The government on Friday unveiled a Rs1.001 trillion allocation for its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for fiscal year 2017-18.The infrastructure sector will get 67pc of the PSDP budget.......
The PML-N govt will spend Rs90.52bn on federal education and related services in the upcoming fiscal year, it was announced Friday.The figure is nearly Rs6bn higher than the allocation under this......
Pakistan's defence expenditure in the next financial year will be around 7 per cent higher than it was in the outgoing year to Rs920.2 billion, the government announced in Friday's Budget 2017-18......
The moon, marking the beginning of the Islamic month of Ramazan, was not sighted on Friday and the first day of the holy month will now fall on Sunday (May 28).The announcement was made by the......
At least 15 Afghan soldiers were killed when Taliban fighters attacked their army base in the southern province of Kandahar, the defence ministry said Friday, in the second such assault this week.The......
Five people lost their lives, including two children that succumbed to their injuries on Friday, as a result of bullet injuries sustained during a heavy exchange of fire between two groups over the......
A woman was killed in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) during the early hours of Friday in what officials said is the latest ceasefire violation by Indian troops.Farzand Begum, 60, wife of Noor Hussain,......
Masked gunmen attacked a group of Coptic Christians as they were driving to a monastery south of Cairo on Friday, killing 26 and wounding 26, the governor of Egypt's Minya province, Essam......
Bangladesh on Friday removed a controversial statue depicting a goddess of justice outside its Supreme Court that religious hardliners had deemed “un-Islamic."Hardliners wanted the statue of the......
President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a senior White House adviser, is under scrutiny by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Russia probe, the Washington Post and NBC News......
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday reserved its order on the application of former federal minister and PPP Karachi president Dr Asim Hussain seeking permission to leave the country for undergoing......
China's police have arrested 44 people over a scam which saw many as 93,000 people contribute start-up capital to "unfreeze" assets smuggled overseas when the Nationalist government was overthrown in......
Police on Friday fired water cannon and resorted to baton charge to gain control over a protest of the Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) held at Islamabad's D-Chowk.Police also used tear-gas shelling to......
The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) recovered one kilogramme of heroin from a passenger at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport, officials said Friday.ANF officials said the passenger, Irfan Masih,......
The holy month of Ramazan is a reminder of some lessons which need to be learnt and re-learnt. We are blessed every year with the month of Ramazan to refresh our faith, compassion, obedience,......
From the most extrovert among us to the most introvert, we all have friends. Whether we believe in a large group of friends or keep up with one or two best friends from childhood, we cannot deny that......
Once upon a time there lived a man named Nadir with his beautiful wife called Jugni. Nadir was a rich business man. He could afford everything he wanted. He was very fond of buying good dresses for......
A kind of calm descends as the month of Ramazan arrives. The feeling of being blessed and sharing of one’s blessings with others pervades. It is a time of giving, sharing and helping others. It is a......
All the little gardeners and those who love to have greenery in their house, today’s craft is related to gardening and that also in a potato. Though it will not last, as life expectancy is merely a......
Words are very powerful — so become empowered by enhancing your vocabulary!KingieNoun (informal)Definition: Short for kingfishExamples: “It was a job to land a kingie and get the hook free from his......
Newly discovered dinosaur name honours GhostbustersThe 75 million-year-old ankylosaur was named Zuul crurivastator for its resemblance to the Ghostbusters character Zuul and its powerful tail.“This......
“Where is your Pakistan Studies book?” the teacher asked angrily. It was the third time in the week that the teacher had asked Ali to bring his book and this time around, it was a bit difficult for......
LAHORE: The prosecutor, who was blamed for asking the undertrial Christian accused of the Youhanabad lynching case to embrace Islam for getting released on bail, has been found guilty of the charge......
SARGODHA: A PAF training aircraft F7-PG crashed about eight kilometres off Mianwali airbase near Laloo Khehlanwala village on Thursday afternoon.According to information, Squadron Leader Saadullah......
LAHORE: The Ministry of National Food Security and Research has sought remissions, concessions and relief for the farmers and incentivising the value addition in the agriculture sector in the federal......
LAHORE: The government should expedite work for the development of water reservoirs, broaden the tax net, introduce agrarian reforms and create decent job opportunities for the youth.The demands were......
PESHAWAR: While upholding the capital punishment handed down to 35 militants by the military courts, a Peshawar High Court bench on Thursday set aside the death sentence of two of the convicted......
SWABI: President Mamnoon Hussain has said that contemporary education can play a significant role in the progress, prosperity and economic development of a nation.Addressing as chief guest at the......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Professors and Lecturers Association has demanded of the provincial government to upgrade them and provide them special allowances besides regularising the services of......
CHITRAL: The Chitral Scouts won the District Cup Polo Tournament by defeating the Chitral Levies by three goals in the final match here on Thursday.It was a thrilling game, whose control shifted from......
GHALANAI: The Nahakki tunnel and road would be opened to traffic soon as 95 per cent work on it has been completed.Nahakki tunnel is the first ever project launched by Frontier Works Organisation......
ISLAMABAD: Opposition members of the Parliamentary Committee on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on Thursday registered their strong protest over the role of the committee and termed it......
