The Kremlin said Wednesday that United States (US) President Donald Trump signing new sanctions against Russia into law "doesn't change anything" as Moscow has already hit back at Washington over the......
Turkey on Wednesday replaced the land, air and naval commanders of the military, in a major shake-up of the armed forces just over a year after a failed coup bid.The decision from the nation's top......
Global smartphone sales saw a modest decline in the second quarter of 2017, as market leaders Samsung and Apple consolidated their positions, a survey showed Wednesday.The IDC survey showed South......
The crisis in Yemen that has left millions hungry and on the brink of famine is “a man-made disaster”, the United Nations (UN) development chief in the country said on Tuesday.UNDP chief in Yemen,......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) maintained its positive momentum on Wednesday as the benchmark KSE-100 index gained 416 points, or 0.89 per cent, by the close of the trading session to reach 46,949......
Chairman Senate Raza Rabbani on Tuesday called for inter-institutional dialogue to bring the country out of its prevailing crisis and tackle ongoing issues."Inter-institutional dialogue between the......
Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Sial suspended seven station house officers (SHOs) of the provincial police in Karachi over their alleged failure to control street crime and misbehaviour with......
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday issued a "legal notice" to former party member Ayesha Gulalai, demanding she apologise for her allegations against PTI Chairman Imran Khan a day......
Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar has appointed Justice Ijazul Ahsan as the "monitoring judge to supervise and monitor the implementation" of the Panamagate case and oversee the proceedings by......
Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar on Wednesday asked Akram Shiekh, the lawyer representing PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi, whether any documents were available to prove that the Pakistan......
A suicide bomber struck a NATO convoy near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Wednesday, causing casualties, said the US military.Lt Damien E Horvath, a military spokesman, could not say how......
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has offered reassurance to North Korea that “we are not your enemy”, though he wants help from China to push for conditions that can lead to talks with the......
Pakistan men's cricket team will be visiting New Zealand in January 2018 to play five one-day internationals (ODIs) and three T20s, according to the schedule updated on Blackcaps' official......
Incumbent Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in a press conference on Wednesday said that the government's incoming cabinet would take oath in a couple of days."Consultations are underway and the......
A fresh strike called by anti-India separatists to protest the killings of two suspected militants and a civilian shut down India-held Kashmir on Wednesday, while a teenage boy died a day after he......
Lawyer Raja Basharat has filed a petition in the Election Commission of Pakistan, seeking Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman's disqualification on the basis of "shameful" allegations of......
LAHORE: An influential member of the Punjab cabinet has opposed the elevation of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to the National Assembly, believing there are sufficient political and legal grounds......
Former federal minister and PPP Karachi president Dr Asim Hussain, while talking to media after appearing before an accountability court on Wednesday, said what happened with him was a classic......
The United States is planning to take trade measures against China to force it to crack down on the theft of intellectual property, the Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday.President Donald......
The China-Pakistan Friendship Highway runs over 1,300 kilometres from the far western Chinese city of Kashgar through the world's highest mountain pass and across the border.For China, the two-lane......
KARACHI: Reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decreased by $3.9bn between October and July 21 despite commercial borrowing of more than $4.4 billion in 2016-17.Currency experts said pressure......
ISLAMABAD: The government has increased the general sales tax (GST) rate on high-speed diesel (HSD) and petrol to 40 per cent and 23.5pc, respectively.The move aims to generate windfall revenues for......
KARACHI: Exporters must register themselves with the Registered Exporter System (REX) by the end of this year if they want to continue availing the European Union’s (EU) GSP+ facility.This was......
ISLAMABAD: The country’s average inflation, measured through Consumer Price Index (CPI), dipped to 2.9 per cent in the first month of this fiscal year—its lowest level since November 2015.Falling......
KARACHI: Stocks started off the first day of August on a cheerful note.After hitting the intraday high by 613 points, the KSE-100 index closed with a gain of 523 points (1.14 per cent) at......
MOSCOW: Russian leader Vladimir Putin is unlikely to risk an escalating round of tit-for-tat sanctions with Washington because the only measures that would hurt the United States would also endanger......
KARACHI: Some three armed robbers stormed a private microfinance bank in the old city’s Kharadar area on Tuesday, held security guards and staff at gunpoint and took away more than half a million......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that his government has embarked on a comprehensive plan to introduce reforms in every sector to make Sindh a centre of prosperity and a hub......
