Amnesty International on Wednesday called for the immediate release of 19 men arrested in India for celebrating Pakistan's Champions Trophy win earlier this week.The rights organisation expressed......
Former skipper Shahid Afridi on Wednesday applauded the Pakistan One Day International (ODI) team on its ICC Champions Trophy win and called for greater improvements in the country's domestic cricket......
In the wake of the abduction and murder of two Chinese nationals in Pakistan, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar during a meeting on Wednesday made a policy decision to review the conditions and......
The Foreign Office (FO) on Wednesday confirmed the downing of an Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in Balochistan's Panjgur area along the Pakistan-Iran border on Wednesday."The drone was hit by......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on Wednesday during an official visit to Turkey, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a......
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has formed a high-level team to investigate allegations levelled by the Panama joint investigation team (JIT) against the Securities and Exchange Commission of......
The Army on Wednesday said it had recovered a cache of weapons from Waziristan Agency.According to a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an intelligence-based operation was......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange has ended Wednesday’s trading session on a positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 560.01 points, or 1.25 per cent, by the close of the trading session to......
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday acquitted two accused in the Sri Lanka cricket team attack case.Obaidullah and Ibrahim Khalil had been accused of providing arms and training to the......
A Rawalpindi customs court on Wednesday has rejected model Ayyan Ali's request to cancel her arrest warrants and asked her to appear before the court in the next hearing, scheduled for July 29.Ali is......
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Wednesday told the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs that former chief of army staff Raheel Sharif had taken command of the......
Uber Technologies Inc co-founder Travis Kalanick stepped down as chief executive of the ride-hailing service, following intense pressure from investors, a company spokesman said on......
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Chinese efforts to persuade North Korea to rein in its nuclear program have failed, ratcheting up the rhetoric over the death of an American student who......
For the last few weeks, the weather in Kashmir has been a bit irritating. It rains every late afternoon after a sunny and hot morning. June 18th was no different. The sun started strong but by......
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef has been relieved of his post and replaced by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a royal decree said on Wednesday, in a promotion for King Salman's......
Belgian soldiers shot and killed a suspected “terrorist” bomber after an explosion rocked a central Brussels train station Tuesday in the latest attack to hit Europe.Witnesses said the suspect......
ON the face of it, the channel between Britain and France is far deeper in political terms than most people assumed just a few months ago, notwithstanding a plethora of comparable concerns among the......
IT was just after midnight in London’s Finsbury Park area. A number of Muslims who live there, migrants from Pakistan, Somalia and various Arab countries, had just finished taraweeh prayers at the......
THE decision by the Trump administration to bolster the presence of US troops in Afghanistan raises questions about America’s getting into the third phase of its Afghan war. The number of additional......
LANDI KOTAL: Eid shopping has gained momentum in Landi Kotal Bazaar as the fasting month entered its last week.Local people thronged the bazaar in large numbers as majority of the tribesmen working......
PESHAWAR: A few decades ago, tailors used to have large number of customers only during Eid festivals and wedding seasons but now-a-days many tailoring centres have sprung up in every big and small......
PESHAWAR: Taking action against the sale and purchase of toy guns the district administration sealed 12 godowns and arrested three people at Karkhano market here on Tuesday.The administration had......
PESHAWAR: It is usual to receive greeting cards and messages on religious festive occasions but for Mian Iftikhar Hussain usually Eid greetings and security warning come together just in time to ruin......
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Aamer Farooq on Tuesday recorded the statement of a doctor in the Tayyaba case.A doctor testified that 10-year-old domestic worker Tayyaba, who was......
ISLAMABAD: Students of the Madressah Haqqania beat up Din News employees, broke their camera and also threw stones at their DSNG on Tuesday.Members of the team from Din News say the madressah......
Q: What are you currently reading?A: A fantastic book called Diamonds and Diplomacy by Joanne Herring. This is the story of the man who convinced Americans to invest in the Afghan jihad. Charlie......
GUJRAT: A man murdered his two sisters in Noor Jamal village of Dinga police precincts on Tuesday.Awais Ali along with his maternal uncle Banaras entered his house and allegedly opened fire on his......