ISLAMABAD: “As members of the Kalash community we are facing threats to change our religion, our land is being occupied and the names of our places are being changed. However, the media is portraying......
ISLAMABAD: The father of two young children, who were brutally murdered by their mother on Wednesday, has registered a case against her, police said on Thursday.Mohammad Zubair, an accountant by......
ISLAMABAD: Mountaineer Saad Mohamed was forced to abandon his attempt to summit Mount Everest for the sake of his injured fellow climber, who had conquered the highest peak in the world, but ran out......
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah has urged people to develop a positive attitude to defeat the extremist mindset.Speaking at a roundtable session on......
ISLAMABAD: Senator Sherry Rehman of the Pakistan Peoples Party expressed concern over the state of the economy and regretted that the government had “run Pakistan into a debt trap deeper than it had......
NEW DELHI: An Indian woman who said she was forced to marry a Pakistani at gunpoint returned to India on Thursday after a court ordered her release.Uzma Ahmad was reunited with her family at the......
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday stayed the execution of former spokesman for the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s Swat chapter, Muslim Khan, who was sentenced to death last year by a......
KARACHI: Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif on Thursday said the Turbat naval air station would boost Pakistan Navy’s defence capabilities and enhance its control over the Arabian Sea, especially......
Law students denied resultsDue to negligence by concerned authorities, a private law college was able to enrol students without having completed the formalities which led to students’ time being......
RAWALPINDI: The security agency investigating the discovery of heroin on Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) planes, which are often used for VVIP flights, has said the incident was a “conspiracy”......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the Sindh High Court’s order of banning the round-the-clock movement of heavy vehicles in Karachi.The chairman of the Supreme Council of All Pakistan......
KARACHI: During the holy month of Ramazan, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and other banks, development finance institutions (DFIs) and microfinance banks (MFBs) will remain open from Monday to......
MUZAFFARABAD: A teacher in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) education department has appealed to the chief of the army staff to direct the intelligence agencies to help locate his teenage son who......
KARACHI: A ‘missing’ worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan has been found shot dead, according to party leaders.Furqan Iqbal was found dead with two bullet wounds on the upper torso of his......
WELLINGTON: A private New Zealand-based company joined the exclusive space-race club on Thursday with the successful launch of a Rocket Lab test craft named Electron.The rocket blasted off from the......
MANCHESTER: Britain pressed a manhunt on Thursday for a Libya-linked jihadist network thought to be behind the deadly Manchester bombing as US President Donald Trump threatened to prosecute those......
WASHINGTON: A federal appeals court dealt another blow to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban targeting six-Muslim majority countries on Thursday, siding with groups that say the policy......
BRUSSELS: A US president who wants to build walls is celebrating the collapse of one of the world’s most iconic barriers: the Berlin Wall.Donald Trump looked on Thursday as German Chancellor Angela......
WASHINGTON: A US military investigation acknowledged on Thursday that more than 100 civilians were killed in a US air strike on a building in the Iraqi city of Mosul in March during operations......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations human rights chief has expressed alarm over reports of “punitive measures by Israeli authorities” against hundreds of prisoners who are on hunger strike for nearly......
KABUL: At least 13 soldiers were killed and eight others wounded in fighting with Taliban insurgents at several security checkpoints in southern Afghanistan, a government official said on......
BERLIN: Former US President Barack Obama told an audience in Berlin on Thursday that prosperous nations could not “hide behind a wall” to shield themselves from the turmoil and poverty afflicting......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has issued a notice to journalist Taha Siddiqui, asking him to appear before its counterterrorism wing.The undated notice directs the journalist “to......
CANNES: In the hierarchy of world cinema, Hollywood is at the top. Then comes Bollywood and Nigeria’s Nollywood. And then “way, way below comes us,” says Salim Shaheen, a chubby Afghan actor who is......
AFTER two days lecturing a collection of head-choppers, dictators, torturers and land thieves, Donald Trump at last met a good guy on Wednesday. Pope Francis didn’t ask for a $100bn arms deal for the......
LONDON: US leaks about the British investigation into the Manchester bomber have strained the two countries’ “special relationship” and thrown into doubt the sharing of information among the “Five......
• Economy surges past $300bn for first time: Dar • Current account deficit triples • Services boom, Agriculture recovers, Industry strugglesISLAMABAD: After a decade-long slump, Pakistan’s economy......
When the finance minister rises to deliver his departing hurrah to the nation in today’s budget speech, he will be third in the line of finance ministers who have given their last budget speech in......
LAHORE: Following the assertion of former Australian Test cricketer Dean Jones, former Pakistan Test opener Sadiq Mohammad has also claimed there was nothing wrong with the dot balls played by......
LAHORE: The change of guard at the Pakistan Cricket Board began on Thursday when members of the PCB general body unanimously passed a resolution supporting Najam Sethi — incumbent chief of the......
BIRMINGHAM: Batsman Umar Akmal is determined to come back stronger than ever, after being released from Pakistan’s squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 due to failing two fitness tests.The......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s record-setting Test batsman Younis Khan has said that he is happy and satisfied over his decision to retire from international cricket since he managed to achieve what he......
