A passenger aircraft which was intercepted and escorted by fighter jets to Stansted airport northeast of London was diverted because of reports of a disruptive passenger, British police said on......
Opposition members on Tuesday filed a privilege motion in the National Assembly accusing the federal government of granting male members access to funds originally allocated for women......
More than 39,000 Pakistanis have been deported from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in the past four months, reported Saudi Gazette on Tuesday.Referring to the security sources, the Saudi newspaper......
The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) on Tuesday issued a show cause notice to online shopping platform Kaymu.pk for deceptive marketing practices."The notice is issued in regards to the......
Russia on Tuesday said it was convening a conference of leading regional powers on Afghanistan and pushed again for talks with the Taliban.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov confirmed Moscow......
The Government of Pakistan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed a loan agreement amounting to $325 million in Ordinary Capital Resources (OCR) for a Results-Based Loan: Access to Clean......
The interior ministry on Tuesday gave its approval for the issuance of a red warrant against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) supremo Altaf Hussain, DawnNews reported.The red warrant is an......
At least one person was killed in Indian firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Khuiratta sector on Tuesday, said a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).Ashfaq, a 25-year......
China on Tuesday blocked a proposal by the United States (US) to designate Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar a global terrorist, Times of India reported.The US, supported by the United......
A suicide bomber on foot ripped through a crowd of Afghan Supreme Court employees Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 41 others in the second attack on government institutions in under a......
Pakistan defeated Bangladesh on Tuesday with a 151-run margin in the latest match-up in the blind World T20 Championship 2017.Pakistan, after winning the toss and batting first, posted a mammoth......
Coal imported for various projects, including a 1,320 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Sahiwal, is dumped in the open close to residential areas in Karachi, creating health and safety hazards,......
The Chinese government has decided to invest $24.8 billion (170bn yuan) into laying a highway network in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang region for improved connectivity with Pakistan.The autonomous......
Inspector General Police (IGP) Sindh AD Khawaja on Tuesday called for a change in laws inherited by Pakistan from the British colonial era in order to improve the efficiency of policing.Addressing a......
Pakistan Super League (PSL) officials on Tuesday briefed international cricket players about security arrangements for the tournament's final match scheduled to be held in Lahore next month.The......
A man on Monday tried to set himself alight with gasoline beside the Holy Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque, police in Saudi Arabia said.However, the man was arrested before he could act on it, the......
Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi on Tuesday rejected the attempts of states seeking permanent UN Security Council membership, saying it is "inconceivable" that any......
The cabinet on Tuesday approved a policy pertaining to the repatriation of Afghan refugees and barred entry into the country for those refugees who do not have valid visas.Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif......
Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh endorsed Peshawar Zalmi and wished Shahid Afridi good luck in the Pakistan Super League 2017 in a video message shared on Tuesday by Peshawar Zalmi on Twitter.In......
Three fishermen believed to be the first victims of the Mumbai attacks have been declared dead by an Indian court, more than eight years after the incident which killed over 160 people.The ruling in......
Two Frontier Corps personnel and a civilian were injured in a roadside blast in Chaman's Boghra Karez area on Tuesday.FC sources said the bomb, planted under a bridge, was intended for a passing FC......
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday sent Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Saleem Shahzad to jail until Feb 18.Shahzad was presented before an Anti-Terrorism Court a day after he was......
On January 27, US President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order which barred nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries from traveling to the US for 90 days, as well as indefinitely suspending......
At least two policemen were injured in a pre-dawn militant attack on a police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district on Tuesday, police said.A militant crashed an explosives-laden vehicle at......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday through a joint resolution termed the executive order of US President Donald Trump about banning entry of Muslims into his country as cruel and......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet on Monday made a landmark decision to introduce coeducation at primary level in the province and declared that only women teachers would be appointed to......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz senior vice president Eng Amir Muqam has said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak will part ways with Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran......
