The US State Department on Monday designated Hizbul Mujahideen's supreme commander Syed Salahuddin as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) and imposed sanctions on him.He is the leader of......
Chinese state-run daily Global Times on Sunday termed India's efforts towards establishing trade linkages in the region 'geopolitical stubbornness' and urged New Delhi to develop economic and trade......
The United States (US) Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a ban on travellers from six mostly Muslim countries, overturning lower court orders that had blocked it.The Trump administration had issued......
Members of the Shia community in Parachinar protested Monday as the death toll from twin blasts three days earlier rose to 72, marking a grisly Eid for the town worst hit by militancy so far in......
At least 10 people were injured as protesters clashed with security forces in India-held Kashmir (IHK) after Eid prayers, according to Indian media reports.Clashes were reported in various parts of......
China and Canada have signed an agreement vowing not to conduct state-sponsored cyber attacks against each other aimed at stealing trade secrets or other confidential business information.The......
Facebook Inc is in talks with Hollywood studios about producing scripted, TV-quality shows, with an aim of launching original programming by late summer, the Wall Street Journal reported on......
Hospitals on Monday struggled to treat scores of severely burned victims of a fuel tanker explosion that killed close to 160 people in Bahawalpur, as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif flew back from an......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif cut his trip to London short to condole the loss of more than 150 people in the Bahawalpur oil tanker blaze.Read more: Death toll from Bahawalpur oil tanker fire climbs to......
WHEN Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq tweeted “fireworks all around, feels like an early Eid here”, he was not exaggerating. Pakistan’s win against India in the ICC Champions......
IN 2009, a person (or persons) using the name Satoshi Nakamoto set off an event that continues to ripple through the space-time of global monetary mechanisms with the creation of what is now one of......
WHEN Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced fresh tax measures for thousands of non-profit organisations, he only exposed the government’s utter failure to appreciate a dynamic social network serving......
IT’S alright if you missed Mufti Muneebur Rehman (or Maulana Popalzai if you prefer) announcing the sighting of the Eid moon, because that blessed event is more effectively heralded by the volleys of......
PESHAWAR: On one hand, Eid is a religious festival and on the other, it brings the people together to share celebrations and thus, strengthening relations.The festival is also an opportunity for the......
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Gandhara artefacts will be displayed for the first time in South Korea not only to attract religious tourists but give a unique experience to the South Koreans at home......
PESHAWAR: The district administration and police failed to enforce ban on sale of toy guns in the provincial capital on Sunday.The shopkeepers sold toy weapons in the day without let or hindrance as......
PESHAWAR: Eidul Fitr was celebrated in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas with religious fervor on Sunday in line with the announcement of the Masjid Qasim Ai Khan,......
PESHAWAR: The Pashto film industry commonly known as Pollywood has screened five Pashto movies full of thrill and romance on Eidul Fitr as compared to just three flicks last year. The struggling......
ISLAMABAD: The Met Office has predicted the onset of monsoon in Pakistan in the coming days, and winds from the east are already penetrating the country, bringing thick, moisture-filled clouds.Hot......
RAWALPINDI: Passengers travelling home for Eidul Fitr swarmed railway stations and bus terminals, with many complaining about overcharging and lack of transport for their journeys.However, Pakistan......
RAWALPINDI: Soft and creamy, motichoor keh ladoo are one of the most sought after desserts in the garrison city.Ladoo is a traditional Indian sweet and is mentioned in folk stories. The sweet was......
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan International Airlines has expressed grief over the heavy loss of lives in the oil tanker fire in Bahawalpur and announced free air travel for the burn victims from......
ISLAMABAD: Owing to the city managers’ negligence or connivance with private contractors, debris of demolished houses and other buildings are being dumped in the greenbelts near nullahs.In some......
Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates Essa Abdullah Albasha al-Noaimi hosted a pleasant iftar dinner towards the end of Ramazan.Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony State Minister Pir Mohammad......
The French Club in Islamabad, in cooperation with the French and Hungarian embassies, hosted a festive musical evening on 21 June to celebrate International Music Day, known as Fete de la Musique in......
RAWALPINDI: In the wake of the prevailing security situation across the country, the Punjab home department has directed the divisional police chiefs and the district coordination officers to evolve......
LAHORE: In what appears to be a huge financial scam of the country, the officials of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) have allegedly caused a loss of not less than $5 million......
LAHORE: It’s 7.30am on Sunday, a day before Eidul Fitr. Traffic is scant at this time of the day on the otherwise busy Ravi Road. Muhammad Akram has just arranged his ‘paraphernalia’ comprising half......
LAHORE: There are chances of rain during Eid holidays in most parts of the country including Lahore.But before the first monsoon rains come, it will remain hot and humid as it was on Sunday, said the......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Dozens of houses were razed on Saturday and Sunday in Chak 320-GB, 321-GB, Adda Khan Jawan, C Plot, Bilal Colony and 673/14 GB in Pirmahal by a team of the revenue......
