At least 13 people are dead, including four attackers, after Boko Haram launched the deadliest attack in months on the northeast Nigeria city that is the birthplace of the extremist group, police......
Uber has fired a top executive who obtained medical records of a woman raped during a ride in India in 2014, media reports said, the latest in a series of efforts to stem misconduct at the......
Qatar-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera said Thursday that it was under a widescale cyber attack which had targeted “all systems”, according to a statement released on social media by the broadcaster.“Al......
Sri Lanka staged a superb run chase to stun India and keep alive their Champions Trophy challenge as Kusal Mendis inspired a famous seven-wicket victory over the holders on Thursday.Needing 322 to......
Pakistani and Indian delegations held a meeting on Thursday with the President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Ronny Abraham to discuss the timelines in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case, a......
The official website of media cell of Bilawal House, the PPP headquarters in Karachi, was defaced on Wednesday, allegedly by Indian hackers.The site www.mcbh.org.pk was hacked by a group calling......
Ousted FBI chief James Comey accused the White House of lies and defamation Thursday, in explosive testimony that painted Donald Trump as dishonest and operating far outside presidential norms.During......
Heavily armed Al-Shabaab militants have stormed a military base in Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland, killing close to 70 people and wounding dozens more, officials said Thursday.Residents......
Former captain Misbah-ul-Haq believes Pakistan can have a respectable finish in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy if they continue playing the way they did against top-ranked South Africa in......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange landed in the red on Thursday as the benchmark KSE-100 index shed 204 points, or 0.41 per cent, by the close of the trading session to reach 49,958 points, just below the......
A six-member Qatari delegation paid a visit to Pakistan on Wednesday in the backdrop of a Middle Eastern diplomatic crisis after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed ties......
Pakistan trumped South Africa on Thursday to prove they remain arguably the most unpredictable team in international cricket and former all-rounder Shahid Afridi said it would be a mistake to write......
Bahrain's foreign minister, keeping up the pressure on Qatar in a deepening Arab row, reiterated on Thursday a demand that Doha distance itself from Iran and stop support for "terrorist......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, while stressing the need for a collective response to terrorism, on Thursday offered Pakistan Army's experience in counter-terrorism operations and......
Muslim student athletes at one US high school no longer have to be slowed down by worries that their headscarves might fall off.Deering High School in Portland, Maine, is providing sport hijabs with......
The number of Afghan refugees in Pakistan returning to their homeland is expected to decrease this year, United Nations (UN) officials said Thursday, after a record number of repatriations in 2016......
Indian National Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was arrested Thursday as he tried to forcefully enter the Madhya Pradesh state's Mandsaur city, where five have been killed in violent protests......
Federal minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources says that Islamabad will continue to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar under a 15-year agreement, despite the severing of diplomatic......
Shikhar Dhawan led the India charge with a blistering 125 as the holders piled up 321 for six against Sri Lanka in the Champions Trophy on Thursday.After scoring 68 in India's 124-run victory against......
Indian Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat on Thursday claimed that the "Indian Army is fully ready for a two-and-a-half-front war," during an interview with Asian News International (ANI).Rawat......
As he attempted to enter Parliament on Thursday, Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid found himself in the midst of a scuffle with a man claiming to be his creditor.The accuser — identified......
The European Union wants to make it easier for law enforcement authorities to get electronic evidence directly from tech companies, such as Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google, even when stored in......
Lawmakers on Thursday expressed "deep concern" over a diplomatic rift in the Middle East and passed a resolution urging all countries to "show restraint and resolve their differences through......
Italy's Muslims fear a backlash from the London attacks could undermine their already fragile position in the country after one of the attackers was identified as half-Italian.Youssef Zaghba, 22, was......
Australia coach Darren Lehmann wants one-day international matches to continue as long as conditions are safe, even if not ideal, after back-to-back washouts left his team's Champions Trophy campaign......
Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed said playing in front of a 'home' crowd helped inspire his side to a shock 19-run win over South Africa in the Champions Trophy at Edgbaston on Wednesday.Pakistan went......
