The Board of Investment (BOI) on Thursday said that a delegation of Chinese experts would be visiting Pakistan in June to review the suitability of Prioritised Economic Zones (PEZs) in Sindh and......
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Most kids free from their exams now are likely making summer vacation outing plans or maybe joining a summer camp. They are sure to have great fun days ahead but those who haven’t planned anything......
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Sindh Minister for Rehabilitation Mir Mumtaz Hussain Jakhrani on Thursday announced that the provincial government is planning to launch Rescue 1122 service in Sindh, saying “budget for the service......
The situation in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) is reportedly returning to normalcy as the internally displaced persons are returning to their homes and peace has prevailed, but life remains difficult......
A car plowed into a crowd of pedestrians in New York's bustling Times Square on Thursday, leaving one person dead and at least 19 others injured in what officials said was an accident.The incident......
A larger part of Karachi again plunged into darkness on Thursday as the K-Electric's power plant in Bin Qasim reportedly developed faults.Old city areas were among the most affected areas whereas......
Two policemen were gunned down on Thursday in Garhi Yasin area, some 15 kilometres off Shikarpur, over a prevailing dispute between two rival clans, said police.SSP Shikarpur Zeeshan Siddique told......
India will shortly take delivery of two M-777 ultra-light howitzers, manufacturer BAE Systems said on Thursday, the country's first such acquisition in over three decades after a major corruption......
Britain's National Crime Agency provided the initial intelligence that helped uncover a major spot-fixing scandal in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), a leading official from world cricket's governing......
The commuters in Karachi faced immense traffic jams on Thursday, a day after the goods transporters ended their 10-day long strike.Long ques of vehicles were witnessed on almost all major arteries......
Four "hardcore terrorists" sentenced by military courts were executed on Thursday, a statement released by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Army's public relations wing, said.The ISPR said......
Michael Flynn, former US National Security Advisor and other advisers to Donald Trump’s campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday made a subtle distinction between terrorism and extremism, saying the military could only defeat terrorists but extremism is something......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange ended Thursday’s session on a negative note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing 554.81 points, or 1.08 per cent, by the close of the trading session to reach......
The International Court of Justice has issued an order staying the execution of Indian spy Kulbushan Jadhav by Pakistan, a decision which has caused shock and disappointment in Pakistan.Although......
"The court has clearly underscored that the provisional measures are without prejudice to the final determination of the merits and jurisdiction of the case," he pointed out in a written statement.......
Lawmakers from the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) and other opposition parties walked out of the National Assembly on Thursday after Defence Minister Khawaja Asif accused PTI leader Ayesha Gulalai......
Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor on Thursday said the "nature and character" of extremism has changed.Speaking at a seminar titled "Role of......
With megacities suffering blackouts and crippling loadshedding, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) is focusing its energy on placating citizens irked about the power crisis through a social......
The traditional practice of imparting training of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) at medical colleges in Pakistan has been through apprenticeships. Junior doctors are placed with seniors to provide......
Khadija Siddiqui, a student at a private college, who was brutally attacked by her classmate in May last year, is due to sit an exam in the coming week — alongside her attacker.Siddiqui, 22, was......
Eleven crew members of the Pakistan International Airline flight, in which a 'quantity of heroin' was allegedly found, were detained at Jinnah International Airport by the Anti-Narcotic Force (ANF)......
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PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf parliamentarians and activists stormed the Wapda offices here on Wednesday to protest the excessive power outages in semi-urban areas.The protesters scaled the......
LAHORE: A job fair was held at the Government College University (GCU) here on Wednesday.The fair was organised by the university’s Career Guidance and Placement Centre under the umbrella of Quality......
LAHORE: The Punjab Council of Arts organised a divisional level art competition here on Wednesday at Gaddafi Stadium sports complex as part of the Chief Minister’s Talent Hunt Programme.The [visual......
FAISALABAD: The health department officials seem to be groping in the dark as chickenpox claimed another life on Wednesday.Maqsood Ahmed, 45, who resided at Chak 242-JB, Bhawana expired at the Allied......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Municipal Committee (MC) employees took out a protest procession on Wednesday against non-payment of two-month salaries.The protesters took out a rally from Municipal Complex to......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri has said that those involved in the Mastung suicide bombing and killing of innocent labourers in Gwadar will be brought to justice.At a press......
RAWALPINDI: The United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (Unmogip) was apprised on Wednesday of ceasefire violations recently committed by India along the Line of Control (LoC)......
ISLAMABAD: The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has signed three project commitment letters with the federal ministry of national health services and Sindh health department,......
ISLAMABAD: Citing threats to his family, the father of Mashal Khan — a university student who was lynched over trumped-up blasphemy charges — asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to transfer the......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday gave the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) another chance to produce its financial records in the foreign funding case.Earlier: ECP......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday accused the federal government of abusing the cybercrime law to victimise his party’s social media activists.Also read:......
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah took the government to task on Wednesday for not keeping its promise to hold a judicial inquiry into the Army Public......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a seminar here on Wednesday demanded of the authorities to include profile of celebrated Pakhtun king Sher Shah Suri in school history book so that young people could know about......
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has rejected conditions set by former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, such as the provision of military security and safe passage back to Dubai, to face his......
ISLAMABAD: PML-N MNA Romina Khursheed Alam has tabled a private member’s bill in the National Assembly to establish an institution, similar to a think tank, to fulfil the core objectives of the......
Rauf Saami and his brothers Mohammad Abu Nasr Saami, Mohammad Azeem Jawad and Ahmed Saami have been qawwals for 30 years. Leading an ensemble of eight accompanying musicians, the Saami brothers are......
