McDonald's India has announced it will close nearly 170 McDonald's outlets in northern and eastern India after the American fast food giant decided to terminate a franchise agreement with its Indian......
A factory in Mumbai accused of dumping dye into an Indian river where several dogs turned blue has been shut down, an official said Tuesday, after alarming pictures emerged of the brightly-coloured......
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday reaffirmed Beijing's support to Pakistan during a meeting with Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua hours after US President Donald Trump lambasted Pakistan......
United States (US) President Donald Trump has vowed success in Afghanistan, but analysts say his strategy contains nothing new against enemies which his predecessors could not defeat ? a sobering......
Seven people have been killed and over 1,500 affected by the dengue virus in Peshawar, according to statistics released by the Deputy Commissioner's Office on Tuesday.This is the first time since the......
The first day of Eidul Azha will be celebrated across Pakistan on September 2, Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee Chairman Mufti Muneebur Rehman announced saying no credible reports of the sighting of......
At least four people have died after contracting the chikungunya virus ? which is otherwise non-life threatening ? in Tharparkar over the past week, with hundreds others believed to have been......
Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's wife, has reportedly been diagnosed with throat cancer, a high-level PML-N source said on Tuesday.A senior PML-N party leader close to the......
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday ruled that every house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's (KP) Afghan refugee camps should be provided its own electricity metre in order to curtail power theft.A three-judge......
Bears ripped into the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) early Tuesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index plunging over 1,000 points within the first hour of trading to hit the day's low of 41,063.However,......
US Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale on Tuesday briefed Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on statements made by President Donald Trump regarding Pakistan in his South Asia policy announcement earlier in......
The government has decided to amend Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution, Minister for Law and Justice Zahid Hamid said on Tuesday.The law minister made the announcement during a session of the......
Qatar's Foreign Ministry is criticising Saudi Arabia's decision to fly Qatari pilgrims to the kingdom only on Saudi aircraft as “illogical” and cautioned against exploiting Haj “as a tool for......
Initial reactions from the international community on United States President Donald Trump's new policy on Afghanistan were mixed, with some viewing it as a positive step forward while others......
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) on Tuesday postponed a multi-party conference (MPC) scheduled for the same day after major parties turned down invitations at the eleventh hour.Earlier......
The American multinational company Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $417 million by a Los Angeles court after Eva Echeverria, a woman from California, sued the company, claiming that its......
A local family court in Mithi on Monday allowed a recently-converted Muslim girl to live with her husband.The 19-year-old Hindu girl had converted to Islam at the hands of Pir Ayub Jan Sarhandi at a......
The Senate's Committee of the Whole passed a resolution on Tuesday calling for the revival of student unions in educational institutions, DawnNews reported.The student unions provide a platform for......
PPP MPA Ghulam Murtaza Baloch's son was kidnapped from Karachi's Gadap Town area on gun-point by unknown suspects on Tuesday, police said.The MPA's son, Hayat, was abducted from near the Baqai......
US President Donald Trump on Monday night demanded that Pakistan "stop offering safe haven to agents of chaos” as he presented his policy for the 16-year-long war in Afghanistan in his first formal......
Either South Africa captain Faf du Plessis or star batsman Hashim Amla will be assigned captaincy of the World XI squad set to play a three-match T20 series in Lahore in September, a top Pakistan......
Iran's atomic chief warned on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic needs only five days to ramp up its uranium enrichment to 20 per cent, a level at which the material could be used for a nuclear......
Influential Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr's visit to Saudi Arabia at the end of July signalled the Gulf Sunni powerhouse's ambition to distance its Iranian foe from policy-making in Baghdad.In the......
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his “heartfelt condolences” on the recent deaths of two Pakistani soldiers who were killed during a UN peacemaking mission in the......
Failing to appear at the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) Lahore office on Tuesday, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his family members and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar submitted a statement......
Since the 1947 partition of the subcontinent, India and Afghanistan, except the Taliban era, have had warm ties. Opposition to Pakistan is the main reason why the two countries have maintained......
Explosive West Indies opener Chris Gayle is set to play his first one-day international in two years after being recalled to the squad for the series with England.The 37-year-old — who has racked up......
India's top court on Tuesday struck down the controversial Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their wives instantly by a 3:2 majority, deeming it "unconstitutional".The Supreme Court (SC)......
The Taliban warned on Tuesday that Afghanistan would become a “graveyard” for the United States after President Donald Trump cleared the way for thousands more American troops to be sent to the......
DUBAI: Two months into a bitter Gulf crisis, Saudi Arabia’s use of a previously unknown Qatari royal family member has opened a new — and bizarre — front in the conflict.On August 17, it was......
JERRY Lewis, who died on Sunday at age 91, delighted millions with his slapstick antics, earning a devoted following and propelling him to dizzying heights of fame at a young age.He influenced the......
TORONTO: Can anyone claim the red planet or natural resources on asteroids? Business leaders and legal experts say the question has become more than philosophical as a growing number of firms, often......
President Donald Trump cleared the way for the deployment of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan on Monday, backtracking from his promise to swiftly end America's longest war, while pillorying......
