A staffer of local English language daily The Express Tribune was allegedly beaten up by the guards of an influential politician belonging to Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) after the reporter......
Karachi police on Saturday launched a crackdown against sale of toy guns, a day after Sindh home department imposed a ban on sale of such guns for two months in the metropolis, officials said.Police......
AB de Villiers has vowed to end his barren run in the nick of time as the South Africa captain prepares for a must-win Champions Trophy showdown with India.After two disappointing performances with......
An elderly resident of Azad Jammu and Kashmir was killed after Indian troops hit him from across the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday, police sources revealed.The death of Shabbir Khan, who was said......
The two top aides to British Prime Minister Theresa May resigned Saturday, shouldering some of the blame for an election that proved a disaster for the Conservative Party, a headache for Britain's......
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Saturday once again held the federal government responsible for the water and power crises in Sindh.Talking to local journalists in Daraza Sharif, Khairpur......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, a statement from the Foreign Office......
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday sentenced a man to death for sharing blasphemous content about Islam on social media, a government prosecutor said.ATC Judge Shabir Ahmed announced the......
Afghan spinner Rashid Khan destroyed the West Indies batting line-up with outstanding figures of seven for 18 to bowl Afghanistan to a stunning 63-run victory in the opening fixture of a three-match......
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday issued a charge sheet to Raja Khuram Ali Khan and his spouse, Maheen Zafar, the main accused in the Tayyaba torture case.The police had earlier registered a......
Iqbal Khan, the father of Mashal Khan, has requested the Peshawar High Court (PHC) to transfer Mashal’s murder case from Mardan, citing possible threats from opponents.In April, a vigilante mob,......
Beleaguered British Prime Minister Theresa May was working to fill out the ranks of her minority government Saturday after an election that proved disastrous for her Conservative Party and......
Thirteen Philippine marines were killed in fierce fighting with militants who have laid siege to a southern city for nearly a month in the biggest single-day loss for government forces, the military......
Opposition leader Khurshid Shah, on Saturday, requested that Speaker of the National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq issue a production order for Pakistan Awami Raj Chairman Jamshed Dasti in order for him to to......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday reiterated that Pakistan will continue its support for the right to self determination for "our Kashmiri brothers" in India-held Kashmir,......
Australia captain Steve Smith insisted his side would remain on their game in a must-win Champions Trophy clash against England despite a bitter pay dispute with their own board.Cricket Australia......
Ben Stokes hit a career-best 102 not out and captain Eoin Morgan 87 as England knocked Australia out of the Champions Trophy with a 40-run win over their arch-rivals at Edgbaston on Saturday.England......
President Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on Qatar to stop what he calls a “high level” of financial support of terrorism, even as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson tries to calm the worst......
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday called for the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging President Donald Trump violated the constitution by accepting foreign payments at his hotels.The lawsuit,......
National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) President Saeed Ahmed has written to the Supreme Court alleging that some members of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the prime minister's family had been......
Iranian authorities have arrested seven people suspected of helping militants involved in this week's attacks in the capital Tehran, a judiciary official said on Saturday.Islamic State claimed......
Virat Kohli says India will thrive under pressure in their make or break Champions Trophy clash with South Africa on Sunday.After slumping to a shock defeat against Sri Lanka on Thursday, holders......
At least three people were killed, in what police term as an 'encounter', near Murgi Khana Bridge, where they were allegedly caught robbing a man.According to the police, a first investigation report......
For every school-going kid, the two-month summer vacation is certainly the most awaited time of the year. So why not make it worthwhile too?Ironically, most of us have no idea how to spend this time......
To majority of people, vacation seems to be an escape from the torments of this world. And you might know what those torments are, and if studying all day long doesn’t appear as a torment for you......
“I can see my aunt!” Amarillo called to his friends. “She’s waving to us. It’s tea time.”The four boys had been cycling up and down the little hill near Amarillo’s aunt’s house. They went to the shed......
If you take small bites of something, it is easy to relish the taste and enjoy eating it than trying to swallow a large chunk in one go. In the same way, when we read something, understanding and......
There is still one week to Father’s Day and you have ample time to think about the present you want to buy or create for your dad in the coming days. In the meantime you can make an easy yet elegant......