TAXILA: The water level at Khanpur Dam has dropped drastically to just 20 feet above the ‘dead level’, forcing authorities to further curtail water supply to Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Khyber......
TEHRAN: President Hassan Rouhani has spent three decades at the heart of Iran’s revolutionary establishment but is strongly opposed by hardliners for trying to rebuild ties with the West.The......
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WASHINGTON: Two people were arrested during a brawl outside the residence of Turkey’s ambassador to Washington following a White House visit on Tuesday by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Local news......
PARIS: France’s centrist President Emmanuel Macron gave ministerial jobs to conservatives, socialists and newcomers to politics on Wednesday, appointing an unprecedented all-stripes cabinet to bridge......
FRIENDS and family paid their final respects on Tuesday to slain journalist Javier Valdez, who apparently paid with his life for his award-winning reporting on the country’s violent drug gangs. Media......
LUCKNOW: An Indian restaurant has resumed sales of the beef kebabs it has been making for more than a century, two months after being forced to take the famous dish off the menu under pressure from......
SOCHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that his US counterpart had not divulged any secrets during a meeting in Washington with Russian officials and offered to prove it by......
PARIS: Another large-scale, stealthy cyberattack is underway on a scale that could dwarf last week’s assault on computers worldwide, a global cybersecurity firm told AFP on Wednesday.The new attack......
LONDON: Britain’s gaffe-prone Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson landed himself in trouble on Wednesday when he told visitors to a Sikh temple he always took `clinky’, or Johnnie Walker, to India when......
SANAA: A suspected raid by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen killed more than 20 civilians on Wednesday, the latest in a spate of deadly strikes by the alliance that have drawn condemnation.Saba news......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday announced it is going to miss the economic growth target for 2016-17 because of an underperformance by the industrial and services sectors.This will be the......
KARACHI: The current account deficit emerged as the biggest threat to the external sector as it jumped over 200 per cent in the first 10 months of 2016-17.The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on......
ISLAMABAD: Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) grew 10.46 per cent in March on a year-on-year basis, the highest growth recorded in the last few years.March was the third month in 2016-17 that......
KARACHI: Berthing and departure of ships at Karachi port were briefly paralysed after pilots suspended operations on Tuesday evening due to a shortage of tugboats, official sources said.The pilots......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday earned an additional $324.5 million (Rs34 billion) from the sale of another spectrum to a cellular company.Mobilink was the only cellular mobile company that......
KARACHI: The local bourse extended the losses into the second day on Wednesday with the KSE-100 index closing down by 302 points (0.58 per cent) at 51,511.The cumulative losses in the two days stood......
KARACHI: The cotton market witnessed moderate trading on Wednesday amid steady flow of buying orders. However, the Karachi Cotton Association increased spot rates by Rs100 per maund (around 37......
THE growing menace of cheating in exams recently made headlines across Sindh; the matter became so serious that the government had to launch a crackdown led by the Counter-Terrorism Department of......
EXHIBITIONSOn the occasion of International Museum Day a special exhibition of masterpieces, National Museum of Pakistan organised by the Culture, Tourism & Antiquities Department, government of......
DADU: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday laid a chador and floral wreaths on the grave of Qalandar Lal Shahbaz and praised the authorities concerned for efficient management of......
KARACHI: A study of the first three months of the current year has shown that Sindh dominates the national scene in sectarian violence with 93 of the total 101 people having fallen prey to the menace......
ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited Fata reforms seem to have become a bone of contention between the members of the National Assembly from the tribal region and a key ally of the ruling Pakistan Muslim......
ISLAMABAD: Two Pakistani staffers at the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul were detained for hours by the National Directorate of Security (NDS), the premier intelligence agency of Afghanistan, under unclear......
ISLAMABAD / LONDON: Pakistan on Wednesday offered to the United Kingdom assistance in a probe into the alleged seizure of heroin on an aircraft of the national flag carrier at Heathrow airport two......
HONG KONG: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday Pakistan was emerging as a rising and secure country on the track of sustainable growth due to its liberal investment policies.“Today I......
FOR someone who has always enjoyed visiting New Delhi to learn something from Indian intellectuals, journalists, rights activists and peace campaigners, a visit this month caused considerable......
KARACHI: Mishael Aisha Ayub couldn’t win a medal for Pakistan at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku on Wednesday. But she did break a national record.In the women’s 100m butterfly final in the......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday suspended all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz for one month and fined him approximately $2,000 after he admitted failing to disclose an approach by a......
LAHORE: Cricket chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq has said Pakistan’s target is not only to defeat India but also to win the Champions Trophy.He was talking with reporters as chief guest at the annual......
DUBLIN: New Zealand coasted to their second straight success in the third game of the tri-series one-day tournament when they completed a workmanlike five-wicket victory over Bangladesh in Ireland......
LAHORE: Pakistan’s retiring Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq has termed victory in the Test series against the West Indies unforgettable.“It is a memorable win and will always cherish me. I was lucky that......
LONDON: With one weekend left in the English Premier League, the stage is set for a three-way race for the final two Champions League qualification spots.Manchester City should be guaranteed one.......
PARIS: Maria Sharapova vowed to “rise up again” on Wednesday after she was refused a wildcard for the French Open following her 15-month ban for doping.The Russian former world number one also earned......
KARACHI: The fourth edition of the Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cup is set to begin from the third of the holy month with K-Electric taking on Agha Estates at the floodlit Lawai Cricket Stadium. But unlike......
An embattled Donald Trump complained Wednesday that no US leader had been treated “more unfairly,” as top Republican lawmakers demanded the facts on the swirling scandals convulsing his......
