A hunt in the United States for the gunman accused of murdering a grandfather and posting the crime on Facebook ended Tuesday with the suspect killing himself after a brief pursuit with police in......
Google on Tuesday launched a re-imagined version of its free Earth mapping service, weaving in storytelling and artificial intelligence and freeing it from apps.“This is our gift to the world,”......
The much awaited verdict on Panamagate will be issued on April 20, the Supreme Court of Pakistan confirmed in the supplementary cause list it released on Tuesday.The case pertains to investments......
MQM leader Professor Dr Hasan Zafar Arif was released from Central Jail Karachi after an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) issued his release order in a case pertaining to an alleged hate speech by party......
The Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen said one of its helicopters crashed in eastern Yemen on Tuesday, killing 12 Saudi officers in one of the deadliest incidents for the kingdom's......
A lecturer from Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan who knew Mashal Khan personally has spoken at length about the events that led up to the 23-year-old's horrific murder by a crazed mob of students......
The verdict on the much awaited Panamagate case will be given on April 20, confirmed the supplementary cause list released by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.The verdict is scheduled to be issued at......
KARACHI: A top counter-terrorism department official on Sunday said that unaddressed personal issues can befuddle the mind of an educated university student and make him/her easy prey for terror......
A retired female professor of Punjab University, who belonged to the Ahmadiyya community, was found dead at her residence in Lahore on Tuesday.The scholar, identified only as Dr Tahira, used to live......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange's (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Index lost nearly 251 points (0.53pc) as the market failed to stem losses and continued to decline despite some resistance.KSE-100 index volumes......
West Indies named uncapped batting pair Vishaul Singh and Shimron Hetmeyer and recalled Kieran Powell to face Pakistan in the first Test starting on Friday.The 13-man squad for the first in the......
Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday called for an snap general election on June 8, in a surprise announcement as Britain prepares for delicate negotiations on leaving the European Union.“We need a......
Taking note of visa irregularities and breach of security protocols by advance teams and staff accompanying hunting parties ? especially from the Middle East ? Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar on......
Shares of Snap fell 1.5 per cent on Monday as the Snapchat owner faced criticism for comments allegedly made by its CEO about not prioritising growth in India and Spain because they were "poor"......
At least 10 people were injured on Tuesday when four bogies of the Peshawar-Lahore bound Jaffar Express derailed in Gujranwala, rescue officials said.The train derailed near the Qila Chand bypass and......
A new video circulating on Tuesday contains footage of scenes following the Mardan university lynching and shows a man demanding that a group of students take an oath to conceal the identity of the......
President Donald Trump's national security adviser discussed the situation in Afghanistan with India's prime minister on Tuesday, nearly a week after the US military dropped a massive non-nuclear......
Government College University, Faisalabad (GCUF) on Monday suspended an assistant professor for three months after an inquiry committee found him guilty of allegedly sexually harassing a female......
After the Sindh High Court (SHC) extended a restraining order against the handover of Bagh Ibn-i-Qasim to Bahria Town, the real estate giant on Tuesday informed the court that it was not interested......
A day after United States (US) National Security Adviser Gen H.R. McMaster urged Pakistan to indiscriminately fight all terror groups, the army's media wing issued a statement on a meeting between......
Mardan Regional Police Officer (RPO) Alam Khan Shinwari submitted a report on the murder of Mashal Khan, a 23-year-old student who was attacked by a vigilante mob after being accused of blasphemy on......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, in a press conference alongside Mashal Khan's father Tuesday, issued a strongly worded condemnation of the 23-year-old's lynching on what has so far......
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly (NA) Khursheed Shah on Tuesday called on lawmakers to present a united front against the "barbaric" lynching of Mardan university student Mashal......
Only one leader of a big Western country is attending China's most important diplomatic event of the year, a summit next month on Chinese President Xi Jinping's New Silk Road strategy, as China's......
A mob lynched Mashal Khan last week at the premises of his university on the allegation of blasphemy. Factually, the statement is accurate, but reducing the incident to newspeak is simplistic and......
A mob lynched Mashal Khan last week at the premises of his university on the allegation of blasphemy. Factually, the statement is accurate, but reducing the incident to newspeak is simplistic and......
NOWSHERA: Awami National Party central president Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that people involved in lynching of a university student in Mardan should be hanged in public.Addressing a workers’......
LANDI KOTAL: The Frontier Corps officials said here on Monday that further relaxation was granted to Pakistanis stranded in Afghanistan to utilise their Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs)......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Engr Iqbal Zafar Jhagra on Monday urged the medical professionals to devote themselves to the service of ailing humanity.He stated this while addressing as the......
MANSEHRA: The Patrind hydropower project has begun the production of 150 megawatts electricity on experimental basis.It will later be linked with grid stations in Mansehra and Muzaffarabad (Azad......
ISLAMABAD: The opposition on Monday disrupted the proceedings of the National Assembly for the fourth consecutive sitting after pointing out the lack of quorum after a walkout on the issue of the......
