The Foreign Office on Tuesday refuted the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on Afghan refugees and termed it as "misplaced and removed from facts and realities on ground".The FO, in a statement, said......
You can't keep a good phone down: The iconic Nokia 3310 is coming back, Business Insider reported on Tuesday.Reliable phone leaker Evan Blass, writing in VentureBeat, reports that a relaunch of the......
Turkey’s Maarif Foundation will take over the administration of Pak-Turk Schools in Pakistan following the registration of the foundation as an INGO by the Ministry of Interior.The registration......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said the fight against terrorism is about right and wrong, and "we as a nation are on the right side of history in this war".The premier passed the remarks......
Pakistan's investigation into spot-fixing in cricket has spread to Britain with the arrest of two men on suspicion of bribery offences.The London-based National Crime Agency announced that the......
Punjab Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday said there was more than one attacker involved in the suicide bombing on Mall Road blast.The law minister added that the......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday said if the Rangers can conduct an operation in Karachi, "then why can not the same be done in Punjab".Imran was speaking to the media in......
The Director General of the South Asia Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr Mohammad Faisal, on Tuesday summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner Mr J P Singh to lodge a formal......
In a heartfelt video message addressing Pakistani cricket fans, Lahore Qalandars' Grant Elliot, a medium-pace bowler from New Zealand, has mourned the blast that shook Punjab's provincial capital on......
Members of a Senate select committee on Tuesday unanimously adopted a bill that seeks to codify citizens' right to information.During the meeting, members of the senate committee reviewed the bill......
Pakistanis Tuesday mourned the victims of a Taliban-claimed suicide blast in Lahore as the city's residents railed at the government for failing to protect them.Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif......
Three Indian soldiers and a suspected militant were killed in a gunbattle in held Kashmir Tuesday after an army patrol came under fire in the north of the territory, officials said.“Three soldiers......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange ended Tuesday on a bearish note after a range-bound session, with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing 197 points, or 0.40 per cent, by the day's close to reach 49,767.91......
Pakistan beat Scotland by six wickets in the 12th match of the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier in Colombo on Tuesday, making it the sides' third consecutive win in the tournament thus far.Scotland......
Dubai hopes to have a passenger-carrying drone regularly buzzing through the skyline of this futuristic city-state in July.The arrival of the Chinese-made EHang 184 — which already has had its flying......
South Korean special prosecutor's office said it will decide by no later than Wednesday on whether to request an arrest warrant for Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] chief Jay Y. Lee.Lee, third-generation......
President Donald Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn, resigned late on Monday after coming under fire over whether he discussed the possibility of lifting US sanctions on Russia before......
Athens's half a million Muslims are set to get their first official mosque in more than a century.The city has not had a formal mosque since it drove out occupying Ottomans in 1833, and Deputy......
At least five people were killed and 15 others injured as a commuter bus overturned on Karachi's National Highway.The passenger bus was travelling from Karachi to Badin when its brakes failed and the......
PESHAWAR: Sawar Buneri, a pencil thin resident of Pir Baba area in Buner district, was born with a natural filial for singing and poetry.He was able to bring out his first Pashto poetry volume in......
ISLAMABAD: As the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday passed an order against Valentine’s Day celebrations, the capital administration revoked permissions granted to hotels, restaurants and clubs to......
ISLAMABAD: People from all walks of life gathered outside the National Press Club to observe the Women’s Day on Monday to remember the struggle of women against a series of ‘anti-women’ laws passed......
RAWALPINDI: It was a hard day for patients as all chemist shops remained closed on Monday in protest against the Punjab Drugs Amendment Bill 2017 recently passed by the provincial assembly.On the......
LAHORE: Aqeedat Naveed and her brother Moarrikh Ahmad have been writing letters to world leaders for three years as ambassadors of peace, urging them to encourage tolerance, equality and......
MUZAFFARGARH: Farmers continued their sit-in and protest camp outside the main gate of the Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills for the third day on Monday to stop the sugar movement outside the mill and......
LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah says the important buildings on The Mall were provided security in the wake of recent threat alert but he blames the protest demonstration for the......
LAHORE: As the huge explosion shook The Mall with a bang, everyone present on the road from Regal to Charing crosses ran for cover.This scribe was at the scene when the blast occurred. It was 6:15pm.......
LAHORE: “Let me go there and convince the chemists to end their demonstration on The Mall and clear the road for public,” were the last words Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Traffic retired Capt Syed......
LAHORE: Shia women may proceed for Haj without “mehram” from this year as religious affairs ministry has assured the Lahore High Court of incorporating requirements of Fiqh-i-Jafria in the new Haj......
SIALKOT: Traffic on Sailkot roads shows there is no restriction on drivers under the age of 18 here as one can notice several underage boys driving two- and three-wheelers.Zeeshan, 12, has been......
LAHORE: Majority of pharmacies and medical stores on Monday kept their shutters down almost in all major cities of Punjab to protest against amendments to the Drug Act.Reports from Gujranwala,......
GUJRAT: The historical building of the old municipal office has been renovated and the road in front of it widened after demolishing the boundary wall.Aurangzaib Butt, chairman of the city......
KARACHI: While the provincial and local governments have come under fire for the recent accidents that claimed more than half a dozen lives in a week, the city’s traffic police blamed the civic......
PAYING homage to Fatima Surayya Bajia at the Ghalib Library recently, speakers were mournful. This was her first death anniversary, observed in collaboration with the Fatima Surayya Bajia Foundation.......
LYON: A father, his two teenage sons and their guide died in the French Alps on Monday after being engulfed by an avalanche at Tignes ski resort, rescue workers said.Sources at Tignes ski school said......
