Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s call for the formation of a special committee to investigate the allegations of harassment......
The Afghan Taliban on Friday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) patrol north of Kabul that the United States military said killed one service......
Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, while speaking in a jalsa in his constituency on Friday, said he will soon reveal the reason he did not join Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's......
The newly-formed federal cabinet, in its first meeting on Friday, vowed to "take forward the vision" of former premier Nawaz Sharif and decided to assemble every week.The meeting was held under the......
A seven-year-old abducted from Bahria Town Rawalpindi around a week ago has been returned to her parents, Rawalpindi police said on Friday.The young girl had been abducted from outside her house in......
The acting assistant secretary of United States for South and Central Asian Affairs and acting special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Alice Wells, stressed that Pakistan’s......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) ended the week on a negative point, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index losing 207 points, or 0.44 per cent, to close at 46,877 on Friday.The market hit the day's high......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf 's (PTI) nominee for the NA-120 seat, Dr Yasmin Rashid, on Friday alleged that pre-poll rigging "is in full swing" in the constituency.The seat had fallen vacant after the......
A high-level Afghan military delegation, led by Lt Gen Muhammad Zaman Waziri, met with Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Nazir Ahmed Butt in Peshawar on Friday.The seven-member delegation discussed......
The Sindh High Court chief justice (CJ) on Friday took suo motu notice of the alleged abuse of a lady doctor and paramedic in Umerkot a day earlier by district and sessions court staff on court......
In the latest twist to the controversy surrounding MNA Ayesha Gulalai's accusations of sexual harassment against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, a series of since deleted tweets......
Pakistan women's cricket team skipper Sana Mir in an open letter shared on Facebook on Thursday said that her relationship with the team coach suffered when she insisted on playing Diana Baig in the......
Panicked residents fled one of the tallest towers in Dubai early Friday after a fire ripped through it, the second blaze to hit the skyscraper in as many years.Authorities said no casualties were......
A woman’s conscious struggle to break free from the dehumanisation and shame she has experienced in the past should ideally be lauded, and yet yields completely the opposite results the minute she......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday called for the formation of a special committee to investigate the allegations of harassment levelled against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman......
Members of the new federal cabinet took oath at a ceremony organised at the Presidency in Islamabad on Friday morning.President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath to 43 members of Prime Minister......
OVER the past few weeks, I have come across two powerful new words. Coincidentally, both are related in a certain way. The first, ‘kakistocracy’ refers to “government by the worst people”.......
LAST Friday’s weekly write-up was about suspects who had been disposed of by their ‘accomplices’ under the watch of the police in Punjab. Fresh evidence has emerged to reconfirm the suspicion that......
ANY country which values education provides for an independent mechanism to test the learning levels of its students. That is the only way a state can assess objectively the strength and weaknesses......
PARACHINAR’S experience with terrorism is endemic and compounded by divisive sectarianism. This year, 121 people have been killed and hundreds injured as a result of militancy. Recent media reports......
KARACHI: The military establishment on Thursday hinted that the Karachi operation, which is going to complete four years next month, was not going to end anytime soon as the new corps commander of......
KARACHI: “First we need to dream. Imagine if the whole [of] Karachi is full of flowers, how the city would look like,” said renowned florist Phubast Chesdmethee during a presentation of a floral......
KARACHI: Dalda Foods Ltd and its parent company are going to raise more than Rs7 billion through the stock market by selling 25 per cent shares in the edible oil business, according to a recent......
KARACHI: The wholesale price of sugar swelled to Rs54-56 per kilogram from Rs47 three days ago owing to the suspension in supplies by sugar mills.However, retailers had already been selling the......
KARACHI: Stocks climbed higher for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday with the KSE-100 index adding 135.30 points (0.29 per cent) to settle at 47,084.The volume rose by 24pc over the earlier day......
KARACHI: Brisk activity was witnessed at the cotton market on Thursday as higher availability of quality lint attracted spinners running short of stocks.However, the pace of phutti (seed cotton)......
LAHORE: Announcing in clear terms that celebrations after the spectacular victory in the Champions Trophy were over and urging his players to focus on winning the 2019 World Cup, Pakistan head coach......
MELBOURNE:Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) announced they had agreed a new pay deal ‘in principle’ on Thursday, finally ending an acrimonious dispute that......
COLOMBO: Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane unbeaten hit centuries as India took opening day honours on 344-3 at stumps against Sri Lanka in the second Test in Colombo on Thursday.Pujara (128) and......
KARACHI: The Sultans of Swing, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis will once again be together on the same side, representing newest PSL franchise Multan Sultans in the next edition of the T20 league.In an......
MANCHESTER: South Africa captain Faf du Plessis wants his batsmen to raise their game as they look to finish their lengthy tour of England with a flourish in the fourth Test, which starts from Friday......
CHICAGO: Real Madrid ended a frustrating pre-season tour of the US on a winning note as the Champions League winners beat a Major League Soccer All-Stars side 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw on......
BARCELONA: Brazil forward Neymar’s world record transfer to Paris St Germain is close to completion after his club Barcelona said on Thursday that the player’s representatives had paid the 222......
LONDON: Hardly a week goes by without someone mentioning Usain Bolt and his playful finger wag towards the Canadian sprinter.It was a point of pride for Andre De Grasse the Jamaican great......
PARIS: Four-time European champions Ajax Amsterdam were dumped out in the third qualifying round of the Champions League after a 2-2 draw at home to Nice on Wednesday, as Scottish champions Celtic......
WASHINGTON: Alexander Zverev took advantage of late errors by Jordan Thompson during a third-set tiebreaker to advance to the third round of the Citi Open with a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) victory on......
BERLIN: Ukraine’s former world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko announced his retirement from boxing on Thursday to scupper any hopes of a November rematch against Britain’s Anthony......
