Opposition parties on Monday expressed their dissatisfaction with the preliminary results of the national census, with Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) and PPP leaders threatening to stage......
Pakistan on Monday lodged a protest against 'unprovoked' Indian ceasefire violations in Azad Jammu and Kashmir yesterday which killed three members of a family and critically injured two others.The......
Census data on the populations of the largest cities in Pakistan shows explosive growth in urban centres since the last census, which was conducted nearly two decades ago.According to the Pakistan......
?China's Special Envoy on Afghan Affairs, Ambassador Deng Xijun called on Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua on Monday afternoon to discuss "regional and international efforts for lasting peace and......
The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) is missing the biometric data of 29,607 voters in the NA-120 constituency where by-elections are to be held on Sept 17, Election Commission of......
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on Monday agreed to support "Afghan-led and Afghan-owned initiatives" to establish peace in the region, a statement......
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly Speaker Shah Ghulam Qadir on Monday rejected six references filed by the leaders of two opposition parties seeking disqualification of Prime Minister......
Former Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) minister and MPA Ziaullah Afridi on Monday confirmed he was joining the PPP, DawnNews reported.Afridi, who previously served as the provincial minister for mines......
We continue down the winding, sandy streets of rural Punjab, past lush, green fields and onto a narrow road with a ravine to one side and a ditch on the other. Eventually we pull up to Nestle’s......
The benchmark KSE-100 Index once again closed lower on Monday, losing 1.57pc amidst tight volumes as the index slid below 42,000 points to close at 41,974 points.The US's recent decision to censure......
The Supreme Court (SC), while hearing a case regarding the matter on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government's appeal, on Monday ordered that four Women Crisis Centres in KP that were previously shuttered......
The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) chairman on Monday briefed a Senate body on the looming water crisis in the country, saying that the construction of the controversial Kalabagh Dam......
Self-styled “godman” Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh inspired extraordinary devotion in India, where huge crowds flocked to hear his teachings ? even after he was accused of rape in a high-profile case that......
A male nurse jailed for life two years ago for killing two hospital patients with lethal drug overdoses murdered at least 90 patients in total, and possibly twice as many, police said on Monday,......
Two private security guards deployed outside a Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) office in Karachi were shot dead by unidentified assailants on Monday in a suspected attack of targeted killing, police......
India said on Monday it had agreed with China to end a months-long military standoff at a strategically important disputed area in the Himalayas and troops had begun disengaging.India's foreign......
An Indian court on Monday sentenced the controversial and hugely popular spiritual leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to two consecutive 10-year terms in prison for the rape of two women followers.The......
A car bomb ripped through a busy market area in eastern Baghdad on Monday morning, killing at least 10 people, Iraqi officials said.The explosives-laden car went off at the wholesale Jamila market in......
Gulzar Khan, a disgruntled lawmaker of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and former bureaucrat, passed away in Peshawar on Monday.Gulzar, who was elected an MNA from Peshawar's NA-4 constituency on a......
Awami Muslim League (AML) leader Sheikh Rashid on Monday moved the Supreme Court against the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), accusing the latter of failing to file an appeal regarding the......
Expedia chief Dara Khosrowshahi has been chosen to replace ousted Travis Kalanick as the next CEO at Uber, The New York Times reported Sunday, as the ride-hailing giant looks to move past a rough......
The Habib Bank Limited has on Monday announced its decision to wind up operations in New York following intimation from the state's financial regulator that it seeks to impose a hefty penalty of......
The meteorological department has forecast a heavy spell of rain to hit Karachi this week, although it ruled out the possibility of a heavy thunderstorm like the one that wreaked havoc in the city......
The Pak-Afghan border crossings at Chaman and Torkham on Monday saw an influx of tribesmen, political workers and members of the civil society protesting against the US's new policy for the......
A 15-year-old Hindu girl was reportedly subjected to sexual assault by two persons in village Umed Ali Lashari near Umerkot town on Sunday.According to police, Kirshan Bheel complained that the two......