Words are very powerful — so become empowered by enhancing your vocabulary!Noun(informal)Definition: A place or situation of no significance, promise, or interest.Examples: “A bunch of kids from......
There are all types of massages available but for one rescued Japanese white-eye bird, a spoon is all that is needed to send her into rapture.Julia Lee, from New Taipei City, Taiwan, has pampered......
Day after day the newspaper was full with reports of children being kidnapped from various areas and the thought of it stabbed my mother like a sword.The result of such widespread news was......
As a teenager living in Europe ever since I was born, one might think that my life is brilliant and that I could have anything I ask for. In reality, the truth doesn’t come anywhere close to it. As......
NOW that Qatar is being choked of food and water by a Saudi-led coalition of five Arab countries, Pakistan must once again ask itself why it belongs to the wider Saudi-led so-called Islamic Military......
MATURITY in handling domestic as well as international challenges must be presumably a prerequisite for any country’s leaders but glaring recent examples suggest otherwise. Shooting-from-the-hip......
SPECULATION on whether Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif, the prime ministers of India and Pakistan, would meet in the Kazakh capital of Astana — which they did — on June 8 was understandable.However,......
ALMOST exactly 50 years ago, I was a student at Karachi University when news of the outbreak of a war between Israel on one side, and Egypt, Syria and Jordan on the other, reached our (then) distant......
TAXILA: After India stopped hundreds of Sikh pilgrims from visiting Pakistan, only 16 pilgrims arrived at the Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Hassanabdal to offer religious rituals in connection with the......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz should stop threatening and pressurising the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) and face the investigations concerning Panama Leaks, said Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf......
PESHAWAR: Adviser to the prime minister and PML-N provincial president Ameer Muqam has alleged that chief of the ruling PTI Imran Khan used the provincial government’s resources for own luxury and......
“I did my inter-level from my native Jandi Kalpani village in Mardan. My father was an employee of PTCL and died a few years ago. I have four sisters and three brothers all of whom are married. I......
FAISALABAD: The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, has expelled four students on charges of criticising the university administration on social media and misleading fellow students.This was the......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is holding intra-party election from midnight today (Saturday) – binding its 2.7 million registered voters to make just one choice – Imran Khan or Naik......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court dismissed on Friday a writ petition challenging an administrative notice by the chief justice in law student Khadija Siddiqui’s stabbing case.Shah Hussain, the suspect,......
LAHORE: Something is incorrigibly wrong with the Punjab Assembly: it cannot get its timing and numbers right. On Friday, it started its proceedings 100 minutes late than the stipulated time of 9am......
LAHORE: The conflict between Saudi Arabia and Qatar has created an alarming situation in the Muslim world and the enemy alone will benefit from the situation, says Jamaat-i-Islami emir Senator......
GUJRAT: A woman was killed while her husband was injured in firing by her brothers over the marriage of choice in front of a court in Kharian along GT Road on Friday.Shaista Noreen, a resident of......
SIALKOT: Exporters donated Rs75 million for the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital on Friday at a fundraiser at a local hotel near Sialkot.Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and hospital......
MIRPURKHAS: The three-day 52nd National Annual Mango and Summer Fruits Festival-2017 was inaugurated by Sindh Minister for Agriculture Sohail Anwar Siyal in the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto......
SUKKUR: The preliminary investigation into Wednesday night’s murder of a newspaper hawker, Faiz Mohammed Jamali, along with his wife, in Jacobabad took a strange turn on Friday when close relatives......
KARACHI: As the provincial government stopped the city’s elected local government representatives from staging a demonstration outside the Sindh Assembly against a ‘meagre’ budgetary allocation for......
THE courtyards of the Civil Hospital Karachi are always filled with attendants of patients usually coming from out of the city, mostly from the interior areas of Sindh and Balochistan.They are mostly......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday expressed extreme displeasure over the absence of Pakistan Peoples Party leader and former provincial educational minister Pir Mazharul Haq during the hearing......
KARACHI: Rangers on Friday said that 20 potential militants, gangsters and other suspected criminals had been successfully rehabilitated and provided different skills training to make them productive......
HYDERABAD: Three station house officers (SHOs) were suspended after a large number of people took to the streets and blocked a section of the Hyderabad bypass for six hours on Friday in protest......