SUBIRATS: Spanish police on Monday shot dead Younes Abouyaaqoub, the suspected driver of a van that mowed down pedestrians in Barcelona, after a massive manhunt for the Moroccan national who was......
MUMBAI: Mosques in the Indian technology hub of Hyderabad are joining a growing campaign to stop schoolgirls being sold as brides to elderly Arab men, authorities said on Monday, amid an outcry about......
LONDON: The “Big Ben” bell in the British parliament’s famous clock tower tolled for the last time on Monday before it ceased its regular bongs for four years while renovation work is carried out.The......
SINGAPORE: Ten US sailors went missing while five were injured after their destroyer collided with a tanker near Singapore on Monday, tearing a large hole in its hull in the second accident involving......
STOCKHOLM: A Danish inventor accused of killing a Swedish journalist on board his homemade submarine claims she died in an accident before he dumped her body in the sea, Danish police said on......
AMMAN: Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Monday for new “serious and effective” peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, the royal palace......
SWABI: The intervention of the district administration on Monday prevented a possible clash between tobacco growers and police here.On the call of the Kashthkar Coordination Council and Kisan Board,......
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Monday issued a stay order suspending the recovery of billions of rupees worth of arrears by the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited on account of the Gas......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s complacency coupled with the major hospitals’ lackadaisical attitude has turned dengue into a major epidemic in the provincial capital.A World Health......
PESHAWAR: The Board of Directors of the Bank of Khyber has decided to file a damages suit against dissident MPA of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Ziaullah Afridi and others for ‘tarnishing’ the bank’s......
PESHAWAR: A rare cruciform relic casket of Gandhara civilisation was reported missing from the reserve collection of Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Museum at University of Peshawar about six months......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis on Monday directed the Foreign Office to get the pictures of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in different embassies......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) on Monday agreed in principle to increase the fee for private medical colleges subject to certain conditions.Colleges have been informed that......
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) on Monday hosted a stage play titled Kashmir Banega Pakistan in order to highlight the human rights violations committed by the Indian army in......
ISLAMABAD: A Rawalpindi based lawyer on Monday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking details of the loans that the incumbent chief justice of the Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice......
LAHORE: Setting aside the critical requirement of sophisticated weapons, the Punjab police department in the annual procurement for 2017-18 is going to equip its force with ‘conventional arms’......
LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) has asked the Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to act against those spreading rumours on social media regarding leakage of......
LAHORE: An official of the newly established anti-riot police force was booked and suspended for allegedly looting and torturing citizens at an illegal checkpost, after a victim got a first......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Police baton charged students of a private institution on Monday who threw the traffic on Dera-Quetta inter-provincial road out of gear for five hours in protest against issuance of......
GUJRAT: The Nawaz Sharif Park has long been neglected by the Municipal Corporation which is why it is filled with stagnant water all around, becoming a breeding ground for mosquitoes and......
KARACHI: Ahead of its multiparty conference scheduled to be held on Tuesday (today), the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan for the first time made a party-level contact with its nemeses — the Pak......
KARACHI: Various parts of the city, especially district East, received some rain on Monday afternoon which brought relief for residents of the city from hot weather.When we were going to press late......
KARACHI: Just four days after the targeted killing of a police volunteer on the Northern Bypass, three unidentified men were found shot dead at the same place on Monday morning, police said.What......
THERE is no denying the fact that Karachi’s green cover has reduced dramatically over the past few years with massive infrastructural development. Experts describe this situation as serious given the......
KARACHI: In the heart of Jamshed Quarters, once home to multiple ethnicities — Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Parsis and Jews — a new public space has emerged to provide the citizens of Karachi with a......
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Monday released a lawyer just hours after handing him over to police on two-day physical remand in an attempted murder case.Advocate Mohammad Aslam and his ex-wife......
KARACHI: Awami Muslim League president Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said peace in the metropolis was restored not due to the government’s efforts but due to the army and other security agencies.He said......
CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s most successful skipper and master batsman Graeme Smith will be the coach of Benoni Zalmi, the Pakistan outfit that will be participating in the Global T20 League, team......
KARACHI: Former national champion Shahid Aftab and Pakistan No 2 Asjad Iqbal, both from Punjab, were stretched to limits by local cueist Abdul Sattar and Mohammad Ijaz respectively before making it......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) on Monday shortlisted 34 players for selecting national team for the ODI World Cup of the Blind scheduled to be held in January 2018 in Pakistan and......
LAHORE: The efforts towards long-awaited revival of international cricket in Pakistan received a major boost on Monday when Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi revealed that Sri Lanka and......
DHAKA: Australia coach Darren Lehmann on Monday backed Ashton Agar to make his Test return during the tour of Bangladesh, four years after the all-rounder made his last appearance.Agar impressed......
LONDON: Fast-bowling great Curtly Ambrose labelled the current West Indies side ‘embarrassing’ and ‘pathetic’ after their humiliating innings defeat by England in the first Test.England went 1-0 up......
