Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday gave his approval to a proposal for the Independence Day flag-hoisting ceremony to be held at Parliament House.The shift in venue, from Islamabad......
An explosion near Quetta's Pishin Stop on Saturday night claimed at least 15 lives and left at least 32 injured.“We can now confirm that 15 people have died in the explosion today. At least 32 others......
Google has recently launched its Roman Urdu to Urdu Google Keyboard (Gboard) feature for both Android and iOS.According to techjuice.pk's (TJ) review, Gboard’s Roman Urdu to Urdu feature is smart and......
The United States on Saturday vehemently denied claims by Afghan officials that it had killed several civilians in an air strike in volatile eastern Afghanistan.Afghan officials had said 11......
A petition seeking contempt of court proceedings against Nawaz Sharif over his allegedly anti-judiciary speeches during his 'homecoming' rally was filed in the Lahore Registry of the Supreme Court on......
Their cover of Dave Brubeck’s iconic 'Take Five' was termed as “the most interesting and different recording of 'Take Five' that I have ever heard” by the jazz legend.The group's rendition of the......
Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged United States President Donald Trump on Saturday to avoid rhetoric that could inflame tensions with North Korea as an escalating war of words raised global alarm.Xi......
The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Saturday accepted Pakistan's concerns and agreed to shift Under-19 Asia Cup from India to Malaysia, sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) informed......
Kuwaiti authorities on Saturday arrested 12 convicted members of a “terrorist cell” with ties to Iran and Lebanon's Shia movement Hezbollah after a weeks-long manhunt.The interior ministry said the......
Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yang will start a two-day visit to Pakistan on Sunday to be part of the Independence Day flag hoisting ceremony on Monday, a......
Parents of at least 35 children who died in a hospital in northern India over the past three days have alleged that the fatalities were due to the lack of oxygen supply in the children's......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi landed in Karachi for a day-long visit Saturday, the first time he has visited the city after being elected the prime minister.Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah......
During the dark years of Nazi rule in Germany, there were Germans who overcame their fears of the Schutzstaffel, or SS – a paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party – and......
The Hum Network Limited has announced that it will launch a new TV channel by the name of 'Hum News', although a date for the expected launch of the channel was not revealed.A letter sent to the......
It was an beautiful day. The sky was covered with clouds. Everyone was enjoying this beautiful weather, but Sarfraz was sleeping in his room.His mother came and said, “Wake up dear Sarfraz. It is so......
• The Filipino flag is flown with the red stripe up in times of war and blue stripe up in times of peace.• The first Olympic flag went missing for 77 years after the 1920 games until a 1920 Olympian......
“What are you doing?” my friend gave me a surprised look.I stopped picking up the green and white paper flags that were lying on the road and looked up at him.“They are not just paper flags,” my tone......
Shamila was a shy and dull student of her class, always doing her work quietly with her head down. Whenever she took part in any discussion, her timid style of talking drew laughter from her......
Baber was playing cricket with his friends in the street. His family had recently moved into this neighbourhood. Every evening, the children would come out to play cricket, ride bicycles or just get......
It’s not just me but most kids feel the pain of going back to school after vacation. Okay, some kids will be excited about schools reopening, especially the toppers of the class because the school is......
Everyone loves ice creams and cakes and when you combine the two into one dessert, it’s beyond delightful.Today we will make an ice cream cake that is super easy, but it takes a bit longer than our......
The new academic year has just started and so have studies. As you gear up to handle new lessons, it is likely that you wish to have a shorter version of everything you are going to read and this is......
Celebrations on Independence Day, on August 14, remind us of the sacrifices our ancestors and leaders made in 1947 for an independent homeland. It is an occasion to reaffirm our pledge to serve our......
As a Pakistani, I wish to congratulate you all on this 70th Independence Day anniversary. It was a difficult journey with thorns lining our path. We managed to achieve many objectives that were set......
Growing up there are many things that we are told by elders, such as “Love your country, love your people. Be a patriot, child. You have to stand up when the national anthem is played, with your......
I would make health and education free and there will be uniform standards of these everywhere.Fatima Imran12, KarachiI would like to bring about an improvement in social services, particularly......
PAKISTAN and India celebrate their 70th anniversaries next week. Shall they be around for their 100th one too? It depends on how long their luck holds out, and if they can stop their mad rush to......
