The Docks police on Wednesday registered a case against more than 200 protesters under terror charges for allegedly protesting violently against an anti-encroachment drive in the Machar Colony area......
United States (US) President Donald Trump removed his chief strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council (NSC) on Wednesday, reversing his controversial decision early this year to give......
Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor said on Wednesday that the appointment former army chief General Raheel Sharif as head of the 39-nation coalition of......
The provincial Home and Tribal Affairs Department along with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police have completed their consultation on the formation and features of the security force being established......
eBay founder Pierre Omidyar's philanthropic foundation pledged Wednesday to donate $100 million over three years to support “independent media and investigative journalism” worldwide, while tackling......
The 2nd Pakistan Army Team Spirit (PATS) competition, focused on counter-terrorism, concluded on Wednesday at the National Counter Terrorism Centre near Jhelum with 10 international military teams......
The rape victim in Muzaffarabad, who had attempted to commit suicide after being physically abused by an influential person late last week, threatened to commit self-immolation along with her spouse......
A 32-year-old woman was allegedly killed for ‘honour’ after the husband opened fire ‘suspecting her character’ in Sanghar district of Sindh on Wednesday.The local police arrested the accused soon......
Former test spinner Mushtaq Ahmed, now the head coach at the National Cricket Academy, believes young sensation Shadab Khan could play alongside Yasir Shah and form a lethal leg-spin pair for......
North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, ahead of a summit between US and Chinese leaders who are set to discuss......
Selectors on Wednesday named young leg-spinner Shadab Khan in a 16-man squad for their three-match Test series in the West Indies, rewarding him for his strong Twenty20 performance.Shadab, 18, who......
The Sindh Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod for the removal of Inspector General of Police (IGP) A.D. Khawaja, a spokesperson from the chief minister's office confirmed.The approval for surrendering......
The MQM on Wednesday released a white paper related to the performance of PPP government in Sindh during the past nine consecutive years.MQM Coordinator Dr Farooq Sattar addressed a press conference......
The custodian of India's Ajmer Sharif Dargah — the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer — defended the Modi government's campaign against cow slaughter, calling upon Muslims across......
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Pakistan may not be able to achieve its economic growth targets set for the current fiscal year, DawnNews reported on Wednesday.The statement came......
Russia on Wednesday said it was pushing on with its support for President Bashar al-Assad's forces in Syria, after deflecting blame from Damascus over a suspected chemical attack in Idlib province......
A former adviser of the Sindh government, Nawab Ali Leghari, was allegedly kidnapped in Islamabad on Tuesday from the jurisdiction of Lohi Bher police station.An initial application presented to the......
The Sindh High Court on Wednesday saw Careem, the popular ride-hailing service, and the Sindh government reach what appears to be a crucial agreement on the way forward for Careem's smooth operations......
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar Khan on Wednesday announced that the ongoing tour of the West Indies will be the last for Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq.Speaking to media at the Gaddafi......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange closed the midweek trading session in negative territory, with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing 511 points, or 1.06pc, by market close to reach 47,577.31.77.5m shares of......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday said the general elections will have to be held according to the current demarcation of constituencies if the national census does not conclude......
Following Pakistan's 3-1 Twenty20 victory over the West Indies, Imad Wasim has jumped to number two in the ICC T20 bowler's rankings.Sandwiched between South African Imran Tahir (at number one) and......
The Indian government has started identifying Rohingya Muslims who have entered the country from Myanmar for arrest or deportation, Times of India reported on Wednesday.Rohingya Muslims, fleeing......
A Muslim man has died after he was attacked by hundreds of Hindu vigilantes while transporting cows in India, police said Wednesday, amid rising tensions over the slaughter of the sacred animal.Pehlu......
Four Sindhi labourers were gunned down by suspected militants in Balochistan's Kharan district on Wednesday, police sources said.The labourers were working on construction of a road in the district ?......
A retired army officer was gunned down by unidentified assailants in Karachi on Wednesday.According to police sources, retired colonel Tahir Zia was in a car near the Baloch Colony bridge when two......
Pakistan’s founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, like all major personalities in history, is a contradictory figure. Many, with different ideological backgrounds and motivations, claim him.While these claims......
Six people, including four Army soldiers and an off-duty Air Force airman, lost their lives after a suicide bomber targeted a census team in Lahore's Bedian Road area on Wednesday morning.At least 19......
