Donald Trump's new communications chief has deleted tweets in which he shared views contrary to the US president's own, saying they were a distraction.The day after he started his new job Friday,......
Anya Shrubsole bowled England to a dramatic nine-run win over India in the Women's World Cup final at Lord's on Sunday.India, set 229 to win, were well on course for victory at 191 for three in front......
The military's media wing on Sunday said that the army has cleared two strongholds of terrorists in the Rajgal valley during the ongoing Operation Khyber-IV.The Spinkai Top dominating Saprai Pass and......
Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) A.D. Khowaja has asked Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to "intervene and save" the police department from "complete maladministration" following the recent......
Eight people were found dead in a tractor-trailer outside a Walmart store in San Antonio in the stifling summer heat. The police called the incident "a horrific human trafficking crime".The driver......
More than 600,000 people are expected to contract cholera in Yemen this year as the war-torn country's healthcare system faces collapse, warned the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on......
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan will not be able to hold his press conference today due to an extreme backache, said his spokesperson on Sunday.Chaudhry Nisar has been recommended complete......
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Germany has no right to interfere in Turkey's domestic affairs.“Turkey is a social democratic state based on the law and no one has the......
In a reply submitted before the Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday evening, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's lawyer, Khawaja Harris, denied the allegation that his client had concealed his employment at......
A day after Imran Khan's "lack of salary records" made headlines, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief held a press conference at Bani Gala to refute the allegations of money laundering and tax......
The Middle East diplomatic quartet expressed concern on Saturday about escalating violence in Jerusalem and called on all sides to “demonstrate maximum restraint.”The Quartet comprises the United......
Taliban fighters overran a district headquarters in northern Afghanistan after a ferocious clash that left two police personnel dead in northern Faryab province, an Afghan official said on......
Minister of Railways Saad Rafique on Sunday morning said that railway operations in various parts of the country had resumed after remaining suspended overnight.Around 276 train drivers had stopped......
A Khasadar personnel was martyred and another was injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in Khyber Agency's Sheen Drang area on Sunday, said security sources.The injured official......
On June 23, 2017, while the rest of Pakistan was observing Jummatul Wida, the last Friday of the holy month of Ramazan, the town of Parachinar in Kurram Agency was rocked by twin bombings. The attack......
2017 has been a bloody year for the people of Parachinar, a town in the tribal area of Kurram Agency. There have been four incidents of suicide bombings this year which claimed the lives of a large......
In the not too distant past, the famous Qissa Khawani Bazaar — Street of Storytellers — in Peshawar was frequented by faces from lands near and far, faces that later became a story of a kind.......
The Coke Studio omnibus completes a decade this year. As is the case with all great journeys, the show has gone through its share of ups and downs, musical peaks and jarring lows. Critics may have......
War for the Planet of the Apes has everything you’d want from a summer popcorn film. From breathtaking action powered by some excellent CGI to engaging storytelling that features strong......
My oh my! Sometimes it becomes hard to match what showbiz stars say and do. Sara Loren, the artist formally known as Mona Liza, now also seems to have changed her outlook on life.She believes our......
We’re only halfway through 2017 and have already seen a substantial number of films released this year in which older, damaged men got a chance to redeem themselves by taking care of young and......
As was the case with his last film Barfi, appreciating Anurag Basu’s Jagga Jasoos takes a lot of patience. One’s fortitude should not be tested.In the film, Ranbir Kapoor plays Jagga, an imaginative......
Sam Gilliam’s 1969 painting ‘April 4’ is an epic cascade of purple tears, a huge curtain of sorrow. Agony stains it. Melancholy seeps through its delicate clouds of colour. You don’t need to know......
Farrukh Adnan’s show at Karachi’s Koel Gallery, Enigmatic Spaces, features a set of abstract artworks with a distinct experimental quality. His black and white, pen and ink on canvas works are raw,......
Christian art in Europe has had a long-standing tradition of depicting Biblical narratives through paintings, frescoes and sculptures. What emerges from this vast repertoire of images is the fact......
