The United States decided not to reimpose sanctions on Iran's nuclear program Wednesday despite President Donald Trump's criticism of the deal Tehran signed with the previous US administration.But,......
The UN's top court will rule today (Thursday) on an urgent bid by India to stop Pakistan from carrying out a death sentence on one of its nationals convicted of spying.In an emergency hearing swiftly......
The Afghan Deputy Head of Mission (DHM) was summoned on Wednesday by the Foreign Office to lodge a protest over the incident in which two Pakistani diplomatic officials were detained in Kabul,......
Pakistan Army on Wednesday lodged a protest before military observers from United Nations against 'unprovoked' Indian aggression and firing on civilians from across the Line of Control (LoC)."United......
Pakistan is likely to miss its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth target for fiscal year 2016-17 of 5.7 per cent due to lower-than-expected output from the industrial and agricultural sectors in the......
More than 300 asylum seekers in Sweden were evacuated from their housing in southern Sweden in the early hours of Wednesday, after suspected arson attacks, police said.City of Vaxjo police said 200......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday imposed a fine, besides issuing a warning to Umar Akmal and Junaid Khan for their alleged misconduct during a domestic tournament, which surfaced last......
Suicide bombers stormed the national television station in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city on Wednesday, killing six people as gunfights and explosions rocked the building with journalists trapped......
Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted of giving classified government materials to WikiLeaks, was released from a Kansas military prison early Wednesday after serving seven years of......
Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair on Wednesday said goods transporters in Karachi had called off their strike in protest of a Sindh High Court (SHC) ban on the movement of heavy traffic within the city......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange closed red for the second consecutive day following Pakistan's reclassification in MSCI's Emerging Markets, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index losing 302 points (0.58pc) to......
Chelsea Manning, the US Army soldier responsible for a massive leak of classified material, will walk out of prison on Thursday after seven years to find a country that has grown more accepting of......
A prosecutor representing the federal government against former president Pervez Musharraf in a treason case on Wednesday maintained that the accused could not set conditions for his appearance......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Spokesperson Naeemul Haque on Wednesday apologised to the prime minister's former adviser on foreign affairs, Tariq Fatemi, for an earlier tweet in which the former......
Women residents of two villages in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Shangla district were deprived of their right to vote in by-elections on Wednesday.By-elections had been held in KP on Wednesday to fill 43......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday suspended all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz for two months following investigations into spot-fixing allegations in relation to the Pakistan Super League, a......
Losses reported by the business community following the Sindh High Court's ban on movement of heavy traffic during daytime to and from Karachi Port amounts roughly to Rs200 billion every 10 days, the......
Inspector General of Police (IGP) A.D. Khawaja on Wednesday offered to leave his post, telling the Sindh High Court (SHC) through his counsel that doing his job had become increasingly difficult......
A 10-year-old girl who was raped will be allowed to have an abortion even though she has crossed the 20-week limit for terminations in India, police in the country said Wednesday.The child has said......
Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on Wednesday said there was a "campaign" behind the murder of Mashal Khan, a 23-year-old university student who was lynched by a mob on accusations of blasphemy last......
US President Donald Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey to end the agency's investigation into ties between former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russia, according to a......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif touted Pakistan's economic prospects to the One Belt One Road Pakistan Investment Forum in Hong Kong on Wednesday.Addressing the forum, Nawaz noted, "From a mere 3 per......
Former Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq arrived at the Allama Iqbal International Airport on Wednesday morning to rapturous fans waiting for him at the airport.The cricketing great is returning after......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday announced that his party would get a resolution adopted by the Senate to seek judicial inquiry into the 2014 Army Public......
PESHAWAR: Spread over an area of about 15 acres and 92 feet high, the historic Balahisar Fort of Peshawar was first built by Mughal King Zaheeruddin Babar in 1526.According to a tradition, the fort......
Q: What books are you currently reading?A: I am reading Khuda Aur Mohabbat by Hashim Nadeem which is a love story of a foreign educated man and a girl from a religious family. The book has proved......