CHAKWAL: As Chakwal is all set for the by-election on the Punjab Assembly seat (PP 23) on Tuesday, the two main candidates have levelled serious allegations against each other.Malik Shehryar Awan of......
Hungary keen to expand ties with PakistanHungary’s deputy minister for foreign affairs and trade Szilveszter Bus visited Pakistan to help expand cooperation between the two countries, especially in......
SWABI: The young artists belonging to different universities and Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) enthralled audience with their performing during the three-day arts festival at Ghulam Ishaq......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services (NHS) on Monday took notice of a picture circulating on the social media for over a year.In the picture, a man wearing a vest is......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Members of the Christian community of Liaqatpur on Monday held a protest at DC Office Chowk against the alleged illegal purchase of church land in Liaqatpur by the municipal committee......
LAHORE: The Sargodha child pornography case, unprecedented in the country, suffered a blow when none of the children allegedly exploited or their parents approached by the Federal Investigation......
LAHORE: Though power distribution companies are observing scheduled and unscheduled loadshedding on a daily basis across the country, the situation in the Punjab capital is getting worse where......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday upheld death sentence of a convict and commuted other’s to life imprisonment for killing 94 people and leaving around 150 men and children injured during an......
LAHORE: The Benazir Literature Festival started on Monday at the Alhamra Art Centre as Conversation 1, where eminent intellectuals and PPP leaders introduced the festival.Rosemary Victoria Schoffield......
KARACHI: Most of the 500 or so militants languishing in jails across the province belonged to low-income groups and were suffering from psychological and other ailments, while over 40 per cent of......
KARACHI: Former Sindh information minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that he has returned to Pakistan to face all pending cases against him. “If I am found guilty, I will not seek any lenience,”......
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Monday termed the impression created by the media that it had withdrawn duties and functions of the Rangers as ‘legally’ and ‘factually’ incorrect.“An impression has......
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Senior Superintendent of Police Irfan Ali Baloch has said that Naureen Leghari, the second year student of MBBS at Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) who......
KARACHI: Lawmakers belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement staged a token walkout from the Sindh Assembly on Monday in protest against what they called “rigging” in the by-election on a local......
KARACHI: The implications of a merger of the Federal Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) were looked into by Dr Sarfaraz Khan, a renowned expert on Russia and Central......
UMERKOT: The royal family of Jaipur celebrated the birth of the heir to the 26th Rana of Dhatt Hamir Singh, at a feast known as Rehan held at Rana Jagir here on Monday.Head of the royal family,......
BADIN: A complete shutdown was observed in Malkani Sharif town on Monday in response to a call jointly given by local traders’ and farmers’ organisations against an acute shortage of potable and......
SEOUL/TOKYO/BEIJING/UNITED NATIONS: In a trip full of Cold War symbolism, US Vice President Mike Pence travelled to the tense zone dividing North and South Korea and warned Pyongyang that after years......
NEW DELHI: In remarks that may interest supporters of international humanitarian covenants, India’s Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has disapproved of growing criticism of a human shield the army used......
BAGHDAD: The militant Islamic State group is talking to Al Qaeda about a possible alliance as Iraqi troops close in on IS fighters in Mosul, Iraqi Vice President Ayad Allawi said in an interview on......
WASHINGTON: Thousands of children are heading to the White House for its biggest social event of the year: the annual Easter Egg Roll.The White House is expecting more than 21,000 children and adults......
ANKARA: Turkey’s opposition on Monday called for the annulment of a referendum giving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sweeping new powers, as international monitors voiced concern over the campaign......
MOSUL: Iraqi schoolgirl Manar Mahmoud is eager to resume classes after years of life under IS in Mosul, ignoring the nearby rattle of artillery fire.The 13-year-old is back at her old school in the......
MOSCOW: As Russian hopes of swift détente under President Donald Trump have fizzled, state media, which hailed his election win, have made a U-turn. On Sunday, they said he was scarier than North......
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan must heal a divided country after narrowly winning a contested referendum, but it is unclear whether he is interested in forging the compromises needed......
IN only 15 years, American newspaper companies slashed their workforces by more than half — from 412,000 employees in 2001 to 174,000 last year.But that troubling trend wasn’t on the minds of......
ART lovers’ interest in Islamic art has grown exponentially over the years. This is the reason Sotheby’s has been regularly putting up artworks from the Islamic world on sale. In the last few years......
MOSUL: On the western side of Mosul, much of the fighting against IS militants takes place between houses so close that they almost touch. Snipers fire from roofs and through holes blasted into outer......
PARIS: If Bayern Munich are to have any chance of a sixth straight semifinal appearance in the Champions League they will have to do something that only one team has achieved this season — defeat......
LAHORE: In a surprising decision, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday appointed former Test batsman Haroon Rashid — whose previous job as chief selector could bring no good to the country — as......
It seems the affairs of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are being run by an individual who is more powerful than the ageing outgoing chairman Shaharyar Mohammad Khan.The latest example of this came......
