Hasan Ali hasn't been the same since he was hit for 70 runs by rival India in Pakistan's crushing defeat in their Champions Trophy opener.He's got much better.The right-arm paceman finished with......
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) in its reply to the joint investigation team's (JIT) application to the Supreme Court has denied all allegations levelled against it by the......
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its decision regarding a petition filed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's son, Hussain Nawaz, seeking the formation of a commission to......
Senior Republican Congressman Steve Scalise was among several victims shot and wounded at a baseball practice ahead of an annual game between lawmakers in a Washington suburb, one of his colleagues......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange looked bearish yet again on Wednesday as the benchmark KSE-100 Index shed 462 points.The index slipped 0.96 per cent to touch 47,607 points by the end of today's......
Detainees at an Australian asylum-seeker camp in Papua New Guinea won millions of dollars in compensation for “degrading and cruel” treatment Wednesday, in a decision hailed as an important human......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday declared the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) eligible for participation in the upcoming General Election, allotting the party the 'bat' election......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday petitioned the Supreme Court against what he alleged was a "contemptuous and derogatory campaign" carried out at the "behest" of Prime......
For the first time ever, Pakistan has qualified for the Champions Trophy final, after thrashing England by eight wickets in the all-important semi-final in Cardiff on Wednesday.In pictures: Pakistan......
Fans who no longer plan to attend the Champions Trophy semi-final between England and Pakistan in Cardiff on Wednesday have been urged to put their tickets on the official re-sale site in a bid to......
When Bangladesh battle India in the Champions Trophy semi-final on Thursday it will be the consecration of a new Asian cricket rivalry.Few of the millions of Bangladeshis following at home expected......
Almost 100 locals in Battagram's Gajborai area on Tuesday stormed the site of a China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, forcing Chinese workers to halt construction, in protest over......
India captain Virat Kohli has promised there will be no let-up from the title-holders when they face Bangladesh in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy at Edgbaston on Thursday.After a surprise......
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday denounced as a "detestable lie" the idea he colluded with Russians meddling in the 2016 election, and he clashed with Democratic lawmakers over his refusal......
The World Bank on Tuesday approved financing worth more than $500 million for Afghanistan to support a string of projects to boost the economy, help improve service delivery in five cities and......
China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said it would work with Pakistani authorities to investigate reports the two Chinese nationals abducted by the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Quetta were......
US President Donald Trump has given Defence Secretary Jim Mattis the authority to set troop levels in Afghanistan, a US official told Reuters on Tuesday, opening the door for future troop increases......
At least six people perished on Wednesday and many more are still missing after a massive inferno tore through a London apartment block, with witnesses reporting terrified people had leapt from the......
It was physical – he beat me. It was psychological – he manipulated me. It was verbal – to this day, I flinch at Urdu slang, because I only learned it when it was hurled at me in the form of abuses.......
PESHAWAR: Eight doctors were arrested here on Tuesday when police baton-charged the protesting medics, who were trying to close the wards and out-patients-department at Hayatabad Medical Complex.The......
KHAR: The traders and political activists staged a protest demonstration here on Tuesday against the local administration for supporting construction of shops ‘illegally’ in front of the existing......
SHANGLA: People here like eating leafy vegetables known as “Soko Saag and Gandolai” grown mostly inside houses.The vegetable is also being sold in the markets of Bisham which is brought by venders......
Q. What are you currently reading?A: I am reading Khushboo by Parveen Shakir. This book of poems by the best woman poet of the country was published in 1977 and I still keep it on by bedside table. I......
LAHORE: A Punjab-specific ‘grand’ opposition alliance is gaining currency in the revived moves for putting a strong challenge to the ruling PML-N in its stronghold.Sources privy to the developments......
LAHORE: Donning new uniform since March, the policemen on field duty find the new olive green outfit comfortable in harsh weather but regret that it does not command the “respect” as their old black......
Blunt and outspoken, Imran Nafees Siddiqui was having a low profile ‘good boy’ image in his family until he ventured into theatre during the early 1990s when he was studying commerce at the Karachi......