MINGORA: Orphaned at the age of one year and looked after by her mother, a domestic worker, 17-year-old Tahira Mohammad has become the first female IT expert in Swat.She wants to become a software......
PESHAWAR: Former provincial minister of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and MPA Ziaullah Afridi on Tuesday alleged serious anomalies and violation of rules in the appointment of senior officers to the......
MINGORA: Italian Ambassador to Pakistan Stefano Pontecorvo has said that archaeological mission of his country will continue research and excavation work in the scenic Swat valley.He was addressing......
ISLAMABAD: Mohammad Amir, a transgender woman from Narowal, gave up asking for money on the streets and started her own business after obtaining a loan under an initiative by the Pakistan Poverty......
RAWALPINDI: Like last year, the Jinnah Park administration on Tuesday tried to stop the media from covering the death anniversary of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto at the old Rawalpindi Central Jail, now Jinnah......
ISLAMABAD: Lok Virsa on Tuesday launched a programme to digitise and organise its National Sound and Video Library in collaboration with the United States-based Smithsonian Institution and the......
KARACHI: A petrol crisis hit Karachi on Tuesday as a large number of fuel stations ran short of their stocks in the absence of supply for the past three days due to an oil tankers’ strike against the......
KARACHI: Work on the construction of the Shahabuddin Market and Parking Plaza (SMPP), which had been suspended last year amid a power tussle between the local bodies and the Sindh government, has......
KARACHI: More than 25 shops in a Lines Area market were burgled on Tuesday, triggering a protest by traders who blocked the main road and chanted slogans against the police, officials said.They said......
KARACHI: When Mahinder Pal Singh expressed his desire to play cricket, his father made it clear that he would have to complete his education first. Only then would he be allowed to pursue his chosen......
THERE are a few areas in which Pakistan has taken a giant leap since independence and telecommunications is one of them. Those people who have lived in Karachi most of their lives know exactly how......
GARHI KHUDA BUKHSH BHUTTO: Pakistan Peoples Party-Shaheed Bhutto (PPP-SB) chairperson Ghinwa Bhutto has said that she opposes military operations and hangings.She was speaking at a programme......
THATTA: Dozens of citizens belonging to the twin towns of Makli and Thatta took to the streets here on Tuesday in protest against the intensifying dust and smoke emissions from the stone crushing......
ONE of the main issues likely to be discussed during the Bangladesh Prime Minister’s impending visit to India is the sharing of the Teesta river water. The issue has repeatedly featured in previous......
ST PETERSBURG: St. Petersburg residents on Tuesday laid flowers outside the city’s subway where a bomb blast a day earlier killed at least 11 people and wounded more than 40.Thousands of miles to......
KARACHI: Somali pirates have hijacked a Pakistani boat, US media reported on Tuesday.It said the hijacking came hours after the pirates hijacked an Indian vessel along the coast of Somalia near a......
PODGORICA (Montenegro): Two orphaned bear cubs have captured hearts in Montenegro after a farmer rescued them from starving to death in the wild.The cubs were found last month by March Ilinka......
RIYADH: British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday she would raise “hard issues” with Saudi Arabia’s leaders during her visit, as critics urged her to pressure Riyadh over its war in Yemen......
Most people who search on Google, share on Facebook and shop on Amazon have never heard of Sir Tim Berners-Lee. But they might not be doing any of those things had he not invented the World Wide......
PARIS: A giant waterfall tens of kilometres wide broke down a ridge which connected modern-day England to mainland Europe nearly half a million years ago, unleashing a mega-flood that gouged out the......
LAHORE: Four cricketers, namely Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Sami Aslam and Ahmed Raza, remained absent on the first day of the short training camp which started at the Gaddafi Stadium on......
KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Shaharyar M Khan on Tuesday claimed that the board will have no objection to any verdict that comes in the spot-fixing inquiry against Sharjeel Khan......
LAHORE: Pakistan hockey team’s recent tour Down Under has been termed as a good learning experience for the players by head coach Khawaja Junaid. He, however, remains mindful of the challenges the......
COLOMBO: Bangladesh’s limited-overs captain Mashrafe Mortaza announced on Tuesday his retirement from Twenty20 International cricket after he completes the ongoing two-match series against Sri......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Anti-corruption Unit which was due to travel to London to interrogate Nasir Jamshed for his role in the recent Pakistan Super League (PSL) fixing scam is yet......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has a long history of unearthing raw, talented players and in teenage leg-spinner Shadab Khan, it looks like they may have discovered another star in the making.The 18-year-old......
