The Karachi Kings trounced Islamabad United by 45 runs, knocking the reds out of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) at Sharjah on Wednesday.Wickets dropped like flies for United who were set a 127-run......
India on Wednesday successfully tested a low-altitude interceptor missile which destroys incoming ballistic missiles, Times of India reported.The missile fired off Abdul Kalam Island "successfully......
A close aide to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday dismissed mounting international pressure over alleged abuses of Rohingya Muslims as "biased and unfair", despite United Nations (UN) evidence......
A pair of near-simultaneous Taliban suicide bombings struck the Afghan capital on Wednesday, targeting a police station and offices of the country's intelligence agency and killing at least three......
Oil prices rose on Wednesday as investors took heart from strict Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) compliance with its pledge to cut output, although evidence of increasing......
Pakistan Super League (PSL) Chairman Najam Sethi reassured cricket fans on Wednesday that the teams playing in the league's final will have four foreign cricketers each. He made the announcement......
Police in Rawalpindi arrested two men on Wednesday for the alleged abduction, rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl two days ago.The two suspects allegedly kidnapped their neighbour's minor daughter......
A Pakistani man who fell in love with an Indian woman over the internet five years ago and moved to her country to be with her will soon be deported by New Delhi for overstaying his tourist visa,......
Global human rights organisation Amnesty International on Wednesday slammed the Pakistani government's inaction in the face of the reckless endangerment of the lives of journalists, bloggers,......
Afghanistan has asked Pakistan to reopen the border and de-escalate tensions between the two neighbouring countries, read a press release issued on Wednesday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The......
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday arrested former Balochistan food minister Asfandyar Kakar on charges of embezzlement.NAB officials arrested Kakar ? who is suspected of......
Pakistan Televison (PTV) anchor Tanzeela Mazhar, whose account of harassment and unwanted advances by a senior rocked the media, on Wednesday announced she had resigned from the TV channel.Mazhar......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange experienced a fresh resurgence in the first trading session of the month of March, with the benchmark KSE-100 index closing in the green with a gain of 458 points, or 0.94......
Microsoft Corp's Xbox division said on Tuesday it would launch a $9.99-per-month subscription service that will allow gamers to play over 100 Xbox One and "backward compatible" Xbox 360......
Web users experienced widespread glitches on Tuesday, from news sites to government services, after Amazon.com Inc's popular cloud service that hosts their data suffered a technical......
Cheering crowds welcomed King Salman Wednesday as he began the first visit by a Saudi monarch to Indonesia for almost 50 years, seeking stronger economic ties with the world's most populous......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued bailable arrest warrants for National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) Chairman Usman Yusuf Mobeen for not abiding by the court's......
As ticket sales for the Pakistan Super League final began early on Wednesday, desperate fans had to rush to local banks to book seats after the quota allotted for e-tickets sold out within......
Tens of thousands of London private hire drivers could lose their licenses due to new English reading and writing requirements, taxi app Uber said on Tuesday at the start of a court battle to halt......
US President Donald Trump's new immigration order will remove Iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary US travel ban, officials said Tuesday, citing the latest draft in......
Alphabet Inc's YouTube will launch a live TV service featuring US broadcast networks and cable channels to attract young fans of online videos to a pay television package, YouTube executives said on......
Three English players of the Quetta Gladiators — Kevin Pietersen, Tymal Mills and Luke Wright —announced on Wednesday that they will not be participating in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) final to......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called for greater collaboration between members of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) with the aim to turn the region into "a model of peace, progress and......
South Korean prosecutors charged Samsung Group [SARG.UL] chief Jay Y. Lee with bribery and embezzlement on Tuesday as the top conglomerate announced the dismantling of its corporate strategy office,......
At least three Frontier Corps (FC) personnel and one civilian were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast on Quetta's Sariab Road on Wednesday morning, police sources said.The bomb,......
As a doctor who has worked at sites of suicide bombings, I have realised that Pakistan is in a far more deplorable state in terms of emergency medical assistance than I had thought. Countless lives......
LAHORE: Twenty-four hours after the Punjab government gave the go-ahead to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to hold the PSL final at the Gaddafi Stadium, the city of Lahore started getting abuzz with......
GENEVA: Former FIFA official Jerome Valcke has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn his 10-year ban from football for unethical conduct.The court outlined a procedural timetable......
NEW DELHI: Australia paceman Mitchell Starc is bracing for a heavier workload in the second Test against India having hardly broken a sweat in his team’s romp in the series opener in Pune.With spin......
NEW DELHI: Barring a last-minute intervention from the home side, the second Test between India and Australia will be played on a “sporting” pitch which will be fair to both teams, organisers in......
LEICESTER: Jamie Vardy scored twice as a revitalised Leicester City began life without manager Claudio Ranieri by sinking Liverpool 3-1 on Monday to spark their Premier League survival hopes.Ranieri,......
FLORENCE: Italy striker Andrea Belotti made amends for missing a second-half penalty for Torino with a late brace that secured a share of the points in a 2-2 draw at Fiorentina in Serie A on......
