US President Donald Trump on Friday said he backed the NATO alliance but, with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel at his side, stressed that some member states were not contributing enough.The......
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday said the federal government is preparing a bill for the protection and welfare of journalists in the country, Radio......
At least six terrorists were killed during a search operation in the Michini area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday, said the spokesperson for the Frontier Corps.“FC personnel carried out a search......
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked the UN regional commission that represents most Arab countries to remove from its website a report accusing Israel of practising an......
Twenty two people were killed in an attack on a mosque during Friday prayers inside a military base in Yemen's Marib province, local officials said.Two missiles were fired at the mosque located......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday reserved its decision regarding which court will hear the torture case of 10-year-old Tayyaba, a maid who was allegedly beaten by the family of a local court......
Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi was appointed as the ambassador for the fifth edition of the Blind Cricket World Cup, said a statement released by the Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) on......
India has boosted security at the Taj Mahal after a pro-Islamic State group reportedly warned of attacks in the country and threatened the 17th century monument to love, police said Friday.Images......
Chief Census Commissioner Asif Bajwa said on Friday that three new data entry codes for disabled persons, whom the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered to be included in the ongoing count, have been......
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah was presented with the United States Legion of Merit — one of the highest military awards of the US Armed Forces — by Chief of Naval Operations Admiral......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange ended the last trading session of the week with moderate gains, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 120 points, or 0.25pc, to reach 48,409.35 points.132.74 million......
Military action by the United States against nuclear-armed North Korea is an “option on the table” if the threat from the rogue regime escalates, Washington's top diplomat Rex Tillerson said on......
Syria said it launched anti-aircraft missiles against Israeli warplanes in Israeli-controlled territory early on Friday, following a series of Israeli airstrikes inside Syria a rare military exchange......
A Saudi Islamic leader with more than two million Twitter followers has been banned from writing by a court that accused him of jeopardising public order.Awad al-Qarni, previously accused of links to......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday issued a charge-sheet against opener Shahzaib Hasan and suspended him over allegations of spot-fixing during the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Twenty20......
Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Chinese Foreign Office in Beijing on Friday.According to Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, the director general of the......
One of Pakistan's greenest provinces is becoming greener still: in just a year, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has added three-quarters of a billion new trees, as part of a "tree tsunami" aimed at reversing......
Apple will set up two new research and development centres in Shanghai and Suzhou in China, it said in a statement in its Chinese website on Friday.Apple said it is adding the two new locations after......
A suicide car bomb detonated near an army base in the eastern Afghan province of Khost on Friday, killing one soldier and wounding several before the army repelled at attack on the base by four......
The US military said Thursday it carried out a deadly air strike on an Al Qaeda meeting in northern Syria and would investigate reports that more than 40 civilians were killed when a mosque was......
The Islamabad High Court on Friday, while hearing a case pertaining to the alleged presence of 'blasphemous content' on social media, ordered the formation of a committee to monitor the content being......
At least one Frontier Constabulary (FC) soldier was slain and another injured in a suicide attack on an FC training centre in Charsadda's Shabqadar area, the military's media wing said.The......
Two personnel of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) laid down their lives as suspected militants from across the Pakistan-Afghan border reportedly attempted to attack a checkpost in Khyber Agency early......
PESHAWAR: Things may turn for better or for worse in the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa depending on how the execution of much-awaited Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) mega project goes......
TIMERGARA: The wooden Baba Jee Mosque situated in the centre of Timergara city with unique artisan work has retained its original structure even after over 115 years of its construction, attracting a......
PESHAWAR: Progressive poets advocated the spirit of humanism and also gave due place to issues of people, said speakers at a literary function.The function was organised jointly by provincial chapter......
PESHAWAR: Noted Pashto folk singers Fayyaz Kheshgi and Bakhtiar Khattak spellbound audience at a musical concert here by rendering popular poems of Ghani Khan.They sang popular poems and ghazals of......
MANSEHRA: The local firewood trade already affected by the repatriation of Afghan refugees is likely to suffer more as the excise and taxation department has imposed annual tax of Rs9,000 each on......
TAXILA: A police officer in Hassanabdal has made a video where he threatens to shoot himself in protest because he has been denied a promotion for 24 years. The video has since gone viral on social......
