Botswanan star Isaac Makwala was the latest to withdraw from International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Championships on Tuesday after an outbreak of the norovirus bug at a hotel......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday said that Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution may be scrapped with the consultation of all parties.Article 62(1)(f), sets the precondition for the head......
A Hyderabad Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday remanded a journalist into judicial custody for 14 days after he, along with his 14 accomplices, was booked by Sehwan police under terrorism charges......
Lawyers across the country boycotted court proceedings on Tuesday to mourn the Quetta carnage that claimed more than 70 lives last year, of which 56 were lawyers.Addressing a gathering commemorating......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday announced that he has directed party workers to prepare for general elections, since PTI is expecting early polls.The PTI chief, while......
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday took notice of a bank robbery in Karachi's Tariq Road area which resulted in the death of one individual.Earlier in the day, UBL Bank Manager Abdul......
Pakistan's Foreign Office on Tuesday protested the killing of a 35-year-old woman by Indian forces shooting across the Line of Control (LoC) in the latest violation of a 2003 ceasefire......
Pakistani stocks continued to lose ground ahead of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's planned rally on August 9, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index losing 486 points (1.05 per cent) to drop below the......
Three prominent social leaders were 'abducted' from their homes during late-night 'raids' in Mithi, Tharparkar on Monday, their family members said.Educationalist and rights activist Partab Shivani,......
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday that Israel had stripped nearly 15,000 Palestinians from Jerusalem of their right to live in the city since 1967 and warned that it could be a "war......
Tariq Asad, president of the Shuhada Foundation Trust associated with the notorious Lal Masjid, petitioned the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on August 7 seeking a court order against the airing of the......
Prominent cleric and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri, who returned to Pakistan early Tuesday to "seek justice" for the victims of the 2014 Model Town killings, addressed a large......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday met the Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa for the first time after being elected to office.According to a press release from the prime......
As per routine, I reached my office on the morning of August 8, 2016. Feeling tired, I lay on the prayer mat in the sound room to get some rest. Before I could close my eyes, I got a call from the......
Senior PML-N leader Raja Zafarul Haq on Tuesday said that a decision has been taken to elect Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif as the party president.While giving an interview to BBC Urdu, the......
A local court in Islamabad granted Zafar Hijazi, the former chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), post-arrest bail against two surety bonds worth Rs1 million on......
Google on Monday fired the author of an internal memo defending the gender-gap in Silicon Valley tech jobs as a matter of biology, according to media reports.The move, which was not officially......
The Taliban ? which banned poppy cultivation when it ruled Afghanistan ? now appears to wield significant control over the war-torn country's heroin production line, providing insurgents with......
A woman who had married a man of her own free will was shot dead by her brother outside the Lahore High Court's (LHC) Multan bench on Tuesday, said police.According to police officials, Kulsoom, who......
Noor Zaman, the former secretary of MNA Ayesha Gulalai, moved the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday against the former Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader over alleged corruption in......
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Tuesday claimed to have foiled a terror bid targeting police personnel in Lahore's Saggian Bridge area hours after a blast at nearby Outfall Road wounded at......
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday categorically rejected an ethics committee approved by National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq to look into allegations of harassment against lawmakers,......
Prominent cleric and head of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Tahirul Qadri, on his return to Pakistan on Tuesday, said that he had come back to seek justice for the victims of the 2014 Model Town......
GILGIT: The Hunza district administration on Monday required the local expedition teams to obtain No Objection Certificate before undertaking any attempt to climb peaks in the region, causing......
PESHAWAR: Noor Zaman, former personal secretary of MNA Ayesha Gulalai, has announced to move the National Accountability Bureau and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission against the former PTI leader......
RAWALPINDI: The local administration is making special security arrangements for former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s rally, which will pass through Rawalpindi on its way to Lahore, via the Grand......
ISLAMABAD: A social media activist, who was campaigning for the PML-N after the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif as prime minister, went missing while travelling from Pind Dadan Khan to Islamabad......
ISLAMABAD: Three people, including a woman and her daughter, were murdered for ‘honour’ in a rural area of the federal capital on Monday, police said.The three were found murdered in a house at......
TAXILA: Hundreds of Hindus and Sikhs observed the festival of Raksha Bandhan, commonly known as rakhi, on Monday at the Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Hassanabdal.Women tie rakhi on the wrists of their......
LAHORE: Though ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif is yet to make a final decision about the PML-N candidate for NA-120, Lahore-III, the party officials say former first lady Begum Kulsoom Nawaz or......
LAHORE: The appointment of Justice Ijazul Ahsan of the Supreme Court as monitoring judge in references to be filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against former prime minister Nawaz......
LAHORE: Up to 46 people were injured, of them four critical, when an explosion occurred in a truck at a parking stand on Outfall Road on Monday evening.According to eyewitnesses, it was a powerful......
KARACHI: The sweet Hindu festival of Rakhsha Bandhan, celebrating sisterly love for brothers, had to be put off for a day due to a partial lunar eclipse on Monday.Still, like the partial eclipse, the......
KARACHI: Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari, the younger sister of PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, on Monday visited the party’s traditional stronghold, Lyari, where she reviewed sanitation issues, mingled......
KARACHI: The food laboratory of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation has informed Mayor Wasim Akhtar that out of 204 water samples it collected across the city, 202 were found unfit for human......
NAIROBI: In recent days, the queues of early morning travellers at Nairobi’s long-distance bus stations have been thick with people seeking to leave the city.In supermarkets, the aisles are cramped......
DAMASCUS: Antoun Tawil, one of Syria’s last traditional lute-makers, waits in vain in his Damascus workshop for orders of the oud, an instrument his country was once renowned for producing.While the......
