Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh has said Pakistan's incoming Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa is a "professional"."In the UN operations, Gen Bajwa's performance was totally......
A civil rights group has called for more police protection of mosques after several in California received letters that praised President-elect Donald Trump and threatened Muslim genocide.The Council......
MANSEHRA: Members of an inquiry commission on Saturday met family members of the four women allegedly killed in a Kohistan village after a video showing them sing and dance at a wedding surfaced in......
PESHAWAR: Condemning the cold-blooded murder of a young newspaper hawker Rahmat Ali by a group of armed bike snatchers, office-bearers of Akhbar Faroosh Union Peshawar have demanded of Khyber......
MANSEHRA: The district health department claimed to have achieved 99 per cent target of administering polio drops to children of five years and below in a special drive launched following a case of......
PESHAWAR: The Jamaat-i-Islami has had an uneasy relationship with its major coalition partner in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, on several issues ranging from the removal of Bank......
PESHAWAR: The two-day annual art exhibition was launched under the auspices of the cultural centre of Iran, Peshawar, at its Imam Khomeini Hall, here on Saturday.Young artists have displayed various......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Monday set aside the conviction of two people by an anti-terrorism court on militancy charges and acquitted them in a case of carrying suicide vests and......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department has established Medical Transplantation Regulatory Authority to regulate removal, storage and transplantation of human organs, tissues and cells for......
LAHORE: Emotional farewells for the Turkish teachers are being held ahead of their departure.The students, who have been groomed and educated by the Turkish teachers at the PakTurk schools, seem down......
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah said on Saturday the menace of corruption would be eradicated soon if courts continue to dispense justice.Without mentioning the......
BAHAWALPUR: Two huge antique locks said to be used at now defunct Bahawalpur State’s decaying Derawar Fort were presented to Commissioner Saqib Zafar for displaying these at the Bahawalpur Museum on......
LAHORE: “Azhar Jafri had so much pain in his heart, how could that heart ever be ‘cured’,” said Husain Naqi at a reference for photojournalist Azhar Jafri, who recently passed away due to a cardiac......
Lahore’s Dar Hockey Academy has won an Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) inter-club tournament in Ipoh, Malaysia, by defeating the country’s National Sports School (NSS) in the final.The academy......
Ismat Chughtai is one of the great, pioneering writers of Urdu fiction, a woman who gave Urdu a unique feminist perspective and whose writing has influenced generations of others. Her lively and......
The series of which this article forms the third part is aimed at capturing the essence of Pakistani Urdu writing — its history, milieu, towering figures and memorable writings.The Urdu afsana, or......
A Glimpse of the Universe: Galaxies, Stars, Black Holes, Planets and the Big BangMohammad AbdullahThis overview of the composition of the universe explores cosmology, explaining celestial phenomenon......
Existentialism, once a radical ideology, has long since lost its edge. However, Sarah Bakewell, the author of At the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being & Apricot Cocktails, is of the opinion that......
In a world sewn together by the criss-crossing of ideas, capital, images, and media along with the shifts of migrants, refugees, and other travellers, the movement of people is arguably the central......
In Megan Abbott’s contemporary noir thriller You Will Know Me Devon is a gymnastics star destined for the biggest league of all — the Olympics. She may only be a teenager, but it’s clear to everyone......
When Muslim imperial power in India began to corrode in the 19th century, various Muslim thinkers embraced certain notions of modern nationalism. The most prominent aspect of Muslim nationalism in......
The two weeks long UN Climate Change Conference 2016 or COP22 (the 22nd meeting of the parties signatory to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) recently concluded in Marrakech on a low......
Even in the hardest of times, art finds a way to thrive. Who says music is dead in Pakistan? With the platform for distributing music changing from television channels to the world wide web, from CDs......
Starring Tom Hanks once again as genius Liberty University professor Robert Langdon, the thriller Inferno is a sequel to The Da Vinci Code (2006) and Angels & Demons (2009), and based on the series......
We first heard mention of Ahmed Jamal’s Rahm late last year when word got out that a director was shooting with Sanam Saeed, Sajid Hasan and Nayyar Ejaz in Lahore. It was said the film is an......
Singer Humaira Arshad has a point to make. She feels that although the Pakistan film industry is doing well by churning out movies on a regular basis, the weakest part of all its productions is the......
After the news of robbers breaking into Hollywood diva Kim Kardashian’s hotel and stealing jewelry worth $10 million and the treatment meted out to Indian actress Mallika Sharawat as she got robbed......
Finally, someone important from the realm of Indian politics has spoken some sense on the issue of India-Pakistan tensions and the artist community’s position in the scheme of things. Congress leader......
Those of us who couldn’t digest the fact that a singer/songwriter was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature, well, here is something that might interest you and tell you a bit about the......