"Aaiye haath uthaayein hum bhi Hum jinhen rasm-e-dua yaad nahin (Come, let us raise our hands as well We, the ones who do not remember the ritual of prayer)Hum jinhen soz-e-mohabbat ke siwa Koyee......
WHY does the practice of enforced disappearances, generally referred to as ‘missing persons’, continue to persist in Pakistan, eg the recent disappearances in Sindh? Is it because there are doubts......
ON Friday, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics shared a provisional results summary of the country’s sixth population census. The headline result is that in 2017, this country (excluding Azad Kashmir......
PESHAWAR: The overwhelming response to the registration of undocumented Afghan citizens put a damper on the slow process of voluntary repatriation of refugees to their homeland.National Database and......
RAWALPINDI: Residents of the garrison city usually head out in search of a good, traditional breakfast on the weekends. Early on weekend mornings, restaurants start preparing golden puris, sweet......
Japanese envoy hosts award ceremonyJapanese Ambassador H.E. Takashi Kurai hosted the Foreign Minister’s Commendation award ceremony at his residence.The award, which is given by the Japanese Ministry......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has asked the chief justice of the Supreme Court to take suo motu notice in the public interest and restrict politicians, bureaucrats and their......
ISLAMABAD: The latest report from the auditor general of Pakistan reveals how Capital Development Authority (CDA) officials have kept the city deprived of its first-ever and much-needed landfill......
ISLAMABAD: Gallery 6 is hosting an exhibition of the paintings by renowned artist Hajra Mansoor.The show is titled ‘The Tales of Love’ and has 21 paintings, most of which are of women and which make......
LAHORE: Sunday turned out to be the first day when city animal markets witnessed a big rush for the first time since their establishment a week ago, and naturally prices of the animals also went up......
LAHORE: A Chinese university of technical and vocational education is being established in Lahore by February next year for, what official sources said, raising human resource for the sectors Beijing......
TOBA TEK SINGH: Khalid Ahmad Kharal, the former federal information minister and an ex-member of the Pakistan People’s Party central executive committee passed away at a private hospital in Lahore......
LAHORE: The blast on the Outfall Road was triggered by a remote control device, the probe into the explosion has revealed. It says the bomber wanted to target ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s......
KARACHI: Though August 14 was almost two weeks ago, the spirit of independence was revived as Pakistan Railways’ Azadi Train travelled throughout the country while gracing several cities along the......
KARACHI: A son of Saudi Arabia’s diplomat in Karachi and two other employees of the Saudi consulate drowned off Hawkesbay beach on Saturday night, officials said on Sunday.All the victims were Saudi......
MITHI: Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism Syed Sardar Ali Shah has said that his department will organise ‘Thar festival’ to further promote the region’s culture, music and art, as well as......
“THREE things cannot be taught: generosity, poetry and a singing voice,” goes an Irish maxim. But Ahmed Hussain Mujahid, the author of the book Rumooz-i-shear, does not seem to agree to it.The book,......
KARACHI: Police on Sunday fired shots into the air and used tear gas shells as well as water cannon to stop participants in an Imamia Students Organisation (ISO) rally from marching towards the US......
ALTHOUGH it had not rained in a week’s time, poor Karachiites had become so accustomed to the gloomy and wet weather (because it had been raining, intermittently, for the last two months) that they......
BEIJING: Alone on Chinese Valentine’s Day? Gift yourself a dried flower. Or better yet, indulge in a cake shaped like a “single dog”. Eating by yourself? A restaurant will sit a teddy bear across......
SINGAPORE: Passengers’ baggage is collected by robots, they relax in a luxurious waiting area complete with an indoor garden before getting a face scan and swiftly passing through security and......
NEW DELHI: India is deploying thousands of riot police and shutting down internet services in two northern states, as it prepares for the sentencing on Monday of a self-styled ‘guru’ whose followers......
BEIRUT: Seen from the highway out of Lebanon’s capital Beirut, the Ouzai neighbourhood is a jumble of haphazard construction, but venture inside and its low-slung buildings transform into street art......
