Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow's goal in Syria was to “stabilise the legitimate authority” and strike a “decisive blow” against terrorism.“We have no plans to interfere in......
Police in Karachi on Thursday night claimed to have killed two suspected militants linked with the militant Islamic State (IS).The suspected militants were allegedly involved in the killing of a......
Security in Balochistan have claimed to killed 470 suspected militants, associated with various outlawed organisations, in the previous two years under the National Action Plan (NAP).During the time......
In the 15th fixture of the second edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) being played in Dubai on Thursday, Quetta Gladiators overpowered Karachi Kings rather easily to qualify for the playoffs.At......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said the recent spate of terrorist incidents cannot deter the nation’s resolve against the elimination of terrorism from the country, Radio Pakistan......
The Frontier Corps (FC) and intelligence agencies conducted an operation in the Killi Shah Karaiz area of Loralai district of Balochistan on Wednesday and claimed to have recovered a large cache of......
Twitter users expressed disappointment shortly after rumours of a second explosion in Lahore made the rounds on media outlets, creating an atmosphere of fear and panic on Thursday.With chaos already......
Alphabet Inc's Google and subsidiary Jigsaw launched on Thursday a new technology to help news organisations and online platforms identify abusive comments on their websites.The technology, called......
The Pakistan Army, Rangers and police conducted a combing operation in the Dhok Hassu area of Rawalpindi on Wednesday morning and claimed to have arrested 40 people following the announcement of......
Pakistani real estate giant Rafi Group made a ten-fold profit last year from its sale of hundreds of acres of land in the remote fishing town of Gwadar, acquired soon after the government announced......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed Thursday in the green, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 80.61 points, or 0.16 per cent, by the close of trading to reach 49,062.Stocks of 92 indexed......
A director general of the National Database & Registration Authority (Nadra), Tahir Akram, was arrested on Monday after his request for pre-arrest bail in an embezzlement case was rejected by a local......
A Pakistani amputee skier who lost a leg in the devastating earthquake of October 8, 2005 has her eyes on the 2018 Winter Paralympics, where she hopes to represent her native country.Insha Afsar, who......
After both the defence and prosecution completed their arguments on Thursday, the Supreme Court said it would reserve its verdict on the Panamagate case and issue a detailed judgement."It seems......
A powerful explosion in an under-construction building in Lahore's busy Defence Y Block Market left 10 people dead and more than 20 injured on Thursday.There were conflicting reports regarding the......
A woman and three soldiers were killed Thursday when militants ambushed an army convoy in India-held Kashmir, police said.The soldiers were returning from a search operation when the militants......
Tesla Inc said on Wednesday its mass-market Model 3 sedan was on track for volume production by September, encouraging investors who see the electric vehicle as the avenue to profitability for the......
LAHORE: At least 32 children suffering from lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) or diseases have died in a year while lives of over a 100 more are at grave risk due to expensive treatment.The major......
LAHORE: As many as 217 Hindu pilgrims arrived here on Wednesday through Wagah border on a seven-day tour to participate in Shivratri (night of Shiva) celebrations at the Katasraj temple in Pothohar......
LAHORE: Junior nurses resumed duties at the Shaikh Zayed Hospital on Wednesday after the administration notified termination of the post-graduate training of a doctor who had slapped one of their......
From a publicity flex-sheet to graffiti on the wall or monuments, she can create striking visuals out of them, commenting on the class character of the people and narrating the rapidly changing......
MIANWALI: Lawyers of the Mianwali District Bar Association with tehsil bars of Piplan and Isakhel boycotted courts on Wednesday in protest at the demolition of 14 lawyers’ chambers in Isakhel by the......
DURING the presidency of George H.W. Bush, his Secret Service detail was reputedly under orders that if anything happened to him, they should immediately shoot his vice president Dan Quayle — to......
THE trends are disturbing — escalating worldwide conflict resulting in migration; a spike in the number and frequency of disasters; the world becoming ever hotter because of climate change. These......