WASHINGTON: In her first interview since being released from a top-security US military prison, WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning says justice “has been served.” Manning, a former army intelligence......
BEIRUT: Syrian government troops and allied forces reached the Iraqi border for the first time since 2015 on Friday, a monitor said, risking fresh tensions with US-led forces nearby.The Syrian......
ERBIL: Iraq’s Kurds said on Friday a referendum on independence will go ahead despite warnings internationally that a vote in favour of secession could trigger conflict with Baghdad at a time when......
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon credited Russia on Friday for helping calm tensions in southern Syria after a US jet shot down a pro-regime combat drone that had fired at coalition forces.In the first......
TOKYO: Japan’s parliament passed a law on Friday that clears the way for its ageing Emperor Akihito to step down, in what would be the first imperial abdication in more than two centuries.The popular......
LONDON: Britain’s newspapers lambasted Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday after she lost her Conservative majority in the general election, weakening her authority. The Sun, Britain’s......
Angry youth was always going to be a wild card in this election, and it might just have helped cause yet another upset in Britain.The political upheaval since the country voted to leave the European......
EDINBURGH: The Scottish National Party will work to forge an alliance to keep Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives out of power after the inconclusive result to Britain’s national election,......
BARCELONA: Catalonia’s regional government on Friday chose Oct 1 as the date for a referendum on a split from Spain, stepping up the confrontation with the country’s central government, which sees......
The Foreign Office hailed Pakistan’s admission in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Friday as “a historic occasion” and “an important foreign policy milestone”.Pakistan’s former......
OFTEN it’s the contrasts that make life interesting. And this week the contrasting priorities and focus of attention in three key Western capitals made compelling watching.In Washington, US President......
JERUSALEM: As a boy, Ramzi Aburedwan found himself caught up in the first Palestinian uprising, a well-known photo at the time showing him holding stones to throw at Israeli soldiers.He has since......
CARDIFF: Mossadek Hossain marked his return to the Bangladesh side by taking three wickets as New Zealand slumped to a total of 265 for eight in a must-win ICC Champions Trophy clash here on......
PARIS: Battering the ball as if each shot would determine the match’s outcome, Stan Wawrinka broke down Andy Murray’s formidable defences, twice coming from a set down to win a high-octane contest......
LONDON: India captain Virat Kohli said his team were not invincible after the defending champions allowed Sri Lanka to chase down a target of 322 to win a pulsating Champions Trophy match at The Oval......
BIRMINGHAM: Australia remain confident of beating England in their make-or-break ICC Champions Trophy clash here at Edgbaston on Saturday, even if defeating the English weather has so far proved......
KARACHI: Chelsea legend John Terry has become the latest player to join ‘Ronaldinho and Friends’ in their visit to Pakistan next month for an exhibition match, organisers Leisure Leagues announced at......
ROME: Olympic champion Thomas Roehler kept the javelin world record in his crosshairs at the Rome Diamond League here on Thursday, where Kenya’s Hellen Obiri upset the 5000m world record plans of......
MELBOURNE: Argentina gave new coach Jorge Sampaoli a winning debut with a 1-0 friendly win over Brazil on Friday, ending opposing coach Tite’s honeymoon in front of a mammoth crowd of 95,569 at the......
LOS ANGELES: Two second-half goals from Christian Pulisic gave the United States a 2-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday and boosted their chances of earning an automatic berth for the 2018......
KINGSTON: Usain Bolt has no regrets as he prepares to hang up his spikes in August and says he is looking forward to watching the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as a spectator.“For me it will just be a joy,”......
PARIS: Latvian daredevil Jelena Ostapenko started tennis practicing against a wall — she would be well advised to remember those early experiences when she faces master of defence Simona Halep in......
KARACHI: Fine contributions from opener Shehzad Ali and captain Mohammad Abid Qasmi inspired Magnus Sports to a 13-run victory over Sojhula CC in the 32nd Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramazan......
KARACHI: Spinners Imran Ali and Yasir Hussain shared eight wickets between them while inspiring Tapal CC to an emphatic victory against Advance Telecom in 30th Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket......
KARACHI: Pakistan Test batsman Asad Shafiq scored a superlative half-century as holders Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) outclassed United Bank Limited (UBL) by 79 runs in their opening......