BARCELONA: All football matches in Spain held a minute’s silence to honour victims as La Liga began a new season under the shadow of recent attacks in Barcelona and a nearby coastal town.Sunday’s......
PARIS: Paris St Germain’s record signing Neymar was in unstoppable form on his home debut, with the Brazil star scoring twice and playing a role in the other four goals as the 10-man side thrashed......
MASON (Ohio): Garbine Muguruza cradled her smiling face in both hands and closed her eyes, taking it all in. The Wimbledon champion had added another title to her breakthrough summer this one at the......
MILAN: Inter captain Mauro Icardi hit a brace and Ivorian Franck Kessie opened his AC Milan account as the northern giants matched Juventus’ winning start to the Serie A season with respective 3-0......
BIRMINGHAM: Mohamed Farah brought down the curtain on his peerless track career in Britain by winning his farewell race on home soil on an emotional afternoon at the Birmingham Grand Prix Diamond......
WASHINGTON: US business economists worry about the prospects for President Donald Trump’s policy agenda, and the potential damage to the economy from his trade and immigration policies, according to......
ISLAMABAD: The Global Competition Review (GCR) has maintained the three star status for the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) for its consistent performance in the annual ranking of the......
BEIJING: China expressed ‘strong dissatisfaction’ on Monday with the US launch of an investigation into China’s alleged theft of US intellectual property, calling it ‘irresponsible’. The US Trade......
KARACHI: Renewed buying interest from leading spinners on Monday helped cotton prices recoup part of the recent losses — with both the Sind and Punjab varieties moving above the Rs6,000 per maund......
LONDON: Britain urged the European Union on Monday not to separate goods from their services in Brexit talks, further outlining its negotiating stance to try to nudge discussions forward to a second......
ISLAMABAD: The cotton zone districts of Punjab have come under pest attack, and the agriculture department has advised growers to carry out pest scouting twice a week.Sowing season for the cash crop......
PESHAWAR: The Afghan authorities have agreed to release 2,000 containers of Pakistani exporters confiscated earlier this month, Additional Director, Directorate of Transit Trade Amjad-ur-Rehman said......
ISLAMABAD: A high-level meeting on Monday failed to reach a consensus on the exporters’ demand for the continuation of an unconditional cash subsidy on exports in 2017-18 under the premier’s Rs180......
KARACHI: Cement manufacturers in the northern region (comprising Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab) have slashed prices of the commodity by Rs10-25 per 50kg bag.Lucky Cement slashed the price by Rs25 per......
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Monday cleared a total of 15 development projects at an estimated cost of Rs42.7 billion.Presided over by the Deputy Chairman of Planning......
ISLAMABAD: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi attended the Senate session on Monday for the first time after being elected prime minister and vowed to pay frequent visits to the upper house to resolve all......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) — the top regulatory body of lawyers — expressed its regret at the Lahore incident where lawyers and the police clashed with each other after an arrest......
ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary party of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Monday resolved to act like the ‘Great Wall of China’ for the supremacy of the Constitution and continue following......
LAHORE: A two-member election tribunal comprising judges of the Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed appeals of opposition parties against the acceptance of the nomination papers of Pakistan Muslim......
KARACHI: Five people died in rain-related incidents in Karachi on Monday night.Moderate to heavy rain lashed different parts of the metropolis on Monday afternoon and night, which gave respite to......
ISLAMABAD: Experts fear that revision of the nuclear doctrine by India would exacerbate Pakistan’s security concerns and undermine South Asia’s deterrence-based stability, according to the Centre for......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) — the top regulatory body of lawyers — on Monday took strong exception to the alleged motivated move by the ruling party to file a reference under Article......
TORKHAM: It was an emotional sight for Shahabuddin, principal of a private school in the Bacha Maina village at the Torkham border, when the Afghan students at his school presented a salute to......
SHERIDAN (US): Millions of Americans looked skyward in awe through protective glasses, telescopes and cameras on Monday as the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in a century marched from the......
LAHORE/MULTAN: Over a hundred lawyers broke past the judges’ entry gate of the Lahore High Court and clashed with security personnel after the court issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Lahore......
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Tuesday concluded debate on the country’s future election law, even as opposition members continued to heap scorn on the proposed legislation.Winding up discussion......
There is an impression that if the stock market is booming (with price earnings ratio and dividend yields of our market comparing quite favourably with those of other emerging markets) the economy......
AS a journalist, one has travelled to remote places across India that have intractable pot-holed roads or have no roads at all to connect them to the rest of the country. Given the challenge, there......
Surrealism runs through the streets… — Gabriel Garcia MarquezGARCIA Marquez’s description of the reality of Latin America fits snugly into scenarios here. Or so it seems. How else would you convey......
IT is a sad reality that many of the measures aimed at bringing improvements in education in Sindh appear to be ill-conceived, inadequate or irrelevant. With the exception of some high-ups in the......
Heavy rains wreaked havoc in Karachi leaving one woman dead and two others critically injured as a result of electrocution in the Golimaar area on Monday night.As rains lashed the city, power supply......