The blurb on the title page of The Arabs in Sind — 712-1026 AD tells us that the work is the dissertation of John Jehangir Bede as submitted to the Department of History, University of Utah in the......
What is ‘authentic’ music? Contemporary American music is built on so many different cultures coming together, reflecting the amalgam that is American society. But the blues and soul music was very......
The growing religious-ideological discord and presence of an assortment of religiously inspired extremist movements and groups in Pakistan have complex socio-political implications. Where these......
Love, revenge, tragedy and salvation — K.R. Meera’s novel The Poison of Love has it all. Stripping away all the pretence that lovers, in both ancient and contemporary times, have cultivated of this......
Engaging and thought-provoking, Animals Strike Curious Poses is a collection of essays that will engage anyone with an interest in the animal kingdom and the way in which human beings interact both......
It was past midnight when, in a half-lit room of the Beach Luxury Hotel in Karachi, dampened by sea breeze and mist, two gentlemen from Pakistan and India sat with me and ordered black tea, green tea......
To mark the 200th death anniversary of one of the most celebrated writers of English literature, the Bank of England has unveiled a new banknote that features a portrait of Jane Austen, as well as a......
According to Pakhtun folklore, the red-legged partridges and long-net cranes are symbols of beauty and omens of good fortune. Once, a Pashto singer was so inspired by the elegant cranes, whose......
As a young boy growing up in Bethlehem, I was often excited when our family had company. My dad, a Christian clergyman, loved to take us and the guests to Hebron. Dad would take us to the Cave of the......
Notwithstanding the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) ventures and recent investments in the power sector, energy costs have generally been spiralling in Pakistan. In addition, over the......
While rags to riches stories in Pakistan set tongues wagging, we tend to omit a crucial caveat — the license to aspire, to better yourself, to earn serious bucks. Does the desire to go from a dusty......
On June 8 in a hospital in London, Ontario, Sam Panopoulos passed away peacefully. The 83-year old Greek-born Canadian left behind a large, loving family and a hotly-debated food controversy.Sam was......
Q. I have recently planted Conocarpus trees in an area that needed a dense, quick growing hedge for privacy reasons. Previously I had planted Ficus there but it became leggy and thus did not provide......
Dear Auntie, I’m a 30-year-old guy. I have completed my studies and now I’m searching for a job. While I think that I’m a helping hand for others especially my family, my problem is that my sister......
Recently a famous cola brand tried to convince Pakistanis that they should replace tea consumption with cola. Many Pakistanis responded on social media by suggesting that this was impossible because......
![ . ][1]Sindh’s legendary classical poet, Shah Abdul Latif (1689-1752), did not write his poetry himself but would instead recite it at gatherings of friends and devotees. Most of them not only......
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is an imposing stadium.As a native of Melbourne, I have watched more sport here than I can remember. Cricket, rugby, soccer, athletics. Even a U2 concert back in......
DURING a commencement speech given at the 2005 Stanford University graduation ceremony, Apple’s iconic co-founder Steve Jobs had remarked, “If I had never dropped out [of college], I would have never......
INVISIBILITY cloaks featured in the Grimms’ fairy tale of the 12 dancing princesses; the trickster Umro Ayyar from Tilism-i-Hoshruba had one, and so does Harry Potter. The wearer drapes it to do what......
AND so we’re back to where we began: he may go, but it’s not likely he will. Not because he’s innocent but because he’s not been proved guilty.Nawaz isn’t resigning and he sure doesn’t look......
THE Trump administration is about to complete its much-awaited comprehensive review of US policies on Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. There is widespread speculation that the new policy will involve......
PESHAWAR: The final phase of the repatriation of South Waziristan Agency’s internally displaced persons will begin on Tuesday (July 25) possibly marking the ‘complete’ return of 71,124 registered......
MINGORA: Tourists and trekkers have been flocking to a little-known lake at Kangar Danda in the upper gorges of Sulatanr valley here to enjoy its mysteriously dark and icy waters.The serene lake is......