WASHINGTON: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived at the White House on Monday for what could be difficult trade and immigration talks with his political opposite, President Donald......
DHAKA: A Malaysian aid ship arrived in Bangladesh on Monday carrying aid for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled from Myanmar, many citing abuses by the Myanmar security......
THE HAGUE: Brandishing a gun, his face contorted with rage, the shocking image of a Turkish policeman assassinating the Russian envoy to Turkey on Monday won the prestigious World Press Photo......
UNITED NATIONS: Islamophobia in parts of the world is fuelling terrorism as anti-immigrant sentiment rises in some countries, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres observed during a visit......
NEW DELHI: A high-level US delegation, replete with an array of military platforms and personnel, will participate in the Aero India 2017 exhibition which opens in Bangalore on Tuesday, and of......
ATHENS: A bird-like statuette dating back 7,000 years has mystified archaeologists in Greece who still do not know exactly what it is, or where it came from.The “7,000-year-old enigma,” as it has......
In the heat of the 2016 campaign, Meet the Press host Chuck Todd asked Donald Trump whom he spoke to for military advice. “Well, I watch the shows,” Trump responded. “I mean, I really see a lot of......
In Beyonce’s first performance since announcing her pregnancy with twins, she shined head to toe at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night in golden hues. Meanwhile Adele took the top honours and got a......
PARIS: Defending champions Czech Republic, Switzerland, Belarus and the United States reached the Fed Cup semi-finals on Sunday but the tournament suffered an embarrassing gaffe over the German......
LONDON: Football’s greatest fairytale is proving to have the gloomiest of sequels.Leicester, the unfashionable English club which enchanted the sporting world by winning the Premier League as 5,000-1......
ROME: Gonzalo Higuain scored either side of halftime as Serie A leaders Juventus won 2-0 at Cagliari on Sunday to preserve their seven-point lead over second-placed AS Roma.Higuain, signed for 90......
HYDERABAD: Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja picked up four wickets apiece to lead India to a comprehensive 208-run win over Bangladesh on the fifth day of their one-off Test at......
LONDON: Joe Root has been named as the new Test captain of England, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Monday.Yorkshire batsman Root, previously England’s vice-captain, had been......
PARIS Renewed drilling by US oil producers is keeping a ceiling on a global crude price recovery, cutting into the impact of deep reductions by other major producers, Opec said on Monday.In its......
TOKYO: Japan’s economy expanded one per cent in 2016 as a bump in exports and capital investment offset weak spending at home, data showed Monday, although it was unlikely to erase concerns about......
CAIRO: Egypt’s most famous export, the silky soft cotton prized by makers of luxury bedding and clothing, has become scarce because production has fallen so low that most supplies sold under its......
ISLAMABAD: Recent reforms and strengthening of regulatory framework by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has pushed up modaraba sector’s asset base by 11 per cent to Rs41......
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Monday approved another Rs30 billion loan for the power sector and ordered a special audit of subsidy claims by the Utility......
KARACHI: Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif on Monday stressed the need for improved maritime security for the smooth flow of routes in the Arabia Sea after completion of the China-Pakistan......
BACK in the 1970s, a rule endorsed by Karachi University’s (KU) then vice chancellor — requiring girls and boys to sit three feet apart on campus — earned him derision in the relatively liberal era.......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Monday expressed concern over the failure of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to prevent cricketers from meeting bookies in Dubai where the Pakistan Super League......
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to lift more than three-year-old ban on the issuance of prohibited and non-prohibited arms licences. It has been decided that arms licences will be issued on a......
ISLAMABAD: The country’s electronic media regulator on Monday suspended talk show anchor Dr Shahid Masood and his programme, Live with Dr Shahid Masood, on Bol television for 30 days.It also imposed......
WASHINGTON: In its first remarks on the situation in Pakistan since coming to power, the Trump administration on Monday renewed the US pledge to work with Pakistan to defeat terrorism.“We will......
KARACHI: “After being washed up ashore we realised that we had reached Sanaa, Yemen. We performed sajda to thank God that we were in an Islamic country,” says Mohammad Siddiq Ahmed Bhatti, who......
ISLAMABAD: The military and the tenants of the Okara Military Farms have reached an agreement, which could lead to an amicable solution of the long-standing dispute, the Okara district administration......
• Two senior officers among six policemen dead • Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claims responsibility • Blast occurs near a protest campLAHORE: A suicide blast claimed by a Taliban faction ripped through the camp......
ISLAMABAD: Senior diplomat Tehmina Janjua on Monday became the first woman to have been appointed foreign secretary, said an official statement.“The prime minister has been pleased to appoint Ms......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday resolved to enhance its role and powers to protect rights of the federating units and ensure meaningful participation of the provinces in the affairs of the......
AT best, the current redevelopment of University Road in Karachi is an enormous inconvenience; at worst, it is a death trap. On Feb 9, a speeding minibus overturned on several university students,......
DONALD Trump says virtually every state takes advantage of the US and he will put America first in global deals. This sounds like an elephant cribbing about smaller beings throwing their weight at......
“Tera saai’n tujh me, jyu pahupan me baas Kasturi ka mirag jyu, phiri-phiri dhoondhai ghaas”THE fragrance of the flower flows from within the flower, so it is with people. Why then, so much like the......
IS there any other country that rewards government employees with grants of land? The issue is not whether the grants comply with existing rules or follow precedent but whether the practice makes......
General Nigar Johar has become the third woman officer in the history of Pakistan Army to reach the rank of major general.Gen Johar was among the 25 brigadiers who were recently promoted to the rank......