KASUR: As many as 20 suspects, including a former PPP MPA and two of his sons, were booked for allegedly torturing and injuring a police party and getting a ‘drug pusher’ released here on Sunday at......
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami acting Emir Liaquat Baloch says the split in the Eid celebrations on sectarian grounds in this age of advance science has made the nation a laughing stock.Speaking at an Iftar......
SIALKOT: A number of people on Sunday accorded a heroic welcome to cricket star Shoaib Malik on his arrival here.Sialkot International Airport chairman Malik Muhammad Ashraf, ADC (Revenue) Dr Umer......
KARACHI: The security establishment has decided to launch search operations in other prisons of Sindh after a recent operation carried out in the Karachi central prison led to the recovery of illegal......
KARACHI: Law enforcers have taken special measures at city beaches to prevent picnickers from going into the sea during the Eid holidays.A ban on swimming has already been in place in the wake of......
KARACHI: With no Taraweeh prayers after breaking the last fast, shopping to take care of last-minute details was the only thing on everyone’s minds on Chand Raat.Shopping areas from Saddar to Hyderi......
Traditional Urdu poetry dubbed the beloved ‘Eid ka chaand’, or ‘Eid moon’. It was a perfect literary allusion as it said all about the sweetheart: beautiful and much sought-after but rarely seen. In......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Post is releasing a commemorative postage stamp in the name of poet Majeed Amjad, famous for Ghazal and Nazm genres of Urdu poetry, under its Men of Letters series.Designed by......
KARACHI: Keeping in view the new wave of acts of terrorism across the country, the Sindh health ministry on Sunday ordered the heads of various city hospitals to perk up their facilities and......
KARACHI: Wearing a Jinnah cap over a kurta-shalwar, a cloth bag hanging from a shoulder and holding a walking stick he switched from one hand to the other as he moved in the lanes of the......
DIEXI: Rescuers kept digging through rocks and earth for more than 90 people still missing on Sunday after a huge landslide entombed a village in south-west China, but some relatives lost hope of......
JERUSALEM: Israel’s government formally suspended plans on Sunday for a mixed-gender prayer space at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, bowing to opposition from Orthodox Jewish politicians to reforms at one......
DUBAI: A independent Bahraini newspaper has sacked its staff three weeks after Sunni-dominated authorities banned it on accusations that it “sows division” in the Shia-majority Gulf kingdom.“We......
DORTMUND: Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) rallied behind their leader on Sunday, agreeing policies on investment, social justice and Europe that they hope will reverse a slump in opinion polls and......
SYDNEY: Australian police fired pepper spray to break up clashes between right-wing nationalists and anti-racism protesters on the streets of Melbourne on Sunday, the latest protest held by......
SRINAGAR: A pine tree fell onto a cable car in a ski resort in held Kashmir on Sunday, sending the car plunging to earth and killing seven people, most of them tourists, police said.About 150 people......
JERUSALEM: Israeli forces fired on Syrian regime positions after projectiles from the war-torn country hit the occupied Golan Heights on Sunday, the army said, in the second such exchange in two......
BERLIN: Thousands of protesters are demanding that Belgium immediately shut down two nuclear reactors because of safety concerns.German news agency dpa reported that people from Germany, Belgium and......
HONG KONG: Hong Kong student activist Chau Ho-oi, born in the year the Asian financial hub returned to Chinese rule 20 years ago, recalls the sense of pride she once felt towards mainland......
LONDON: Harry Potter turns 20 on Monday when muggle readers in gowns and glasses from Indonesia to Uruguay will celebrate the birth of a global publishing phenomenon in 1997.Harry Potter and the......
KARACHI: Former chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed Sallu on Sunday showered praise on the Pakistan team for winning the ICC Champions Trophy by pulling off a most fabulous turnaround seen in......
ST PETERSBURG: Maybe the turning point in Russia’s FIFA Confederations Cup campaign was that Cristiano Ronaldo header which saw them lose their second Group ‘A’ game.That was Ronaldo’s first goal in......
CARDIFF: Dawid Malan became England’s top-scoring Twenty20 international debutant before Dane Paterson led South Africa’s recovery at Cardiff on Sunday.With the three-match series all square at 1-1,......
LEICESTER: Pakistan began their campaign in the ICC Women’s World Cup on a heartbreaking note on Sunday when South Africa sealed a thrilling three-wicket victory here at the County Ground.Chasing......
SACRAMENTO: Fred Kerley ran the second fastest 400 metres of the year and Sam Kendricks soared to the outdoor season’s first six metre pole vault at the US national championships here on......
BRISBANE: Philippine boxing great Manny Pacquiao arrived in Australia ahead of his title fight with Jeff Horn and declared: “I will be going home as world champion.”The “Pac Man” touched down in......
ASSEN: Italian MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi won a gripping Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday to reignite the evergreen 38-year-old’s dream of a 10th world title, as Maverick Vinales’ nightmare run......
HALLE: World number five Roger Federer delivered a tennis masterclass to beat rising star Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-3 and clinch a record ninth Halle Open title here on Sunday as he lay down a marker......
