Minister for States and Frontier Regions (Safron) Abdul Qadir Baloch, while speaking during a Senate session on Thursday, said the military didn't oppose the merger of Federally Administrated Tribal......
Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) President Brig (retd) Muhammad Khalid Sajjad Khokhar on Thursday announced the appointment of a new national selection committee and management for the senior hockey......
A Saudi prince was arrested on Thursday on Saudi King Salman's order, a state-run broadcaster reported, as outrage grew on social media over videos appearing to show him abusing members of the......
Unidentified militants reportedly opened fire and killed a former commander of a banned militant organisation in Balochistan's Kharan district on Thursday evening, DawnNews reported.According to the......
Britain and a frustrated European Union (EU) hesitantly edged forward during their first full divorce negotiation session this week, though it became clear Thursday that one of the biggest stumbling......
Prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against a suspected representative of the Islamic State (IS) group in Germany and four fellow suspects who are accused of running a recruitment......
At least two Afghan policemen were killed and three others injured after the Taliban militants ambushed a police convoy, said Afghan officials.Taliban spokesman Qari Yusuf claimed that 36 policemen......
The provincial government will be introducing the Sindh Police Act, 2017 to replace the Police Act, 1861, Sindh Law Minister Ziaul Hasan Lanjar said Thursday. The new law will be developed along the......
Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed on Thursday expressed his resolve to make Pakistan the number one team in all three formats of cricket.Ahmed, who was recently appointed Test captain, will be leading Pakistan......
Like hundreds of thousands of other Iraqis, Maha lives with her sons at a camp for the displaced near Mosul. But there's a big difference: her father and husband worked and fought with the Islamic......
Bears continued a slow rout at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing 359 points, or 0.79pc, to close at 45,060.The market touched the day's high at......
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Saeed Ghani resigned from his Senate seat on Thursday to join the Sindh Assembly after his PS-114 by-poll victory last week.In an emotional speech delivered on......
Britain's National Archives have released records showing then prime minister Winston Churchill's attempts to cover up a Nazi plot to collaborate with members of the British royal family.The......
Ram Nath Kovind was elected India's new president Thursday, the second time since independence a head of state has been chosen from the bottom of the Hindu caste system.Kovind won the largely......
French President Emmanuel Macron was to address troops at an air base on Thursday as he sought to repair the damage following the resignation of a highly-regarded military chief who challenged the......
China has ordered the country's biggest technology firms to immediately “rectify” violations and shut accounts that publish “bad information”, in the latest move by authorities to tighten policing of......
Kuwait says it is shutting the Iranian cultural mission and related offices in the Gulf Arab state and reducing the number of Iranian diplomats stationed in the country.The official Kuwait News......
India, on Thursday, said it is ready to hold talks with China with both sides pulling back their forces to end a standoff along a disputed territory high in the Himalayan mountains.Tensions flared......
Terrorism in Afghanistan has increased because of the 40-year-long insurgency in the country, Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria stated in his weekly briefing Thursday.Earlier, a report......
Pakistan Army's Operation Khyber-4, launched under Operaion Raddul Fasaad (RuF) in the Rajgal Valley area of Khyber Agency, is progressing as planned, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday inaugurated the much-awaited Lowari Tunnel in Chitral for traffic, taking the opportunity to lash out at his rivals, particularly the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf......
US Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war and the maverick 2008 Republican presidential nominee, has been diagnosed with brain cancer, his office announced Wednesday.The 80-year-old lawmaker......
A man accused of the gang rape and murder of a girl in northern India has been killed in police custody, an official said Thursday, sparking angry riots in the usually tranquil Himalayan......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday dismissed "erroneous" local media reports that claimed there were no transportation arrangements made for the women's cricket team upon their return to......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday disposed of a Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan plea against the victory of PPP candidate Senator Saeed Ghani in a Karachi by-election.The......
As Salman Akram Raja, the lawyer representing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's children in the Panamagate case, began his arguments before the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday, the judges expressed their......
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah says that problems existed, continue to persist and will persist for some more time in the province when it comes to implementing meaningful, long-reaching......
TEHRAN: For years, Iranians have had to put up with the likes of “Mash Donalds” and “Pizza Hat”. Now real Western food franchises have finally arrived, but doing business in Iran is not for the......
ISLAMABAD: The electricity tariff is expected to come down by Rs2.13 per unit for all distribution companies, except K-Electric, for a month due to lower fuel costs in June.The Central Power......