BIRMINGHAM: Australia vice-captain David Warner believes he’s a better man for the incident that saw him punch England’s Joe Root in a Birmingham bar four years ago.Warner was suspended and fined......
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) and the oil industry have reached an out-of-court settlement on a two-year old dispute over fee structure payable by all oil marketing,......
KARACHI: Remittances sent by overseas Pakistanis slightly decreased in July-May to $17.46 billion, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Friday.Remittances during the first 11 months of the......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued fresh guidelines to combat money laundering and financing of terrorism in line with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Friday approved seven projects costing over Rs61.9 billion, and forwarded four mega projects to Executive Committee of National Economic......
KARACHI: Stocks tumbled on Friday as the benchmark KSE-100 index fell 431 points to close at 49,527 on thin investor participation.The gains seen earlier in the week fizzled out in the closing days,......
ISLAMABAD: The government and the Asian Development Bank signed on Friday a loan agreement of $86.41 million for extending the Pehur High Level Canal Project in Swabi and Nowshehra districts which......
LONDON: Financial markets dislike uncertainty but were handed a hugely clouded outlook Friday after the Conservative party of Prime Minister Theresa May lost its parliamentary majority in Britain’s......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has filed a criminal complaint in the Karachi Sessions Court against seven individuals for ramping up share price of Silver Star......
ISLAMABAD: The government has suggested amendments to the Customs Act to extend the warehousing period for perishable and non-perishable imported goods.The changes have been proposed in the latest......
MULTAN: Trading on the cotton market remained slow on Friday due to depressed demand and limited unsold stocks held by ginners.Although the new cotton season has started, cotton picking has failed to......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Friday urged the Supreme Court to get Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to tender resignation and said his party would protect the court if......
ISLAMABAD: The travails of Hussain Nawaz, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s elder son, might be over for now, as he believes that the joint investigation team (JIT) probing the Panama Papers case is......
KHUZDAR: A large number of women receiving a monthly stipend from the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) staged a sit-in at the National Highway on Friday against deduction of Rs900 by a mobile......
ISLAMABAD: A senior member of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has called for an immediate meeting of the council to adopt a resolution demanding nomination of an ad hoc judge by Pakistan in the......
QUETTA: Emergency services at the government-run hospitals in the provincial capital were suspended as the nursing staff continued to protest for the fifth consecutive day on Friday.The nurses vowed......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri has called for early completion of ‘Quetta Safe City Project’ and warned against compromising on quality of work.This he said while presiding......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that making Haj arrangements may be a commercial activity for private Haj tour operators but for the government it is perhaps a facility it should provide to......
TEHRAN: Iran hit out at the United States and Saudi Arabia as tens of thousands attended the funeral on Friday for those slain in the first attacks in Iran claimed by the militant Islamic State (IS)......
ISLAMABAD: Pandemonium broke out in the National Assembly on Friday after Leader of the Opposition Syed Khursheed Shah accused the government of sending a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)......
LONDON: The Labour party’s British-Pakistani female candidates beat contenders by impressive margins, results released a day after the United Kingdom’s parliamentary election showed on Friday.The......
ASTANA: Pakistan formally became a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) during the 17th meeting of its Heads of the State Council here on Friday.Kazakh President Nursultan......
ISLAMABAD: A senator on Friday called for an investigation into nuclear proliferation from the country during the era of former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf.The demand came after Hafiz......
PRIME Minister Theresa May has vowed to stay on in Downing Street despite failing to win an overall parliamentary majority after a campaign that she began with a 20-point opinion poll lead.Having......
Police on Friday arrested four people, including two police personnel, for running a 'torture cell' in which they held people after kidnapping them for ransom.A special team led by Sukkur DIG Feroze......
Swedish star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic's future at Manchester United is in some doubt after he was listed as being released by the club on an official list published by the Premier League on......
Indian soldiers killed five suspected rebels Friday in a shoot-out near the de facto border that divides disputed Kashmir with Pakistan, the army said.Troops deployed along the heavily militarised......
British politics is no stranger to eccentric characters and Thursday's election was no exception.A man known only as Lord Buckethead, dressed in a homemade Darth Vader-style costume capped with a......