WHENEVER I begin to think that hitting the barricades against corruption by high and mighty politicians is a great idea, I think back to the example of Malik Qayyum. Remember him?In case you don’t,......
ACCORDING to the high priests of public morality, many normal Pakistanis have become so heartless that they rape and kill little girls or sell deadly poison under the label of essential drugs, or......
PESHAWAR: Things are topsy-turvy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where a charity organisation’s offer to finance the early warning system for disaster-prone Peshawar district was turned down by the city......
SHANGLA: The Shangla-Swat Road was blocked owing to a huge landslide here on Wednesday.Police said that big boulders and stones rolled down from the mountains and blocked the road in Ranyal area. As......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Wednesday passed a bill for making teaching of the Quran compulsory in grade one through to grade 12 in all federal educational institutions.The National......
RAWALPINDI: A month after declaring that the Odeon Cinema will be preserved as a century-old landmark of the garrison city, the authorities had second thoughts and have decided to build a ‘mega mall’......
Naz Sahito is a journalist and music researcher from Hyderabad who has an interest in music and the history of music around the world.Mr Sahito is involved in radio and television programmes and is......
ISLAMABAD: Cellular service provider, Mobilink, told a parliamentary panel on Wednesday that it has closed off several dozen franchises and laid off employees following all the regulatory approvals......
ISLAMABAD: A book containing analysis of women-friendly legislation in Pakistan, titled The Justice Prelude: a socio legal perspective on Women’s Access to Justice was launched at the National Press......
KARACHI: A former Karachi chief of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a ‘would-be suicide bomber’ and six other alleged militants were killed in an ‘encounter’ with police on the outskirts......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed the top local government officials to appear before it to file comments with a detailed progress report on the “slow pace” of renovation work on......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has constituted three different teams to catch the militants, their facilitators and those involved in carrying out reconnaissance for carrying out......
KARACHI: The story of the Kohinoor, arguably the world’s most famous, and in some respects controversial, diamond has more than a couple of versions. The book titled Kohinoor — The Story of the......
KARACHI: The Karachi-based Fashion Pakistan Council kicked off the spring/summer season by hosting its two-day event on Wednesday showcasing the design talent of both emerging and established......
KARACHI: A significant decline in the number of targeted killings in Karachi has been witnessed in 2016 as compared to 2015 showing 72 per cent drop, it emerged on Wednesday.A recent report compiled......
KARACHI: Some 473 fellowships and 127 memberships in various disciplines of medicine and dentistry were awarded at the 51st convocation of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan (CPSP) here......
Donald Trump’s new national security adviser, Lt Gen H.R. McMaster, has inherited a world in which the tectonic plates are perceptibly shifting. Power, long centred in Washington, is radiating......
WASHINGTON: The Washington Post is featuring a new motto on the paper’s website: “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” The words now appear underneath the name of the paper on its website. They were not,......
LONDON: A woman will become Britain’s most senior police officer for the first time after the government announced on Wednesday that Cressida Dick is to be commissioner of the Metropolitan......
DACHAU: An iron gate with the infamous slogan “Arbeit macht frei” (“Work will set you free”), stolen from the former Nazi concentration camp of Dachau in Germany two years ago, was returned to the......
GENEVA: Russia has called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop his bombing campaign while peace talks take place this week, but a political breakthrough on the six-year war remains unlikely,......
CAIRO: Representatives of Sunni Islam’s prestigious Al Azhar institution and from the Vatican held talks in Cairo on Wednesday following up on a rapprochement launched in 2016.Their meeting focused......
WASHINGTON: The White House, while commenting on media reports that Saudi Arabia has deported thousands of Pakistanis, observed that US immigration laws were still more lenient than those of other......
TEHRAN: Iran said on Wednesday it has sent a team for talks in Saudi Arabia on this year’s Haj after missing the Haj in 2016 at a time of rising tensions between the two countries.“A delegation has......
