Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday said he believes that retired Gen Raheel Sharif will consult the government and fulfill all his legal and constitutional obligations before taking any......
A man who claims to be a soldier of the Indian armed forces has released a series of videos on social media citing 'corruption' in the Indian army as the reason his battalion receives substandard......
The Sindh Government on Monday renamed Beaumont Road in Karachi to honour slain Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Chaudhry Mohammed Aslam Khan on the occasion of his third death anniversary.The......
Pakistan fast bowler Junaid Khan expressed jubilation on his selection in the Pakistan's One Day International (ODI) team for the Australia series, calling it a chance for him to prove himself in the......
Uber Pakistan, an on-demand cab service currently operating in Lahore and Karachi, has hired Safee Shah as General Manager for the company’s operations in Pakistan, according to a press release......
Key figures from Pakistan's political and military leadership on Monday agreed to reinstate military courts for a period all political parties can agree to.The federal government initiated......
Malaysian video-on-demand platform iflix launched in Pakistan on Monday.Commonly known as the 'Netflix of South East Asia', the subscription-based service costs around Rs300 per month for Pakistani......
Pakistan on Monday successfully test-fired its first ever nuclear-capable submarine-launched cruise missile Babur-III, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor......
Fast bowler Junaid Khan has been called for the One Day International (ODI) series against Australia as a replacement for Muhammad Irfan who is returning home following the death of his mother,......
A key militant commander of the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) surrendered before government officials in Quetta on Monday.Balakh Sher Badini, who belonged to the outlawed BLA, laid down his......
A medical examination of the allegedly tortured juvenile housemaid by a board of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on Monday revealed burn marks and wounds on the 10-year-old's body.A......
Google unveiled its latest self-driving system in a Chrysler Pacifica minivan during a Sunday preview ahead of the Detroit auto show, saying the technology is more reliable and affordable.The......
Women's groups in India are planning nationwide rallies on January 21 to protest the alleged mass molestation in the city of Bengaluru on New Year's eve, and subsequent comments by politicians......
For the first time in the history of Pakistan, the country's transgender community will be included in the national population census.The Lahore High Court on Monday instructed the federal......
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his government is ready to negotiate on "everything" in proposed peace talks in Kazakhstan but it was not yet clear who would represent the opposition and no......
Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, during a hearing of the Panamagate case on Monday, advised Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) counsel Naeem Bokhari to file a reference with National Accountability Bureau (NAB)......
At least five people were killed and one other injured when a fire broke out in a ship parked on plot 60 of the Gadani shipbreaking yard in Hub on Monday, police sources said.The ship belonged to......
The blog was originally published on January 9, 2017.At least once a month, I drive down to Lahore from Islamabad using the Motorway. Just before the Jhelum River, as the Salt Range and Potohar......
Three people were killed in a suspected militant attack on a camp of Indian army's General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) in India-held Kashmir on Monday morning, the Indian Express reported.Two or......
UPPER DIR: After heavy snowfall in the last few days, over 50 jeeps took on the curvy and treacherous road in the second Lowari snow jeep rally competition on Sunday where the contestants exhibited......
PESHAWAR: High installment rate and slow of pace of work on a housing project have left the retired government officers high and dry to fulfil their dream of having a house in the provincial......
CHITRAL: Anomalies have been alleged in the project of installation of electric towers transmitting power generation of Golen Gol Hydropower Project to the grid station in Chokiatan (Upper Dir) in......
KHAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F leaders on Sunday rejected the federal government’s plan to merge Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and threatened to launch a protest movement if any changes were ‘imposed’......
PESHAWAR: The tribal students have demanded more educational and health facilities for their areas to improve standard of their life.The demand came during a talent award ceremony organised by Khyber......
ISLAMABAD: With so many cafes and Italian continental eateries opening across the city, those loyal to desi food have taken it upon themselves to promote the country’s local cuisines.A new addition......
ISLAMABAD: For 29-year-old Ayesha Khan, learning to drive a car was a life-changing experience.“Being able to drive opens up so many possibilities because you are no longer dependent on other......
ISLAMABAD: Despite the decline in violence over the last year, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Jamaatul Ahrar are major actors in causing instability, the annual Pak Institute of Peace Studies......
Though the PML-N held local government (LG) elections in the urban areas of the federal capital in 2015, the government soon lost steam; a year later, the system is far from having taken......