By Mujtaba Javaid“Your cousin was in the mosque which has been attacked by terrorists,” said the panicked voice over the phone and a shiver ran down my spine. I was only 12 years old and was left in......
It’s official: Truth is dead. Facts are passé.And this sentiment — smiley face — is so last year.Oxford Dictionaries has selected ‘post-truth’ as 2016’s international word of the year, after the......
Even if you are not a paan connoisseur, you must have heard words such as Sanchi patta, katha, choona, saunf, supari or chhaliya. The word tambaku (tobacco) was also added to my meagre paan......
Karachi’s citizens have some distinct traits that make their city what it is. A few of them are their reverence towards the sea, their ‘life goes on’ attitude in the face of the city’s unpredictable......
“In medieval times the habit arose of expressing a man’s wealth, no longer in terms of the amount of land in his estate, but of the amount of pepper in his pantry. One way of saying that a man was......
Dear Khala, I am 23 years old and I’ve recently done my Masters. My maternal relatives are getting on my nerves. Every time my relatives come over to my place they pester me with questions about my......
Q. Can seeds for annual plants be sown directly in the garden?A. The vast majority of them can be sown directly for example poppies, flax, larkspur. Some, however, such as pansies, petunias and......
In his latest solo show at the Canvas Gallery in Karachi, Adeel uz Zafar looks at symbiotic relationships between various binary forces, setting them up against each other in order to compel the......
Vincent Van Gogh, (1853-1890) is considered the most eminent post-Impressionist artist for whom colour is the primary sign of expression. The artist’s life was full of new starts, changes of scenery......
A lost and found story, historical significance and pure viewing pleasure are some of the markers that define the “New Geometry” print exhibition showcased at the VM Gallery, Karachi, recently.......
Without beating about any sort of bush, let’s get going with the Socratic debate we had initiated the last time regarding successful Pakistani cricket captains.We touched Misbahul Haq and Imran Khan......
KARACHI: At least two workers were killed and several others injured as a huge fire erupted following an explosion inside a storage tank at the Keamari Oil Terminal on Saturday.Eyewitnesses at the......
KARACHI: Leader of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Sirajul Haq made several promises, including an end to poverty and illiteracy to the people of Pakistan especially Sindh if his party comes to......
KARACHI: Donations to the Edhi Foundation have decreased to a large extent since the death of its founder Abdul Sattar Edhi, which is causing hurdles in carrying out relief activities and service to......
UMERKOT: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi has urged rulers to immediately sever trade ties with India over its forces’ killing unarmed civilians and army personnel along......
LARKANA: The Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) has stopped the Ghulam Mohammed Mahar Medical College (GMMMC) principal from opening admissions in the MBBS courses for......
HYDERABAD: Adviser to the Chief Minister on Information Maula Bux Chandio has said that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leadership is giving consideration to the reservations being expressed on......
HAMILTON: Paceman Tim Southee captured three quick wickets to put New Zealand in a commanding position in the second Test against Pakistan on Saturday.Left-arm fast bowler Neil Wagner also bagged......
ADELAIDE: Australia took firm control of the day-night third Test on Saturday when they reduced South Africa to 194 for six at the close on day three, only 70 runs ahead of their hosts.Desperate for......
MOHALI: Circumstances conspired to push Jonny Bairstow up England’s batting order in the third Test against India and the 27-year-old believes he repaid the faith with a composed knock of 89 to......
MOHALI: Jonny Bairstow’s composed 89 helped England survive some poor top order shot-making and reach 268 for eight at the close on the first day of the third Test against India on Saturday.Alastair......
ZAGREB: Argentina fought back to level an absorbing Davis Cup final against hosts Croatia as Juan Martin Del Potro beat Ivo Karlovic 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 7-5 after Marin Cilic’s five-set defeat of......
BERLIN: RB Leipzig continued their stunning start to life in the Bundesliga on Friday with a 4-1 win at Freiburg that saw them move six points clear of Bayern Munich at the top of the table.Timo......
BURNLEY: Manchester City overcame Burnley’s spirited challenge as Sergio Aguero’s double inspired their fightback for a 2-1 Premier League win at Turf Moor on Saturday.Aguero’s decisive brace took......
ABU DHABI: Lewis Hamilton lapped in a league of his own on Saturday to seize pole position for the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix with Mercedes team-mate and championship favourite......
TORONTO: Two major, unrelated events, could impact the energy world in a big way.As US President-elect Donald Trump gets ready for the White House, a new era of cooperation and coordination between......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Saturday kept the policy rate unchanged at 5.75 per cent for the next two months despite acknowledging an increase in inflation witnessed over the last......
LOWERING the corporate tax rate appears to be all the rage. Donald Trump has promised a cut to 15 per cent from 35pc in the US, and British Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to make the UK’s......