LOS ANGELES: US track queen Allyson Felix said on Monday she has set her sights on the 2020 Olympics after winning a record sixth gold medal at last year’s Rio games.The 31-year-old 400m and 200m......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan moved one step closer to retaining the West Asia Baseball Cup title after overwhelming Iran 11-0 in a one-sided last-four clash and set up a final showdown against Sri Lanka who......
DUBAI: Roger Federer showed few signs of rust after a month off following his Australian Open heroics in sending Benoit Paire packing at the Dubai Tennis Championships here on Monday.Federer, chasing......
LIVERPOOL: Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye and Saturday’s opponent Tony Bellew traded verbal insults but thankfully no punches as they warmed up for their much-hyped contest.The pair......
LAHORE: Local and foreign companies who wish to make investments and set up industries in the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) would be exempted from taxes, Minister of State and Board of Investment......
KARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) announced on Tuesday a consolidated profit-after-tax (PAT) of Rs5.41 billion for the quarter ended Sept 30 2016, down 5.91 per cent from Rs5.75bn......
ISLAMABAD: Expressing displeasure over imprudent financial policy and management practices in power companies, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday directed all the......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has protested against a waiver of withholding tax (WHT) on dividends allowed last week by the government to a Chinese company for setting up of $1.5......
KARACHI: Iran has temporarily lifted a ban on kinno imports from Pakistan after a break of almost six years, but has restricted the imports to the land route only, i.e. via the Sistan and Baluchestan......
KARACHI: Repatriation of profits and dividends on foreign investments increased further in the first seven months of this fiscal year.The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Tuesday that the......
ISLAMABAD: Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Chairman Zafar Hijazi on Tuesday said that the regulator has advised the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) to initiate ‘market intelligence’......
KARACHI: Beyond the headlines of terrorism, Pakistan’s economy is on the path of growth, senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International......
KARACHI: Cotton prices were steady on Tuesday, but the market was largely devoid of activity as leading buyers remained on the sidelines.Since the current season has almost reached its fag end, very......
LONDON: The price of gold rose on Tuesday due to a weaker dollar and as financial markets wait to hear what US President Donald Trump has to say about his policies on tax reforms and government......
KARACHI: The consumer confidence index in Pakistan went up by five points, reaching an all time high of 106 in the fourth quarter compared to 101 in the previous one, according to the Nielsen Global......
GENEVA: World Trade Organisation chief Roberto Azevedo secured a second term Tuesday pledging to build on recent successes despite the “challenging times” confronting global trade.Azevedo, 59, was......
LAHORE: Extreme cash flow crunch and high energy prices are hampering the export growth and adversely impacting the industry.Exports are falling consistently both in value and quantities and the......
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Mohammad Zubair has said that terrorists would be dealt with an iron hand and all-out efforts would be made for sustainable law and order in the province.While presiding over......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs5,000 on Karachi Development Authority Director General Syed Nasir Abbas for ignoring its order regarding the removal of 55 houses built......
BADIN: Estranged PPP leader and former Sindh home minister Dr Zulfikar Ali Mirza has said that he can no more remain silent over political developments in the country and hinted that he will make a......
HYDERABAD: Intensifying their protest against non-payment of salaries, dues and pensions, Hyderabad Development Authority’s (HDA) workers and retired employees shut down sewerage pumping......
HYDERABAD: British Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi Belinda Lewis and Sindh University (SU) Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Fateh Mohammad Burfat have stressed the need for exploring common ground aimed......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court handed down on Tuesday a collective sentence of 24 years to two women and acquitted their three male relatives in an acid attack case.Marvi and her daughter-in-law......
KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Departments (CTD) of both Sindh and Balochistan police on Tuesday decided to launch a “joint operation” in parts of the country’s largest province where the......
KARACHI: “I had been on crutches since my childhood. It wasn’t just a physical disability. It had broken me emotionally; I often cried and thought of myself as a useless creature. Today, I can stand......
KARACHI: It is one thing to study and get inspired by classical art history. It is quite another to use it as a reference point in such a way that it becomes a metaphor for art’s timelessness.......
RAWALPINDI: The mother of the two men who were killed in what the police say was an ‘encounter’ filed a petition in the court of an additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) and has accused the......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday allowed anchorperson Dr Amir Liaquat Hussain to conduct his show on a private television channel, suspending the ban imposed on his programme by......
Q: What are you currently reading?A: I am reading Jared Diamond’s The World Until Yesterday. He is an anthropologist. I also liked his Guns, Germs and Steel, which is also a classic. In fact, I once......
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court judge facing a reference of professional ‘misconduct’ before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) tendered his resignation on Tuesday citing ‘personal reasons’.Justice......
LAHORE: Since April 2016, the PPP has been without office-bearers in Lahore and other districts.A worker said the leadership had completely ignored the provincial capital which was once a stronghold......
LAHORE: The Punjab University said on Tuesday 17 retired meritorious professors, retired vice chancellors and retired professors would continue serving as professor emeritus for life time in the......