TAL AFAR: Iraq’s military fully reclaimed this northern city from the IS on Sunday in a rapid campaign that defied expectations that the extremist group would put up a fierce resistance in one of its......
LOS ANGELES: Movie director Tobe Hooper, best known for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Poltergeist horror films, died in California on Saturday, US media reported. He was 74.The cause of the......
SAN FRANCISCO: Protesters opposing a right-wing gathering in liberal San Francisco claimed victory on Sunday when the event was cancelled after city officials walled off a city park a move that the......
I RECENTLY watched I Am Not Your Negro, a gut-wrenching documentary about the bitter racial divide that separates black and white Americans. Written before his death by James Baldwin as the beginning......
LONDON: Liverpool forwards Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah tore Arsenal to shreds as Arsene Wenger’s team crashed to a humiliating 4-0 defeat at Anfield on Sunday.The trio all found the......
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s spinners spoilt a strong day for Australia on Sunday, claiming two quick wickets after the hosts had been dismissed for 260 on the first day of the first Test.Pat Cummins, Nathan......
PALLEKELE: Opener Rohit Sharma smashed an unbeaten 124 to help India overcome a top-order wobble and register a series-clinching six-wicket victory in the third One-day International against Sri......
LEEDS: England lost opener Alastair Cook as they attempted to dig their way out of trouble on the third day of the second Test at Headingley on Sunday, reaching tea on 68 for one in their second......
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS: Lewis Hamilton celebrated his 200th Formula One race in style on Sunday with a pole-to-flag Belgian Grand Prix victory for Mercedes that halved Sebastian Vettel’s championship......
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi missed a penalty but rebounded by scoring his record 350th La Liga goal in Barcelona’s 2-0 win at Alaves on Saturday.Messi also scored the second in leading the club to their......
SILVERSTONE: Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso seized the lead in the MotoGP standings on Sunday by winning the British Grand Prix at Silverstone after Honda’s triple world champion Marc Marquez retired with......
MILAN: Inter Milan fell behind and survived three shots against the woodwork before hitting back in the last 25 minutes to win 3-1 at AS Roma, helped by another Mauro Icardi brace, in a pulsating......
LAS VEGAS: Floyd Mayweather Jr put on a show in the last fight of his spectacular career.Conor McGregor didn’t do so badly, either.A ruthless Mayweather scored a 10th round technical knockout over......
NEW HAVEN (Connecticut): Unseeded Australian Daria Gavrilova claimed her first WTA title on Saturday, rallying for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Slovakian second seed Dominika Cibulkova in the......
Pakistani businesses find the Chinese too mechanical and rigid to deal with.Accustomed to a Western business negotiation and partnership style they found the predetermined and strictly limited terms......
Pakistan’s economy has been on a growth trajectory since the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz returned to power for a third term in 2013, with GDP expanding by 5.3pc during the last financial year.The......
When the PML-N government returns to the international capital market in a few days, the most important factor would be its quest for $1 billion foreign exchange to support its dwindling......
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is watching financial markets more closely as our internal political crisis deepens and as new developments unfold after US President Donald Trump’s threats.“We’re......
DEPOSITS and other accounts of all scheduled banks stood at Rs11,582.543 billion after a 0.32 per cent decrease over the preceding week’s figure of Rs11,620.41bn, according to the weekly statement of......
Analysts have been underestimating the expansion of solar energy for nearly two decades, scientists report in a new study released last Friday. And that could be a serious problem for the industry......
The local currency market continued to witness dull trading activity amid sluggish dollar demand.The State Bank of Pakistan has reportedly tightened some rules regarding foreign exchange management......
With more than 45pc share in federal tax receipts, the sales tax is a major source of tax revenue.Like value added tax, sales tax is collected on self assessed taxable supplies after allowing......
As Pakistan and Turkey head towards a free trade agreement, the important question is: will Turkey offer meaningful tariff concessions to Pakistan?The question arises because of Turkey’s obligations......
