The Army, like every Pakistani, awaits a decision based on justice and merit in the ongoing Panama case, said a tweet by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).The military's media wing added......
Uber is scoffing at claims that its expansion into self-driving cars hinges on trade secrets stolen from a Google spinoff, arguing that its ride-hailing service has been working on potentially......
Severed body parts of a man were found in Karachi's Clifton and Defence areas on Saturday, said police officials.Two human legs were found from the Punjab Colony football ground on Saturday, while......
Swedish police found a suspect device in the truck that ploughed into a Stockholm crowd killing four in Europe's latest such terror attack, officials said Saturday.The alleged driver, who is in......
Two civilians were injured in unprovoked Indian firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Tandar sector on Saturday afternoon, said a statement released by the Foreign Office (FO)."We deplore......
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has proposed a program to foster the breeding and export of donkeys to China in an effort to utilise the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).The KP-China......
A Pakistani man associated with Axact in a senior capacity pleaded guilty on Friday in the US to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with an international “diploma mill” scheme,......
The Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday confirmed that a former army officer, Lt Col Mohammad Habib Zahir, has gone missing in Nepal."Col (retd) Habib has been missing since April 6 from the district of......
Chairman Pakistan Super League (PSL) Najam Sethi on Friday announced the addition of a sixth team to the existing five teams in the cricket tournament's next edition.He also said the total number of......
Chinese state media on Saturday cheered the meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as one that showed the world that confrontation between the two powers was......
Security forces said they had foiled a major terrorism bid after the apprehended a vehicle laden with explosives and weapons close to the Pak-Afghan border in Chaman on Saturday morning.A security......
Government investigators looking into how Google pays its employees have accused the tech giant of shortchanging women doing similar work to men.A US Department of Labor official disclosed the......
In the latest development in the Dr Imran Farooq murder trial, one of the defendants has challenged the decision to hold the trial in Adiyala jail.In a petition submitted in court by defendant Mozzam......
Sheikh Saleh bin Muhammad Bin Talib, the imam (prayer leader) of Makkah's Grand Mosque, met Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad on Saturday.During his meeting, the Imam thanked the......
The district police officer (DPO) Nowshera dismissed a traffic warden for abusing an elderly man in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Nowshera district, a notification issued Friday said.Traffic warden Waseem......
More than 102 children were among 314 people killed in the giant mudslide that slammed into the southern Colombian town of Mocoa last week, the government said Friday.The mudslide hit a week ago......
World-class Test batsman Younis Khan announced his retirement from international cricket in a press conference in Karachi on Saturday."I would like to formally announce that [my retirement] after......
The Honorary Consulate of Somalia, which is situated in the offices of a private pharmaceutical firm in Karachi's Clifton area, was robbed late Friday night, police said.Senior Superintendent of......
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has selected Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai to be a UN messenger of peace, the highest honour bestowed by the UN chief on......
He is not like any other baby, in fact he isn’t a baby at all! Alec Baldwin lends his voice to the title character of The Boss Baby, who walks, talks and fights like an adult but looks like a baby.......
In summer, we all scream for ice cream. And when you are having the urge to have the cool creamy taste of this divine dessert, there is no need to rush to the shop as you can make it at home any......
Words are very powerful — so become empowered by enhancing your vocabulary!Defang(Verb)Definition: Render harmless or ineffectual.Examples: “He’s very much aware of the fact that humour can be used......
Rare shark discovered on UK coastlineA rare species of shark usually found in the tropics has been found on the UK coastline for the first time in recorded history.The animal was discovered on a......
The lawn was glittering with fairy lights, pretty buntings adorned the area and colourful balloons were seen everywhere. Topping the festivities was the magnificent cake which occupied the large......
These days many schools are offering children a chance to learn music and participate in music related activities. Often children display a liking for one or more musical instruments, this provides......
Tarzan was a legendary character created by author Edgar Rice Burroughs in his 1912 novel Tarzan Of The Apes. The character is a boy, lost as an infant in the jungle, who was cared for and raised by......
PESHAWAR: Pakhtun youth from Quetta, Kandahar, Peshawar and tribal areas whirled together to the beat of drums on the green lawns of Bagh-i-Naran in Peshawar to send out a message of peace to the......
PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party chairman Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has expressed his concern over what he called prejudiced attitude of the federal government in distribution of national resources and......