PESHAWAR: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl has renewed opposition to the proposed merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and said it won’t allow the execution of such......
HARIPUR: Speakers at a gathering of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz said that politicians were answerable to their voters, who made them accountable during elections.They were addressing a sizable......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday passed a key bill seeking amendments to various laws, aimed at strengthening the criminal justice system and curbing sectarianism and persecution of......
RAWALPINDI: Pharmacies and drug stores in the city on Monday observed a token strike besides holding a protest rally against a proposed amendment to the Punjab Drug Act 1976.From 1pm to 4pm, all the......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed estranged PPP leader Naheed Khan’s petition in which she sought the PPP’s title for her own party.Ms Khan, who was political secretary to......
RAWALPINDI: Former test player Zaheer Abbas on Monday inaugurated a cricket academy for women at Government Postgraduate Viqarun Nisa Girls College, Rawalpindi.The Zaheer Abbas Cricket Academy for......
LAHORE: The Mayo Hospital, the oldest and the biggest infirmary of Lahore, has got donors who will spend about Rs200 million on the renovation of its old building and equipment.The dilapidated......
LAHORE: The number of Pakistani passengers from the United States has decreased since the travel ban imposed by the Trump administration on seven Muslim countries, according to the officials of......
LAHORE: Customs authorities in the central region of Punjab claim to have seized a huge quantity of imported skimmed milk powder destined for Afghanistan under cargo in transit and sealed a rice......
BAHAWALPUR: Ruling out the possibility of theft, the preliminary inquiry into the missing coal from a train’s hopper car suggests that the 22 tonne coal blew away into the air during travel from......
KARACHI: Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Saleem Shahzad was on Monday formally arrested as soon as he landed at Karachi airport from Dubai in a case in which he had been declared a proclaimed......
KARACHI: A sessions court on Monday acquitted a man in an over-two-decade-old case pertaining to the murder of a police official.Rizwan alias Sukkurwala, said to be a political activist, was charged......
KARACHI: Language acquisition and the role of the state to facilitate it were among some of the topics discussed by renowned linguist Dr Tariq Rahman at the opening of a four-day short course titled......
KARACHI: “Understanding Baloch culture is like looking through a periscope. Every dimension is rich and colourful. There are the arts and crafts, music, literature, cuisine, dresses and what not. The......
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Development Authority Employees Union (CBA) has announced that workers will stop water supply to consumers in the city on Tuesday in protest against non-payment of their four......
HYDERABAD: Speakers at the inaugural session of a two-week training workshop on ‘Social research methods’ held at the University of Sindh in Jamshoro on Monday termed research “a key instrument for......
MITHI: Sheikh Fahad Abdulrahman H.A. Al-Thani, a member of the Qatar royal family, arrived in Tharparkar along with an unspecified number of Qatari and local friends riding several luxurious vehicles......
IT’S no surprise that President Donald Trump initiated a Twitter attack on Saturday on Federal Judge James Robart for freezing the executive order on immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries.......
NEW DELHI: A Chinese soldier has been languishing in India since 1963, and although he was freed by a court six years later, he has since got married and is raising his children while waiting for......
WASHINGTON: Lawyers for Washington state and Minnesota have told a federal appellate court that restoring President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and travellers from seven predominantly Muslim......
WASHINGTON: Designating Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism is unwise in the first year of a new administration, but should be kept as an option for the longer term, says a report by a dozen US......
NEW DELHI: Dozens of trainee commandos from India’s elite jungle warfare unit have gone missing on the eve of their first deployment to a restive region considered a stronghold of left-wing......
DUBAI: Qatar Airways has launched the world’s longest scheduled commercial airline route with the arrival of its flight from Doha to Auckland, New Zealand.The Gulf carrier said flight QR920 touched......
LONDON: Alastair Cook resigned as England Test captain on Monday after a record 59 matches in the role, saying it was ‘a sad day’ but the right decision for the team.Yorkshire batsman Joe Root is the......