When he found out LG elections were to be held, Chaudhry Tahir Ali thought the city’s water shortage may finally be addressed.“The CDA failed to resolve our problems, particularly the water shortage.......
Mayor Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) Sheikh Ansar Aziz plans to outsource garbage collection in all sectors and rural areas, but practically he could not take any step for want of cash.In......
LAHORE: The six suspected terrorists who were killed in an alleged encounter with police late on Friday night were involved in carrying out Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park attack, claimed the Counter Terrorism......
KARACHI: The Citizens-Police Liaison Committee has identified 60 places in the sprawling metropolis where incidents of street crimes, particularly snatching of mobile phones, have increased......
KARACHI: The abrupt death of a young worker on Sunday afternoon at the Gadani ship-breaking yard number 69 further reinforced the lack of safety measures in place despite repeated accidents that have......
URDU orthography, or imla, has long been a bone of contention. And the root cause is the lack of standardisation and unification.For certain words Urdu lacks, let’s face it, orthographic standards......
KARACHI: Those who made it to the baithak session organised by the All Pakistan Music Conference (APMC) at the Pak-American Cultural Centre on Saturday evening should count themselves fortunate.......
HYDERABAD: Eminent academician Inam Sheikh has said that Sindh’s history has been romanticised and not analysed, it is based on assumptions and hypotheses and thus needs to be rewritten on the basis......
BEVERLY HILLS: Hollywood’s awards season got underway on Sunday with the Golden Globes, an often raucous party where the champagne flows along with pointed barbs and surprises.Musical La La Land,......
BELGRADE: Blizzards and dangerously low temperatures persisted in parts of Europe on Sunday, prompting Pope Francis to draw attention to the homeless suffering in freezing weather.In Serbia, aid......
LONDON: The Israeli embassy in London sought on Sunday to head off a diplomatic storm with London, apologising after one of its staff was caught on camera threatening to “take down” a British......
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called on South Korea to remove a statue of a “comfort woman” which has reignited a diplomatic row over Tokyo’s wartime sex slavery.Tensions spiked on......
THIS week’s issue of The Economist, Britain’s influential weekly news magazine, has the British prime minister on its cover with her name changed to Theresa Maybe. The subtitle is “Britain’s......
TEHRAN: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has clashed with the country’s powerful and conservative judiciary, in a rare public row as tensions rise ahead of this year’s presidential election.The......
KOROLYOV: When Galina Balashova designed her first space habitation module for Soviet cosmonauts, she drew a landscape on its interior wall, something that could remind them of home.An architect by......
MOSUL: Iraqi special forces battling the militant Islamic State group reached the eastern bank of the Tigris river in Mosul on Sunday for the first time in a three-month, US-backed offensive to......
LISBON: Portugal was on Sunday preparing to pay its final respects to Mario Soares, widely seen as the father of the country’s modern-day democracy, after the former president died in hospital aged......
TEHRAN: Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died in hospital on Sunday after suffering a heart attack, the ISNA and Fars news agencies reported.Rafsanjani, who was 82, was a pivotal......
MOUNT MAUNGANUI (New Zealand): Corey Anderson made an unbeaten 94 from 41 balls and shared a 124-run partnership with captain Kane Williamson which guided New Zealand to 27-run win over Bangladesh......
KABUL: In a shocking incident Afghanistan cricketer Shapoor Zadran was attacked by a group of unidentified gunmen, who opened fire at the vehicle he was travelling in along with his brother.Nobody......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday confirmed that the final of this year’s Pakistan Super League would be held in Lahore on March 9.The PCB has confirmed that they are now working on......
SYDNEY: Key paceman Josh Hazlewood will be rested from Australia’s first One-day International against Pakistan this week after his starring role in the Test series sweep, coach Darren Lehmann said......
LONDON: Premier League leaders Chelsea had captain John Terry sent off as they cruised into the FA Cup fourth round with a 4-1 victory over Peterborough United on Sunday.Terry, handed a rare start,......
SYDNEY: Svetlana Kuznetsova opened the defence of her Sydney International title with a comfortable 6-1, 6-4 victory over Irina-Camelia Begu on Sunday as the Australian Open warm-up suffered a pair......
TEHRAN: Iran national team coach Carlos Queiroz resigned Saturday, citing a lack of support from the Iranian Football Federation amid a club vs country row.The former Real Madrid and Portugal coach......
PARIS: Ligue 1 leaders Nice crashed out of the last 64 of the French Cup on Sunday after a 2-1 defeat at struggling Lorient, while Marseille won 2-1 at Toulouse after extra time.Nice finished 2016......