Bangladesh and New Zealand head into their final group match of this year's Champions Trophy desperate for victory but knowing even a win in Cardiff on Friday may not take either of them into the......
Morne Morkel is hoping for a chance to put the brakes on the prolific Virat Kohli when South Africa face India in their final Champions Trophy group match this weekend.Sunday's clash against the......
Six suspected militants and an army soldier were killed in a pair of gunbattles along the highly militarised de facto border that divides the disputed region of Kashmir between India and Pakistan,......
The Army on Thursday released details of a three-day operation in the Mastung area of Balochistan earlier this month, in which security forces had killed 12 "hardcore terrorists, including two......
Britons streamed to the polls for the third time in two years on Thursday after a campaign dominated by terror attacks and the uncertainty of Brexit.Prime Minister Theresa May called the snap vote in......
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah took a moment to flaunt his batting skills while he visited various areas of Karachi late Wednesday/early Thursday to survey progress on ongoing development......
Another student's death in clashes in India-held Kashmir has heightened tensions in the region.The teenager was fatally shot in the chest during an exchange of fire between troops and suspected......
Fired FBI director James Comey said Wednesday that Donald Trump urged him to drop a probe into former national security advisor Michael Flynn, prompting fresh allegations that the US president tried......
North Korea fired what appeared to be several land-to-ship missiles off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea's military said.The development surfaced a day after South Korea postponed full......
ABBOTTABAD: The orthopedic department of the Ayub Teaching Hospital has started surgeries through arthroscopy for the first time. In this respect, arthroscopy of a woman patient was carried out......
PESHAWAR: The tax collectors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have managed to collect Rs20.91 billion during the first 10 months of the current fiscal against the year’s downwardly-revised target of Rs32.46......
Dr Hassan Nasir is the son of Dr Aizaz Nazeer, one of the founding members of the National Awami Party and the Communist Party in Pakistan. He was named after his father’s friend, renowned Marxist......
LAHORE: The PML-N camp which seems to have been losing its patience with the joint investigation team probing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his children for their alleged off-shore holdings,......
LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has played down desertions in the party, saying he is not worried as long as jiyalas (Bhutto loyalists) are with him.“I don’t give a......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Three devotees died when roof of a house adjacent to a shrine collapsed during windstorm and rain here on Wednesday at Chak 269 GB Kot Khitran near Rajana.Villagers said 85-year-old......
LAHORE: The PPP sees that the prime minister and his family are getting nervous with the progress in the working of the joint investigation team (JIT) probing the Panama case on the orders of the......
KARACHI: Terming it a “sheer insult” to the elected City Council, Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar criticised the Sindh government for refusing to incorporate even one of the 143 development schemes......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed the interior ministry and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to file their respective replies to a constitutional petition filed by civil......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that he is committed to making the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) a world-class facility by establishing a Rs6 billion institute......
KARACHI: Successful entrepreneurs, mostly women, turned up on Wednesday to share their inspiring stories and a number of business ideas at the orientation session of the global start-up competition......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate again issued on Wednesday a show-cause notice to a lawyer for allegedly threatening and misbehaving with him.In the notice reissued to advocate Sohail Baig Noori......
HYDERABAD: Prominent nuclear scientist and chairman of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) project in Thar, Dr Samar Mubarakmand, on Wednesday appealed to Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to fully fund......
MITHI: Eleven more children died in Thar’s hospitals, including the Civil Hospital of Mithi and Islamkot Rural Health Centre, during the past four days due to an outbreak of waterborne diseases and......
MIRPURKHAS: Hundreds of people belonging to minority Meghwar community held a demonstration outside the Mirpurkhas Press Club on Wednesday in protest against police’s failure to nab suspects involved......
WASHINGTON: US intelligence chiefs refused on Wednesday to publicly discuss their conversation with President Donald Trump as the Senate Intelligence Committee probed the circumstances surrounding......
LONDON: Britain on Wednesday hit the final day of campaigning for a general election darkened by jihadist attacks in two cities, leaving forecasters struggling to predict an outcome on polling......