DOHA/WASHINGTON: Qatar held joint military exercises with Turkish troops on Monday, Qatari media reported, showcasing their strategic alliance two months into a boycott by Arab neighbours which......
TIBERIAS: Researchers may have found the home town of Peter and two other apostles of Jesus near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel, an archaeologist said on Monday.Israeli and American......
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday that the team tasked with crafting a new strategy for Afghanistan was looking at a full range of options for the entire......
KABUL: The Taliban and militant Islamic State group jointly massacred dozens of civilians in an Afghan village, officials said on Monday, highlighting rare co-operation between the insurgents that......
PARIS: More than 220,000 people have signed a petition against French President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to create a formal First Lady role for his wife Brigitte.Unlike the US First Lady, the wife of......
RAMALLAH: Jordan’s King Abdullah met Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Monday for the first time in five years to discuss tensions at the Al Aqsa mosque site in......
MANCHESTER: Moeen Ali finished a brilliant campaign with a five-wicket haul as England beat South Africa by 177 runs in the fourth Test to seal a 3-1 series win here at Old Trafford on Monday.The......
LAHORE: Two former chairmen of the Pakistan Cricket Board have backed the nomination of Executive Committee head Najam Sethi as the next PCB chairman in place of Shaharyar Mohammad Khan whose......
MANCHESTER: Former South Africa captain Shaun Pollock, has urged the Cricket South Africa (CSA) to coax their arguably best batsman A.B. de Villiers back in the Test side prior to the crucial Test......
LONDON: Pakistan paceman Mohammad Amir took five for 18 as English County Championship leaders Essex had the better of the opening day in ther First Division encounter away to Yorkshire at......
SKOPJE (Macedonia): Manchester United’s Jose Mourinho can collect the one European trophy he lacks when his side face Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup on Tuesday in his first competitive meeting......
LONDON: American Tori Bowie upset Jamaican favourite Elaine Thompson to win world 100-metre on Sunday, as New Zealander Tomas Walsh dominated the shot put with a stunning series of throws.Before......
BARCELONA: Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu hit out at Neymar’s lack of loyalty to the club on Monday and criticised the Brazilian for staying silent up until his world record 222 million......
WASHINGTON: Alexander Zverev issued a warning to top ATP rivals on Sunday after winning the Citi Open for his fourth title of the year — he’s not the next generation, he’s the now generation.The......
NEW YORK: Four-time Olympian Ryan Lochte won the 200m individual medley at the US Open meeting on Sunday in a meet record of 1min 59.24sec.The American veteran finished ahead of Britain’s Xavier......
KARACHI: Sukkur division won the first inter-division kodi kodi tournament here at the Sindh Sports Board (SSB) indoor hall in front of a sizeable crowd on Sunday.Six divisonal teams from across......
KARACHI: There was brisk activity at the cotton market on Monday as steady flow of buying orders kept pouring from needy spinners.The improved flow of phutti (seed cotton) coupled with higher......
ISLAMABAD: The power sector has resumed building circular debt after an initial freeze that came about following a historic dip in international oil prices, improvement in bill collection and slight......
KARACHI: Within one week of the new prime minister and cabinet taking charge in Islamabad, the rupee managed to claw back some ground against the dollar.By the end of Monday, it gained one per cent......
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has withheld approximately Rs39 billion sales tax refunds and customs rebate to show higher growth in revenue collection in the outgoing fiscal year, an......
KARACHI: Stocks extended the losing streak into the second day on Monday with the KSE-100 index shedding 411.71 points (0.88 per cent) to close at 46,465.66.Investors were anxious about the evolving......
ISLAMABAD: The petroleum sector attracted over $10 billion foreign investment despite low oil price scenario in international market during the last four years.“Besides, world’s major players are......
KARACHI: Iran regards Pakistan’s security as its own security, President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday, stressing that the two countries have the potential for combating terrorism and ensuring......
ISLAMABAD: The Election Bill 2017, providing for complete financial and administrative autonomy and independence of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), was introduced in the National Assembly......
SHEIKHUPURA: It's a sweltering June day in Muridke. The harsh summer sun glints off of the rice paddies, which cover thousands of acres in this area. Some of the world’s finest Basmati rice is grown......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani agreed to work together not only against the menace of terrorism but also to meet the challenge of energy in the......
ISLAMABAD: Amidst a noisy protest by the members of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in the National Assembly on Monday, party dissident Aaisha Gulalai alleged that she and her family had been......
ISLAMABAD: In an interesting shift, the Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) on Monday decided to enter mainstream politics from the platform of a new ‘Milli Muslim League (MML)’ party and vowed to implement the......
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday again emphasised upholding the rule of law and supremacy of the Constitution and underscored that the army was committed to its job......
BEYOND the instinctual demand for review or celebration and the search for conspiracies or judicial superiority, there is little discussion on why the Supreme Court in its July 28 judgement took such......
AMONG the less discussed factors that split the Indian subcontinent in 1947 was Britain’s fear of communism. Prof Jamal Naqvi, who died last week in Karachi, was proof of the threat, which was......
THERE is no mention of the colour blue in ancient texts. Not in early Greek literature, not in Hindu Vedic hymns, not in the original Hebrew Bible, not in ancient Chinese stories or Icelandic......
THE inferno resulting from the oil spill at Ahmedpur Sharqia in south Punjab in June this year resulted in more than 200 deaths. The nearest burns centre was 150 kilometres away — and it had the......
Banned outfit Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) has sought to enter the political sphere by launching the Milli Muslim League — a new political party — on Monday.Saifullah Khalid, a religious scholar and longtime......