ISLAMABAD: The large-scale manufacturing (LSM) expanded by 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. It recorded a record single-month growth of 9.7pc in April.During the first 11 months (July-May) of......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has assured currency dealers that the exchange rate will remain stable at the current level in the interbank market and urged them to bring it down in the......
KARACHI: The current account deficit widened by 148.5 per cent to an all-time high of $12.09 billion for 2016-17, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Wednesday.The deficit was $4.86bn in the......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance on Wednesday expressed concern over growing external and domestic debts of the country and demanded the Ministry of Finance to present a strategy......
WASHINGTON: The US launched its first round of trade talks with China since Donald Trump took office in an unusually blunt manner on Wednesday, demanding a more “fair, equitable and reciprocal”......
WITH the advent of ride-sharing applications in Karachi, going from one place to another has become luxurious. People earlier termed their arrival as a godsend but with the passage of time they have......
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad antiterrorism court on Wednesday granted bail to Anis Khaskheli, accused in Sindh University student Naila Rind’s suicide case, for a sum of Rs100,000.Late Rind, a final-year......
KARACHI: Commuters returning from work experienced massive traffic jams due to the flooding of roads while those staying indoors braved power outages after downpour on Wednesday evening. The......
KARACHI: The collapse of a building in Liaquatabad that left five people dead and over a dozen injured led to a decision on Wednesday by the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) to demolish at......
MONACO: Usain Bolt says he is over his early season setbacks and running into form at the right time to sign off his career with two more gold medals at next month’s world athletics championships in......
MUMBAI: The odds were against India the last time they toured Sri Lanka in 2015, but Virat Kohli led the inexperienced side to a comeback win in the Test series which changed the team’s mindset, the......
COLOMBO: Shaminda Eranga’s bowling action was found to be legal and the paceman has been cleared to resume playing for Sri Lanka more than a year after he was banned, the International Cricket......
KARACHI: For the last two years, they’ve been claiming they have no funds. Citing that, they’ve withdrawn national teams from international competitions. That has seen Pakistan football plummet to......
SHANGHAI: Arsenal were outplayed for long periods by Bayern Munich before salvaging a last-gasp draw and then winning 3-2 on penalties in a Shanghai friendly on Wednesday.Reserve goalkeeper Emiliano......
HONG KONG: New signing Dominic Solanke came off the bench to score as Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 2-0 in a pre-season game here on Wednesday.The 19-year-old suggested he could prove a summer......
SOUTHPORT: While uncertainty surrounds the form of leading names such as Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy, the British Open begins at Royal Birkdale on Thursday with a plethora of players hopeful of......
SERRE CHEVALIER: Former champion ski-jumper Primoz Roglic took a sensational solo victory on the mountainous 17th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday.Chris Froome came home third to stretch his......
DERBY: India may be more familiar than Australia with surroundings in Derby but Nicole Bolton is confident the world champions can win anywhere if they produce their best cricket in the second......
THE international community adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 as a new global development agenda, encompassing the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable......
This newspaper carried a report back in May revealing a document that could be called the CPEC master plan. That report drew a sharp response from the government, particularly the minister planning......
WHATEVER its final outcome, the Panama leaks case offers the country’s politicians many important lessons which, if properly followed, could help Pakistan realise the goal of democratic......
LAHORE: Most of the Punjab cabinet members are not defending the Sharif family in the Panama Papers case, while the government says they are not doing so because they are “not updated” on it.Of the......
BAHAWALPUR: As many as 88 victims of June 25 oil tanker tragedy that occurred near Ahmedpur Sharqia have so far been identified through results of DNA tests received by the local administration from......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Five people were killed and nine others injured in a car-coach collision on Wednesday on Shahi Road at Adda Chak 86-P near Kotsamaba, some 25 kilometers from here.According to Rescue......
MULTAN: To commemorate the sacrifices of the officials of Multan police who laid down their lives in the line of duty, the Multan police have displayed their portraits on the walls of Police Lines......
BRUSSELS: The EU warned Poland’s right-wing government on Wednesday to suspend controversial court reforms or risk unprecedented sanctions, sharply escalating a standoff with Warsaw.European......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said that he wants to find out why his country has been stuck in Afghanistan for the last 17 years.Trump, who is scheduled to chair a meeting of his......
NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court began hearing submissions on Wednesday to determine whether Indians have a constitutional right to privacy in a challenge to the government’s massive biometric......
BUDAPEST: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was caught on Wednesday by a live microphone railing against the European Union’s “crazy” insistence on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict......
The population of one of the world’s rarest species has been boosted with the birth of a northern hairy-nosed wombat joey, Australian wildlife officials said on Wednesday.The arrival of the furry......
MONDAY was a tough day for President Donald Trump’s agenda. As the Senate’s bid to overturn Obamacare collapsed amid Republican infighting, the White House reluctantly certified Iran’s compliance......
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s first six months in the White House have been a riot of scandal, chaos and outrage that — absent a major course correction — could spell doom for his entire......
NEW YORK: The stranglehold that autumn prestige films have on Oscar season just might be wilting in the summer sun.Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic Dunkirk hits theatres on Friday, but the......
ISLAMABAD: According to Volume II of the JIT report, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is already looking into the Sharifs’ London properties. This was disclosed to the JIT by the NAB......
ISLAMABAD: The EU-funded technical and vocational education sector reforms project will help develop skills required for China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.This was stated by EU......
Q. What are you currently reading?A: I recently picked up Crimson Papers by Harris Khalique. He is a poet in English, Urdu and Punjabi. I think he has a great sense of literature and poetry. This......
ISLAMABAD: “Though many people believe the tenure of military dictator Ziaul Haq was the darkest period of literature and literary work in Pakistan, I think it was an era which taught writers to take......
PESHAWAR: While unveiling the Rs10 billion next budget for Peshawar, the local government on Wednesday announced the Rs126.42 million reduction in the city’s development outlay for 2017-18.District......
PESHAWAR: The activists of various political parties hailing from tribal areas staged a sit-in outside Governor’s House here on Wednesday against delay in merger of Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The......
ISLAMABAD: Amidst calls for enacting a new accountability law with no room for ‘sacred cows’, the Senate was informed on Wednesday that a bill, proposing the establishment of a National......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran emphasised strengthened cooperation for better border management as their newly formed border commission became functional.“They agreed to strengthen coordination and......
QUETTA: Four members of a Hazara Shia family, including a woman, were gunned down and a man was injured in an attack on the Quetta-Karachi National Highway near Mastung on Wednesday.The family,......
PARIS: French leader Emmanuel Macron faced the biggest crisis of his young presidency on Wednesday following the resignation of the head of the armed forces, whom he had rebuked for criticising......
ISLAMABAD: The counsel for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday tried to draw a distinction between owning an asset and deriving benefits from it, maintaining that the Joint Investigation Team......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel operating without a legal cover for about 33 months passed on Wednesday a proposed law meant for electoral reforms.The proposed law is set to land in parliament......
SIALKOT: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday implored his political rivals to consider the country’s economic and political stability and end their “negative politics” in Pakistan’s larger......
ISLAMABAD: With the daily hearing of the Panama Papers leaks case by the Supreme Court under way, a war of words between the government and opposition continued on Wednesday.Earlier, a series of......
ISLAMABAD: Expressing amazement over Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s claim that he was not aware of the charges against him in the Panama Papers case, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairperson Imran......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will inaugurate the much-awaited Lowari Tunnel Project on Thursday.The tunnel is located on Nowshera-Mardan-Malakand-Chakdara-Chitral National Highway (N-45).......
TAXILA: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has reiterated the commitment that there will be no compromise on strengthening the defence capability of the country.Gen Bajwa visited......
ISLAMABAD: The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched a joint project on Wednesday to combat human trafficking and migrant smuggling.The initiative —......
ISLAMABAD: The National Steering Committee on Prime Minister’s National Health Programme (PMNHP) has given approval to extend the scheme to 14 more districts. The programme will now spread across 40......
QUETTA: A former employee of the Quetta Electric Supply Company (Qesco) was awarded 11 years in prison and fined Rs5.7 million on Wednesday for acquiring assets beyond known sources of income.The......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) has urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to immediately sign summaries sent to him by the Drug Pricing Committee (DPC) last year......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has appointed Establishment Secretary Syed Tahir Shahbaz Federal Ombudsman (FO), the presidency confirmed on Wednesday.President Mamnoon will soon administer the......
The United States has once again accused Pakistan of not taking significant action against the militant outfits and accusing them of operating from "Pakistan-based safe havens" to threaten the US and......