KARACHI: Former Test fast bowler Jalaluddin will be working for cricket development with the Michigan Cricket Association, USA and will be leaving for his assignment on Saturday.Jalaluddin, who holds......
STANFORD: Wimbledon champion Garbie Muguruza dropped just two games in her first match since last month’s All-England Club triumph as she powered past American Kayla Day at the Stanford Classic on......
ISLAMABAD: In the wake of a judgement that has shaken the country to its core, a former chief justice on Tuesday extolled judges to practice judicial humility and guard against complacency and......
ISLAMABAD: The sacked auditor general of Pakistan (AGP) Akhtar Buland Rana, who was convicted of concealing his Canadian nationality, was released on bail on Thursday.Additional District and Sessions......
MANSEHRA: Scores of tourists travelling between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan have been left stranded after heavy boulders blocked the Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad (MNJ) road near Babusar Top on......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MPA Haji Fazal Elahi and district councillors on Thursday alleged that MNA Ayesha Gulalai had falsely accused the party chairman of harassment at the behest of......
KARACHI: Outside the Garden Headquarters of the Sindh police, I meet Muhammad Hamza. He has come to file a document required to be recruited as a constable in the law enforcement agency. The......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Thursday characterised the harassment allegations levelled by former PTI member Ayesha Gulalai as part of a “coordinated effort by the......
IT would seem that after the lawyers’ movement managed to achieve its objective — the restoration of then chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry — the black coats have become a law unto themselves. On......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is furious that American troops are not winning the war in Afghanistan and wants to sack their commander Gen John Nicholson, the US media reported on......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump pressed Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to stop saying publicly that Mexico would not pay for his promised border wall, according to a transcript of their......
PARIS: Wildfires are threatening homes south of Athens and a famed hikers’ route in Corsica as high winds and unusually hot weather hits many areas of Europe.After ravaging northern Corsica,......
DUBAI: Qatar plans to allow some expatriates to obtain permanent residency, state news agency QNA reported, in the first move of its kind among Gulf Arab states that rely heavily on foreign labour.A......
BEIJING: Turkey regards China’s security as akin to its own and will move to stamp out any anti-China reports in its media, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday, after meeting......
TEHRAN: Iran said on Thursday that new US sanctions were a violation of its nuclear deal with world powers, piling pressure on President Hassan Rouhani as he starts his second term.Rouhani vowed to......
BERLIN: Facebook is to send more potential hoax articles to third-party fact checkers and show their findings below the original post, the world’s largest online social network said on Thursday as it......
KABUL: The manager of Afghanistan’s all-girl robotics team says the father of a team member died in the horrific suicide assault on a Shia mosque this week in Herat.Ali Reza Mehraban told The......
ALEPPO: Aleppo’s Old City, shelled, burned and shot up during years of fighting in Syria’s civil war, can be rebuilt, the local representative of the United Nations cultural body Unesco said.“Our......
MANILA: North Korea is set to face a diplomatic barrage over its nuclear weapons programme at a security forum in Manila starting this weekend, with the United States seeking to build a “chorus of......
YAOUNDE: These days, the word on the street in war-torn Syria is that hospitals are best avoided — even if you’re injured.“Sometimes we hear that people feel a home is safer than a hospital,” said......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Michel Temer has been accused of everything from coup plotting to taking millions of dollars in bribes, yet nothing seems to knock Brazil’s president from the perch he unexpectedly......
DOHA: As Qatar finds itself at the centre of a diplomatic storm, a young artist has shot to stardom with a sketch of the emir — now the emblem of Qatari nationalism.In the capital Doha, Qatari Emir......
ISLAMABAD/MURREE: President Mamnoon Hussain will administer the oath to members of the new federal cabinet comprising mostly old faces but with some reshuffled portfolios, with the notable exception......
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee was told on Thursday that the government had decided to wind up the Pakistan Textile City even though more than Rs2.5 billion had already been invested in the......
ISLAMABAD: In a rare move by the military, Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa on Thursday condemned a Taliban attack on US troops in Afghanistan that had left two American soldiers dead.“Chief of Army Staff......
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday allowed power producers to charge consumers through tariff one per cent cost of 19 power projects worth $15.56 billion......
ISLAMABAD: Outspoken human rights activist Asma Jahangir on Thursday criticised military involvement in politics and the judiciary’s role over the years, wondering why only politicians were held......
Professor Jamaluddin Naqvi, political worker, author and one of the pioneers of left-wing politics in Pakistan, passed away in Karachi on Thursday. He was 85.The political life of Jamal Naqvi, as he......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) records show that the highest amount of the plundered money recovered by it belonged to the military men, followed by bureaucrats and politicians,......
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani has summoned a session of the lower house of parliament on August 9 on a requisition signed by members belonging to opposition parties to discuss the......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has dropped its plan to file a petition in the Supreme Court to reopen the liquefied natural gas (LNG) case against Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan......
QUETTA: MPA Majeed Khan Achakzai of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, who is facing charges of killing an on-duty traffic sergeant and another person, was produced before the Anti-Terrorism Court......
LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will be reaching the city on Sunday for the first time after his ouster on the Supreme Court orders the previous Friday.Nawaz Sharif will leave Islamabad......
FAISALABAD: Rodala Road police allegedly handed over a man in custody to his rivals who subjected him to severe torture in the presence of police.Rashid, a computer operator with the Faisalabad......
Pakistani and Indian officials met on Thursday and agreed to resume stalled trade between the two countries across the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir starting Aug 8.The officials from both sides of......
Umerkot police on Thursday said they would inquire into allegations of verbal and physical abuse of two female health professionals at the hands of a district and sessions court superintendent and......
