Samsung's latest flagship, Galaxy S8 was the highest selling smartphone in the world in the second quarter of 2017, reported ProPakistani on Thursday.Samsung shipped 10.2 million S8 smartphones in......
At least 13 people were killed on Thursday when a driver deliberately slammed a van into crowds on Barcelona's most popular street in what police said was a “terror attack”.The attack, the latest in......
I am not the only one responsible for preventing a confrontation between institutions, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said during an interview with BBC Urdu which aired Thursday.Answering a......
Pakistan Navy has been handed over the command of the multi-national naval maritime security and counter-terrorism coalition named Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150) by the French Navy, read a......
French President Emmanuel Macron backed anti-racism activists in the United States on Thursday in a message that avoided criticising US President Donald Trump over his reaction to violence in......
An eight-year old boy was murdered after being subjected to torture in Karachi’s Ittehad Town, police said on Thursday.Ittehad Town SHO Shakeel Shervani said that the boy, Sudais Islam, had gone to......
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) on Thursday accused the PML-N government of not taking the electoral reforms seriously and demanded of the government to give complete financial and......
A rally to condemn the United States' recent decision to blacklist Hizbul Mujahideen as a 'terrorist organisation' was held in Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), on Thursday.The US decision......
PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi on Thursday moved the Lahore High Court after the Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) sent him a fresh notice for detailed financial records as part of the watchdog's investigation......
A registration drive was launched on Thursday to document the estimated 1 million Afghan nationals who have been living in the country illegally since fleeing war and unrest in the 1980s.Syed Jawad......
The Qatari foreign minister on Thursday welcomed Saudi Arabia's decision to reopen the two countries' border to Muslim pilgrims — while lashing out at Riyadh's “politicisation” of religious......
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will provide $15 million a month to Gaza, a Palestinian politician said Thursday, as its rulers Hamas move closer to a UAE-based rival to Palestinian president Mahmud......
Former president and PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari said that he doesn't see Nawaz Sharif or his family playing an important role in Pakistan's politics in the future.He was speaking at a press......
Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar on Thursday denied Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chief Mustafa Kamal's allegations that MQM workers had observed a "black day" on the 70th......
Senator Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan Nasar was appointed interim chairman of the PML-N in a meeting of the party's central working committee in Islamabad on Thursday, credible sources within the party......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) landed in the red for the third time in the week, with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing 1,051 points, or 2.38 per cent, to fall below the 44,000 mark.The market......
The Commander of the Polish Land Forces, Brig Gen Wojclech Granowshi called on Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa at the GHQ on Thursday, Inter-Services Public Relations......
Iran on Wednesday rejected a United States (US) religious freedom report critical of Tehran as “hypocritical”, coming from a country where Islamophobia was widespread.Washington released its annual......
The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday granted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) access to Volume X of the final report of the joint investigation team (JIT) that probed allegations of money......
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced the schedule for the upcoming Under-19 World Cup to be held from January 13 to February 3, 2018, in New Zealand.The tournament will be......
Peshawar Zalmi on Thursday announced its support for the family of Zubair Ahmed Mohmend, the aspiring cricketer who lost his life on August 14 after being struck by a ball twice while practising in......
The United States' decision to declare Hizbul Mujahideen a specially designated terrorist organisation led by an internationally recognised terrorist is "saddening", the Foreign Office said on......
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to flamboyant batsman Umar Akmal over a breach of the Code of Conduct after he levelled allegations of harsh behaviour and......
A tweet by former president Barack Obama about the violence in Charlottesville has become the most liked message in the history of Twitter, the company said on Wednesday.The tweet by the country's......
Rights groups urged India on Thursday to abide by its international legal obligations after the government said it was looking to deport tens of thousands of Rohingya migrants.India's junior home......
In Old Delhi’s anarchic tangle lie lanes named after ancient crafts and trades?: Sui Walan?, the ?tailor’s ?lane, Phatak Teliyan, ?the oil presser’s alley, ?Kinari Bazar, ?the border or brocade......
Australian senator and leader of the right-wing One Nation party, Pauline Hanson, wore the burqa to the Senate chamber for the daily questioning time session on Thursday, The Guardian......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday accepted the nomination papers of the PML-N's fielded candidate Kulsoom Nawaz, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's wife, for the NA-120......
One police razakar was killed and another was injured in a firing incident in the Northern Bypass area in Karachi on Thursday, said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malir Rao Anwar.The two......
