A joint United States and Afghan military operation in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province killed two suspected Al Qaida-linked leaders and led to the capture of a third, a government official......
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Thursday became the world's richest person, as a jump in the share price of the United States (US) tech giant enabled him to overtake Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Forbes......
Thousands of Muslims have flocked to a contested Jerusalem holy site for the first organised prayers in almost two weeks after Israel removed controversial security measures placed at the entrance of......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) ended nearly flat on Thursday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index shedding only three points, or 0.01 per cent, by the close of the trading session to reach 45,906.The......
Qatar has hired a Washington influence firm Avenue Strategies Global, founded by President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski and another specialised in digging up dirt on US......
Intel's more than two decade-long reign as the king of the silicon-based semiconductor is poised to end on Thursday when South Korea's Samsung Electronics elbows the US manufacturer aside to become......
Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Yahya Afridi on Thursday ordered the transfer of the Mashal Khan murder case from Mardan to an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Haripur jail after Khan's father......
The Supreme Court will announce its decision on the Panamagate case around 11:30am on Friday, according to a notification issued by the registrar of the Supreme Court.The landmark verdict will be......
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar finally held his much-awaited press conference on Thursday to announce that he would leave his ministry and the National Assembly the day the Panamagate verdict was......
Two Pakistani diplomatic officials, recovered by Afghan security forces a day earlier, arrived at Benazir International Airport Islamabad via flight PK 205 on Thursday.Jan Khan and Mohammad Aijaz,......
Progress in Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) General Secretary Jahangir Tareen's disqualification case remained sluggish as lawyers of both sides were called out by the Supreme Court (SC) on their......
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Assistant on Political Affairs, Asif Kirmani has been appointed Senator, replacing Babar Awan with hardly any opposition, Dawn News reported on Thursday.Apart from......
The Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms (PCER) has approved the draft of Elections Bill 2017, which proposes up to Rs0.1 million fine or three years imprisonment for lawmakers if......
Cricket Australia (CA) Chief Executive James Sutherland wants an independent umpire appointed to arbitrate in the pay dispute with the players' union if the long-running impasse isn't resolved next......
Accusing Al Jazeera of inciting recent violence in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he wants to close the offices of the Qatari broadcaster in Israel.“The Al Jazeera......
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday took suo motu notice of the sexual assault of a teenage girl, which reportedly took place on the orders of a panchayat in the Muzaffarabad area......
My last visit to Swat, once known idyllically as the emerald valley, was after massive floods had struck the region around this time in 2010. I remember sitting on the banks of the picturesque Swat......
The Supreme Court on Thursday, while hearing a petition seeking exclusion of PPP leader Dr Asim Hussain's name from the exit control list (ECL), expressed its dissatisfaction over the medical......
THE alliance that defeated the militant Islamic State group in Mosul was unusual. Fighting alongside the Iraqi army were not only US forces but also Iran-backed militias. A few weeks ago, with IS on......
PUNJABIS have a feline thirst for blood. When the Lion of the Punjab — Maharaja Ranjit Singh — predicted that, after him, his kingdom would be overrun by the red of British occupation, he had not......
WHEN Marcellus says “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”, he is only being an honourable, responsible and concerned citizen. Not to many in Pakistan; there is a hue and cry from strange......
SPECULATION is the name of the game that is being played by TV channels day in and day out for the entertainment of the masses, whose gullibility is as boundless as their thirst for the sensational......
PESHAWAR: Like other parts of the country, a severe petrol shortage was reported in the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to the countrywide protest of the oil tankers association on Wednesday.Long......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Tuesday directed the Council of Islamic Ideology and attorney general for Pakistan to respond to a petition seeking its orders for the government to introduce......
LANDI KOTAL: Khyber Agency political administration served notices on Malakdinkhel and Akkakhel tribes under Collective Territorial Responsibility clause of Frontier Crimes Regulations to surrender......
PESHAWAR: The federal government is providing scholarship to 49,000 students from Fata every year, including 1,475 youths enrolled in cadet colleges, said Fata social sector department secretary......
PESHAWAR: Differences over allocation of funds for schemes and appointments have rocked working relations between Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and his two key cabinet members.Insiders said that......
RAWALPINDI: Residents of Rawalpindi spent Wednesday in search of fuel, as many petrol stations closed down after finishing their stock due to the Oil Tankers Association strike, which ended in the......
Fauzia Naheed, who began making cotton and fabric dolls 40 years ago, has been struggling to keep the art of traditional doll-making alive since. With no formal training, Ms Naheed, who also makes......
LAHORE: Underlining the need for giving priority to the safety of labour and officials of different utility services working on Lahore Orange Line Metro Train Project, steering committee chairman......
GUJRAT: The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Aga Khan Cultural Service Pakistan have agreed to work together on a new project, Economic and Social Development through Conservation of......
SAHIWAL: Rail traffic remained suspended for hours when an LPG tanker veered off Lahore-Multan highway while saving a car near 132/9-L village on Wednesday morning.After initial efforts, the local......
KARACHI: The Supreme Court directed the Sindh chief secretary on Wednesday to furnish a report by July 28 about what action had been taken against the senior police officers having a patchy service......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Wednesday acquitted a man of killing Prof Dr Shakeel Auj, Karachi University’s Dean of Islamic Studies, for lack of evidence.Prof Auj was on his way to the Iranian......
