The militant Islamic State (IS) group launched a ferocious assault Saturday on a city in eastern Syria, leaving more than 30 militants and regime fighters dead, a monitoring group said.At least 12......
Ahmer Abbasi speaks softly as he describes the strip searches, the extra shoves, the curses that he endured in a federal jail in Brooklyn following the Sept 11 attacks.“I don't think I deserved it,”......
Extremely cold weather near the Lowari tunnel in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Chitral district on Saturday claimed the life of a Peshawar-bound minor, police said.An official of the Ashurat police post told......
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has asked Pakistan to investigate the fatal shooting of a local journalist in the country's southwest.In a statement, the media watchdog......
Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq on Saturday urged the country's cricket authorities to plan extensively for future tours to Australia if they hope to end Pakistan's long losing streak.The Misbah-led team......
Mohammad Hafeez will be wearing the captain's hat for Pakistan's next One Day International (ODI) against Australia, to be played in Melbourne on Sunday, Pakistan Cricket Board announced Saturday.The......
Pakistan Tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, on winning the ASB Classic crown on Saturday, said that all his hard work last year finally paid off.Qureshi, paired with Poland’s Marcin Matkowski, had......
Haryana minister Anil Vij has kicked up another storm before the dust settled on a decision to replace Mahatma Gandhi with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the 2017 face of the government’s......
Sony Entertainment Chief Executive Michael Lynton will step down to become chairman of the board of messaging app owner Snap Inc, a move that puts an experienced Hollywood executive in a prominent......
The second consecutive day of rain in Karachi brought with it problems for city dwellers, as water flooded roads and power was disrupted in large parts of the city.Four more people, including an......
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan lashed out at his critics on Saturday, saying it is unfair to link everything to Maulana Ahmad Ludhianvi, chief of the proscribed Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat......
Man sports a bee beard!Mohamed Hagras stands bare-chested as dozens of honeybees congregate around his face, eventually forming what he calls the ‘Beard of bees.’ To attract the insects, he has a box......
New JRR Tolkien book coming in 2017The new title by Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien is set to be published this year. Beren and Luthien, the story of the love between a mortal man and an......
Why would someone wish to visit a useless website? Perhaps when one has nothing to do is the perfect time to visit The Useless Web — a site with a collection of literally useless websites from around......
Chocolate lava mug cakeIngredients:• 1 egg• 4 tbsp four• 4 tbsp granulated sugar• 2 tbsp coco powder• 1/4 tsp baking powder• 3 tbsp milk• 4 tbsp oil• 4 pieces chocolate (any eating milk chocolate bar......
Last night, while doing my daily chores, a thought struck my mind … is money everything? Is it important to have material comforts to lead a good life? Can money buy anything?I thought, yes, most of......
Nitrogen: One short burst of precipitation (rain) is better for crops and flora (all types of greenery) than a tonne of irrigated water.Such is the magic of this marvellous gas, nitrogen, reigning in......
Alittle boy was sitting with his grandma when he turned to her and asked, “So how were things during your time? I mean back in 2020s, 2030s. I expect life was most stale, slow and stodgy. But before......
Ihad always wished to go back into the past. To ask Florence Nightingale how she got the courage to attend to soldiers who were in a pathetic state, to tell Hitler to stop World War II and meet......
Once I spent more hours on my study table trying not to sleep than studying. And this was because I had been trying to study while my biological clock had been in the sleep mode. We all know that......
CHARSADDA: As many as 40 suspected persons were arrested and a big cache of arms and ammunition was recovered in a joint search and strike operation conducted by police and security forces in......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Friday expressed concern over how most machines at the Printing Corporation of Pakistan (PCP) were obsolete and its staff......
ISLAMABAD: Although it is difficult for the cash-strapped Capital Development Authority (CDA) to execute multi-billion rupees projects, it has shown interest in launching a tram service in the......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Scores of Awami Workers Party (AWP) activists along with other civil society people took out a procession on Friday to protest the failure of the government to find the social media......
KARACHI: At least four people died in rain-related incidents on Friday when the city received its first winter showers that brought down the temperature by three degrees Celsius during the day,......
KARACHI: In an attempt to deconstruct negative stereotypes about Islam that are rampant in popular discourse, there is an urgent need to understand and propagate it from an aesthetic approach, said......
KARACHI: Utter neglect towards marine pollution costs Pakistan billions of rupees every year that includes the huge expenditures the country incurs on account of vessel repair and maintenance, as......
KARACHI: The annual Karachi Eat Festival got off to a soggy start on Friday at the Frere Hall gardens as the first day of the much-anticipated event was washed out on account of the city’s first......
HYDERABAD: Naila Rind’s final post-mortem report reveals that her death was caused by constriction of neck, leading to asphyxia from hanging, and finds no sign of sexual assault.Acting police surgeon......
BEIJING: Blocking Chinese access to islands in the South China Sea would require the US to “wage war”, an influential Chinese state-run tabloid said on Friday, after US Secretary of State nominee Rex......
JERUSALEM: Jerusalem’s Grand Mufti on Friday branded plans by president-elect Donald Trump to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem an “assault” on Muslims across the globe.“The......
BEIJING: Hundreds of thousands of Chinese travellers were packing airports, train and bus stations on Friday as they headed home for Lunar New Year celebrations.Officials expect that Chinese......
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has replaced independence hero Mahatma Gandhi as the 2017 face of the government’s traditional handloom and cotton industry, triggering fierce......
LONDON: The Facebook-owned mobile messaging service WhatsApp is vulnerable to interception, the Guardian newspaper reported on Friday, sparking concern over an app advertised as putting an emphasis......
