Four sailors, out of the 17 Pakistani crew members, stuck on a ship anchored in Egypt's Suez Canal for the past five months, returned home on Thursday after intervention by diplomatic authorities.The......
Indian police said on Thursday they had not found any evidence or received any formal complaints of sexual assault at a New Year's eve celebration after media reports of “mass molestation”, but had......
A dramatic rally in digital currency bitcoin came to a spectacular end on Thursday with a plunge of up to 20 percent as China's yuan rose sharply - further evidence of an intriguing inverse......
Israeli police arrested two people Thursday after death threats emerged online against a judge and other officials over the manslaughter conviction of a soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian......
The United States added Hamza bin Laden, son and heir of the late Osama bin Laden, to its terrorist blacklist on Thursday.Hamza, who is in his mid-twenties, has become active as an Al-Qaeda......
Minister for Finance Senator Ishaq Dar on Thursday said the government would not tolerate tax evaders in any case and it will become very difficult for them in future.He, however, assured those tax......
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said that the present government due to its rational approach and prudent policies had achieved great success in economic growth which had been......
Cyclists are taking to the streets of the Pakistani capital, after the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation officially opened dedicated bike lanes for the first time, aiming to promote a greener......
Mustafa Ali, an American wrestler of Pakistani origin, has returned to his hometown of Chicago emerging victorious "in a highly competitive match", World Wrestling Entertainment......
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa rejected the claims made by Indian army chief that India carried out "surgical strikes" on Pakistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)......
The walls of Karachi Press Club — which had recently been painted with colourful murals of several progressive civil society activists and journalists — were vandalised last night allegedly by......
Pakistan on Thursday freed 218 Indian fishermen who had strayed into its waters, an official said, calling it a “goodwill gesture” ten days after a similar number were also released.The fishermen,......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday announced a Rs500 million 'Zarb-i-Qalam' endowment fund for the National History and Literary Heritage Division to help counter extremism and root out......
The United States has stationed dozens of its Special Operations forces in the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania who fear an imminent threat from an increasingly assertive Russia, The......
China's state-run daily Global Times in an editorial titled 'India needs to cool its missile fever' admonished New Delhi on Monday for 'breaking' United Nations "limits on its development of nuclear......
Pakistan's Younus Khan notched his 34th Test century but Australia had reduced the tourists to 271 for eight, still 68 runs short of avoiding the follow-on, at close of play on the rain-disrupted......
The US Department of Labour said on Wednesday it filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google unit seeking access to the company's compensation data and documents as part of a routine......
Human rights groups said Myanmar's government is trying to cover up abuses against civilians in a Muslim-majority part of Rakhine State after an investigation panel dismissed claims a government......
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has removed the New York Times Co's (NYT.N) news apps from its app store in China, following a request from the Chinese authorities.Apple removed both the English-language and......
The hearing of the Panamagate case resumed on Thursday where the five member bench, headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, was apprised about details of the offices held by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif......
Younis Khan on Thursday became the first player in the history of Test cricket to score centuries in 11 countries, including the United Arab Emirates.The veteran batsman smashed his 34th century at......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said the world needs to tell India "enough is enough" with regard to its policy towards the freedom movement in held Kashmir.The premier was addressing an......
PESHAWAR: Light rain continued to fall in the provincial capital intermittently all through Wednesday.Upper parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa received rain and snow consecutively for the second day.One......
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Seventeen persons including seven policemen were injured in a blast near a busy market here on Wednesday.Sources said that a remote controlled bomb was planted by unidentified......
PESHAWAR: At least five members of Christian community died after consuming methylated spirit in the TV Colony neighbourhood of the Peshawar Cantonment area.The police and relatives said the incident......
Mahnum Khan has been playing polo since 2014, when Marcus Hancock, an accomplished player from England, visited to coach and she was part of the three-month polo academy.She has played and trained......
ISLAMABAD: A medical board was set up on Wednesday to examine a 10-year-old child employed as a maid and allegedly beaten and tortured by a sitting judge of the lower courts and his family.In a......