KARACHI: The Sindh legislature was informed on Wednesday that close to three million children were out of school across the province for which the government was taking part in an initiative planned......
SUKKUR: Enraged power consumers took to the streets and blocked traffic by staging sit-in and burning tyres on roads in Jacobabad on Wednesday in protest against 11-hour power breakdown in the......
CHON BURI: Hundreds of Thai schoolchildren and naval officers sent 1,066 turtles scuttling into the sea on Wednesday in a ceremony aimed at bringing good fortune to the new King Maha Vajiralongkorn,......
CARACAS: Venezuela holds a vote on Sunday to elect a 545-member assembly to rewrite the constitution. The opposition has slammed the move as a blatant attempt by President Nicolas Maduro to cling to......
THE crumpled heap of stones, all that is left of the minaret of the Great Mosque of Aleppo, asks questions of us all. How do we “restore” or “repair” or “rebuild” a jewel of Seljuk civilization from......
NEW YORK: When he landed the lead in Amazon Prime’s The Last Tycoon, Matt Bomer had never read the timeless F Scott Fitzgerald novella on which the series is based. But by chance, he had just......
BRUSSELS: The EU warned on Wednesday of swift retaliation after the US House of Representatives voted to impose tougher sanctions on Russia in a move Brussels says could punish energy firms and......
DHAKA: Bangladeshi twins born conjoined at the skull will undergo a difficult and potentially dangerous operation to separate them, surgeons said on Wednesday as they appealed for help from global......
SAINT CHER: French zoo officials were bursting with joy on Wednesday at the news their female panda is pregnant — a first for France.A scan by zoo vets on Wednesday revealed that Huan Huan, on loan......
MARSEILLE: At least 10,000 people were evacuated overnight after a new wild fire broke out in southern France, which was already battling massive blazes that have consumed swathes of forest,......
JERUSALEM: A tense standoff was underway between Israel and Muslim worshippers at a Jerusalem holy site on Wednesday despite the removal of metal detectors, with concerns of major unrest this week if......
BELGRADE: Novak Djokovic will sit out the rest of this season because of an injured right elbow, meaning he will miss the US Open and end his streak of participating in 51 consecutive Grand Slam......
LAHORE: Pakistan cricket team head coach Mickey Arthur said on Wednesday he hoped a proposed tour of the World XI to the South Asian country would bring the embattled nation a step closer to reviving......
GALLE: Opener Shikhar Dhawan smashed a career-best 190 during a brilliant Indian batting assault on the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka here on Wednesday.Dhawan’s superb batting......
LONDON: The return of Kagiso Rababa means England’s faltering batsmen head into Thursday’s third Test against South Africa here at The Oval knowing they will face an even stronger attack than the one......
LONDON: For a player to play hundred Test matches or for a venue to stage a century of Tests is a landmark which is never to be forgotten.Today, with the third Test between England and South Africa......
HARRISON (New Jersey): Marco Tumminello scored two minutes into stoppage time to give AS Roma a 3-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur in a bad-tempered International Champions Club match at Red Bull Arena......
LONDON: Olympiakos and CSKA Moscow moved into the driving seat to reach the Champions League playoff round after posting decisive wins in the first legs of their third qualifying round matches on......
BUDAPEST: Katie Ledecky made history on Tuesday by becoming the first woman to win 12 world swimming championship gold medals, as world records were sent tumbling four times in the Budapest......
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on Wednesday it will launch a new tool to support governments in financial trouble — but one that involves no money — formalising a step it......
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approved on Wednesday seven development projects at an estimated cost of Rs134.4 billion.Presided over by Finance Minister......
KARACHI: Equities closed flat in lacklustre trading session on Wednesday where the benchmark KSE-100 index saw marginal fall of 9.51 points to close at 45,908.Start to the day was on positive note......
WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve is keeping its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a time of low inflation, which remains persistently below the Fed’s target level.The Fed noted on Wednesday in a......
ISLAMABAD: After Panamagate, another scandal has surfaced as one more member of the federal cabinet, Ahsan Iqbal, who oversees the $54 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, is......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has “requested” the Supreme Court judges to announce the verdict in the Panama Papers case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family......
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday asked the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to complete within six months investigations into the multi-billion-rupee land scam of the......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan and India seem all set to finally hold the much-delayed water talks in the US capital next week, hoping to avoid further tensions over an issue that has far-reaching consequences......
CHARSADDA: A religious scholar and leader of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) was shot dead in Shabqadar tehsil of Charsadda district on Wednesday morning.According to police, Maulana Haq Nawaz......
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance on Wednesday was the scene of heated debate on a unique and pertinent question — which is superior, the Supreme Court or parliament?The argument......
ISLAMABAD: The protesting owners of oil tankers on Wednesday called off their strike and resumed supplies after the government extended an assurance to resolve their grievances on a fast-track......
Some 300 non-gazetted employees of the NJHP Company, a subsidiary of the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) executing the Neelum-Jhelum Hydroelectric Project (NJHP), have been protesting......
United States (US) Democratic Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz fired a Pakistani-origin information technology (IT) staffer following his arrest on a bank fraud charge at a Virginia airport......