LAHORE: Pakistan Rangers (Punjab), Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and district police claimed on Tuesday to have arrested seven suspects in joint Intelligence Based Operations (IBOs) in eight......
LAHORE: Four labourers working with Orange Line Metro Train project were injured after falling from a crane at Yateem Khana Chowk station on Tuesday.The labourers were being shifted to an......
LAHORE: In the glittering bazaars of the city, the crowd is slowly increasing now that Eid is nigh. There are women haggling over bangle prices and rushing to their tailors who meekly defend their......
GUJRANWALA: Scores of workers of Jinnah and Sheikh Din Muhammad libraries with two reading rooms have warned the government they will hold a procession and a sit-in on Eid day outside the Sheikh Din......
MITHI: The Sindh High Court has ordered police to produce Ravita Meghwar — a Hindu girl who, according to her family, was abducted, forcibly converted and married off to a Muslim man — before the......
KARACHI: Forty-seven sightings of baleen whales, including 12 sightings of highly endangered Arabian Sea humpback whales, were reported off Pakistan’s coast last year through a fishing crew......
KARACHI: The compressed natural gas (CNG) buses of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), Green Metro Bus Service, have almost disappeared from the route of Kaimari to Pakistan Steel’s......
HYDERABD: Sindh Senior Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has said that the provincial government has increased the wheat procurement target from 1.2 million tonnes to 1.4 million......
CHICAGO: Otto Warmbier, the US student released in a coma last week after nearly 18 months in detention in North Korea, died on Monday, prompting President Donald Trump to slam the “brutal regime” in......
UNITED NATIONS: Israel has announced a substantial increase in settlements in the past three months despite a United Nations resolution demanding a halt to the Jewish outposts in occupied Palestinian......
LUXEMBOURG: European Union states locked horns on Tuesday over moving the bloc’s London-based regulators for banking and drugs after Brexit, a test of unity for the 27 remaining members, most of......
BUENOS AIRES: In a hidden room in a house near Argentina’s capital, police believe they have found the biggest collection of Nazi artefacts in the country’s history, including a bust relief of Adolf......
ABU SAMRA: Thousands of camels crossed Saudi Arabia’s desert border into Qatar on Tuesday and were reunited with their owners after being stranded for days at a frontier shut because of a feud among......
NAIROBI: Actress and UN refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie on Tuesday denounced the impunity with which rape is committed in conflict zones and the mistreatment of vulnerable women and......
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May’s talks on securing the support of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to prop up her minority government are not going as expected, sources......
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump over the weekend. The relationship which Modi had with Obama is not there and so expectations from this visit are low.......
DENPASAR: It was Monday morning when prison guards at the notoriously overcrowded Kerobokan penitentiary in Bali made a routine check of the number of inmates shortly after taking over for the night......
MANILA: After being dubbed the “Facebook capital of the world”, the Philippines can claim another internet-related accolade as the most active nation online in Southeast Asia.This is based on the key......
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan and Executive Committee chairman Najam Sethi have warmly congratulated the Pakistan team for winning the Champions Trophy.Apart from......
LAHORE: Pakistan former Test cricketer Zaheer Abbas on Tuesday lauded Pakistan’s brilliant performance in the recent Champions Trophy and gave full credit to the talented youngsters for their......
MOSCOW: Football might be suspended in Pakistan in wake of the infighting in the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) but national team winger Mohammad Adil has managed to sign for Australian club.It’s......
KARACHI: Spectacular hitting from Usama Mir guided Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) into the semi-finals of fourth Naya Nazimabad Karachi Kings Ramadan Cup T20 Cricket with a thrilling three-wicket......
LAHORE: Pakistan have qualified for the quarter-finals of the hockey World League in London by virtue of a drawn game (1-1) played between Canada and Scotland in group ‘B’.According to information......
SOCHI: New Zealand coach Anthony Hudson says the All Whites must be brave against Mexico, knowing defeat on Wednesday will effectively end their Confederations Cup hopes.Their 2-0 loss to hosts......