LAHORE: Thousands of people got stranded on various roads and even streets, mainly in Gulberg area on Wednesday after police completely barricaded the Main Boulevard to prevent a rally by some......
LAHORE: After police’s refusal on Tuesday to let them hold a candlelight vigil on the sixth anniversary of slain former governor Salman Taseer at the customary Liberty Chowk, civil society workers......
LAHORE: The need for protection and safety arises when the right of equality is suppressed and the disadvantaged struggle to overcome the barriers erected by oppressive forces around them, Punjab......
KARACHI: The administrative judge of antiterrorism courts remanded on Wednesday another Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London leader to prison in explosives and illicit weapons cases.Police produced Ashraf......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has refused to accept the executive order of the prime minister against the devolution of the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), saying it could not......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, while presiding over a follow-up meeting of the health department on Wednesday, took notice of inordinate delays in the completion of schemes,......
The allegations spread like so many of the others had.In an article headlined Bengaluru’s Night of Shame, Bangalore Mirror reported on a New Year’s Eve party in the southern Indian city that had......
NEW DELHI: Five Indian states will go to polls next month, including the most populous Uttar Pradesh, which will see a seven-phase election lasting a month, it was officially announced on......
Tel Aviv: An Israeli soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian assailant as he lay on the ground posing no apparent threat was convicted of manslaughter on Wednesday after a trial that deeply......
KIM Kardashian has made her long-awaited return to social media, three months after going silent in the wake of being held up and robbed of millions of dollars in jewellery at a Paris......
Ankara: Turkey said on Wednesday it had identified the gunman behind the New Year’s massacre on an elite Istanbul nightclub that killed 39, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the attack aimed......
TIRUPATI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a record 103 satellites at one go, using its launch vehicle PSLV-C37, in the first week of February, while Prime Minister Narendra......
President-elect Donald Trump is using WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to cast doubt on the US intelligence community’s case that Russia was behind hacking of the Democratic National Committee (DNC)......
Baghdad: Iraqi journalist Afrah Shawqi was released Tuesday, a week after being abducted from her Baghdad home by gunmen, her sister and security officials said.“It’s true,” her sister Nibras Shawqi......
Kidapawan: Suspected Muslim rebels staged the Philippines’ biggest jailbreak on Wednesday when they stormed a dilapidated jail in the violence-plagued south of the country, freeing 158 inmates and......
ROME: A gun fired at Milan police by the man suspected of attacking a Christmas market in Berlin last month was the same one used to kill the driver of the truck that ploughed into revellers in the......
BEIJING: A vengeful man stabbed 12 children with a kitchen knife at a kindergarten in southern China on Wednesday, seriously injuring five of them, local authorities said.The attacker “sneaked into”......
Technology companies headed into the 50-year-old consumer technology show (CES) fighting what has become a difficult narrative to shake: that there’s nothing new to show. It has been years since the......
LET’S take a moment to savour what looks to be Henry Kissinger’s final act. The man is 93. At that age, most people are lucky to have enough energy for Wheel of Fortune and a few Facebook posts. Not......
SYDNEY: An unbeaten century stand by Azhar Ali and Younis Khan on Wednesday rallied Pakistan from a dire start to be 126-2 at stumps on day two of the third and final Test at the Sydney Cricket......
SYDNEY: Pakistan’s woes in the third Test against Australia have been many and varied but nothing has frustrated coach Mickey Arthur more than the fielding mishaps that have peppered the first two......
CAPE TOWN: South Africa need six more wickets with two days still to play to win the second test against Sri Lanka, who closed the third day at Newlands on Wednesday on 130 for four, still 377 runs......
LONDON: Flimsy before halftime, fabulous by the end; Arsenal revealed the split personality that has undermined so many of their Premier League title attempts as they snatched an unforgettable 3-3......
AUCKLAND: Serena Williams was knocked out of the ASB Tennis Classic on Wednesday, reducing her match practice for the upcoming Australian Open, while sister Venus withdrew due to injury.Top-seeded......