CAPE CANAVERAL: The International Space Station’s solar power grid got three more top-of-the-line batteries on Friday during the second spacewalk in a week.Commander Shane Kimbrough and French crew......
SITTWE: The UN human rights envoy for Myanmar arrived on Friday in tense Rakhine state, where soldiers are accused of widespread abuse of members of the Muslim ethnic Rohingya minority, including......
BEIRUT: International investigators have said for the first time that they suspect President Bashar al-Assad and his brother are responsible for the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict,......
Even in a world of uncertainties, some things are certain.We know the year ahead is going to be a roller coaster ride. We’ve learned to expect the unexpected, knowing that opinion polls and experts......
ON March 4, 1933, at the bottom of the worst financial and economic crisis to afflict the United States since the Civil War, Franklin D. Roosevelt took office as president. Two days later, Roosevelt......
GENEVA: Hopes for a peace deal in Cyprus stalled on Friday over a decades-old dispute, with the rival sides at loggerheads over the future of Turkish troops on the divided island.A week of......
WELLINGTON: Shakib Al Hasan in a record-breaking second day of the first Test hammered a double century against New Zealand here on Friday.But they kept declaration plans after reaching 542-7 on day......
MELBOURNE: Defending champion Novak Djokovic will launch his bid for a record seventh Australian Open title with a mouth-watering first-round match against Fernando Verdasco.Spaniard Verdasco knocked......
SYDNEY: Britain’s world number 10 Johanna Konta dominated the third-ranked Agnieszka Raadwanska to win her second WTA title in the Sydney International WTA final on Friday.Konta capped an impressive......
SAN JUAN: Peugeot’s Stephane Peterhansel took back the overall Dakar Rally lead from team mate Sebastien Loeb on Thursday after regaining time lost in tending to stricken Slovenian bike rider Simon......
MILAN: AC Milan came back from a goal down to beat Torino 2-1 on Thursday and set up a meeting with Juventus in the Italian Cup quarter-finals.After Andrea Belotti put Torino ahead, Juraj Kucka and......
BRISBANE: Matthew Wade hit a thrilling last-ball century to set up a 92-run victory for Australia over Pakistan in the first One-day International at the Gabba on Friday.Wicket-keeper Wade boosted......
GEORGETOWN: Pakistan’s tour of the West Indies in March 2017 is in no way a signal that the West Indies have decided to make a return tour to that country, a senior WICB official stated late......
The ongoing five-match ODI series against Australia is Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur’s last chance to salvage some pride from the tour Down Under although the wrong-footed start by his team at......
JOHANNESBURG: Vernon Philander and Kagiso Rabada plunged Sri Lanka into familiar trouble when they both took two wickets on the second day of the third and final Test against South Africa at the......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has decided to introduce a fresh upfront tariff for future coal-based power projects in Thar to replace the existing lucrative......
KARACHI: The volume of outstanding home loans increased for the 11th consecutive quarter in July-Sept 2016, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday.Housing finance......
HONG KONG: Shanghai Electric Power (SEP) said on Friday it has received approval from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce to acquire stakes in K-Electric.One of Abraaj Group’s companies, KES Power, had......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has proposed certain measures to improve liquidity risk management in open-end equity funds.The measures were evolved after......
KARACHI: After a two-day rally that added 650 points to the KSE-100 index, the stock market remained muted for much of the first session on Friday.The index started out in the positive with intraday......
WASHINGTON: The US State Department, in its first public reaction to the disappearance of bloggers and rights activists in Pakistan, has said that it’s closely monitoring the situation and would......
ISLAMABAD: Former army chief retired General Raheel Sharif, who enjoys an impressive record of successfully leading a war against terrorism, has been invited to the annual meeting of the World......
WASHINGTON: US defence secretary-designate James Mattis has said that the Trump administration would offer incentives to Pakistan to cooperate with the United States on critical issues.At his......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan alleged on Friday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was hiding behind technical aspects of the Panama Papers case about offshore......
RAWALPINDI: Elements linked with the militant Islamic State (IS) group who are returning to Pakistan from Syria could pose a serious threat to the security situation in Punjab, intelligence......
KARACHI: While accepting a police report showing police’s unawareness about the suspects, an antiterrorism court (ATC) on Friday directed the investigating officer to submit a progress report twice a......
ISLAMABAD: The counsel representing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the Panama Papers leaks case argued before the Supreme Court on Friday that parliamentarians cannot be unseated on the basis of......
PESHAWAR: Disagreement between the provinces and the Centre over distribution of resources and sharing revenues to finance massive infrastructure and socio-economic development plans in the country’s......
ISLAMABAD: The sudden re-emergence of the phenomenon of enforced disappearances prompted a call in the Senate on Friday for legislation to bring state agencies under the ambit of law.Speaking on a......
I HAVE a confession to make: in all my travels, Saudi Arabia has never figured on my itinerary.And with good reason. Why would I go to a country that deliberately destroys its historical heritage,......
OVER 30 years ago, prime minister Indira Gandhi called off talks with Pakistan on a no-war pact because Pakistan’s representative to the UN Human Rights Commission, Agha Hilaly, had compared Indian......
SOMETIMES, even for the eternal optimist, defying the stark, naked, ugly truth becomes a big ask because the reality is such that it fills even the most stout-hearted with depression-inducing......
HAD last week’s kidnappings of bloggers and social media activists happened in Balochistan, it would have been a non-event. But all five abductions happened in Punjab — and now the authorities are......
Cold Start was supposed to be a non-starter. At least that is what India’s political and military leadership had claimed ever since the doctrine was mooted by the Indian military, ostensibly as a......
Hundreds of Cubans who sold their homes and belongings in pursuit of an American dream that now lays in tatters were stranded in Central America and Mexico on Friday after Washington abruptly ended a......