RAWALPINDI: The uncertainty surrounding the fate of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the context of Panamagate has given Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) a unique opportunity to rope in some......
Prime ministers and ministers, military leaders, journalists, lawyers, actors and educationists have studied in the halls of the 115-year-old Government Gordon College building.The college emerged......
ISLAMABAD: An inquiry has been ordered into the illegal detention and manhandling of journalists by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials, officials revealed on Saturday.The inquiry was......
With the unique topography making it highly vulnerable to natural disasters all through the year, Chitral district’s elevations range from 3,600 feet above the sea level in the southern Arandu valley......
The lynching of a driver over his alleged illicit relations with a woman in Dera Shawal, a small hamlet which falls in the jurisdiction of Garhi Habibullah police station, Mansehra, on April 22......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Seraiki poet and lexicographer Akbar Makhmoor Mughal died of a heart attack here on Saturday.He was 61.He was born near Jhoke Uttra, Dera Ghazi Khan district, on Nov 29, 1956. A......
KASUR: Six months and 10 murders, and all the deceased are minor ages five to 10 and all of them were raped and killed. And the bodies were found in under-construction houses.An eight-year-old girl......
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate at the district courts on Saturday directed social media networking website Facebook’s management to provide registration details of a girl’s fake account allegedly......
Working with the parallel theatre for more than a decade, Irum Sana was an introvert in her early years when she made a resolve never to live the life of housewives, restricting herself to......
SIALKOT: Torrential rain inundated roads and low-lying areas of the city on Saturday.Following the downpour, water accumulated in streets and roads of Model Town, Mag Town, Muslim Town, Pakka Garha,......
OKARA: Burning of used tyres as fuel at brick kilns and absence of treatment plants in industrial units is causing environment pollution in the district, while the officials responsible for checking......
KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet on Saturday approved a new accountability law that envisages establishment of a high-powered body to conduct inquiries against provincial bureaucrats, employees and......
KARACHI: The renewed wave of attacks on policemen has not only caused loss of life but also raised serious questions about professionalism, policing skills and intelligence level of the law......
KARACHI: Police informed the administrative judge of the antiterrorism courts on Saturday that they were still clueless about the assailants who killed four policemen in the SITE area last month.An......
KARACHI: “Dekh shehr ki battian! [See the city lights]” used to be the oft-repeated comment by the people who arrived in Karachi from small towns or villages for the very first time. It was......
BEIRUT: Iran announced the launch of a new missile production line on Saturday, according to state media, against a backdrop of tension between the United States and Tehran.The Sayyad 3 missile can......
KANDAHAR: Seventy Afghans were abducted on Friday from their village along the main highway in the south of the country, and at least seven were killed, police said, accusing the Taliban of the......
LONDON: British officials announced plans on Saturday to further regulate drone use in a bid to prevent accidents and threats to commercial aviation.The new rules will require drones that weigh eight......
MANILA: The Philippine Congress on Saturday voted to extend President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in the south until the end of the year to defeat Islamist gunmen.In a special joint......
BUDAPEST: European Union leaders and Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros are seeking a “new, mixed, Muslimised Europe,” Hungary’s anti-migration prime minister said on Saturday.Prime Minister......
WASHINGTON: US Republicans and Democrats have reached agreement on legislation that allows new sanctions against Russia, Iran and now also North Korea, leading congressional Democrats said on......
BERLIN: A German 16-year-old girl suspected of joining the militant Islamic State group in Iraq was arrested last week in Mosul, a German judicial source said on Saturday.“The Dresden prosecutor......
LONDON: Nearly one young person a week has been stabbed to death in London so far this year, leaving British authorities hunting for ways to stop the increasing violence.Twenty-seven people under the......
‘RICKSHAWALLA’ is an appellation that inevitably brings to mind the image of a peddling or auto-accelerating character on a street in a Pakistani or Indian city with passengers perched in a......