LAHORE: Pakistan beat China 3-1 to finish a poor seventh at the Hockey World League (HWL) semi-final round at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Sunday.With this victory, Pakistan are virtually......
BAKU: Sebastian Vettel was penalised for dangerous driving after deliberately crashing into title rival Lewis Hamilton in a wild and chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix won by Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo......
LONDON: Premier League champions Chelsea will find it difficult to replace influential striker Diego Costa if he departs in the current transfer window, club legend Frank Lampard has said.Costa, 28,......
You may think the reflation trade is dead. Actually, it’s simply travelled across the Atlantic.Instead of betting on the dollar and better economic growth in the US, currency investors are coming to......
The dynamic of conspicuous change — or strategic direction — is noticeably reshaping the landscape of ownership of assets and businesses, and redefining the role of a wide range of economic agents in......
IN the cane crushing season this year, the industry produced a record, over 7m tonnes of sugar. However, as a result, farmers’ outstanding dues against cane supplies have also skyrocketed to Rs25bn......
PUNJAB has embarked on a project to establish model farms for producing best quality products and enhancing exports, especially to the high-end foreign markets where Pakistani produce having better......
Why are some foods cheap and other foods expensive?Hint: It’s (mostly) not subsidies. Although they’ve certainly played a role in shaping our food supply such that we have huge quantities of just a......
Inland fish farming that progressed well between FY07 and FY12 has since been on the decline owing to the lack of needed investment.In FY07, the then federal government in collaboration with......
Almost a year since Britons voted to leave the European Union, Brexit talks finally began last Monday amid confusion over what exactly the UK government wants from the divorce.What UK Brexit......
OilOil prices rose last Thursday after US crude and gasoline stockpiles fell, but worries over whether Opec-led output cuts would be able to rein in a three-year glut continued to drag.Brent crude......
The push to get more women onto corporate boards of directors is getting a lot of attention lately: Investors have been urging companies to make it a priority.Uber came under fire after a director......
Oil traders are resorting to storing more and more oil at sea amid swelling output in the Atlantic region, a sign the market is far from the kind of re-balancing that OPEC would have hoped for when......
The critical post of the head of the country’s revenue collection body — the chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue — is up for grabs again.It falls vacant on June 30 when a brief month......
Throwing caution to the winds, families were out in the crowded markets haggling with salesmen to secure the best bargain.The spike in spending is expected to beef up the Eid economy this year by 5pc......
On the first day of trading after the Eid holidays, the Pakistan Stock Exchange will start to trade on itself. This would be the first such development through South Asian equity markets.An Analogy......
Cash withdrawals from banks are currently higher than last year as consumers with an increased disposable income enjoy a pre-Eid shopping spree, senior bankers say.These withdrawals that can be......
Morgan Stanley Securities issued a report on May 25, advising investors on how to respond if the Fed were to reduce its massive balance sheet.Federal Reserve policymakers had previously hinted at......
Owing to weak fiscal governance, tax collection in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa stands at a mere Rs15 billion, with the largest share coming from the general sales tax on services.Though the share of the......
While society expects professional accountants and auditors to protect consumer rights, they remain oblivious of this responsibility.Auditors need to take the initiative to develop a ‘sustainable......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif hoped on Sunday that bilateral relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan would improve after implementation of certain decisions that had been reached when......
GPO Square lies in the heart of the city, a few yards away from Quetta’s red zone on Zarghoon Road which houses the official residences of the governor, chief minister, chief secretary, police......
MULTAN: Most of the Ahmadpur East fire victims airlifted to the Nishtar Hospital here on Sunday had maximum burn injuries.“There are 54 injured who are admitted to hospital and condition of all is......
SUMERA Riaz sits gingerly on the edge of the sofa and tells her story. It is in the words of a little girl who does not understand much of anything except being torn away from her family, with not......
SRINAGAR: Two militants were killed in India-held Kashmir on Sunday following an intense gun battle with government forces at a school, police said.Militants had ambushed a paramilitary police patrol......
BAGHDAD: From the Middle East to Europe to parts of Asia, Eidul Fitr was celebrated in many countries on Sunday.It was a particularly joyous occasion for the Muslims living in the Iraqi city of Mosul......
LONDON: Six people, including three children, were injured on Sunday after a car ran into a large crowd gathered to celebrate Eidul Fitr in the northern English city of Newcastle. Police said there......
• 138 die in Bahawalpur oil tanker blaze • People had gathered to siphon fuel from overturned vehicleBAHAWALPUR: As many as 138 people were burnt alive and 117 injured, several of them severely, when......
ISLAMABAD: The allegations levelled by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing alleged money laundering by the ruling Sharif family and counter-allegations against it have stirred up a decades-old......
ISLAMABAD: Even as people in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata celebrated Eid on Sunday, the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee — the body officially recognised as the authority on moon-sighting in......
ISLAMABAD: China has brokered a deal between Pakistan and Afghanistan for the establishment of a bilateral crisis management mechanism aimed at keeping the communication channels between the two......