BRISBANE: A change of scenery didn’t change much about the outcome of Stan Wawrinka’s opening match of the season.The US Open champion won his debut match at the Brisbane International tournament on......
KARACHI: Karachi Queens overpowered Karachi Pearls by seven runs to clinch the SSB Quaid-e-Azam Day Women Softball Festival title here at Trinity Girls School and College ground.The tournament was......
ISLAMABAD: Farhan Mehboob, who caused an upset in the quarterfinals on Wednesday when he defeated high-ranked player Tsz Fung Yip, is Pakistan’s last hope in the ongoing President Gold Cup......
KARACHI: Cotton prices rebounded on Wednesday on renewed buying interest from leading spinners and some exporters. However, ginners were reluctant to sell.At the outset, there was rush of buying......
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has accumulated liabilities of over Rs300 billion and an additional loss of over Rs5.6bn is being added to this amount every month, the PIA......
ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to incur a financial loss of around Rs10 billion for divestment of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Industries and Production......
KARACHI: Petrol sales rose 21 per cent year-on-year to 3.33 million tonnes in July-Dec, according to data released by the Oil Companies Advisory Council (OCAC).Sales of petrol in December stood at......
KARACHI: After seven straight sessions of gains, the benchmark KSE-100 index took a breather on Wednesday in a choppy session.The start was weak as the index took a dip of 118 points, but the......
LAHORE/KARACHI: Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, a distinguished classical singer and one of the most celebrated vocalists belonging to the Patiala Gharana of classical music, died in Islamabad on Wednesday. He......
ISLAMABAD: As the opposition our job is to make accusations and it is up to the government to prove us wrong, said Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday.“We bagged more than 80......
MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a judgement of the High Court whereby the then AJK Legislative Assembly speaker Sardar Ghulam Sadiq was declared......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will continue to highlight the ongoing uprising in India-held Kashmir and the human rights excesses being committed by Indian security forces there.This was stated by Adviser on......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided to provide more evidence to the Supreme Court in the Panamagate case along with holding public meetings to inform people about proceedings of......
WASHINGTON: The United States has noted Afghanistan’s absence from the three-nation Afghan peace talks held in Moscow last week but hoped the meeting would lead to peace.Pakistan, China and Russia......
GUJRANWALA/ISLAMABAD: Turkish law enforcement agencies have recovered six Pakistani men who had been abducted for ransom allegedly by Kurdish pirates.Turkish law enforcement authorities told the......
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has taken notice of arrival of six Indian nationals at Badin airbase without security clearance.According to information received by the......
ISLAMABAD: As a new bench of the Supreme Court resumed hearing of the contentious Panama Papers case on Wednesday, it sought a complete timeline of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s holding of past......
ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari and his son Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will contest by-elections for National Assembly seats from Sindh on separate election symbols.An informed source told......
ISLAMABAD: Satisfied with the outcome of meetings of the joint coordination committee (JCC) on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which were held late last month in China, Prime Minister Nawaz......
PAKISTAN chose to vote against the recent resolution in the United Nations General Assembly that had called for a global moratorium on the death penalty and was adopted by a majority of......
THE latest quarterly report from the State Bank of Pakistan may sound like a dry affair, but read it a little closely and you’ll notice some startling revelations.For the past three years now we have......
CHILDHOOD stunting is the physical manifestation of profound mental and developmental delays in growth. Technically, it is defined as the height for a child’s age below the fifth percentile on a......
THE most recent written examination for the Central Superior Services (CSS) has been characterised by two stark statistics: a dismal overall success rate of about two per cent and a steep failure......
WITH a new military leadership in place, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is resuming the business of civil-military consultations on national security and foreign policy matters. After a rocky military......
A young Israeli soldier who shot dead a Palestinian assailant lying wounded and motionless on the ground in the occupied West Bank was convicted of manslaughter on Wednesday in one of the most......
A New York City train derailed at a downtown Brooklyn terminal during Wednesday's morning rush hour, injuring more than 100 commuters in the metropolitan area's second major rail accident since late......