TOBA TEK SINGH: An agriculture department team on Tuesday sealed a pesticide manufacturing factory on Mamoon Kanjun Road and recovered a large quantity of expired and unregistered drugs. The......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Six makeshift houses were destroyed and several cattle killed on Tuesday in a fire at Fatahpur Punjabian bus stop at the National Highway, some 20 kilometres from Rahim Yar Khan,......
LAYYAH: Unending erosion by the river Indus has forced hundreds of people in the riverine belt throughout the district to shift to safer places.The land erosion by the river has been recurring time......
BAHAWALNAGAR: A student of the Daanish school in Chishtian is fighting for life at Lahore’s Services Hospital for the last two weeks after she suffered multiple wounds on the campus under mysterious......
FAISALABAD: About eight million people in Pakistan are drug addicts and the number is increasing with every passing day.This was echoed at a seminar titled “war on drugs: awareness session” organised......
CHARSADDA: About 45 suspected persons, including nine Afghans, were arrested and weapons recovered from their possession during a search and strike operation in Mandani area here on Tuesday.Police......
ISLAMABAD: A sense of purpose and renewal prevails among Economic Cooperation Organisation leaders as they gather in Islamabad to participate in the ECO’s 13th summit on Wednesday where they are......
UNITED NATIONS: Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a UN resolution moved by Western powers proposing sanctions against 21 Syrian individuals, organisations and companies allegedly involved in......
NEW DELHI: Rallies were held in India’s capital on Tuesday in support of a student who received rape threats over her controversial remarks on Pakistan after being mocked online by celebrities,......
MOSUL: US-backed Iraqi forces battled their way to within firing range of Mosul’s main government buildings, a major target in the offensive to dislodge fighters of the militant Islamic State group......
MIAMI: SpaceX said on Monday two private citizens have paid money to be sent around the Moon in what would mark the farthest humans have ever travelled to deep space.The United States has not sent......
JERUSALEM: An Israeli state inquiry has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top army brass of being unprepared for the strategic threat of tunnels used by Hamas during the 2014 Gaza......
ADEN: UN aid chief Stephen O’Brien was “denied passage” on Tuesday to Yemen’s third largest city Taez where government loyalists are besieged by Shia Houthi rebels, a UN statement said.“O’Brien’s......
RANGPUR: Five Islamist extremists who murdered a Japanese farmer in a drive-by shooting in 2015 were sentenced to death by a Bangladeshi court on Tuesday.The sentence on the five members of the......
KIEV: When Alexandra Kutas headlined a recent fashion show in Kiev it was not just a personal dream come true but also a victory for disabled people in her homeland Ukraine.Wearing a long, black......
WASHINGTON: Satellite telecom firms OneWeb and Intelsat announced plans on Tuesday to merge, and a fresh $1.7 billion investment from Japan’s SoftBank to advance an ambitious “internet in the sky”......
SINCAN: The biggest trial of suspects accused of involvement in last year’s failed coup opened in Turkey on Tuesday in a courtroom specially built to hold more than 1,500 people.Some 330 suspects are......
SEOUL: Mount Baekdu, which straddles the China-North Korea border, is the highest and most sacred mountain on the Korean peninsula.It is the place where North Korean founding leader Kim II Sung......
HILARY Standing’s debut novel, The Inheritance Powder, was originally published in the UK in October 2015, and short-listed for the Yeovil Literary Prize in the same year. We in Bangladesh, however,......
KYOTO: A man recently hired at a long-standing art restoration company in Kyoto has taken his first steps towards becoming an expert in restoring Japanese artwork.Yoan Rosenziveig, 36, from Nice,......
WHETHER or not the Kansas shooting of two Indians, Srinivas Kuchibhotla (dead) and his friend, Alok Madasani (battling for life), was a mortal expression of hate crime or had been influenced by......
QUETTA: The Pakistan and Iran joint border commission has decided to set up three more immigration offices at the border between the two countries.They have also decided to establish more markets at......
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) claimed before the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the price of the new chip-based smart identification card was comparatively high......
KARACHI: The Google search engine on Tuesday featured a doodle commemorating the life of Abdul Sattar Edhi, the man who built a charitable empire out of nothing, on what would have been his 89th......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Planning and Development expressed fears on Tuesday that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) could build or ruin Pakistan and its future if......
QUETTA: Former president and Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardar said on Tuesday that the wounds of Balochistan were still fresh and nothing was being done to heal them.He was talking......
WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary James Mattis has delivered to the White House a new plan for combating the militant Islamic State group (IS), which calls for using both military and non-military......
DURING his visit to Australia last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heard assurances of unstinted support for his extremist government and its policies from his host, but also had to......
MANY of the women’s shelters currently operating in Afghanistan have been founded and funded during the Nato/US presence over the past decade.As is well known, the United States based part of its......
While the latest wave of terrorist attacks has provoked an intense militaristic response from the state, there are questions about the limitations of the use of kinetic force alone in dealing with......
