Ayesha Ahad, who claims to be Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's daughter-in-law, addressed a press conference on Saturday to demand that a parliamentary committee be formed for her case along......
Disregarding a Sindh High Court ban on using jirgas to settle disputes, a bloody feud between two factions of the Jatoi clan was settled by one at village Khadim Hussain Jatoi near Shikarpur on......
Afghan warlord and ex-prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar rejected any increase in the United States (US) troops in Afghanistan on Saturday as he said elections were the only way to bring stability to......
India's lawmakers on Saturday elected a veteran leader from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the country's next vice-president, boosting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's political......
Former Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) member and MNA Ayesha Gulalai said on Saturday that she will "forgive" PTI Chairman Imran Khan "if he accepts his mistake" and apologises for sending her......
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, who loves to cultivate a virile man-of-action image, was showed by Russian TV on Saturday, spear-fishing in a camouflage wet suit, piloting a powerboat and catching......
The government on Saturday announced a reduction of Rs1.80 per litre in the price of petrol and of Rs2.50 per litre in the price of High-Speed Diesel (HSD), while keeping the prices of kerosene and......
Khyber Agency will be free of terrorism on completion of the Khyber-IV operation, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa promised in a visit to Rajgal valley on Saturday. He also promised......
A team of doctors at Noida (India) gave a new lease of life to a three-year-old Pakistani child who was suffering from a rare heart disease called Uhl's anomaly that is found in one among 200,000......
During a visit by EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Saturday, Iran criticised the position adopted by European governments against its missile tests carried out late last month.Mogherini......
Southeast Asia's top diplomats slammed North Korea with a sharp rebuke on Saturday over its intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests and admonished Pyongyang to comply with its duty of helping......
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) informed on Saturday that Pakistan is experiencing slow internet as IMEWE, the international underwater cable responsible for bringing internet to......
In an informal conversation with journalists on Saturday, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said that though he has a lot to say on the circumstances surrounding his ouster, he wishes to remain......
Three Kashmiri militants were killed in a gun battle with Indian troops on Saturday, triggering a new round of anti-India protests and clashes.The fighting began after government forces raided a......
The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, have denied a claim by former federal minister and PPP Karachi president Dr Asim Hussain that he was "heavily drugged" when a video was recorded of him making a......
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An elderly lady was discovered with having 27 contact lenses stuck on each other in her eye! She had discomfort in her eye that she simply attributed to dry eye and old age, but upon visiting eye......
Britain’s Bloomsbury Publishing says it plans to release two, new Harry Potter-themed books this fall.“We’re thrilled to share the covers for the two tie-in books accompanying the #BLHarryPotter......
During the larval stage, the caterpillar must consume enough to sustain itself through its pupal stage and into adulthood. Without proper nutrition, it may not have the energy to complete its......
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It is funny that when I was a kid, I loved going through National Geographic magazine, which is a magazine for grownups, and now that I am a grownup, I like going through National Geographic Kids......
Summer vacation was drawing to a close, we had just returned from our trip abroad. We dived straight into the details of our trips to Daadi, who was visiting our ancestral village while we were away.......
Living a good life is not about getting good grades, playing and watching television. It requires being able to handle all the challenges and uncertainties that life throws at us; and also work on......
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PRESIDENT Donald Trump claims power to grant pardon to his associates and, presumably, himself — a “complete power to pardon”.Section 3 Clause 1 of the US constitution provides that: “The president......
SEXUAL harassment is way too serious an issue to be debated in the crassest of language on social media or for that matter discussed animatedly on often partisan TV channels in a polarised political......
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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has approved a summary increasing the amount of ‘Shuhada Package’ for the martyred police officials.Under the summary approved on Thursday......
PESHAWAR: The elementary and secondary education department has found some of its officials in Karak district to be involved in drawing the salaries of around 30 teachers, who have either died or......
PESHAWAR: A member of grand tribal jirga from North Waziristan Agency has warned that the tribesmen will besiege the house of MNA Ayesha Gulalai if she doesn’t produce the proof about the allegations......
“My family and I moved from our native Khyber Agency due to militancy to Peshawar and then to Hassanabdal where some of our relatives were already settled in Dhoke Miskeen. I go to a private school......
TAXILA: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) has not evacuated dilapidated structures it declared dangerous, risking the lives of hundreds of people in the midst of the monsoon season.Many of......
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi police observed Youm-i-Shuhada on Friday in Police Lines to pay tribute to the policemen who died in various operations against terrorists and criminals.District and......
LAHORE: A number of PML-N leaders in Punjab believe that Nawaz Sharif has ‘smartly deprived’ his younger brother of an opportunity to become prime minister in this tenure of the party and at the same......
LAHORE: The move to purge the medical fraternity of the ‘disgruntled’ segment began on Friday when 47 Young Doctors Association (YDA) activists - 11 post-graduate (PG) trainee doctors and 36 house......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday disposed of a set of petitions filed by private medical colleges and students allowing the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) to implement its 2016......
HYDERABAD: Activists of nationalist parties, human rights and civil society organisations have condemned ‘enforced disappearance’ of Punhal Sario, a noted human rights activist and convener of the......
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Friday sentenced a former engineer of Pakistan International Airlines to 10 years’ imprisonment for financing the Safoora Goth bus carnage.Khalid Yusuf Bari was......
KARACHI: “The foreign policy of both India and Pakistan seems to be media-driven,” said journalist Mazhar Abbas at a seminar titled ‘Indo-Pak relations and role of media’ at the HRCP office on......
KARACHI: A personal journey of belonging and acceptance was the theme of photojournalist Mobeen Ansari’s book launch at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture on Thursday.Bringing the......