DUBAI: The glittering HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2017 trophy was unveiled in a spectacular ceremony at the Dubai Sports City here on Monday.A packed audience comprising local and international......
COLOMBO: A tournament in which the likes of Thailand and Papua New Guinea rub shoulders against higher-ranked teams such as India and South Africa reflects the International Cricket Council’s efforts......
LIBREVILLE: Vincent Aboubakar scored a brilliant late goal to hand unfancied Cameroon a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Egypt and their fifth African Nations Cup title in an entertaining final on......
PARIS: Britain were defaulted into the Davis Cup quarter-finals on Sunday while Spain edged Croatia to advance and defending champions Argentina battled Italy into a decisive fifth match at a......
LEICESTER: Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s masterclass left Leicester City fighting for their Premier League survival as Manchester United cruised to a 3-0 victory over the troubled champions on Sunday.Jose......
HOUSTON: The New England Patriots came back from 25 points down with less than 24 minutes remaining, scoring 19 points in the fourth quarter and scoring a touchdown on the first drive of overtime to......
KARACHI: Omar Associates Seniors and Rashid Latif Cricket Academy (RLCA) Seniors overpowered the visiting Canadian Seniors cricket team, comprising over-40 players, in the last couple of matches of......
KARACHI: Gomal University of DI Khan beat Shah Abdul Latif University from Khairpur by 58 runs at the IBA Cricket Ground while Quaid-e-Awan University, Nawabshah outplayed Preston University,......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday unanimously approved Companies Bill 2017.The piece of legislation became controversial when the government approved it in the form of an ordinance on......
KARACHI: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) posted a profit-after-tax (PAT) of Rs10 billion during the first half of this fiscal year ending on Dec 31, 2016, translating into earnings per share at Rs36.90.It......
KARACHI: The stock market staged another range-bound session on Monday with the KSE-100 index gaining 74.21 points (0.51 per cent) to close at 49,630.04 points.Volume fell 17 per cent to 281 million......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has proposed a financially and administratively independent election commission so that the next general elections can be held in a better and more......
PESHAWAR: The federal government has dropped Fata reforms from its cabinet meeting agenda at the last minute, pouring cold water on expectations and enthusiasm among political activists anticipating......
ISLAMABAD: Concerned over India’s stockpiles of fissile material and parts of its civilian nuclear programme that are not under the International Atomic Energy Agency’s safeguards, Pakistan is......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China on Monday discussed all aspects of bilateral ties with focus on security, economic development and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).The meeting between......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) are close to initiating a bilateral strategic dialogue.This was stated by Bahraini Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid......
KHANEWAL: It's a day of thanksgiving in Shanti Nagar, a village 10km southeast of Khanewal city. It’s a day of celebration, not one of sorrow or anger. February 6, 2017, marks the 20th anniversary of......
KARACHI: An Afghan diplomat was shot dead by a security guard inside the Afghan consulate in Clifton on Monday.Police said that the guard, an Afghan national, was an employee of the consulate and......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday announced that it had entered into a 10-year contract with a Chinese firm for operation and maintenance of the controversial Nandipur power project at a price......
ISLAMABAD: Amid an inordinate delay in the promotion of over 400 senior bureaucrats, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to consider the recommendations of the Central Selection Board (CSB) to......
I RECENTLY worked with someone with significant clout in Western journalistic and policy circles who was preparing for his first trip to Pakistan. Having travelled the world, he had determined that......
TO the delight of beleaguered Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, the UN Security Council has lifted sanctions against former warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Now that his assets are unfrozen and he has been......
A FORMER Indian diplomat, the rare service where you can still find a few liberal souls, once served in Indonesia. What the diplomat told me left me aghast. It seems that a clutch of soldiers from......
ON Jan 26, the National Assembly witnessed an ugly brawl involving quite a few honourable members of the house from the PML-N and the PTI, along with at least one independent member. According to......