PESHAWAR/KOHAT: Regional Police Officer (RPO), Kohat, Awal Khan has dismissed SHO Ustarzai, Inspector Nazar Hussain, from service for conducting faulty and poor investigations in the murder case of......
“I opened this library in the 1980s, almost 37 years ago. I have an interest in reading books, and since my school days I have been reading all sorts of books. I have a degree in economics and am......
ISLAMABAD: The five-day Youth Drama Festival 2017 opened at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) on Friday.A total of 117 universities and colleges from Rawalpindi and Islamabad are......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Sub-committee on Interior on Friday rejected ‘The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2016’, which was moved after the incidents of child sexual abuse and pornography in......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Rahim Yar Khan Municipal Committee staff removed the posters of Raheel Munir, the son-in-law of Mariam Safdar, on Friday.These posters, bearing the pictures of Raheel, had appeared on......
LAHORE: Cleanliness, basic health and education, traffic management, removal of encroachments remain major priority areas for the district government, says retired Col Mubashir Javaid, the mayor of......
KARACHI: In a rejoinder to the ‘white paper’ issued by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, the Sindh government on Friday said it was an attempt by the MQM-P to revive the politics of hatred on......
KARACHI: Around 5,280 full-grown neem trees, planted along the Superhighway by the Sindh forest department, have been cut by contractors to widen space for the highway being constructed, said an......
KARACHI: Mayor Wasim Akhtar on Friday visited Bagh Ibne Qasim and said Karachi Metropolitan Corporation had launched the long-ignored park’s facelift project to make it a favourite spot for......
KARACHI: A group show titled Quartet opened at the Full Circle Gallery on Thursday evening. An obvious reason for the name of the exhibition (there may be more) is the participation of four artists......
BADIN: Sindh Inspector General of Police A.D. Khowaja has said that the matter of his removal or otherwise is pending adjudication in a court of law and therefore he must not make any comment.During......
KARACHI: A number of major political parties in the metropolis took to the streets on Friday and staged separate protest demonstrations at different spots to raise their voice for a variety of civic......
PALM BEACH: US President Donald Trump said on Friday he had made progress in talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and expected them to overcome many problems — a marked contrast to the stridently......
BANGKOK: Bomb blasts were among 23 coordinated attacks that rocked Muslim-majority southern Thailand early on Friday, a security officer said, just hours after King Maha Vajiralongkorn signed a new......
COLOMBO: The last free opposition leader in the Maldives has been arrested as part of a major government crackdown on rival politicians who narrowly failed to seize control of parliament in the......
NEW DELHI: A Muslim man was beaten to death for dating a Hindu girl in India, police said on Friday, in the latest mob violence against minorities in the country.Mohammad Shalik, 20, was set upon by......
OBREZJE: Hundreds of cars and buses were stuck on Slovenia’s border with Croatia on Friday as tough checks on the EU’s external frontiers came into force to stop suspected Islamist fighters returning......
LONDON: A Romanian woman who fell into the River Thames during last month’s terror attack outside the British parliament has died in hospital, police said on Friday, bringing the toll to five.Andreea......
LONDON: Dozens of brightly coloured hot-air balloons soared over the White Cliffs of Dover on Friday in an attempt at the largest mass balloon crossing of the English Channel.The flotilla of about......
KHAN SHEIKHUN: THE only reminder of what happened is a small, blackened, crater near the northern part of Khan Sheikhun town, where a rocket laced with a nerve agent fell, killing more than 70 people......
KABUL: A martial arts bout in Afghanistan was billed as a bare-knuckle duel for supremacy, but it has become a lightning rod for long-simmering ethnic rivalries that threaten to tear the country......
KARACHI: Sprinters Gohar Shahbaz and Najma Perveen, both from Wapda, stole opening day’s limelight in the 48th National Athletics Championship, winning the Fastest Man and Fastest Woman titles,......
CHARLESTON: Not the windy conditions nor the sight of good friend Daria Gavrilova on the other side of the net could deter Daria Kasatkina.In a three-set duel between the Russians that lasted well......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced details of the Fazal Mahmood National Club Championship on Friday, two days after its beginning.The event swung into action on Wednesday.According......
AUGUSTA (Georgia): Unheralded American Charley Hoffman led the Masters after firing a sparkling first-round 7-under 65 on Thursday as high winds punished the world’s top golfers and world number one......
SHANGHAI: When Lewis Hamilton finally emerged from the garages on a rainy, foggy Friday at the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix, it wasn’t to take his Mercedes out for a practice lap, it was to sign......