SOCHI: Germany’s inexperienced side were given a fright by Australia at the Confederations Cup on Monday, holding on to win its Group ‘B’ opener 3-2 after goalkeeper Bernd Leno gifted the Asian......
MOSCOW: Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal take on Confederation Cup hosts and Group ‘A’ leaders Russia here on Wednesday with the tax storm scandal clouding Ronaldo’s Real Madrid future.Having opened......
MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo’s woes deepened on Tuesday when the star striker who reportedly wants to quit Real Madrid was summoned to appear before a judge investigating tax fraud.Ronaldo, 32, said to......
KARACHI: An elated Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed said on Tuesday it was the resilience and self-belief that inspired his team to the Champions Trophy title with the most emphatic victory in the......
LAHORE: Chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq was all praise for greenshirts after their historic victory against traditional rivals India in the high-octane Champions Trophy final.The chief selector while......
LONDON: England captain Eoin Morgan is looking forward to seeing if some of his new players can star in the upcoming three-match Twenty20 series against South Africa.The hosts are resting several key......
KARACHI: The stock market was hammered with heavy losses on Tuesday as the KSE-100 index took a steep fall of 1,678.89 points or 3.60 per cent to 44,914.45.“The index has dropped below 45,000 after......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s textile and clothing exports fell 1.98 per cent year-on-year to $11.234 billion during the first 11 months of the current fiscal year mainly due to lower proceeds from raw......
KARACHI: Oil production went up three per cent in the first 11 months of 2016-17 to 88,022 barrels per day (bpd) while gas production remained almost static at 3.901 million cubic feet per day......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Tuesday all new outsourcing arrangements by financial institutions (FIs) will be governed by a new framework.The SBP revised the Guidelines on......
LONDON: Britain’s Serious Fraud Office said on Tuesday it had charged Barclays, a former chief executive of the banking giant and three other ex-managers, with “conspiracy to commit fraud” linked to......
DHAKA: Bangladesh will lower tax on rice imports in a bid to cool record-high local prices amid dwindling state reserves, the country’s commerce minister said on Tuesday.Domestic rice prices reached......
LONDON: Britain’s thriving car industry could be permanently damaged and its supply chains crippled if the country falls out of the European Union without an interim deal, senior executives warned on......
ISLAMABAD: Concerned over the quality of power supply in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has directed all the former Water and Power......
KARACHI: Funeral prayers for two Pakistan Navy personnel, who embraced martyrdom in an attack on a Navy vehicle in Jiwani on Monday, were offered here on Tuesday.Syed Hassan Raza (medical technician)......
ISLAMABAD: Senior officials associated with China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have called for enhanced security measures for timely completion and implementation of projects.“Effective and......
WASHINGTON: Afghanistan cannot blame Pakistan for all its ills, as terrorist attacks happening there originate in that country, says Ambassador Aizaz Chaudhry, Islamabad’s envoy in Washington.His......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced on Tuesday a reward of Rs10 million each for every player of the national cricket team for winning the Champions Trophy after defeating archrival......
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has suggested meetings with Indian and Pakistani leaders as a means to facilitate dialogue between the two adversaries over the......
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration is exploring hardening its approach towards Pakistan to crack down on alleged Pakistan-based militants reportedly launching attacks in Afghanistan,......
LAHORE: Textile mill owners and workers observed a ‘black day’ on Tuesday and held a countrywide protest against what they described as the federal government’s failure to meet their demands aimed at......
LAHORE: A crowded courtroom of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday echoed with a slew of profanities as a group of lawyers turned hooligan.Justice Abdul Sami Khan was hearing a habeas corpus petition......
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Thousands of cricket lovers welcomed members of the Pakistan team upon their arrival in Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar in the early hours of Tuesday morning.It took......
ISLAMABAD: The army said on Tuesday that it was making steady progress in fencing the border with Afghanistan to prevent unauthorised crossings.“Measures to improve security situation along the......
Two suspected terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces when they attempted to raid a checkpost near Tank in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)......