MOSCOW: Russia’s Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest freshwater lake, has extremely high pollution levels, President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday while visiting the Siberian lake.Lake Baikal is a......
DUBAI: Three women and six children from the same family were killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition on their home in northern Yemen on Friday, a local health official said, the latest in......
WASHINGTON: US Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday vowed to crack down on leakers who reveal classified or sensitive national security information, branding such actions a betrayal of the......
DHANERA: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s car was pelted with stones on Friday during his visit to this flood-affected town, but he escaped unhurt, police said.Superintendent of Police Neeraj......
MADRID: Frustrated passengers waited in line for long periods at Barcelona’s El Prat airport on Friday as security guards staged a partial strike at the peak of the holiday season, a journalist saw.......
THE HAGUE: European police forces are sending a series of cheeky “wish you were here” postcards this summer in a bid to track down 21 of the continent’s most wanted criminals.“Dear Artur, Belgian......
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has yet to announce a plan for Afghanistan, and delays in unveiling his strategy point to deep rifts in the White House on how to handle America’s longest war.Such......
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CAIRO: From the Giza pyramids to the pharaonic tombs of Luxor, Egypt’s ancient monuments are holding onto mysteries which researchers now aim to unravel with cutting edge technology.For more than 200......
KARACHI: All the five Pakistani cueists stormed into the last-16 round of the IBSF 6-Reds Snooker Championship in the Egyptian city of Hurghada on Thursday.According to information reaching here,......
STANFORD: Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was barely troubled in her first match at the Stanford Classic as the big-hitting Czech cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Kateryna Bondarenko in a......
WASHINGTON: Big-serving South African Kevin Anderson squandered two match points before finally overcoming Austrian top seed Dominic Thiem in a compelling three-set slugfest to advance to the......
KARACHI: Five players shot a brilliant three under par 69 to share first round lead in the 19th Sindh Open Golf Championship which teed off at the Arabian Sea Country Club (ASCC) on Friday.The five......
PESHAWAR: Tahir Khan clinched the Youm-e-Shuhada-e-Police Badminton Championship trophy at the Wadood Indoor Hall of the Peshawar Sports Complex on Friday.In the men’s singles final, Tahir defeated......
PARIS: Youngster Dominic Calvert-Lewin came off the bench to grab the goal that handed Everton a 1-0 win away to Slovakia’s Ruzomberok on Thursday as they secured their progress to the Europa League......
SYDNEY: Australian cricket must never again embark on such an acrimonious pay row, the players’ union says, after a bruising months-long dispute that rattled the sport was finally resolved.The......
PARIS: Neymar was unveiled as a Paris St Germain player on Friday following his sensational world record transfer saying money was never the motivating factor for his record 222 million-euro ($262......
COLOMBO: India amassed 622 for nine before declaring their first innings and then returned to remove both the Sri Lankan openers to tighten their grip on the second Test here at the Sinhalese Sports......
MANCHESTER: South Africa checked England’s progress with two wickets in quick succession after lunch on the first day of the fourth Test here at Old Trafford on Friday.Alastair Cook (46) and Essex......
ISLAMABAD: In a major development on Friday, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi created new ministries and divisions, as well as reconsolidated the functioning of three existing ministries to......
KARACHI: Borrowing for infrastructure increased significantly in 2016, according to a recent report by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).The SBP classifies loans taken by the construction sector in......
KARACHI: The current fiscal year started on a positive note for the cement sector, which recorded a 45 per cent jump in despatches in July.Local sales and exports grew 55pc and 2.3pc,......
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has amended the Non-Banking Finance Companies and Notified Entities Regulations 2008, adding the meaning of income in the......
ISLAMABAD: Inflation for the combined income group witnessed a nominal increase of 0.02pc for the week ended on Aug 3 over the preceding week.According to the data released by Pakistan Bureau of......
MUZAFFARABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) submitted on Friday a resolution to the secretariat of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly, which accused Prime Minister Raja Farooq......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s 43-strong cabinet is a blend of new and old faces, with Mushahidullah Khan being the only one to have staged a comeback two years after he lost his......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani high school student Noman Afzal knows “traitorous” Hindus are to blame for the bloodshed that erupted when British India split into two nations 70 years ago. His history textbook......
ISLAMABAD: Newly-appointed Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has sought details of salaries and allowances and perks drawn by members of the National Assembly belonging to the Pakistan......
DUBAI: Panicked residents fled one of the tallest towers in the glitzy Gulf city state of Dubai early on Friday after a fire ripped through it, the second blaze to hit the skyscraper in as many......
LAHORE: Fissures in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have been exposed with the formation of a 43-member and “large-scale” federal cabinet, central information secretary of the Pakistan......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday formed a 43-member cabinet with 27 federal ministers and 16 ministers of state, besides creating five new ministries and their divisions.Some......
KARACHI: National Police Martyrs Day was observed across the country on Friday to pay tribute to the personnel who laid down their lives in the line of duty.According to data recently compiled by the......
PESHAWAR: A top military delegation of the Afghan National Army (ANA) visited the Peshawar Corps Headquarters on Friday. They discussed bilateral security interests and border mechanism with their......
ISLAMABAD: In his first foreign policy directives, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ordered continued diplomatic and political support for freedom struggle in India-held Kashmir, continued focus......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) — the regulatory body of lawyers — on Friday deplored what it called a “vilification campaign” against the judiciary, especially the Supreme Court, as well......
The United States (US) military on Friday confirmed it killed a high-level commander of the Al Shabab militant group with an airstrike in Somalia over the weekend, targeting a man blamed for planning......