LONDON: Afghanistan are set for another milestone after it was announced on Friday they will play their first match at Lord’s, taking on a side led by former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum.Now......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s cricket great Imran Khan termed his compatriot Abdul Qadir and Sir Viv Richards of the West Indies the best leg-spinner and batsman in the world, respectively.Speaking at a......
KARACHI: No sugar mill can export sugar unless it has cleared outstanding dues of farmers up to the last season and has started crushing at full capacity, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday said that his government was channelising available resources to upgrade the infrastructure of the city.“Pakistan Peoples Party shall not......
KARACHI: Tired of sitting on the sidelines, the bulls charged with a vengeance on Friday to toss the KSE-100 index up by 533 points (1.13 per cent) to close the week at 47,889 points.The day’s gains......
KARACHI: Cotton trading remained slow on Friday in line with global trend and slow off-take of cotton yarn.Though little cotton stocks are held by ginners at present, spinners generally preferred to......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday financial inclusion is a priority for the government as it ensures inclusive economic development and prosperity.Mr Dar said this while chairing......
ISLAMABAD: As the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf steps up campaign against the Election Commission of Pakistan following the latter’s decision not to allocate the symbol of bat to the PTI candidates in......
QUETTA: Nine passengers, including two women, were killed and 25 others injured when a Quetta-bound coach fell into a ditch near Lakpass on Friday morning.According to Levies officials, the coach......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly has formed a parliamentary committee to approach the federal and Punjab governments to seek action against the students involved in an attack on Pakhtun students on......
KARACHI: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah on Friday claimed that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had ‘surrendered’ in 2014 and was set to resign when Pakistan Peoples......
ISLAMABAD: Against the backdrop of a recent tragedy in which 20 followers were mercilessly murdered by a so-called faith healer, a lawyer filed in the Supreme Court on Friday a petition seeking......
LAHORE: When social media starlet Qandeel Baloch was found strangled, a crime to which her brother proudly confessed, thousands of women posted messages denouncing her murder — only to face abuse and......
HYDERABAD: Ghulam Qadir Marri, a close associate of former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, has gone missing along with his driver and two other people.Mr......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Water and Power approved an amendment to the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) bill on Friday which would require the authority to prepare an......
QUETTA: The whereabouts of Abdullah Jan, Balochistan’s higher education secretary who was kidnapped in Quetta’s Wahdat Colony on March 15, are still unknown.Quetta police chief Abdul Razzaq Cheema......
LAHORE: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Friday announced launching a drive against sale of loose and adulterated petroleum products (especially petrol and diesel) and pledged to end......
LAHORE: Ten suspected militants of the Jamaatul Ahrar, including Anwarul Haq, the handler of Feb 13 bomb attack on The Mall, were killed in an operation by the Punjab police’s Counter-Terrorism......
DERA MURAD JAMALI: Even as he urged the Baloch youths who have mounted an armed campaign to lay down their arms, former president and Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Friday......
AZAKHEL (Nowshera): Saudi Religious Affairs Minister Sheikh Saleh bin Abdul Aziz has said that Pakistan-Saudi Arabia military alliance is a “victory of Islam” and its main objective is “renaissance......
PROVIDENCE: A fabulous knock by Jason Mohammed led the West Indies to an incredible victory against Pakistan in the first one-day international at Providence, Guyana, on Friday.Chasing a formidable......
UNITED NATIONS: The United States on Friday threatened further military action in Syria following its missile strikes on an air base in the war-wracked country in retaliation for an apparent chemical......
RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa recently told a senior defence official of Afghanistan he grieved for Afghan victims of terrorism as much as he did for such victims from......
A current self-created crisis centres around Raheel Sharif’s post-retirement gig as supremo of the Islamic coalition created by Saudi Arabia.All hell broke loose when the government announced it had......
CALIGULA’S horse, whom he appointed as tribune of the people, was a harmless beast. He could, at best, be accused of inaction since he was inherently unfit for the job. So is Yogi Adityanath, mahant......
THE callous idiocy of the state was on full display during the arrest of Karachi University Professor Dr Riaz Ahmed and the registration of a case against him for allegedly being ‘in possession of a......
I WAS invited to lecture on ‘Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness in the Age of Global Terrorism’ at Missouri State University. Missouri is Trump country — he had a 70 per cent majority there.......
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) management on Friday warned the PSL franchises against the player transfer and exchanges being reported on media, saying “no retentions, transfers or trades may be......