AN imbalanced and injudicious use of chemical fertilisers has been observed to have affected soil health and productivity in some countries and increase the cost of farm production.Keeping in view......
RICE growers in Sindh expect a bumper crop this season as the province has surpassed the sowing target by up to 80,000 hectares thanks to timely supplies of irrigation water in early May.The increase......
PAKISTAN’S exports to Qatar remain intact so far, showing no signs of an immediate fall in the aftermath of a diplomatic and political row between Doha and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)......
PAKISTAN is one of the largest date producers in the world. Most of the country’s produce comes from Sindh, where date farming is spread over 75,000 acres.More than 200 varieties of the fruit are......
The global business cycle is nearing a peak, leaving equity and credit markets at risk of a painful drop once the economic headwinds inevitably take hold.Analysts at HSBC Holdings, Citigroup and......
Venezuela is rich in natural resources and has one of the largest oil and mineral reserves in Latin America and the Caribbean. The proven oil reserves have reached 302.25 billion barrels which makes......
ISLAMABAD: Days after the White House accused Pakistan of continuing to harbor terrorists on its soil, the top US commander in Afghanistan claimed that the United States “knows the Afghan Taliban......
LAHORE: As the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) plans to move the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against Maryam Nawaz for using the Chief Minister Secretariat for running the campaign of her......
SIALKOT: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Khawaja Muhammad Asif says that the government wants all political parties to develop consensus for giving a strong message in response to the new......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari celebrated on Sunday his acquittal in all nine references of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and being a ‘free man’ after......
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines took around 57,000 intending pilgrims from the country to Saudi Arabia during its pre-Haj operation which concluded on Sunday.In a statement issued here......
KARACHI: Two soldiers were martyred in a bomb explosion in the lawless South Waziristan tribal region on Sunday.According to an Inter-Services Public Relations press release, security forces were......
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has stressed the need for a political settlement in Afghanistan, saying that like previous US plans President Donald Trump’s new strategy for America’s......
ISLAMABAD: The Asia-Pacific region has failed to control pollution of its rivers, more than 80 per cent of which are considered to be in ‘poor health’, a new United Nations report reveals.The report,......
HOUSTON: Tropical Storm Harvey unleashed flooding in Houston on Sunday, turning streets in Texas’ largest city into raging rivers as trapped residents climbed to higher floors and the death toll......
WASHINGTON: The talks between Pakistan and the US on the new American strategy for South Asia got another setback on Sunday when Washington learned from Islamabad that Pakistan would like to......
COX’S BAZAAR: Bangladesh has detained and forcibly returned 90 Rohingya migrants to Myanmar, police said on Sunday, just hours after Myanmar’s troops on the other side of the border had opened fire......
KARACHI: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Sunday emphasised that terrorism being a transnational threat could only be defeated through intelligence sharing and coordinated effective......
KARACHI: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that his government is paying full attention to infrastructure development to facilitate people and boost economy.Addressing the inaugural......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Sunday alleged that the acquittal of former president Asif Ali Zardari in the last pending corruption reference against him was a result of......
ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has raised objections over mismanagement, irregularities and weak financial control over Rs3.12 trillion of public money by 36 federal ministries......
QUESTION: what’s the best way to ensure that an issue gets state attention? Answer: make it a matter of national security. So here goes.The world last week focused on a Russian tanker floating......
PAKISTANIS love their food, and over the years in each city have developed ‘food streets’ or areas where the menu is famous. If Karachi has Burns Road, one of Lahore’s culinary kaleidoscopes is......
As the senior-most American military commander in Afghanistan tasked with implementing the US administration’s latest strategy in the country, Gen John Nicholson was likely to have tough words for......
The death toll in Sunday’s Indian shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC) increased to three, as one of the three injured persons succumbed to his wounds in the wee hours of Monday at a health......
A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least 13 people and wounded several more in an attack on a convoy of Afghan soldiers in Helmand province late Sunday, an official said.“A suicide bomber detonated......