Textbooks issue haunts FDE againStudents of the schools run by the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) suffer due to the unavailability of textbooks each year but the delay in printing may run......
ISLAMABAD: Owners of some land located at the centre of three of the most famous mountain ranges have filed a complaint before the prime minister against the forced acquisition of the land they......
LAHORE: The federal government has come up with a new advisory to be followed by the medics and the public and private health institutions in the country to bring about transparency in cardiac......
GUJRANWALA: A building constructed illegally near the old railway station was demolished on court orders here on Thursday.According to sources, the former railway administration had allegedly allowed......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has set up a ‘Census Complaint Cell’ at CM House after receiving reports that high-rise buildings, comprising a number of apartments, are being......
KARACHI: The sixth National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) International Theatre and Music Festival opened here on Thursday evening with Brigel Gjoka’s Hotel Propaganda.Mr Gjoka, a German director......
HYDERABAD: Justice Syed Saeeduddin Nasir of the Sindh High Court died of cardiac arrest at the Liaquat University Hospital on Thursday. He was brought to hospital in a critical condition after he......
MIRPURKHAS: Labourers stumbled upon a 73-year-old US-made aluminium boat when they were busy cleaning the bed of West Jamrao canal of silt under a bridge with the help of excavators, 20 kilometres......
NEW DELHI: Cricket legends Ian and Greg Chappell have written to Indian energy giant Adani to abandon its controversial coal mine project in Queensland, warning it could damage bilateral ties and......
PARIS: A letter bomb exploded at the Paris offices of the International Monetary Fund on Thursday, injuring a secretary who suffered burns to her hands and face.Employees were evacuated from the......
ROME: Ten people were injured by flying rock and lava after Mount Etna, Europe’s biggest active volcano, erupted on Thursday, according to reports and a BBC journalist who was among those caught up......
PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s new deal with Saudi Arabia is really good — for the Saudis. After publicly bashing the kingdom for years, Trump completely reversed course on Tuesday and rolled out the red......
LONDON: In the thriller Kompromat, a political earthquake is shaking Britain and the European Union, a populist tide is sweeping the West and a resurgent Russia is pulling invisible strings around......
THE HAGUE: Dutch voters showed Europe that populism isn’t always inevitable.The disappointing showing by firebrand Geert Wilders in the Netherlands election has energised traditional parties across......
BEIJING: China and Saudi Arabia signed agreements potentially worth tens of billions of dollars on Thursday, Beijing said, as President Xi Jinping welcomed Saudi King Salman on a state visit.The......
PARIS: A long-lost manuscript of the classic adventure story Around the World in Eighty Days shows how Jules Verne timed the story down to the last minute.The handwritten original draft — which will......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday proposed a $1.1tr budget, which includes a substantial cut in foreign aid, possibly affecting Pakistan and other recipients.However, the US......
RANCHI: Skipper Steve Smith scored his 19th hundred as Australia reached a commanding 299-4 at stumps on day one of the third Test against India here on Thursday.At the end of play at the JSCA......
KARACHI: Former England goalkeeper David James and former Dutch midfielder George Boateng will join Brazilian legend Ronaldinho during his eagerly-anticipated visit to Pakistan in July, organisers......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), which is probing Pakistan Super League (PSL) spot-fixing case, on Thursday summoned four Pakistani cricketers to record their statements on March 20......
RANCHI: Skipper Virat Kohli was on Thursday cleared by the Indian board’s medical team to participate in the ongoing third Test against Australia after injuring himself on the opening day in......
WELLINGTON: Henry Nicholls chose an opportune moment to reach his maiden Test century as he led a concerted New Zealand fightback on Thursday on the first day of the second Test against South......
LAHORE: Uncapped batsman Fakhar Zaman and bowling all-rounder Shadab Khan are upbeat about their inclusion in ODI and T20 sides, vowing to make their debut a memorable one during the upcoming West......
LAHORE: Already facing crunch time, Pakistan hockey has suffered yet another shock when the Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) did not invite the country, for the first time, in the traditional......
KARACHI: Qualifier Mubashir Raza from Punjab is among the seven cueists who have stepped into the knockout round (last-16) on the penultimate day of the league matches in the 42nd National Snooker......
RAWALPINDI: Taheri Tigers and Fakhri Falcons made early impact by winning both their league matches on the opening day of the SMB Trophy here at the Army Heritage Foundation Ground on Thursday.Last......