ISLAMABAD: A documentary about three Bangladeshi women from a Muslim unit of police officers stationed in Haiti as United Nations peacekeepers for a year was screened at the Pakistan National Council......
ISLAMABAD: A rights activist on Tuesday said discriminatory attitude adopted towards religious minorities in Pakistan was harmful for integration of society.“Opponents of Quaid-i-Azam and Mahatma......
TOKYO: Even if China makes strategic preparations to build a world order at its own initiative, the country will not be able to dispel the distrust harboured by Japan, the United States and other......
CHINESE President Xi Jinping’s grand plan to revive ancient trade routes linking Asia, Africa and Europe to boost global commerce received fulsome praise from several leaders attending a forum to......
WASHINGTON: The presidents of the United States and Turkey vowed on Tuesday to repair a relationship battered by years of disputes over Syria’s civil war and its various fighting groups, even as they......
GAZA CITY: A gunman who killed a senior Hamas commander in a March ambush was a former member of the group who joined a radical Al Qaeda-inspired rival and was secretly recruited by Israel, Hamas......
MONTREAL: An Afghan pilot hoping to become the youngest woman in history to complete a solo round-the-world flight was preparing to start the Transatlantic leg of her journey.Shaesta Waiz, 29, was......
BRADFORD: British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday unveiled a “radical and responsible” manifesto as the party hopes to close the gap against the ruling Conservatives before next month’s......
DUBAI: A Saudi Arabian police officer was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade on Tuesday in a Shia town, the interior ministry said, as deadly fighting escalated.A member of the special police......
NEW DELHI: India’s federal police on Tuesday searched the homes of former finance minister P. Chidambaram and his son as part of an investigation into suspected corruption during his time in......
BOUAK: Rebel soldiers in Ivory Coast on Tuesday agreed to end a four-day mutiny which drew in troops from across the country after reaching agreement with the government over a wages dispute. “Calm......
ISLAMABAD: The Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC) on Wednesday finalised a development programme of Rs2.158 trillion for the next year, an increase of 29 per cent over the current year’s......
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Revenue Haroon Akhtar Khan said on Tuesday the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is considering proposals to rehabilitate the export sector.Mr Khan also......
KARACHI: Investors’ wait was finally over around 3am on Tuesday when MSCI announced the upgrade of Pakistan’s status to the emerging market (EM) from the frontier market (FM) in its semi-annual......
KARACHI: Stocks broke their winning streak on Tuesday, which appeared rather surprising given that it was the first trading day after the much-awaited MSCI upgrade to the Emerging Market status.The......
KARACHI: The newly launched Honda CB150F bike is not available in the showrooms of the authorised dealers in Karachi.Some dealers, who have only one display piece, are asking buyers to book the bike......
KARACHI: Criticising the federal government for carrying out up to 20 hours of loadshedding, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday regretted that despite paying a hefty sum of Rs27 billion to......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Tuesday directed the director general of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, to arrest and produce in court Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan chief Dr Farooq Sattar and senior......
KARACHI: The Council of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) on Tuesday condemned the ‘filthy’ language used by a former mayor against the incumbent, Wasim Akhtar, and warned that Mustafa Kamal,......
KARACHI: A six-year-old girl, who went missing on Monday after stepping out of her home in North Karachi, was found dead in the Manghopir area in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.A post-mortem......
DADU: While thousands of devotees and other visitors continued to take part in dhamal and various other activities at the shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in a peaceful atmosphere on the......
LARKANA: The stand-off between the Medical Superintendent of Chandka Medical College Hospital Complex (CMCH) and the paramedics union led to paramedics’ strike in all hospitals attached to the......
LAHORE: The interior ministry does not seem to be interested in bringing back Kamran Kayani, a brother of former army chief retired Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, from abroad in the Rs15 billion DHA City......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday failed to evolve a consensus on the controversial Rewaj Bill 2017 after lawmakers on both sides of the aisle opposed the move, terming it a ploy to delay reforms......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that he had divulged highly classified information to two top Russian visitors to the White House last week, but said he had the right to......
HANGZHOU: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday that as a firm believer in political empowerment of people through economic development, he would encourage e-commerce in Pakistan as a tool to......