WASHINGTON: Former FBI Director James Comey will say in his opening statement at a congressional hearing that President Donald Trump told him, “I need loyalty. I expect loyalty” during an “awkward”......
LAMPEDUSA: Britain’s failure to keep tabs on Youssef Zaghba despite being warned about him by Italian authorities was understandable, Italy’s top policeman said on Wednesday as new details of the......
TEHRAN: The shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini near Tehran that was attacked on Wednesday has become a place of pilgrimage for millions of Shias.Construction of the two-storey shrine was started......
PIECES of a Myanmar military plane which went missing with more than 100 soldiers and family members aboard were found in the Andaman Sea late on Wednesday, a local official said. Navy ships and......
THE choreographed statements by Saudi Arabia and three allies to quarantine Qatar at just after 6am on June 5 were not signed, but there was no mistake about who was behind them.The move to halt air......
BEIRUT: Syria’s Kurds were once a marginalised minority, but now they are leading the charge for the militant Islamic State group’s Raqa bastion and hoping to cement their gains in the war.The......
LONDON: Details have emerged of the three London Bridge attackers: a Pakistan-born failed customer service clerk with links to one of Europe’s most prolific hate preachers, a Moroccan pastry chef......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways and General Electric (GE) on Wednesday signed a contract for the purchase of 20 lighter weight locomotives that will help the railways in the transportation of passengers......
KARACHI: The diplomatic crisis in the Gulf is not expected to impact Pakistan adversely in the immediate future, business leaders said, but advised the government to stay neutral to ensure steady......
ISLAMABAD: The combined foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developing Asia fell 15 per cent to $443 billion in 2016, according to a UN report published on Wednesday. However, South Asia escaped......
KARACHI: Another lacklustre session on the Pakistan Stock Exchange saw the KSE-100 index add 18.18 points, or 0.04 per cent, and close at 50,162.81 on Wednesday.Trading was volatile with the intraday......
DUBAI: Banks and firms across Gulf Arab nations sought to keep business links to Qatar open and avoid a costly fire-sale of assets on Wednesday as a political freeze descended on the region.Many......
KARACHI: The time for the book building process for sale of 20 per cent shares in Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has been extended for another day. In a statement released on Wednesday, PSX said the......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has notified draft Companies (Incorporation) Regulations, draft Intermediaries (Registration) Regulations and draft Limited......
MULTAN: Supplies from the new cotton crop have improved as sizeable quantities have started arriving in the market, majorly from the coastal cities of Sindh. The Karachi Cotton Association kept its......
LONDON: Gold prices held near seven-month highs on Wednesday with sentiment still bullish due to political uncertainty created by an election in Britain and testimony by a former FBI director to the......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister Muzaffar Said on Wednesday unveiled the Annual Development Programme (ADP) worth Rs208bn for 2017-18.The development outlay envisages provincial and......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday decided to raise Rs41 billion from commercial banks to bail out the power sector without adding to fiscal deficit.The decision was taken at a meeting of the......
KARACHI: Former president retired General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday called for unity among various factions of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) “because the party is the only political force......
BEIJING: China on Wednesday dismissed as irresponsible the annual US Defence Department report that predicted China would expand its global military presence.The defence ministry in a statement......
QUETTA: A fisherman was injured when Pakistan Navy Marines opened fire on him for allegedly entering a restricted zone in the Arabian Sea near Ormara on Wednesday.Sources said that Abdul Hameed......
QUETTA: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees and the Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (Buitems) signed an agreement on Wednesday for......
ISLAMABAD: Following the second fortnightly Supreme Court hearing of the joint investigation team (JIT) probing the Panama Papers case on Wednesday, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders beat......
ISLAMABAD: A minister told the Senate on Wednesday that the issue of ‘kidnapping’ of a retired army officer in Nepal some two months ago could not be taken to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)......
SRINAGAR: The death of a student killed by troops in India-held Kashmir sparked new anti-India demonstrations on Wednesday.Hundreds of students and villagers joined a rally in the town of Shopian,......