BRISBANE: Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov won his first title in over two years when he upset world number five Kei Nishikori in three sets to win the Brisbane International here on Sunday.In an......
When the five stakeholders of the National Finance Commission — the centre and four federating units — signed the 7th award on Dec 30, 2009, they committed to ‘achieve 15pc tax to GDP ratio by the......
Industrial stagnation in the country does not appear to be transient. It would, therefore, be unrealistic to assume auto correction.The trend reversal will require reorientation of both the policy......
In the local currency market, volatility in dollar trade was initially observed on the interbank market due to mounting fresh demand in the early sessions of the week.However, measures undertaken by......
ACCORDING to the weekly statement of position, deposits and other accounts of all scheduled banks for the week ended Dec 23, 2016 stood at Rs10663.65bn after a 0.64pc increase over the preceding......
Starting out as Shakarganj Mills Limited, which was devoted to the production and sale of sugar, the company has diversified into a wide range of operations.Apart from sugar — which still remains the......
According to the Federal Board of Revenue, the share of withholding taxes in direct tax revenues touched 68pc in the first half of this fiscal year, emerging as the leading revenue spinner in the......
Tax compliance is a crucial national issue with collection of direct taxes, in particular, being far more problematic.By and large corporate incomes, according to Thomas Picketty, rise much faster......
EXTENSIVE research in wheat varieties in collaboration with foreign institutions over the years has boosted per-hectare yield. But local markets are yet to find ways for the realistic price discovery......
THE lingering water shortage in rabi is likely to hit winter crops, especially wheat, and ultimately the kharif crops if rains do not come to the rescue of the farmers, according to the irrigation......
FARMERS across Punjab have reservations about the quality of available agro-chemicals and blame some substandard and spurious pesticides as one of the major factors for the declining agriculture......
Will the path to economic revitalisation be realised and can society gain a foothold to restore its vitality? The year 2017 will be a crucial stage.Though there are bright signs, the economic......
FAISALABAD: As Pakistan slowly emerges from a long-term power crisis, its once booming textile sector is scrambling to find its feet — but high energy costs and a decade lost to competitors mean......
LAHORE: Although the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has devised a comprehensive plan to hold the much-awaited population and housing census across the country from March 15, the Punjab......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate is meeting on Monday (today) with a heavy agenda that includes the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO), the National Counter-Terrorism Authority (Nacta) and the......
QUETTA: Construction of a boundary wall around the Police Training College, the venue of last October’s terrorist attack that killed 62 young cadets, has begun.Over 100 cadets were injured in the......
WASHINGTON: US bombings in Pakistan dropped to a record low – three – in 2016, compared to more than 24,000 bombs it dropped in Iraq and Syria last year, says a study by a US think-tank, Council on......
MUZAFFARABAD: A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and some other delegates from United Kingdom and Canada have supported the right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people and urged the......
KARACHI: Disposal of cases by military courts has helped reduce terrorists’ activities in the country.Inter-Services Public Relations, the military’s public affairs wing, said on Sunday that military......
BAHAWALPUR: Launching his party’s mass contact campaign here on Sunday, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan alleged that the prime minister had bought assets abroad in the name of his......
JERUSALEM: A Palestinian men rammed a truck into a group of Israeli soldiers visiting a popular tourist spot in Jerusalem on Sunday, killing four people and injuring at least 15 others.The driver......
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) recently issued the first-ever private sector distribution licence for natural gas sales in Sindh to a company incorporated just one day before......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has asked the World Bank to restart the process of arbitration in its water dispute with India despite New Delhi’s objections.In its communications with the bank, Pakistan argued......
USTAD Fateh Ali Khan of the Patiala gharana died on Jan 4. Classical music in Pakistan died earlier. Nothing epitomises that more than the headline on a leading news website: ‘Renowned Qawwal Ustad......
THE internet revolution that came to Pakistan in 1996 has, 20 years on, had massive impact on all walks of life — academic, cultural, social, and economic. The rising popularity of the micro-blogging......
WE often think that big problems in the developing world require big, expensive and usually imported solutions, but we tend to ignore the innovative, low-tech and low-cost problem-solving taking......
Two suspected robbers were shot dead on Sunday by a trader in Karachi when they reportedly tried to rob him near Khalid bin Waleed Road in Karachi, said police officials.The two suspects tried to......