LAHORE: Tampering with the records by the government institutions only added to the crimes of the rulers and now they won’t escape the law, said Jamaat-i-Islami emir Senator Sirajul Haq on Tuesday.In......
FAISALABAD: More cases of action against students by the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) administration over ‘social media comments’ have come to fore.The UAF has penalised three students......
KASUR: The Pattoki police on Tuesday arrested its SHO and registered a case against him on the allegation of letting a fraud suspect off the hook hours after his arrest.Police had arrested Sheikh......
LAHORE: Workers of the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) and the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) will get a bonus before Eidul Fitr.A decision to this effect was taken during a......
KARACHI: Wazir Mansion, believed by the government to be the birthplace of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, is not where he was actually born. Proof of this is in the records of the Sindh archives......
HYDERABAD: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday expressed his confidence that his party would form the next government in Sindh after the 2018 polls.He was speaking to......
BADIN: A big fire that broke out in Haji Gul Mohammed Mallah village, located at zero point, some 50km from here, destroyed more than 40 thatched houses, shops and other structures on Tuesday.All the......
BUDAPEST: Hungary’s parliament approved on Tuesday a crackdown on foreign-backed civil society groups despite an international outcry, in a move seen as targeting US billionaire George Soros.A new......
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia insisted on Tuesday that Qatar was not under blockade as a Gulf diplomatic dispute escalated amid increasing international concern over its effects on ordinary people.Saudi......
HASSAN CAMP: A mass food poisoning at a camp for the displaced near the northern city of Mosul has killed at least two people and sickened over 700, Iraq’s health minister said on Tuesday.An Iraqi......
WASHINGTON: The US Senate is aiming to punish Russia’s Vladimir Putin for interfering in last year’s presidential election by drafting sanctions that would prevent President Donald Trump from......
WASHINGTON: Otto Warmbier, a US university student held captive in North Korea for 17 months, has been released, but a former US official said on Tuesday he is in a coma and in urgent need of medical......
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan railway authorities announced a crackdown on selfies on Tuesday after a 12-year-old boy was decapitated and two other men also died while snapping themselves on a coastal......
THE two architects of the post-World War II order were British prime minister Winston Churchill and American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. They met (for the first time) aboard the heavy......
FOLDING fans made out of discarded old maps made by the Japan Map Centre (JMC) have proved to be enormously popular.With sales fuelled by social media, a number of versions have sold out since going......
CARDIFF: Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur has insisted his side will not settle for simply reaching the Champions Trophy semi-final against England as he urged them to go ‘one step further’.Arthur’s men......
MELBOURNE: Brazil scored after 12 seconds against Australia before completing a 4-0 rout in a friendly on Tuesday to hand the hosts a wake-up call before they leave for the Confederations Cup where......
KARACHI: Inspired by a blazing innings from Pakistan discard Khurram Manzoor, Omar CC annihilated Karachi Port Trust (KPT) by nine wickets in their 32nd Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramazan......
NOW when Pakistan is just one step away from playing the ICC Champions Trophy final after beating Sri Lanka in a dramatic fashion by three wickets at Cardiff on Monday, the order of the day is that......
KARACHI: SNGPL put up a topnotch performance to decimate UBL by a heavy margin of 94 runs in Cola Next presents Jazz Corporate T20 at the DHA Sports Club Moin Khan Academy here on Monday......
KARACHI: Three-time former Olympic champions Pakistan faces a Herculean task to earn a ticket for the next year’s men’s hockey World Cup by finishing among top five teams in the World Cup qualifiers......
TEHRAN: Sardar Azmoun and Mehdi Taremi were on target as Iran confirmed their spot in the 2018 World Cup finals with a 2-0 victory over Uzbekistan at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran on Monday.Azmoun’s......
MADRID: A Spanish state prosecutor accused Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo of defrauding Spain’s tax office of 14.7 million euros ($16.5 million) in unpaid taxes on Tuesday.In a statement,......
NEVER has been the case with a top ODI side that its tailenders bat more sensibly and maturely than its regular batsmen. After all, job descriptions are very well defined in cricket. The batsmen have......
