Nawaz Sharif, who was ousted from office for the third time on July 28, while addressing his party's leadership on Saturday expressed disbelief over the grounds for his dismissal, but resolved to......
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in a parliamentary committee meeting on Saturday decided to push for a nominee unanimously supported by opposition parties for the vacant post of prime minister......
Amidst the leadership vacuum left by Nawaz Sharif's disqualification by the Supreme Court on grounds he had been dishonest and therefore unfit for office, PML-N leaders on Saturday decided to rally......
India captain Virat Kohli completed his 17th Test ton on Saturday and then let his bowlers demolish injury-hit Sri Lanka to claim a 304-run victory inside four days in their first Test.Set a daunting......
A man who killed one person and injured six others at a Hamburg supermarket was known to authorities as an "Islamist" who was also suffering from psychological problems.On Friday, the failed......
Cabinet Division issued several notifications on Friday stating that prime minister, his ministers and advisers no longer remain in office after the July 28 decision on the Panama Papers case from......
PML-N leaders, in a parliamentary committee meeting headed by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday, decided that Nawaz's younger brother, Shahbaz Sharif, should take over as the party's......
The Supreme Court announced its final decision on the Panamagate case on July 28, disqualifying Nawaz Sharif for not being "honest" under Articles 62(1)(f) of the Constitution and Article 99(f) of......
Sri Lanka's government on Saturday signed a long-delayed agreement to sell a 70-percent stake in a $1.5 billion port to China in a bid to recover from the heavy burden of repaying a Chinese loan......
At least four people were killed and five injured in a blast close to the Pakistan-Iran border on Saturday.Deputy Commissioner Panjgur Abdul Jabbar Baloch confirmed the blast in Chedgi area near the......
A local court in Islamabad sent the former Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) chairman Zafar Hijazi on a 14-day judicial remand to Adiala Jail on Saturday.Hijazi was taken into FIA......
A judicial magistrate in Lahore on Saturday sentenced the primary suspect in Khadija Siddiqui stabbing case to seven years in prison.Magistrate Mubashir Awan at Cantonment Courts announced the......
The end is approaching, the joyous summer vacation is about to finish. You would be going to schools after enjoying very eventful days — the Ramazan excitement, the Eid joy and then the monsoon......
Ramazan is gone and we have anxiously started waiting for the next year to celebrate Ramazan again. This month is a blessing for us Muslims and yes, this proved true for me on its first day, which......
Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on this planet, it belongs to the family Poaceae (grasses). It can grow three feet in height in 24 hours under appropriate climate conditions. From tropics to......
The other day I traced an old friend of mine on Facebook. He had shifted to another city and we had grown apart. As I called him and caught up on his life, shared old memories and laughed at old......
What can be more wonderfully magical than having the ability to write and then bringing those stories to life? Our 12-year-old heroine Keira has that power, but she doesn’t know it in the beginning......
We see the world around us in visible light. However, many of you may know that there are other types of lights, like ultraviolet, gamma rays, infrared or x-ray, to name a few, which we cannot see......
No ice cream maker needed and with just four ingredients, this is the easiest, smoothest and yummiest ice cream you can make on your own! Speckled with chocolate chips, this is a totally cool way to......
Words are very powerful — so become empowered by enhancing your vocabulary!Stick-in-the-mudNoun (informal)Definition: A person who is dull and unadventurous and who resists change.Examples: “They see......
A machine repairman unfortunately got himself stuck inside a cash machine, recently. To get free, he started posting messages through the slot along with their money.The company contractor had......
Abeerah looked cautiously in her wardrobe again, hoping to hear the inkling of the laughter of her friends from behind her clothes. But it seemed as if everyone had disappeared.Abeerah and her......
THE inglorious exit of Nawaz Sharif may have come as a serious blow to the country’s most powerful political dynasty. The devastating ruling by the five-member Supreme Court bench has not only seen......
PAKISTAN became a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 2010, a move that many hoped would herald greater human rights protection in the country. The government,......
ON July 25, Ram Nath Kovind was sworn in as India’s 14th president. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh mouthpiece Organiser characterised him as one “deeply rooted in the ideological stream of the RSS”.......
ANYBODY who uses Twitter much will have noticed the rage evident in many tweets: whenever I have dared to write a critical comment about Imran Khan and his party, I have been attacked — and often......
PESHAWAR: Jubilant workers of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Jamaat-i-Islami poured onto the streets of Peshawar and other towns of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to celebrate disqualification of Prime Minister......
PESHAWAR: The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has sought a level playing field and incentives for the businessmen of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa like those in other parts of the country to......
PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Friday declared the Supreme Court verdict in the Panama Leaks case historic and said all stakeholders should accept it.“The Panamagate......
ISLAMABAD: A tense calm prevailed over the federal capital on Friday, with limited traffic on the roads and police checkpoints abandoned in favour of tighter security at entrances to the Red......
RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League (AML) President Sheikh Rashid Ahmed celebrated the disqualification of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at Lal Haveli on Friday.More than 100 workers participated in......
“I have been selling snacks for the last two decades, 15 years outside Polyclinic. I am from Attock, but came to Islamabad 40 years ago. My husband was a labourer and I used to support him by working......
LAHORE: It was a business as usual in Lahore on Friday with little events of jubilation and protest over the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif as prime minister.No big gathering from either the PTI or......
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has termed the Panama Leaks verdict a victory not of any party but of the people of Pakistan that will contribute to the elimination of......
KARACHI: The Sindh police are set to acquire 10,000 9mm pistols and 2,000 12-gauge pump-action shotguns for the Karachi police amid growing security challenges which the authorities believe demand......