BELGRADE: Sitting out last week’s Miami Open was rejuvenating for Novak Djokovic although it meant missing the chance to win a record seventh title in the tournament, Serbia’s world number two said......
MILAN: Inter Milan’s hopes of sneaking into the Champions League all but evaporated Monday as they lost 2-1 at home to Sampdoria in Serie A.Fabio Quagliarella’s late penalty left Inter sixth, nine......
CHARLESTON: Playing her first match on clay in almost a year, Jelena Jankovic felt right at home on Daniel Island.Making her 13th career appearance in Charleston after missing the tournament last......
KARACHI: Faisalabad sealed a thoroughly deserving nine-wicket victory over Multan on the penultimate day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-II Cricket Tournament final in Multan to regain first-class......
KARACHI: Hamdard University defeated Institute of Business Administration (IBA) by 66 runs as Caltex Cricket Extravaganza got off to an exciting start here at the Aga Khan Gymkhana on......
ISLAMABAD: The revenue collection witnessed 14.6 per cent year-on-year growth in March owing to an increase in the prices of petroleum products.It amounted to Rs340bn last month against Rs297bn......
ISLAMABAD: More than a dozen French companies on Tuesday expressed their desire to invest in Pakistan.“Pakistan has a favourable financial position and the security situation has improved......
ISLAMABAD: In its proposals for the upcoming federal budget, the Pakistan Banks’ Association (PBA) demanded that the government should reduce the tax rate to 30 per cent for 2017-18.The budget......
BEIJING: Although worried about the prospect of a trade war, American businesses operating in China nonetheless want President Donald Trump to wring some concessions on market access from China’s......
NEW YORK: US plane maker Boeing said Tuesday that Iran’s Aseman Airlines had agreed to buy 30 737 MAX jets for $3.0 billion in its second major deal since sanctions were eased last year.“Boeing......
KARACHI: Officials of the Pakistan Army and the Afghan National Army have established a hotline link to discuss the border situation.According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), first......
NEW DELHI: Veteran vocalist Kishori Amonkar who passed away in Mumbai on Monday represented a legacy of classical music that underpinned India’s syncretic evolution while defying its ascendant narrow......
KARACHI: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Tuesday that the 39-nation military alliance, put together by Saudi Arabia and to be led by Pakistan’s former army chief Gen Raheel Sharif, would not......
ISLAMABAD: The Oil Tankers Contractors Association (OTCA) called off their strike on Tuesday after all provincial governments agreed to put in abeyance collection of general sales tax on oil tanker......
BEIRUT: A suspected Syrian government chemical attack killed scores of people, including children, in Syria’s north-western province of Idlib on Tuesday, a monitoring group, medics and rescue workers......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday asked Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan to submit a response to the contempt notice issued to him by the commission by......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has directed the Punjab government to introduce a new legislation to incorporate dowry items in Nikahnama (marriage certificate) so the miseries of women litigants......
ISLAMABAD: The office of the auditor general of Pakistan (AGP) has proposed an unusual mix of four names, consisting of serving and retired officers, to fill the constitutional post which is due to......
WASHINGTON: The US offer to help de-escalate tensions between India and Pakistan led to a chain of reactions on Tuesday, as Pakistan welcomed the suggestion, India rejected it and the US State......
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua on Tuesday reaffirmed the government’s commitment to maintaining balance in relations with Tehran and Riyadh despite joining the Saudi-led military......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has made what appears to be a controversial appointment to one of the top posts in the bureau by allegedly violating its rules and orders of the......
NAUDERO / GARHI KHUDA BUKHSH: Asif Ali Zardari, president of the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians, has said that his party is ready for elections and people will elect a PPP prime minister......
THE spectacle of Sharjeel Memon — a former provincial minister accused of siphoning billions of rupees — being presented a gold crown by his supporters on his return home, two years after leaving the......
That the castles and museums of the United Kingdom are filled with the treasures of its former colonies is a fact well known to all. Upon entering Windsor Castle one sees the crown (among various......
“YOU’RE a brave man they tell me./ I’m not./ Courage has never been my quality./ Only I thought it disproportionate/ so to degrade myself as others did…” That’s how ‘Talk’ begins, a poem that struck......
A suspected chemical attack that killed at least 58 civilians in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Tuesday has prompted widespread outrage and calls for international action.The Britain-based Syrian......