KARACHI: The Paper Market on Hasan Ali Effendi Road where people come to buy paper, disposable bags, plates, birthday decorations, etc on wholesale rates is so green these days that it can be......
KARACHI: In contemporary art, it is difficult to ascertain multiple levels of creative threads in a group exhibition, because the only obvious factor that puts them in one bracket is their......
HYDERABAD: Consul General of Germany in Karachi Rainer Schmiedchen called on Tuesday for enhancing economic cooperation between Pakistan and his country.He said this while speaking to......
PARIS: Paris is celebrating outright victory in its bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games despite cautionary rhetoric from French President Emmanuel Macron and bid leaders following a historic deal with......
MELBOURNE: Australian players will not travel to Bangladesh for a two-Test tour starting this month until the pay dispute between them and the sport’s national governing body is resolved, captain......
LONDON: Steven Finn has replaced injured fast bowling colleague Mark Wood in the only change to England’s squad for the fourth and final Test against South Africa, starting on Friday at Old......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali is the only player in the top 10 of the ICC Test player rankings announced on Tuesday.Azhar stands on sixth position with 769 points with an average of......
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal has been included in the 16-man squad for the second Test of the three-match series against India which begins on Thursday after recovering from......
LAHORE: The Anti-corruption Tribunal of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), while dismissing two demands of accused cricketer Khalid Latif in the spot-fixing case and accepting as many, ordered him to......
LONDON: Moeen Ali chose a fine time to make both personal and cricket history after his first hat-trick at any level sealed England’s 239-run win in the third Test against South Africa here at The......
LONDON: Christian Taylor will be delighted to secure a record-breaking third world triple jump title in London this month, but the American has even loftier ambitions to cement his name in the......
LOS ANGELES: Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova made a battling return to US hardcourts on Monday with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-0 victory over American Jennifer Brady in Stanford, California.“I feel......
KARACHI: Over 300 top marksmen of the country are expected to feature in the Parvez Abbasi Open Shooting Championship when it takes place at the PN Shooting Range from Aug 11 to 13.A total of 22 gold......
KARACHI: Pakistan’s most accomplished professional golfer Shabbir Iqbal is set to delight the fraternity again when he defends his title in the Rs3 million 19th Sindh Open Golf Championship which......
Designer duo, Rimple and Harpreet Narula, will be stepping into Bollywood with critically acclaimed director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus, Padmavati. This period drama is based on life of Rani......
ANKARA: Turkey put nearly 500 people on trial on Tuesday on charges of leading last year’s failed coup, parading dozens of the men into a courthouse as protesters threw stones and shouted......
SAINTE COLOMBE: A “little Pompeii” is how French archaeologists are describing an entire ancient Roman neighbourhood uncovered on the outskirts of the south-eastern city of Vienne, featuring......
ISTANBUL: The main grouping of the world’s Muslim nations on Tuesday accused Israel of staging provocative actions and inflaming tensions with the Palestinians in a crisis over security measures at a......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday released the first edition of a magazine for women, apparently aiming to convince its target readership to join the militant group and take up jihad.The......
SYDNEY: More than half of university students in Australia were sexually harassed last year and seven percent sexually assaulted on at least one occasion, a “disturbing” new national study revealed......
CARACAS: Venezuela’s intelligence service took two prominent opposition leaders back to prison early on Tuesday, authorities said, as embattled President Nicolas Maduro moved to shore up his power......
ISTANBUL: Turkey and its main regional ally Qatar on Tuesday launched military exercises in the emirate that will involve some 250 Turkish troops and 30 armoured vehicles, reports said.The exercises......
PARIS: The first flower to appear along the path of plant evolution, during the time of the dinosaurs, was a hermaphrodite with petal-like organs arranged in concentric circles, researchers said on......
It is often said there are no permanent enemies or friends in politics but only permanent interests. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has proved this once again. He parted ways with his......
More details are emerging about the police operation in Ozamiz City that resulted in the death of 15 people, including Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr, his wife Susan, his brother Octavio Jr and 12......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan and India concluded the much-delayed water talks in the US capital on Tuesday, raising hopes that they would avoid further tensions over an issue that has far-reaching......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has compiled preliminary reports of census data, Chief Statistician Asif Bajwa said on Tuesday following the monthly briefing on inflation at the......