ISTANBUL: Turkey will lift a historic ban on female officers wearing the Islamic headscarf in the officially secular country’s armed forces, state media said on Wednesday.The military was the final......
CAPE CANAVERAL: Astronomers have found a nearby solar system with seven Earth-sized planets, three of which circle their parent star at the right distance for liquid surface water, raising the......
ADELAIDE: Leg-spinner Adam Zampa claimed three wickets to bowl Australia to victory and avoid a Twenty20 International series whitewash against Sri Lanka in Adelaide on Wednesday.Man-of-the-match......
AS the ICC Women’s World Cup qualifying competition came to an exciting conclusion in Sri Lanka, with the hosts qualifying along with India, Pakistan and South Africa, I am more convinced than ever......
LAHORE: The Punjab government is closely monitoring and examining security situation of its capital city before giving the go-ahead to the PCB for hosting the PSL final as per schedule on March 5.On......
PUNE: Australian captain Steve Smith dismissed predictions on Wednesday that the tourists face another series whitewash against India but admitted they had to show more fight to have any chance of......
CHRISTCHURCH: A record-breaking century from Ross Taylor steered New Zealand to a gripping six-run win over South Africa in the second One-day International in Christchurch on Wednesday.Taylor scored......
MANCHESTER: Manchester City overcame an onslaught from Monaco’s prolific attack to score three late goals in 11 minutes for a 5-3 win in a wild Champions League game on Tuesday.The highest-scoring......
ISLAMABAD: Dissatisfied with the tariff approved by the regulator, the government on Wednesday allowed blanket exemption from withholding tax on dividends to $1.5 billion Matiari-Lahore Transmission......
KARACHI: Bestway Cement Ltd on Wednesday entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Dewan Cement Ltd (DCL) for the proposed acquisition of its north plant, including land, production......
ISLAMABAD: The government is seeking additional financing of $19 million from the World Bank for the economic revitalisation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)......
KARACHI: The government raised Rs59.7 billion through Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) on Wednesday against banks’ bids of Rs115.2bn. The auction was not encouraging for banks as the government......
KARACHI: The stock market remained spellbound on Wednesday and the KSE-100 index finished flat with loss of 33.44 points (0.07 per cent) to close at 48,981.65.The market opened on a positive note,......
KARACHI: After quitting the Pakistan Peoples Party almost four years ago, Nabil Gabol announced on Wednesday that he was rejoining the party — without giving any reasons for his change of heart......
ISLAMABAD: Both the government and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) entertained hopes on Wednesday that the decision handed down by the Supreme Court on the Panama Papers leaks case would be in......
ANKARA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday arrived in Turkey on a three-day official visit.Turkish Minister for Youth Ahmad Akif Cagatay Kiliç received him at the Esenboga Airport. Pakistan’s......
LANDI KOTAL: At least five suspected militants were killed when fighter jets of the Pakistan Air Force pounded their hideouts in the Tirah valley in Khyber Agency on Wednesday.Military sources said......
KARACHI: Despite a good demand for surrogacy in the country, experts do not offer this option as a solution for infertility and patients seeking surrogacy prefer to have the procedure done at a......
QUETTA: The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR’s Country Representative Indrika Ratwatte and Minister for States and Frontier Regions (Safron) retired Lt Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch inaugurated a skill......
WASHINGTON: As terrorists re-launched a campaign of terror against the nation this week, Pakistan too expedited its efforts to combat them and is quietly acquiring equipment and weapons required for......
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police on Wednesday named a North Korean diplomat along with a state airline official who are wanted for questioning over the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged......
ISLAMABAD: The army on Wednesday announced the initiation of a key countrywide urban counterterrorism operation, code-named Raddul Fasaad, to deal with the problem of resurgent terrorism in the......
KARACHI: A high-powered body of two apex financial and banking regulators — the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and the State Bank of Pakistan — on Wednesday decided to seek......
ISLAMABAD: The persisting impasse over the issue of the revival of military courts deepened on Wednesday when the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) announced that it would not attend Thursday’s......