LONDON: Tiemoue Bakayoko’s thumping header fired Monaco into the Champions League quarter-finals as Wednesday’s 3-1 victory condemned Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City to a painful exit on away......
ISLAMABAD: Maintaining their supremacy, Sindh and Army retained women and men titles, respectively in the National Netball Championship here at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Thursday.Sindh, who were......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka took a flurry of late wickets to put the brakes on Bangladesh at the second and final Test in Colombo on Thursday after the tourists made a promising start to their first innings......
INDIAN WELLS: Nick Kyrgios ended Novak Djokovic’s 19-match winning run at Indian Wells by beating the Serb 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) on Wednesday to book a BNP Paribas Open quarter-final against Roger Federer,......
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board, issuing a rejoinder to a news item published on Thursday in this newspaper with reference to former pacer Sarfraz Nawaz’s court notice to Board Chairman Shaharyar M......
KARACHI: Just a day after being deemed ineligible for Pakistan selection, Umar Akmal proved his match fitness with a stroke-laden century on Thursday while leading Candyland in their second-round......
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance on Thursday approved payment of Rs6 billion (about $60 million) to the country’s largest fuel supplier as an urgent case to avoid an international default next week......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has decided to approach the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom regarding the misappropriation of funds and......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has started disbursing money among investors of a defaulting broker by using its share of proceeds in the sale of 40 per cent stake to Chinese investors.The......
KARACHI: Investors watched with disbelief as red was splashed all over the electronic board at the Pakistan Stock Exchange till past mid-day when the KSE-100 index went into the free fall hitting......
ISLAMABAD: All members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance, irrespective of their party affiliation, on Thursday blamed the Federal Board of Revenue for country’s falling exports......
KARACHI: With Pakistan’s economy looking poised to hit the annual growth rate of seven per cent, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) is keen to expand its footprint in the country.The bank “is optimistic......
KARACHI: The cotton market on Thursday witnessed slow trading owing to dwindling stocks in the country and shortage of quality cotton. The undertone was easy and outlook uncertain.Spinners kept......
NEW DELHI: India has fast-tracked hydropower projects worth $15 billion in held Kashmir in recent months, three federal and state officials said, ignoring warnings from Islamabad that power stations......
QUETTA: Law enforcement agencies have failed to make any breakthrough in the kidnapping case of Balochistan Secretary of Higher Education Abdullah Jan.He was kidnapped by three armed men on Brewery......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate will discuss next week the ‘confession’ by former ambassador of Pakistan to United States Husain Haqqani on facilitating CIA agents to kill Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden in......
GWADAR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will bring development, progress and economic stability to Balochistan and other parts of the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will move two more applications against Muttahida Qaumi Movement founder Altaf Hussain, seeking the United Kingdom’s legal assistance in cases relating to money laundering and......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday claimed that the Ministry of Water and Power and the Ministry of Law and Justice were responsible for delay in the completion of the......
BEIJING: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday met the senior Chinese political and military leadership and discussed with them matters related to regional security, economy,......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has accused India of imperilling South Asia’s peace and security and once again urged New Delhi to recognise the importance of bilateral dialogue between the two countries for the......
ISLAMABAD/LONDON: Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday reported incremental progress during their overnight talks in London following the latest impasse in their relationship over terrorist......
WHATEVER we may think or say about Husain Haqqani — and his role, statements and explanations — he was not primarily responsible for the US assault in Abbottabad on the night of May 1 and 2, 2011.......
ULTIMATELY it has got everything to do with how you want to implement your wish.The Punjab higher education minister caused a mini storm this week when he suggested that girls who wore hijab to......
MY last column on language-in-education evoked interesting comments from readers. Some raised valid concerns. Others betrayed unfounded fears about language — and also education. Quite a few of the......
I LOVE the Pakistan Army for many reasons, but what has prompted this confession here is our military’s direct or indirect involvement in real estate business. Let me clarify from the very outset......
The government has barred the German chief executive of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from leaving the country due to an investigation into corruption at the loss-making carrier, the interior......
The World Bank has "approved a package of measures worth $450 million to help the poorest and most vulnerable people in Pakistan", a press release issued by the organisation said on Wednesday.The......