ISLAMABAD: Senior US diplomat Alice Wells is reaching here on Thursday on an introductory trip.Alice Wells, who is the acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia and acting Special......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) wrapped up in December an inquiry conducted for 17 months against Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for his alleged role in awarding a Rs220......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Tuesday that democracy should continue in the country.He was talking to journalists after the oath-taking ceremony of newly-elected Prime......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, in his maiden speech to the National Assembly following his election on Tuesday, put forward his vision to improve the socio-economic conditions and......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday wondered how it could disqualify Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan under Article 62 of the Constitution when the Political Party Order (PPO)......
SRINAGAR: Indian forces killed a top militant commander in India-held Kashmir on Tuesday, triggering clashes in which one protester died and a number of people were injured.Abu Dujana, a senior......
ISLAMABAD: 2:59PM: The hall of the National Assembly is buzzing with excitement. Members on both sides are out in full force, but everyone’s busy chatting. In groups of three or five, MNAs are......
LAHORE: A 50-year-old woman died at the Services Hospital on Tuesday when activists of the Young Doctors Association (YDA) denied her treatment at its emergency ward due to a strike for the......
ISLAMABAD: The New York-based credit rating agency Moody’s on Tuesday expressed fears that Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification as a member of parliament in the Panama Papers case could pose risks to......
ISLAMABAD: On a day when the country got a new prime minister, the hottest topic on news bulletins and talk shows on Tuesday night were the harassment allegations levelled at Imran Khan by a woman......
LAHORE: A man who blackmailed and harassed a girl through social networking website “facebook” has been jailed for 14 months.Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had arrested Azhar Safdar, the convict,......
LAHORE: Few members from former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s cabinet are expected to join Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s team as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz decided on Tuesday that the......
LAHORE: Whether the new prime minister will chair the all important meetings of the high-powered selection board scheduled to be held this month?The question is haunting many bureaucrats in the......
SAHIWAL: An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two brothers at Chak 19/SP, Pakpattan, on Tuesday. The girl’s family held a protest against Sadar police for not registering a gang-rape case......
LAHORE: The Department of Theriogenology of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) organised a one-day training workshop on ‘precision dairy farming’ at the Ravi Campus here on......
ISLAMABAD: After his disqualification on Friday, July 28, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is not in a position to appeal his dismissal due to the ‘negligence’ of his own aides.The former prime......
A: These days I am reading ‘Liberty and Death’ by Patrick French. The book narrates the final days of colonial rule in India and the chaotic partition of the Indian subcontinent. It delves into the......
ISLAMABAD: The 70th Independence Day celebrations started at Lok Virsa with a colourful ceremony featuring special plays, folk songs and dance performances on Tuesday.The National Institute of Folk......
PESHAWAR: The outbreak of dengue haemorrhagic fever in Tehkal area has set alarm bells ringing at health department amid reports of two deaths in the provincial metropolis by the ailment caused by......
PESHAWAR: An elderly man from Bajaur Agency allegedly kept in illegal confinement on a murder charge under the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) has died, claim legal heirs.Mohabat Khan, 65, alias......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at an event here on Tuesday paid rich tributes to the personnel of law enforcement agencies, who sacrificed their lives for restoration of peace, and vowed to continue supporting......
PESHAWAR: French Ambassador to Pakistan Martine Dorance on Tuesday visited the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar here on Tuesday.She was accompanied by Oliver Huynh Van, cooperation......
The gloves are off and it is a free for all. Politics is a dirty game in this country, but it has seldom been so ugly. In this no-holds-barred war of glib talk, the entire endeavour is to prove the......
I WANT women to win. I want them to win elections so they can lead countries. I want them to win promotions so that they can lead companies. I want them to overcome obstacles and shatter glass......
IN real estate, the mantra is Location, Location, Location. In governance, it ought to be Context, Context, Context. But while we have grasped the first, our appreciation of the second is deficient......
BACK in the early 1970s, when Pakistani television audiences relied on a single channel, one of PTV’s staples was the satirical American spy series Get Smart, in which the forces of CONTROL......
Former MPA Irum Azeem Farooque, who left the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) after party founder Altaf Hussain's August 22 diatribe last year, announced that she is joining the Pakistan......
Large anti-India protests and clashes, spearheaded mostly by students, erupted in India-held Kashmir (IHK) on Tuesday after Indian forces killed two suspected militants in a gunbattle and fatally......
Former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower will play a key role in the formation of the World XI which is likely to tour Pakistan in mid-September, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official confirmed to......