MADRID: Sevilla drew 0-0 at Valencia on Sunday as their bid for an automatic Champions League berth continued to fade amid speculation over the future of coach Jorge Sampaoli.Sevilla were mounting an......
PARIS: For the second time in a week, a high-level football match on French soil was marred by crowd violence.The latest incidents on Sunday in Corsica during a Ligue 1 game between Bastia and......
LONDON: Captain John Terry will leave Chelsea at the end of the season after spending his entire career at the London club, and the veteran defender is keen to continue playing.The 36-year-old Terry......
KARACHI: Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez scored a fine century while inspiring Federal Areas to a 25-run victory over holders Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the Cool & Cool presents QMobile Pakistan Cup......
KARACHI: The much awaited Qualifiers Round of Lahore and Karachi came to an end on April 15th when ‘Athletico Dejiwani’ from Karachi and ‘Fantastic 5’ from Lahore secured a place for their respective......
LAHORE: Servis Stars, Treet Falcons and FMC Strickers won their respective matches by identical margins of 4-3 on the first day of the FMC Pakistan Squash League at the Punjab Squash Complex here on......
KARACHI: Cotton prices remained steady on Monday but demand was slow due to ongoing liquidity crunch and fall in export orders for textile goods.Demand remained depressed despite the fact that......
BEIJING: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday signed 11 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Chinese companies for development projects in the province under the China-Pakistan Economic......
ISLAMABAD: The Planning Commission has received a demand of Rs1.8 trillion from various ministries and agencies for next year’s development schemes, but the commission was proposing Rs1tr for the......
KARACHI: Foreign direct investment (FDI) increased 12.4 per cent year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2016-17 mainly because of heavy inflows from China.The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)......
ISLAMABAD: The electricity shortfall surged once again to about 6,000 megawatts on Monday as temperatures rose to 46-47 degrees Celsius in most of the southern region, resulting in unscheduled load......
KARACHI: Investors’ disillusionment in stocks saw one of the worst days on the PSX where the KSE-100 succumbed to intense selling pressure that sent the index scurrying down to the bottom of the......
RUSTON: Mini motorcycle and go-kart maker Monster Moto made a big bet on US manufacturing by moving assembly to this Louisiana town in 2016 from China.But it will be a long ride before it can stamp......
MOSCOW: Alphabet Inc’s Google will open up its popular Android mobile operating system to rival search engines in Russia as part of a deal to settle a two-year dispute with Russian competition......
BEIJING: China’s economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter as higher government infrastructure spending and a gravity-defying property boom helped boost industrial output by the most in......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed on Monday to make Khyber Pakhtunkhwa a stronghold of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), claiming that the sitting provincial government of the......
SRINAGAR: A large number of students clashed with government forces in India-held Kashmir during protests on Monday against a police raid on a college, as tensions ran high in the restive......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its ruling in the Orange Line Metro Train case, but asked the Punjab government to submit a comprehensive report after seeking expert opinion to allay......
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly has expressed grief over the murder of Mashal Khan by fellow students at Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, saying the incident had tarnished the image of......
ISLAMABAD: The subcommittee of the Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms (PCER) on Monday failed to fix a limit of expenditure on election campaign by political parties.An in-camera meeting of......
QUETTA: A child died and three others were injured when a cracker went off in the Killi Barat area here on Monday.According to the police, unidentified people in a vehicle hurled the cracker wrapped......
QUETTA: A series of explosions at an arms depot in Spin Boldak town shook the area across the border in Afghanistan late on Monday night, officials and TV reports said.The explosions were said to......
KARACHI: The sound of a metallic object crashing against a wall echoes in the middle of the night, followed by someone cursing loudly. “Where are you idiots?” A few lights are turned on and there’s......
ISLAMABAD: Following the example of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on Monday challenged before the Supreme Court the establishment of......
PESHAWAR: The number of students arrested in connection with the lynching in Abdul Wali Khan University has risen to 26 since Thursday, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief Salahuddin Khan Mehsud told a......
ISLAMABAD: The army on Monday announced that one of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar top leaders and former Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan had surrendered himself to security forces.The......
ISLAMABAD: Senators on Monday called for amending the blasphemy law to provide for punishments to those who concoct blasphemy accusations against others and demanded a campaign against those taking......
ISLAMABAD: The United States asked Pakistan on Monday to indiscriminately fight all terrorist groups.This message was conveyed to Pakistani leadership during US National Security Adviser Lt Gen H.R.......
KARACHI: On Friday afternoon, a black 15-seater helicopter, with a gold Bahria Town emblem on the side glinting in the sunlight, approached Bagh Ibne Qasim, the city’s largest public park. Huge......
RECEP Tayyip Erdogan has won a referendum which would change Turkey from a parliamentary to a presidential democracy. Right? Not quite. Parliament would still have considerable powers. Nevertheless......
YOU would have thought that water alone has the anomalous property of expanding when frozen. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal displays a very nearly similar propensity. He ‘expands’ where others......
THE 2018 election is approaching and everyone is interested in knowing what to expect. We recently published the results of a political attitudes survey that is representative of four provincial......