CHINA recently hosted 29 heads of state and government at the Belt and Road Forum, reinforcing the country’s claim to leadership of an emerging geopolitical and economic world order. The summit......
MOST men in the Middle East do not believe in women’s equality. This was what can be concluded from a recent survey conducted by UN Women. The 10,000 respondents who were questioned belonged to......
BERLIN: German prosecutors have charged a 28-year-old Pakistani man with membership of a “terrorist organisation” on allegations he joined the Lashkar-e-Taiba to fight against Indian forces in......
QUETTA: The Governor of Balochistan, Muhammad Khan Achakzai, has said that the lawyers’ community has a vital role in guiding the general public about the Constitution and law, provision of......
WASHINGTON: The US narrative of Pakistan’s role in war against terrorism does not reflect the rapidly changing realities on the ground, says the country’s US envoy Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhary.Read: 'US......
ISLAMABAD: The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the Panama Papers case sought transcripts of speeches delivered by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his children — Maryam, Hassan and Hussain......
MOENJODARO: The centre of a powerful ancient civilisation, Moenjodaro was one of the world’s earliest cities — a Bronze Age metropolis boasting flush toilets and a water and waste system to rival......
LAHORE: Schoolteachers on Tuesday held a sit-in outside the Punjab Assembly against ‘harsh punishments’ by the government and other issues.They said if the government did not resolve their issues in......
PAKISTAN wants its Afghan refugees to go home. The repatriation numbers are staggering: more than 600,000 Afghan refugees are said to have returned home from Pakistan in 2016, to a country still......
“CAN you believe the world we live in today? Isn’t it crazy?” Indeed it is, Mr President. And guess who would qualify as the primary piece of evidence in making this case.The quotation above comes......
ALL historic opportunities come with an element of risk. It is, therefore, quite appropriate to ask hard questions about the financing and affordability of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, and......
TOBA TEK SINGH: A joint team of irrigation, revenue and police departments launched on Tuesday an operation to retrieve state land located near the Ravi spur in Sindhillianwali area and razed......
BAHAWALPUR: Lodhran city police on Monday night booked a landlord for allegedly torturing a 10-year-old boy to death over a petty issue at Kot Lal Shah village.According to police sources, Hasan, 10,......
MULTAN: The fort of Tulamba has survived many invaders for more than 2,500 years, according to legend; it is, however, now caving in to the apathy of the authorities.According to legend, Tulamba......
PARIS: The fight between Los Angeles and Paris to host the 2024 Summer Olympics is set to go the wire after the head of the IOC’s inspection team heaped lavish praise on both cities.Patrick Baumann......
MONTEFALCO: Dutchman Tom Dumoulin dominated an individual time trial to take the overall leader’s pink jersey from Colombian Nairo Quintana after the 10th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday.The......
LAHORE: Sharjeel Khan’s counsel told the Anti-corruption Tribunal on Tuesday that his client had timely informed the relevant authority of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) about his meeting with a......
PARIS: Paris St Germain striker Edinson Cavani was voted the French player of the season after a career-best 35 Ligue 1 goals.Cavani thrived in his favoured centre-forward role after Zlatan......
LONDON: Departing captain John Terry led his Chelsea champions to a rip-roaring 4-3 victory over Watford on Monday, scoring the first goal on an evening of celebration, fireworks and streamers rather......
ROME: Three tournaments into her return from a 15-month doping ban, Maria Sharapova has already gained enough rankings points to enter qualifying for Wimbledon.The five-time Grand Slam winner took......
KARACHI: The president of Pakistan Olympics Association (POA), Lt. Gen. (Retd) Syed Arif Hassan, has praised the performance of Saadi Abbas who won a silver medal in the karate event on Sunday in the......
BERN: After spending a few days practicing on clay courts in Switzerland, a healthy and well-rested Roger Federer settled on his upcoming schedule: He will bypass the French Open and turn his focus......
France's independent privacy watchdog fined Facebook on Tuesday for breaching French privacy laws by tracking and using the personal data of 33 million users, as well as non-users who browse the......