KARACHI: The commissioning and induction ceremony of PNS Himmat built for Pakistan Navy at the Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works Limited (KS&EW) was held at Pakistan Navy dockyard on Friday.The......
KARACHI: Work on the Submarine Chowrangi underpass, a Rs707 million project, has quickened during the last few days. Heavy machinery, including cranes and shovels, deployed there are seen working day......
HYDERABAD: Overjoyed activists of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and other parties across Sindh poured out onto the streets where they danced and distributed sweets after TV channels flashed news......
ISTANBUL: A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release of seven people in the trial of staff from an opposition newspaper seen as a test for press freedom under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but......
SEOUL: North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Friday, just hours after the US and Japan moved to step up sanctions against Pyongyang following its recent test of an ICBM capable of reaching......
BERLIN: More than 70 years after Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin bunker in the final days of World War Two, an exhibition in the capital examines how he became a Nazi and what turned......
BEIRUT: Middle Eastern countries should follow Tunisia’s example and immediately repeal laws that let rapists off the hook if they marry their victims, human rights groups said on Friday.Tunisia......
MANILA: Philippine troops have seized 59 suspected militants trying to reinforce Islamist gunmen holed up in the southern city of Marawai who have been battling government forces for more than two......
JERUSALEM: Israel barred men under 50 from Friday prayers at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site after two weeks of tensions and deadly unrest, leading thousands of Palestinians to hold mass prayers......
BERGAMO: After nearly 20 years working with wheelchair-bound youngsters, Mario Vigentini wanted to revolutionise their quality of life, inventing a device that raises up users so they are......
ALBERT Cashier served in the army as a man, lived his life as man and was buried at 71 with full military honours in 1915, as a man. But beneath the uniform in which he fought and was buried, he was......
BERLIN: With its deserted bunkers, abandoned barracks and ghostly hospital ruins, Berlin is a magnet for urban explorers who seek out abandoned places and time-travel through the German capital’s......
I DON’T like armies. They are dangerous institutions. Soldiers are not heroes just because they fight. And I’ve grown tired of saying that those who live by the sword sometimes die by the......
LONDON: Ben Stokes underlined his prowess as the rarest of all-round talents with his glorious century propelling England to a challenging total of 353 on the second day of the third Test against......
LAHORE: The outgoing chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shaharyar Khan has said they have started a legal battle with their Indian counterparts at the ICC dispute resolving committee for......
KARACHI: Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir has dismissed rumours about his retirement from Test cricket. Earlier in May, unsubstantiated media reports claimed that Amir was considering drawing curtains on......
LONDON: AC Milan’s offseason spending spree paid a quick dividend when new signing Ricardo Rodriguez scored in a 1-0 win at Romanian side Universitatea Craiova in the Europa League third qualifying......
SHANGHAI: Brazilian striker Neymar stormed out of a Barcelona training session on Thursday as speculation mounted about a world-record move to Paris St Germain.A personal appearance in China next......
BUDAPEST: Australian Daniel Ricciardo reminded Formula One’s title contenders that Red Bull remain a force to reckon with after lapping fastest in crash-interrupted practice at the Hungarian Grand......
BUDAPEST: On a night when Katie Ledecky returned to a more familiar spot the top rung of the medal podium the US men’s team began passing the torch to a new generation at the world championships.Step......
KARACHI: Avoiding direct comments on the Supreme Court’s order to disqualify Nawaz Sharif in the Panamagate case, most trade and industry leaders shared mixed views and seemed apprehensive about the......
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Friday recommended a Rs5.07 and Rs3.67 per litre cut in the prices of high-speed diesel (HSD) and petrol, respectively, for August.On the......
KARACHI: A bounce-back close to the end of trading hours on Friday saw the KSE-100 index end the session with a marginal gain of 6.27 points (0.01 per cent) at 45,912.The stock market was jittery in......
LONDON: World stock markets fell on Friday as a rash of disappointing company results triggered profit-taking ahead of the weekend, capping a record-breaking run for equities.The dollar took a hit......
KARACHI: Cotton prices on Friday soared on strong sustained demand from spinners who were running out of stocks.The flow of phutti (seed cotton) from Punjab gained momentum which improved the......
History was repeated on Friday morning. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was sent home after the Supreme Court disqualified him under the Constitution’s Article 62(1)(f) for misdeclaring his assets when......
ISLAMABAD: A series of inauguration and groundbreaking ceremonies were lined up that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif could not perform because of his disqualification by the Supreme Court of......
WASHINGTON: The United States says it hopes for a smooth transfer of power in Pakistan after the Supreme Court verdict that disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.“This is an internal matter. We......
ISLAMABAD: As a five-member bench of the Supreme Court on Friday handed down disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution, a debate started to rage......
MOSCOW: Russia on Friday ordered the United States to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff in retaliation for a new round of US sanctions, and said it was seizing two US diplomatic properties.Moscow’s......
• In a stunning verdict, SC disqualifies PM for not declaring income from UAE-based Capital FZE to ECP • NAB given six weeks to file references against PM’s children, Dar and Capt Safdar • Probe......
ISLAMABAD: Hailing the landmark judgement of the Supreme Court in the Panama Papers case that has disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding public office, the opposition foresees a new......
It is a shattering blow to the legacy of Nawaz Sharif, a third-term prime minister months away from the historic milestone of a full term. Instead, Mr Sharif now faces an extended political exile,......
China on Friday said that the Nawaz Sharif's disqualification from public office would not affect Islamabad and Beijing's bilateral ties or the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.Chinese Foreign......
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith on Friday took to Twitter to express her satisfaction over the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif as prime minister who, she said,......
As Operation Khyber-4 continues in Khyber Agency, 110 square kilometres of Rajgal Valley have been cleared, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday, with over 40 suspected facilitators......