KARACHI: Underpinned by strong liquidity position of local investors, recovery in international oil prices and positive sentiments in cement and textile sectors, the benchmark KSE-100 index continued......
KARACHI: The 12 representative bodies of the value-added textile sector have unanimously urged the government not to give customs rebate or cash subsidy and instead should bring the input cost on a......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has launched its annual report for 2015-16 that shows a surplus of income over expenditure of Rs254m, up 25 per cent from a year......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) on Saturday expressed grave concerns over the disparity in industrial gas prices within the country and slammed the discrimination faced by......
DUBAI: Iran is optimistic Opec can reach a deal on limiting oil supplies and plans to announce its own decision about any output curbs at the group’s meeting next week, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan......
KARACHI: Cotton trading remained brisk on Saturday amid fears of shortage of quality cotton after an indirect ban on Indian imports which meet up to 2.5 million bales of the local industry......
TRADITIONALLY speaking, French highbrows and even politicians have always been wary of the linguistic inventions that instantly gain popularity — and power — in the United States. In the era of......
FIDEL Castro, a tall man from a tiny island towered over international politics — and most of the politicians of his era. It was a remarkable feat, facilitated by the geopolitics of the Cold War......
KABUL: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson dismissed suggestions on Saturday that Britain’s exit from the European Union and the election of Donald Trump as US president would lead to Western......
DUBAI: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for greater cooperation between regional rivals Iran and Turkey to help establish stability in Syria and Iraq.“Today when the region is in a......
MOGADISHU: A car bomb exploded near a busy market in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday killing at least eight people, police said, as medical sources warned the toll could be far higher.“We......
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaitis went to the polls on Saturday for the first election contested by the opposition in nearly four years amid fresh disputes over cuts in subsidies due to falling oil......
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s parliament approved a law on Saturday that will transform Popular Mobilisation forces, a mostly Iranian-backed coalition of Shia militias that played a role in fighting the militant......
SEOUL: Up to 1.3 million protesters braved sleet and freezing temperatures in Seoul on Saturday to demand President Park Geun-Hye resign over a corruption scandal or face impeachment, organisers......
TEKNAF: Alam’s short life ended on Saturday in a dark, tattered tent in Bangladesh, the Rohingya child’s skeletal body succumbing to illness contracted while fleeing Myanmar where his stateless......
DESPITE having driven rickshaws in Karachi for about 20 years now, operating the recently introduced Uber Auto app is something entirely new for Mohammad Safdar. I met him on Friday afternoon, after......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday named the new military command, appointing Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat as the chief of army staff and the chairman of the......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has not been able to come up with a concrete time frame for conducting the long-awaited sixth population and housing census in the country.A......
HAVANA: Cuba’s historic revolutionary leader Fidel Castro died on Friday aged 90, after defying the United States during a half century of rule and surviving the eclipse of global communism.One of......
ISLAMABAD: In order to pressure Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Mohammad Anwar Khan Kasi to resign, the representatives of local lawyers on Saturday decided to take their protest to the......
ISLAMABAD: Najma, from Nagar in Gilgit-Baltistan, was excited by the response she got from customers who sampled her chapshoro, a local pizza-like dish made of dough and meat, at a food stall her......
Christmas Bazaar at German embassyThe German embassy held its annual Christmas Bazaar in the spacious compound in front of the chancery and the ambassador’s residence recently, which was attended by......
Even though demand for it has shrunk with the arrival of lightweight wooden furniture, cane furniture is still sought after by many twin cities’ residents, most of whom travel to the cane wood market......
ISLAMABAD: Drawing the attention of United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon towards the ongoing Indian aggression along the Line of Control (LoC), the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has......
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Four officials of a multi-national oil and gas company and three Levies personnel were reportedly kidnapped from a site in the semi-autonomous Frontier Region of Dera Ismail Khan on......
LAHORE: A 35-year-old woman was found dead in a room allocated to a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz MNA at the Federal Lodges called Chamba House, in the Racecourse Area late on Saturday.Police said......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan may be confident of a victory in the Panamagate case before the Supreme Court, but he is not putting all his eggs in one basket.Speaking......
GUJRAT/GUJRANWALA: There was an air of festivity among the residents of Gakhar Mandi city, near Gujranwala Cantonment, who gathered on GT Road on Saturday to celebrate the appointment of the new army......
DONALD Trump’s ascension to the US presidency has produced a whole host of explanations for his wild card path to power. The widely held explanation is that he tapped into the anger of the US......
INDIA is maintaining its daily shelling along the LoC in Kashmir. As advised editorially in this paper, Pakistan must “keep its nerve”. Yet, Pakistan’s response cannot be passive. It must dissuade......
AT present, relations between Pakistan and India are incredibly tense, with almost daily military and civilian casualties on both sides of the LoC due to firing and mortar shelling. Pakistan recently......