A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jet crashed near Sargodha while on a training mission on Thursday, a press release issued by PAF said. The pilot ejected the aircraft safely."Pakistan Air Force reports......
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has ordered the reopening of the border with Qatar to facilitate the annual Haj pilgrimage, state media said on Thursday, in the first signs of a thaw after the region's......
OF all the events organised earlier this week to focus on peace and cooperation between India and Pakistan, perhaps the most moving was an exhibition of letters exchanged between school students of......
HE is the most confident finance minister I have seen since Shaukat Tarin, but lately Mr Ishaq Dar has lost some of that poise in his stride. Since the new prime minister came, the entire balance of......
PRIME MINISTER Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s swift move to create new federal divisions following the appointment of a bloated cabinet, now consisting of 58 members after recent additions, had a hollow ring......
FOR several decades now, many Western scholars have argued that nations are manufactured. Nationalists may believe themselves to be part of a natural community that can trace its history back to a......
PESHAWAR: The elders of Afghan refugees staying in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have blamed the political attaché, Abdul Hamid Khalili, for working against the interests of Afghan nationals......
MANSEHRA: The picturesque Lulusar Lake is an unexplored tourist attraction in Mansehra district by and large.Unaffected by pollution and located over 11,000 feet above the sea level on......
PESHAWAR: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday granted bail to a suspect arrested by the counter terrorism department (CTD) on charges of inviting people to join a banned outfit Islamic State,......
ISLAMABAD: Senator Nehal Hashmi was admitted to the cardiac centre of Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (Pims) where a procedure was carried out to insert three stents to remove blockage from......
RAWALPINDI: The investigation into the attempted smuggling of antiques, which was foiled by Pakistan Customs at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Friday, was widened after reports of two......
CHAKWAL: Two minor girls were sexually assaulted by their close relatives, police said on Wednesday.An eight-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by her stepfather in Khaiwal village located in the......
ISLAMABAD: The two-day children festival hosted by the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) as part of Independence Day celebrations ended on Wednesday.Children presented national songs,......
ISLAMABAD: A group of 20 people, who participated in the recently-held PML-N rally, were booked on Wednesday for beating journalists and snatching cash and valuables from them.The case was registered......
ISLAMABAD: Two books of the historian Mubarak Ali were launched during an event at the National Press Club on Wednesday.The first of the books is titled Mirror of History and consists of more than......
ISLAMABAD: The references against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif may be dominating headlines, but an accountability court in Rawalpindi has expedited proceedings in the last pending corruption......
LAHORE: People belonging to all walks of life continued thronging Lahore railway station on Wednesday to have a glimpse of the Azadi Special Train being run by the Pakistan Railways in connection......
LAHORE: The two main rival candidates in NA-120 by-poll -- Ms Kulsoom Nawaz of the PML-N and Dr Yasmin Rashid of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf -- will appear before the returning officer today......
LAHORE: Lahore Orange Line Metro Train will be fully automatic and will chug without a driver at a commercial speed of 35 kilometers per hour, covering end-to-end journey in only 45 minutes.LOMTP......
LAHORE: Fabulous Whirling Dervishes, who came all the way from Turkey, held a fairly good audience spellbound at Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall, on Wednesday.The Istanbul Historical Turkish Music......
BADIN: The romance of separatism and creation of ‘Sindhudesh’, an ideal state envisioned by father of Sindhi nationalism G.M. Syed, appears to be fast fading away with senior leaders and diehard......
KARACHI: Every year in August, the artist community of Pakistan contributes its bit to the country’s Independence Day celebrations. This year is no different: an exhibition of artworks put up by more......
KARACHI: As Pakistan Chowk is a symbol of the city’s rich cultural and historical fabric, the inauguration of the Pakistan Chowk Community Centre (PCCC) on Wednesday was another step by concerned......
MANILA: Philippine police killed 32 people in dozens of anti-drug operations in a province north of the capital, Manila, in the single deadliest day of President Rodrigo Duterte’s unrelenting war on......
DHAKA: Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh in recent days following a fresh military build-up in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, community leaders said on Wednesday.They said at least......
LONDON: Britain has said there should be no border posts or immigration checks between Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland after Brexit, in a paper that attempts to resolve one of......
BEIRUT: Lebanon on Wednesday joined other Arab nations in abolishing a law that lets rapists escape punishment if they marry their victims in a move applauded by women’s rights campaigners.On the......