KARACHI: In Bombay Bazaar of Mithadar, one can sense the anticipation. The rush at the market, the dense traffic and the hustle and bustle are far from a rare scene in this area, one of the oldest in......
LONDON: A top international cricket committee on Thursday called for TV referrals to be used in Twenty20 Internationals and gave high-level backing to a Test world championship.In addition, umpires......
NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket board has sent a security officer to England amid concerns over team safety in the Champions Trophy following the Manchester bomb attack that killed 22 people.Acting......
SAHIWAL: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday expressed happiness over completion of installation of the first unit of the Sahiwal coal-fired power project six months before schedule and wondered......
WITH the finance minister due to present the federal budget for 2017-18 later today, a relevant question is: what should the budget look like? Clearly, and ideally, the budget should reflect a higher......
AN organisation once wanted to get rid of an unwanted staffer, but the problem was that the person in authority didn’t want to take the initiative mainly out of fear that he would spoil his good-boss......
NEW DELHI: The BCCI on Thursday said it had reminded the government a fortnight ago about the contentious issue of resuming bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan.The Indian Cricket Board and Pakistan......
STOCKHOLM: A guttural roar of “Manchester, Manchester” thundered around the Friends Arena at the full-time whistle.Purely in soccer terms, Manchester United’s 2-0 win over Ajax in the Europa......
PARIS: World number one Andy Murray admitted Wednesday he was surprised by Novak Djokovic’s appointment of Andre Agassi as coach at the French Open, but believes it will be “good for Novak and good......
LONDON: Former captain Wayne Rooney was dropped from the England squad on Thursday, a day after his Manchester United side won the Europa League.England manager Gareth Southgate wasn’t persuaded by......
“THERE has been an enormous overproduction of uneducated and ill-trained medical practitioners ... due to the existence of a very large number of commercial (medical) schools ... which are profitable......
MONACO: Formula One leader Sebastian Vettel looked a good bet for Ferrari’s first Monaco Grand Prix victory since 2001 after the fastest lap ever around the metal-fenced street circuit in Thursday......
BAKU: Pakistan’s ambassador in Azerbaijan Saeed Khan Mohmand on Wednesday hosted a reception here in honour of the Pakistan Olympics Association (POA) officials who had accompanied the sports......
DETAILS that have emerged about CPEC in a recent story in this paper may have come as a stunning revelation to many, but for those who are familiar with China’s One Belt One Road initiative there is......
KARACHI: Holding placards inscribed with different messages along with a picture of a big black tap and just one drop of water falling from it, the residents of various phases of Defence Housing......
KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department of police, which has been entrusted with the investigation into the rampant leaks of question papers during the recent higher secondary school examinations,......
Some targets were missed, but after a decade-long slump growth is finally returning to Pakistan’s economy. Much of the growth has come from a spurt in services, and a partial rebound in agriculture.......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has cut direct and indirect losses to its economy on account of terrorism by slightly above 40 per cent to $3.88 billion (Rs407.21bn) in the first nine months of this fiscal......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday said Pakistan and China aimed to take the $57 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) forward in the long term, but it fell short of divulging any......
Karachi: Bulls took a breather on Thursday, following a relentless charge in the past three days when they tossed the KSE-100 index up by an incredible 2,133 points.Profit-taking took hold when the......
HYDERABAD: Members of the All Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Workers’ Union (CBA) took out rallies and held demonstrations in several Sindh towns on Thursday, demanding 150 per cent rise in salaries,......
The annual general meeting (AGM) of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in Lahore on Thursday demanded through a resolution, adopted unanimously, to elect Najam Sethi as the new PCB Chairman once......
ISLAMABAD: The industrial sector grew 5.02 per cent in the outgoing fiscal year as opposed to the growth rate of 5.8pc recorded a year ago, according to Economic Survey 2016-17 released on......
ISLAMABAD: The performance of the agriculture during the outgoing fiscal year remained up to the mark and achieved growth of 3.46 per cent, close to the target of 3.5pc, showed Pakistan Economic......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s import bill rose 18.7 per cent year-on-year to $38.503 billion in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, mainly driven by imports of capital goods.The latest economic......
ISLAMABAD: The government issued fresh and rollover guarantees of Rs368 billion, equivalent to 1.2 per cent of GDP, during the first half of fiscal year 2016-17.The outstanding stock of guarantees on......
ISLAMABAD: The investment-to-GDP ratio inched up to 15.78 per cent in the outgoing fiscal year from 15.55pc a year ago.According to Economic Survey 2016-17, total investment amounted to Rs5,026......
LAHORE: The government spent less than one per cent of gross domestic product on the health sector during the outgoing fiscal year against the world average of 9.9pc of GDP.Expenditures on health......
KARACHI: Headline inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), averaged 4.1 per cent in July-April against 2.8pc a year earlier.The food group with 37.47pc weight in the CPI basket rose......
NEW YORK: Oil prices fell about 4 per cent on Thursday, on track for their biggest daily drop in three weeks, after Opec’s decision to extend production curbs fell short of expectations of deeper or......