APPARENTLY preferring the advice of hardliners to that of the appeasement advocates in the senior ranks of his PML-N, disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif has set off on a road march to his......
BORN in crime, the state of Israel ethnically cleansed the Palestinians, whose lands it had seized, and now subjects them to apartheid. That said, its record on accountability vis-à-vis its own......
I WAS three years old when our family came to Karachi from Delhi at Partition, 70 years ago.While I have no memory of the journey, I learned later that our train had been attacked on the way, and we......
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has suggested that parliament make the blasphemy law tougher by fixing the same punishment for any person misusing it or falsely accusing someone of......
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Friday convicted seven persons in the multi-billion rupees Modaraba scam.According to the verdict announced by the judge Nisar Baig main accused, Mufti Shabbir......
“I dropped out of school last year as my family could only afford my education till the 7th grade. My family is from Abbottabad and my father used to work as a labourer before he had a paralysis......
LAHORE: Candidates of all three major political parties, the ruling PML-N and opposition PTI and PPP, have submitted their nominations with the Election Commission for all important by-poll in......
LAHORE: In an unprecedented move, the chief justice block of the Lahore High Court (LHC) was fully cordoned off on Friday by anti-riot police to frustrate possible storming by the supporters of a......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Undertaking a hazardous journey to the mountainous area Jhandi in 2000 was nothing short of a miracle for Dr Raheel, then political assistant to the tribal area of Dera Ghazi......
TOBA TEK SINGH: The book by Raymond Davis, the American security agent, who shot dead Faheem Shamshad six years ago in Lahore, has refreshed the wounds of Faheem’s family.Faheem’s mother Haleema Bibi......
KARACHI: In yet another gun attack on law enforcers in the city, an officer of traffic police and his official driver were killed on their way to regulate traffic in Azizabad on Friday morning. The......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to shift 270 notorious prisoners, including 19 ‘most dangerous’ prisoners, from the Central Jail Karachi to other prisons in the province within the next 10......
KARACHI: Veteran film-maker Syed Noor made a comeback to films with his latest offering Chain Aye Na that had a star-studded premiere in a Karachi cinema on Thursday evening. The......
BEDMINSTER (New Jersey): President Donald Trump issued a new threat to North Korea on Friday, saying the US military was “locked and loaded” as Pyongyang accused him of driving the Korean peninsula......
NEW YORK: CNN fired conservative commentator Jeffrey Lord on Thursday after he tweeted a Nazi salute at a critic.A network spokesperson confirmed that Lord was no longer with the network and said......
NEW DELHI: For the “idea of India to accommodate the idea of Jammu and Kashmir”, Article 35A that grants special status to the India-held region should not be removed, said the state’s Chief Minister......
BRUSSELS: A scandal involving eggs contaminated with insecticide spread to 15 EU countries, Switzerland and as far away as Hong Kong on Friday as the European Commission called for a special meeting......
NEW DELHI: India’s military has increased operational readiness along the eastern border with China, sources said, as neither side shows any sign of backing off from a faceoff in a remote Himalayan......
NEW DELHI: India is in talks with Bangladesh and Myanmar about its plan to deport around 40,000 Rohingya Muslims it says are living in the country illegally, a government spokesman said on Friday,......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Children with disabilities being treated at Brazil’s hospitals, where economic hardship has crimped services, are getting an emotional lift from a mythical creature of the sea: a......
WHEN Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite channel has both the Saudi Arab and Israel demanding its closure, it must be doing something right. To bring Saudis and Israelis into alliance is, after all,......
ALL that stands between Angela Merkel and a fourth term is six weeks of campaigning.The German chancellor goes into the Sept 24 election with strong personal approval ratings and a party lead of some......
TAYLOR Swift is a pop star, one of music’s most savvy businesswomen and a $280 million brand.And yet, she was none of those things yesterday in a Denver courtroom, where she testified against a man......
LONDON: It wasn’t Wayde van Niekerk and it wasn’t Isaac Makwala.Instead, Turkey’s 9/1 outsider Ramil Guliyev earned the upset of the world championships on Thursday when he matched Van Niekerk stride......
MONTREAL: Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov delighted his home fans when he battled from a set down to record a stunning upset victory over top seed Rafael Nadal in the third round of the Rogers Cup......