DOHA: President Donald Trump called Qatar’s emir on Wednesday and offered US help as efforts grew to resolve a damaging feud between the emirate and its Gulf neighbours.Trump’s call to Qatari ruler......
ISLAMABAD: Hours after Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani ruled that Nehal Hashmi will continue to function as senator after withdrawing his resignation, the disciplinary committee of the ruling PML-N......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday issued notices to three officers of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on a petition filed by Bin Zayed Group of UAE, a group headed by Shaikh Khalid Al-Nahyan and......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has requested its Anti-corruption Tribunal to stop hearing of Sharjeel Khan’s spot-fixing case until it receives further evidence from the England National......
PARIS: Dominic Thiem demolished defending champion Novak Djokovic in a stunning French Open upset on Wednesday, setting up a semi-final duel against nine-time champion Rafael Nadal.Austrian sixth......
BRNDBY: Bayern Munich right-back Joshua Kimmich earned Germany a 1-1 draw against Denmark on Tuesday with an acrobatic bicycle kick in a warm-up for a World Cup qualifier and Confederations Cup......
TOKYO: Japan’s World Cup qualifying preparations were dealt a blow on Wednesday when playmaker Shinji Kagawa suffered a shoulder injury in a 1-1 home draw with Syria.The Borussia Dortmund midfielder......
MOSCOW: Russia has boosted security and scrambled to finish an $800-million stadium as it banks on the eight-nation Confederations Cup to gauge its readiness to host the World Cup next year.Russia......
HAMILTON: Emirates Team New Zealand capsized spectacularly to cap a chaotic day of America’s Cup racing on the wind-whipped waters of Bermuda’s Great Sound on Tuesday.All crew members were reported......
KARACHI: Breezy knocks from Naved Sarwar and Ahsan Ali guided National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) to a clinical eight-wicket victory against State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in the latest fixture of the......
CARDIFF: Hosts England became the first team to qualify for the ICC Champions Trophy semi-finals after hammering New Zealand by 87 runs here at Sophia Gardens on Tuesday to stay top of Group ‘A’.Eoin......
BIRMINGHAM: Hasan Ali took three wickets as Pakistan completed a stunning turnaround in the field to restrict South Africa to 219 for eight in their ICC Champions Trophy Group ‘B’ match here at......
TEHRAN: Gunmen and suicide bombers stormed Iran’s parliament and the shrine of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people in the first attacks in the......
ISLAMABAD: The six-member joint investigation team (JIT) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it was facing a number of impediments and problems in its probe into money-laundering allegations......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday reiterated its commitment to continue working for peace in Afghanistan, but also pointed to the worrying nexus between Indian and Afghan intelligence agencies hurting......
• Salary head claims Rs218bn • Unrealistic target set for taxmanPESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday presented its Rs603 billion election-year budget, promising a Rapid Bus......
DESPITE being recognised as a dependent group entitled to state support, senior citizens have failed to find favour with the authors of the federal and provincial budgets for the next fiscal year.We......
FOR almost two months now, word has been circulating in power-sector circles that the large power-sector expansion plan being put in place by the government is at risk of commissioning too much......
TO say that terrorism has fundamentally changed the nature of warfare and violent crime is nothing new. For over a decade, Pakistan has endured violent extremism. The perpetrators of terrorist acts......
STUMPED by a grim security environment in Kabul and widening cracks within the fragile ruling coalition, President Ashraf Ghani has once again excoriated Pakistan — his favourite punching bag — for......
Four members of a family were injured in Leepa valley of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) in overnight exchange of heavy fire across the restive Line of Control (LoC), officials and residents said early......
Fakhar Zaman has earned the praise of former cricketing greats Stephen Fleming and Michael Vaughan after making his one-day international (ODI) debut against South Africa in the ICC Champions......
The two-day old body of a young man was found from the elevator of a multi-storey building in Karachi's Defence Housing Authority on Wednesday, Darakshan police said.They said body of the deceased......
The Supreme Court on Wednesday exonerated a blasphemy accused facing life imprisonment on allegations of desecrating the Holy Quran.A three-member bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and......