LONDON: A.B. de Villiers will captain South Africa in their three-match Twenty20 International series against England, team officials announced on Tuesday.De Villiers takes over from Faf du Plessis,......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s mediation visit to Saudi Arabia for finding a diplomatic solution to the Qatar crisis did not achieve any immediate breakthrough.Mr Sharif returned to......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan expects China to fund a long-delayed Indus river mega dam project in Gilgit-Baltistan, with work beginning next year, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said in an interview.Pakistan......
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines has initially started ‘on-line booking and check-in’ facilities to its passengers on some domestic routes, which it plans extending over to its entire......
ISLAMABAD: Two main opposition parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), have written letters to the government containing proposals for making improvements in......
QUETTA: Pakistan and Afghan military officials have agreed to resolve the issue of border villages through negotiations which will be held after Eidul Fitr.This was decided during a flag meeting held......
WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary James Mattis told a congressional panel late on Monday that the Trump administration’s Afghan policy would also look at impact of the rivalry between Pakistan and......
STRASBOURG: The EU launched legal action on Tuesday against Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic for refusing to take in their share of refugees under a controversial solidarity plan.The move shows......
PANAMA CITY: China delivered another diplomatic punch to Taiwan on Tuesday by establishing relations with Panama at the expense of Taipei, further isolating the island’s government.China, which......
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May neared a deal with a Northern Irish Protestant party to save her premiership on Tuesday but faced a tug of war over her Brexit strategy just days before......
KARACHI: Banks’ profitability declined, return on assets fell and deposits grew just 0.1 per cent in Jan-March, according to the quarterly performance review of the banking sector released by the......
ISLAMABAD: After facilitating a selective few, the government is contemplating to increase the cost of opening new oil marketing companies (OMCs) by 14 times – from Rs500 million to at least Rs7......
ISLAMABAD: Service exports plummeted 36 per cent year-on-year to $380 million in April after posting growth in the past few months, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday.As a result of......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) will meet the entire fuel and lubricants requirements of Pakistan Railways under a five-year fuel supply agreement signed on Tuesday.PSO will supply high-speed......
ISLAMABAD: The government has introduced 25 new amendments to the Finance Bill 2017, most of them relating to income tax measures.Of them, 12 amendments are related to income tax measures, 10 to......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan on Tuesday allowed Umrah organisers to send remittances through banking channels to Saudi Arabia in a bid to stop illegal transactions of currencies from the......
MULTAN: Slow trading was witnessed on the cotton market on Tuesday as buyers remained away from the market and only a few deals took place. The Karachi Cotton Association cut its spot rate by......
LONDON: Gold dipped on Tuesday on technical selling, although losses were limited as most investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting that should provide signals on the......
ISLAMABAD: The joint investigation team (JIT) probing money-laundering allegations against the Sharif family has blamed a number of government institutions for “creating impediments in the collection......
LAHORE: The joint investigation team (JIT) probing the offshore holdings of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his children has summoned his younger brother, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, to......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked workers of the PML-N not to gather outside the Federal Judicial Academy (FJA) on Thursday, the day he is slated to appear before the joint......
ISLAMABAD: A senior counsel representing a PML-N petitioner on Monday stirred up a hornets’ nest when he claimed that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) had received $3.5 million from February 2010......
CHITTAGONG: Heavy monsoon rains and landslides have killed at least 134 people in southeast Bangladesh, burying many in their homes as they slept, authorities said on Tuesday.Three young children......
AFTER the intense grilling of his sons, it is now Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s turn to appear before the joint investigation committee (JIT) that is probing the money trail of the Sharif family’s......
THE extraordinary excoriation of Qatar in the immediate wake of Donald Trump’s May dance in Riyadh was almost certainly premeditated. Before his foray into a region about which he knows next to......
DESPITE the alarming nature of the government’s recent crackdown on social media activists, our discourse still lacks a conceptual framework of thinking through some of the issues that it raises.Any......
LAST Sunday, a little over a week after the recent terrorist attacks in London, a group of Muslim women published a letter in the British newspaper The Sunday Times. The letter, about 900 words in......
The joint investigation team (JIT) probing allegations of money laundering against the Sharif family has made startling allegations accusing government institutions and departments of tampering......