LONDON: India have the chance to alter the course of cricket history when they face hosts England in the ICC Women’s World Cup final at Lord’s on Sunday.Since the tournament’s inception in 1973 — two......
SOUTHPORT: South Africa’s Branden Grace shot a blistering round of 62, the lowest ever in a men’s major championship, as the players made hay in benign conditions at the British Open on......
BEIJING: Chelsea crushed Arsenal 3-0 in a preseason game in Beijing on Saturday but the friendly turned ugly as Pedro left the field with a bloodied face after a big collision with David Ospina.The......
MONACO: Sprint king Usain Bolt and his self-proclaimed successor Wayde van Niekerk stole the limelight at Friday’s Diamond League meet in Monaco.Bolt produced a strong second half in the 100m, easing......
BUDAPEST: Li Zheng and Wang Han held off Britain’s Grace Reid and Tom Daley to earn China’s eighth diving gold of the world aquatic championships in Saturday’s 3m synchro springboard final.China’s Li......
KARACHI: Fourth seed Israr Ahmed cruised to a straight sets victory over unseeded Ali Bukhari in the one-sided final to win the Rs0.5 million Parco seventh Roshan Khan Open Squash — 2017 at the......
KARACHI: Talented Hasheesh Kumer shocked favourite Adil Khan to clinch the Under-14 title in the DHA Asian Tennis Federation Super Series Tennis Champoinship which concluded at the DA Creek Club on......
SYDNEY: Australian Peter Doohan, who famously upset Boris Becker at Wimbledon, has died at the age of 56, Tennis Australia (TA) said on Saturday.Doohan, dubbed the ‘Becker Wrecker’ after defeating......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) kept the policy rate unchanged at 5.75 per cent on Saturday for another couple of months, citing less-than-targeted inflation, higher domestic demand and the......
KARACHI: The import bill of semi- and completely knocked-down kits (SKD/CKD) for locally produced heavy vehicles, cars and motorcycles crossed $1 billion in 2016-17, showing a jump of 24 per cent......
KARACHI: The stock market managed to break the four-week losing spree in the outgoing week with the KSE-100 index showing recovery of 957 points (2.2 per cent) to settle at at 45,294.The investor......
SUKKUR: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah advised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday to resign “today” if he wanted to save the democratic......
SIALKOT: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan and his family must face the same stringent process of accountability that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family were subjected to, Federal......
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to give the task of running the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) to acting chairman after the formal arrest of incumbent chairman Zafar......
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has appointed an acting special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, redressing speculations that it was abolishing the office established during former......
A wide road along the main Liauqatabad No 10 lane takes a narrow turn to open into Nagina Chowk. Once you are in the middle of this intersection in the densely populated neighbourhood, you can’t......
ISLAMABAD: The main opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has submitted a resolution to the National Assembly Secretariat calling for removal of the recently-appointed National Bank of Pakistan......
JERUSALEM: Israeli security forces on Saturday raided the home of the Palestinian who stabbed to death three Israelis and restricted movement for Palestinians from his West Bank village, the military......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Saturday told the Supreme Court that neither Worcestershire nor Sussex County, for whom he played between 1971 and 1988, maintained......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue is reluctant to revise the valuation tables for taxation of property in 18 major cities of the country.The new property tables, which came into effect on July......
ISLAMABAD: With Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan holding his cards close to his chest, all eyes are set on a press conference he has announced he will address on Sunday (today).TV channels......
ISLAMABAD / LANDI KOTAL: The Pakistan Army announced on Saturday that it had completed the first phase of Operation Khyber-IV in the Rajgal area of Khyber Agency after gaining control of a key......
Railway operations were suspended in various parts of the country late Saturday night as train drivers stopped their locomotives on the tracks in protest against non-fulfilment of their demands,......
Iran's government rejected US demands to release detained Americans on Saturday, saying it had no control over the judiciary.“The judiciary, courts, and judges in Iran are completely independent, as......