KARACHI: Defending champions University of Central Punjab produced a power-packed performance in the semifinal to send University of Peshawar packing from the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2017 while......
PALLEKELE: The absence of world number one all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja from India’s team has given Sri Lanka hope that they can avoid a series whitewash in the third and final Test starting here on......
SYDNEY: Darren Lehmann promised Australia won’t be under-prepared for their tour of Bangladesh after a pay dispute left them temporarily unemployed -- and said the enforced break may have even done......
KARACHI: Pakistan 2 overcome fighting Pakistan 1 by 5-4 frames in agonising all-Pakistan final played for the first time in any global event to win the IBSF Team Event Snooker Championship in the......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday the number of taxpayers filing returns has gone up by almost 50 per cent over the last four years.Mr Dar said this while launching the tax......
KARACHI: Habib Bank Limited (HBL) declared on Friday a consolidated profit of Rs15.7 billion for the first half of 2017, down 1.8 per cent from Rs16bn a year ago.Earnings per share of the bank were......
LAHORE: Mexico can be a lucrative market for Pakistani products and the entrepreneurs must explore this huge untapped destination, said Ambassador of Mexico Jose Alfonso Zegbe on Friday.Speaking at......
KARACHI: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) will re-launch the business loan scheme under the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme next month under the Islamic mode of financing, NBP President Saeed Ahmad......
PARIS: Opec pumped more oil in July as global oil supplies rose for the third straight month, the IEA said on Friday, giving figures that cast further doubt on the cartel’s pledge to cut output to......
KARACHI: Stocks continued to bleed on Friday as the KSE-100 index shed 346 points (0.76 per cent) to close at 45,288 points.Political noise restrained institutional investors from building fresh......
KARACHI: The cotton market on Friday witnessed panic selling from ginners which pushed prices lower. Higher arrival of phutti (seed cotton) along with a downward trend in world’s leading cotton......
QUETTA: Abdul Majeed Achakzai, a member of the Balochistan Assembly from the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, was indicted on Friday by Quetta District and Sessions Judge Rashid Mehmood in a murder......
QUETTA: Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) president Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal said on Friday that all institutions should work within their constitutional limits and refrain from interfering......
WASHINGTON: US Senator John McCain has unveiled his long-promised strategy for Afghanistan, which threatens “imposing graduated diplomatic, military, and economic costs on Pakistan” if it continues......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has raised objections to the code of conduct issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for Lahore’s National Assembly constituency NA-120 that......
LAHORE: Kulsoom Nawaz on Friday resolved one of the many mysteries the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is faced with when she filed nomination papers to contest the by-election from NA-120 — a......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday rejected any possibility of a ‘short-term alliance’ with the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), saying......
LAHORE: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited the family of Major Ali Salman here on Friday, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations.Major Salman was martyred......
RAWALPINDI / KARACHI: The Air Freight Unit (AFU) of Pakistan Customs at Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Friday foiled an attempt to smuggle centuries-old and gold-plated statues of Buddha to......
GUJRAT: A 50-year-old man and a child were killed after being run over by vehicles in former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s cavalcade on their way to Gujranwala on Friday.Khalid Hussain, an elderly......
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri has announced that women belonging to families of the victims of the Model Town tragedy would stage a sit-in on The Mall from Aug 16 to......
GUJRANWALA/GUJRAT: Sacked premier Nawaz Sharif on the third day of his homeward journey vowed before a big welcoming crowd on Friday to fight back against a “conspiracy” hatched to hinder economic......
ISLAMABAD: The disclosure made by retired General Pervez Musharraf in his 2006 autobiography that Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan transferred sensitive nuclear material to North Korea had come as a big......
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has sought from the Supreme Court three complete certified copies of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) report in the Panama Papers case that led......
ISLAMABAD: In a significant move, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has removed Finance Minister Ishaq Dar — a powerful and trusted aide to Nawaz Sharif — as head of all key economic committees,......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited the family of Major Ali Salman (late), who had embraced martyrdom during an intelligence based operation at Timergara, Dir on August 9,......
A California city has agreed to pay $85,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a Muslim woman whose hijab was forcibly removed by the police.The Council on American-Islamic Relations, (CAIR) which......