INDONESIA’S president said on Wednesday that the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country needed to pull together to meet the threat of extremism and safeguard a constitution that enshrines......
GORAKHPUR: Inside the decrepit children’s ward at an Indian hospital where 85 infants died last week, Ram Prasad prayed his two-year-old daughter would escape the same fate as he scanned the......
WASHINGTON: For months, US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser and his chief strategist have battled for influence behind the scenes, and their feud may force another shake-up at the......
LONDON: Princess Diana revolutionised the royal dress code with the help of some of the world’s greatest designers during a glamorous life that came to a tragic end 20 years ago this month.“Diana has......
BIRMINGHAM: Mark Stoneman will be the lone change to England’s side for the start of the historic day-night first Test against the West Indies at Edgbaston on Thursday, captain Joe Root......
COLOMBO: A day after Sri Lanka’s Test captain Dinesh Chandimal apologised for a 3-0 series whitewash against India, limited-overs captain Upul Tharanga has asked fans for patience ahead of their......
LAHORE: A farewell was hosted in honour of the outgoing Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Mohammad Khan at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Wednesday.The newly-elected PCB chairman Najam......
LAHORE: Widely known for his flamboyant-and-capricious attitude, Umar Akmal has remained in the news, mostly for the wrong reasons.And on Wednesday, the discarded 27-year-old batsman again hit the......
LAHORE: Pakistan team head coach Mickey Arthur has brushed aside the allegations levelled against him by middle-order batsman Umar Akmal.Following Umar’s press conference on Wednesday, Arthur denied......
LONDON: Teenager Trent Alexander-Arnold curled in a magnificent free kick on his European debut to set Liverpool on the way to a 2-1 win at Hoffenheim which put them on the brink of Champions League......
MASON (Ohio): In a week where most ATP stars are idled by injuries, the two men with multiple titles since Wimbledon — John Isner and Alexander Zverev — are on a collision course.Isner fired 16 aces......
MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo lost his appeal to the Spanish football federation (RFEF) of his five-match ban for pushing a referee after being sent off in the Spanish Super Cup first leg.Ronaldo shoved......
KARACHI: Former Sindh champion Mohammad Faizan created a sensation when he humbled Islamabad-based eighth seed Shahram Changezi in the ninth National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Ranking Snooker Cup at the......
ISLAMABAD: The government may soon impose a surcharge on the sale of all transport fuels to enhance storage infrastructure and product stockpiles for strategic defence requirements.This is part of......
KARACHI: A Chinese proposal to set up a refinery along with a downstream petrochemical complex near Karachi is advancing steadily as requests for 500-1,000 acres has been submitted to the provincial......
KARACHI: Foreign direct investment (FDI) jumped 163 per cent to $222.6 million in July on a year-on-year basis, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Wednesday.FDI continued showing the upward......
LAHORE: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s hopes to spark a ‘grand debate’ over a new social contract and to strengthen the position of democratic forces by amending the Constitution appear to......
ISLAMABAD: A six-member delegation of the US army’s central command led by Lt Gen Michael Garrett, during its three-day visit to Pakistan this week, held meetings with different officers and was......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former minister Dr Asim Hussain on Wednesday instituted yet another application to the Supreme Court, seeking an early hearing on his request to......
ISLAMABAD: The posts of chairpersons of five standing committees of the National Assembly have fallen vacant after their induction into the new federal cabinet.The National Assembly Secretariat has......
KARACHI: PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain’s mission to unite all factions of the Pakistan Muslim League failed as he was unable to convince the PML-F leadership that he enjoyed support of......
ISLAMABAD: A special court of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has noted that the alleged tampering with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan’s (SECP) record related to a sugar......
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson alleged on Wednesday that religious freedom was under attack in Pakistan, where more than two dozen people were on death row or serving a life......
NEW YORK: President Donald Trump found himself in the eye of a political storm on Wednesday following his stunning remarks on the unrest in Charlottesville, which sparked unease within his own camp......
LONDON: Over 100 British politicians have signed an open letter complaining about The Sun newspaper “using Nazi-like language” regarding the Muslim community in Britain.On Monday, The Sun ran an......
LAHORE: In what could set the tone for investigation into serious allegations against the Sharif family, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) summoned disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif and......
A fire destroyed three buildings in a traditional section of Jeddah, listed as a Unesco world heritage site, the Saudi civil defence said on Wednesday.Saudi civil defence said 60 people had evacuated......
